%f0 good evening. i'm jose diaz-balart. welcome to the special coverage report, 9:00 p.m. eastern and 4:00 a.m. in israel and we begin with breaking news out the middle east. iran has launched drone strikes to israel, more than 200 were launched earlier today according to the israeli defense forces. the idfs they have intercepted the vast majority of them. they add that the vast majority of those intercepts occurred outside israeli territorial boundaries. nbc news is reporting that the u.s. has shot down some of the drones and is prepared to shoot more down even if they threaten american assets if they are of any danger to american assets

in the region. president biden back in washington d.c. tonight. he's been monitoring the situation from the white house and he spent time in the situation room with the national security team amid concerns about iran's next move. the national security meeting wrapped up after about two hours, and that's where we start this evening, and brie jackson is in washington, and what do we know about the actions after the national security team meeting? >> reporter: good evening, jose. we know the president rushed back to the white house for the meeting with the national security team but he was still receiving updates about the situation until the middle east. and he was threatening that the threat to israel's security from iran is ironclad and was

on report that the retaliatory strikes would happen. he held a high-stakes meeting with the national security team, and we were told it was a few hours long. the president posted a picture to social media with antony blinken and secretary of state lloyd austin. and here's what we know so far from the u.s. officials. they say iran's attack began with more than 100 drones headed towards israel. the administration's expectation is that israel would launch dozens of ballistic missiles targeting sites but not civilian or religious sites. this came after iran vowed to attack earlier this month, and we are continuing to get updates from the white house. a couple of things we are

looking for is the impact of the strikes and what action the u.s. will be taking moving forward. jose? >> no doubt, brie and they are confirming that the u.s. military is shooting down the drones and when they come into u.s. assets in iraq and syria, and what more have we heard about american assets in the region tonight? >> reporter: we do know that the u.s. had already repositioned some of the defenses in the area in preparation for this happening when it comes to the u.s. response and we are hearing from lawmakers on capitol hill and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell released a statement saying that president biden must lead an international efforts to impose costs on iran to compel the end to the aggression. and mcconnell is among the members of congress that say

lawmakers must do their part in this. we know last week, clarified information was iran's plan was given to the senate intelligence committee as well as the house intelligence committee. some lawmakers say today's strike escalates the need to approve emergency aid for israel and the house will vote to support israel and they are expecting briefings from the white house and the members of congress on the situation in the east. >> nbc announcing that the issue will be dealt with next week on capitol hill. brie jackson, thank you very much, and let's continue the conversation throughout the next two hours. there a lot of information coming minute by minute. i want to discuss how the iranian strike will impact things in the region and we

have general steven twitty, an msnbc analyst, and general, always good to see you, and i would like your concepts and thoughts on what iran is doing and would be doing and the impact on israel and the region. >> first of all, good to be with you, jose. first of all, iran has been put in the box with the israeli strike. and they have to save face with their people and so, not striking back would have been a bad thing from their people in other words. the second thing is iran wants to be seen as the big fella in the region. it looks weak if they don't do

anything about the israeli strike in the region and hence, that's what you are seeing here, and it interests me that after they sent the 100 drones and then did the missile strikes, now, okay. we're going to stop. now, the war just doesn't stop like that because somewhere at some point, these missiles, these drones will fall on israel, and there may be casualties and this may not be casualties. at the end of the day, the next will be israelis, whether they want to strike back. so we continue to be in a tinder box having said all this. >> general, just wondering. you are talking about iran's, i guess, internal need to save face in the attack and a lot of people lost their lives in that

attack, but what is israel's reaction now? or what could israel's reaction be, saving face or not, to 200 maybe drones coming in, missiles coming in? >> yes. first of all, remember. they had time to plan and prepare for this. iran wanted the element of surprise. they didn't get the element of surprise here because we alerted them, the u.s., that this was coming in and so for weeks now, they have been planning on this and they had their defense and u.s. moved capabilities to support them. so we hope that at the end of the day that when these missiles land, it is minimal damage. in my view, minimal damage is israel will perhaps say okay. we met in our defensive

position by destroying the capability of iran and i think that should tamper things down. i hope that would tamper things down. obviously, israel has tremendous capability to strike back whether it be f-35, f-16, their own missile capabilities. so let's hope this causes minimal damage and israel sees this as success and iran backs down. >> so, general, what are the -- how does this end? you know, it seems as though since the massacre of the october seventh when more than 12 1200 men and women and children were massacred, and they believe that iran has a relationship, the training or what have you with hamas and

