Steal signs in the cheating scandal. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im laura jarrett. Good morning, everybody. Its friday. Im christine romans. 4 00 a. M. In new york, 17 days until the Iowa Caucuses. Breaking overnight new revelations several u. S. Troops were injured in irans missile attack last week on american bases in iraq. Thats despite assurances from the pentagon at the time there had been no casualties. The initial report of zero casualties was crucial in President Trumps decision not to retaliate following irans attack. Asked about the discrepancy a defense official told cnn it was the commanders assessment at the time. Symptoms emerged days after the fact and they were treated out of an abundance of caution. More now from National Security reporter ryan brown from washington. Reporter the u. S. Military revealing that 11 u. S. Military personnel were injured during that Iranian Missile attack on al Assad Air Base in western iraq. The pentagon had previously said there were no u. S. Casualties, but reports of concussions, potential traumatic brain injury has been suffered by 11 u. S. Service personnel including some who have had to be sent out of the country, out of iraq for more enhanced treatment. 8 were sent to a base in germany. The remainder sent to a base in kuwait so they can get more sophisticated care. This comes after continuing questions about the missile attack, the strike on qassem soleimani. Questions about how transparent the u. S. Is being. The u. S. Military not initially disclosing these casualties. And as the reports came in still continuing not to disclose those facts. It wasnt until it broke in the press the u. S. Central command which overseas troops in the region finally issued a statement. Concussions are hard to detect. Sometimes theyre detected days after an attack, forces hiding in the bunkers for safety likely could have suffered that kind of injury. It may have been taken a few days, but there was no official correction of the record despite the pentagon initially saying there were no casualties until the story broke in the press. And again continued questions about howtrance parent the Trump Administration, the pentagon are being given these major interNational Security issues involving iraq, iran and u. S. Troops deployed overseas. Back to you. Ryan brown, thanks so much for that report. After all the anticipation and buildup, its finally here. The third impeachment trial of a president in u. S. History has now officially begun. With pomp and ceremony the house transmitted and read out the articles of impeachment against President Trump. The chief justice of the Supreme Court and members of the senate all sworn in, and now the battle begins. Congressional correspond Phil Mattingly has more for us. Reporter this is now the senates job, the idea whether or not to vote to remove the president of the United States. It started on thursday with a procession of the seven House Democratic impeachment managers walking over those two articles of impeachment. And what followed at least as it pertains to the United States president has only been seen two times before on the United States senate floor. While the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the United States articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The managers on the part of the house will now proceed. Donald j. Trump, president of the United States is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. With the permission of the senate i will now read the articles of impeachment. President trump used the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the National Security of the United States and undermined the integrity of the United States democratic process. The presiding officer will now administer the oath to john g. Roberts chief justice of the United States. I am now prepared to take the oath. Will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand . Do you somenly swear in all things appertaining to the trial of impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god . I do. God bless you. Will all senators now stand and remain standing and raise their right hand . Do you solemnly in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump now pending you will do impartial justice to the constitution and laws so help you god . Let me quickly lay out whats going to happen next. Youre not going to see the senators on the senate floor for the trial until tuesday 1 00 p. M. The president has officially now been summoned for that trial. A response from the White House Defense team will come this weekend. Both the house managers and White House Defense team will have to file brief and responses to those briefs over the course of the next several days. And when senators return on tuesday they will be debating on the initial rules and structure of the trial. The expectation it will essentially be presentations from both sides, each lasting 24 hours over the course of a couple of days and then questions from senators over the course of 16 hours. Thats a resolution still being drafted by senator mitch mcconnell. Democrats have made clear will vote against it and likely make amendments to it in the initial stage of the process. It could get interesting early. But the big question still outstanding for everybody is will there be enough votes at some point after the trial subpoena witnesses and