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DRAMATIC new video shows missile striking Israeli roadside   Senior national correspondent Rich Edson reports the latest from the White House. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, also joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss the aftermath of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites amid retaliation fears. #foxnews #news #usa #us #world #donaldtrump #trump #iran #israel #middleeast #war #nuclear #weapon #ayatollah #khamenei #netanyahu #breakingnews #live #media #telaviv #pakistan #primetime #military #army #navy #washington   Fox News is the ultimate source of Top Stories, News Updates, Breaking news, Top headlines, Investigative reports, Human interest stories, Weather updates, Natural disaster coverage, Crime reports, Editorial opinions, Fact-checking articles, Global events, global news, global news, global news updates, latest news, latest updates, news updates, world news updates,   Stay informed with the latest headlines and in-depth coverage from around the world — follow Global News Updates for real-time news you can trust. Don’t miss a story — hit follow now!   GLOBAL NEWS   #IranIsraelConflict #MiddleEastTensions #IranIsraelWar #BreakingNews #Geopolitics #foxnews #skynews #cnn #MiddleEastCrisis #WarInIranIsrael #InternationalNews #MiddleEastConflict #GlobalSecurity #BreakingNewsUpdate #ConflictAnalysis #IranNews #IsraelNews #WarUpdates #MiddleEastPolitics #SecuritySituation #IranIsraelRelations #WarNews #RegionalTensions #globalnews #newschannel #insights #updates

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00:00We begin with this Fox News alert.

00:04Two things are happening right now.

00:06President Trump is getting ready to meet with his national security team inside the Oval Office today.

00:11And following the United States historic Operation Midnight Hammer,

00:15we might learn next steps coming out of this meeting as the world awaits.

00:20Security also is being tightened here at home as Iran continues to threaten us.

00:25Yes, death to America, but they're claiming they have sleeper cells inside the United States.

00:30We're going to dig deeper, be all over it.

00:32I'm Harris Faulkner. You are in the Faulkner Focus.

00:35A closer look at that bold mission that severely damaged Iranian nuclear sites.

00:40The operation targeted three of those sites in Iran.

00:45And one of those facilities was the one that we talked about the most, the Fordow site.

00:49The U.S. used six B-2 bombers to drop 12 30,000-pound bunker busters on that site.

00:56Two more of those bunker busters were also dropped on another Iranian nuclear site.

01:0230 Tomahawk missiles hit a third site.

01:05In total, more than 125 U.S. aircraft, 75 precision-guided weapons were used.

01:11And the mission was the first time the United States has directly bombed Iran.

01:16Iran sent a stark warning to the president after those strikes.

01:20Actually, he was already saying this before.

01:23One Iranian military spokesperson called Trump the gambler, adding,

01:27you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it.

01:30Remember, they were already threatening last week.

01:32Don't do this, sleeper cells, the whole bit.

01:34That continues.

01:36Here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.

01:39This is an operation that presidents of the past have dreamed about,

01:44but no president had the guts to actually do it.

01:46But President Trump did, to take away this imminent threat,

01:49not just to the state of Israel, but to the United States and the rest of the world.

01:54So the country is a safer place today because of the president's bold action,

01:58and he has prevented a nuclear conflict.

02:01He has prevented a rogue radical regime from obtaining a nuclear bomb

02:06and threatening our people.

02:07I wonder how many of those countries around Iran have called to thank our U.S. president,

02:14because it provides them with safety as well.

02:17Iran and Israel are still trading strikes today as the world prepares for how Iran will respond.

02:23Dramatic new video shows the moment a missile hit the side of the road

02:27as Iran launched a new wave of attacks.

02:30That strike was south of Tel Aviv.

02:32And the Israeli Defense Force is responding with its own strikes in a series of attacks

02:37that hit six Iranian airports, destroying 15 fighter jets and attack helicopters.

02:42Note the difference.

02:43Iran goes after highly populated areas, residential areas, business areas of Israel,

02:50and the United States and Israel go after their military targets

02:54and anything nuclear at this point that we can get to.

02:57Senior national correspondent Rich Edson is at the White House now with more.

03:01Hi, good morning, Harris.

03:03Well, White House officials are stressing that the United States is not looking

03:06for an all-out war with Iran.

