i m okay with it. sorry see you in a week. good morning. you re going caitlin s gone back monday . welcome to cnn this morning. we re glad you re with us on this friday. caitlin is off. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, march 24th overnight, significant breaking news the us launching strikes in syria. after an american contractor was killed in a drone attack. there are five other u. s. service members wounded. the pentagon suspects it wasn t iranian affiliated drone. developing news soon a top attorney, though for donald trump said testified today before the grand jury in the classified documents investigation. the new york times reports that evan corcoran is not intending to plead the fifth utah banning kids under 18 from using social media unless they get their parents permission. it is the first state to enact this type of law today, the united states and canada announcing a deal to turn away asylum seekers at their border, president biden set to
Hello everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredicka whitfield. We begin in hollywood where after the last four days of marathon negotiations, striking writers and studios could reach a deal as early as today. Its a glimmer of hope for an end to a strike that has dragged ob for nearly five months and impacted the production of scores of tv shows and movies. Cnns parent company, Warner Brothers discovery, is a part of the negotiations with the union. Cnns Camila Bernal joining me from los angeles. Camila, how hopeful are people . Reporter people are really on pins and needles. Theyre very hopeful but also very cautious because they know at the moment there is no deal. This is day five of these marathon sessions, but theyre waiting to see exactly what is going to come out of all of these negotiations. A lot of people want to return to work. They want to see a deal happening, possibly today. That is a very likely possibility because we had heard that by the end of the weekend
another u. s contractor were injured natasha last thursday, the head of central command warned congress about iran s arsenal drones and missiles. what exactly are they capable of? yes commander gorilla. he did caution congress, saying that the iran really possesses right now the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. and, of course, tensions between the us and iran have only risen in recent months as iran has gotten closer to russia, and that military defense partnership has grown. here s what gorilla told congress last week. today i ran his exponentially more capable than they were just five years ago. today iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the middle east. thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, many capable of striking anywhere in the middle east. iran also maintains the largest and most capable force in the region. so as long as iran keeps attacking u. s military personnel in syria expect to see the biden administration taking