documents . At this point in time democrats have made clear that is what they are focused on. They will need four republicans to join the 47 democrats to be able to make that a reality. Still waiting to see where those republicans come down. Senator Susan Collins putting out a Statement Last night making clear shes open to the idea but has not decided on any specific witnesses and only open to it after those initial presentations which runs counter to what the democrats want at least to the start of the trial. Well have to wait and see to get the answer to the question on witnesses and documents. New claims this morning from the Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of the ukraine scandal that led to impeachment. Lev parnas says the president of ukraine is lying when he says he did not feel President Trump was pressuring him to investigate joe biden and his son. Parnas said the ukrainians are still afraid of trump as are many republicans. Theres a lot of people in the Republican Party that dont agree theyre good people that dont agree with what hes doing, but theyre scared. He gets away with everything and especially with attorney bill barr on the side and the Justice Department i mean a lot of people are scared. They dont want to get investigated. People are scared of getting investigated by the Justice Department on behalf of President Trump, youre saying . I think so. Parnas has been indicted for making Illegal Campaign contributions including to a trump super pac. President trump as recently as yesterday, he denied knowing him personally at all. I dont know parnas, i guess i had pictures taken. But just met him. I dont know him at all. Dont know what hes about, dont know where he comes from, knownothing about him. Hes probably trying to make a deal for himself. Last night parnas attorney mocked trumps claim. A new report by an independent government watchdog says the Trump Administration broke the law by withholding more than 200 million in congressionally approved military aid to ukraine. The Government Accountability office says the decision by the white house to freeze the release of Security Assistance last summer was designed to advance the president s own agenda. The delay in delivering the aid is central to the impeachment case against President Trump. The Senate PassingPresident Trumps new nafta trade deal with bipartisan support. The revised nafta passed with a vote of 8910 thursday. Canada, u. S. And mexico first signed the pact in november 2018. The new version enhances later protections and creates new rules for digital commerce, something that didnt exist when the first nafta was passed, and raises wages for auto workers. Its been a big week for trumps trade deals. On wednesday the president inked a phase one trade deal with china easing tensions but pushing the bigger issues ahead. China pledged to spend 200 billion over the next couple on things like agriculture, drugs and airplanes. In exchange the u. S. Will cut tariffs in half. But the trade war has already hurt chinas economy growing at the weakest pace in 29 years. Last year in 2019 chinas gdp rose by 6. 9 . Thats the slowest for china since 1990. Well, the wife of a president ial candidate makes a painful revelation. Actually what happened to me could have been prevented. Andrew yangs wife evelyn shares more of her story up next. sensei beautiful. But support the leg when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. 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The ukrainians are saying, look, they saw that and realized there might have been ukrainian laws breached in all this. They say ukraines position is not to interfere in the Domestic Affairs of the United States but then they go onto say however the published references cited contain possible violation of the law of ukraine and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations which protects the right of a diplomat on the territory of a foreign country. So clearly the ukraine krians a saying they feel responsibility about not just the safety about yovanovitch but also not get wiretapped in any way, shape or form. Has not received any comment from the state department on the matter yet. The ukrainians also saying they would like the u. S. To participate in the investigation. Theyve asked the fbi to turn over anything that they find about it, and they say they want an answer from the u. S. As fast as possible. All this, by the way, coming as ukraine also launched another investigation. This one into the hack of burisma, which they also take very seriously and also coming, by the way, this morning their Prime Minister resigned as well, laura. So lots going on in ukraine right now. Oh, my goodness. Fred, thank you so much. See you soon. And now to this, the wife of president ial candidate andrew yang revealing she was sexually assaulted by her ob gyn during her first presidency. She tried for years to conseal her identity through Court Proceedings but now she says shes campaigning with her husband and listening to them tell their stories and thats inspired her to speak out. Visits gradually became more invasive culminating in what she calls a straight up sexual assault. Grabbed me over to him and undressed me and examined me internally ungloved. And at first i was a little bit like whats going on here and there was no one else in the room . No. Eventually yang reported the assaults to the manhattan da and learned several women had already reported hadden. Hed lost his medical license but served no jail time. Yang and 31 other women are now suing him and Columbia University which runs the facility where he practiced. That is so brave and important women can share their story. Democratic massachusetts congresswoman iana pressly reveals she has a disorder that causes hair loss. She spoke candidately about having the disease called alopecia. She first noticed bald patches in her hair this past fall. She says she began waking up every morning to sink fulls of hair and it made her feel ashamed. Pressly says shes speaking out now because she wants to be free. This is my official public revealing. I am ready now because i want to be freed from the secret and making peace with having alopecia. I have not arrived there. Its about selfagency. Its about power. Its about acceptance. The National Alopecia foundation says the disease affects nearly 7 Million People in the u. S. A huge reaction on social media yesterday. Its such a poignant and revealing and personal story she shared with everyone. Well, another Major League Baseball manager is out of a job. The results of that signed stealing scandal that continues to rock baseball. The latest next. Differently. G a razor that s the Gillette Skinguard has a guard between the blades that helps protect skin. The Gillette Skinguard. We were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. Shipstation. The 1 chhey. Of online sell hey. You must be stevens phone. Now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network. Only with xfinity xfi. Download the xfi app today. Severe thunderstorms are bringing some much needed relief to wildfire ravaged parts of australia. The fire service says rain has fallen on most fire areas in new south whales over the last 24 hours but not enough to put out the flames. 82 fires are still burning including 30 that have yet to be contained. Residents of drought hit areas celebrated the rains arrival thursday and forecasters say more is on the way over the next few days. Cnn affiliate 9 news reported some neighborhoods were hit with a months worth of rain in just hours triggering flooding, mud slides and a sinkhole. New developments in the sign stealing scandal rocking Major League Baseball. Major League Officials in response to social media rumors say their investigation of the Houston Astros turned up no evidence the players used wearable devices to tip off hitters about what pitches were coming. Beltran was cited in the baseball commissioners report as one of the astros players involved in the sign stealing scheme during their 2017 championship season. He was the only player mentioned by name. He was just mentioned back in november. The astros manager a. J. Hinch and alex coria were also signed from the cheating scandal. The giants hired alissa as assistant under manager of kaplan making her the first ever female full time coach. She first joined the team in 2014 as an intern. Shell work with another to focus on building the clubhouse. There were u. S. Troops treated for injuries after last weeks iran missile attack so why are we just finding this out now . That story next. Breaking overnight, defense officials reveal there were u. S. Troops injured the iran missile. You will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god. U. S. Senators are now sworn jurors with an impeachment trial of the president now under way. What happened to me should have never happened. President ial candidate andrew yangs wife evelyn shares her story of sexual assault. Major League Baseball says it found no evidence players were wearing wearable devices in the cheating scandal. Breaking overnight, new revelations several u. S. Troops were injured in irans missile attack last week on an american base in iraq. Thats despite assurances from the pentagon at the time there had been no casualties. No one seriously injured, no one killed. The initial report of zero casualties was crucial in President Trumps decision to not retaliate following irans attack. Asked about the discrepancy off. Symptoms emerged days after the facts and they were treated out of an abundance of caution. More now from our National Security reporter ryan brown in washington. Reporter good morning, christine and laura. The u. S. Military revealing that 11 u. S. Military personnel were injured during that Iranian Missile attack on al Assad Air Base in western iraq. This previously the pentagon had previously said there were no u. S. Casualties, but reports of concussions, potential traumatic brain injury has been suffered by 11 u. S. Service personnel including some who have had to be sent out of the country, out of iraq for more enhanced treatment. 