members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
message to the vice president we would love have have you on special report. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the fate of a new senate proposal. that addresses funding for the southern border as well as ukraine and israel. is uncertain tonight. supporters say it ends catch and release. strengthens asylum laws. but critics say it would let in 5,000 migrants per day, an unacceptable figure and other problems that don t solve the border completely. we will talk with one of the authors of the plan, arizona independent senator kyrsten sinema in just a few minutes. and also with texas republican congressman chip roy, one of the major opponents. first, additional details on that legislation. congressional correspondent iron shah has any starts us off live tonight from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. senate republicans are actually just coming out of a closed door meeting tonight where they discussed this border bill. and the reaction
Coverage edition of fox news at night the reporting you see, the map on your screen there, the reporting has been fox news has not confirmed these strengths but the reporting has been there have been explosions in syria. Explosions or explosions heard in iraq and explosions in southern iran, about 200 miles south of tehran p. Or can a place. In this area there are Nuclear Facilities. We do not know if those Nuclear Facilities were targeted up your act they just happened to be in the vicinity and so right now we are waiting for clarification from the Israeli Government and clarification from iran. We know that there were. But we do not know the specifics of what happened, of how many strikes there where p. Or we dont know if these came from the air, if they came from drones, we dont know where these strikes came from but we do believe that they came from israel. Nobody has knocked down any of that reporting as of yet we should point out that they are now reporting an israeli strike with
Facility as well as another site. So three sites were struck tonight. We just heard from secretary mattis. Heres what he said. Tonight, france, the United Kingdom and the United States took decisive action. Clearly, the assad regime did not get the message last year. General dunford said that syrian surface to air missiles had been engaged at the beginning of the air strikes. They, however, have not reported that there were any u. S. Or allied losses as a result of those Sam Missiles Being fired. There was no sign that the russians engaged in any way. General dunford said that the Deconfliction Hot Line was employed but the u. S. Did not give russia any advance warning
welcome and thank you all for your time tonight. Were told that u. S. Navy warships were used, also b1 bombers. Given your experience in the military, tell us about the capabilities of those two working together theyre impressive Capabili Capabiliti capabilities. The navy assets, of course, are really good at what they d
we talked about it a few minutes ago. it seems as if the rhetoric already is that they took care of the situation, the nuclear facilities are safe. there are some explosions but we combated israel s attack. that seems to be the case. we will get back to you. standby for us. let s bring in the news national correspondent. he his life for us at the white house. what are we learning out of there tonight? we know now that the lines are dark in the oval office. not a lot of activity here. from our correspondent we have now learned a government official confirming that the israel strike happened in iran. the white house was not involved in that the u.s. received prenotification from israel. it s been a busy day with respect to iran here at the white house. there was that meeting with the national security council being led by jake sullivan between u.s. and israeli security officials where we will told