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Good morning, everyone. I'm Erica Hill. It is Wednesday, March 25th. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.

Number one, the troop deployment. Source is telling CNN, the U.S. Army is about to send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East.

The brigade from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division would be the Ready Unit for the region, although a source tells CNN those soldiers have not yet received their official orders to deploy. Meant time Iranian missile attacks continue across the region.

This video, geolocated by CNN, shows fire at a residential building in northern Iraq.

A separate video released by a pro-Iranian militia appears to show drones targeting a U.S.

installation at Baghdad's airport.

It's not clear when this video was recorded. So far, nearly 300 U.S. service members have been

injured during combat operations. And the status of talks to end the war seem to be in flux,

depending on who you listen to. President Trump says the vice president and secretary of state are

in negotiations with the Iranian side

and says he's encouraged by the by a present the Iranian scent, saying it had something to do with the Strait of Hormuz.

I'm not going to tell you what that president is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us and they said they were going to give it.

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