they certainly have a relationship with hezbollah. where does this end, general? it seems like one hit and then the other hit. where do you see this ending? can this not end? >> a couple of points here. the war between israel and hamas has been going on for seven months now. every day that this war continues, we're going to have miscalculations like this. so it's important that we get to somewhere where this war ends. but on the larger, it's important that we get to the point where there is a two- state solution and it's implement limited because the majority has to deal with the two-state solution. there are other problems in the middle east. trust me. i spent a lot of time there but if we get to the two-state

solution whereby the israelis are living in peace and prosperity and the palestinians are doing the same, that will solve most of the problems. >> general, speaking of your experience. you have such deep and profound experience including former deputy commander of the united states, the european command, and i am just wondering what the rest of the world is seeing and possibly doing or not doing as a consequence of what we are living through tonight? i know great britain has been involved, and in coordination with the united states, and there are regions, maybe the most important one, saudi arabia. what are the countries around the region seeing tonight and is there a message also by not

reacting if israel decides not to react? is this a message in non- reaction? >> let me pull you out to the larger picture here. think about the strait of hamouth. they have the capability of the navy to shut it downment if they shut that strait down, you are talking about 80% of the aid. think of china. china doesn't want this to escalate because they know it will cripple asia. 24% of the oil that comes through comes to the north here, the united states and elsewhere though we are pretty suspicious with our oil but that area is critical and so it's in the best interest of not only china, saudi arabia

and others to ensure that this comes to a quiet resolution and we get to somewhere where we can at least focus on what's at hand. i go back to the two-state solution and oh, by the way. don't forget about hezbollah. it's interesting that they have not jumped into this. the houthis shooting missiles towards israel. this all kind of levers to ignite this and hope we don't see had. >> general stephen twitty, thank you for joining us this evening, and your voice is so important especially on a night like this. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. good to be here. >> our special coverage on the attack on israel continues after a quick break. we'll get the latest from the region. stay with us. the latest from t region. stay with us.

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17 past the hour and welcome back to the iranian has beens on israel, and martin fletcher, always great to see you and on a night i guarantee not a lot of people slept where you are. >> that's right, and it was a dramatic evening and night for the israeli citizens, expecting the worst from iran and iran fired the hundreds of missiles

-- we didn't know exactly how many -- but for the time being seemed to have dodged a bullet to use that phrase with the defense systems shooting down most of the inbound missiles by iran help from the u.s. and the uk and also jordan's air defenses, the country of jordan shooting down some of the missiles, too. so facing an enormous threat, the israelis, trying to sleep, and they went to bed hoping that they would not need to get up and spend the night and face tremendous damage. and in fact, there were sirens all over most of israel, and in the north and south and only minor damage it turns out in an air force base in the south of israel. otherwise, israelis for the most part were able to experience an evening of success of their defense system. it was a remarkable success, actually, being able to stop so many rockets fired from iran. so a tremendous threat that for

the most part was dodged for the time being. of course, we don't know what the immediate future holds. >> martin, if it was a surprise attack it was the worst kept secret in the history of secrets because president biden just today left his home in delaware and came back to the white house to monitor the situation in person there and yesterday he told our nbc's monica alba that he expected something to happen earlier rather than later. so the israelis were prepared for this. >> not only were they very prepared for it but they were prepared for days and warning iran not to do that as had the united states.

but the time that the missiles took to reach israel from iran, two hours, so israel had every kind of warning possible. and i asked myself, iran knew that everybody was suspecting the attack and knew that the missiles would take hours to get this and give israel time to respond. so i guess the question, did iran mean to destroy parts of israel or was it just the -- was it the response that they needed to make and were hoping not to do too much damage to israel to stop israel from retaliating so the war would not spread? of course, the danger of the success of the attack on israel is that israel would retaliate very violently and there could be catastrophic convinces with the wider region and israel and iran really embarking on a full- scale war. because there was so little damage in israel, the question is what will israel do? will they retaliate or just

swallow this as an appropriate response almost to the killing israel did, in syria? we know the israeli war cabinet has given the go-ahead for the response and we need to see, what will the israeli response be? and will that, then, begin a wider war, and certainly for the citizens of every country in the region, maybe because there was so little damage done by iran it will give israel a chance -- both nations to climb down from the tree and avoid a wider war. >> and i so appreciate your time, martin, 4:21 in the morning at had time where you are, and i know the israeli government said the schools were closed and the airspace was shut down and nights were

not coming in or leaving. is that going to be changing any time soon? >> it will certainly be another 24 hours of schools being closed and gatherings of more than 1000 people were banned for the time being and the airports were closed. i don't know, frankly, whether that will be lifted. is that depends on what israel's response will be. if israel responds by attacking iran, these new conditions could be extended for a long time. but certainly, israel's airport is extremely -- the main airport in tel aviv is a major airport can when this is cut off the country is cut off, and the fighting, whether it continues or not depends on israel's response. we'll see what israel will do.

