We do want to begin with that breaking news the United States beginning a series of retaliatory air strikes on sites the White House said tonight that they have clear irrefutable evidence is connected to the deadly drone attack that killed three soldiers in Jordan the president's National Security spokesperson John Kirby saying tonight The strikes were successful but that a damage assessment will be done when the Sun rises in the region and this is just the beginning the president saying the response will continue here is what we know three of the locations hit are in Iraq four are in Syria and there were Dozens of individual targets within each site the strike lasted over 30 minutes involving multiple aircraft those planes are now out of Harm's Way and it comes on the same day President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were at do Air Force Base in Delaware for the dignified Transfer of the remains of those Fallen service members we just returned from the Middle East where we were the first journalists to embed with the US Navy and saw the work being done firsthand to deter Iranian backed groups from attacking American Assets in the region tonight we have Team coverage from the Pentagon to the Middle East and we want to begin with cbs's Nancy ctis who is at the White House good evening Nancy and we are hearing from the commander-in-chief tonight right that's right the president just issues a statement Nora saying that all the facilities the US struck this afternoon Had been used to attack US forces and he added this if you harm an American we will respond Pentagon officials say two B1 bombers were among the military aircraft used to strike more than 85 Targets in Iraq and Syria the targets included command and control centers weapons Depots and drone Storage facilities all of them linked to Iran's revolutionary guard and Affiliated militia groups the strikes were approved by the president and launched just a few hours after he welcomed the bodies of three Fallen service members back back to us soil all three were stationed in Jordan at a US Outpost known as Tower 22 that came under Fire last Sunday the base's air defense system had been temporarily taken offline to allow a US drone to return from a mission safely an iranian-made drone struck sleeping Quarters at the base wounding 40 and killing Army Reserve soldiers Will Rivers bana Moffett and Kennedy Sanders We know that you can definitely feel out okay President Biden called their anguished families this week look I know I really do know I got one of those phone calls out and tell me my wife and daughter were dead us officials blamed the attack on the Islamic resistance in Iraq an umbrella group of iran-backed militias I don't think the uh the adversaries are of a oneandone mindset uh and so uh they have a lot of capability I have have a lot more wary of setting off a wider War the US has avoided striking Iran directly despite At least 165 attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria since the Israel Hamas conflict began last October Iran's president warned today we will not start a war but if a cruel Force wants to bully us the Islamic Republic of Iran will give a strong response a short time ago officials said That today's strikes were in the works for days but that they waited until the weather presented the best opportunity they said the B1 bombers involved took off from the United States and they signaled Nora that there could be more strikes in the coming days Nancy C is at The White House with that new reporting thank you