Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the east. We come on the air with an incredibly

volatile, fast-moving situation unfolding right now in the Middle East. A few hours ago,

Iranian missiles targeted a U.S. base in Qatar. It is home to 10,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel.

This video on your screen right now shows the moment when missiles were intercepted.

Loud booms were heard in Qatar's capital.

A defense official tells NBC news that there are currently no reports of casualties.

Those strikes happened after the U.S. had warned American citizens in Qatar to shelter in place,

anticipating such an attack.

Now the region and thousands of U.S. service members deployed in the region are waiting for whatever else unfolds.

An official telling NBC news that the Pentagon is aware of imminent threats against bases across

the Middle East, not just in Qatar. The big question right now is whether Iran will continue

to retaliate against the U.S. and whether Iran's nuclear program is crippled, but still viable

after those Israeli and U.S. airstrikes. There is brand new reporting on just how we got here so quickly

that raises even more questions on how Team Trump is going about handling

delicate, fragile, important, and consequential decisions

regarding U.S. foreign policy as this crisis unfolds in the Middle East.

That new reporting in the New York Times reveals that Donald Trump was influenced

seemingly first and foremost by Fox News, obsessed with looking like a winner in their coverage,

and a Pentagon that scrambled to contain any possible damage to the operation that Donald Trump's narcissism could cause.

As one official tells the Times, quote, the president was the biggest threat to obsec.

That means operational security that the planning faced.

Wow.

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