good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today that u.s. military began a long expected military campaign zaria and iraq against iranian proxy forces and the islamic revolutionary guard corps, sometimes known as the force. the retaliation for that drone attack over the weekend went three american army reservist 48 and a dozen more injured in the airbase in jordan. the strikes that killed americans for himself as part of a series of extended between various militant groups backed by iran and u.s. forces that followed the october 7th hamas attack in israel and israel s subsequent counter offensive in gaza. right now you are seeing footage of one of today s strikes on your screen where and iraqi security official, you seek it hit, they re a weapons warehouse in western iraq belong to a group known as kata ib hezbollah. according to u.s. central command, military forces struck more than 85 targets which numerous aircrafts which numerous aircraft include long- range bomber
headquarters here in new york city. we continue our breaking news coverage of this evening of u.s. air strikes against iran- backed militias in iraq and syria. the military action is a sharp escalation in the administration s effort to stop the rising threat from iran- backed groups across the middle east. earlier this evening, u.s. central command released video of one of the b one bomber s used to carry out the air strikes, and in a call with reporters and national security council spokesperson laid out the details of the attack. u.s. military forces struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities utilized by the revolutionary guard groups. three of the facilities in iraq, four of them are in syria. numerous aircraft, including b1 bombers, dispatched from the united states were involved in this operation, firing more than 125 precision guided munitions over the course of about 30 minutes. target facilities included command and control centers as well as headquarters build
we continue breaking news coverage this evening of u.s. air strikes against iran-backed militias in iraq and syria. the military action is a sharp escalation in the administration s effort to stop the rising threat from the iran- backed groups across the middle east. earlier this evening, u.s. central command released video of one of the c1 bombers used to carry out the air strike. and in a call the national security council spokesperson laid out the details of the attack. the u.s. military forces struck more than 85 targets and seven facilities utilized by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps who was responsible three of the facilities in iraq, four of them are in syria. numerous aircraft, including b1 bombers, dispatched from the united states were involved in this operation, firing more than 125 precision guided munitions over the course of about 30 minutes. target facilities included command and control centers as well as headquarters buildings and intelligence
Pushing. This is not inevitable. We can do better than this. Angela, thank you so much for being with us. Thank you so much. That wraps up the hour for me. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, manhunt. Suspect robert card, wanted in connection to the mass murder of 18 people in maine, still at large. State, local, federal Law Enforcement chasing down more than 500 tips. So far, none pan out. Including last nights dramatic search at his home and extensive property just 15 miles from the murder scenes. The safety of our Community Remains paraunt. I want to assure all that a tremendous amount of Law Enforcement manpower time and effort is being utilized around the clock in every effort to apprehend the suspect and safeguard this community. Every minute this goes on, we are more concerned because whats the next thing thats going to happen . One big focus today is on the river near where he abandon