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More, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Any moment now we expect the gilgo beach Serial Killer suspect to appear in court. This is rex heuermanns first appearance since pleading not guilty to the murder of three women. Police believe heuermann may have, in fact, committed those killings inside his familys home when his wife and two children were out of town and after an intensive search of the property his wifes attorney shared these photos of the aftermath of that search. Cnns jean casarez joins us live from outside the courthouse. Jean, often these appearances are procedural, but what do we expect to happen today and soon after . Reporter well, we just understood that media was just allowed into the courtroom, so it has not quite begun yet, but i think any minute this conference, this case has been set for conference today. I was told is the proper terminology. Ive been told by the Public Information officer theres nothing formally set that they are going to discuss, but
this is the source. we start with breaking news. as the u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers is underway tonight. the u.s. hitting more than 85 targets in iraq and syria against iranian-backed militias. b1 bombers flying nonstop from an air force base in texas ultimately striking 7 facilities in a mission the white house says was successful but also not over yet. it is without a doubt a sharp escalation of the war in the middle east. those bombers in the air today as president biden was attending the dignified transfer for those three soldiers at dover air force base. we start with team coverage tonight. oren leiberman at the pentagon, retired air force colonel cedric leighton in washington, and nic robinson in tel aviv. the pentagon confirming these strikes and laying out their rationale. what s the latest you re learning tonight? the u.s. carrying out strikes in iraq and syria. going after not specifically iran. the u.s. didn t strike directly in i
the u.s. bombs 85 targets in iraq and syria and promises it is just the start of the next phase. the u.s. avenging the death of three american soldiers brought home friday in the solemn dignified transfer in dover, delaware attended by the president and first lady. iran condemning the attacks with its foreign minister calling it an adventurous and strategic mistake. the secretary of state antony blinken preparing to leave tomorrow for his fifth dip a medic shuttle to the region. pausing pushing for a halt in gaza, long enough for a hostage release. hostage release. good day everyone, i am andrea mitchell in washington as the world braces for the next phase of strikes against iranian backed militant groups in the middle east as potential counterattacks . the powerful but limited first phase targeted command and control her operations with intelligent centers, weapons facilities and supply lines among the aircraft used was long rage bombers that took off from texas and flew
night with a fox news alert retaliatory airstrikes have begun in the middle east, according to the pentagon strikes against iranian backed militias in iraq and syria striking more than 85 targets, the u.s. says it hit command and control open raigsdz and intelligence centers. this comes after three american soldiers were killed dozens more injured in a drone strike in a base in jordan this past weekend. launched by of course iranian proxies. iran is responsible pretty much for all the trouble in the region. jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. any word why the targets were not in iran considering they re the source of these proxy and terror attacks? well sean officials i spoke to said they were ruling out striking inside iran in this first set of strikes, and they want to message to iran they re not tryinging to to war with iran. they re hoping iran gets the message based on these strikes against their proxies and against the irgc sites they hit tonight. the strikes las