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members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalit...

we are following two major stories unfolding aat this hour. in texas, a killer revealed. we're learning more details about the gunman in the deadly shooting, eight people shot. a car hit a group of people outside a homeless shelter outside brownsville, texas. but we begin this hour in allen, texas. first, a warning that some of the things you're about to see are disturbing. cnn obtained this photo that appears to show the dead shooter heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear. a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the suspect, the gunman, i...

welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. new this hour. dramatic new details about the unidentified object shot down by fighter jets just miles off the coast of alaska yesterday. unlike the chinese spy balloon last saturday, this demanded more immediate action yesterday. officials say it was flying much lower at 40,000 feet making it a dangerous potential threat to civilian aircraft. now we are learning u.s. military pilots who approached the craft have given conflicting accounts of what they saw. this new report coming in from cnn national security reporter nata...

questions about his 2024 ambitions. let's get to cnn's arlette saenz. she joins us from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. what more do we know? >> reporter: well, jim, this will mark a significant shift in the leadership at the white house as cnn has confirmed chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming week. sources saying that that is expected to happen after the "state of the union" address set for february 7th, but klain would stay on for a transition period as they work toward his replacement. now this comes as klain has st...

investigation in uvalde. then breaking this morning, nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. labor secretary marty walsh will join us with more on the new jobs report. and today marking 100 days since the start of russia's brutal invasion of ukraine. we're going to bring you the very latest on ukraine's fight for freedom. hey, everybody, good to see you on this friday morning. we're going to begin this hour with this renewed message from the white house on gun violence -- enough is enough. in a rare primetime address from the east room, the president laid out specif...