Baghdad, but now President Trump is openly saying it was a future plot and one of the reasons why soleimani was taken out. And an exclusive interview with Laura Ingraham airing on fox tonight, President Trump revealed there is a looming threat from Qassem Soleimani against u. S. Embassies. We will tell you that probably it was going to be the embassy in baghdad. That they have largescale attacks skillet tax plan for other embassies, and if those were planned, why cant we reveal that to the American People . I can reveal that it wouldve been four embassies. Officials describe the threat as evident but they did not know specifics. We do not know which day it was going to be executed. This was going to happen in american lives were at risk and we would be culpably negligent as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said can we be culpably negligent. The president s critics continue to fumed that the administration had not presented a compelling case to take out soleimani. One of the questions i raised just right after this came out, does this have anything to do with the fact that donald trump is right on the eve of an impeachment hearing . The secretary of state today insisted members of congress were fully informed. We called them about the imminent threat. All the information i assure you it is unclassified setting we provided in the classified setting as well. Targeting various sectors of the iranian economy, iron and steel, manufacturing, textiles, mining in addition to eight highranking iranian officials. Those sanctions join the already a thousand in effect, sanctions that have put a squeeze on the Iranian Regime but so far not changed its behavior. We have a 100 confidence and consistent interview that economic sanctions are working. That if he didnt have these sanctions in place, literally iran would have tens of billions of dollars. They would be using that for terrorist activities. In the wake of the missile strike that killed soleimani, iraqi officials had been publicly calling for u. S. Troops to leave iraq. In her exclusive interview today, Laura Ingraham asked President Trump if this presented an opportunity threatening to make good on a 2016 Campaign Pledge . The iraqi Prime Minister has notified mike pompeo about potential plans, drawing up plans for u. S. Troop withdrawal from iran period. Im okay with it. You are okay with removing our troops from iran . Thats what i say publicly. You dont set up privately. Also added his voice to other patrician officials who say that iran was indeed trying to kill americans of that missile strike. Pompeo said that the strength in the wake of that attack was appropriate because pompeo said we do not want more. John roberts live in the north lot. John, thanks. Telling fox news that American SpecialOperations Forces tried to kill the top iranian commander in yemen. Seen here on the same night. Americans successfully killed Qassem Soleimani in iraq. The mission was unsuccessful, pentagon officials not commenting on the record. Iraqis once again telling foreign nations the out of their affairs. Protesters in baghdad renewing their calls for a iranian influence in american involvement. Correspondence readying stays in the capital tonight. You can feel the energy in tough your iraqis today say they are hopeful that they will cut ties with both iran and the United States and bring power back to the iraqi people. We want to build a new ham homeland. For the past 1617 years, we have had corruption. The iraqis have occupied this square for months until the government changes. In an effort to appease the demands of protesters, iraqi Prime Minister of the optimality resignedwhile adopting new harde stances against influence in the country. Since his resignation, he condemned the American Strike that killed iranian general costs Qassem Soleimani as well as the iranian retaliatory Ballistic Missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq. Reportedly told secretary of state mike pompeo in a phone call thursday night that he needs to send a delegation to baghdad and starts the process of planning the american troop withdrawal. That that she a population echoed demand today. Strangers must take no law in taking that decision. The country must be ruled according to a peoples will. Date Department Release declining to discuss the issue saying, america is a force for good in the middle east. Will have a story from ukraine about the commercial airliner shut down by iran according to u. S. Intelligence officials and the new video about that out of the iran. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 3. 5 for the year. Employers added one of his 25,000 jobs per month. Hiring is slow because the number of people seeking work has fallen with a steady rise in the employment. On the markets, the della cliffs the 25,000 mark for the first time today, the nasdaq dropped 25. For the week the dow gained three of the present point. The nasdaq a1 and three quarte quarters. Effectively ended with no tangible results. The Washington Post reporting current and former officials never expected to find evidence of wrongdoing about Justice Department officials tell fox the investigation has not yet officially closed. There is movement tonight in the impeachment standoff. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will begin the process of transmitting articles of impeachment to the senate and selecting impeachment managers next week. Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell have been playing a game of political chicken over the rules of the senate trial. Chief correspondent mike emanuel has an update tonight from capitol hill. We do expect there to be legislation on the floor next week. Under intense pressure including from some fellow democrats, house Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the articles of impeachment to the senate next week. Pelosi wrote to colleagues today, ive asked you to chic chairman jerry nadler to be prepared to bring to the floor next week resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the senate. Republicans say its about time. Hopefully thats resolved by next week and the charade ends and we finally get true justice where it disposed of. In the exclusive interview with foxs Laura Ingraham, President Trump unloaded on pelosi. I think its ridiculous. I think she shouldve sent them a long time ago. It belittles the process. Nancy pelosi will go down is probably the least successful speaker of the house in the history of our nation. Speaker pelosi tried to hold out for a better deal, trying to guarantee witnesses will be called up front. But majority leader rich mcconnell made it clear the House Speaker has no power over a senate trial. It is not the job of the senate to try to fix this process that the House Democrats conducted over here. The president is also shooting down the possibility of the former National Security advisor john bolton testifying in the senate trial. Im talking about many future president s who have a series advisor, anything to do with security. I think you have to for the sake of the office. Another challenge for pelosi, Senate Democrats in the key house chair losing patience, questioning her tactics. Some are now worried this could backfire leading to republicans taking back the house and another term for president tru President Trump. This process has only proven to strengthen his support and i think its likely that he could win the general election. Susan collins has been speaking with a small group of colleagues pushing for witnesses in the senate trial. Mcconnell has not ruled out entirely, but was not going to agree from that demand upfront. The critical votes in terms of sending over the articles of impeachment from the house to the senate could take place as soon as tuesday. Bret . Mike emanuel live on the hi hill. Mike, thanks for going to talk with one of the senators point of service a juror if and when the trial begins, alabama senator Doug Jones Joel justus from birmingham tonight. Thank you for being here. Do you think we understand its probably going to happen next week. But how do you think it went down . Look, bret, we were out of session for two weeks. Everybody called for the holidays, house of representatives out for a couple of days. In the clinton trial, it was three weeks before they came over to the senate. I think its been a much ado about nothing. I think there has been legitimate questions about Senate Procedures and its pretty clear now that senator mcconnell has got his procedures in place and he wants to go forward with and those will be voted on and they will abide by those as soon as the articles get over and i think theyll be coming over very soon. Can you support the impeachment role plan let me rephrase it this way. It isnt a problem if you oppose the way mcconnell sets up this trial . I dont know what you mean by a problem. Im going to vote for witnesses. I think we need to vote for witnesses. A number of witnesses with firsthand information that i think American People deserve to hear from. I think there are documents that are out there that havent been seen to test some of the witnesses that we have heard as well as those that i would like to see called. So im going to vote for witnesses if there is a plan that goes forward that doesnt have that on the front end, i will vote against that. There will be an opportunity to vote for additional witnesses and i will once again to vote at least to hear from 2through witnesses, may be as many as four, but certainly two or three. When its a problem, i mean politically for you. Youre up for reelection and something youre in the toughest position of any democratic senator during this impeachment trial process considering the substantial support that president has in your state of alabama. He won the state by almost 28 points in 2016 and most voters in alabama, at least according to a recent poll below suggest that impeachment does not fly there. About 5439. You know, bret, and appreciate that, but the fact of the matter is the real problem as you say is that too many people, as well as the people and house in the senate, they only look at this from a political, particle lens. I dont do that. Its the follow my oath, to do my duty, take the very serious about impartial justice and to do that and not look at this threepart assent lens. From that standpoint, the only particle down that problem, want to make sure i do the right thing, i examine all the evidence we have in front of us and vote in a way that i think is consistent with my obligations as a senator. Is it possible to please both senator Chuck Schumer and alabama constituents at the same time during this trial. You know, im not trying to please Chuck Schumer. Im not trying to necessarily please anyone. As i said a moment ago, my job is to do my impartial justice as a senator. Im not out to please the president , out to please chuck about ive got