good morning. i m victor blackwell. this is first of all and today we re starting in the middle east. iran is condemning airstrikes by the usa military in syria and iraq. the strikes are in retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan almost a week ago. president biden says this is only the start. cnn s katie bolillis is in washington. let s start with you and tell us about the targets. reporter: the u.s. military striking 85 targets associated with both iranian-backed militia as well as also used by iran s own forces. these targets included everything from intelligence centers to rockets and missiles and other munitions facilities, to command and control hubs to logistics facilities. now, at this point in the coming hours and days the u.s. military will be doing what is known as a battle damage assessment, to lean on u.s. intelligence to try to independently verify the toll these strikes took, both the damage that they caused t
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome, i am lynda kinkade. after unleashing u.s. military on iranian backed targets and syria and iraq, president joe biden is making it clear, this is just the start of the retaliation in the deaths of three americans. this video from what appears to be one of those strikes early, saturday morning local time. the mayor of this town says the strikes hit houses used for weapons storage. the pentagon says u.s. bombers hit 85 individual targets in iraq and syria. the u.s. says the locations were used by iran s revolutionary guard and by iranian backed militia. the pentagon says each was used by iran backed groups, the video you just saw comes from iraq on the border with syria. an iraqi military spokesman says the attacks violated iraq s 70. the white house says iraq was notified before the attacks. u.s. president joe biden issued the statement, our response began today and will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united sta
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on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou