i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos
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recognize from the apprentice and we re in the deep red state of texas, so there are plenty of republicans here to pull on and by the way, remember a week ago when donald trump was hugging ted cruz? now he s looking to pull voters right here in ted cruz home state, brianna. so intriguing there, sarah. you said he s firing up supporters, donald trump is also firing up hispanic leaders. they are planning to protest this event with a dump the trump march. tell us about that. reporter: that s right. we heard john berman saying despite donald trump saying he ll win the hispanic vote, a number of people are very off d offended by his rhetoric on immigrants and taking it to the streets today. so far a relatively small group of protesters marching outside. at the end of the protest, there is a big old donald trump pinata waiting for them. thank you so much.
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