to my daughter. major: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, everyone, i m major garrett in for norah, who as you saw is on assignment. tonight we are surveying the deteriorating situation in the middle east, from the red sea to gaza to iran. this is the bodies of three soldiers killed in jordan prepared to make their way back to the united states. first, israeli special forces disguised as medical workers and civilians storm a hospital in the west bank and killed three suspected militants. and negotiations continue for a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war, and the release of the remaining hostages being held by hamas in gaza. plus, cbs news is over the red sea, with the u.s. navy as it protects american interest in the region, including from attacks by iranian-backed houthi militia. norah is on board the surveillance plane with the commander of u.s. fifth fleet and naval forces central command as they gather intelligence. but we begin tonight with president bide