in 2017, a police report about pete hegseth being drunk in a hotel bar said that pete hegseth told the police, quote, that he was buzzed but not intoxicated during an encounter with a republican woman who, after spending time in pete hegseth hotel room, filed a complaint with monterey police claiming that she was raped. no criminal charges were filed after the police investigation, and none of that information bothered republicans in the senate in any way. when it came time to vote for donald trump's selection of pete hegseth as the secretary of defense. but all of those senators, all those republican senators, knew that as secretary of defense pete hegseth was going to sound like a character in drunk history. let's listen again to the stupidest public lie ever told by a secretary of defense. >> president trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history. >> now, some secretaries of defense, particularly during the vietnam war, found themselves telling worse lies, more important lies about their plans to win the war that we lost decisively. but those secretari

pete hegseth said it. i suppose it's a case of this is what the us administration is saying, this is what the experts are saying, who do you believe? that goes to the heart of pete hegseth's and get in that press conference in which he believes that the press should be on the side of the donald trump administration. that the press as he described it should the capturing these big moments and not ruining things is how he viewed it. of course reporters, that is our job to be objective ask those questions. pete hegseth i think so those questions as sufficiently insufficiently patriotic. he feels that by questioning the mission by the us it's not showing respect to the troops and soldiers that were involved. nonetheless, those questions will still be asked. thank you very much for that. three palestinians have been shot dead after dozens of israeli settlers attacked a palestinian village in the occupied west bank. it happened in the village of kafr malik, close to ramallah. our correspondent wyre davies is in

that is pete hegseth continuing to take questions. we are also keeping an eye on the outgoing chief of general staff here in front of uk defence select committee. we will bring you the key significant statements from both of them here on today's verified live. we

pete hegseth gave what was i can only describe.ust described it as a bit of a bizarre press conference this morning. what did you make of it? and why do you think that was? the approach from the pentagon? >> yeah, i mean. >> i worked there at the pentagon before. i've never seen anything quite like that. i mean, it was like a one man, one man show at broadway. i mean, honestly, it just came across as a lot of insecurity, you know, a lot of sense. >> of just trying. to prove. >> the macho ness. and, you know, i think that. >> that's. >> what i find, you know, turns off so many people. >> is like, right. >> now they're worried, you know, they're worried about what happens next. the anxiety about our country. striking another country and worried about whether that's going to pull us into greater conflict. and all he. >> can talk about is just. >> trying to brag. >> about. >> you know, just, you know, defending the president and whatnot. so it just it. >> was really bizarre. >> and it was something that just i think is just confusing.

we heard pete hegseth described the operation is focused, powerful and clean. he said it had devastated the iranian nuclear programme. we don't have independent verification of that at this point, but that is how the us secretary of defence, pete hegseth, is describing it. he said it had taken months and weeks of planning, positioning, and pre-positioning. and he said it was the first deployment of these massive ordnance penetrators, the so-called bunker busters, that we have been talking about all week. and he said it had been done, closely arranged with the allies in israel. we then heard from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, dan caine, who said this had been carried out with exceptional skill and discipline and had severely degraded iranian weapons and infrastructure. he said the whole operation had to began at 5pm eastern time yesterday, 10pm in the uk, it began with a us submarine launching two dozen tomahawk missiles. he then described aircraft that had flown ahead of these b2 aircraft to run a deception, he also said not a single shot had been

i will interrupt you because pete hegseth is there and about to speak. good morning. i arrived last night back from nato, two days apart from might battle buddies. where there was a historic outcome, and to start with that. i think there is so much news, so many things happening that often times big momentous moments get missed. what president trump accomplished in nato was game changing and historic. a shift in burden sharing to european responsibility in nato, that most would have said was impossible at the beginning of his term. but he said nato needs to pay up, they started in the first term, and here in the second term we have accelerated that. 32 nato countries committed to spending 5% gdp on defence. on actually investing in the nato alliance. so i hope with all the ink spilled, all the tablets find the time to properly recognise this historic change in continental security. that other presidents try to do, they talked about, president trump accomplished it. it is a huge deal. we are here this morning because in hunting for scandals, in trying to find wages, in

