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- Stephanie Ruhle Hammers Trump Over His Description Iran War: ‘Does That Sound ...
MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle took President Donald Trump to task after the president repeatedly called the war with Iran that he started an “excursion.” An ‘excursion,’ of course, is a brief trip, typically one of a leisurely nature. More than 1,000 Iranians have been killed since the U.S. and Israel began bombing on Feb. 28, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of top officials. An elementary school was hit in southern Iran, killing at least 175 people, mostly children. Trump administration officials reportedly confirmed the U.S. was responsible. Seven Americans have been killed by Iranian retaliatory strikes. On Wednesday’s 11th Hour, Ruhle played clips of describing the war in that manner, and she explained why the term does not accurately describe the situation. “We did a little excursion,” Trump stated. “We had to take this little couple of weeks, a few weeks, excursion. But it’s been incredible. Our military’s unbelievable.” In another clip, Trump was asked about his descriptions of the war as both a “war” and an “excursion.” “Well, it’s both,” the president replied. “We’re not leaving until that job is finished, and it’s going to be very fast. It’s going to be very fast.” “Just a little excursion,” Ruhle reacted. “My son’s on a snorkeling trip today. That’s an excursion.” The host then described some of the Iranian response to the U.S. and Israeli war: According to [Iranian] state TV, they launched their most intense attacks yet earlier today.Three commercial ships – I want you to see this – three commercial ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has taken responsibility for one. And just hours ago, two more tankers – and you can see this on your screen right now – were attacked within Iraqi waters deeper into the persian gulf. Iraq’s state news agency told The New York Times that one crew member died and 38 were rescued. Their effort to block oil shipments from passing through the key trade route has now forced the International Energy Agency to approve the largest ever release from the emergency oil reserves. Does that sound like a little excursion to you? It does not to me. Watch above via MS NOW.The post Stephanie Ruhle Hammers Trump Over His Description Iran War: ‘Does That Sound Like a Little Excursion to You?’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Ted Cruz Claims ‘Threat of Terrorist Attack Is Higher Now’ After Saying ‘A...Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that the U.S. is at a higher risk of a terrorist attack now than it has been in decades, but just 10 days ago, he made some very different remarks. Both statements came after the U.S. and Israel started their bombing campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Cruz joined Thursday’s Hannity on Fox News, where Sean Hannity cited an ABC News report about Iran supposedly having “aspired to” attacking California with drones. ABC cited an FBI alert, which, according to U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News, was based on information that was not credible. “As we sit here right now tonight, the threat of terrorist attack is higher now than it’s been in decades,” Cruz said on Wednesday. “We had four years under Joe Biden of open borders. We had 12 million people flood across the border – basically an open invitation to every terrorist, every Hamas and Hezbollah and [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] terrorist, come to America. We’ve seen in just the last week two terrorist attacks unfold.” Despite the senator’s grim outlook, he told CNN earlier this month that the U.S. had been made “much, much safer” by the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on the first day of the war. “This opportunity is here,” Cruz said on the March 1 edition of CNN’s State of the Union. “It is now. And removing the Ayatollah makes America much, much safer.” The U.S. and Israel began their most recent bombing campaign of Iran 11 days ago. More than 1,000 Iranians have been killed since last Saturday, including Khamenei and dozens of top officials. An elementary school was hit in southern Iran, killing at least 175 people, mostly children. Trump administration officials reportedly confirmed the U.S. was responsible. Seven Americans have been killed by Iranian retaliatory strikes. At the time of Cruz’s March 1 CNN appearance, three Americans had been reported killed. Watch above via Fox News.The post Ted Cruz Claims ‘Threat of Terrorist Attack Is Higher Now’ After Saying ‘America Is Much, Much Safer’ Because of Ayatollah’s Killing first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Kaitlan Collins Asks Fetterman Why He’s the Only Democratic Senator Who Didnâ€...CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pressed Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Wednesday