these are the first daylight pictures from and barr province in iraq, one of the seven locations struck. baghdad is condemning the attack, saying the white house glide about saying they were informed before. it msnbc has reached out to the national security council. the iraqi foreign council has summoned the top diplomat to deliver for a note of process, syria s foreign ministry adding to the condemnation, saying the u.s. is feeling regional conflict and quote, a very dangerous way. biden has been clear that this is just the start of u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers on sunday. six days ago, the next phase could also include cyber targets as well as air strikes. we start this hour with lieutenant journal steph twitty, former deputy commander of u.s. european command, and back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff and secretary leon panetta at the pentagon and actually at the cia. so general, your reaction to the targets that they chose, the scope in
good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7t
nikki haley is backed by the deep state and the military-industrial conflicts. she s never seen a war she doesn t like. because of they know she is a full. 70% of americans say they don t want trump or biden. look at their approval numbers, they are in the tank. do we want to go into an election with two fellows that are going to be president and their 80s? donald trump is running for his issues, focusing on those issues that are personal to him. nikki haley is running on the donors issues which are funding her campaign. i am running on your issues and your family s issues. liz: republican candidates making the pitch to voters with the new hampshire primary just three days away. a new paul has donald trump holding a 17 point lead. nikki haley is campaigning as the trump alternative and hoping for a much-needed win in the granite state. notably absent, ron desantis polling in single digits in new hampshire and campaigning today in south carolina ahead of next month s pri
toward a multi front war? it depends on the united states. the united states could have stopped this genocide from day one. they chose not to do so. and now the united states seems to be giving a green light to the israeli regime to expand the war. and the united states itself is carrying out assassinations in iraq as well as missile strikes on yemen. so instead of stopping the problem, the genocide in gaza, we are moving in the opposite direction. well, in that first answer you ve given me an awful lot to unpick, and we ll try and do it bit by bit. i asked you about the expansion, escalation, of the conflict. you chose to put all responsibility on the united states and on israel. i would put it to you that if one looks at what is happening right now across the region the greatest fear, immediate fear, of expansion is to be found in the red sea and in the fact that the houthis, supported by and armed by iran, are firing their missiles, pretty much as we speak, toward commerci
does it feel right now like the middle east is on some sort of inevitable slide toward a multi front war? it depends on the united states. the united states could have stopped this genocide from day one. they chose not to do so. and now the united states seems to be giving a green light to the israeli regime to expand the war. and the united states itself is carrying out assassinations in iraq as well as missile strikes on yemen. so instead of stopping the problem, the genocide in gaza, we are moving in the opposite direction. well, in that first answer you ve given me an awful lot to unpick, and we ll try and do it bit by bit. i asked you about the expansion, escalation, of the conflict. you chose to put all responsibility on the united states and on israel. i would put it to you that if one looks at what is happening right now across the region the greatest fear, immediate fear, of expansion is to be found in the red sea and in the fact that the houthis, supported by and ar