Senior member of the iranianbacked Popular Mobilization force. Keep in mind, that is the same group who supporters tried to storm the u. S. Embassy in baghdad earlier this week. The pentagon says it launched the attack on soleimani on the direct orders of president donald trump. It blames the iranian general for the deaths of hundreds of american troops and says the strike was a defensive action. Irans spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini says that harsh revenge awaits the criminals who killed soleimani and the foreign minister javad zarif blasted what he called the brutality and the stupidity of the United States, vowing resistance in the region would only grow stronger. Cnn has extensive coverage of this story. Our arwa damon is in baghdad. Alex marquardt is in washington. We start with arwa damon and the latest details on this u. S. Strike. Reporter this targeted assassination is a monumentous escalation. One that can only be viewed by iran as an act of war. Now we have entered unch
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Soon. Im joined by democratic congressman adam smith, chairman of the Armed Services committee. Thank you for taking the time this morning. Thank you for the chance, i appreciate it. So, first, your comments yesterday on this network. You told my colleagues, first, it is time to send the impeachment to the senate, let Mitch Mcconnell be responsible for the fairness of the trial. Soon after you walked those comments back on twitter and said that is not what you should have tried or to convey. I wonder what were you trying to convey by saying it is time to send those articles over . I support the speakers strategy. The effort to basically try to leverage the senate and telling us what the trial is going to be and making sure there say fair trial. I think it is the right strategy. The disagreement and while in my own head, how long do you let that strategy play out for, thats it. And the speaker, i think, indicated shortly after i spoke yesterday that she too is to the point where she thi
Unit. The pentagon says he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of u. S. Forces in the region. The u. S. Strike on baghdads airport, also killed a member of the mobilization forces. The pmf is the same group that supporters tried to storm the embassy in baghdad earlier this week. Cnns arwa damon is live in baghdad. Alex marquardt is in london. Well go to tehran, shortly, too. Lets go to baghdad. Arwa damon there. Its difficult to overstate how much of an impact this action could take. Give us your thoughts. Reporter michael, were entering uncharted territory. This kind of escalation by the u. S. Is only going to be viewed by iran as an act of war. Its difficult to imagine a scenario where iran wouldnt be ready for Something Like this, given how things have been going recently between tehran and washington. Now, this strike happened just outside of Baghdad International airport, targeting this convoy that was carrying Qassim Soleimani and the leader of the group that was targeted