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Maccallum had a town hall with donald trump where a lot of people were impressed with his command of the stage and the issues. he sort of reminded everyone that hes still, you know, that guy, right? he hasnt missed a step, at least thats what it looked like to me and many other people. take a look at joe biden this week in pennsylvania. just the opposite of that kind of performance. watch. >> my names joe biden -- [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> this is morgan sherman and sam...

Found evidence a misfired rocket from gaza was likely responsible for a deadly blast. but this appears to be the exception. >> its called the qatari hospital. >> reporter: israel and u.s. intelligence say hamas used many of these hospitals as command and control centers, a claim hamas denies. while protected under international humanitarian law, a hospitals protection during war is not absolute. >> there are instances where those protection can be lost, and that is for such time as they are bein...

To frame that death and destruction as just an inevitability. >> reporter: those first two months of war are now among the most deadly and destructive of any conflict in recent history. the question remains as to whether any military objective can justify this. cnn, london. >> cnn sent a full list of the hospitals identified therein as damaged or as identified therein as damaged or destroyed to the idf. and in response the idf said they did not conduct any targeted attacks against hospitals in t...

Boosted houthis popularity and yemen and throughout the middle east. look at that crowd. critics are questioning whether the strikes will actually stop attacks on those commercial ships in the red sea or it will embolden them to continue question whispering a national security military analyst doctor rebecca grant also a fox news contributor. dr. grant, always good to see it. these strikes too little too late? or is it the start of what should have been done already? >> it should have been done ...

Administration with yemen, joe biden was part of that administration. joe biden oversaw the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. he knows well these lessons. cant you talk about the chain of command in terms of decision-making here? i ask this because the secretary of defense is in the hospital and has been there for sometime. hes still issuing some statements. but you have been inside his rooms. this is very much bidens call, it always is. but given the fact his defense secretary is not there, can...

Electronic warfare squadron. so all of those just here dealing with this threat from the houthis in yemen. and then more broadly, anderson, this whole area of command as its known in the middle east falls under u.s. central command. the biggest base there for the u.s. central command is right here in doha, and then youve got the u.s. fifth fleet that patrols the seas. that is based right here in bahrain. and then, anderson, you have thousands and thousands of u.s. troops who are all across the r...

To go after the houthi command and control infrastructure and the houthi bases in yemen, thats a different thing. thats what the administration head restraint from doing at this point. the reason why is, once you do that, you potentially open pandoras box. they are connected to a network of groups that could take action against united states that in iraq that could escalate the war across the region, in yemen, that could ultimately lead to a regional war with the draws in iran. the states in thi...

A full scale regional war. but unless theres some problems here, thats the momentum that i feel happen right now. >> you talk about, you mentioned the obama administration with yemen, joe biden was part of that administration. joe biden oversaw the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. he knows well these lessons. cant you talk about the chain of command in terms of decision-making here? i ask this because the secretary of defense is in the hospital and has been there for sometime. hes still issuing...

What the strikes may have accomplished from a u.s. point of view. >> 60 targets. this will include not just launch sites but probably missile storage sites. but also the command and control and sensors thaw use to target ships and provide guidance starter to the missile sos it would have been a comprehensive first strike. but i expect they will be doing analysis and follow-up strikes. >> so follow-up strikes, the biden administration says the strikes may not be the last word. so, what could the ...

Explicit. there are two separate processes the suggest what we talked about this last week. those processes are quite distinct. weather not its a good idea. to remain the sole holder of the executive power. the second deals with the real consequences down the road. and whether or not the second process should depend upon the prior process, which is quite distinct in terms of how its conducted, in terms of expectations. it seems to me to be almost a no-brainer. so as i thought about this today, i...