so important to hear this, we're going to continue our live coverage of the breaking news tonight, israel launching a retaliatory strike against iran. say with cnn cnn's breaking news hello everyone. >> i'm michael holmes in atlanta and we are following major breaking news for you or rainy and media reporting. >> several explosions near the city is farhan. details still coming in, but a us official confirming to cnn this is israeli retaliation for saturday is a radian drone and missile strike on israel. >> official says the targets not nuclear. >> iranian state media report the country's air defenses have been activated i did in several provinces and flights to and from a number of major cities have been suspended cnn's alex marquardt, his life for instance our in washington, but we begin with nick