Tonight breaking news as we come on the air. The US launches a third round of

airstrikes against Iran-backed forces in Syria and the new details just coming in

the military helicopter crash that killed five special operations soldiers.

First, those retaliatory strikes.

The Pentagon announcing just moments ago it attacked two sites in Syria,

including a command and control center.

It comes after dozens of attacks on U.S. forces in in the region and it comes as Israel's war with Hamas intensifies

Israeli ground forces battling Hamas militants inside Gaza City

Hospitals at the breaking point Matt Gutman on the ground in Israel.

Also breaking that deadly U.S. military helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near

Cyprus.

We just learned five special operations soldiers were killed during a refueling

training mission in the middle of the night. Why those soldiers were in the area?

Jay O'Brien standing by at the White House with late reporting.

Here at home, the fast moving deadly fire engulfing a New York City apartment building,

an entire family killed more than a dozen hurt.

In the west, the massive inferno shutting down a portion of a major freeway in Los Angeles, the governor declaring a state of a major freeway in Los Angeles

the governor declaring a state of emergency bracing for a nightmare commute

that could last for a while.

Jacqueline Lee from the scene in Los Angeles.

A state of emergency in Iceland, an entire town evacuated

after hundreds of earthquakes.

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