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hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by irans revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we dont seek a war with iran. were not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the...

john berman. we have new developments on the u. s contractor killed by a drone strike in syria. we are now seeing video of an iranian military facility engulfed in flames. this is after president biden authorized a retaliatory strike retaliation. from what the u. s says was this iranian backed one way drone attack an attack that killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members. president biden is in canada this morning. were waiting to hear from him on all this. also...

hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. boris sanchez, everyone boris great to be with you. im jessica dean and we begin with breaking details another major legal blow to former president donald trump. on the day his attorney had to testify before a federal grand jury. in one case. were learning. in a separate case, his former top administration aides have now been ordered to testify, and that includes his past white house chief of staff mark meadows. this specific investigation is the ...

When he delivered his testimony on the hill. did he know about the attack? and if so, why didnt he inform the congress about it to refer you to general carrillo? thank you, jennifer. general writer. what kind of drone was this iranian drone. and how fast was it flying when it came towards the base and did it in the end, actually crash into the base or did it a fire? its missiles at the brace. thanks jennifer. so were still assessing some of those pieces. i dont have that information to provide. ...

Were targeted by the u. s or affiliated with the iranian revolutionary guard. one american citizen was killed. six more were injured. do you and the department and secretary of defense hold iran responsible for the death of an american citizen? look, we know that these groups are sponsored by iran, so iran certainly plays a role in terms of ensuring that this type of activity doesnt happen. so is he runs responsible for the death of an american citizen or not? look iran certainly again backs the...

Following the story, quote, were postured for scale will options in the face of any additional iranian attacks. testifying on capitol hill thursday, carrillo said that iranian proxies have carried out attacks on us forces in the middle east 78 times since the beginning of 2021. so what iran does to hide its hand as they use iranian proxies. thats thats either you waves or rockets to be able to attack our forces in either iraq or syria. are these considered acts of war? by iran. they are being do...

Scene as natasha bertrand at the pentagon following this for us new information, natasha. yeah, john. so we are told from a u. s official that this suspected iranian drone strike was conducted using a one way attack drone that intentionally crashed into its target, killing that u. s contractor and wounding several other u. s service members as well as an additional u. s contractor there now, this is not the first time that the us has launched air strikes in retaliation for these kinds of attacks...

Colonel cedric leighton. colonel great to have you here. i want to take this in parts if i can. first this one way drone strike from iranian proxies. what does that tell you about their intentions and capabilities? well, john. good morning. first of all, their intentions are definitely to at least harass us forces into let their presence be known. they want to make sure that the u. s and allied forces dont forget that theyre there , and they also want to make sure that they can, in essence contr...