Cnn President Trump directed the killing because soleimani posed an imminent threat. President trumps decision to remove Qasem Soleimani from the battlefield saved american lives. Theres no doubt about that. He was active at plotting in the region to take actions, big action as he described it, that would have put dozens if not hundreds of american lives at risk. In the last few minutes were learning from the chairman of the joint chiefs there was compelling intelligence and clear evidence that soleimani was planny a significant campaign of violence. Well see the president for the First Time Since the Deadly Strike soon. He leaves maralargo shortly and we will all over that. The major question right no is is the u. S. On a path to war with iran . Thousands have been out protests in the streets of the capital city of tehran. Soleimanis replacement already announced and we begin there in iran. With ramean. What has the response been from iran . Calling a petition from across the country from students and those in the society rallying behind the Supreme Leader and ruling theocracy calling for revenge, revenge as soon as possible. A student called this across the country, and issued a petition to register so many people, to register to take revenge. So they are mobilizing their forces to take revenge. That is the mood, but politicians, top leaders are showing selfrestraint and are thinking what to do. But the attack or retaliation against american interests is a meater of when, not if. Brooke . Its what that revenge will look like. Ramin, thank you. On the revenge, imminent tles, secretary of state pompeo says soleimani were planning attacks against american personnel in facilities in lebanon, iraq, syria and beyond. Tom foreman is in washington, d. C. Explain to us more about this part of the world and exactly who is friends with who . Tom, the floors yours. No question, brooke, iran has allies of various sorts in yemen, iraq, syria, lebanon, other places as well where they can certainly call on people to initiate action. Initiate against what . Obviously seen iran put pressure on the street here in hormuz. A great place for oil supplies. The attacks happen and Saudi Oil Fields as well between iran directly and other forces possibly exerting themselves, that also is an area in which they can reserve latch their own pow around the power of other forces nearby to help them when and if they decide to strike back. The u. S. Has allies here as well. Saudi arabia, qatar, and so on. Others who can help promote u. S. Interests but it increases the degree of tension in the area if this keeps escalating at this point. Take a look what matters here. Besides the simple fact we have interests like oil there, this is one of the really important thing. U. S. Troops in the region. Talking about sending 3,000 more in. This is raoughly how they there are now. Qatar, bahrain, thousands in saudi arabia . Probably not so much because there are so many troops there. Look over here. One area i know some military leaders are concerned about. Remember the pullback from syria . Talking 500 to 1,000 people there. They are very close to some of these iranian allies in the region. Physically very close to them. That has to be an area of concern. Look at this region. Look at the americans there. This becomes not only a fair amount of force there but also a lot to guard all at once if iran starts triggering all of these different groups to say, strike, and strike now. That is the reason so many leaders are so uneasy right now because the potential for a counterstrike and escalation is absolutely there. Brooke . Yeah. Tom, thank you so much. Former u. S. Ambassador to iraq as well as kuwait and currently president of the Arab Gulf States Institute there in washington. Mr. Ambassador, welcome, sir. Very happy to be here. Thank you. We just mentioned we learned from the chairman of joint chiefs there was a clear evidence soleimani was planning a quote unquote significant campaign of violence against the u. S. What might he mean by that . We have seen in the past that the Iranian Quds Force in conjunction with a number of their proxy forces and supporters in yemen, in iraq, in other parts of the region, have worked to put pressure on the United States, and man i should walk back about a year and say, after the Trump Administration withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal and then imposed the maximum pressure economic sanctions, we saw a period of time where iran tried to get europe to intervene and lessen the sanctions. When that didnt work, middle of last year you saw a new campaign from iran putting mines on tankers outside the strait of hormuz. Some civilian infrastructure in saudi arabia hit by missiling from yemen. Shooting down of the american drone and significant attack on saudi arabias facility end of september did not provide any american action, one the iranians were looking at. Saw at the end of october a series of rocket attacks on baghdads green zone, near the american embassy, and on Iraqi Military bases where american and other Coalition Forces are working with the Iraqi Military. This culminated december 27th when a 31 rocket barrage killed an American Contractor, two iraqi policemen and injured a number of other americans and iraqis. That incident has sparked much greater escalation in the past five days than weve seen before, with the american strikes on five locations in iraq and syria, with the attack on the u. S. Embassy and culminating overnight in the strikes on Qasem Soleimani and also the chief iraqi lieutenant for iran inside iraq. We know that these