The president's been very clear that we want to prevent broader escalation.

We want to prevent this conflict from spreading.

So we are intent on doing both.

That is, standing up for our people when they're attacked,

while at the same time working every single day to prevent the conflict

from growing and spreading.

That's Secretary of State Anthony Blinken laying out the priorities of the Biden administration

in the Middle East, which is becoming more volatile by the day following a deadly strike on three U.S. service members.

And on Capitol Hill, we'll bring you new details about the bipartisan border deal in the Senate

that are starting to leak out. We'll go through what's in the bill and the response from lawmakers.

And meanwhile, the Republican-controlled House continues to focus on grievance

over government as it moves forward with a possible impeachment of the Homeland Security Secretary.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, January 30th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us.

We'll begin with the Defense Department, which has identified the three Army Reserve soldiers killed by a drone strike at a U.S. base in Jordan.

They are 46-year-old Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 24-year-old specialist Kennedy Lidon Sanders,

and 23-year-old specialist Brianna Alexandria Moffat.

The soldiers were deployed to the Middle East as part of a combined task force specialist Brianna Alexandria Moffat.

The soldiers were deployed to the Middle East as part of a combined task force targeting ISIS.

According to the New York Times, they were part of a team trained to build roads and landing fields.

They were killed when a drone packed with explosives struck near the barracks where they were sleeping.

In a statement, President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq.

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