right now on ana cabrera reports breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, a gunman attacking the u.s. embassy at lebanon overnight, injuring a security guard. what we know at this hour as israel says it s prepared for, quote, strong action. plus, day three of hunter biden s federal gun trial, witness testimony resuming this morning as we learn of new drama outside the com. also ahead, political retribution? what donald trump is saying now about potential payback against his opponents including prison. and later, the new space race, boeing preparing to launch its star liner into orbit this hour. can boeing prove third time s the charm. good morning, it s great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, an attacker opening fire at the embassy in beirut early this morning injuring one lebanese guard. the gunman has been captured and is being treated for injuries. now,
where is it going inspect it s headed to mars. this is one of the latest and the most ambitious missions by mars. it will be looking for life on the red planet. john zarrella will be joining me here in just a moment. we re only a minute away here, john. i want our viewers to be able to hear mission control here in a second. we re just a minute away and, actually, i m going to go ahead. john, you stand by for me. when this takes off, we ll be talking about this ambitious mission. over the top of this atlas rocket, it will travel some 350 million plus miles, over eight months to get to the red planet. we were just about 40 seconds away. i m going to go ahead and be quiet and i ll let mission control take over as we watch nasa history about to take place on this mission to mars. step three. t minus 30 seconds and counting. 28. for launch. status check. go atlas. go santar. t-minus 15 seconds. t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, five, four, three, two, one, main engine start. ze