contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured when an iranian made drone struck a base in northeastern syria. the us then retaliated with an air strike to the south. this is video posted online that reportedly captures the strike on one facility linked to iran s revolutionary guard in syria. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the pentagon for us, natasha what more are you learning? brianna will we are learning that those wounded u. s service members are now in stable condition and we are told that this drone the suspected iranian drone that targeted that coalition military base in northeastern syria, it was a quote suicide drone. it was used as a one and done type drone just to attack and then depart. and we are told that the us did retaliate. of course they did target facilities inside syria that they believe that the iranian proxy groups were using in order to store munitions as well as gather intelligence. and this is not the first time that the us has targeted ira
information with republicans in order to protect the integrity of the special counsel investigation. bill: dana, as we know there are so many questions left unanswered. one of the biggest, who removed those top secret papers from that scif. that s a secure room used to view sensitive materials on the hill by all lawmakers. documents are supposed to stay there. somehow they ended up scattered across the president s home and private office and probably there for years. dana: the white house press corps is pushing for that information. after three weeks of non-answers the frustration is boiling over. is president involved in a cover-up? he has been very clear that he takes this very seriously. you asked me the question that everybody laughed at which was interesting question to ask. but any other underlying questions that you may have i would refer you to my colleagues, the white house counsel. i will continue to be prudent and consistent and refer you to any questions y
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we want to have an update now on some breaking news coming in to cnn. dramatic new developments in a standoff that is believed to be connected to last night s mass shooting at a dance shooting in monterey park, california. police say the s.w.a.t. operation, part of this story, is now over, and the neighborhood is safe. this is the moment that police approached a van matching the respect s vehicle description, and then breaking the window. you can see there, and just a short time ago, police entered a second white van from torrance, california. the sheriff s department says they are working to determine at this moment if the driver of that white van is this man, their suspect. police have not released their name. they have not named him, but they describe him as an asian man, who is armed and dangerous. they believe he is responsible for opening fire on a lunar new year celebration, killing ten people and injuring
former president s legal team, slows down the investigation into the thousands of pages from mar-a-lago on august 8th, hundreds marked classified. after a nearly two-hour court session and a long weekend to think about it, she made her decision writing a special master shall be appointed to review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendtations and evaluate claims for the return of property. she continues the government is en joined from further review and use of the materials seized from plaintiff s residence, pending review. the government may continue to review the materials seized for purposes of intelligence classification and national security assessment. to determine the classification levels of the documents will not stop, it will continue. doj can continue its classification assessment. actual investigation slows down. no comment from the department of justice at this hour but it is certainly possible for the doj to appeal the ruling to
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