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hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. we are alive in ottawa. we re waiting to hear from the president himself. on this attack in syria. also just a few minutes ago. you can see him there in the back of him. that is trump attorney evan corcoran, arriving at a washington dc courthouse. he just entered the building. he is going to testify today before a grand jury in the mara lago classified documents probe and he will do so without the protection of attorney client privilege. first th ....
john berman. we have new developments on the u. s contractor killed by a drone strike in syria. we are now seeing video of an iranian military facility engulfed in flames. this is after president biden authorized a retaliatory strike retaliation. from what the u. s says was this iranian backed one way drone attack an attack that killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members. president biden is in canada this morning. we re waiting to hear from him on all this. also at this moment, a top lawyer for donald trump, you can see him there. evan corcoran. he is inside washington, dc courthouse and there is no attorney client privilege protection. corcoran is testifying before a grand jury investigating the former president s handling. of classified documents first, though the deadly flare up of hostilities in syria overnight scene as natasha bertrand at the pentagon following this for us new information, natasha. yeah, john. so we are told from a u. s off ....
Developing this morning. a u. s contractor is dead in five u. s. troops are wounded after a suspected iranian backed drone hit a u. s housing facility in northeast syria. in response, president biden authorized what the u. s calls a precision strike on facilities used by the groups affiliated with iran. you re looking at the aftermath here. cnn s mj lee. is at the white house for us this morning . mg i know the president is in canada, and he made this call for the retaliation while there that s right, john. you know these were urgent deliberations that were taking place as president. biden was traveling up to canada last night. so let me just catch you up on exactly what we know from these developments overnight. we know that it suspected iranian drone struck a facility in syria that was housing us personnel and that resulted in the killing of one american contractor and injuring five u. s service members. and in response to that ....
Iranian affiliated drone that hit a facility housing u. s personnel. five u. s service members were injured in an additional u. s contractor was wounded. we are learning that all of the u. s service members injured are in stable condition, so that s good news. president biden authorized with the u. s calls. precision airstrike in response against facilities believed to be used by the group that they think is responsible for the attack. cnn s nic robertson is with me now and nick, i was surprised to learn there have been 78. drone strikes since 2021 from these iranian proxy groups. that s an awful lot, but this one was fatal and deadly and elicited a response, creating a pretty delicate situation. yeah it does . i mean, consider the delicate situation in this way. and there are many ways to consider it, of course, but one part of the puzzle at the moment. is the united states trying to pull off a deal to get some american citizens that have been illegally held in in iranian jails for nu ....