World. Nate foy in lewiston, maine, but we begin with mike tobin in tel aviv. Striking two bases in Eastern Syria near the border with iraq, bases used by the revolutionary corps for firing at u. S. Forces. We have seen 19 strikes against u. S. Forces, mostly drone and missile attacks. 21 Service Members had injuries. A u. S. Contractor was up in years and when he ran to shelter, he died from a heart attack. This is the u. S. Respondings to menacing attacks from iranian proxies. Not the iranians getting their hands dirty in the conflict. Secretary defense secretary lloyd austin thought was important to mention in the statement twice, this does not represent a shift in u. S. Policy toward support of israel in this war with hamas. The u. S. Has supplied israel with artillery, with interceptors for the iron dome battery and adding an additional one. U. S. Is bolstering numbers, providing iron dome missile and the thad missiles, as well. In addition to the u. S. Getting involved in the reg
that s a common theme we re seeing across many of these capitol rioters. good to see you, eli. thank you very much. former president trump is respondings to a report he tested positive to covid three days before a debate with joe biden last fall. this comes from the guardian reporting details of a new memoir from trump s former chief of staff mark meadows. in the timeline that meadows is reportedly laying out in this memoir raises a lot of questions. trump in his statement is essentially accusing mark meadows of lying. what s interesting about this statement, kate, he s saying that a test he took before the presidential debate with joe biden back on september 29th of 2020 revealed he did not have covid prior to that debate. what he s not acknowledging in this statement is what mark meadows said happened which is that he received a positive test
war. it show you there s a level of conflict already under way in cyberspace, but also on a number of other fronds that the american public just isn t aware of. we have known for year that russia has attempted as to, with some successes and china too, i should know to penetrate crucial infrastructure here. this shows the u.s. respondings, planting weapons, malware within the russian power grid that in the event of a conflict, one, or two, just to send a warning to russia you mess with you, we re going to mess back with you.
indeed, it is imperative for the government to form an independent team of investigators which is not only competent and transparent but also highly credible. as we have said since the beginning, we have nothing to hide. let me take this opportunity to update you on the incident. on the 20th of april, 2015, it bound for bangor, depart at 10:20 p.m. with 166 people on board including 7 crew members. upon takeoff the crew reported feeling heavy vibrations. at 10:32 p.m. mh2626 only thing of significance that s been said so far in terms of advancing understanding is the interim minister is giving a little bit of a description about this new team that s being put together to coordinate this investigation. that s been a big concern effort
how they were respondings to incident. we re going to hear more object that going forward. in other news, president obama is looking to do more business with asia. arriving in tokyo this morning it is his first stop on a scheduled four-nation tour of the region. the week long trip is designed to boost america s ties to asia, especially as alliances in the region become even more critical. other stops in addition to jo pan, south korea, malaysia, the philippines all so key right now. michelle is in tokyo with more. michelle? president obama is about to kick off his asian trip by going out for sushi reportedly a three-michelin started sushi joint with the japanese prime minister. this trip is seen as extremely significant by the u.s. and by the four countries visited. you might call it pivotal. remember, this represents that asian pivot, the rebalance of u.s. interests towards this region that the administration has wanted for obama s second