capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the wor
to back starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. cases on abortion and free speech are still undecided and then there is the biggest case of all on whether former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. we could get one or all of those in our second hour. we will bring you that live as soon as we begin. but first this. dana: the deadly consequences of an unchecked border, a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death in houston, two illegal immigrants now in custody. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill and dana are off. jackie, great. always a pleasure, this is america s newsroom. the suspects illegally immigrated from venezuela, the first in march, the second in may, both caught by border patrol and released in to the u.s. jocelyn nungaray on monday she was found strangled to death in a creek. it is just the latest, in a string of violent crimes linked to illegal immigrants, police say they are overwhelm
Have a u.s. president say, we will not stand for these kind of human rights abuses in a way that biden s predecessor deliberately did not. absolutely. and this is a cornerstone of joe biden s foreign policy approach. is integrating human rights, international human rights issues into his foreign policy agenda at every point. and that s why it s been so important for him to call out the russian leader on these human rights abuses, to condemn him, and even sanction the russians for their treatment of alexei navalny as the administration did earlier this year. but the russian president is constantly drawing moral equivalencies, right? this is a president who when asked about the treatment of the protesters on january 6th is comparing the biden administration s prosecution of those protesters with putin s going after dissidents in his own country. those are things where putin
Meeting. among them, the issue of a global 15% corporate tax rate. no small thing in the world of business. we have natasha bertrand with us as we wait for president biden toe merge. it s interesting, we were talking earlier about the u.s. and russian leaders establishing clear red lines on issues like cyber. echos the cold war, does it not, right? this idea that they have to set these red lines in part because they re concerned about genuine escalation. the danger of escalation. and it peaks to, as i mentioned, both biden and putin describing the relationship today, as the worst it s been in some time. and further escalation, for example, along the russia/ukrainian border. further incursions into, you know, western countries, into eastern european countries. these are all things that the biden administration is trying to limit, let s just say, for lack of a better word. they are trying to make it so russia does not engage in more