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from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. im bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. >> good morning. glad to be with you. im sandra smith. this is "americas newsroom." those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. >> bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in ...

im bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concerns that president biden may not be adequately responding to increasing attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east from groups sponsored by iran. iranian proxy groups, another incident today. that makes 47 since mid october. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. today another attempted attack on u.s. troops. a kamikaze drone targeted...

The u.s. and the -- and the europeans use long-range cruise missiles against syrian forces when they started using chemical weapons against just the forces using chemical weapons. if russia starts using chemical weapons in the ukraine, i think there is a possibility now that nato will use each -- each -- e its military forces for pinpoint attack to in fact take out those russian chemical -- chemical warfare units. >> then, you have what they are trying to avoid, which is a direct confrontation. ...

Not complain and did not seek congressional approval when obama bombed libya. they didnt seek it when bill clinton bombed kosovo. the fact is the united states hasnt made a formal declaration of war since world war ii and presidents of both parties since then have had many military moves. this is not even -- were talking just about the war power right now. were not talking about the many other things that the president and congress does that are unconstitutional. you dont see healthcare in the c...

Analyst, much more than that, but the white house says we knew this moment was coming, and the russians would attack us for the proof and we did. >> in almost context, we threw tomahawks at syria and since we did that there have been between six and 12 chemical attacks by assad on his people. this time well coordinated, pinpoint attack, about 105 missiles and denigrated their use. the problem is, neil, these kind of operations, although they look good and well-executed arent effective. theyre no...

Not complain and did not seek congressional approval when obama bombed libya. they didnt seek it when bill clinton bombed kosovo. the fact is the united states hasnt made a formal declaration of war since world war ii and presidents of both parties since then have had many military moves. this is not even -- were talking just about the war power right now. were not talking about the many other things that the president and congress does that are unconstitutional. you dont see healthcare in the c...

>> im glad you bring that up because multiple sources with knowledge of white house thinking the trump administration is considering military action against north korea if they successfully develop a nuclear missile capable of hitting the u.s. we heard from cia director mike pompeo in january he thought there were a few months ago from doing just that. >> they are and that is. that is not real, they are bluffing or insane. every time when they play out what a -- whatever a pinpoint attack on nor...

Insinuations he made on president obama on down, the way he rattled the saber, in is sort of his approach, to talk very, very tough. to tweet very, very tough first. but when we see actual engagement and confrontation like we did with syria that was relatively disciplined attack. it was a pinpoint attack. and to her point the president has people around him who i think who do reign impulses for greater and more chaotic action. >> it makes you grateful for so many generals. in a situation like th...