basis at iraq this time president biden is trying to deter iran without escalation, richard engel, london >>> i am kristen welker the top republican on the u.s. committee writing responses these are unnecessary deterrents many democrats also support us >> they attacked us and hit and killed american soldiers on one of our bases we'll take a proportionate respond. >> reporter: some esident had the legal without y to act consent. >> tim kaine writing offensive military action without approval is not constitutional -- the white house insists that the president had the authority to defend u.s. personnel. >> i will say the strike limited in the context of which it was, i think it is appropriate. >> reporter: the administration says it informed top congressional leaders before the air strikes and vows to brief the full congress early next week if not sooner, lester >>> all right, kristen welker, thank you. later tonight the house expected to pass the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill that so many americans are counting on it then goes to the senate which is expected to cut out the proposal for a

. >> i want to bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in our london bureau, nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has the latest from the biden administration. richard, let me start with you. what details are we learning? what more do we know about this air strike? >> reporter: so we know a little bit about the air strike and we know a decent amount about the target itself. so the air strike took place in the border area between iraq and syria on the syrian side of the border. what was hit according to a senior u.s. military official was a series of buildings that were effectively a logistics hub, a transit hub that iranian-backed shia militias have been using, were using to cross between iraq and syria. there are iranian-backed shia militias that operate across baghdad and iraq. they are responsible for contacting missile and rocket attacks against the green zone and earlier this month quite a significant rocket and missile attack against u.s. facility in erbil in northern iraq, but they also crossed the border into syria where they have been used t

joining us now for more is nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. richard, i didn't expect to have you back on the show so soon after talking with you last night on a totally different matter. thanks for joining us on short notice tonight to help us through this. >> reporter: not a problem. and i was speaking a short while ago with a senior u.s. official with direct knowledge of this. this was a message to iran and iranian-backed militias, according to this official. and the message was that the united states will no longer tolerate harassment, will no longer tolerate attacks, rocket attacks, missile attacks, and particularly, the attack on erbil earlier this month was seen as something of a watershed moment. so, this was a message that times have changed, that even though president biden wants to negotiate with iran, this administration does not want to be bullied, does not want to be pushed around, and is not going to accept increased military action that put u.s. personnel and allies at risk. so, this was a strong message. it was described to me

our richard engel says tiept's military response while startingsyrian's soils it was a message sent to iran. >> it is a message president biden sends straight to iran. negotiations does not mean it is open for u.s. personnel. >> of course amid all this the president is trying to convince congress to pass his almost $2 trillion covid relief bill which the house is set to vote tomorrow. the senate parliamentary biden's increase $15 could not be granted. it will be stripped out the bill when it goes the the senate side. president biden meeting with the governors virtually trying to build support for the bill. despite public support for it, republican senate opposition to the measure seems to be holding together. >> this is on a coronavirus spill. >> the senate majority leader offered this in response. >> to the left, money for schools, vaccines and direct checks to struggling american families, checks nearly every member supported a few months ago and now to the left of lennon? >> there was one more bet of surprising news tonight, a breathtaking about phase from mitch mcconnell. the senat

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richard engel said tonight's military response was intended to send a message to iran. >> in this case, it is a message that president biden and the pentagon are sending districtly to iran. even though president biden wants to negotiate, it does not mean to it's open season. i sigh see it absolutely as the stick in the carrot and stick process of diplomacy. >> the president is also trying to congress to pass his almost 2 trillion dollar relief bill. the $150 an hour minimum wage in case cannot be included in the bill. it affecting millions of americans. tonight, nancy pelosi said the house measure will include that $15 minimum wage which just means it will be stripped out of the bill when it goes to the senate side. president biden spent the day meeting with the nagts's governors trying to built support for the bill. but republican senate opposition to the measure seems to be holding together. >> this isn't a coronavirus bill. is a left of lennon neosocialist bill. it's chalk full of spending porn. the senate majority leader the this. >> left of len nonin direct checks to families. che

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engel, congratulations on this, richard. and thanks for making time to help us understand it tonight. it is deeply unsettling and deeply important stuff. it's good to see you, my friend. >> sorry if i'm going to leave that image in your mind for the night, but aside from that we'll also be watching khashoggi tomorrow. fascinating stuff. >> indeed. indeed, indeed. thank you, my friend. we'll be right back. stay with us. cyber attacks are relentlessly advancing. to end them, cybereason built a cyber security solution so advanced... it can end attacks today -- on computers, mobile devices, servers and the cloud. and deliver future-ready protection, keeping you sharp for tomorrow. join us, the defenders, in our mission. cybereason. end cyber attacks. from endpoints to everywhere. >>> i feel like so much of today's busy news day was basically an on-ramp toward later tonight and tomorrow. we're expecting that important ruling on the minimum wage. we're expecting the potentially the intelligence community's declassified report on t

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