all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,
the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a high altitude object flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. let s get more now from our correspondent nomia iqbal. she is in washington. nomia. yes, this ress she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while ago. at the top of the agenda we were expecting to hear about the latest on the ukraine war, also america s assistance for turkey following that devastating earthquake and also president lula of brazil is visiting, but it was complete dominated once it was revered by the white house spokespersonjohn kirby revered by the white house spokesperson john kirby that around 1:30pm eastern time here in the u
carley. todd: brooke singman joins us with the latest. brooke: brian walshe was arrested yesterday for murder of his wife and being charged with improper transz port of a body. authorities face the task of prosecuting a murder case without ana s remains. brian could appear in court today as early as 9 a.m. dependent on defense attorney availability. here is a timeline leading up to brian s arrest. new year s day ana was last seen alive. it wasn t until january 4th police were notified, they arrested and charged brian with misleading investigators on the 8th and january 9th, police recovered a bloody xief from the basement of brian and ana s home. police report revealed brian had threatened to kill ana several years ago. yesterday brian walshe was charged with the murder. a friend of ana said she was a forgiving wife that believed the best in brian. she was always defending brian and giving him chances, maybe that kindness killed her, sounds horrible to say. she is a giv