We have two reports tonight, beginning with our Pentagon reporter Courtney QB. And Courtney, tell us what you're learning tonight about these strikes. >> Yeah, Tom.Today, the US military striking dozens of targets at multiple locations around Syria, targeting primarily ISIS infrastructure and weapon sites, according to a US official called Operation Hawkeye Strike. The mission was in retaliation for an ambush attack near Palmyra, Syria last Saturday that killed two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a US inte ...

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hgsth today announcing via social media the beginning of what he called Operation Hawkeye strike. It's an effort to eliminate additional ISIS locations throughout Syria. Now, this the types of locations that they're going to hit in these sorts of operations would be infrastructure.So, places where ISIS will store their weapons, where they potentially will build things like drones, potentially even places where they will conduct training. Remember the ISIS presence is not the same a ...

REPORT. HERE'S TOM LLAMAS. >> AND GOOD EVENING.WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAYING THAT THE PENTAGON HAS JUST LAUNCHED RETALIATORY STRIKES ON ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA IN RESPONSE TO AN ATTACK THAT KILLED AMERICAN TROOPS LAST WEEKEND. I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO OUR SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT, COURTNEY KUBE, WHO JOINS US LIVE.COURTNEY, AGAIN, THESE WERE IN RETALIATION FOR THAT AMBUSH ATTACK THAT HAPPENED ON THOSE TWO NATIO ...

Tom, you're joining us live now. I know everyone's still sort of going through these documents, but it's been an hour or so. What have we learned.>> Tom, give you kind of the gist of what we're seeing. The Justice Department opened a website and they published all sorts of government reports having to detail with Epstein, his death, the nonprosecution agreement, which of course garnered so much controversy back in 2007. They've also released a significant amount of court filings in civil court filings, many ...

And good evening. We are coming on the air with breaking news right now out of the Middle East. Defense Secretary Pete Hexath saying that the Pentagon has just launched retaliatory strikes on ISIS targets in Syria in response to an attack that killed American troops last weekend.I want to get straight to our senior national security correspondent Courtney QB who joins us live. Courtney, again, these were in retaliation for that ambush attack that happened on those two National Guard troops from Iowa. >> Yea ...

It's the buzzword on Wall Street >> on the the K-shaped economy. >> Something that economists call a K-shaped economy. >> This economics report was brought to you by the letter K.But what does it mean for Main Street. A K-shaped economy means some families are trying to find value where they can. A struggle Payton Riley from Kentucky knows all too well.>> We're buying, buying, buying. So, I try to find the best deals when I can. With a big family, she knows where to get the best bang for her buck.>> It's ge ...