iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
We are shaming latina women on the show. Alicia and i are but somebodys now. Good to see you. Have a good day. Velshi starts now. Good morning, sunday, april 21st. About 24 hours now, Opening Statements begin in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. Tomorrow morning, the republic partys presumptive residential nominee, donald trump will be back in a manhattan courtroom as a defendant facing 34 felony counts. Those charges stem from his alleged role in falsifying Business Records to cover up payments made to suppress a potential scandal, just days before the 2016 president ial election. Those Opening Statements are going to give the public a preview of the case that both sides intend to present. Some Court Watchers didnt think we would get to this point so soon. There were predictions the Jury Selection would take a couple multiple weeks, considering the defendant is so wellknown, so wellconnected. And so intimidating. Then there were times last week the highstakes of thi
But irans escalations exploded beyond nuclear development. That is evident in what is happened in the Middle East or no. The iranian regime and proxy groups increased regional aggressions. Around backed militias have helped Fuel Insurgencies and civil wars and syria and yemen. Iran is now more embattled than and it is more emboldened. Moderate to existed within the government when the 2015 Nuclear Deal was thought was find are gone. In 2020, a Headline Uranium Parliament was one and while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with Irans Shift in government, many experts say trump owing america out of the deal pushed the hardliners to the front of the iranian regime. And all of this made it nearly impossible for President Biden to undo the damage. When biden came into power, negotiating with iran was basically hopeless but wasnt a lack of trying
spreading. we can t afford it anymore. we have to start taking care of things back here at home there are people who don t have jobs. they are losing their homes. our businesses are having trouble getting access to capital. and meanwhile we are going abroad looking for dragons to slay. we have an obligation to defend our country but you know what? the way we are going about it right now. we are wasting a lot of money and actually endangering our security because occupations fuel insurgencies. laura: congressman, just so i understand, this the president then during the campaign when he said the war we really need to be fighting is in afghanistan, was that a political throw away line? kind of a cya saying okay, i m standing up for the country i m going to be tough too but just in a different way? there seems to be a disconnect between you and most of the democrats on the blogs and on the activists and this president. president obama and i had differences during the last campaign well