there was a key line from the secretary of defense, pete hegseth, in his opening statement. bombers went in and out without the world knowing. that is my main take away, despite the massive scope, we expected two bunker busters, we got 12. the secrecy and clan december wo implement the strike is unparalleled i think in modern warfare. rachel: i thought i recalled bret baier the first time we talked to him saying there were phantom planes, does that say something about cyber -- joey: they didn't necessarily breach it in the press conference but potentially drones were sent in front to distract some of the radar because if you understand how some of those defensive mechanisms work, basically they're scanning, they're scanning the sky, waiting on something and when they pick something up then they make a decision, electronically, are we going to shoot back. so i think that something like drones, phantom planes, no my lot. rachel: my take away from this press conference was really secretary hegseth's emphasis. we k know he's somebody that tas about the military's lethality, clea

pete hegseth has ordered the navy to rename the ship that's called in his honour. many other... they want to bring back some of the confederate leaders and the bases that are named after them as well. so there's a lot going on right across the military space, isn't there, in terms of trying to kind of change it? members of the trans community as well, changing the entry requirements for women versus men. and it just comes back to what they see as the strength of the military and how they can change it and how they can shape it to be more the way they want it to be. it's actually been really fascinating to see how that kind of plays out, in that hegseth kind of repeatedly says that the military needs to be kind of more...more lethal, there needs to be a bigger... ..greater warfighting ethos, in his terms, which i think is quite, from what i understand, quite popular in the military. but at the same time, i think it's a bit of a stretch in that the administration links that to recruitment, which is higher than it has been in quite some time, but we started to see it kind of climb

you got kristi noem, pete hegseth and a couple of others at the pentagon. underneath them are a lot of officials who have worked here for a long time, tom, and are well-versed in history we are discussing here. so whether these top officials change things up operationally as opposed to culturally is something we are about to find out. they've not been operationalized with the exception of mass deportations until now. >> i interviewed an author and former marine corps earlier, great conversation. and he called out in his opinion the over politicalization some of the opening comments from secretary hegseth. is that a concern in washington, that something that should be really apolitical like the pentagon appears to be a little less so? >> it was certainly different. you think that the blowback for donald rumsfeld got for his style of the podium, this was a whole different level of bluster. it was very on brand donald trump but i suspect that the audience they had in mind. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, much more traditional pentagon military offic

pete hegseth gave what was i can only describe.described it as a bit of a bizarre press conference this morning. what did you make of it? and why do you think that was? the approach from the pentagon? >> yeah, i mean, i worked there at the pentagon before. i've never seen anything quite like that. i mean, it was like a one man, one man show at broadway. i mean, honestly, it just came across as a lot of insecurity, you know, a lot of sense of just trying to prove the macho ness and, you know, and i think that that's what i find, you know, turns off so many people is like, right now they're worried, you know, they're worried about what happens next. the anxiety about our country striking another country and worried about whether that's going to pull us into greater conflict. and all he can talk about is just trying to brag about, you know, just, you know, defending the president and whatnot. so it just it was really bizarre. and it was something that just i think is just confusing. so many of us that are just trying to get answers ab

keep in mind that secretary of defense pete hegseth has made three those three things. his priorities here at the pentagon. if, in fact, those are priorities, you can make the argument that putting someone at the head of sexual, of handling the problem of sexual assault in the military would actually be a priority, as he promised to senator ernst. and again, at this point, we have no indication that he's moving forward on that. >> all right, courtney, allison, thank you very much, ladies, for joining us today, i appreciate it. >> thanks for. >> having us. >> coming up next, south korea had a presidential election. and let me put it this way. they do their election night specials a little bit differently than we (vo) t-mobile has an exclusive bundle little bit differently than we do them here. we have for customers fifty-five and up. right now, get two unlimited phone lines plus 5g home internet, for just thirty bucks each per month. all on america's largest 5g network. and with 5g home internet, set up is easy. switch today and get two unlimited phone lines plus 5g home

