Of the country and here is that context because basically the biden administration is arguing that they are doing exactly what they intended to do that they knew would be tough and a lot of the critics or haters are essentially out of line especially republicans going with a trump taliban exit for years as a plan. They say the focus will be the evacuations because there is a hard fought effort here to protect some people but leaving no matter what is still they say the right thing to do. What interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with alqaeda gone. What is the national interest of united states in that circumstances . We went and did a mission, you know my position for a long, long time. It is time to end this war. End this war. We use words a lot on the news and we are all here talking to each other endlessly. In that very statement about ending the war, this president is reminding americans that something outside of military families and a few other folks professionally in
killed in lebanon. why the strike is sparking new fears that the war could spill into the wider region. and breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people killed in explosions commemorating an iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike back in 2020. children amongst the dead and nearly 150 injured. we re going to have the very latest in just a moment as well. good morning, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. good to see you this morning. we re going to begin in iran in the city of care monowhere just within the last couple of hours two explosions killed 100 people and injured nearly 150 people at the memorial site for ha sam soleimani. he was the head of the revolutionary guard corps. i want to bring in ali arouzi in tehran to talk more about this. this morning iran saying more than 100 people were killed in these blasts. what do we know? reporter: yeah, i mean, this just broke a few hours ago, yasmin, as you said. w
special two hour addition of the katie phang show. so, it s been a little over 24 hours since the palestinian militant group hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel. that has left over 200 dead, thousands injured, and an unknown number of captives abducted and taken into gaza. according to the israeli foreign ministry. today, israel finds itself fighting on two fronts. on the southern border with hamas, and returning fire on hezbollah in the north, after the iran-backed lebanese military group fired dozens of rockets and shells in solidarity with hamas at three israeli positions in a disputed area along the country s border with syria s israeli occupied golan heights. the day was filled with the sound of air raid sirens and later is really retaliation air strikes lit up the night sky, as they hammered the gaza strip, leveling buildings and leaving over three interpositions dead and thousands injured, according to gaza s ministry of health. israel has also halted th
Official, saleh al-arouri was killed in a drone strike. hamas blames israel for his killing. this morning nbc news learning that israel did not notify the u.s. in advance of the strike but did tell washington once the operation was underway. that is according to two u.s. officials, a u.s. defense official and a person briefed on the operation. again, israel publicly, though, has not claimed responsibility. nbc s matt bradley has more from the west bank. reporter: this is where palestinians are gathering for a day of rage, a direct reaction to last night s assassination in beirut, and there s very real worries here that this rage could spill over borders and engulf the entire region. today an already volatile region braces for a potentially wider war. the assassination of a top hamas leader left a massive blaze in beirut. hamas accused israel of killing its second in command, saleh
Still, giving him the ultimatum to resign or be fired is this the right decision? was it inevitable and will there be more? it is incredible where we are at. we have never seen anything like this. i was in the border patrol for 33 years. cdp the people that do that mission are very dedicated to the work that they do. now the work we are faced with over this weekend is a secretary who is in the chain of command, who chris works for and asked to step aside. he is going to be defiant about that. how must the workforce and feel of them having to sacrifice and do all they are doing this has been an incredible two years for them we have seen that worse research on the southwest border of illegal immigration we ve ever seen. and now we are talking about this distraction. instead of washington acting as of the white house acting to do more on the border to secure that border, to give the men and women of cdp the tools they need to fix those proper time up commissioner being fired. arthel: go