i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos
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heart of a generation-old mystery. a young mom, torn between her photographer husband and her photographer lover, found dead in her own home. there was blood everywhere. but it would take years before dna science would advance enough to unlock the clues inside it. and then there was this diary. it also had a story to tell. everything she knew about him was a lie. a husband under suspicion. could not be more convinced there was more. a lover subject of speculation. all of a sudden, he has a motive. after more than a quarter century, would this family get justice? hello, and welcome to dateline. she was a charismatic and talented young mother. when she died violently, her family hoped for quick justice. but as years went by with nobody arrested or charged, that hope faded. what did not fade, small traces of dna evidence. more than two decades after the crime, could that evidence solve this case? here s keith morrison with haunting images. boyd underwood wa
command. also breaking, a new agreement on a broad frame ocfor a potential release of hostages and cease-fire. we re told a proposal is being given to hamas. even as donald trump and house represents working actively to try to kill the bill. gop divisions on display as one republican senator is being censured by his own party for taking part in the talks. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. tonight we now know the names and the faces of the first u.s. service members killed since the war in gaza sparked a wave of attacks. our correspondents are covering all the breaking news on the deadly drone strike against u.s. troops in jordan and the biden administration s response. first, let s go to cnn s national security reporter natasha bertrand. she s over at the pentagon for us. first of all, tell us about the victims of the attack. reporter: we are
the cameras. you saw a bunch of flowers in the karsh she was traveling in. she s going to windsor we don t know when they will come back on duty. so this was the last time we saw her. we probably won t see her for months longer and there is mystery around what the operation was about. but the palace would argue it s just private information. we hope that she s okay. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. three u.s. soldiers killed in action, what is president biden going to do? believe starts right now. president biden bows the usa shall respond after a drone was fired and it killed three u.s. servicemembers in jordan. new details on how the drone ended up over us forces in the first place and the efforts to shoot it down. how they were delayed plus, behind the charge, israel spells out the actions of 13 united nations aid workers, accused of participating in the october 7th terrorist attacks including kidnapping israelis, what the allegations mean for this major r