good morning. i m victor blackwell. this is first of all and today we re starting in the middle east. iran is condemning airstrikes by the usa military in syria and iraq. the strikes are in retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan almost a week ago. president biden says this is only the start. cnn s katie bolillis is in washington. let s start with you and tell us about the targets. reporter: the u.s. military striking 85 targets associated with both iranian-backed militia as well as also used by iran s own forces. these targets included everything from intelligence centers to rockets and missiles and other munitions facilities, to command and control hubs to logistics facilities. now, at this point in the coming hours and days the u.s. military will be doing what is known as a battle damage assessment, to lean on u.s. intelligence to try to independently verify the toll these strikes took, both the damage that they caused t
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concede that in the world of migraines and root canals, these problems look, republicans, democrats, independents, sadly, you and i are going to be talking about these issues, i m afraid, for a few more years to come. of course, in egypt as well, the people throwing tomatoes and shoes at the motorcade and shouting epithets at her were against her meeting with the islamist leader who is now the leader of egypt and she s carrying a billion dollars in potential aid if they create consensus and have political agreement. she s got a pretty big bounty for the egyptians whose economy is completely on its heels. no, it s true, but again, in egypt these days, faith identity, revolutionary spirit appear to be more important than the practical realities of governance. the good news is, look, the good news is for the first time in its modern history, egypt has