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to fit it all into one. so on friday night, there was a much anticipated round of retail tory airstrikes against iranian back militias. the u.s. also says there are more on the way. at a time like this, there is literally no one better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan, and he s going to join me in just a few minutes. there was also a big development this week in jack smith s election interference case, as it slid off the march calendar. in a large part, because we still don t have a decision on trump s claim of presidential immunity. should we be freaking, out should we not be freaking out? everyone s favorite law firm of weissmann and cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this, our wriggling to dig into the absolutely shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, pr ....
news, the u.s. launches break strikes in he ran in syria, in retaliation for the killing of three u.s. soldiers and jordan. more information from correspondence and the pentagon, white house at this hour, wolf blitzer situation room, i am mark in for wolf. this is cnn breaking news. that s get back to this breaking news, u.s. military retaliating for a deadly attack against a u.s. base and jordan, airstrikes underway in iraq and syria against targets tied to the rain iran backed targets, we are getting new information as we speak, oren liebermann, news of the strikes breaking just moments ago, what we know of the strike? we expect them to be more powerful in many ways, central command, a number of targets the were struck, and what was used to carry out the operation, let me read this out from u.s. central command. at 4 pm eastern time, if every second, forces conducted strikes and iraq and syria against the revolutionary guard and affiliated literary groups, st ....
the militias that they sponsor. we are also getting some more details on the timing of the response to those three american soldiers killed in jordan last week and how it unfolded throughout this week. just in a moment, i will talk with deputy director for the very latest response from the administration as well as the defense department. but first, we re going to head to the region and nbc news chief international correspondent, who s joining us from iraq. welcome, here, so has the region reacting? what can we expect next? well alex, i think what we saw last night was not insignificant. that is true. but it was also limited. granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven t seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of militia groups and camped there. now, that s a part of that border that runs t ....
it is january 18th. steve: almost the weekend. almost. fox news alert. u.s. forces striking houthi strikes overnight. that action coming afterthe terrorist groups hits a second cargo ship in the red sea. the pentagon insists the conflict in the middle east is not expanding beyond gaza. that does not make sense. lawrence: vice president kamala harris says she is scared of heck of donald trump taking back the white house. i guess she did not hear this from the ceo of j.p. morgan chase. this negative talk about maga is going to hurt biden s election campaign. brian: and rob rob gronkowski is tackling issues, including california push to ban kids flag football. final hour of fox and friends starts now. your mornings are better because you re with friends. get dressed. steve: what a pretty view of the atlantic off the jersey shore, that is seaside heights. it is 31 degrees. there are snow flurries. i see cloud cover. we see the sun in the distance warmi ....
the former president and the state s attorney general inside the courtroom state s attorney g the courtroo and also ahead the latest from capitol hill a pressure campaign. we begin here where the united states and its allies launched military strikes against the iranian backed houthis in yemen. officials say they struck over 60 targets at 16 locations last night using more than 100 precision guided munitions. those targets include command and control nodes as well as production facilities, munitions depots, and air defense radar systems. the houthi s militant group claimed at least five people were killed. now, this action was done in response to the more than two dozen attacks that the houthis have been launching at commercial ships in the red sea since november. earlier this week the group launched its largest attack yet directly targeting american ships. a statement president joe biden explained the houthis have ignored warnings to stop the attacks. writing, they h ....