two have been planning with some people they have worked with, attacks on american targets in the region. These two acted as at times accelerator and a break on activity. Provided leadership and guidance from tehran and to some of the militias inside of iraq and the elimination of both of them, i think, in the iraq context, is going to leave a leadership gap that will permit smaller iraqi militias to conduct attacks without much guidance and on their own chicks could mr. Ambassador, you know this inside and on. My question is listening to what theyre saying about planning significant campaign of violence. We know for years and years the republican and Democratic Administration said this individual was an enemy of the u. S. And we had been tracking him and could have taken him out and chose not to. Given what we hear from mark milley, was this a pro pogs jus response . I cant judge. In the end, history will tell whether President Trump took the right position. Those struck have been planning attack against the United States. The question is whether the strikes against these targets will increase the risk to the United States or to americans in the region, and frankly will it increase the risk to americas friends in the region like saudi arabia, the United Arab Emirates or israel . All threatened and have been attacked recently by iranian proxies themselves. We know secretary pompeo said americans are safer as a result of this. Same time, americans are evacuating this part of the world and we report were sending in 3,000 or so more members of our military. So they have to be on edge. Thinking of our military men and women. What are we doing to protect them . Well, from the diplomatic side we have got well secured facilities in iraq and in most of the gulf. In iraq we have really just American Employees and contractors. In the rest of the gulf we have got American Military personnel. We have american diplomats, but in many cases also their spouses and children. Yes. So this population is actually more vulnerable than that in iraq and live out on the economy. It is clear washington is sending troops as a show of force to make sure that iran does not overstep. Washington also needs to work with its european allies, and send messages that the United States does not want to escalate the situation, and find a way for the iranians to gradually climb down from the anger they have expressed and the determination to strike american targets. I think both the United States and iran do not actually want an allout confrontation, and the United States can actually help reduce that confrontation over time by lowering the rhetoric and sending the proper messages potentially through some of our european or arab allies that have better relations with the iranians. Come back to that iranian anger in a second and read this. A senior fellow at new American Security also worked the in the Obama Administration told the Washington Post about the strike and recent attack on the embassy. Iran on its back foot and strikes done clumsily without kwordation with iraqis, trying to provoke this changing the discussion from iran to the United States and managed to successfully do it. Reading an article you talked to pbs, ambassador, about how iran has in your words been consistently trying to poke the United States into action over the last however many months. So did the u. S. Take the bait for lack of a better phrase . I dont know that the u. S. Took the bait as much as the iranians actually believe what the administration was stating was its red line. Through all the attacks mentioned earlier, the Trump Administration took a very, very patient and nonconfrontational response including the strikes on saudi oil facilities. But the administration messaged publicly and privately its red line was always american casualties at the hands of iran and iranian proxies and in the attack on december 27th in which the American Contractor was killed, the iranians breached that line. I also note what chairman. Joint chiefs millie saey said. Not intended to send a political message but an attack to cause casualties. I think iran was trying to provoke an american reaction, took President Trump and secretary pompeos statements about american casualties being a red line at face value, but probably underestimated the response of the United States to that one american, unfortunate American Contractors death. Hmm. Ambassador, thank you so much, sir. Incredible, incredible insight in this part of the world. Many democrats on political are calling the president s actions illegal, because he failed to brief congress before launching this deadly attack. Details on who he did tell about the plot in advance. And look at the big board. Stocks and oil markets taking massive swings to ed in reaction to this targeted killing, and President Trump leaving maralago this hour down in florida headed to a rally in miami. We will be watching to see if he stops and talks to reporters ux and if he does, well take it live. To reconnect and be together. And once we did that, we realized his greatest adventure is just beginning. vo welcome to the most adventurous outback ever. The allnew subaru outback. Go where love takes you. Anywhere in the world. Qasem soleimani. Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him. Under my leadership americas policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harm any american. We will find you. We will eliminate you. We will always protect our diplomats, service members, all americans and our allies. For years the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless quds force under soleimanis leadership has targeted, injured and murdered hundreds of american servicemen and civilians. The recent targets in iraq including rocket strikes that killed and american and injured four american servicemen very badly as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad. Carried out at the direction of soleimani. Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. Today we remember and honor the victims of soleimanis many atrocities and take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. Soleimani has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years. What the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago. A lot of lives would have been saved. Just recently soleimani led the brutal repression of protesters in iran. Where more than 1,000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. I have deep respect for the iranian people. They are a remarkable people with annie cr incredible and und potential. We do not seek regime change however the region including use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must end and it must end now. The future belongs to the people of iran. Those that seek peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Not the terrorist warlords who plunder their nation to finance blood shed abroad. The United States has the best military by far anywhere in the world. We have the best intelligence in the world. If americans anywhere are threatened, we have all of those targets already fully identified, and i am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary, and that in particular refers to iran. Under my leadership we have destroyed the isis territorial caliphate, and recently americans special Operations Forces killed the terrorist leader known as al baghdadi. The world is a safer place without these monsters. America will always pursue the interests of good people, great people, great souls while seeking peace, harmony and friendship with all of the nations of the world. Thank you, god bless you. God bless our great military and god bless the United States of america. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. President mr. President mr. President , you say you view this stop to answer questions . No. The president headed to maralago, headed to a rally. Hearing in my ear. So the president there, the line highlighted. We took action to stop a war not to start a war. Kaitlan collins, earpiece back in. Kaitlan is covering the president for us. Shes in maralago. Critics of fearful otherwise . Reporter critics are. Heard it from democrats saying they disagree with the decision to strike and kill this commander, but were questioning what the aftermath would look like and what the larger strategy would be from the administration. Now you didnt hear the president highlight that or go into what exactly he thinks the response will be. Not even predicting what ethinks iran will do but defending his decision to authorize this strike that killed irans most powerful military leader saying we did not do this, take this action to start a war. We took this action to stop a war. Now, that comes as weve been reporting that the president has been hearing a little pushback from some people questioning what the aftermath of this is going to look like, but these are the first Public Comments the president has made since reports of these strikes first broke last night and the pentagon later confirmed that, yes, it was the United States behind it and, yes, it was the president who ordered it. Brooke, Something Else that stuck out about what the president said. He was praising u. S. Intelligence, which, of course, is what the pentagon, the secretary of state, everyone has been citing all day for what was behind how they found out there was going to be this imminent threat, they say, from this leader and the president saying there, we have the best intelligence in the world. Of course, that comes as the president who is often criticized the u. S. Intelligence agencies whether it comes from in regards to his campaign or in that conclusion that it was russia that interfered in the election. Something youve seen play out during his time in office. There the president was praising it, in this situation. Something theyve gone back and relied and increasingly. Talked about soleimani saying we caught him in the act and eliminated him as he spoke to reporters for a few minutes and did not take any questions, didnt detail exactly when he made the decision to carry out this order. Reporting shows he made this decision in recent days. Something he had been briefed on by his team earlier this week and, of course, Lindsey Graham stated this morning, he found out about it as an option several days ago. The president not going further saying, take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. To your point about how critical this president has been of his own intelligence. You can already hear critics pointing ow he cherry picks what he chooses to hear and listen to. Kate hitlan thank you. And our reporter in tehran and ram. In, ramin, the word you used, revenge. What tehran hears we took action to stop a war not to start a war, how will that sit with tehran . Tehran in mindset of tehran, i think they say, okay. We will give you a lesson unexpectedly and we catch you by surprise in a very harsh way just to give you a lesson, and admonishing him in near future. That is the mindset going on. But at the same time, Iranian Foreign minister and ambassador in tehran as a charge of the american intersection in tehran. Just to submit the process. So it means that iran is playing a