i m okay with it. sorry see you in a week. good morning. you re going caitlin s gone back monday . welcome to cnn this morning. we re glad you re with us on this friday. caitlin is off. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, march 24th overnight, significant breaking news the us launching strikes in syria. after an american contractor was killed in a drone attack. there are five other u. s. service members wounded. the pentagon suspects it wasn t iranian affiliated drone. developing news soon a top attorney, though for donald trump said testified today before the grand jury in the classified documents investigation. the new york times reports that evan corcoran is not intending to plead the fifth utah banning kids under 18 from using social media unless they get their parents permission. it is the first state to enact this type of law today, the united states and canada announcing a deal to turn away asylum seekers at their border, president biden set to
is how tiktok ended up. at the center of the public eye yesterday, said broader you think it s gonna mean meaning more and more to come. i mean, there s a big between the lawsuit, so there s lawsuits on the state and local level. the supreme court is hearing a case called google v. gonzales which approaches section 2 30, which is the part of the federal law that allows these companies to flourish without dealing with liability by their users content. and on top of that you have a legislative wrong. that s happening as well. right you have these federal proposals in congress and as you re pointing out the utah law, so it s an interesting moment after the pandemic when everybody was home, we re all using, you know, materials online and like our whole lives are online. and now here we are, kind of out of that phase. quarantines are over, and people are really scrutinizing the impact that social media has had, especially on young people. um i think it s interesting
another u. s contractor were injured natasha last thursday, the head of central command warned congress about iran s arsenal drones and missiles. what exactly are they capable of? yes commander gorilla. he did caution congress, saying that the iran really possesses right now the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. and, of course, tensions between the us and iran have only risen in recent months as iran has gotten closer to russia, and that military defense partnership has grown. here s what gorilla told congress last week. today i ran his exponentially more capable than they were just five years ago. today iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, many capable of striking anywhere in the middle east. iran also maintains the largest and most capable force in the region. so as long as iran keeps attacking u. s military personnel in syria expect to see the biden administration taking
burning building off to the side of the road. we have to remember. the united states still has about 900 troops on the ground in syria, helping in the fight against isis. just yesterday there commander testified to congress just before this about how iran has been using proxy militias to attack american soldiers with drones and rockets and our national security reporter natasha natasha bertrand joins us now the pentagon natasha exactly what he was warning about, and that congressional testimony appears to be what happened. that s exactly right, poppy. look us officials had been anticipating something like this because the iranians have they ve seen an uptick in the number of iranian tax against coalition forces in syria and secretary of defense. lloyd austin said that he took this action. he authorized this action. this strike against this iranian target at the direction of president biden in an effort to protect american personnel. president joe biden ordering a u. s airstrike in east