8 were sent to the base in germany, the remainder sent to a base in kuwait so they could get more sophisticated care. But this comes amid continuing questions about the missile attack, the strike against general soleimani, the iranian general which led to that retaliatory missile attack. Questions about how transparent the u. S. Is being, the u. S. Military not initially disclosing these casualties. And as the reports came in, still continuing to not disclose those facts. It wasnt until it broke in the press thatoverseas u. S. Troops in the region finally did issue a statement. Now, concussions are hard to detect. Sometimes theyre detected days after an attack, after an explosion, forces hiding in the bunkers for safety likely could have suffered that kind of injury. It may have taken a few days. But there was no official correction of the record despite the pentagon initially saying that there were no casualties until the story broke in the press. And, again, continued questions about how transparent the Trump Administration and the pentagon are being given these major interNational Security issues involving iraq, iran and u. S. Troops deployed overseas. Back to you. Ryan brown, thank you so much for that. History unfolding after the all the anticipation and buildup. It is finally here, the third impeachment trial of an american president in u. S. Fficially begu. The pomp and ceremony the house transmitted read out the articles of impeachment. The chief justice of the United States and members of the senate all sworn in. And now the trial begins. Congressional correspondent Phil Mattingly has more. Christine and laura, this is now the senates job, the idea of whether or not to vote to remove the president of the United States. It started on thursday with a procession of the seven House Democratic impeachment managers walking over those two articles of impeachment. And what followed has only been seen two times prior on the United States senate floor. Take a watch. Hear ye, hear ye, hear yeall perso persons are commanded to keep silent. Articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The managers on the part of the house will now proceed. Donald j. Trump, president of the United States is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors with the permission of the senate i will now read the articles of impeachment. President trump used the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the National Security of the United States and undermined the integrity of the United States democratic process. The presiding officer will now administer the oath to john g. Roberts, chief justice of the United States. I am now prepared to take the oath. Will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand . Do you solemnly swear in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god . I do. Will all senators now stand or remain standing and raise their right hand . Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god . Reporter now, guys, let me quickly lay out whats going to happen next. Youre not going to see the senators on the senate floor for the trial on tuesday 1 00 p. M. In the meantime stuff will be happening behinds the scenes. A response from the White House Defense team will come this weekend. Also both the house managers and White House Defense team will have to file briefs and responses to those briefs over the course of the next several days. And when senators return on tuesday they will be debating and voting on the initial rules and structure of the trial. The expectation at this point in time is it will essentially be presentations from both sides, each lasting 24 hours over the course of a couple of days and then questions from senators over the course of 16 hours. Thats a resolution still being drafted by Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Democrats have made clear have made clear they will vote against it and likely offer amendments to it. It could get interesting early but the big question still outstanding for everybody is will there be enough votes likely after the presentation and questions subpoena witnesses and documents. At this point in time democrats have made clear that is what theyre focused on. They will need four republicans to join the democrats to be able to make that reality. Still waiting to see where those republicans come down. Senator Susan Collins putting out a Statement Last night making clear she is open to the idea but has not decided on any specific witnesses and is omopen to it after those initial presentations, which runs counter to what democrats want at least at the start of the trial. Were going to have to wait and see to get the answer at least to the question of documents and witnesses. Phil mattingly is there to walk us through that. New claims this morning from the Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of the ukraine scandal that led to this impeachment. Lev parnas says the president of ukraine is lying when he says he did not feel President Trump was pressure him to investigate joe biden and his son. Parnas said the ukrainians are afraid of trump as are many republicans. Theres a lot of people in the Republican Party that dont agree. Theyre good people that dont agree with what hes doing, but theyre scared. He gets away with everything and especially with attorney bill barr on the side and the Justice Department more people are scared. They dont want to get investigated. People are scared of being investigated by the Justice Department on behalf of President Trump youre saying . I think so. Parnas has been indicted for making Illegal Campaign contributions. President trump as recently as yesterday denied knowing him personally at all. I dont know parnas other than i guess they had pictures taken which i do with thousands of people including people today that i didnt meet, but just met him. I dont know him at all, dont know what hes about, knownothing about him. Hes probably trying to make a deal for himself. Last night parnas attorney mocked trumps claim releasing this video of the two men socializing