of america s newsroom, i m claudia cowen. mike: i m mike emanuel. the act of retaliation coming after an anti-american sanctioned group launched a drone attack on erbil air base in northern iraq that injured three service members, one critically. former national security member telling us last hour president biden should have taken action sooner. i m glad that he finally hit back, but he should do it earlier in the cycle. his red line seems to be if a u.s. troop or a u.s. contractor gets hit, injured or killed, then the united states will hit back. i would rather us hit hard earlier in the cycle so that we can prevent someone from being injured in the first place. mike: right now black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror targets. israel s prime minister visited troops in northern gaza saying there can be no peace until hamas is destroyed. claudia: bring us up to speed, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. mi
julie: thousands and thousands of migrants are currently trekking through mexico headed for the southern border right now as we speak. it is the largest caravan in over a year and it comes as law enforcement at the border is struggling to process a record number of crossers. i m julie banderas in for harris today and you are watching a special edition of the faulkner focus. this migrant march north comes ahead of secretary of state antony blinken s trip south tomorrow. he will sit down with the mexican president and identify ways both countries will address border security challenges. but the new york post editorial board is not so hopeful calling out the president s lack of action writing this, i quote. biden can stop migrant caravan heading to the border if he cared. the administration s inaction can be seen in the historic numbers at the border. more than 241,000 migrant encounters so far this month alone. approximately 79,000 known gotaways. republican congresswoman