paul adams reports. the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there ve been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this afternoon, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the pal
the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this afternoon, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled competition between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territor
we are coming on the air with several developing stories, the big international pledge secret meeting on secret doc with a little bit of committee chaos, let s start with what is happening right now with the u.s. and allies getting ready to add tanks to the battlefield in ukraine. the white house just now outlining when those tanks will be on the ground, part of a bigger international push to try to get other countries to do the same. our teemg is standing by with the latest. also this hour, senators getting briefed by the head of the u.s. intelligence and what is at the top of the agenda, a whole bunch of classified documents ending up in places where they shouldn t be. we will have the team on what to expect. plus the committee, democrats blasting speaker kevin mccarthy s move to boot top democrats from the in tem committee and his expected push to try to block one member of congress from foreign affairs. we will get into it all later in the show. i m hallie jackson in
inescaped inmate and convicted murderer danelo cavalcante. we have thoroughly searched the area around two elementary schools previously contained within the perimeter and have adjusted the perimeter to exclude both schools from the perimeter area. we ve done this in an effort to minimize the impact on students and their families while we continue with our search efforts. the district attorney and i have an ongoing dialogue with school districts in the area and are committed to providing them the most up-to-date information so they can make informed decisions about school operations. i have told you all previously we re utilizing hundreds of state, local, and federal law enforcement officers, can nines, aviationets, and various types of technology in an effort to keep the community safe and bring this to as swift conclusion as possible. i d like to provide the media and public some insight for the scope of the operation we put in place. following the press conference today
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