For more on Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear sites, let's go to Megan Cassella at the White House. And we are getting updates from the president. Megan, absolutely, Sarah.Sweeping up a lot of reaction from here so far, though a lot of questions still outstanding as well. The Trump administration initially emphasizing overnight that it was not involved in these attacks, saying Israel had taken unilateral action here. But then President Trump this morning standing strongly by Israel in a few posts, saying in ...

Well, the scale of this is already historic. I've been speaking with contacts inside Israel today who have expressed both shock and awe at what has unfolded this morning. Israel of course launching a sweeping military assault on Iran, striking more than 100 targets with over 200 fighter jets.Prime Minister Netanyahu also saying this operation will continue for as many days as it takes. Israel also taking a victory lap of sorts for this strike as well. Two of Iran's most powerful military figures, including ...

Joining us right now with reaction to Israel's air strikes on Iran, Michael O'Hanlin, who is the director of foreign policy research at Brookings. He's also the Philip H. Knight chair in defense and strategy.And Mike, um, your thoughts on what we saw overnight. There was some indication that we could be seeing some something happening in the Middle East. Certainly, but u maybe this was more than some had anticipated.Hi Becky. Well, it's striking news and obviously ongoing multiple days of additional attack ...

Hey, good morning again, Joe. So, the Trump administration had been emphasizing overnight that it was not involved in these attacks, saying that Israel had taken unilateral action here, but President Trump this morning standing strongly by Israel. The president posting just in the last hour that he gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal, but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn't get it done.He then went on to say that there is still time to make this slaughter ...

For more on the reaction in Washington this morning, we want to get over to CNBC's Megan Cassella. Megan, obviously these uh attacks happened last night just after 8:00 PM East Coast time. U but we've been watching closely all night and there has been plenty of reaction.Plenty of reaction, Becky. That's right. And as you guys were just saying, the White House was emphasizing as these attacks were unfolding overnight that the US was not involved and that it was not providing assistance.Secretary of State Mar ...

And I want to bring in Ben Rhodess to this conversation. I have a million questions. I was listening to you talk to Chris Hayes and I was thinking, I wish we could talk to Ben and here you are.So, I'm glad you're here. Um, let me let me first ask you about what Courtney said about the objective of this statement. I mean, it has it had been reported and and the president and the White House clearly knew that it was coming.Um, even if they didn't sign off on it, who knows. We'll see more with the reporting. H ...