double, double tracks and following the double tracks. On one hand diplomatic attempt and same time their verbal war is escalatings so we are at the climax of a verbal war and this can lead to an allout war or hopefully, wishful thinking, back channel negotiations somewhere covertly or secretly. Brooke . We wait to know what the next steps are. Ramin, thank you. In iran for us. Lets go now to washington, d. C. To manu raju on capitol hill. Manu, the president defending his decision, but members of congress there, theyre frustrated. Arent they . Reporter yeah. Sharply divided along party lines. Republicans support what the president has done saying that they believe getting soleimani off the battlefield was the right and Decisive Action by this president , but democrats are coming out raising serious concerns about what theyre hearing including senators and congressmen briefed by the administration. They did not get briefed ahead of time. Democrats in particular left in the dark including the socalled gang of briefed ahead of time. And speaking with the cia director, telling me hes concerned about this could lead to significant ramifications for the u. S. Interests abroad. Also adam schiff whos House Intelligence Committee chairman and part of that gang of eight raising serious concerns as well, saying he does not see a vision or strategy that the administration has put in place and says other administrations decided no the to move forward in going after soleimani particular goethe parties but this administration did. I asked what imminent threat was described by the state department earlier today, he said he hasnt gotten an adequate answer yes. Nevertheless, republicans are supportive with what the president said and fine Going Forward. The were herbs if it drags on, if theres a broader escalation of force potentially will there be a vote in congress to authorize this Going Forward . Democrats are already pushing to are that including senator tim kaine of virginia. Republicans will they get behind it as well . A debate for congress as they return to session next week. Yeah. Monday. Manu, thank you. We have seen vastly different reactions to this Deadly Strike from people in the middle east and in iraq. Some danced in the streets when they heard the news. In iran, people took to the streets in protest. We will take you live to that part of the world, next. Limu emu doug and now for their service to the community, we present limu emu doug with this key to the city. 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Just as israel has the right of selfdefense, the United States has exactly the same right. Qasem soleimani is responsible for the death of american citizens and many other innocent people. He was planning more such attacks. President trump deserves all the credit for moving decisively. And as you well know, Prime Minister netanyahu has been a fervent sort esupporter of pres trumps maximum pressure. And my next guest, kim hatas, a nonresident scholar at the indocument for International Peace and author of black wave saudi arabia, iran and the 40year rivalry that unravelled culturing religion and collective memory in the middle east. Thank you for joining me. To your point, what reactions you outline. Elation, relief and fear. How do you mean . Well, elation, because Qasem Soleimani was not only responsible for the deaths of Many Americans but also for many of the wars and assassinations and oppression that the middle east has witnessed over the last few decades. He was the architect of irans expansionist policies and that carried a heavy toll for people of the middle east. If you think are the war in syria, thats been going on for more than eight years, since 2011, he was the one strategizing to help bashar al assad, the syrian president , survive the uprising against him. He ran proxy militias in lebanon, in syria and also in iraq and in iraq over the last few weeks and months weve seen the protests there faced with a very terrible, violent crackdown that he helped organize and orchestrate. And protests against corruption and mismanagement by iraqi politicians but also the protests were against irans increased strangle hold over the country. People felt very much that Qasem Soleimani was in charge of their lives in places like iraq and that he was the reason why their lives were unraveling in iraq and also as i mentioned in syria. Thats the elation part. Weve seen people handing out sweets in syria, people marching through the streets of baghdad celebrating the death of this man but, of course, there is fear, because he was so central to irans policies in the region. Such a key player, such a keen strategist, whatever you thought of him, he was a very smart, cunning strategist and there is a sense of fear as to what happens next in his absence. Is it really noobl possible tha died . What happens now . Is there going to be war . Retaliation . Only limited retaliation by iran . People simply dont know what to expect, but they do know that whatever happens, the consequences will be most strongly felt by people in this region. To your point about people thinking impossible he could die. Americans waking up who never heard Qasem Soleimanis name before, its noteworthy, your perspective. This is a manship peop some peo so much but never believed he could die. Something like Saddam Hussein. Is he really gone . People didnt really believe it. It is at that level. I woke up this morning and i checked the news and i thought, Qasem Soleimani . Wait. Which one . Could there be more than one . How could it be Qasem Soleimani could die in a u. S. Targeted strike . Really incredible news this morning as it spread across the region, as people woke up to this news trying to really take stock of what it meant and what was going to happen next and, yes, the comparison with Saddam Hussein is an interesting one, of course, because Saddam Hussein was a sunni, Qasem Soleimani is a shia and they both played the sectarian cart very often. After Saddam Hussein fell, you know, or rather when he was in power people felt there was never going to be an end to this mans hold on power yet one day it was shown he was also fallible. Today weve seen Qasem Soleimani thought to be invincible, allpowerful was in the end also mortal. From beirut, kim, thank you. Moments ago President Trump speaking for the first time about his order to kill irans top general in that drone strike saying he does not want war with iran. Were live on the campaign trail to hear how the 2020 democrats are responding to todays news. I have moderate to severe pnow, theres skyrizi. Things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me. Nothing and me go hand in hand nothing on my skin thats my new plan. Nothing is everything. Keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. Of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. And skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. I see nothing in a different way and its my moment so i just gotta say nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. 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Have they thought through and planned for a wide range of retaliatory and asymmetric actions that will almost certainly well see from iran in the nearterm . So we still have a lot of questions that need to be answered with this use of military force. One thing i am uncertain of right now is this this must not be the beginning of another endless war. When you think about what this president did, it is not clear to me and i have a lot of questions and concerns about, did he think about the repercussions of what this is going to mean . Just like, did he think about the repercussions when he got out of the iranian agreement . Our cnn political reporter following the Biden Campaign is in cedar rapid and our cnn Political Correspondent here with me in new york. Arlette, start with you. Tell me more what the former Vice President have to is a about this targeted kill . Joe biden didnt hold anything back, a stinging critique of President Trumps approach when it comes to his iran strategy not just criticizing him for this attack but his decision to pull out of the nuclear deal. He stood at the podium with teleprompters, not a feature at a lot of joe bidens events recently and he warns that the u. S. Could be going further into potential direct conflict with iran, because of President Trumps policy. He actually also talked about how whether or not the Trump Administration had a strategy, had they thought everything through . And actually went through a list of questions he had for what next steps might look like. Kind of it gave you a little insight into how joe biden might have thought about this decision if he had to make it. Thats something biden has really touted over and observer aga over again on the campaign trail. His Foreign Policy experience. He believed he is best equipped to be commander in chief. Some in the democrat ic field that disagree. Pete buttigieg and Bernie Sanders cite sizing the Vice President particularly his vote on the iraq war. They believe he was on the wrong side of history on that. We could see all in the days ahead drawing that con forecast with each other when it comes to Foreign Policy. All of these candidates are certainly responding to whats happened in iraq, with this iranian general. Speaking of 2020 all of these numbers, fundraising numbers in from different candidate. Cory booker and Amy Klobuchar releasing their numbers. Covering this since last year. Elizabeth warren raised 21 million. Down from the last quarter. We have full fundraising figures from all top democratic candidates. Elizabeth warren announcing today she raised 21. 2 million in the final quarter compared to other numbers, klobuchar raised 11. 4 million. Better than the previous quarter and cory booker raised 6. 6 million final quarter of 201. Elizabeth warren bringing her total year 2019 to around 71 million from around 1 million people. As you said, this is a dip for her on fundraising from the previous quarter. A few Million Dollars short of what she raised in the Third Quarter and that dip in fundraising coincided with a dip in her momentum we saw after the summer and we saw the Campaign Setting expectations in the past weeks making clear and said they raise d a little over 17 million, hoped to get the number to 20 million if we have time she wa asked about it in New Hampshire and heres what she said. I didnt spend one single minute selling access to my time to millionaires and billionaires. I did this grass roots all across the country, and im proud of the grass roots were building. Important to keep in mind the important figure we dont have how much cash they have on hand nap will determine so much what theyre able to do heading into iowa. When, m. J. . One month away. Not that i was counting. Thank you. Thousands of additional u. S. Troops are on their way to the middle east right this very moment. Waiting to see how iran will respond to the killing of their top general. Americans advised to leave the region and Law Enforcement right here in the United States is on high alert. Our live coverage continues, next. This piece is talking to me. Yeah . So what do you see . I see an unbelievable