is the pandemic and president biden spoke earlier today at a press conference and talked about the need to continuing to wear masks, social and physical distance, wash your hands and the important thing about getting a vaccine. meanwhile, we continue to learn new details from the justice department investigation into florida congressman matt gaetz for potential sex crimes. gaetz is reportedly accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. new york times reports that they are focused on gaetz and another florida politician, jeel greenberg indicted for sex trafficking a minor over alleged involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payment as cording to people close to the investigation and text messages and payment receipts from the man that have been reviewed by the new york times. gaetz has denied the allegations that he paid for sex or had a relationship with a 17-year-old calling the allegation against him tot
chosen in particular in syria. it follows three rocket attacks in recent weeks against u.s. and coalition forces. one in erbil about a week and a half ago. another in balad air base just north of baghdad. and another in the green zone in baghdad itself. pentagon spokesman john kirby released this statement just a short time ago following the strikes. he said, this proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultation with coalition partners. the operation sends an unambiguous message president bide lenn act to protect american and coalition personnel. at the same time we ve acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in both eastern syria and iraq. one of the other things kirby noted is that it was biden s decision, his directive, to carry out the strike. in the statement it talks about a deliberate manner. that references sort of the scale of the military targets in the region. how big was th