Iran vows “crushing revenge” and Iraq is furious after Trump orders “decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel.” Source

Iran vows “crushing revenge” and Iraq is furious after Trump orders “decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel.” Source

Ethan Couch, 22, was booked into a jail in Fort Worth after he tested positive for THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, court records show. Source

On “The Takeout” this week, Bob Garfield, co-host of the popular radio show “On the Media,” discusses how identity affects American politics Source

Parts of Jakarta, a megalopolis home to some 30 million people, have been inundated by record rainfall. Source

The U.S. Defense Department said late Thursday that “decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel” was ordered by President Trump. Source

U.S. launches strike on Baghdad airport; 98 year old swimmer proves she’s still the best. Source

Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are starting 2020 in Iowa with 32 days until the state’s caucuses. Kate Payne, the eastern Iowa reporter for Iowa Public Radio and co-host of the “Caucus Land Podcast,” joins CBSN’s “Red and Blue” to discuss the state of the 2020 race. Source

The Trump administration is weighing its next steps for a nuclear treaty with Russia. Franco Ordonez, a White House correspondent for NPR, joins “Red and Blue” to discuss the agreement.  Source

James Dailey has been on Florida’s death row for over 30 years, having been sentenced for killing a 14-year-old in 1985. Now his attorneys are pleading for a court to reconsider his case after another man confessed to the crime. Criminal defense attorney Ken Belkin joins CBSN to break down the latest developments in the case. Source