retaliation for troops. oren lieberman starts us off. reporter: the strikes against a position in eastern syria were the first known strikes under the administration of president joe biden. secretary of defense lloyd austin said he recommended the strikes and biden himself gave the authorization on thursday morning. a u.s. defense official said a handful of militants were killed in the strikes. the strikes come after the recent rocket attacks against u.s. and coalition forces in erbil and in the green zone itself. we re confident that target was being used by the same shia 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. reporter: it s important to note the messaging here. this was not a strike against a major site, it was proportional and meant to send a message. there will be a response for future rocket attacks. this was a deterrent against any futu
vehicle ran down members of a marching band. we re not showing you the moment of impact here. it is unknown right now whether this has been considered an act of terrorism. but the white house and fbi are monitoring the situation, and the incident has drawn swift reactions from lawmakers on capitol hill. now, police say that an officer did fire his weapon at the vehicle in order to try to stop it as it was heading away. but no one was injured by that gunshot. our reporter is on the scene with the latest. reporter: the police chief, mayor and fire chief would not answer any questions at the very latest update of the evening. but earlier sunday night, they did confirm a few key points, including the fact that more than 20 people were injured, including children. they would not say how many people exactly had been killed. the police chief said they are still working on informing next of kin, and many people are still being treated in the area hospitals. the police chief d
master to review the materials including classified and top secret government documents that the fbi seized from trump s mar-a-lago resort. trump s lawyers and justice department prosecutors now have until friday to submit a list of potential candidates to be named as that special master. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. just walk us through the ruling. what will this special master now do? alisyn, the special master that the judge says needs to be appointed is going to be responsible for looking at everything, everything that was taken from the search of mar-a-lago that happened a month ago. one of the things she talks about in her ruling, she says that essentially this person, this special master that the justice department and the trump team need to come together and find this person, is going to be essentially looking at all of the things while the justice department is going to have to pause its investigation, essentially, not being able to u
And a person of interest is in custody. he said it s still unknown if it was an act of terrorism. they re still looking into all aspects, obviously. the city has released this map of the parade route where members of the community had gathered to take part. kr cnn s natasha chen spoke earlier to a woman who watched the incident unfold. have a listen. you actually live in the apartment complex where the window overlooks the parade and you saw this happen. tell me about that moment you stepped out on your balcony to watch the parade. i was watching it for my kids to say i wish you were here. i heard screams and i turned and saw the van plow into the band. it continued down the road to people s park at the end of the block. and then kept going. it didn t stop. he did not stop at all, or she. whoever it was.
Small rally was held sunday to show support for the chinese tennis star. some protestors holding signs that read free peng shuai and let her speak. organizers told cnn that she should be given a chance to talk freely about her situation without government intervention, coercion, or censorship. it s being described as an unspeakable tragedy in wisconsin, a driver plowing a vehicle through a christmas parade, leaving many injured and some dead. we ll have the latest details coming up. also, two kidnapped missionaries in haiti have been released. the latest, plus white house reaction, after the break. it s the black friday sale at kay!