pete hegseth faces questions on capitol hill. he has justified sending the national guard to los angeles. saying immigration officials had to be protected. and uber will begin trialling driverless taxis in london next year. more on that in a moment but now we have the sport. good afternoon. we start with tennis and day two of the women's event at queen's club in london - where katie boulter has just won in the last few moments. the british number one beat australia's alja tomljanovic in the first round, she took the first set in a tiebreak but lost the second 6-1, however she came through to win 6-4 in the decider. you can follow all the action at queens on the bbc sport website and app. england round off their international break with a friendly against senegal in nottingham later, and given how few games thomas tuchel has with his england team until they potentially play in the world cup, this game has extra significance. and he wants to see more of this - smiling during matches. tuchel says training is fun, but the real thing

china has protested to washington over comments by the us defense secretary, pete hegseth.it's after he said china was rehearsing for a potential invasion of taiwan which beijing regards as part of its territory. the chinese foreign ministry said the us should not "play with fire" or try to use taiwan as a bargaining chip to contain beijing. pete hegseth made the comments at the shangri-la dialogue - a major defence gathering in singapore. the chinese embassy in singapore claimed the us was actually the biggest troublemaker in the region. here's a little bit of what mr hegseth said. we do not seek conflict with communist china. we will not instigate your seek to subjugate or humiliate president trump and the american people have an immense respect for the chinese people and their civilisation. an attempt by commoners china to conquer taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the indo-pacific and the world. there is no reason to sugarcoated, the threat china poses is real and it could be eminent, we hope not but it certainly could be. let's speak to our co

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i want to talk to president trump, pete hegseth and kristi noem, people elected to change this. you are losing los angeles. the people in charge have lost all control of the emergency services here in los angeles. ports, airports, nothing is protected. we really need that help to come in here. we've lost complete control. you see the pictures, we don't have to talk about the pictures, it is the people in charge have zero respect for tax-paying citizens anymore, they are giving to paid out of state, i don't know where these people are from. i would say three % of them are actually illegal immigrants that are protesting. it's got to end and only person who can do this is donald trump. people in charge of los angeles are all activists, social justice warriors, out with an agenda, i believe with all the message i was able to get out, we got the dei fire chief fired and i thought that was a great thing. so many other people in place in the city of los angeles and city council. the city controller is first amendment auditor, i believe had a staff daughter arrested, one of our council

and this morning, pete hegseth knew exactly what the assignment was. i mean, maybe trump even told him directly. and trump has spent the past few days calling for journalists who reported on us intelligence to be fired, some of them by name, because that intelligence says his strike was not as successful as he claims, and he probably knew that he could get at least a few of his lackeys to go out there and do his bidding. last night and this morning, trump even promoted texas press conference posted about it, which is not something he normally does, saying that the fake news had been lying and hegseth would tell the truth. and then at today's press conference, hegseth didn't provide evidence that the strike had successfully destroyed iran's nuclear capabilities because perhaps it doesn't exist. but he did aggressively attempt to shift the definition of success that seemed to be part of his goal as well. maybe a directed goal. who knows? as the new york times put it, the briefing gave no new assessments of the state of iran's nuclear program or the damag

caller: in response to pete hegseth. what took my breath away was that the united states air force bombed three nuclear facilities in iran. that is a level -- that is not some normal military act that our air force would -- the impact, the consequences of that , right now they don't know if radiation is leaking. it could be years before the groundwater is affected. the impact of this to not just iran but to the region and to the world could be catastrophic. i thought that there was a code of treaties of nations are there some things that are off-limits. i just want to understand is there no limits now to what the code of honor for military for the u.s. military what is that line that they will and will not cross. host: what should be the u.s. goal in the wake of these attacks? caller: i think the u.s. goal right now is the u.s. we really need to understand what did you do in our name. i want pete hegseth and everybody, why did you go attack these nuclear weapons, why did you do that? this is not just bombing military tar

