laura: good evening,t. everyone. i am laura ingraham and this is this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. an american tragedy is the focus tonight s angle. shortl.y after that nightmare attacked sunday on u.s. serviced personnel in jordan, republicans rushed out to demand that biden launch a significant retaliatioo againstst iran. now the loss of these threeil patriots is both heartbreaking and enraging. while the impulse to event their death is understandable, we cannot afford another protracted conflict in the middle east. even if we could, we can t rely on this woke series of dimwits at this leiden pentagon resembling victory. after all as biden top military war gaming ukraine? even tracking every munitions there? how did million austin manage afghanistan withdrawal again? to this day after 13 service personnel left vulnerable then blown to bits, biden has held no one in his administration accountable, no one!cu but of course, he was busy because his focus
all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnn s deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air