john berman. we have new developments on the u. s contractor killed by a drone strike in syria. we are now seeing video of an iranian military facility engulfed in flames. this is after president biden authorized a retaliatory strike retaliation. from what the u. s says was this iranian backed one way drone attack an attack that killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members. president biden is in canada this morning. we re waiting to hear from him on all this. also at this moment, a top lawyer for donald trump, you can see him there. evan corcoran. he is inside washington, dc courthouse and there is no attorney client privilege protection. corcoran is testifying before a grand jury investigating the former president s handling. of classified documents first, though the deadly flare up of hostilities in syria overnight scene as natasha bertrand at the pentagon following this for us new information, natasha. yeah, john. so we are told from a u. s official
just us forces to protect them, as the saudis and others are basically looking at the iranians as somebody that we have to accommodate themselves to that they have to accommodate themselves to and then when you look at you know the forces around the middle east, such as the syrian democratic forces forces like that they are clearly up against a very tough competitor because the iranians for a very long time have been supporting the syrian regime of butter al assad, even with the syrian civil war started, so you see all these factors coming into play here in the iranians definitely want to establish themselves as a regional hegemon and that demonic policy that they have also allows it to work with the russians and that becomes a to their existence. the russians. and apparently the chinese in some cases as well. colonel cedric leighton. thank you very much. so at this moment , donald trump s attorney, evan corcoran, is inside washington d