Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz is on assignment. On the news hour

tonight, President Biden vows to respond to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan

and blames an Iranian-backed militia for the latest escalation.

The Secretary General of NATO discusses the uncertain future of Western support for Ukraine,

as the Beligred Nations War with Russia grinds on.

And the Biden administration cites climate concerns as it puts the brakes on a major

liquid natural gas project and pauses new exports. Welcome to the news hour. The White House says President Biden is considering options to strike back against the Iran-backed

militia that killed three American soldiers in Jordan yesterday.

From Yemen to Iraq to Syria and now Jordan, American forces are engaging Iranian

supported groups across the region.

Nick Schifran starts our coverage.

It's in a remote desert corner at the intersection of three countries and the attack on

Tower 22 today led to a U.S. vow of revenge.

The President and I will not tolerate attack on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions

to defend the U.S. and our troops.

We will respond decisively to any aggression.

And we will hold responsible the people who attacked our troops.

U.S. military and defense officials say an Iranian-backed militia fired a single explosive

drone that landed in soldiers barracks and got through the base's air defense because it was misidentified as a U.S. drone.

The three soldiers killed were U.S. Army Reservists Sergeant William Rivers, specialist Kennedy Sanders, and specialist

Brianna Moffat.

Bases in Iraq and Syria have been targeted repeatedly since mid-October, but this weekends was the first in Jordan.

...