So many of you have heard that the Trump administration is going to be investigating Jack Smith uh out of the office of special counsel. That is not to be confused with the special counselss that are created like special counsel Mueller who I worked for, special counsel Jack Smith, but it's a separate agency called the office of special counsel and its remit is the Hatch Act. And the Hatch Act is a civil statute that prohibits uh certain members of the federal government from engaging in political activity ...

The European Union was put on notice that Beijing plans to retaliate against the bloc’s newest sanctions: Here's your European Evening Briefing https://t.co/Ffmk3OzYHr ...

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China says it was examining a trade deal that the US and Vietnam clinched and would retaliate if its interests were hurt https://t.co/2mB7tFEmsR ...

>> Meantime Israel accusing Iran of violating a cease fire between the two countries. Israel saying it identified missiles launched from Iran. Now Iran denying it broke that agreement.This comes hours after President Trump posted online that, quote, the cease fire is now in effect. Please do not violate it, he said. The president leaving Washington this morning for a NATO summit in the Netherlands.Megan Cassella, joins us now with the latest from Washington, D. C. Good morning, guys.>> Good morning to a lot ...

Look, I will tell you, the past couple of days have been extremely tense, not least that the last hour when there are reports of those airspaces closing up both in Qatar and in the UAE that really suggested that something was about to happen. We heard multiple witnesses report several explosions over house. It wasn't immediately clear what was going on.But of course, now we understand that several missiles were fired towards that alleged aid base. And then the Qatar Foreign Ministry putting out a statement ...

This is not a surprise. The US has been bracing for and positioning for some kind of retaliation. Well, and Iran has been warning of one scarlet.The important context here is that the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces in a video message earlier today, promised that Iran would be responding to the US attacks on its nuclear sites proportionately and decisively. And perhaps the Wall Street Journal here is indicating that that retaliation may potentially be coming soon, as it were. Iran, according to US off ...

Overnight, US bombers struck Iran's three main nuclear sites in Natans, Isvahan, and Ferdo, pulling the US directly into the country's conflict with Israel. President Trump announced afterwards that Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated and threatened far greater attacks if Iran doesn't now make peace. Thrron's nuclear regulatory agency said there was no signs of radiation contamination at the sites and the IAEA nuclear watchdog said there's been no increase i ...

Joining us from Tel Aviv is NBC News correspondent Matt Bradley. Matt, provided you and your crew in a safe location. Uh, can you please tell us what's going on.We are hearing uh right now we are hearing uh outgoing missiles and we're hearing incoming missiles. Uh, so we're actually in the safe room right now. Um, this is on the left side of your screen.Just so you know what we're seeing attacks striking Tel Aviv and outgoing. Now, we heard this from about 10 minutes ago. The Israeli military said that ther ...

Bring in show music, please. Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer on today's superersized squawk pod. Israel's strikes in Iran. Questions about who knew and how because you had to get Well, they knew, but doesn't mean we were involved. Reaction in Washington with Megan Cassella. The White House was emphasizing as these attacks were unfolding overnight that the US was not involved and that it was not providing assistance. And the impact on oil markets with RBC's Hale Croft. What do the Iranians do? Do they try ...