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militia that conducted the strikes. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. pentagon spokesman john kirby says this strike was done in conjunction and coordination with allies in the region. oren, what does this tell you about president biden s larger military strategy when it comes to the middle east? we know the big question for the biden administration is u.s. allies in the region is iran and how to handle iran. it s not just diplomatically with iran s nuclear program. it goes beyond that iran s ballistic missiles, actions in the region. the key focus is iran. certainly there are other questions when it comes to the middle east. what the biden administration will do when it comes to yemen, syria. but the overarching umbrella is iran, and that s where the focus will be. that s why this is so sensitive. it wasn t a large-scale massive strike. it looks like a small calcu ....
so here s our breaking news tonight. the u.s. launching an air strike against iranian-backed militias in syria. this is the first known military action under president biden. it comes after three separate rocket attacks in the past couple of weeks against u.s. forces in baghdad. also tonight the white house learning that they can t get the $15 minimum wage hike that they were hoping for. and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell comes crawling back to you know who. i want to start with cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann and arwa damon on president biden s first military action. hello to both of you. oren, i m going to start with you. you have been working your sources at the pentagon. what can you tell us about these air strikes? reporter: as you said, this is the first known military strike coming from president joe biden. secretary of defense lloyd austin said as he was coming back from a trip to the west coast that it was at his recommendation, but it ....
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bottom of the hour, we should be hearing from former president donald trump. we know in addition to taking on joe biden s policies that his administration has implemented so far, we do know he s going to target that. we also know he s going to target some republicans. i know you ve been reporting liz chain and others will be mentioned by claim by the former president. what else are you hearing? john: this is a bit of a moving target, i was told. when i was first briefed on the speech on friday in some detail, the person who briefed me said, look, the president is going to suggest that the only divisions within the republican party are between a handful of inside the beltway political hacks and then everybody else in america and that he was going to name names. and i said, well, what names will he name? and the person who was briefing me on it said, well, it s kind of changing a little bit, so we don t want to say right now because some names may be added, some names may ....
ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. adults with learning disabilities in the uk are dying more than 20 years earlier than able bodied people. we speak to a campaigner who s son died in the bath in a residential unit aged 18. i believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings. and coming up this hour the perils of the zoom call a forlorn texas lawyer tells thejudge i am not a cat , as he s defeated by a kitten filter. the transport secretary has said it is too soon for holiday makers to start booking their summer getaways defended harsh new penalties for anyone who breaks new covid travel quarantine measures in england. grant shapps admitted it would also require other countries catching up with their vaccination programmes. he said the government is speaking to other countries and organisations about an international system for recognising the vaccine stat ....