i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
terrifying. i think they re terrifying. i think that when i saw these, i know they re fake. they have fake written all over them. but still, i had a visceral reaction to seeing them. there s something about seeing a former president. let me put up another one. here s another one. this is a this one is about donald trump. it shows him in the middle of a police. fake donald trump, of course, the middle of a police from his falling to the ground and gideon just seeing a former president. in this situation. i sort of viscerally felt sick, and i know it s fake. well this is you know, this is the latest issue of mid journey which is one of these ai image generators. my journey five and it is just leaps and bounds better than the ones that we have been seeing before. and so even though there are lots of ways in which if you look closely, you can spot that these images are fake. it s still the you know the training on trump s face. the ai does that well enough and expressions in the
words. critics say president biden s words not nearly strong enough. house speaker s nancy pelosi visit to taiwan adding tension between the u.s. and china. this is the faulkner focus and i m dagen mcdowell in for harris. xi warning biden not to play with fire when it comes to taiwan. speaker pelosi s possible stop there. the speaker is set to leave for asia today and expect to hear from her later this hour. general jack keane criticizing america s passive approach to an aggressive china. the old paradigm we ve used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship with china all because we don t want to spook them. we don t want to aggravate them. that paradigm has failed massively. dagen: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. good to see you. president biden and president xi had a long conversation today, 2 hours and 17 minutes. then the white house agreed to a face-to-face meeting. an odd thing to do critics say after a death warning. th
call xi told the president quote, those who play with fire will perish by it. speaker pelosi said to be heading to the region today. not clear if she will make a stop in taiwan. we expect to hear from her in the next hour. meanwhile, the u.s. and china agreed to plan an in-person meeting between the two leaders. this despite beijing s failure to stop the flow of fentanyl from china into the united states. not to mention its reported targeting of the federal reserve and buying up real estate near u.s. military basis. bill: team fox coverage. greg palkot, the latest on the trip to the region for speaker pelosi. let s begin on the north lawn today. good morning. the white house agreeing to a face-to-face between president biden and president xi after the two leaders talked their longest conversation yet, two hours and 17 minutes. critics say kind of an odd thing to do after a death warning according to chinese read-out. xi told biden those who play with fire will perish