Xfinity internet and tv services. It only takes about a minute. Wait, a minute . But what have you been doing for the last two hours . Delegating . Oh, good one. Move your Xfinity Services without breaking a sweat. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. Joe biden takes Military Action for the first time as president launching an airstrike on iranbacked militias in syria. Were live in the region. Also ahead, a severe blow to folks for a 15 minimum wage in the u. S. As a Senate Official rules it cant be in the coronavirus relief. Proud boys Leader Speaks to cnn. Welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. The u. S. Launched airstrikes thursday against iranian backed militants in syria. They were retaliation from this one in irbil. It killed a contractor and wounded a number of americans. It killed a handful of mi
So heres our Breaking News tonight. The u. S. Launching an air strike against iranianbacked militias in syria. This is the first known Military Action under President Biden. It comes after three separate Rocket Attacks in the past couple of weeks against u. S. Forces in baghdad. Also tonight the white house learning that they cant get the 15 Minimum Wage Hike that they were hoping for. And Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell comes crawling back to you know who. I want to start with cnn pentagon correspondent Oren Liebermann and arwa damon on President Bidens First Military action. Hello to both of you. Oren, im going to start with you. You have been working your sources at the pentagon. What can you tell us about these air strikes . Reporter as you said, this is the first known Military Strike coming from President Joe Biden. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said as he was coming back from a trip to the west coast that it was at his recommendation, but it was biden that gave the fi
Cannot be included. President biden calls that decision disappointing, but it may just get the measure through the senate. President biden heads to texas hours from now to tour the damage from last weeks winter storm. Also developing this morning, the Biden Administration carrying out its First Military strike. A bombing run, targeting iranianbacked militias and weapons in eastern advisory. The move is widely seen as retaliation for recent attacks on u. S. Personnel in the region. And we have new information from the pentagon in just a moment. First, though, cnns Lauren Fox Live On capitol hill where this morning, lauren, an increase in the minimum wage, which would have increased salaries for millions of americans, effectively dead this morning. Reporter well, thats exactly right. It is out of the senate bill at the very least. And i think, john, this is significant, because this was something that progressives have been pushing for, for not weeks or months, but really years. And they
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Minute now from the white house covid19 response team. So far, about onefourth of all americans have gotten at least one vaccine dose. Thats according to cdc data. A possible curveball to the progress, scenes like this. Spring break right now, miami beach, crowds, chaos, real concerns about covid19. Its not just college kids. City leaders now extending those Emergency Restrictions and a curfew. In a few moments, i will talk to the republican mayor of miami about what it means with this pandemic nowhere close to ending. Thats not all this hour. A Rare Inside Look at an All Black Armed Militia and its stated goal is to defend black people by any means necessary. Stick with us for that story coming up in a few moments. Theres a lot to talk about on the covid front. We start down in florida, Kerry Sanders in miami beach. I want to bring in dr. Craig spencer. Dr. Spencer is the director of Global Health and Emergency Medicine at new york presbyterian. He knows about Infectious Diseases havi