Breaking news as we come on the air from the White House, the military strike in the Caribbean.

The president putting out this video saying 11 drug traffickers on that boat were killed in a precision strike.

The White House says the drugs were headed to the U.S. coming directly from Venezuela.

This, as the president prepares to send the National Guard into Chicago,

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This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

And good evening. We come on the air tonight with breaking news.

The U.S. has launched a military strike against a boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people on board.

The president says the boat was part of a cartel operation carrying drugs from Venezuela and heading right towards

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