I want to bring in now former Secretary of Defense and former director of the CIA, Leon Panetta. Secretary, back in 2018, you told our sister network CNBC that if Iran restored its nuclear program, a military response could be the only option. So, Israel's just taken that step.So, what now. Militarily and for future negotiations. Well, the fundamental issue here is uh whether or not ultimately uh Israel can be successful at destroying their uh nuclear capability and their nuclear enrichment capability.And t ...

Joining us now is Democratic Senator of New Mexico Ben Ray Luhan. Senator, you know, Alex Padilla, you spoke emotionally about what you saw yesterday, immediately after it happened on the Senate floor. Can you tell us your reflections now 24 hours later.Ally, United States Senator Alex Padilla is a good person. And by the way, Alex Padilla is over six feet tall. He's represented California's Secretary of State on the city council.Um, and the building that he was in to get a briefing, he was allowed in, numb ...

Joining me now, MSNBC legal analyst and former US attorney Joyce Vance and MSNBC political analyst and Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Eugene Robinson. Joyce, I'll start with you. The ruling on Trump's use of the National Guard in California, where do you think it goes from here and what does it tell us about writing precedent in real time? Right. So, it's an amazing opinion written by Justice Brier. I know people were disappointed early on when he took two days to set a hearing rather than immediately iss ...

What happened here in Los Angeles, I think, is the worst nightmare for so many people who live here. I'm just trying to understand what is the National Guard going to do above and beyond what we saw in the streets. Do you think that there's a way out of this.Where does where does this go from here. What happened. He needs to stand out. The president of United States needs to stand down.President Trump has placed the National Guard in between people that want to protest for the rights of migrants and essenti ...

IN THE RED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST. JOINING US NOW HERE ON SET, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES OF CONNECTICUT. HE'S THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING ON A VERY BUSY NEWS DAY. LET'S START WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MIDDLE EAST STRIKES LAST NIGHT, CONTINUING TODAY AND COMING AFTER DAYS, REALLY WEEKS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING TO ISRAEL, THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANT. LET'S TRY TO SETTLE THIS AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.BUT PRIM ...

Senator, despite what uh DHS claimed, we can clearly hear Senator Padilla did identify himself. He is, it's almost hard to believe as we watch that video yet again, shoved to the ground. This is a member of a co-equal branch of government trying to ask a question of the executive branch and that's what happened.So, let's just get your thoughts on the matter and and more than that, also what we heard from some of your colleagues afterwards as there was with the exception of Lisa Marowski, senator of Alaska, ...

What is going on at the DNC. On February 1st, the Democratic Party held new officer elections. They elected a new chair. They elected vice chairs, a secretary, a treasurer, all the officers.Shortly after these elections, a DNC member filed a challenge alleging that the DNC violated its own rules on gender diversity, specifically when it came to the vice chair's elections. And because of that, that vote should be invalidated and they have to do it over. So, while this is happening, separately, David Hog, who ...

General Clark, this this barrage of strikes seem to take Iran by surprise. And we're getting more details this morning. The AP's reporting that MSA, Israel's intelligence unit, was able to smuggle weapons into Iran ahead of these attacks that were then used to target its defenses from within.What does that tell you. What does the the broader attack tell you about the level of sophistication within Israel's military. Oh, it was extremely well done.And it's not over. uh the fact that they could get the drones ...

More breaking news overnight. An appeals court pausing a lower court's ruling that gave control of the California National Guard back to Governor Gavin Newsome. That means President Trump will be able to keep the California National Guard active on the streets of Los Angeles for now as more immigration and Trump protests are planned over the weekend.And that legal battle plays out at there as there's new fallout after this dramatic scene. Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California forcibly grabbed and re ...

Back to our top story this hour and a stunning show of military strength by Israel striking Iran with 330 munitions over 100 sites dropped by 200 fighter jets according to Israel's military spokesman. Iran has since responded directing 100 drones toward Israel. Joining us now NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney Cubie.Courtney, we just laid out some of those details from last night's attack. What does all this suggest about Israel's military capabilities and how sophisticated are their w ...