the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territories, gaza and the west bank, plus iraq and syria. and far to the south, there s also the houthis in yemen.
tonight on three 60, as the president waits for retaliation on american drone attack on troops in jordan, a closer step at dempsey could take an already regional conflict. also tonight, he calls it an invasion, so what is the former president now say explicitly that congress should not do anything about the border? we ll keep him honest. plus, convicted killer alex murdaugh in court asking for a re-trial. what a judge made of his evidence. good evening, we begin tonight with the biden administration promising a serious response to this weekend s drone attack in jordan, which killed three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. this afternoon, the pentagon identified the fall it soldier, sergeant william rivers, 36 year old, 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders, and specialist breonna moffatt, who was 23. u.s. officials say the drone that killed them may have come in just behind an american drone that was landing in the american outpost at the time. as f
the island where earhart was supposed to stop and refuel. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts right now. tonight on 360, as the president waives retaliation, a closer look at the steps he could take against whom and the risks he could run of deepening what is already a regional conflict. also tonight, he calls it an invasion. so why does the former president say explicitly the congress should not do anything about the boarder? convicted killer alex murdaugh in court asking for a retrial. what the judge medal of his evidence. good evening. we begin tonight with the biden administration promising a serious response to this weekend s drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. this afternoon, the pentagon identified the fallen soldiers as william rivers, 46 years old, 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders, and specialist breonna moffet, who was 23. u.s. officials say the drone that killed them may have come in
border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territories, gaza and the west bank, plus iraq and syria. and far to the south, there s also the houthis i
out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through. look at the squeeze on the isobars it s going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again possibly heavy at times just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place on sunday for strong winds for much of the uk and for heavy rain, too. it turns even milder into the start of next week. bye bye. pakistan carries out overnight strikes on what it calls terrorist hideouts in iran s border province two days after iranian attacks on pakistan. hamas says hundreds and people have been killed. tata steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at port talbot works in south wales. the move is expected to lead to the loss of up to 3000 jobs. rishi suna