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since israel s retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base called islamic resistance in iraq are part of an iranian sponsored network across the middle east. known as the axis of resistance , there s a number of pro iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learne ....
together they have been targeted over 150 times, since october 7, by iranian linked proxies. yesterday the target was tower 22, a us outpost onjordan s north eastern border with syria. an enemy drone hit the living quarters on base killing three soldiers and injuring at least 3a others. according to cbs, the drone was flown in at the same time as a us drone was returning to base from a mission. reportedly the air defence system had been switched off to allow the american drone in, but that also let in the enemy drone which flew in on a much flatter trajectory. washington has blamed iranian backed militant groups with president biden saying this weekend the us would choose when and how to hit back. i want to point out that we had a tough day last night. we lost three brave souls on an attack on one of our bases. we shall respond. in the last hour, the white house national security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider conflict in the middle east. ....
i m martha maccallum. this is the story today. it s a big one. a border showdown is brewing in eagle pass, texas right now. a huge hub for illegal border crossings. there s a standoff that is underway between the federal government, which wants the razor wire that texas put in place there to protect its own state, they say it has to go. republican texas governor greg abbott says he will not. the biden administration has given him a deadline of tomorrow to allow border patrol access to the area. it s called shelby park. essentially setting up a confrontation potentially between federal agents and the texas national guard. when asked to the governor, will you comply with this order, here s what the governor said. watch. texas has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming in to our state. to make arrests of those criminals. we have national guard as well as texas department of public safety officers that are there to make those arrests and to deny illegal entry. ....
very full night. $83.3 million for the former president. tonight straight from the source, the staggering cost of donald trump s own words. $83 million for years of defaming the writer e. jean carroll even after a jury found that he sexually abused her. is this enough to make it stop? we ll see. trump is raging tonight. not even sticking around in court to hear the verdict as it was read. we have two insiders with their takes here. someone who was in the courtroom, along with the person who first told e. jean carroll to consider suing donald trump. the chance run-in at a party that got this case going. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. an astounding $83.3 million. that s a top of the $5 million that trump was already ordered by a jury to pay e. jean carroll after he was found liable for sexually abusing her in the 1990s. today s eye-popping number is for defaming carroll in 2019. there she is with her legal team today after the decision made by nine jurors ....
themselves saying this race is over. [ screaming ] i have news for all of them, new hampshire is first in the nation. it is not the last in the nation. [ cheering ] his race is far from over. there are dozens of states left to go. nikki haley vowing to stay in the race, despite a double digit loss to donald trump in new hampshire, after winning the iowa caucuses last week, trump beat haley by just over 11 points in the granite state. president biden, meanwhile, is hitting the campaign trail after cruising to victory in new hampshire without even being on the ballot. play for you portions of his passionate speech focused on the contrasts between himself and the republican frontrunner. it comes as new general election polling out of pennsylvania shows the incumbent president leading trump in the key battleground state. there s the trend going on in pennsylvania, not just with joe biden over the last two polls, willie, we ve also seen it with fetterman, his numbers ....