leading that push at the meeting today is us defence secretary pete hegseth.here we are in countries of exceeding 2% and we think very close, almost near consensus, on 5% commitment from nato in the hague later this month. there are a few countries that are not quite there yet, i will not name names, among friends in that room, we will get them there. from france to germany, to the baltics, nordic countries, poland, greece, hungary, so many more at the commitment as there. 5% on defence spending. when you consider the threats we face, the urgency in the world, it is critical. we don't need more flags. we need more fighting formations. pete hegseth there. our correspondent jonathan beale has been following developments from brussels. clearly the pressure is on from the us because pete hegseth who did not attend yesterday's coalition providing weapons to ukraine, the meeting taking place here at nato, chaired by both britain and germany, he did not turn up for that. but he has turned up for this meeting, the defence ministers' meeting, last big meeting before a

tomorrow general caine, secretary of defence pete hegseth will have a press conference at 8am at the pentagon and i just want to thank everybody and in particular god. i want to just say, we love you god and we love our great military. protect them. god bless the middle east. god bless israel and god bless america. thank you very much. there you have it in full again, president trump's statement from the white house, from the east room. you saw in that image as he was flanked by his top team by the president jd vance, the secretary of state marco rubio and the secretary of defence pete hegseth. the white house in the last few moments have just released this picture. this shows jd vance, the vice president, alongside president trump in the famous situation room. it is a situation room anything west wing of the white house where the military decisions are made. and you can see the two men, the vice president and the president, sitting around the table. they would have been others in the room, of course, as those decisions and calls were made ahead of the us striking iran. let's go back

we heard pete hegseth described the operation is focused, powerful and clean.he said it had devastated the iranian nuclear programme. we don't have independent verification of that at this point, but that is how the us secretary of defence, pete hegseth, is describing it. he

we're expecting to hear from the us defence secretary, pete hegseth shortly on this. but in the last hour, iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei - in his first televised address since the strike - said president trump's claims that key nuclear sites had been 'obliterated' were 'exaggerated'. let's speak to cbs correspondent, jared hill we expect to hear in 30 minutes' time about the extent to the iranians nuclear facilities from pete hegseth, which is happening as the cia director issued his own assessment tell us more about that. what we are hearing from from a couple of places, and we are seeing citations in his own administration that the damage that the damage was significantly more impactful and damaging than what some of the initial assessments had said and we heard from the beginning, ever since the initial assessment came from the intelligence community. that it was in the white house was leaning in on that and early with everything they've seen so far is different. what we expect to see today from the secretary of defence is not quite clear but all we

more on that shortly - first here's some of what pete hegseth had to say. president trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history and it was a resounding success resulting in a ceasefire agreement and the end of the 12-day war. there has been a lot of discussion about what happened and what didn't happen. step back for a second. because of decisive military action, president trump created the conditions to end the war. decimating, choose your word, obliterating, destroying, iran's nuclear capabilities. he was speaking alongside the chairman of the us, joint chiefs of staff, general dan caine. he said he 'wasn't going to mark his own homework', but the massive bombs had hit their targets and their explosion had been seen. take a listen. the weapons functioned as designed, meaning they exploded. we know this through other means, intelligence means that we were visibly able to see them. and we know that the trailing jets saw the first weapons function and the pilots stated, quote, "this was the brightest "explosion that i've ever

as far as defense secretary pete hegseth is concerned.spent the majority of his remarks really emphasizing his and president donald trump's stated belief that these military strikes on iranian nuclear facilities completely obliterated the country's nuclear capabilities and really deriding the media for recent reporting by cnn and confirmed by a host of others that a preliminary intelligence assessment did raise some questions and some uncertainty about the status of that nuclear program. and look, pete hegseth really leaning into what the president has said publicly, in fact, said immediately after these military strikes were conducted that that they were not only successful, but they completely obliterated the country's program. that is not something that is reflected in the facts and something that still remains a question even after today. we did we did pick up some new details, though, about what that confidence from hegseth and donald trump seems to be based on, and that is based on the capabilities of this mop. the massive ordnance

