john berman. we have new developments on the u. s contractor killed by a drone strike in syria. we are now seeing video of an iranian military facility engulfed in flames. this is after president biden authorized a retaliatory strike retaliation. from what the u. s says was this iranian backed one way drone attack an attack that killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members. president biden is in canada this morning. we re waiting to hear from him on all this. also at this moment, a top lawyer for donald trump, you can see him there. evan corcoran. he is inside washington, dc courthouse and there is no attorney client privilege protection. corcoran is testifying before a grand jury investigating the former president s handling. of classified documents first, though the deadly flare up of hostilities in syria overnight scene as natasha bertrand at the pentagon following this for us new information, natasha. yeah, john. so we are told from a u. s official
going on behind the scene. russia is respond to go this news. the russian ambassador to germany says berlin s move brings the conflict, quote, to a new level, as creme len spokesperson peskov says russia will destroy ukraine s tanks. natasha, is the u.s. s view this is a game change r? in a way. they re not going to hit the ground immediately, it could take as many as three, four months for the ukrainians to even be trained on them, but what we are told is that this could potentially be game changing in terms of breaking through russia s defensive lines in ukraine. they want to take the fight directly to the russians so they can take back that territory versus striking them with longer-range equipment that the u.s. has given them. they re still asking for the extremely long-range missiles, but in terms of a grinding fight that allows them to break those russian lines, they say this could be game changing. the reason would you the u.s. has been pushing jerchy for weeks,
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tonight, the nearly unprecedented move by the january 6th committee. issuing subpoenas now to five sitting republican lawmakers including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. tonight, his response. and jon karl is standing by. the major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin now warning of retaliation after finland decides to join nato. and what about sweden now? hat putin is saying. and ian pannell in ukraine. the abc news exclusive. diane sawyer tonight with ashley judd. for the first time, revealing her mother s final moments. and what she reveals about naomi judd s struggle and how to get help. we re also tracking severe storms across multiple states at this hour. record heat from texas to the northeast. and news tonight on the baby formula crisis. what major companies are now saying. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with the sobering milestone. a once unimaginable number. president bi