next hour. we, the air this hour. u.s. officials say their intelligence over the last half hour, hundreds of iranian drones headed in the direction of israel, cruise missiles as well as ballistic missiles. we are waiting to see if in fact those drones make their way through the a multiple layers of anticipated intercepts that are going to take place over the next several hours. as i mentioned, we are coming on the air with the breaking coverage of iran s retaliatory strikes against israel. this comes after the israeli military confirmed more than 100 drone strikes were launched by iran today, marking the first time iran has launched a direct military attack on israet . obviously, risking a regional conflict that could draw the united states and its military forces into direct confrontation with iran and its proxies across the region. a senior by an administration official is warning iran could launch dozens ofansss cruise missiles, not just adding that the u.s. and israel h