donald trump gets what he wants from pete hegseth. tom: thank you. really appreciate it this morning. jennifer lawless with us from the university of virginia. we welcome all of you. please subscribe to bloomberg podcasts. that is our new digital distribution. we say can one to you. a special four hour edition of bloomberg surveillance. we will be with you with conversation and perspective. the news flow is so exceptional that i want to squeeze this and before we hear from the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. let's go to 91 .9 fm. >> we are expected to here in minutes from defense secretary pete hegseth and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff dan caine. last night, president donald trump set american bombers obliterated the facilities at fordo, natanz, and isfahan. at the moment, there is no increase in off-site radiation levels but there is damage to the entryways and surrounding mountains at the fordo site. this morning, strikes between israel and iran continue. the israeli military says will continue attacks on mil

any moment defense secretary pete hegseth will testify. he was booked to talk about the budget, but it's hard to imagine him not being grilled about what's happening in los angeles, where president trump just mobilized hundreds of marines to join the national guard troops he already deployed, and how california is now fighting back against having its streets patrolled like war zones. why the white house wants this fight. hello? it's ten eastern, 7 a.m. pacific. i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. and right now, defense secretary pete hegseth is testifying to congress for the first time since his confirmation, as hundreds of troops he oversees are now deployed to los angeles to respond to immigration protests. president trump's decision to mobilize the national guard and the marines to patrol american streets without a request from state officials hasn't been done in 60 years. and that decision could be central to today's testimony, which follows another tense night of protests and more immigration raids across los angeles. let's get

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, we are waiting to take you live to the pentagon, with pete hegseth defense secretary chairman jointly chiefs of staff general caine to discuss "operation midnight hammer" strikes on iran trump administration slamming media for doubting extent of the damage done, fox is learning strike assessment based one day leaked low confidence report but that did not stop the media from reporting it watch this. >> a donald trump acknowledges maga minions many i guess i should say lying to the country for days. >> you heard the word the confidence the word obliterated, obliterated, obliterated, fox intelligence assessment fasts not obliterated. >> he is not stopping iran. >> so really stopping iran? trump administration planning to limit classified information shares with congress fbi investigating leak continues, mark tepper cheryl casone waiting on press conference any moment will hear from possessive possessive the joint chief of staff of staff chairman general caine then questions. mark: the nuclear sites were obliterated president trump incredibly successful rather than acknowledging that main

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their aour mission depots from e secretary pete hegseth. we will have that in a moment. a brand-new information now this morning. our military dropped at total of 14 bunker buster bomb penetration bomb weighing 30,000 pounds each. submarines in a cloak to decoy mission hired 38 tomahawk missiles. this video just in showing u.s. air strike on the isfahan nuclear facility. so, no doubt they did not see any of it coming. this has to be a shock to them. it is underground filled with tunnels described as a much harder target that even fordow the notorious ones you hear is reporting on and several days a well-placed source telling fox news the underground site is quote deeper and harder than rock. isfahan is responsible for several critical ops and iran's nuclear chain. three of the beat to use dropped six bombs on the fordow nuclear site. the satellite image shows what it looked like before the new satellite imagery shows the aftermath. several large holes and craters surrounding the underground complex. a layer of great/blue ash caused by the airstrikes could be seen across

defense secretary pete hegseth speaking with that nato. listen in if we can. >> so glad you are here. welcome to nato. tom: pete hegseth arriving at nato headquarters in the hague. there is a meeting of nato defense ministers today, and it focuses on the 5% defense target, which ties as to the story in germany, the economic outlook for the euro zone as well. we will bring back and sabrina right now. in terms of the defense spent in europe, when to spencer to come through in a material way in terms of the impact on the growth trajectory for the euro zone? >> this is not going to be very fast especially given -- they want to increase defense spending, but if it is about chasing or increasing defense capabilities the defense multiplier is lower compared to targeted public investment toward physical investment where the fiscal multiplier is lower. when we take into get everything, defense spending but infrastructure spending coming from germany, which can be conducive to long-term growth, private investment in germany with an impact on the eur

