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right now. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m ashley he strohmier, in for todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. the u.s. carries out air strikes. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest this morning. reporter: good morning. the air strikes carried out in the middle of the night at three locations near the border of syria and iraq. the u.s. targeting iran backed militia. we re told these were operational and weapons storage facilities that engaged in uav attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary and appropriately limited in scope. quote, the united states took necessary appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message. president biden did not comment on the strikes, as he and the first lady returned to the white house last night after a weekend at camp david. this is t ....
the u.s. carried out another round of air strikes on iran backed militia groups in iran and syria. jillian: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. the air strikes near the border of syria and iraq, this is new video, the moments when the strikes were carried out in the middle of the night at three locations, wiping out facilities we re told were used by iran backed militia for operational needs and weapons storage. pentagon officials say the strikes were defensive against facilities that were used to launch attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. officials say they do not expect a lot of casualties. according to reuters the militia group said in a statement that four militants were killed in a strike and they viewed to retaliate. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary. he said the united states took action designed to limit the risk of escalation but to send a clear deterrent message ....
filed. as the post points out that deadline is a strong signal that manhattan district attorney cyrus vance and letitia james now working together after each has spent more than two years investigating trump s businesses are considering criminal charges against the company as an entity. in fact, this comes after nbc news reported on friday that charges are not only likely, they re expected as early as this week. at issue are the so-called fringe benefits that the trump organization doled out to its executives, including cfo allen weisselberg and his family. that includes free rent worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at a luxury apartment at central park as well as free tuition, all of which could carry serious tax implications. while that might be the tip of the iceberg given how wide-ranging the investigation has been, trump s attorney says otherwise. he told politico that prosecutors in fact don t have anything else and that trump himself won t be charged, at lea ....
disturbs reports are emerging of reports that went unheeded for years. this morning we did recover another body that brings the count to 10. the total number of those accounted for is now 135. the total unaccounted 151. this the largest ever deployment of the task force resources in the history of the state of florida that is not a hurricane. i learn of stuff from you guys, and i m able to follow up on it, but most recent are a couple of disturbing comments that i saw regarding minutes at the champlaine south towers with respect to some of our officials in town, but be that as it may, we will get to the bottom of the it. the bottom line is that my commitment is that we will take everything that we have, boxes, digitally, and get it scanned and get it up on the website. it is what it is. and we will let you guys sort of review it, and we ll address it, you know, as it comes. we will be 100% transparent. so the mayor there is referring to events dating back to 201 ....
growing and easy to spot. any amounts of harm is unacceptable. but i also want to make sure this doesn t drive hysteria. and the olympic champion and what does that time look like 51.0. that s a new world record. first woman ever under 52 seconds flat. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert new video this morning of u.s. airstrikes hitting iraq and syria? the rockets wiping out facilities, fox news has learned we are used by iranian backed initiatives to launch attack at united states assets scattered throughout iraq. four militants were reportedly killed is in the trike that we november. iraq s military has condemned the strikes as a are breach of sovereignty. brian: that s probably a wink and nod. he didn t. this is the second time he has ordered airstrikes in the region since he has taken office. remarkable to see how much more positive nancy pelosi is about the whole thing. great, good idea. they took direct action. so people on the same side you could do the s ....