i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
Period of discovery that i went through as a boy with my siblings, just listening to my father read great stories. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff in washington tonight, there is no sign of an agreement on immigration reform, or on a Government Spending deal to beat a looming deadline. Instead, much of the focus remains on what President Trump said and did at a white house meeting last week. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Do you affirm that the testimony youre abo
Period of discovery that i went through as a boy with my siblings, just listening to my father read great stories. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff in washington tonight, there is no sign of an agreement on immigration reform, or on a Government Spending deal to beat a looming deadline. Instead, much of the focus remains on what President Trump said and did at a white house meeting last week. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Do you affirm that the testimony youre abo
Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias round three for the republican president ial candidates last night in boulder was a spirited debate. The 10 candidates on the main stage launched fierce attacks on the each other, the moderators, and of course, Hillary Clinton abcs tom llamas brings us the highlights. For the first time donald trump was not in the middle of the biggest fight at a republican debate. 20 38 37 27 sotjeb bush what is it like a french work week . You get three days where you have to show up jeb bush going after the man he mentored senator marco rubio. Attacking him for missing votes in the senate. 20 38 43 07 sotjeb bush you can campaign, or just resign and let someone else take the job. But rubio standing his ground. Delivering a line that left bush silent and the audience cheering 20 39 20 11 sotrubio someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help yo