and certainly clearly the way pete hegseth sees the military.constantly about trying to restore a warrior culture in the united states military. well, i mean, pete hegseth may be confused because he was asked to leave the united states military because of the way he behaved. but if he had stuck around, he would have been reminded every day that this is the most lethal, most effective, and most professional military in the history of planet earth. and that's the military that he inherited. so when you say to sailors throughout the navy, that is one of the branches that you're in charge of, that you cannot be gay and be part of the warrior ethos, the warrior mentality. well, that's a real problem in a military that rightfully got rid of the law that forced harvey milk out of the military. we should remember that it's not a bad thing to remind those who are serving, what they're serving for, what they're fighting for. and if you want to talk about a warrior ethos, i mean, how about somebody who joins the military during a war as an officer gets kic

joey: defense secretary pete hegseth is here to react this hour. >> u.s. army getting ready to celebrate the 250th birthday. there's a live report coming up. rachel: and one of country's -- one of the country's biggest stars is going to perform during tonight's army 250th parade. we'll sit down with warren zeiders this final hour on "fox & friends" starting right now. ♪ ♪ carley: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends" morning. it's 9:00 on the east coast and we're gathered along the potomac river getting ready to celebrate the army's 25th birthday that will culminate in a terrific parade that goes up constitution avenue later this evening from basically the base of the lincoln memorial up constitution avenue past the white house, and i couldn't be more thrilled to be here with you, rachel, and with you, joey. rachel: thank you, char rhode island we'll have pete hegseth on in just a little bit. he, of course, famously an army veteran himself so we're chit excited he gets to be here and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the administerny. i wore patrioti

defense secretary pete hegseth, secretary of state marco rubio. and jacqui heinrich was told tulsi gabbard was in the room as well. after the strikes the president posted this, quote: any retaliation by iran against the united states of america will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight. and he said in that address last night any secondary that the u.s. would have to take in response would be a whole lot easier. iran has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. its foreign minister stating this a short time ago -- >> silence in the face of such blatant aggression will plunge the world into an unprecedented level of danger and chaos. islamic republic of iran calls on the security council to convene an emergency session to unequivocally condemn the criminal act of aggression by the united states. >> reporter: okay. so in terms of domestic pushback, democratic congressman ro khanna is pushing for colleagues to return to washington to sign the war powers resolution tomorrow to, quote, ensure there is no fur

pete hegseth at that briefing was was very clear. i think j.d. vance has been very clear that the motive of this was not regime change. but let me play for you what john bolton had to say. may take us a minute. >> were you surprised that president trump took such decisive action? >> well. >> let me say this unequivocally. i think president trump made the right decision for america to attack iran's nuclear weapons program. and i think we're on the verge of potentially seeing regime change in iran as as part of that, i think this this is a huge change in the middle east. it was a decisive action. it was the right thing to do. i thought somebody should do it for a long time, but better late than never. >> general mccaffrey, what do you think of the possibility of regime change is? >> well, clearly that was not the objective. we're not using other measures to undermine the ayatollah and his senior military intelligence and political staff. i think it's probably not likely that it happens. survival of the regime will be their first priority. now, havi

as soon as asked about that, within a minute i had a denial from the defence secretary pete hegseth.said based on everything we have seen cut our bombing campaign obliterated iran's ability to create nuclear weapons, our bombs to the right spots at each target and worked perfectly. that is about as strong pushback as you can get. it is extraordinary this story, while president trump he is at this dinner with all the other nato leaders. i wonder where they are talking about. >> will: still to be clear there is not much gray area they, not much room for confusion. other news outlets are reporting, bc they have sources within the intelligence agency, this only said about the iranian nuclear program by a few months. what you hear from the signatory of defense is the iranian nuclear capabilities are obliterated? -- secretary of defense. >> yes, again nobody from the american side has been in there yet to look. right now it really is, we have unnamed sources in reports and we have a statement with this a good -- defence secretary's name on it. pete hegseth i don't think he would be saying

