With the crisis between u. S. And iran where Trump Administration officials tell cnn even a single american casualty from tehrans missile strikes would have resulted in a u. S. Attack on iran. Instead, the strikes left only moderate damage, not casualties. Iraqs Prime Minister says his country got advanced notice of the strikes and warned the u. S. After days of threatening ani annihilati annihilation, President Trump took a somber tone at the white house wednesday. He still bragged about u. S. Military might but seemed intent on deescalating the situation. Take a listen. All of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military basesmebases. Our Great American forces are prepared for anything. Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. Some u. S. Officials are suggesting irans missile strikes missed areas populated by americans on purpose, that the attack was meant to send a message, b
In north america. And we begin with new details about just how close the u. S. Was to launching an attack on iran, about 24 hours ago. Administration officials tell cnn even a single american casualty from tehrans missile strikes on bases in iraq would have resulted in a u. S. Military response. Instead, as we now know, the strikes left only moderate damage and no casualties. Iraqs Prime Minister says his country got advanced notice of the strikes and then warned the u. S. All of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. Our Great American forces are prepared for anything. Iran appears to be standing down. Which is a good thing for all pears concerned and a very good thing for the world. Mr. Trump says he will impose some new sanctions on iran, but some u. S. Lawmakers are concerned about the president s strategy or lack thereof. Even two republican senators who got a classified briefing from u. S. Military leaders say they were not convinced ir
Full capabilities which experts say they have weapons of pinpoint accuracy and interests that reach far beyond the middle east. Im wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. This is cnn news breaking news. We are following that officials are confirming that two rockets landed a short time ago inside of baghdads heavily fortified green zone which includes the United States embassy and no word on who fired the rockets or where they came from, and this is coming one day after iran fired more than a dozen missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops. Tonight, we have learned that President Trump and his team have considered immediate retaliation for those attacks, but they decided to hold off, and moments ago following a briefing by the administration on iran, two republican senators emerge railing against what they have heard with one calling it the worst briefing he has heard in years. We will talk about all of this with will hurd of the Intelligence Committee and our correspondents
The United States has to come to its senses. Ill talk to experts across the region about all of that, the ukrainian airliner and more. Also, iran has now abandoned the nuclear deal. Are we back to Nuclear Brinksmanship and the dangers of a regional war . A great debate. Then should the United States be pushing for democracy around the world in places like iraq, even iran . Ill talk to the eminent french philosopher about this question, his fascinating documentary films in the region and more. But, first, heres my take. Three months ago donald trump suddenly withdrew American Forces from Northern Syria that were in part thwarting irans efforts to dominate that country. Going into the middle east was one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country. Its like quicksand. Last week he dramatically escalated americas military engagement in the quicksand, ordering a strike on irans most important military leader and deploying thousands of military troops. How to make sense o
Away from al asad air base, the site of wednesdays attack which was retaliation for the deadly airstrike on Qassem Soleimani. Arwa, when this happened, we do know it was retaliation, the strike at al asad. Are we hearing any more about this strike at Balad Air Base in iraq . Reporter well, first just to clarify a little bit about the nature of how these attacks occur here. This kind of a rocket attack at Balad Air Base, the rockets attack that happen on a fairly regular basis in the green zone, this is the tragic norm of what happens in iraq. And in this particular case, when it comes to what happened in balad, eight were fired, four iraqis were wounded. As you were saying, no coalition or u. S. Forces were at the base at the time of the attack. Now, thats the norm here. Compare that to what happened at al asad air base. What hit al asad air base, those were no rockets, those were Ballistic Missiles fired from iran. Now, we were the first journalist to actually get access to the base,