general. joining us with the latest, alex. high todd and ashley, the separate attacks on u.s. troops and both iraq and in syria. three attacks taken place just on wednesday alone. now two of those took place on iraq he military hosting u.s. troops in the western empire providence and baghdad which came under fire. earlier in the day qs led coalition with several attempts to eliminate launch sites they spotted near the base what is known as green village. pentagon press secretary john kirby says there is a clear threat for american troops. my understanding is the strikes were not air strikes. they clearly are at risk in the region. one of the reasons why these sites were hit is we had reason to believe they were going to be used as launch sites for attacks on green village. meanwhile in syria eight