opportunity. I see bestinclass platforms and education. I see awardwinning service, and a trade desk full of experts, available to answer your toughest questions. And i see it with zero commissions on online trades. I like what youre seeing. Its beautiful, isnt it . Yeah. Td ameritrade now offers zero commissions on online trades. The prospect of retaliation from iran has put major u. S. Cities on high alert. Law enforcement officials, city leaders in new york, los angeles, miami and washington, d. C. Result say while there have been no Credible Threats against them they are watching the events in the middle east closely. New york city mayor said the city has entered a new reality as a number one terror tarkt and the message is this. Stay vigilant. If you see something, say something. You know whats normal on your block and business if youre a night watchman and somebody on your block. When the hair goes up on the back offyer head that something feels like it is out of the ordinary. Let a cop know. Iran for years and years has gone too far. Lets be where the original sin is here. But my message is if he were ever to attempt to directly or indirectly an attack on new york city, they would be bringing horrible, horrible results to their own people. Clearly an action against american soil would make that kind of war inevitable. Shimon prokupecz is our cnn crime and justice reporter. And people who are watching today, whether in a big city, shawl shawl smaller city, should i be nervous. It is a legitimate concern and Police Departments across the country realize there is a concern that something could happen here. The fbi as well. There is a lot of smipgs in a things going on and behind the scenes and nypd and working with the fbi, going and looking at people who they may have feel are on the cusp, on the edge may want to do something that are consuming some of this and watching the news and reading about this. Theyre watching them really closely. And thoos the type of folks that that he watch closer. And perhaps they go say hello to them and see how theyre doing, hoping theyre not at the point that they are about to do something. That is certainly something that is always concerning to them in moments like this. And then you do see there is more officers in certain areas. Areas that would be potentially target like times square and religious institutions and the subway is a big concern in new york so there is a lot going on and certainly the mayor and Police Department and the fbi, everyone really the minute this happened and word got out there was a strike that could potentially cause problems for us here domestically, the fis went to work and theyre going to keep looking at chatter, at the threat streams that come in to try and make sure nothing happens here. Whether it is small or big. Sometimes the smaller things are more concerning to Law Enforcement certainly in a case like this. Keep us posted. People are wondering. Shimon, thank you very much. We also have some breaking news now on impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is issuing a statement responding to the Senate Majority leader. That happened moments ago. We have that for you so stand by for news. T bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. 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Hours after Mitch Mcconnell talked about the imprending trial of President Trump, nancy pelosi has just issued this statement responding to him and manu raju has that on capitol hill for us. And so what did Speaker Pelosi say . Reporter a scathing statement, pushing back against Mitch Mcconnell who criticized the houses process earlier today. But pelosi firing back showing the impasse the two sides are in. She said today leader mcconnell made clear he will feebly comply with the president s coverup of the abuse of power and be an accomplice to that coverup and talks about his violation in her view of his oath of office and said the gop senate Must Immediately proceed in a manner worthy of the constitution and in light of the gravity of the president s unprecedented abuses, no one is above the law, not even the president. Now this new statement doesnt address when she might transmit the articles of impeachment over so the senate which is what Mitch Mcconnell said he needs to begin a trial for the president in the aftermath of him being impeached on two counts late last year. Pelosi did not address that. She said she needs to understand the process in the senate before naming her own impeachment managers to prosecute the case and deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate. So brooke, right now the two sides at a stalemate of how this could proceed as the president s trial in limbo here and nancy pelosi making it clear she will not cave to the Senate Majority leader. And for everyone tuning in after two weeks away on holiday thinking they missed something on all of the impeachment business, to quote our friend phil mattingly, they have missed nothing. Everyone is back on monday. Well tune in for that. Manu raju you get the gold star today with all of the news. Thank you very much. That is it for me. Im brooke baldwin. The lead with jake tapper starts now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. We begin with breaking news in the world lead. President trump spoking publicly for the first time for the order to kill quasem suleimani, the top iranian general and perhaps at one point the second most powerful iranian official in a u. S. Drone strike outside of baghdad, iraq, last night. We take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. The leaders