very fast moving developments. first, the u.s. fighter jets striking an iranian weapons storage facility in syria again. the growing call to respond harder to 46 iranian sponsored attacks on u.s. soldiers. this time to expand the counter attacks, not to proxies of iran outside iran but iran inside and inside iran. we have knox team coverage on the growing iranian threat. jacqui heinrich on the u.s. ramping up their response to that threat and former defense secretary mark esper on if enough is being done to counter that threat. then joe manchin calls it quits. he s hinting he could be setting his sights on something a little higher. busy day, busy show and it all starts now. all right. welcome. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon on this precision air strike and what it might mean as to what comes next. jennifer? neil, a pair of american f-15s struck an iranian weapons storage facility. this is following 46 attacks on u.s. bases.
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might remember the name because an air strike has hit twice. unable to surround and move on the capital of kyiv, mayor showed up awaiting another russian push in the capital city. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenksyy released video calling for meaningful peace talks. president vladimir putin of russia held a rally yesterday saying he will press on with the offensive. griff, back to you. griff: mike, let s talk about the strikes in the west near where you are, how do they differentiate from what we are seeing in the east? mike: what are you are seeing primarily military targets in the west. we have the weapon storage facility that was hit. we ve had airstrips that have been hit in the west and we had a facility that was used to customize the migs for use by the ukrainian air force.
targets associated with this group. three in iraq and two in syria. the targets i object colluded a weapon storage facility and command locations that were used to plan and execute attacks on bases that house coalition forces. now this is the first significant retaliation that the u.s. has taken against this group. again, the u.s. says it s associated with iran. the pentagon describing these as defensi defensive, but this is clearly a sign of things getting stepped up against this group that has ties to the iranians. sara westwood with the latest information on the a airstrikes conducted in iraq and syria. we ll be right back with more.
taxpayer and voter. bill: a big story coming up in the new administration. leslie, thank you, rachel, thanks to you as well there in wisconsin. appreciate it. martha: issuing a strong warning to israel following an air strike near a major military airport west of damascus. connor powell live from the mideast bureau with more on this today. the syrian military is saying that israel will quote face repercussions for the strikes overnight and that the israeli government is helping, quote, terrorists in the fight against assad, israeli officials are not commenting on these air strikes but it is believed that israel carried out multiple strikes at the military airport outside damascus overnight. the target appears to have been a weapon storage facility. the syrian mill temporary are saying four syrian soldiers were injured. during the last five years or so throughout the course of the syrian civil war israel has carried out similar strikes