defense secretary pete hegseth gives a fiery defense of president trump's assessment that iran's nuclear program was obliterated but offered few new details to back up the claim. it is still not clear how much damage the b-2 launched bombs actually caused. we'll speak with cbs's middle east reporter courtney kealy. in a scene right out of a blockbuster movie, one of ecuador's most notorious drug lords was pulled from a hidden tunnel and arrested. cristian benavides reports the suspect known as fito may soon be headed to the u.s. to face multiple charges. those stories and more right after our news headlines. ♪ ♪ the supreme court today cleared the way for states to block medicaid funding for nonabortion related medical services provided by planned parenthood. the 6-3 ruling bolsters republican efforts to defund the nation's largest abortion provider. additional major rulings are expected tomorrow when the court's term ends including president trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship. the u.s. economy shrank faster than we thought in the first three months of this year, revised numbers

. >> that was secretary of defense pete hegseth and the chairman of the joint chief of staff, general general cain, who ran through the some of the details of this strike in iran. first, lots of praise to both president trump and the military personnel involved. 125 u.s. military aircraft participating in the operation, the secretary of defense calling it an incredible and overwhelming success, making it very clear. that this was targeted to the nuclear sites nuclear operation and not targeted to iranian troops and the iranian people. he said that the nuclear program was, quote, obliterated, mimicking what the president said last night, 60 days of peace and negotiation is what he said. president trump gave their opinions and that he felt the president felt that they were kind of dragging their feet on that. and that's why we tying that to the strike that we just saw here. he said the president does not seek war. this the united states does not seek war, but will act quickly when people are allies, are under threat. the chairman went through the details of this, and i think, you know,

first, here's some of what pete hegseth had to say. president trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history and it was a resounding success resulting in a ceasefire agreement and the end of the 12 day war. there has been a lot of discussion about what happened and what didn't happen. step back for a second. because of decisive military action, president trump created the conditions to end the war. decimating, choose your word, obliterating, destroying, iran's nuclear capabilities. iran's supreme leader made his first appearance on state tv since the 12 day war. he said, donald trump had 'exaggerated' the impact of america's strikes on their nuclear facilities. translation: the president of the united states exaggerated events in unusual ways and it turns out he needed this exaggeration. anyone who has heard these words has understood there is another truth behind them. the us has failed to take action and has not achieved their intended objective. let's speak to mark lowen, who's in tel aviv. confirmation

defense secretary pete hegseth will join us later this morning and talk about that. charlie:democrat lawmakers remain up in arms over the trump administration's immigration crackdown. >> i am senator alex podia. i have questions for the secretary. joey:hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the nation's capital today as the u.s. army gets ready to celebrate its 200 fiftieth birthday. the third hour of "fox and friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ joey:there is the brass band, trumpets getting it done. takes me back to being in the uniform on a hot, sweaty day for change of command ceremony. you've got different musical instruments, it sucks to be in uniform standing here but it would really be bad to be holding a big instrument and playing it in uniform. i have so much respect for them. rachel: what about the guys we had with the world jackets because they are wearing historical -- joey:they are conditioned. it is tough but it is a day of celebration, the army's 250th birthday, the president's 79th birthday and it is our flag's 248th birthday. a day of celeb

he was the commander of a menacing enterprise, which in fairness to pete hegseth, it's hard to comeff like darth vader when you're actually darth draft evader, and we learned from his -- he's making a lot of money, from his most recent financial disclosure, last year, trump made more than $600 million from his crypto, from his golf clubs, from his bibles, guitars, licensing fees, and now there's talk that he will be selling an instant pot. that's right. the folks at instant pot are working on a special 4547 trump edition instant pot. they're calling this the most embarrassing thing trump has put his name on since don jr. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, of all the things. does -- does anyone think donald trump has ever touched an instand pot? i bet he's touched melania more than he's touched an instant pot. and what is this going to do to their brand? are people going to be keying their neighbor's instant pots, too? we keep saying he wants to be kim jong-un. he really wants is to martha stewart. he's selling trump brand mobile phones now. their website, trump mobile, was a mess from

