sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
reporter: ultimately laundrie is sent to a hotel and police deem the reaction a mental health crisis. do you have anxiety. please, please. jean casarez, thank you very much for that reporting. the gabby petito case has led to increased scrutiny on other missing persons case, including the case of lauren cho who went missing from the california desert. cnn s natasha chen is following developments for us. lauren cho, whom friends call elle had been staying at an airbnb desert resort when she vanished in late june. a 30-year-old new jersey native, cho was staying there with friends including her ex-boyfriend. the san bernardino sheriff s department said these friends reported cho was quote upset and presumably walked away from the resort leaving behind her personal belongings. we looked everywhere we can from 29 to bar stow. reporter: as the sheriff s