SAVOR.
>> GOOD-BYE!
>> Sandra: FOX NEWS ALERT NOW
FROM BAGHDAD WHERE I RAN BACK TO
MILITIA SUPPORTERS HAVE ATTACKED
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN THE IRAQI
CAPITAL.
PROTESTERS SEE AND THEY ARE
SMASHING THE MAIN GATE AND
STORMING INSIDE WITH THE SOUNDS
OF GUN FIRE AND FLAMES RISING
FROM INSIDE THE COMPOUND.
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW CALLING ON
IRAQI FORCES TO PROTECT THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY.
GOOD MORNING, I AM SANDRA SMITH
SANDRA SMITH.
>> Eric: GOOD MORNING, I AM
ERIC SHAWN IN FOR BILL HEMMER
THIS MORNING.
THAT VIOLENCE ERUPTING IN
BAGHDAD TWO DAYS AFTER THOSE
U.S. AIR STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN
BACKED MILITIAS IN IRAQ AND
SYRIA.
RETALIATION FOR THOSE ROCKET
ATTACKS THAT KILLED AN AMERICAN
CONTRACTOR AND WOUNDED FOUR OF
OUR SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN IRAQ.
IN HER >> GOOD, SANDRA.
PEOPLE IN THE U.S. EMBASSY SAID
THERE IS NO EVACUATION DESPITE
REPORTED CLAIMS FROM IRAQI
OFFICIALS, BUT THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS THERE.
MANY FROM IRAN BACKED MILITIAS
INTO BAGHDAD HEAVILY GUARDED
GREEN ZONE WHERE THE U.S. HAS
ITS LARGEST DIPLOMATIC FACILITY
IN THE WORLD.
THEY REPORT THEY SMASHED A MAIN
DOOR AND SET FIRE TO A RECEPTION
AREA.
THE PROTEST BEGAN AFTER PRAYER
SERVICES FOR TWO DOZEN I RAN
BACK TO MILITIA FIGHTERS KILLED
IN U.S. AIR STRIKES OVER THE
WEEKEND.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING "IRAN
KILLS AN AMERICAN CONTRACTOR AND
WOUNDING MANY.
NOW IRAN IS ORCHESTRATING AN
ATTACK ON THE U.S. EFFICACY IN
IRAQ.
THEY WILL BE HELD FULLY
RESPONSIBLE IN ADDITION WE
EXPECT IRAQ TO USE ITS FORCES TO
PROTECT THE EMBASSY AND SO
NOTIFIED.
THE AMERICAN AIR STRIKES IN
SYRIA AND IRAQ STRUCK AN IRANIAN
BACKED MILITIA.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
MISSILE ATTACK FRIDAY ON IN IRAQ
HE MILITARY BASE THAT KILLED AN
AMERICAN CONTRACTOR.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS SAY AFTER SO MANY
ATTACKS, I RAN BACK TO FIGHTERS
AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE
IN IRAQ, UNITED STATES HAD TO
RESPOND IN A WAY IRAN
UNDERSTANDS THE AIR STRIKES.
THE IRAQ HE GOVERNMENT CAUGHT
HERE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND
IRANIAN INFLUENCE PROTEST AT THE
AMERICAN AIR STRIKES AS A
VIOLATION OF IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY
AND WARNED THEY WOULD INVITE
TROUBLE JUST MOMENTS BEFORE
THESE PROTEST BEGAN.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
BEGINNING TO REACT TO ALL OF
THIS.
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO SAID THE
GOVERNMENT AS A RECIPIENT OF