middle east. cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagons has killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed know my claim for the death of three soldiers. the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will con
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
. hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. a close eye on a volatile situation in the middle east u.s. forces across the region bracing for possible retaliation after airstrikes against iranian-backed houthi militants in yemen. on thursday streaking dozens of targets, more than 60. at 16 different locations across yemen according to the u.s. favors. houthis say at least five were killed in the strikes. the attacks are a response by the u.s. and its allies what has become a slow slimmering crisis and drawn the administration s attention in the last few months. after october 7th with the attacks in israel, ships have gone to the red sea sites of one of the most crucial shipping lanes in the world. hijacking a ship operated by a japanese company. houthis say they re actions are in support of hamas and the ongoing conflict in gaza and say they ll continue their attacks until israel ends its campaign. moments ago president biden answering question
untouchable and they have all of these my militias doing their dirty work for them so the fight never lasts on iranian soil. what is the sense of you talk about iran has the ability the to ratchet et up the temperature or bring it down. what does this particular thing do in that sense? if iron wants to ratchet it up, does it do it through these proxies or does iran get dragged into it because of what they have done or america retaliates? they do it through the proxies. this is why thigh developed the proxies over the last four decades. they are their front line. they will push them as far as necessary to put the united states under pressure and to put israel under pressure with the ultimate goal of expelling them from this region, to have their
normally found in brazil. decades ago they were brought to the u.s. to help captioning sponsored by cbs diaz: tonight, ida intensifies and takes aim, the hurricane set to blast louisiana s gulf coast within hours, millions facing a possible monster category four storm. reporter: i m omar villafranca in new orleans where residents are boarding up and heading out of town ahead of hurricane ida. diaz: also, america retaliates. new details about the drone strikes killing isis target in addition afghanistan. and the latest on the american lives lost in this week s attack. in kabul, evacuations enter the final days with new urgency. reporter: i m charlie d agata in doha, qatar. tensions are rising in afghanistan as the mass evacuation winds down. diaz: covid deaths surge as