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defense of our personnel interest in iraq. marching f-15 strike eagle's against five targets associated with them. >> this is the iranian backed rogue militia acting to deny that rocky people their basic sovereignty. of >> the u.s. used the attack as an excuse and hold it responsible. if this is a weak pretense and it cannot be taken as just of it justification for defending ir iraq. >> mike: washington take a little holiday time and it's been a busy time for the national security experts and officials who have been dealing with aggression from iran and we are back with a panel. if chris, karen, and tom. tom, your thoughts? >> it's interesting that the u.s. took the offensive action. obviously, escalating tensions of the middle east but the administration really thrown the gauntlet down in the way they're
now this comes after a top shiite cleric criticized the government's response to the deadly protest. cnn's arwa dama an has been on the ground in baghdad where protesters have reacted with celebration. >> reporter: demonstrators dance, shot off tiny fireworks in baghdad's tahrir square as the news spread. ir iraq's prime minister would resign. a celebration that came at an unbearable, unnecessary price. "wake up, wake up," a mother shrieks over her son's body. he one of more than 40 gunned down in 48 hours in the southern shia city where eyewitnesses describe streets being turned into rivers of blood. this young man also killed wears a t-shirt that says "we want a nation."
dictatorship for another form of captivity defined by chaos and violence, rampant corruption, rising unemployment, divisive sectarian politics, and iran's looming shadow. "iran wants to make us a part of khomeini's islamic republic," this man says, "just like isis wanted to make us a part of their state." rare to hear such harsh words ex-pressed publicly iraq's neighbor whose militias and political influence wield ultimate power here. but the barrier of fear is breaking. iraqis want to control their own destiny and are willing to risk it all. the prime minister's anticipated resignation is just a first step. for those who have taken to the streets, it's about reclaiming their country and up-ending the political system that has brought more destruction than democratic rights. arwa damon, cnn, baghdad.
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this is the scene at the morgue, home to some of shia islam's holiest sites. heavily influenced by iraq. and a heartbreaking post asks, "does anyone know this young man? he's my son," is the first comment. the square at the epicenter of demonstrations in baghdad is lined with shrines for those who died. nearly 400 countrywide. deserters pray for the souls of people they never met. for sadib, it's her way of thanking them for the future she can now dream of for her two children who she brought here for the first time. "yes, they are too young to really understand," she says, "but i want them to come and experience this." there is a sense and a determination that this will be the chapter in iraq's bloody history that finally alters the status quo that has governed the population's lives since the %-ps
plains will be letting down as we get into sunday. it may be okay to travel, but you want to check the road conditions. then if you're in the northeast and you have flights, we don't think this is the kind of storm that would necessarily close the major airports. but there could be delays caused by the light snowfall accumulation and the change over to rain and wind. you want to be sure you give yourselves extra time to prepare and make it to your destination safely. >> patrick burke, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. and cnn is on the ground in baghdad where after days of protests that left hundreds dead, iraq's prime minister says he is ready to step down. so what will that mean for the unrest? he could've just been the middle class kid who made good. but mike bloomberg became the guy who did good. after building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9/11 a three-term mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of
iraq is a crappy police filled with a bunch of -- >> and more disgusting audio of tucker carlson resurfacing. will fox news continue to stand behind him. >> it is 30 past the hour. and the boeing 737 max 8 can stay in the air despite growing calls to keep it on the ground. the federal aviation administration declining to ground the boeing model following two recent crashes. investigators have not determined whether the same problem caused sunday's crash of an ethiopian airlines plane and lion air jet of the same type last october. >> boeing confirmed that it will deploy a software update for the max 8. it has been in the works since the lion air crash. this is after the faa says it is mandating design changes. after the lion air crash, boeing stood by the max 8.
nuclear deal, how and why iran would feel like there's anything in it for them right now, especially when the spektr of the most crushing sanctions in history are above them. >> the u.s. is assessing whether to double down on current actions against iran. is this just a significant ratcheting up of aggression here, this back and forth? >> it's a long laundry list, you listen to what the secretary said, he talked about yemen, ir iraq, syria. i think the opportunities for iran to reap any benefits from what they're talking about seem unlikely. i don't see where this heads
>> please. continue. >> so the bottom line, at the risk of getting ahead of the president who until he signs anything is a little bit dangerous, the senior administration officials here are telling me likely toward the end of this week he's going to sign revised executive order on immigration. what will likely stay is it will temporarily halt travel from seven predominantly muslim countries, iraq, iran, libya, syria and others. there will be some exemptions for green card holders and dual citizens. but what appears to be changing is there will not be an indefinite blanket ban on syrian refugees coming to this country. president trump during that news conference last week said basically this revised order was intended to be tailored to deal with what he called a bad idea from the courts. the bottom line is obviously this white house and this administration wants this to have a better chance of survival so they sort of tried to address the things more objectionable
over to iraq and talk about it being a black hole and three years later saying -- i remember dexter coming on our show saying i do not recognize this place. it is a completely different country. that counter-insurgency started with mcmaster through petraeus. >> joe, the changes in iraq, which were startling really did begin with h.r. mcmaster in a little town racked by violence, terrible sectarian killing. he understood he had to do something different. he put his people out in the town to separate these violent factions killing each other and things began to calm down. when petraeus came in to lead the surge in 2006, the next year after he tried these things, he brought h.r. into his inner circle, group of intimate