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This evening the state department telling americans to leave iraq for their own safety richard engel is there and has the latest. >> reporter: the aftermath shows an attack that was deliberate and sustained with around a half dozen explosions, the americans firing with drones irans general, qasem soleimani. he had reportedly just gotten into iraq from beirut and was leaving baghdad airport when he was killed in a convoy of vehicles along with a top iraqi militia leader president trump tonight. >...

Regime change, he is ready to retaliate if iran seeks revenge. >> if americans anywhere are threatened, we have all of those targets already fully identified and i am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary. >> reporter: now new fallout here at home. >> this is the equivalent of the iranians asass mating the u.s. secretary of defers. >> >> reporter: democrats demanding details about the strike slammed by some as reckless whe reckless with the concern the president is overstepping...

Coffins. celebrations in syria as president assads critics express joy over their enemys death. an exodus of american oil workers from basra in northern iraq, obeying an emergency order from the state department to get out now. extreme caution in israel which deployed tanks to the golan heights bordering syria while u.n. peacekeepers beefed up patrols between israel and lebanon. 3,500 more u.s. troops are being ordered to the region from ft. bragg. the rest of the global response continuing the ...

Official told reporters today. qasem soleimani was no ordinary general the u.s. officially classified him as a terrorist, but in iran he was a national hero specifically, soleimani was in charge of spreading iranian influence around the world and he was extremely good at it. smart, charismatic, ruthless, strategic and bold soleimani knit together a loyal network of armed groups from iraq to syria, lebanon to afghanistan. any time iran attacked oil tankers in the persian gulls and denied it, or a...

I appreciate being brought into the orbit. >> reporter: the presidents party largely united in praising the strike, arguing the world is less dangerous now after the death of the leader of an organization branded terrorists by the administration. >> this terrorist leadership has been ended. >> the president took decisive action, he took the right action and, candidly, its one that will save american lives >> reporter: and late tonight here in south florida the president said he believes that sol...

Troops in iraq after the 2003 invasion, killing hundreds back then his face was barely known, but over the last few years soleimani has gotten bolder, showing photographs of himself on battlefields around the middle east, issuing statements his pride and increasing profile may have made him easier to track down and kill there was talk in iran soleimani might be a future president or perhaps even a supreme leader today the man who has that role, irans top ayatollah, visited soleimanis family and ...

>> reporter: there is increased protection in washington at fee foreign posts. iran vowing revenge, where and when would they retaliate >> it will be to ga huge kpapsty to absorb punishment there were one million dead during the rwar. >> reporter: a bigger spike expected with in and when tehran retaliation. retaliation is a certainty they say. >> i am not in a position to tell you what sort of action we will follow, but what i can tell you is that there will be retaliation against the killing. >...

Their rage on america. another possible response by iran could be a cyberattack against the u.s. >> a lot of other news breaking right now, including a hostage standoff at bank in illinois ron mott isin chicago. ron, what do we know >> reporter: this started around 2:30 this afternoon local time officials got a call from the heritage korean in rockford, illinois, about a man armed with a gun who demanded people leave the business, but not everyone was able to get out. its unclear on the number o...

Government officials, including the head ol security council a visit during another moment of inflamed tensions following suspected iranian attacks on oil tankers and irans shootdown of an american military drone back then he shared with me this warning >> translator: in the case of war, the u.s. will be in a very terrible situation. >> reporter: will iran use asymmetric warfare? >> translator: iran has multiple instruments at hand, including the proxy war. >> reporter: a reference to iranian-ba...

Was defensive. if so, was it the right strategy critics say former pres opportunities ildid not fearing it would lead to war with iran lester. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. tensions wthered several dangerous flare-ups since last spring, including major provocations in and near the strait of hormuz i visited tehran in august amid the tensions and got some insight on how iran might approach conflict with the u.s. >> reporter: in tehran today the american flag burned in the streets. angry reacti...