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hi everyone. thanks for joining me. im jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. dramatic scene in the middle east today. defense official saying an american warship shot down two drones in the red sea and also responded after a ballistic missile attack on a commercial vessel. zach cohen and ivan watson are following the latest on this situation. lets start first with zach and talk about what more we know about this attack. >> reporter: u.s. official saying both of the drones belonged t...

Was arrested in tripoli. and according to more details that are coming in. apparently the brother had knowledge of the attack plans. well look more into that and what is that connection? and the search is on for more consequences in the deadly manchester bombing, more suspect suspects were arrested in england. the chief of police said it is clear what they are confronting is a terror network and britain is on the high of the alert terror fearing another attack is imminent. catherine? >> reporter...

Look for hundreds of contacts that they got on some of the data, the laptops, the cell phones that they seized. they believe they have names and contact information for people in the west who may be sympathizers to al qaeda in yemen, may even be working to plot and plan new attacks. so, they are taking action. they are trying to track all of that down. at the same time, they got intelligence that is leading them to more information about al qaedas safe havens in yemen. that may lead them to more...

Carrying out 20 airstrikes overnight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. we are told u.s. forces hit multiple locations, targeting militants, equipment, infrastructure, heavy weapons systems and fighting positions. a u.s. defense official says the attacks were not linked to the intelligence obtained in january. they had been planned for sometime. clearly theres been some recent activity and interest in whats going on in yemen. >> yeah. >> all right. the mystery that broke the internet ear...

U.s. taking action for the first time based on intelligence recovered in the january raid in yemen that killed a navy seal. sources telling cnn the u.s. is now looking to track and locate hundreds of people with ties to al qaeda. those contacts are part of the recovered intelligence some of these people are believed to be in the west, though not in the united states. cnns barbara starr with more now from the pentagon. >> reporter: dave, christine, u.s. officials are insisting to cnn that they di...

Fair on trade. a stance he reiterated in his address to congress >> and weve lost 60,000 factories since china joined the world trade organization in 2001. our trade deficit in goods with the world, last year was nearly $800 billion. >> this is the question since china joined the world trade organization in 2001, basically become the worlds factory for experts and the chinese government argued that globalization, the recession and au automation contributed to the decline of u.s. factories. that ...

Intended, there are a lot of animals that live across that wall, too. they want to make sure there is space between the wall so they can have the migration of animals if not the migration of people. >> there are rivers over there, over the border. will they have employees to build it. plenty of issues. the u.s. taking action the first time based on intelligence recovered in the january raid in yemen that killed a navy seal. they are looking to track and locate hundreds of people with ties to a...

Data, the laptops, the cell phones that they seized. they believe they have names and contact information for people in the west who may be sympathizers to al qaeda in yemen, may even be working to plot and plan new attacks. so, they are taking action. they are trying to track all of that down. at the same time, they got intelligence that is leading them to more information about al qaedas safe havens in yemen. that may lead them to more raids. they have information, they say, about recruiting, ...

U.s. airliner. dave, christine? >> barbara starr at the pentagon. also in yemen u.s. war planes care iring out air strikes against al qaeda and in the arabian peninsula. u.s. forces hit multiple locations targeting militants, equipment, frulkt, heavy weapons systems and fighting positions. the u.s. defense official say the attacks were not linked to the intelligence obtained in january and had been planned for sometime. >> could president trumps call for more defense spending set up an arms race...