If it's Friday, Israel strikes back.

We're following the fallout after the IDF launched what sources say was a limited attack inside Iran.

As Tehran down plays the aftermath and US officials deny having any

involvement. Plus a full 12-person jury and all six alternates have now been

seated in Trump's historic criminal

hush money trial as the focus now turns to the scope of his potential

testimony and cross-examination.

And House Speaker Mike Johnson teams up with Democrats to

advance emergency aid for Ukraine, but it could cost him his job as yet another

Republican joins the effort to potentially oust him from leadership over the issue. Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Kristen Welker. We begin today with an

international effort to de-escalate boiling tensions in the Mideast

after Israel carried out strikes overnight in response to that massive Iranian

aerial attack less than a week ago. Now sources familiar with the situation tell NBC News. Last night

Israel launched what was described as a limited strike inside Iran and that

Israel is currently assessing its effectiveness and the resulting damage.

Iranian state media reports, the country's air defenses were engaged in several provinces,

claiming three small drones were shot down in central Iran which is also home to

Iranian military bases and nuclear facilities. For days the Biden administration

had been urging Israel to show restraint as it considered its retaliatory options.

And according to a separate source familiar with the matter, Israeli officials did notify

the U.S. last night that their response was coming. But today while meeting with

G7 allies in Italy, Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin stressed that the US was not

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