Mark Kelly

He were going to prosecute me under the uniform code of military justice. I see this tweet. I take out my phone and I read it verbatim to Gabby. And by the second sentence she starts laughing. She laughed and laughed. She laughed through the whole thing. Because she realizes two things. One, that guy's a joke. And number two, I'm not backing down. Yeah.

When a reporter asked him about the strikes, Kelly said if the reporting is accurate, that second strike could have been illegal.

And leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees have said they're going to be looking into these strikes.

And Admiral Bradley is expected to give a classified briefing on Thursday.

Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says the president is trying to bully his critics, but it won't work.

Kelly defended the video that he and other Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds recorded, saying it was a simple message that everyone must follow the law.

He said since the president and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth criticized him and the other lawmakers, threats against his family have increased.

The senator indicated he has not received any formal request for an interview yet, but would follow the law in any probe.

Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, Washington.

You can certainly go to the judge, advocate generals, the lawyers and have a discussion about it.

If you don't have time, you just say simply, I'm not going to do that.

That's against the law.

It puts a tremendous amount of burden on officers in the military, but that is their responsibility.

And they can figure out, you know, a reasonable person can tell something that is legal and something that is illegal.

difference between the initial strike and what is being reported, you know, as a second strike.

And those things are different.

I think this administration has tied themselves in knots.

It seems to.

If what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over.

You know, going after survivors in the water, that is clearly not lawful.