members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
welcome to jesse waters primetime. i m in for jesse who sat an event in california. it s no secret, biden is trying desperately to rebrand himself as a war time president. with his approval ratings at record lows and bidenomics not working, war is all biden has to campaign on. biden knows his history. presidents in the middle of war do better in the polls like george w. bush and lyndon johnson, who breezed their way to re-election. but if biden wants to be a wartime president, he s going to have to demonstrate that he understands the complexities of war. is this the most complicated time of your presidency so far? thank you. nothing? you can t say nothing to it when the world is on the brink of world war iii, joe. our military bases are getting attacked. record numbers of islamists and chinese are pouring through our open borders and protesters are filling our streets. instead of being in the situation room, joe biden is spending his time at fund-raisers where last
now. his tickets have sky rocketed. ticket prices have skyrocketed for chris rock. everybody wants to see what he will say next, what his response is. going to what you talked with abby about, i don t think the oscars should take away his trophy. i think maybe he gets like he can t come back next year or a five-year ban. i don t think we need to be taking away the trophies. the bottom line, he still did the movie. he s embarrassed. the biggest moment of his life for winning an award and this is what he is remembered for. the slap. neil: even if they take the oscar away, everybody will know he won the past year. so leaving that aside, abby, i m curious thattys crock has not filed any charges. he could. local police say he s open to do so but he s opted not to. what do you make of that? that s a classy move. the joke might not have been classy but he acted by pure class saying i m not going to file a report.
and armed gangs control roadways. the president is receiving regular updates on what the state department and the fbi are doing to bring these individuals home safely. kid nappings have sky rocketed. 300% between july and september. the state department list haiti as a level 4 do not travel advisory. bill: thank you. dana: there is a deadline for police in democrat cities to get covid vaccine or lose their jobs. many officers are quitting instead of getting the jab as cities face a spike in crime. let me ask you about the vaccine