Qassem soleimani is the tomorrow official. He was blamed for the attack who killed an American Contractor last month. Theyre reacting to the news. Some are justifying the air strike. But, irans ayatollah is vowing revenge. Thousands of soldiers are going to the middle east as tensions rise between the u. S. And iran. The there was a strike that killed soleimani. They removed soleimani which he was blamed for an attack on an iraqy military base that killed an American Contractor and for the problemles in the embassy last week. He was applauding, and took actions that would have put dozens of american lives at risk. They were tracking him for several days and mark hinted at the strike wednesday morning and they said they would take strikes if needed. The game has changed. Well do whats necessary to defend our personnel and partners in the region. Soleimani has killed and wounded thousands of americans and they said he should have been taken out years ago. The world is a better place with
the situation room. breaking this hour president biden and the united states making good on their vow to strike back after three american soldiers were killed in jordan. the white house revealing moments ago strikes on three facilities and iraq and four in syria were successful. our correspondents are standing by as our live coverage continues right now. let s get straight to natasha ber trnd at the pentagon. what more are we learning about these strikes? reporter: we are getting more information in from the national security council as well as a senior official at the pentagon joint chiefs. we re told the reason why there was kind of a delay here in conducting these 85 different strikes across these facilities, these seven different facilities in iraq and syria is essentially they were waiting for good weather to present itself. and that window kind of opened today and it all came together so they would avoid, of course, unnecessary casualties according to the military o
powerful tornadoes ripping through mississippi overnight killing morethan 20 people and leaning behind of devastating destruction. to see what might be coming in front of you last night, this massive tornado was only able to be viewed by intermittent flashes of lightning and transformers blowing out in the distance. is that i can hear it. hi, aishah. iowa good to see you. i m aishah hosni in washington. officials there say that town is essentially gone with entire neighborhoods leveled as you can see here in this video and thousands without power or anywhere to go. we are being told by officials on the ground that there are 23 people dead in that area. griff: it has hit them hard, in fact. powerful interview with rolling folks mayor, neil cavuto earlier. he literally looked to left and right and nothing was left, rolling fork is down in delta area. i went to school in mississippi, grew up there. damaged not only homes but areas but also hospital nearby as well. nearest town
Night. Israels Ground Operations have now expanded. We have large explosions, arti artillery, tank fire, and possible Bunker Buster Bombs heard and seen all night long as the idf has now confirmed the expansion of operations, in other words, the Ground Incursion into gaza has now officially begun. Heres a description of how things went on earlier tonight, just how this all got started from trey yingst. Clearly something is happening. We cite the israeli military, they say theyre having ground raids into gaza. Dont want to speculate or call it what it could be, we need to wait and be patient. This is unlike any other night we covered. We have been here the past 20 days as it unfolds. This is a significant development. Also to give you a sense of the phases here, this is indicative of what we expected to come next. Israel told us they would be ramping up strikes against gaza before entering on the ground, this is the next phase of the war. At this moment, i cannot confirm the Ground Oper
In 1999 becoming the countrys youngest provincial governor. Party leaders promoted him to the Groups Bureau in 2007. He joined it at the same time as current chinese president xijipening. Li became premier in 2013 and served two terms. He stepped down in march when his term expired under a constitutional provision. State run media reports li died in shanghai due to a sudden heart attack. He was 68 years old. For more on this kanako sachno spoke with nhk worlds Nakamura Genta in beijing. Genta, how are people responding to lis death . Well, it cght many by surprise because it felt so abrupt. Li stepped down as premier just seven months ago. Heres what some in the country told us. Translator im very sorry and so sad. The former premier contributed a lot to china. I was surprised that he passed away so quickly. Translator he worked hard for the country. I think it was not easy to maintain Economic Growth amid the escalating trade dispute with the United States. I remember li looking pale