World. Nate foy in lewiston, maine, but we begin with mike tobin in tel aviv. Striking two bases in Eastern Syria near the border with iraq, bases used by the revolutionary corps for firing at u. S. Forces. We have seen 19 strikes against u. S. Forces, mostly drone and missile attacks. 21 Service Members had injuries. A u. S. Contractor was up in years and when he ran to shelter, he died from a heart attack. This is the u. S. Respondings to menacing attacks from iranian proxies. Not the iranians getting their hands dirty in the conflict. Secretary defense secretary lloyd austin thought was important to mention in the statement twice, this does not represent a shift in u. S. Policy toward support of israel in this war with hamas. The u. S. Has supplied israel with artillery, with interceptors for the iron dome battery and adding an additional one. U. S. Is bolstering numbers, providing iron dome missile and the thad missiles, as well. In addition to the u. S. Getting involved in the reg
a crowd some waving palestinian flags forced their way into an airport after a flight from tel aviv landed earlier today. russian state media says the crowd was protesting the israel-hamas war. in gaza city right now, an aid organization says nearby israeli air strikes have caused extensive damage to the second largest hospital there. the palestinian red crescent society says that s endangering the lives of patients. 12,000 displaced citizens are also sheltering there. gun fire and explosions echo around much of gaza as israel s ground offensive expands according to cnn analysis published by an israeli media outlet meanwhile they fire into gaza from israel. amid all of this, iran s president said today that israel s offensive on gaza has, quote, crossed the red line. his words, crossed the red line. this is not the first warning from an iranian official for the potential for a much broader conflict. earlier today, an israeli benjamin netanyahu. jake sullivan, he says ther
on the role of women in a culture. this isn t a well disciplined, thoughtful military. this is a terrorist organization that have now found themselves in charge. all of that presents danger to u.s. troops. this isis-k are going after these afghans they know want to flee the country because they ve had some relationship with the united states. looking at where we are just today, increasing concerns within the white house not surprising. at the pentagon briefing a short time ago there was a specific question about what else on august 31st. what do you envision happens on september 1st once the taliban has control of the airport? what we re talking about are phasing of the n.e.o. operations, the noncombatant
international air field. we continue neo operations around the clock to ensure the afghan citizens, friends and those cleared by the state department are airlifted. we re the only ones able to have nonstop airlift operations at this school. i d like to highlight the role of our air mobility command. we operate the c-17s you see in the news footage. less visible, the contingency response and other forces providing en-route support. this dedicated team of air force professionals is the best in the world. i had an opportunity to speak with the crew, the c-17 flight that carried the 800 afghans from kabul to safety. the iconic photo illustrates the
to stay there in august. i have been having phone calls with people who worked on, you know, neo operations. noncombat operations and they said that the u.s. citizens pop out of the wood work, you re never sure how many are there in any given country. i don t think we know how possible it is i think as we get closer to the deadline, if the number of u.s. citizens is down to a trickle by say friday or saturday, well, then we ll have a better sense of what the scope is. if we re still getting hoards of u.s. citizens on friday and saturday then we know we have the problem. there s the possibility of leaving behind the other folks beyond the u.s. citizens, right, the allies, the afghans that have helped us for two decades. putting their lives on the line, the interpreters and green card holders and need to seek safety