all right. we start this friday night with a foxes alert tonight, retaliatory ai r that began in the middle east. according to the pentagon, the u.s. the military conducted strikes against iranian backed militiass in iraq and syria, striking more than 85 targets. the u.s. says, it had commandmad and control operations and intelligence centers and. t now, this comes after three american soldiers were killed, dozens more injured in a drone strike in a base in jordan this past weekend. wen launched by, of course, iranian proxies. iran is responsiblian proxe preh for all the trouble in the region. here are the very latest on jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. jennifer, any word on whgon. y the targets were not in iran considering? o they are the source of all of these proxy attacks and terror attacks. well, sean, officials who ik? spoke to said that they were ruling out striking inside iran an this first set of strikes and they want to messageing to g to iran that they ar
good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum. this is the story this afternoon. a somber scene as president biden and the first lady receive the dignified transfer of three american soldiers coming home. they were killed in the drone attack in jordan at a place that is known as tower 22. there members of our armed forces supply and reinforced the protection of civilians in syria and iraq and during that attack more than 40 other service members were injured by an iranian-made drone. so the president also met with the families of these three fallen soldiers today at doer air force base in delaware. they are 46-year-old sergeant william rivers, 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett and 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders. moffett and sanders were promoted to sergeant post posth posthumously. the president has said he has decided how to retaliate for the death of these three americans. so far we have not seen that response. dana perino is with me here in new york with a
on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
it s good to be back with you on this second hour. at this hour, president biden s critical next move. he says he has decided on the u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan but what it is, where, and when, he isn t revealing. plus, cori bush confirming she is the target of a justice department probe over her campaign spending. what we know this hour live from washington. plus, homeland security secretary under the microscope as house republicans hold another meeting moving closer to impeachment. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s start with keir simons now. president biden has made his decision clear. at least that he s made the decision clear, but what he s going to do against iran is an ongoing question. what s the latest, keir? secretary of state blinken not saying when the response from the u.s. might come, but saying it would likely be sustained over time, multilevel and could come in stages. as quest
east. three u.s. troops are dead dozens more injured after a drone strike hit the small u.s. outpost in jordan. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. u.s. officials say an ironic backed unmanned aerial drone targeted the tower 22 military outpost on the syrian border. it marks a significant development and tension that has been building in the middle east since the start of israel s war against hamas there has been leased 160 attacks on u.s. bases. we have team at coverage for you this evening trey yanks is alive with the latest overseas president of iris independent research doctor rebecca grant is standing by with her analysis. but first lucas thompson live at the white house with the reactin from the president. john it is the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in the middle east since the october 7 the massacre brit u.s. central command says three american soldiers were killed 34 were wounded in the drone strike in northeast jordan. president biden spoke