Welcome to the NewsHour. We have two major stories tonight.

The president today fired Christy Noem as the Secretary of Homeland Security,

the first member of his cabinet to be ousted in his second term.

But first to the war.

Just days after the U.S. and Israel launched the war with Iran by targeting and killing its supreme leader,

President Trump today said he should be involved in selecting the country's next leader.

As the war spreads across the region, the U.S. State Department says the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait

will be closed until further notice.

And there's little sign of a let-up as the U.S. and Israel pressed the attack inside Iran where more

than 1,200 people have been killed.

In Tehran today, residents watched in shock as dark plumes of smoke engulfed a beloved

landmark.

The Azadi, or Freedom Stadium, destroyed.

Once a sprawling sports complex that ceded 12,000 people, today reduced to a charred shell.

Not much remains but smoking ruins of the building that once hosted international games to packed crowds.

The U.S. says it is targeting Iran's ballistic missile infrastructure, military equipment,

and drones.

And Israel today said it shot down an Iranian fighter jet.

But across Iran today, multiple cities were rocked by explosions.

In Iran's northwestern city of Irmia, the Iranian Red Crescent, posted this video of what it says is

widespread damage to residential areas. The Iranian health ministry said more than a dozen hospitals

and other key parts of Iran's health infrastructure have been damaged so far and four health workers

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