AWAITING THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE START WITH TREY YINGST ON THE GROUND IN ISRAEL WHERE TREY, THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHEN IRAN STARTS SHOOTING. >> YEAH, HEY, GUYS, GOOD MORNING. ABSOLUTELY. THIS MORNING, THERE WAS YET ANOTHER IRAN-BACKED ATTACK INTO THIS COUNTRY. DRONES AND ROCKETS BEING FIRED, JUST A FEW MILES FROM HERE. ONE HITTING NEAR TO A CAR AND CRITICALLY INJURING TWO PEOPLE. IT COMES AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A MAJOR STORY OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST OVERNIGHT WHERE AN IRAN BACKED MILITIA TARGETED A BASE IN IRAQ THAT WAS HOUSING AMERICAN FORCES. WE DO KNOW MULTIPLE U.S. TROOPS WERE INJURED. WE ARE AWAITING UPDATES ON THEIR CONDITIONS. THE ATTACK DOES MARK THE 219TH TIME THAT U.S. FORCES WERE TARGETED IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE OCTOBER. AND THE TIMING OF THIS INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE AL-ASAD AIR BASE IN PERSON IRAQ COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A MORE TENSE TIME. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE BEING UPDATED ON THE IRANIAN ATTACK THAT IS BEING PLANNED AGAINST ISRAEL. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF POSTING TO X THAT HE WAS BRIEFED AND THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO DE-ESCALATE. BIDEN GOES ON TO SAY WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE STEPS WE ARE TAKING TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND RESPOND TO ANY ATTACK AGAINST OUR PERSONNEL IN A MANNER AND PLACE OF OUR CHOOSING. THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW THE UNITED STATES WILL RESPOND AND WHAT ROLE THE AMERICANS WILL PLAY IN DEFENDING ISRAEL. IRANIAN OFFICIALS BRIEFED FOREIGN MINISTERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES YESTERDAY AND CONFIRMED THEY DO PLAN TO STRIKE ISRAEL IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH IN TEHRAN. THIS AT WAR IN GAZA GRINDS ON AND WE ARE FOLLOWING A NEW DEVELOPMENT ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS. THE U.N. ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IT HAD FIRED NINE UNRWA STAFFERS FOR SUSPECTED INVOLVEMENT IN THE OCTOBER 7TH. MASSACRE. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE TO END THE WAR IN GAZA. DE-ESCALATE HEZBOLLAH OR STOP IRAN FROM ATTACKING CREWS AND UNPREDICTABLE DAYS AHEAD