Tonight, the stunning and surprise strikes. US jets and tomahawks targeting Iran as part of a joint US and Israeli operation, leading to a historic moment in the Middle East. President Trump posting the leader of Iran's Islamic regime, Ayatollah Ali Khani, is dead, calling him one of the most evil people in history, adding he was unable to avoid our intelligence and highly sophisticated tracking systems.And working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he or other leaders that have been killed along wi ...

After months of close coordination with Israel and weeks of direct negotiations with Iran, President Trump ordered the attack overnight from his Mara Lago home. The president briefly dropping in on a charity gala held in the ballroom. >> We got to go work.>> Then huddling with advisers to monitor strikes in a makeshift command center seen in these White House photos. The president explaining his decision-m in a video posted at 2:30 this morning. They've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear a ...

Right over to Richard Angel who's live in Israel tonight where you and your team have seen those incoming missiles all day and night. And Richard, you just traveled to Iran days ago. There's been no official Iranian response about the Ayatollah.But if it is true, talk about who comes next. Well, Ayat Hame was an old man, extraordinarily stubborn. Uh he often made it clear that he would have preferred to be a martyr than to compromise.He also kept his succession plans a secret. And as of tonight, we don't kn ...

Those attacks are still ongoing. Tonight, I want to bring in our Kristen Welker who spoke with President Trump late today. And Kristen, he told you it's more than just the Supreme Leader who was targeted.>> Tom, that's right. In our short phone call, the president told me the strikes have caused very great losses on their leadership, adding tremendous damage has been inflicted. The people that make all the decisions, most of them are gone.Now, what he couldn't answer, who exactly would replace Iran Supreme ...

are learning new details about the military assets the US used for the strikes. Our senior national security correspondent Courtney Cubie joins us now. And Courtney, the US using suicide drones for the first time ever.>> Yeah, that's right, Tom. This ongoing campaign against Iran marks the first time the US has used so-called one-way attack drones in combat. Now, those are drones packed with explosives that slam into a target.US Central Command says this is the largest regional concentration of American mil ...

Let's turn to Kier Simmons in Dubai. Kier, Dubai views itself as a place of stability in the turbulent Middle East, but today you were seeing all these strikes happening at hotels and other places around you. That's right, Tom.At times today, it has felt like a bombardment here, explosion after explosion in the sky into the night as those missiles and drones have been intercepted. messages on our phones like you heard with Richard there telling us to shelter in place. Just to reassure you, Tom, I am standin ...

Finally tonight, it's been nearly half a century since the revolution that changed Iran and the region forever. When the first Supreme Leader took power, we now find ourselves in its biggest moment of uncertainty since. With President Trump announcing Iran's Ayatollah has been killed, it's unclear who will now lead Iran.Tensions have run high before. From the storming of the US embassy and 444 excruciating days of the hostage crisis to the US backed Iraq war with Iran to the takeown of the head of the Islam ...

You're watching MSNOW SPECIAL COVERAGE. I'M ARI MELBORH FOLLOWING THE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THESE ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE LATEST MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ASSERTS ONLINE IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT IRAN'S Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini is dead.MSNOW has not independently confirmed the death. This is a relatively new claim late in the day from the president. We don't have official I THINK THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC MOMENT, THAT ANY CHANGE TO THAT COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING ...

See retaliatory strikes by Iran on Israel and interceptions from Israel's defense systems in the sky, after the U.S. and Israel launched sweeping attacks on Iran. President Donald Trump said the operation killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told MS NOW that both Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Khamenei are “safe and sound.” This is a developing story. ...

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