As the Biden administration faces growing criticism for possibly waiting
too long to stage these counterattacks against the Iranian proxy
groups,
there are now growing questions about what preceded these strikes.
White House correspondent Peter Ducey has that part of the
story tonight.
Are the air strikes working?
There's a lot of confusion about whether the US clued
in Iraqi partners before strikes there this weekend.
The State Department says they didn't.
There was not a pre notification.
We informed the Iraqis immediately after the strikes occurred.
The White House says they did and on Iraq.
Phil We did inform the Iraqi government prior to the
strikes have come.
Republicans worry most about public comments about retaliation.
The only Iranian we killed in Syria.
Iraq. Or is some dumb ass that doesn't know to
get out of the way?
And while President Biden is patient retaliating against Houthi rebels,
he's reportedly impatient with Israeli Prime Minister as war there
continues and a ceasefire appears unlikely,
Politico reports he's deeply suspicious of Benjamin Netanyahu and privately
has called the Israeli Prime Minister a bad bleeping guy,
according to people who have talked to the president.
White House officials dispute that report and more generally say
the president still works well with Netanyahu.
He's been clear privately and speaking with Prime Minister Netanyahu,
and we have to let the Israelis speak for themselves.
Is balancing foreign policy with a primary schedule easily winning
in South Carolina Saturday?
GLAD handing before Nevada's primary tomorrow and looking ahead to
a potential match up with Donald Trump,
who wants to debate Biden immediately.
President Biden is aboard Air Force One right now,
returning home. His itinerary out on the West Coast the
last couple days appeared to be built around political events
and fundraisers and a lunch for his son hunters birthday.
But ever since protesters started interrupting basically every single one
of his events,
we have a lot less information about his movements.
Brett. Hey, Peter. There's been some reporting that the White
House may be worried about a special counsel report concerning
President Biden's mishandling of classified material.
You hearing that? Yes, the worry is that this report
from the special counsel could be embarrassing.
According to an item in Axios that reports the Biden
team thinks this report has already wrapped up.
They don't think anybody is going to get charged,
but they are concerned there could be photos of Biden's
private quarters that they don't want out there.
Remember when we asked President Biden about this in some
of his only public comments about the classified documents,
he assured us that his Corvette in the garage is
locked.
And so it's not like any of this stuff.
Out on the street.
Peter Ducey live on the North lawn.
Peter, thanks.