to look at this as doug jones. Ive got a fair amount of experience as a prosecutor, defense lawyer in a court room looking at evidence and where things ought to be. I appreciate that, senator. I want to move on to another topic and that the war powers resolution. Here is the president last nig night. We have nancy pelosi, all trying to say, how dare you think about it that way. You should get permission from congress. You should come in and tell us what you want to do you should come in and tell us so that we can call the fake news back there. Bret one of your potential opponents, congressman Bradley Burns at this. Instead of thinking the brave men and women who successfully executed a Surgical Strike against ruthless terrorists, House Democrats ignoring intelligence from officials of an amended threat to americans, manufacturing another opportunity to attack President Trump. Where are you on the war powers resolution and how do you stand on it . First of all, i think with the congressman said is absolutely misleading. People have appreciated the fact that we had a great military and intelligence, the very Intelligence Community the president keeps attacking, weve been commending for a long time and still commending them for the work that they did in this operation and no one is going to miss soleimani. No one is going to mourn soleimani, not by any stretch. The president last night was also a little bit misleading. Nobody was asking for a warning but i do think its appropriate and a measure that significant and serious to at least give the members of congress and the gang of eight a heads up on whats going on. With regards to the war powers act, this is not about what happened in the past. Its not about President Trump. Its about whether or not congress ought to be able to have its constitutional role, that is to be involved in any military escalation. It does not mean the president cannot take unilateral action to protect american interests in a defensive mode. But what it means before we escalate with military action, he should come to congress for thats what the constitution requires. Thats what this war powers act and the wars power resolution is. The white house is pushing back saying that soleimani was planing in the attacks while democrats point that president obama killed anwar al alwalki and qaddafi. Well, bin laden was not a state actor. Qaddafi was. The question is whether or not there was an imminent attack may be up for debate. Bret, for me, and im just talking for doug jones right now. The most important thing for me is looking forward in whats going to be our strategy. Weve got serious issues weve got to deal with. Weve got more troops in the middle east now that weve had at the beginning of the summer, some 15,000. I want to hear better strategy what im hearing about the set of his talking strictly about whether or not there was going to be an imminent attack, which by the way, did not come out in a classified briefing about anything involving embassies. That just did not happen i in te Senate Intelligence briefing. Bret senator doug jones, well be following your rates very closely. Its a close one down there in alabama and we appreciate you coming audrey will have you ba back. Thanks, bret. Appreciate it. Bret when we come back the latest on arad. Iran. Is ending soon get a 4course meal starting at 15. 99. Treat yourself to the perfect gift today, because the aussie 4course wont last long outback steakhouse. hey there im lonnie from lonnies lumber. If you need lumber wood, lonnies is better than good. We got oak, cherry, walnut, and more. And we also have the best selection of plywood clattering in the state. 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The plane with 176 people on board including many canadians and iranians craft, just before a barrage of missiles targeted american bases in iran iraq. Iran denies they had anything to do with it and blasted the u. S. Americans have talked without paying two technical matters to it. Worries with how iran was handling the crash aftermath. A rapid cleanup of the data field. Iran said at least could take a month, talking to dana about iran extending into next year. Also an unwillingness to hand over the black box for analysis and international we dont want to come to them right now. Conclusions not out of the mind of those morning their loss today. How do you feel seeing this . No words. Is a huge tragedy. Ukrainians with 45 investigators on the ground in the ground right now. Remains to be seen whether they will help to get to the bottom of this tragedy. Bret greg palkot live in ukraine. Up next, the media all over the place and coverage of President Trumps dealings with iran this week. Well bring you that. Heres what are fox poll are covering around the country. Documents released by congressional investigations indicate boeing employees raised doubts amongst themselves about the safety of the 737 max jet. They also tried to hide problems from federal regulators and ridicule those response bill for designing and over seeding the jetliner. The aircraft has been grounded following two catastrophic crashes. Late this afternoon, the faa released a fund of more than 5 million alleging that boeing failed to prevent the use of defective parts on the 737 backspread fox richmond as virginia lawmakers voted to ban firearms at the state capital and a legislative office building. Newly empowered democrats in the general election said the move is need