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7:00 a.m. in the wes asian country of yemen where breaking to night the united states and allies launched a retaliation strike on the hugh think rebels. a more than a dozen air targets were hit. u.s. and uk force conducted the attacks using fighter jets and warships and submarines. this is after months of hugh think attacks in the red sea. president biden and partners are sending a message that provocation will not go unpunished and the question now is if the hugh thinks respond with m...

"the lead" starts right now. 11 victims now dead with the latest update from the hospital from the massacre in monterey park, california. today what were learning about the victims and what were trying to piece together about the 72-year-old gunmans motive. hes been described as quick to anger. plus, a high ranking fbi official now in federal custody. hes facing money laundering charges and questions about his connections to a sanctioned russian billionaire. plus the bizarre defens...

Health ministry, 436 people were killed in the strikes overnight including nearly 200 children. Anderson. This all comes as were learning the u. S. Is pushing israel to delay its Ground Invasion of gaza in hopes of getting hostages out and letting humanitarian aid into the south. Although a israeli official has denied this. Carrying supplies into gaza, Relief Groups are warning much more is needed as the crisis deepens for many palestinians running out of food and water. Cnns chief International...

Civilian and military traffic there is its near neighborhoods and hillsides and that makes perfect launch points for attacks, and the taliban claiming they were attacking mattis even though he was long gone and hes continuing with the situation there. this event today shows the taliban, they may be trying for a show of force on their own, and they may not be successful, but they can still move plenty of firepower in and around the capital. chris? >> they definitely have high ground positioning a...

The general thinking is that the taliban are really trying to launch some kind of high-profile attack, show the world in their view that they still have plenty of power. so what does this all really mean? what it means is that the taliban are capable, still, of launching major rocket attacks inside kabul, the most secure city in the country, where security can be scarce at times. the airport always a very tough piece of real estate for both commercial and military planes landing. it is surrounde...

Help us, help us, the men cry out as our captain tosses a rope. 60 migrants crammed together clutching their lifevests and inner tubes. on shore, most disappear into waiting taxis. one young man bitterly says if death wasnt chasing us we would not be trying this. by day, holiday makers enjoy the same beach. for them, the greek island destination is just part of the view. the remnants of the migrants treacherous journey litter the shoreline. shoes, clothing, a discarded dinghy. this is just one o...

Litter the shoreline. shoes, clothing, a discarded dingy. this is just one of the many launch points that surround the capital. mohammed arrived a week ago from syria. isis detained us for two days, he says. they wanted us to confess that we were coming to turkey to be trained to fight against them. after enduring beatings, he says, he was finally released. it is the pain of parents who thought they were saving their children hardly able to comprehend that this is the europe they risked their li...

tea party demanding more cuts in federal spending, a cap on future budgets, and a balanced budget amendment. but at a republican caucus meeting speaker of the house john boehner told everyone in his party, and i quote, "get your ass in line." and listen to senator john mccain. >> what is really amazing about this is that some members are believing that we can pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution in this body with its present reputation, and that is foolish. that is wors...

The people around gadhafi to put the pressure on them to get rid of him in some fashion or at least to leave him and no longer support him. so work from the outside, work from the inside. >> a lot of work to be done, too. thanks very much, jill. good to see you. jill dougherty there with the u.s. secretary of state. fred? >> more on the military operation now the u.s. has fired 124 tomahawk missiles at libyan air defense sites. captain alec fraiser is a retired navy captain who has led tomahawk-...

Able to look at this, see pictures live, 210 miles up there in space. i mean, you know? i love this stuff. >> i know. alex, i tell you, what was better is to see those guys step out onto the lunar surface in project "apollo" more than 40 years ago. so hopefully theyre going to go back into outer space to get-go into low-earth orbit where we have been for the past 40 years and i think that will be terrific. because, you know, theyre talking act visiting asteroids, and thats very exciting, and goi...