03:08This is just a couple of hours from now.

03:10President Trump will meet in the Oval Office with his National Security Council

03:14to discuss all this.

03:15As you mentioned, the attacks between Iran and Israel continue.

03:19The Israelis are launching more attacks against Iran,

03:21and the administration waits on any potential response from Tehran

03:26after American bombs struck Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.

03:29Now, Iran could target the massive U.S. military presence in the Middle East

03:33or disrupt shipping and global energy markets.

03:36The president is watching the oil markets, posting this morning, quote,

03:39everyone keep oil prices down.

03:41I'm watching.

03:42You're playing right into the hands of the enemy.

03:44Don't do it.

03:45For years, American presidents, including this one in his first term,

03:48have pressured the regime in Iran, especially with sanctions.

03:51As for whether the U.S. is trying to help overthrow the Ayatollah,

03:54the president wrote, quote, it's not politically correct to use the term regime change,

03:59but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again,

04:03why wouldn't there be a regime change?

04:05There is an authoritarian government there, and afterwards,

04:08the White House press secretary stressed that U.S. policy is unchanged.

04:12The president was just simply raising a question that I think many people around the world are asking.

04:18If the Iranian regime refuses to give up their nuclear program or engage in talks,

04:24we just took out their nuclear program on Saturday night, as you all know,

04:27but if they refuse to engage in diplomacy moving forward,

04:30why shouldn't the Iranian people rise up against this brutal terrorist regime?

04:34Now, ahead of this weekend's attacks from the U.S. on Iranian nuclear sites,

04:39the Israeli military had significantly degraded Iran's defenses as well as its militias and proxies

04:46across the region.

04:48Harris?

04:48Rich, thank you very much.

04:50The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has a new piece titled,

04:53Trump Meets the Moment on Iran.

04:56And it says this,

04:57At the very least, Iran's nuclear program has been set back by years.

05:01Iran may retaliate, no matter how self-destructive that would be for them.

05:05It now knows Mr. Trump is not bluffing.

05:09Much of the press has been fixated on the idea that Mr. Trump has now joined or even started a conflict.

05:15But Iran has been waging regional and terrorist war for decades.

05:19It's as likely that he has helped end it.

05:23Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, member of the Armed Services Committee and an Iraq War veteran,

05:28you led a command over there on the ground of reserve officers.

05:34Very impressive.

05:35And so you can tell us what it's like right now, as I'm most curious about,

05:40as the president kind of calculates his next move.

05:43Yes, absolutely.

05:44And what I would recommend, of course, to every American,

05:47whether they are civilian or military in the Middle East,

05:50is they must keep their heads on swivels.

05:53They must be aware of what is going on around them 24-7.

05:57We would anticipate that Iran would attempt to go after any American they can,

06:04whether it's bases in the Middle East or, as we heard earlier,

06:08maybe even Americans here in the homeland.

06:11But to the president, thank you, Mr. President, for securing our future

06:16and making sure that future generations are safe from a nuclear threat coming out of Iran.

06:22And I know that many of the countries through the Middle East, our Arab partners,

06:27and most certainly Israel, will be grateful as well that they won't have the threat of nuclear war hanging over their heads.

06:34We want a strong, prosperous, and safe Middle East.

06:39What do you say about the United Nations with all of this?

06:41I mean, I hear what you're saying, and I had just made the point.

06:44I mean, I wonder who's made the phone call of thank you to the president in that region,

06:48because it's better for everybody.

06:49But the United Nations is condemning us.

06:53Well, shame on the United Nations.

06:55It just shows how far to the left that they have bent.

06:58Instead of wanting world security,

07:01the United Nations just simply cowers to many of these authoritarian regimes.

07:06But we know, and in the conversations I have had through the Middle East as I travel there frequently,

07:13hearing from those leaders is that they do want peace.

07:16They do not want to see a war.

07:19This is not a war.

07:20This was a strike on a threat to the United States of America.

07:25I would say, as well, this is retribution, Harris,

07:29for the thousands of American lives that have been taken by Iran

07:33through direct strikes from Iran, as well as their terrorist proxies.

07:38And I was saying last week, as well, we lost 43 Americans on October 7th.

