my angle on the border fiasco in moments. but, first, the u.s. military launched an air assault against dozens of sites in iraq and also in syria. that were used as staging grounds for iranian backed militias. these are the first military strikes after that drone attack killed three american soldiers and, of course, injuring more than 40 others in jordan just last weekend u.s. airstrikes hit 85 targets. command and control centers and aerial vehicle sites. fox news national correspondent mike can tobin has been watching all of this from tel aviv. mike, what can you tell us? i can tell you, laura, we have confirmation now from the u.s. central command that some 85 locations were hit by 125 u.s. munitions. seven different locations or i should say 85 targets were hit at seven different locations. three of them inside of iraq. four of them inside of syria. now, an iraqi military spokesman, despite a claim from john kirby, that the iraqi government was informed. the iraqi milit
ron desantis has his eyes on the white house. new exclusive reporting from nbc news that the florida governor is set to jump into the 2024 race as early as next month in just a few weeks, but he may have other things on his mind right now as the war of words between him and disney has turned into a legal showdown disney just filing a lawsuit alleging an orchestrated campaign to punish the media giant and desantis firing back overnight. i don t think the suit has merit. i think it s political i think they filed, you know, in tallahassee for a reason because they re trying to generate, you know, some district court decision, but we re very confident on the law plus, in a new in just a few hours, the airman accused of leaking classified documents is due back in court. this as new overnight filing alleges jack teixeira kept an arsenal of weapons in his house and talked about carrying out a mass shooting. and later montana republicans voting to ban the state s first transg
speaker mccarthy has yet to hear from the president after passing his debt bill which he previewed right here last week. no, we re the only ones in washington that are actually putting a responsible plan out that will raise the debt limit. think about it, more than 80 days it s been since i sat down with the president on february 1st to negotiate, to work through this, and he s ignored it. he weakens us, his overspending maria: coming up, texas senate ted cruz on what happens to the debt ceiling bill when it reaches the senate. plus, cruz s take on the activists going after the supreme court with attackses on justice clarence thomas as well. then, bank records suggest suggest a compromised president as america awaits a response joe beaden to china s biden to china s provocation, a surveillance balloon seven ising military secrets to beijing in real i m the, a covid-19 cover-up, chinese police stations and years of intellectual property theft all met with little response
you re not going to be the only one watching. a lot of folks are going to watch his hopeful return to the field. thank you for that, jesse care. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi, hi, everyone. and yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. you have the split screen moment in the israel-hamas war. on the one side, more strikes by israeli defense forces in gaza, leaving victims and destruction behind. on the other side, the u.s. ramps up diplomatic efforts across the region. will this intense fighting and talking lead to results? we have multiple reports across the middle east for you coming up. from abortion rights to accusations of voter influence, what you have not heard yet about this weeks off year election in some states. we have a live report on that. do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? that s the first question former president donald trump will
Biden who s done this before, not the up one who is behaving like a terrorist, which is what biden is doing right now. maria: right. so back then senator biden agreed to what he s now calling whacko ideas the yep. maria: but what about senate republicans? do you peel that senate are republicans are united? what happens when this issue comes to the senate and you ve got to have some agreement? if. listen, at some level, unfortunately, senate republicans are never united. there are 49 senate republicans and 52 the points of view, that s just the nature of the senate. that being said, i think what we ought to be doing in the senate is we ought to be standing up and backing up the house republicans. the house republicans are showing leadership right now, and senate republicans should stand shoulder to shoulder with the house and say, joe biden, come to the a table. chuck schumer has already said this bill is doa, dead on arrival. he doesn t want to consider it. no democrat, other tha