pair of strikes as president. biden speaks out for the first time on the situation. cnn s or lieberman is at the pentagon for us tonight or in what s the latest on casualties among us personnel there. john. we re looking at four attacks in a number of different locations against u. s personnel in syria over the course of the past 36 hours ago or so the first of those attacks was a one way drone attack a suicide drone attack in northeast syria that left one u. s contractor dead and six u. s personnel injured. five of those are u s service members. they re in stable condition at this point. then later on in the evening, there were 10 rockets fired at a green village site in central or eastern syria, right about that part that led to note. injuries but when the u. s retaliated, we saw two more attacks over the course of the past several hours a rocket attack at nearby kanako field again in central or eastern syria. that left one u. s service member injured in stable condition an
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. we are alive in ottawa. we re waiting to hear from the president himself. on this attack in syria. also just a few minutes ago. you can see him there in the back of him. that is trump attorney evan corcoran, arriving at a washington dc courthouse. he just entered the building. he is going to testify today before a grand jury in the mara lago classified documents probe and he will do so without the protection of attorney client privilege. first that we
intercepted one got through and damaged facility there, john. it s been a long time since we ve seen attacks of this nature and how quickly these have come in syria. you mentioned the u. s retaliation, described that and just the one attack at this point or as the u. s. talked about another retaliation. so far, we ve only seen the us respond to that first attack the drone attack that left the u. s contractor dead that targeting facilities used by groups with links to iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. but president joe biden made clear there may be more responses as the us watches this escalate. here is biden. to make no mistake. the united states does not does not emphasize seek conflict with iran, but be prepared for us tracked forcefully protect our people. that s exactly what happened last night. the commander of us central command made the same point at the u. s has options and capabilities to respond. should this continue, and john, if you look at it right now, if you look
crimes of their killer, son. will this set a legal precedent? your platform should be banned. tiktok in trouble. the boss tried to convince lawmakers it s not a national security threat. so how d that go? all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans overnight. the u. s launching an airstrike in eastern syria. ambulances sped to the scene of that strike ordered by president biden retaliation for an attack by an iran affiliated drone attack that killed a u. s. military contractor, five american service members and another u. s contractor were injured in that drone attack. international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live for us in london, nick what more do we know about the drone strike and then the u. s retaliation? we know that the retaliation took place in the