Attack on israel last evening looking at live pictures from out of beiruts black plumes of smoke still rising from the densely populated Southern Suburbs where the israeli military went after hezbollah targets overnight. Israel is vowing to carry out, carry out more strikes in the region largest ever attack on the country. The commander in chief of irans powerful islamic revolutionary Guard Corps says 200 missiles were fired at israel and that 90 of them hit their targets, which appears to have been the mossad Intelligence Service Head the quarters and two israeli air bases, the irgc claims israel and the u. S are deliberately downplaying the effectiveness of the assault holds however, it is very unclear at this point whether the barrage caused any serious damage the idf has reported one death so far prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to hit back, fueling fears that this conflict will spread. Even further run, made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it the regime in ir
weekend. there s still time for some notes before you get the time to grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 right house race, as we said the live stream events on twitter got off to a rocky start. crashing several times. with the announcement delayed by more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. sorry about that, we ve got so many people here that i think we are affecting the service. let s say, so yeah. make sense. just to simplify this. so let s say. does it keep crashing? i think rebecca online now. i think we are back online now. well, it s an honor to have governor desantis make this stuck announcement. the technical troubles your mockery on social media. president well then posted a link to his donation page. writing simply this link works. and former president donald trump has a series of posts on truth social calling the announcement, fatal and a disaster. he also had one str
Circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. And to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Henninger and kim strassel do you think Merrick Garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come . Well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. I mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of Kevin Mccarthy House Speakership Roll Forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the United States after one has already been appointed a special council to investigate the form
circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. let s bring in wall street journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel do you think merrick garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come? well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. i mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of kevin mccarthy house speakership roll forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the united states after one has already been appointed a special council to inv
arthel neville but the president is spending the weekend at his delaware home. but it won t be easy to get away from the firestorm of criticism in the nation s capitol. the announcement comes just days after turning general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of those files. meantime house republicans say they will launch their own search for answers. there is a reason we have skiffs secure compartmentalized information facility. there is a reason for it in those documents are supposed to be in a skiff. they are never supposed to leave secure custody. your garage shall commence under lock and key as the president indicated you are never supposed to have classified information like that. eric: how about this situation? lucas thomason live at the white house with the very latest and they are. hey eric, let s go back to what president biden told our own peter doocy on thursday. he said some classified material had been discovered in that g