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
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developing this morning. a u. s contractor is dead in five u. s. troops are wounded after a suspected iranian backed drone hit a u. s housing facility in northeast syria. in response, president biden authorized what the u. s calls a precision strike on facilities used by the groups affiliated with iran. you re looking at the aftermath here. cnn s mj lee. is at the white house for us this morning . mg i know the president is in canada, and he made this call for the retaliation while there that s right, john. you know these were urgent deliberations that were taking place as president. biden was traveling up to canada last night. so let me just catch you up on exactly what we know from these developments overnight. we know that it suspected iranian drone struck a facility in syria that was housing us personnel and that resulted in the killing of one american contractor and injuring five u. s service members. and in response to that