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and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of t ....
for plagiarism. shannon bream. he has audiences on the edge of their seats, preparing to hang themselves. actor and writer, medium, divorced dad, jamie lissow. she has got more hangups than an automated call about a car warranty, fox news contributor kat timpf. finally, when he puts his foot down, he causes millions in property damage. world heavyweight champion, tyrus thank you for joining us. before we get to some news stories, it s friday, so let s do this. greg s leftovers. it s leftovers were i read the jokes we didn t read this week great is my first time reading them so if they suck, after the show we will set fire to a backpack. while he s in it kristof a bag of cocaine discovered at the white house this week. no one knows the source of the mystery bag, hunter biden promised. to the bottom of a. officials say it was found in a heavily traveled area. mostly the area between hunter nose and upper lip. after the drug cachet come was described as a small amou ....
region and drag the united states even deeper. the issue is what to do now that three american soldiers are dead. the president says he holds iran responsible and has made a decision on how to respond. is it the right decision? what can he do to balance risk? secretary of state blinken says no one wants escalation. is that true of iran whose leaders call for death to america? in the atlantic, american policy toward iran has failed because it has always taken a segmented approach to the iran problem, defining it as a hostage problem or freedom of the seas problem or a nuclear problem or an iraq problem. but rarely as what it is. an islamic republic of iran problem. joining us now, nbc news pentagon correspondent and traveling with the president in miami is mike memoli. all right, so courtney, the president says he s made a decision. what do we know about what the pentagon proposed for him? we know that it was a wide range of options here. there have been several times ....
hamas and widening violence in the region. also back home, as senate border talks approach the finish line, house republicans unveil articles of impeachment against president biden s homeland security secretary. hello. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington in for andrea mitchell but she ll be joining us shortly with an interview with the qatari prime minister and foreign minister, but first, ths. service members have been killed and nearly three dozen others injured in a drone attack in jordan. u.s. central command says the attack happened at a remote base on the border with syria and iraq called tower 22. the white house is blaming an iran-backed militia with president biden vowing the u.s. will respond. these are the first american service member fatalities from hostile fire since the war broke out between israel and hamas on october 7th. courtney joins me now. so, have you, you actually have been to this base. what else can you tell us about the ....
al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on ....