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hi everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. dramatic scene in the middle east today. defense official saying an american warship shot down two drones in the red sea and also responded after a ballistic missile attack on a commercial vessel. zach cohen and ivan watson are following the latest on this situation. let's start first with zach and talk about what more we know about this attack. >> reporter: u.s. official saying both of the drones belonged to iranian backed houthi rebels in yemen. first was shot down as it flew towards an american warshi...

Was arrested in tripoli. and according to more details that are coming in. apparently the brother had knowledge of the attack plans. we'll look more into that and what is that connection? and the search is on for more consequences in the deadly manchester bombing, more suspect suspects were arrested in england. the chief of police said it is clear what they are confronting is a terror network and britain is on the high of the alert terror fearing another attack is imminent. catherine? >> reporter: thank you, jenna, based on intelligence shared by the british, evidence strongly suggest that the...

Look for hundreds of contacts that they got on some of the data, the laptops, the cell phones that they seized. they believe they have names and contact information for people in the west who may be sympathizers to al qaeda in yemen, may even be working to plot and plan new attacks. so, they are taking action. they are trying to track all of that down. at the same time, they got intelligence that is leading them to more information about al qaeda's safe havens in yemen. that may lead them to more raids. they have information, they say, about recruiting, targeting, all of the activities of al q...

Carrying out 20 airstrikes overnight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. we are told u.s. forces hit multiple locations, targeting militants, equipment, infrastructure, heavy weapons systems and fighting positions. a u.s. defense official says the attacks were not linked to the intelligence obtained in january. they had been planned for sometime. clearly there's been some recent activity and interest in what's going on in yemen. >> yeah. >> all right. the mystery that broke the internet earlier this week is resolved. amazon giving an explanation for those outages at some of the most pop...

U.s. taking action for the first time based on intelligence recovered in the january raid in yemen that killed a navy seal. sources telling cnn the u.s. is now looking to track and locate hundreds of people with ties to al qaeda. those contacts are part of the recovered intelligence some of these people are believed to be in the west, though not in the united states. cnn's barbara starr with more now from the pentagon. >> reporter: dave, christine, u.s. officials are insisting to cnn that they did get valuable intelligence from that raid back in january that killed the u.s. navy seal and led t...