happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final preparations for tomorrow s unprecedented u.s. supreme court arguments on donald trump s colorado ballot ban. we have exclusive new reporting on the trump team s strategy just ahead of the historic hearing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up tonight, breaking news. the united states launching a targeted retaliatory strike against an iran backed militia commander blamed for a
Right now on capitol hill, the house of representative is in session and expected to vote on their next speaker at and time. This would be second time congressman jim jordan, his name will be voted on in a rolecall vote after yesterday where he fell short by many votes. See if he picks some up or loses some this hour. Well follow the action and bring updates as they happen. Kayleigh President Biden leaving israel moments ago as stability of entire middle east hang in the balance. Tension erupting after a Rocket Strike destroyed a hospital in gaza, killing 500 people, some children. Based on Department Of Defense did thea and based on the meeting with netanyahu, President Biden says it was a rocket fired by Islamic Jihad that hit that hospital. Iran is threatening that time is up, unclear what they mean by that. Hezbollah calling for a day of unprecedented day of anger. V violent protest at embassies and pentagon is surging troops toward israel. This comes as president vow to stand by i
make sure iraqis know we aren t going to let allow this to happen anymore in. their traditional bull-work status against iranian expansion. leland: we have seen president trump used big leverage of powers, why do you think we haven t seen the brass knuckles come out with the iraqis yet? we were hoping for abadi victory. he s still solamani s guy. leland: what real options does the united states have? we have seen an iraqi member of abadi s treasury sanctioned for laundering money. legal legal sanctions are sanctions. when did they get the message, you either play by our rules or there s a problem? once we start putting them back in targeting list and start making them targets like israel is targeting them in syria, iraqi militias, israel is
the hugh hewitt pop quiz of donald trump. i m curious your take on it. let me play it. are you familiar with general solamani? yes, go ahead. give me a little, go ahead, tell me. he runs the quds forces. yes, okay, right. and i think the kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us. no, not the kurds, the quds forcers, the iranian revolutionary forces, the bad guys. right. i thought you said kurds, kurds. that was scott walker and marco rubio, tom. then you would say their campaign is over. i thought it was an appropriate question. however, it is not the primary issue of donald trump. we remember eight years ago when george bush was running and couldn t name the prime minister of india. he was questioned by a boston reporter. i think we ve got to get to the end of bomb-bast with donald
let me play it. are you familiar with general solamani? yes, go ahead. give me a little, go ahead, tell me. he runs the quds forces. yes, okay, right. and i think the kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us. no, not the kurds, the quds forcers, the iranian revolutionary forces, the bad guys. right. i thought you said kurds, kurds. that was scott walker and marco rubio, tom. then you would say their camign is over. i thought it was an appropriate question. however, it is not the primary issue of donald trump. we remember eight years ago when george bush was running and couldn t name the prime minister of india. he was questioned by a boston reporter. i think we ve got to get to the end of bomb-bast with donald trump. there s a river guide on the american west that describes