over why he was the only Senate Democrat who did not sign a letter pressing for an investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Iran. Fetterman joined The Source to discuss the ongoing U.S. military operation and his view of the war as it continues through its second week. Reporting on Monday claimed that the U.S. campaign in Iran was responsible for a strike on a girls’ elementary school that killed 175 people, most of whom were children. In a letter addressed to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, almost every Democratic senator, including Independents who caucus with Democrats, urged Hegseth to conduct a “swift investigation” into the event. The only Democratic senator who failed to sign the letter was Fetterman, a point Collins asked the senator about on Wednesday. “You mentioned how you differ from your colleagues, your other fellow Democrats. Every Senate Democrat except you signed a letter today to Secretary Hegseth asking for an investigation into that strike on a girls’ school in Iran,” said Collins. “Why did you not sign that letter, senator?” Fetterman claimed that while the preliminary findings did seem to show that the U.S. was “on that” strike, he believed too much focus was put on the event by the media, in contrast to Iran’s targeting of civilians. Collins pushed back on the point, leading to a tense exchange between the two. Read their exchange below: FETTERMAN: Well, because we all agree that it is a tragedy having that school hit, absolutely. And we all agreed now for an investigation. What I don’t agree with the rest of my colleagues in the House is that it’s a war of choice or it’s dumb or all the things that my colleagues have described, you know, this operation. I think it’s a good thing and I support that. So we agree that we– you know, and actually the Pentagon is already investing in that. They just acknowledged in that it seems incredibly, increasingly likely that we were, we were now on that. And now I think it’s entirely appropriate, just like my colleague from Louisiana said, it’s like, you know, we should apologize. That’s a tragedy. And I would remind everybody listening right now, the United States never, ever targets, targets civilians. Iran does, you know, and including their own citizens. And they massacred– COLLINS:… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Laura Ingraham Presses Trump Cabinet Official After Iran Reportedly Struck Ships...Fox News host Laura Ingraham interrupted Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday to press him over how the U.S. would combat Iran’s disruption of a key oil passageway. Wright joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss the ongoing U.S. and Israeli operation, including reports that Iran had struck vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as the country continues to block enemy tankers from transporting oil. “So, Mr. Secretary, three ships near the strait were hit by projectiles over the past 24 hours. What now?” asked Ingraham. The secretary claimed that the move showed the “murderous” nature of the regime, continuing on the point before Ingraham interrupted him to press for an answer to her question. Read their exchange below: WRIGHT: Yeah. Well, what now is, I think you have seen what Iran is all about. The world is seeing what Iran is all about. When this regime took power, the first thing they did was hold 66 American hostages for over a year. Three years later, they killed hundreds of our Marines in Lebanon. All with us taking no action at all against Iran. It is a murderous, terrorist regime that’s threatened peace, security, and prosperity in the Middle East for 47 years. And, as you just outlined, as they ramp up their missile program to shield a nuclear weapons development program, you simply can’t let them become this superpower that can’t be knocked off its pedestal, or else the world is forever held hostage to Iran. So I’m very proud of the president– INGRAHAM: Well, Mr. Secretary we know that. But, I’m sorry to interrupt it. Yeah, well, I said that in the angle, I couldn’t agree more. And we understand that history. It’s murderous. But what now? That’s the question again. They are launching projectiles, still, of some sort at ships. We have an insurance market that’s still messed up, even with CHUB, I know, is stepping in, a $20 billion fund. The DNC is partnering with CHUB. But, if you have crews on these ships that are afraid for their lives, how do you break this logjam in this critical wa waterway? WRIGHT: Well, the most critical thing right now is U.S. military degrading their ability to project power. Not just missiles for long range but also their assets that impede travel through the Strait of Hormuz. So it will take us some time to do that, but there is… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Every Democrat in Colorado Legislature Signs Letter Urging Gov. Polis Not to Gra...
AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File Every single Democrat in the Colorado legislature signed a letter urging Gov. Jared Polis (D) not to grant clemency to Tina Peters, the former county election clerk currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for crimes she committed as part of the effort to support President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud during the 2020 election. Prosecutors accused Peters, a staunch Trump supporter who served as the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, of allowing an unauthorized person — later discovered to be affiliated with MyPillow founder and fellow election conspiracy monger Mike Lindell — to access and tamper with the county election equipment, breaking into the voting machines under her supervision and copying data that was later leaked online. In October 2024, she was convicted on seven charges, some of which were felonies, including three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty, and failure to comply with an order of the secretary of state. Trump has furiously denounced Peters’ conviction and prison sentence and called for her release, even issuing a statement purporting to pardon her. Presidents can only issue pardons or clemency for federal crimes and this was legally ineffective against the charges brought by the state of Colorado against Peters. Despite Trump’s repeated accusations that Peters had been “persecuted” by “Radical Left Democrats,” Dan Rubinstein, the District Attorney who prosecuted her, is a Republican. In January, Polis said he was considering granting clemency because of Peters’ age and the length of her sentence, and then expressed support for considering it again in early March. He also compared her sentence to former state senator Sonya Jaquez Lewis, who was convicted of similar charges and expressed concerns about “sentencing disparities.” Conservative Denver talk radio host Jimmy Sengenberger shredded Polis for that take in an op-ed for the Denver Gazette, accusing the governor of “confusing judicial discretion with disparity.” The two cases were “dramatically different,” Sengenberger wrote, notably because “Jaquez Lewis took responsibility and showed remorse,” while “Peters did not and still hasn’t.” The Colorado Sun polled every Democrat in the state House and Senate and could not find a single one who supported granting Peters clemency, although not all of the legislators responded to the Sun’s request for comment. Wednesday, however, the Democratic lawmakers made their views clear, with all 66 of them signing onto a letter to… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - WATCH: MS NOW’s Ari Melber Raises New Questions About Epstein’s Death in Spl...MS NOW’s Ari Melber raised shocking new questions about the death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday in a deep dive report charting the events around his death. Melber’s report on The Beat spanned a whopping 20 minutes of airtime over two segments, diving deep into a years-long timeline of contaminated evidence, conflicting reports, and flawed prison policies. The primary bombshell from Melber’s report came in discussing the controversial footage of Epstein’s cell before his death. The MS NOW host called out President Donald Trump’s former Deputy Director of the FBI Dan Bongino for claiming that there was nothing worth seeing on that footage. “The Trump official was wrong,” said Melber. He then broke down a newly released document in the DOJ disclosure of files relating to Epstein that called into question the agency’s own statements about his death. Previously, the DOJ claimed that the last time someone was in the vicinity of Epstein’s cell was shortly before 11PM, when an officer passed by. “The DOJ said the officer was the last time anyone entered the area, but the Epstein files have revealed a secret FBI log of the same video, which spotted a flash of orange going up the stairs,” said Melber. He continued: Inmates wear orange, not officers. The FBI stating a quote “flash of orange looks to be going up the stairs. Could possibly be an inmate escorted up to Epstein’s tier.” Now, the FBI’s own video review detected that prison orange uniform of a possible inmate. That’s big. This review had the evidence– orange that could be an inmate, but we are now learning it was cut, hidden, or accidentally left out of the DOJ report. The new files reveal this never before seen set of details about Epstein’s area on the night of his death, and we can show you the locked tier around Epstein’s cell. 10:39 P.M that night, a blurry orange figure appears. The original FBI log calls it that ‘flash of orange could possibly be an inmate.’ And note that careful description, because then the DOJ review of the same footage changes it to write, quote, “Inmates are currently on lockdown. It’s possible someone is carrying inmate linen up the stairs.” Now that’s a huge difference. It replaces observation– orange– with conjecture. Inmates are on lockdown, so they shouldn’t be around. But the rule that inmates are supposed to be on lockdown doesn’t… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
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