The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4:

• Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt of The New York Times report: “The United States on Friday carried out a series of military strikes against Iranian forces and the militias that they back in half a dozen sites in Syria and Iraq, marking a sharp escalation of the war in the Middle East that the Biden administration has for four months sought to avoid. The airstrikes, targeting command and control operations, intelligence centers, weapons facilities and bunkers used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and affiliated militia groups, made good on President Biden’s promise to respond to a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday that killed three American soldiers and injured at least 40 more service members.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/02/world/us-iran-strikes-middle-east-news/us-strikes-iranian-proxies?smid=url-share
• Trial for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump has been delayed indefinitely as a federal appeals court considers Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. The trial date had originally been set for March 4th.
• Joe Marino, Georgett Roberts, and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon of The New York Post report: “Four of the migrants cut loose without bail after allegedly ganging up on two NYPD cops near Times Square may be on the run, The Post has learned. Cops believe the group could have hopped on a bus bound for California on Wednesday after giving phony names to a church-affiliated nonprofit group that helps migrants get rides out of the city, according to law enforcement sources. The four accused cop-attackers believed to have skipped town were charged with assault on a police officer and obstruction immediately after the shocking, caught-on-video attack Saturday in Midtown. Darwin Andres Gomez, 19, Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, Wilson Juarez, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24, were released without monetary bail by a Manhattan judge.” You can read the full report here: https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/metro/police-believe-4-of-the-migrants-arrested-in-nyc-cop-beatdown-fled-to-california/
• Following the United States’ retaliatory strikes against Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said “these responses began tonight, but they’re not going to end tonight.”