Tim Pierce

Right.

President Trump, in his address announcing the operation on Saturday, warned that American warriors may end up losing their lives, and that has indeed happened.

Early Sunday morning, we started getting reports that several U.S.

service members were killed.

U.S.

Central Command issued a statement at 9.30 a.m.

Eastern that three soldiers had been killed in action and five others seriously wounded as part of the operation.

CENTCOM also revealed that several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions, but are in the process of being returned to duty.

In situations like this, additional information about the fallen heroes is often withheld for at least 24 hours out of respect for the families and to allow time for them to be notified.

The president also said that this operation would not be like Midnight Hammer or the capture of Maduro, that Americans should expect this to go on for days, if not weeks, so more lives will likely be lost in the effort.

Well, the most significant, of course, is Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader.

When Cabot reported for us Saturday, there were already unconfirmed reports that he was dead.

But by Saturday night, President Trump made it official and used the confirmation of his death as another call to action for the Iranian people, saying this is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country.

Trump also announced on Sunday morning that the U.S.

had destroyed at least nine Iranian naval ships and largely destroyed their naval headquarters.

Meanwhile, U.S.

Central Command says that it has destroyed the headquarters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Right.

We now know that on Saturday morning, Khamenei convened a meeting of his top military and intelligence aides above ground in Tehran.

At the same time, two other meetings were taking place in the city.