good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
see it. this seems like a really big thing to just be made public. norah: 60 minutes report who is the man behind the camera and why it raises new questions about if al qaeda acted alone. the cbs evening news starts now. we start with a cbs news exclusive. the unnerving video outside the u.s. capital filmed two years before the 9/11 attacks. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. two decades ago, the 9/11 commission found that al qaeda acted alone, but victims families say that is not true, pointing to this video and other evidence as proof. they are suing saudi arabia claiming its government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers and planners behind a september 11th attacks. that killed nearly 3,000 people. here is 60 minutes correspondent cecilia vega. looking. reporter: a voice on the video says in arabic i am transmitting these scenes to you from the heart of the american capital, washington. this video unsealed in fed