>> martin, curious with your thoughts and not asking for your opinion but many years coveraging the region, there must be political implications and what prime minister benjamin netanyahu decides to do or not do and there has to be political considerations in there and also, martin, the fact that you mentioned jordan was also shooting down some of those drones. there are possible repercussions in neighboring countries. how do you see this going forward, martin, when you take into consideration the israeli domestic political pressures but also, the reality of a region that has been in such difficult moments for so long? >> you know, i think the key consideration for the israelis at the moment who have just been attacked in a major way by iran for the first time -- it

hasn't happened before that iran has fired missiles froms it own territory against israel in this way, so this is a first. one of the fears of israel is when iran attacked israel now that maybe hezbollah in south lebanon would join the attack. that would have made it a significant attack, a combined attack. that doesn't happen. again it suggests this was a pro forma opinions to the killings in damascus. what does this do to the negotiations in happen as and gaza about a cease-fire, and how does it impact the hostages being held in gaza? if the war spreads, then that really would have been -- i don't like to use the but it's realistic, but that would have been the kiss of death for most

of the hostages still in gaza because the anti-missile systems were so successful, and that gives politicians locally more room to maneuver. they can say if they want to, okay we have done enough and stop the war from spreading but the political and regional implications are extremely severe. i would say the threat of a wider war is never as great as it is right now and it probably depends on israel's response. as i said earlier, they have been given the green light. the war cabinet was given the green light to respond in a way they see fit and we'll see what they do. >> martin fletcher at 4:25 in the morning there thank you very much, and josh, at this hour, there have been so many things discussed about what

israel did to prepare for this. it was the worst-kept secret and martin fletcher was telling us this was the first time in recent time that iran has attacked israel from its own territory. >> that's right. we never have seen a full- iranian strike on israel. this is a whole different situation, and that is why the fears and the level of concern right now are so high, really, across the globe. right now, jose, president biden is speaking by phone with prime minister netanyahu according to the israeli prime minister's office. we know the two governments were coordinating very closely not only on a political level about what happens next but on a military level as the u.s. has been so critical to shooting down many of the iranian projectiles and making sure that israel has the ability to defend itself.

but the real question is, is this over? have we seen basically the totality of what iran plans to do? could there be more strikes that could potentially cause more damage, more injuries and raise the ante further? so far in the last hour ago we have heard from the israeli equivalent of the red cross saying that 31 people were treated for basically stress for shock from a very anxious situation and as well as potentially light injuries as they were making their way to shelters but beyond that we only know about the one young girl that the israeli military spokesman mentioned had been injured but we don't know of any serious injuries and no fatalities, and that's the good news it creates an off-ramp for israel not to respond, to retaliate in a way that would seriously escalate in the way

that martin 97er was talking about. we know the israeli mission to the united nations were saying on social media in the last few hours that they consider this matter closed and they consider what was a fair response on the israeli air strikes on the embassy compounds in syria and as long as israel doesn't, in iran's words, make any more mistakes, i.e. retaliate, everyone can cool down and back off year and that's certainly what the u.s. hopes will happen now but it's difficult to see how the israeli government will climb down from a very public threat they had been making for days now that if iran did exactly what it did tonight, israel would be forced to strike directly inside of iran. that was something that would further escalate the situation and that was the fear that has

been unleashed tonight, that this is a pattern of escalation that is very difficult to put back in the bottle. >> israel is involved in taking out people inside iran and they certainly have been involved. i am wondering, josh, among other things, when the uk's role was specifically tonight and also if israel can -- you and i have been discussing it for weeks now -- if israel can see the possibly of escalating things further with iran after tonight's attack but also what impact that may have on the more than 100 hostages still in gaza in the hands of hamas? and announced also, possibly invasion by israelis.