at maralago in december 2016. A new report by an independent government watchdog says the Trump Administration broke the law by withholding more than 200 million in congressionally approved military aid to ukraine. The Government Accountability office says the decision by the white house to freeze the aid of that Security Assistance last summer was designed to advance the president s own agenda. The delay in delivering aid is central to the impeachment case against President Trump. President trump revisiting some familiar grounds. Taking credit thursday for a strong u. S. Economy. The president of the United States whos led the greatest economic revival of any country anywhere in the world is the United States. Our country has never done better. Thats quite a claim, and its a claim not everyone agrees with including democratic senator and president ial candidate michael bennett. And he gave one compelling example. Barack Obamas Administration created more jobs than Donald Trumps administration on average per month. I mean, if donald trump were creating jobs a the same rate barack obama were creating jobs, wed have a million more jobs here in this country right now. That is true. A million more jobs were created during the last 34 months of the Obama Administration than in the Trump Administration so far. Now, critics argue that while the economy is solid, its not working for everyone. Bankruptcies are rising. So the president says this is the best economy in history, but you take that back, you had some pretty strong quarters in the obama economy. And back in the 90s and also some years postworld war ii you had much Stronger Economic growth than youre seeing today. I always say that president s get too much credit, too much blame for the economy. But this president so exaggerates and so uses hyperbole to talk about the economy. Its interesting using hyperbole. He exaggerates when he doesnt need to and i think thats sort of a hallmark of this president. Well, the wife of a president ial candidate making a painful revelation. Actually what happened to me could have been prevented. Andrew yangs wife evelyn shares more of her story next. T i wasnt sure. I wanted to help protect myself. My doctor recommended eliquis. Eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. Almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didnt experience another, and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis is fdaapproved and has both. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. 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They would have expected at this point in the Campaign Just a little more than two weeks before the Iowa Caucuses they would be talking to voters and holding rallies and town halls. Instead they are here in washington. In fact, senator Bernie Sanders talked about the balance between the campaign and his role as a member of the senate. I would rather be in iowa today. Theres a caucus there in 2 1 2 weeks. Id rather be in New Hampshire and in nevada and so forth, but i swore a constitutional oath as the United States senator to do my job, and im here to do my job. And i think the people of the United States understand that. Now, that doesnt they arent still actively campaigning. In fact, sanders last night held a live stream with his supporters where they talked about the status of the campaign. He did that here in washington. And many of the other senators are doing things like that as well. Theyre also planning to hit the campaign trail the second they have an open window when the trial is not going on and theyre able to leave. Many of them will be in New Hampshire, South Carolina and in iowa this weekend. But while theyre here the other candidates for president are already doing that. In fact, former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg held five events in iowa on thursday, just an idea of the balance between both of these sides. Of course they will be here in washington in earnest. And next week when this trial begins everything scheduled to take place on tuesday, and they wont have much opportunity to campaign after that. Laura and christine . Ryan nobles, thanks for that. The wife of president ial candidate andrew yang revealed she was sexually assaulted by her ob gyn during her first pregnancy. She tried for years to conseal her identity through Court Proceedings. But she says campaigning with her husband and list took other women tell their stories has inspired her to speak out. Visits became gradually more invasive culminating in what she called a straight up sexual assault. Grabbed me over to him and undressed me and examined me internally ungloved. And at first i was a little bit like whats going on here . And there was no one else in the room . No. Eventually yang reported the assault to the manhattan da and learned several other women had already reported hadden. In 2016 he pleaded guilty to two of nine counts against him which did not include his attack on evelyn. In the Court Documents you can see 31 other jane does. He had his medical license revoked, but he served no jail time. Yang and 31 other women are suing hadden and Columbia University where he was. Just a remarkable number of women who jane doe in these documents and he served no jail time. That the after effect you can see a lot of stories have been written about why did the manhattan d. A. Not put this man in jail. Its