news, the u.s. launches break strikes in he ran in syria, in retaliation for the killing of three u.s. soldiers and jordan. more information from correspondence and the pentagon, white house at this hour, wolf blitzer situation room, i am mark in for wolf. this is cnn breaking news. that s get back to this breaking news, u.s. military retaliating for a deadly attack against a u.s. base and jordan, airstrikes underway in iraq and syria against targets tied to the rain iran backed targets, we are getting new information as we speak, oren liebermann, news of the strikes breaking just moments ago, what we know of the strike? we expect them to be more powerful in many ways, central command, a number of targets the were struck, and what was used to carry out the operation, let me read this out from u.s. central command. at 4 pm eastern time, if every second, forces conducted strikes and iraq and syria against the revolutionary guard and affiliated literary groups, striking
not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of the war. ukraine now promises it will not use the american supplied cluster munitions in russia. it comes as the controversial weapons divided congress. they want these as self-defense to use against russians in their own country of ukraine. i don t see anything wrong with the, these weapons would be a game-changer. cluster bombs should never be used. that is crossing a line. we would risk losing our moral leadership. also new today, treasury secretary janet yellen returns from china after a weekend of high stakes meetings. the secretary is optimistic progress is being made to shore up tense relations. i had a very construct a visit. i received a warm welcome and had a very substantial series of meetings. an objective of my trip was to explain the national security is something that we can t compromise on and we will protect. capitol hill is bracing for a potential far-right feud as marj
explains why. later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s. there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump s baseless attacks that apartment of justice, and how his choice of words erodes public trust in our constitution, especially no gop case. just afternoon, trump railed against a criminal case into our handling of classified information, in a new social media post. without evidence, as always, trump, again claimed the fbi illegally targeted him, with the doj s, vote, very corrupt. with fact check, trump was charged with a crime because of his decision to hold on to top secret documents, even when the government asked for them back. that, of course, not what he tells his supporters. trump tells his supporters the government is not out to get him it is out to get them. later this hour, when he stopped at a campaign event in las vegas, he is short to continue his attacks, and that might e
hey. good morning, ainsley, good morning, steve and brian. the president was just joking with u.k. prime minister. they have only been meeting once a month or so because they have had so many frequent meetings in the last several months. had the president really made a point of stopping here to meet with the king after missing his coronation. the two leaders are going to talk climate finance in just a little while from now. but the president will also need to justify his decision to give controversial cluster bombs to ukraine after u.k. prime minister ri rishi sunak voiced opposition to that move. while more than 120 countries banned these weapons the white house is not one of them. called russia s use of them a potential war crime they say ukraine has a right to use them on their own land and incentive to mitigate risk to its own people that committed to a post war clean-up. this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. so, we re going to send these additional artillery sh
illegally in shops around the uk. trying to attack establish what happened in the cripple in or on the battlefield is enormously challenging. ukrainian authorities are naturally reluctant to give many details. any glimpse of what is happening on the front line is incredibly illuminated. i want to turn to an account that caught my eye this week. he filmed him carrying his men in a drone in the trenches. have a look. element 0k, through the battlefield now. going up through the battlefield now. going up to the front of the line of contact. the up to the front of the line of contact th up to the front of the line of contact. th ~. ., ., contact. the we are right on the front line- he breathes heavily. i ll tell you. david is a foreign correspondent for the news website unheard, and he told me more about that to the trenches that dash. we told me more about that to the trenches that dash. told me more about that to the trenches that dash. we had to get the drone