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along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciti ....
good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the octo ....
service members. i understand that. but this attack led to the death of three service members. is iran responsible for the death of these three service members that you just read their names and their families have been notified of their deaths. yeah. again, iran certainly bears a responsibility as they fund these a groups that continue to use capabilities that they get from iran. and of course killed three of our service members. can i take just a step back. sure. and just looking at last week, maybe from saturday of last week or sunday maybe, nine days. the u.s. launched strikes in syria, in iraq, against houthi positions, inside yemen with the aim of reestablishing deterrence and degrade their capabilities of whether attacking u.s. forces or shipping in the red sea, nonetheless throughout those days what we saw is unprecedented escalation. started with ballistic missiles, was targeted with a drone, more u.s. soldiers were injured, the houthis went after a b ....
that operate in iraq and syria that launch attacks on our service members. i understand that. but this attack led to the death of three service members. is iran responsible for the death of these three service members that you just read their names and their families have been notified of their death? again, iran certainly bears a responsibility as they fund these groups that continue to use capabilities that they get from iran. and of course, killed three of our service members. can i take a step back? sure. just looking at last week, maybe from saturday of last week up until saturday or sunday maybe, nine days, the u.s. launched strikes in syria, in iraq against houthi positions, inside yemen with the aim of re-establishing deterrence and degrade their capabilities of whether attacking u.s. forces or shipping in the red sea. nonetheless, as throughout those days what we saw is unprecedented escalation. different sites were targeted with drones, more u.s. sol ....
american troops? the strikes that we have taken in the past have definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks and now it s had lethal consequences for american troops and so we will weigh an additional set of options before us, the president will make his decision to respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. does the president have all the legal authority he believes he needs to respond to these attacks? yes. what is the legal basis? constitution, commander in chief, self-defense of our troops. president has the authority to take the action he needs to protect our troops and our facilities overseas under article 2. thanks. the president faces a great deal of political pressure here at home with the republicans, for example, calling for direct strikes on iran. does the president feel that pressure and how much does that pressure weigh on his decis ....