lucky dana bash got that interview. Ayanna pressley reveals she has autoto immune disease that causes hair disorder. She says she began waking up every morning to sink fulls of hair and it made her feel ashamed. Pressley says shes speaking out now because she wants to be free. This is my official public revealing. I am ready now because i want to be freed from the secret and making peace with having alopecia. I have not arrived there. Its about selfagency. Its about power. Its about acceptance. The National Alopecia foundation says the disease affects nearly 7 Million People in the u. S. New developments in the sign stealing scandal rocking Major League Baseball. Major League Officials in response to social media rumors say their investigation of the Houston Astros turned up no evidence players used wearable devices to tip off hitters about what pitches were coming. New york mets parting ways with manager carlos beltran. Beltran was cited in the baseball commissioners report as one of the astros players involved in the scheme during their 2017 championship season. He was the only player mentioned by name. He was just hired back in november. Astros manager a. J. Hinch and red sox clipper alex coria was also fired for the cheating scandal. The newest competitor in the streaming wars with a radical move to win over customers. Free content, say what . More on cnn business next. But he holidays. So we built a snow globe. Ill get that later. Dylan but the one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance. What . Switching and saving was really easy i love you what . Sweetie hands off the glass. Ugh call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. I love her we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. The worlds second largest economy just reported its weakest growth in nearly three decades. China says its economy grew 6. 1 in last year in line with what was expected. Fourth quarter gdp also grew 6 as the country faces rising debt and a trade war with the u. S. David, most economies would cheer for 6 in Economic Growth but this is china. And china has emerged into the developed world with 10 growth for years now. Thats right, christine. And you also have to take this for what it is, and that happens to be falling within their target of 6 to 6. 5 , and it should be worth mentioning that they never miss their target. So you have to question reliability of data, but we also have to look at other factors coming into all of this. And we seen some economic woes here. Certainly rising debt has been an issue. Weve seen weakening consumer confidence. Thats been exhibited through even car sales which have been declining for 18 straight months now. Its been up almost double from what it was this time last year. All these factors coming together contributing to this weakening economy, but interesting to see how its being spun here. In fact state media reporting that chinas economy has expanded in their headline to 6. 1 . So they phrase it that way, and the vice premier even as the signing of phase one happened characterized this as a positive outlook Going Forward in 2016. If its growth rate slows even a little bit the whole world feels it. David coalver nice to see you there in beijing. Taking a look at global markets, it is enthusiasm over the world here, and on wall street futures at this hour also showing a bit more of a gain. Look, it was a record high day on wall street yesterday across the board thanks to solid u. S. Retail sales. Strong earnings for companies and easing trade tensions between the u. S. And china. Tech stocks the big winners. Google parent alphabet hit a record high. That puts google into an exclusive wall street club, Companies Worth at least a trillion dollars. Theres only been a handful that made it. Tech giants apple and microsoft are there as well. U. S. Student loan debt is more than 1. 6 trillion, and guess what . Very few people are paying their bills. 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Thanks to our International Viewers for joining us. Have a great rest of your day. For our u. S. Viewers early start continues right now. Breaking overnight, defense officials reveal that there were u. S. Troops injured in that iran missile attack. You will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god. U. S. Senators are now sworn jurors with the impeachment trial of President Trump under way. What happened to me should have never happened. President ial candidate andrew yangs wife evelyn shares her story of sexual assault. Major League Baseball said it found no evidence players wore wearable devices to steal signs in the cheating scandal. Its friday january 17th, 5 00 a. M. In the east, 17 days until the Iowa Caucuses. Breaking overnight, new revelations several u. S. Troops were injured in irans missile attack last week on american bases in iraq. Thats despite assurances from the pentagon at the time there had been no casualty. No one seriously hurt, no one killed. The initial report of zero casualties was crucial in President Trumps decision not to retaliate following irans attack. Asked about the discrepancy a defense official told cnn it was the commanders assessment at the time. Symptoms emerged days after the fact, and they were treated out of an abundance of caution. More now from National Security reporter ryan brown in washington. Good morning, christine and laura. The u. S. Milit