>> according to israeli media, we heard from the british military saying that they have moved additional military assets into the region, and in part, really, to backfill for u.s. fighter jets and military assets that were moved out of their normal postings iraq and syria to respond to the attack. when it comes to what this portends for gaza our producer made an interesting point a little while ago. this was the first time in nearly six months that we had not seen huge numbers of israeli drones and aircraft over the gaza strip. why? because they are all very busy right now defending israel from a much more existential threat. israel has always considered

iran, not hamas to be the existential threat so for a brief period of time it has taken the world's attention from the immediate crisis on the gaza strip and a broader war that could potentially snare the u.s. and other nations. the question is how will this affect the delicate negotiations for a cease-fire? how will this force the other nations in the region playing a in that like egypt, like qatar with relationships with hamas and iran? how will they respond and will this make it more difficult for israel to have the quiet, behind the scenes conversations to make it necessary to end or at least press pause on the war that was running for at least six months now and killed so many israelis and palestinians. >> josh, thank you so much. really appreciate it. our breaking news of the

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and welcome back to our coverage of i ran's attacks on israel. israel said it has intercepted the vast majority of the drones and missile lawned launched by iran and the u.s. helped to shoot down the drones, and i want to welcome a member of the house foreign affairs, and congressman, thank you for joining us. and i thought about how much i wanted to talk to you tonight. i want to hear your message

tonight to israel, to iran and to all of us. >> look. my message is this. we knew that iran said that they were going to retaliate and i have been getting a message from the white house and others to prepare that they saw this coming. the key message is i don't want any more loss of innocent human lives and as you indicated it seems like there is a possibility, and i was really worried about the ballistic missiles coming in. that was the most danger. it seems like none of them landed or endangered or killed anybody on the ground. so now we have to make sure we contain had and then have de- escalation so that it doesn't get into an all-out-and-out war that we have so many human lives that will be at stake. been trying to, in this whole

situation in the middle east, trying to reduce the number of individuals that are innocent from dying. my hope is this is a serious situation in the middle east and i must admit i have been very worried all day long. but i hope there is no loss of innocent lives. and i hope that we will be able to contain this and then begin to de-escalate and then continue to have a dialogue and conversation and diplomacy moving forward. >> it's so difficult and i know you outlined just how difficult the this but when you have sides that send messages through war, it seems throw diplomatic discourse is not the forte of -- let's specifically talk about iran. i know you joined "meet the

press" on thursday and you said you were open to sending weapons to israel if iran retaliated. now that they have, what do you think? >> i say i believe now as i believed then, we must when we get back to washington d.c. on monday we must pass the supplemental that we have been trying to pass since december, and i believe senator mcconnell said the same thing and give ukraine what it needs to defend itself and give israel what it needs and the tiawanese what they need to defend itself and

the palestinians in gaza. so that's important. we must, it's an absolute must that we pass the supplemental on monday, and the speaker put that bill and passed in the senate some time ago should be passed in the house of representatives and put on the president's desk immediately therefore. >> and it looks as though congressman scalise said he would be asking for the issue to be brought up next week at the house of representatives. maybe that would be the important step towards some, some accountability of getting that aid to israel and as you say, it's not only an aid to israel but it also includes taiwan and ukraine, and congressman, i'm curious. how do you see this ending? >> i think this afternoon opportunity in the middle east to have some peace. number one, i think president

biden has been saying it all along. as far as the palestinian situation is, it's a two-state solution. that, then, should be able to bring a number of the ensuing countries together for normalization with israel and then this should be that kind of conversation that we feed to have again with iran because the big danger always is iran becoming a nuclear-armed country, and iran has to stop saying israel does not have the right to exist. that's what is the key. when you have countries saying they don't want peace, they want to wipe out israel off the map as iran has been saying, that's a problem. iran needs to say we need to figure out in peace and israel has a right to exist. if that happens, then we can have real peace in the middle

east and discuss that but it's difficult to happen one way when irans that israel should be wiped off the map and does not have the right to exist. 75 years and it's time for everyone to recognize that israel does exist and figure out how to move from this. >> and of course, as you know better than most, the iranian regime, the ethos of the iranian regime since 1979 has been precisely what you say, that israel does not have the right to exist. how do you change that when it's part of the dna of a regime that was in power since 1979? do you think that conversations with that same regime can maybe get going to happen when it

hasn't happened since 1979? >> i keep believing that it can happen and you have to be prepared if it doesn't, and that's why you have to give israel what it needs to defend itself. but if i look at the history books, once upon a time, japan was an enemy on the united states and last week we had the prime minister of japan speaking to the joint talking to washington d.c. about what a good ally the japanese are to the united states and i have believe that i think the dialogue -- i am not saying i think it will happen over night but my grandchildren who i want to have a better life in their lifetime, they will see a different middle east than the middle east we see today. >> japan is one of the best allies of the united states.