07:43Not a peep out of the Biden administration.

07:46Eight Americans were held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

07:51And yet, President Biden chose not to do a darn thing about it.

07:55Well, we have a president who is going to stand up for Americans now.

07:59We will be much more safe and secure because of the actions over this past weekend.

08:05Right. Look, you talk about Biden and his inaction.

08:07If he even knew what was going on, we can't verify that.

08:10But let's go back a little bit further.

08:12President Trump's decision to bomb key Iranian nuclear sites is dividing Congress.

08:16And my head is split on it because Obama bombed like 26,000 bombs in seven countries

08:23in a few months of 2016 before the election.

08:26Take a look at this.

08:27Democrats are actually in a tailspin over what Trump has done.

08:31The United States should not be in an offensive war against Iran without a vote of Congress.

08:36The Constitution is completely clear on it.

08:40And I am so disappointed that the president has acted so prematurely.

08:44What the president did here is definitely outside of the War Powers Resolution,

08:49and I think outside of the Constitution.

08:51The president absolutely failed to follow the Constitution.

08:55And now we're in war without congressional authorization.

08:59All of that is fancy for what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman from New York,

09:03just simply puts, it is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.

09:06They love that word.

09:07It makes the situation a lot clearer for voters, though, apparently, because it didn't work out

09:14for Democrats.

09:15Look, I want to go right away to exactly what Obama did and how we know that what President

09:20Trump just did was without a doubt constitutional and within the bounds of his power.

09:26The Obama administration, many sources are saying, dropped more than 26,000 bombs in seven countries.

09:34You can take a look at that.

09:36The Council on Foreign Relations, so this is one, that says that estimate is undoubtedly low

09:42because reliable data are only available for the airstrikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia,

09:47and Libya.

09:48And, of course, there was a war going on in Afghanistan, so they didn't even count that.

09:52Additionally, a single strike, according to the Pentagon's definition, can involve multiple

09:57bombs or munitions.

09:59We should note, again, we were at war someplace.

10:02Senator, Afghanistan.

10:03Yes, absolutely, Harris.

10:06And all this big talk coming from the Democrats, we are not in an offensive war.

10:13This was simply a defensive strike to prevent further nuclear enrichment to be used for a nuclear

10:21warhead, which would be directed not just at Israel, but then also the United States of America.

10:29We have saved countless American lives through this strike.

10:33And so, sure, if they want to drag President Trump out here in front of Congress, you know,

10:38and all the folks down at the Department of Defense, go on with your bad selves.

10:42We'll bring President Obama in, too.

10:45Let's sit down.

10:46Let's compare the two, because certainly President Obama did so much more than President Trump

10:52has done in this first six months.

10:55So thank you and congratulations, Mr. President.

10:59I believe in you.

11:00I want to thank the entire Team America, from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan

11:05Cain, General Eric Carilla, our Central Command commander, the entire team that made this

11:11possible.

11:12They are brave warriors, and they are protecting American interests.

11:18Senator, real quick, Syria, 12,192 bombs.

11:22Iraq, 12,095 bombs.

11:24During the last few months of President Obama's, and no one was talking impeachment or authorization

11:29or having conflict over that here at home.

11:32But my point is, you served in Iraq, so you have a little bit of knowledge about all that

11:37was going on.

11:38Just real quickly, when you compare this strike and its efficacy and cloaked nature, what do

11:45you say?

11:46Right.

11:47And I do think this was incredible.

11:50The fact that they were able to keep this secret and to move out and to move forward with

11:56this operation without it leaking, without the Iranians having any idea that this was coming

12:03was absolutely incredible.

12:06So what I would say is for the other nations and adversaries around the world, make no mistake

12:13that America is back.

12:16We have the most lethal fighting force on the face of the planet, and when we are threatened,

12:22when we have other adversaries like Iran that have killed Americans, you better be wary,

12:29because we have the strength and now a president with the wherewithal to actually push back against

12:36those that come after American lives.

12:40So, again, I can't say enough about this operation and the incredible warriors that carried this

12:45out, their entire support team.

12:48It truly is Team America Harris.

12:50I'm very, very proud of all of them.

12:53Senator Ernst, and we are as well as a nation, we're in their debt.

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