Trying to get to syria, hoping for a safe spot. Hello. It was a rare public appearance by ayatollah ali khamenei, the spiritual leader of iran, and he used it to justify his Countrys Missile Attack this week on israel. He claimed the barrage of ballistic missiles was completely legal and the minimum Punishment Israel deserved for what he called its astonishing crimes for the first time in nearly five years, the ayatollah was delivering Friday Prayers at the Grand Mosque in tehran. He called israel a Vampire Regime and the United States a rabid dog. Meanwhile, us president Joe Biden has said in the last hour that he doesnt think israel has yet decided how to respond to the iranian attacks. He said it should look for other alternatives rather than hitting iranian oil facilities. Another development is that the us military have attacked 15 Houthi Targets in yemen. Houthi rebels, like hezbollah and hamas, are backed by iran. And in lebanon, thereve been more israeli Air Strikes targeting h
Developments in Donald Trumps ongoing legal battles. In a newly unsealed brief in response to the supreme Courts President ial Immunity Ruling, special Counsel Jack Smith gives us the clearest view yet of his 2020 Election Interference Case against the former president. Smith asserts trump acted as a private candidate and not as president , when he tried to overturn the Election Results and resorted to crimes to stay in office. It also provides new evidence about Trumps Phone Usage and the conversations he had on the 6th Of January, as the riots were unfolding at the capitol. Quote, beginning at about 150. 30 p. M. , the defendant settled in the Dining Room off of the oval office. He spent the afternoon there reviewing twitter on his phone, while the Dining Room television played Fox News contemporaneous coverage of events at the capitol. Citing testimony, the filing says that when trump was informed his Vice President had to be rushed to a secure location after trump attacked pence in
From the United Nations, where the Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres said violence in lebanon must stop now, he is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events In Beirut in the last 2a hours, this cycle of violence must stop and all sites must step back from the brink of war. The people of lebanon, israel, and the wider region cannot afford an all out war. Have a Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the latest escalation of conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre In Beirut. Within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up In Beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecesso
RankIng hezbollah offIcIals. The shIIte clear at Hassan Nasrallah, Lead Hezbollah sInce 1982 and grew the group Into the most powerful IranIan backed force In the regIon, both mIlItarIly and buIldIng has below to what Is called the state wIthIn a state and led the group through decades of conflIct wIth Israel. The bIden admInIstratIon saId It was not alerted ahead of tIme to Yesterday Pack the strIkes In beIrut. In a statement, the head of the supreme natIonal SecurIty CouncIl saId It acts as a resIstance and wIll respond wIth force at the rIght tIme and that Israel has opened the Gates Of Hell agaInst Itself. Israel carrIed out more strIkes thIs mornIng In Israel And Hezbollah fIred more rockets Into Israel. JoInIng leave thIs mornIng Is my frIend brett bradley. He Is In beIrut. A country he knows well. ReportIng on an organIzatIon that he reported on for a very long tIme what you make of everythIng that has happened In the last 1218 hours . It Is not just somethIng that happened In t
It was a really busy week. So lets get right to it, some of the conversations you might have missed. Billionaire mark cuban, a Kamala Harris supporter, appeared on a Cnbc Squad Box and shared his thoughts on the Vice President s vision for the economy. Lets take a listen. How much more do you think the public knows now, and how much more do you think the public should know . Obviously, she is talking more, giving speeches, she was very clear about tariffs right there and shes got 40 days to communicate about other things. Think of this as a business and she is the ceo. She went from lack of favorability, lack of awareness, and way behind Donald Trump, to here we are, 50 days later from where she started, she is oh worst tide, people on her economic policy, she was by trump 20 , now she is behind 11 . She is making progress. If she just continues along the trend, the trend is her friend, that means, she is doing the right thing. She will keep communicating new ideas, new elements. She w