but let's not forget what had to happen and did happen. you know -- >> learn from that. >> yeah, but -- >> all humanity learned from that and that's why i hope that it stops here. >> congressman gregory, it's always a pleasure to see you. i thank you so much. your voice is so important. i very much appreciate it especially on a night like tonight. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> the biden administration is closely monitoring the events out of israel tonight. we'll take you to the pentagon next. stay with us. the pentagon next. stay with us. fuel up to 7 brain health indicators, including your memory. join the neuriva brain health challenge. known as a passionate artist. known for loving the outdoors. known for getting everyone together. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer.

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49 past the hour. we are following breaking news from the middle east right now issue and israel's prime minister has just wrapped up a phone call with president biden about all these escalating news out of israel and iran's attack using hundreds of drones toward israel. according to israel's defense forces, iran's strikes caused minor damage to a military base and also injured a 7-year-old girl. joining me now is the nbc national news security reporter dan duluth. according to israel, the attack, quote, concluded. what are you hearing from your sources? >> i think at the moment, that's all we know and it

sounds like at this stage, the drone and missile waves have ended. that statement from iran is interesting. they said they consider the matter concluded but however, if israel responds or maybes another mistake, the iranian retaliation would be considerably more severe and the u.s. should stay away from the conflict. it's a very interesting statement. it seems like iran it what it intended to do. this is our retailiation for the airstrike in damascus that killed the general and officers and now, there was not severe damage by their own accounts and that they were able to intercept many of the drones and missiles. does israel, then, you know,

hold back from a full-blown large-scale response to this attack or not? right? to we go up the escalatory ladder or not? and all eyes are on israel, and the phone call must have been very interesting between the president and prime minister. >> and no doubt this was the worst-kept secret of all military secrets. every was talking about when it will come and not if it was going to come. and it was, as you say, a major escalation but iran has not in the past israel from iranian soil. i am just wondering, retaliatory strikes is something that happens and can be an everlasting link in a chain of continual violence. does israel have a responsibility now to act in a different way than they did before this attack?

or can they just chalk it up to, listen, the dome worked. the united states, uk, and others helped. iran, it's useless to do this but message has been sent. >> that's right. i think that -- they have a dilemma and choice. and the message from the white house is jack reed calling for prudence on the part of israel. so that's definitely the advice coming from the united states. please don't escalate further. you know, this could get out of control, and i think israel will have to respond somehow. i think that will be certain. the question is to what degree, at what level can they calibrate their response so that we don't have a direct,

you know, open-ended war between israel and iran? you there is one take away here. israel's air defenses seemed to have worked very well and they poured a lot of money into that with a of u.s. help but if this is accurate -- we still don't know all the details -- but it seems to suggest that they were able to fend off dozens of drones and ballistic missiles. you said they had plenty of time to prepare and they knew this was coming and i don't think this was a mistake, either. iran was telegraphing and they held meetings and discussions with other countries and the u.s. was speaking with the same countries and the u.s. was trying to convey the message to iran. don't over escalate and we will

have to see how israel responds when the sun conditions up. >> and saudi arabia maybe the most important player in the middle east in many ways is also asking for restraint, and jordan had a role in maybe shooting down some of the drones over its airspace. israel is saying that the majority of the drones that were knocked down were knocked down outside of israeli airspace. when you have saudi arabia essentially echoing the same thoughts that the biden administration, the united states, and jordan, this seems to be a lot of pressure in that maybe we should just tamp this down at least on this day. >> that's rightment that's right. this is the last thing that the arab countries in the region, who, by the way, review iran

with tremendous hostility and distrust, and most of the governments you just mentioned including the saudis very much want to lower the temperature between gaza and of course, israel and iran. they were ready to normalize relations before the attack on october seventh, so i think the governments in the region desperately want to have the tension to be lowered. i think israel will feel the need to respond. let's see. >> dan deluce, thank you. s more continuing coverage next. . e acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's time we all shine. talk to a healthcare provider

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