the us defence secretary, pete hegseth, says the strikes have devastated the iranian nuclear programme. at a pentagon briefing, it was revealed that 75 precision-guided weapons were used, including 14 huge bunker-busting bombs. the iranian foreign minister has accused president trump of betraying the american people as well as iran by bombing its nuclear facilities. abbas araghchi said the united states had crossed "a big red line". let's take a closer look at the three key nuclear sites president trump said were hit. they were at fordo, natanz and isfahan. president trump said the sites had been obliterated. isfahan is a uranium conversion plant whilst natanz is an enrichment plant. even before the us strikes, the international atomic energy agency said natanz has sustained severe damage, but the main site hit was fordo. the uranium enrichment site is situated about 60 miles or 100 kilometres south of the capital, tehran, in a mountainous region. it's thought to consist of two main tunnels that house centrifuges used to enrich uranium as well as a network of smaller tunnels. reaching

more on that shortly - first here's some of what pete hegseth had to say. president trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history and it was a resounding success resulting in a ceasefire agreement and the end of the 12-day war. there has been a lot of discussion about what happened and what didn't happen. step back for a second. because of decisive military action, president trump created the conditions to end the war. decimating, choose your word, obliterating, destroying, iran's nuclear capabilities. he was speaking alongside the chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff, general dan caine. he said he 'wasn't going to mark his own homework', but the massive bombs had hit their targets and their explosion had been seen. take a listen. the weapons functioned as designed, meaning they exploded. we know this through other means, intelligence means that we were visibly able to see them. and we know that the trailing jets saw the first weapons function and the pilots stated, quote, "this was the brightest "explosion that i've ever s

when you see and you see the very different presentations from general cain and pete hegseth, as kim is pointing to, why do you think secretary hegseth continues to take this approach when they could just say it is preliminary, just as you've reported, and we're still gathering information. stand by for the full assessment. why do you think that continues? what impact do you think it has? so secretary. >> hegseth has an audience. >> of one. donald trump truthed. >> out that this was going to be. >> a game. >> changing press conference. so hegseth knew. >> who he was performing for. his job was to attack the media and to defend this as the most successful operation. but i was incredibly impressed with general cain. i think many of us were kind of concerned when he leapfrogged over four stars, who were more in line to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and he conducted himself exactly how he should. he focused on the pride he had in the troops, the success of the operation. and he pointed out something we shouldn't forget in this. there have been plans for about 15 y

avant cela, on va écouter pete hegseth.0">que l'opération ne ciblait ni les militaires ni les civils iraniens. lors des 10 dernières années, le président trump a gardé le même objectif: l'iran ne doit pas avoir l'arme atomique, point final. grâce au leadership visionnaire et courageux du président et à son engagement pour une paix par la force, les ambitions nucléaires de l'iran ont été réduites à néant. fin de sous-titrage. sous-titrage en direct eva france st'501

pete hegseth started a hearing 45 minutes ago. we have a keen eye on this hearing because of what is happening with iran and israel. we'll bring our viewers up to speed when there are headlines from there. meantime gillian, welcome back as we dive into the next hour right here. good morning. >> gillian: we'll let you know once the flagpoles are both standing up on the north and south lawns of the white house. show you a live picture of that. fox team coverage for you of the brewing conflict between iran and israel. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon and first go to mike tobin. he is on the ground in tel aviv this morning. hey, mike. >> gillian, iran's supreme leader has been responding to comments made by president trump. the 86-year-old ayatollah responded to president trump's call for an unconditional surrender saying a wise person would never say that knowing the iranians will never sur en deer. he also threatened consequences if u.s. gets directly involved in strikes on iran. idf lost a drone over iran. they say no one was hu