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President biden made sure we repositioned forces in the region to help israel shoot them down, so this vaunted Missile Defense system didnt turn out to be so vaunted. Look at the resources weve put into the region. Its hard to take a look at what President Biden has done and say weve gone soft on iran. Thats National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby Fording The Response by israel on the forces of iran. Well go to the middle east in just a minute. Meanwhile more pressure is being put on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring an aid package to the house floor. Well show how the speaker is responding. And well get legal analysis on Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. Its a historic day as were hours away from the start of Jury Selection here in new york city. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 15th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. It is a historic day here in the United States. And well begin this morning with irans retaliatory strikes against israel. On saturday tehran launched more than 300 missiles and drones toward israel, marking the first time that iran has ever directly attacked the jewish state. Fortunately an International Military Coalition Led by the United States was able to shoot down 9d 9 of the missiles before they reached israel. Israeli Defense Forces released this video of some of the missiles being intercepted. The United States Defense Department called the attack unprecedented saying the trone attacks were launched from iran, iraq, syria, and yemen. Officials say only a few missiles fell inside the country, causing slight damage to an israeli air base. A young girl was the only person who was injured in any of these strikes. Iran says it launched the attack in response to israels strike earlier this month on an iranian consulate in syria. That strike killed two generals and five officers from the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps. In a statement iran said it now considers the matter concluded but warned of a more severe response if israel, quote, makes another mistake, adding that the United States must also stay away. Now, its not clear if israel will respond to this attack, and if they do, what it might look like. Their war cabinet met yesterday but provided no details. Officials have said Israeli Forces remain on high alert and leadership has approved both offensive and defensive action. In a statement war cabinet israel minister benny gantz said they will exact a revenge on iran when the timing is right. Meanwhile the United States is advising israel to choose a limited response as opposed to an allout armed counterattack. A Senior Biden Administration official tells nbc news that the president told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States will not participate in offensive operations against iran, this as the white house wants to avoid a major war in the region and does not want to deploy any additional u. S. Troops. Another Administration Official told reporters yesterday the president wants israel to think very carefully and strategically about how to respond to iran, adding that israel already got the best of this exchange since most of the missiles were intercepted. National Security Council spokesperson john kirby also reiterated avoiding a larger conflict in an interview he gave to nbcs meet the press. Take a look. The president s been clear. We dont want this to is ka late. We dont want a wider war with iran. I think the coming hours and days will tell us a lot. Are you anticipating a counterattack by israel, and do you expect, has israel given the United States any assurances that it will give the u. S. A warning, a hoedsup, before it moves forward with any type of counterattack . How and when they respond is up to them. Im not going to get ahead of their decisionmaking. Well hear from john kirby when he joins us on morning joe. The Biden Administration is pushing israel not to push it any further, telling netanyahu to, quote, take the win, showing it can defend itself on anything iran can launch. The United States is doing anything it can to take down the temperature in the crisis, including Making Decision not to address it in the oval office. Well expect to hear from the president later today at the white house, but it will be an effort to emphasize its something no one wants a regional war in the middle east. Now, israels success in fechblding off irans attacks is due in part from criticism of the United States and some arab partners. We learned british and jordanian planes played a part in the important role. They intercepted numerous drones, and two resources tell us jordan shot down dozens of drones that violated their airspace and were on their way to israel. Joinings now, retired cia operative mark. He can help us make sense of what was a chaotic weekend in the middle east. Mark, good to see you. Lets talk about this really important decision facing israel right now where iran seemed to telegraph what it was going to do. They made clear they had to do something after the strike that killed their officers in syria, but they gave in some ways plenty of notice. These were slowmoving drones, many easy to shoot down. That i made it clear they dope want to escalate it further and neither does the u. S. If they need to respond, will they keep it limited and allow everyone else to move on. Good morning, jon. First and foremost, ailes thought they would be catastrophedriven. There was one israeli girl who suffered some injuries. Prime minister netanyahu and his israeli war cabinet do have a bit of the luxury of time right now. I think israelis feel they must respond. This was a direct attack on israel, but perhaps were going to see this at a lower level. How about things such as covert action, cyber attacks. Im not condoning it, but it would send a message. Israel is not going to brag about it. It would in their mind restore defense, but its not going to provoke regional attacks. They seem to be saying theyre going to take their team when they go down this route. They spoke all weekend long and do acknowledge they will do something to keep it limited. Lets say they dont. Lets say they dont take the president s advice to take the win and they hit back at iran and hit it hard . What happens next . Tehran is certainly signaling they dont want a larger conflict, but if israels retaliatory action is huge, will iran respond in kind and whats the danger. That is the danger. Iran might think they have to respond as well. One key part in this, though, i think is you highlighted it a bit, but we need to discuss some machine is the antiiran Regional Security infrastructure really did hold, and this is the west along with Sunni Arab States and israel. They banded together against iran. This is almost unthinkable. Over the last several weeks, israel has turned into an International Pa rye rah because of the events. Now we see this coalition with israelis against iran. One of the things it shows is under the table, relations between israel and the United States perhaps are still intact, and i think thats a good thing and iranians see that. Lastly on that point, it seems like at least for the moment, they set their differences aside about gaza. We still stand with israel while theyre being attacked. How do you think what happened over the last few days could impact, if at all, The Next Stage of the kwar in gaza . This is the brief respite. U. S. Coming to israels age is extraordinary. Weve never done Something Like this. But iraqs operative is still on the table. What happens now . There is still an inclination for the israelis in their mind to go to rafah. There are hamas rebels and leaders are still there. But that fundamental fact of is rile wanting to Go Into Rafah is not off the table. This is something the Biden Administration is going to have to tackle and tackle soon. Really important analysis to start us off this morning from retired officer Mark Pom Ruopp lus. Thank you. Well have more later on the show. Next up on a very busy way too early, Jury Selection in Donald Trumps Hush Money Try is set to get underway hours from now. Well get expert legal analysis of that. And trump goes on trial, President Biden is hitting the trail. Well take a look at his Campaign Stops in Battleground Pennsylvania this week. Those stories, a check on the Morning Headlines and a check of weather and sports when we come right back. 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Meantime fivetime champion tiger woods closed at 77 and finished in last place, the highest 72hole score of his career. He really struggled in the third round. His disappointed shoring comes two days after setting the masters record of making his 24th consecutive cut. We turn now to nba and the Play Jauch Pi is in focus after the final day of the regular season. Lets take you through it. The New York Knicks overtook the Milwaukee Bucks with an overtime win over the chicago bulls. The bucks get to three seed with the Orlando Magic whos now 5 seed. Indiana pacers blew out the Atlanta Hawks and theyre sending the sixers and boston to the playoff tournament. Those with the best Playoff Record will have the home court advantage. Out west th