BRAND-NEW INFORMATION ON THE

SECOND ROUND TO THE AIR STRIKES

IN IRAQ.

QASSEM SOLEIMANI WAS KILLED IN A

U.S. DRONE ATTACK.

>> GOOD EVENING, MARTHA.

BREAKING TONIGHT, IRAQI OFFICIAL

TELLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HITTING TWO VEHICLES, BOTH

CARRYING IRAN BACK MILITIA

FIGHTERS AND KILLING FIVE PEOPLE

JUST NORTH OF BAGHDAD.

FOX NEWS YET TO VERIFY THIS

INCIDENT.

REPORTING VERY FLUID THIS HOUR

BUT ONE YEARS OFFICIAL NOW

SAYING IT WAS NOT A U.S. AIR

STRIKE.

THIS INCIDENT COMES JUST A DAY

AFTER THE DEATH OF SOLEIMANI AND

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BRACING

FOR POTENTIAL REPRISAL ATTACKS,

INCLUDING CYBER WARFARE.

THE IRANIAN REGIME HAS WITH THE

U.S. CONSIDERS TO BE AT HAND

CYBER CAPABILITIES FOR WHAT'S

BEEN TEN YEARS NOW.

GOING AFTER U.S. INTEREST IN

CYBERSPACE BEFORE THEY MAINTAIN

THE ABILITY TO DO SO AGAIN.

SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO

WARNED ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK OF

CYBER ATTACKS.

IRANIANS HAVE DEEP AND COMPLEX

APPLICABILITY FOR SURE BUT WE'VE

CONSIDER THAT RISK.

THE THREAT OF UNITED STATES

ISRAEL TOO.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE DESIGNS

AND ULTIMATE GOAL CARRYING OUT

CYBER ATTACKS ON THE U.S. POWER

GRID, BANKS, AND CLASSIFIED U.S.

GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS.

BUT NOW LAWMAKERS, BOTH SIDES OF

THE AISLE, REPUBLICANS AND

DEMOCRATS RINGING THE ALARM

BELLS OF A POTENTIAL CYBER

CONFLICT.

REPUBLICANS CLAIMING ANYTHING

THAT IRAN CAN DO, THE U.S. CAN

DO BETTER.

>> IRAN HAS A SOPHISTICATED

CYBER CAPABILITY AND SO DOES THE

UNITED STATES WHETHER IT'S ON

ANY INTEREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST

OR IN THE CYBER DOMAIN NEEDS TO

BE DEFINITIVE AND APPROPRIATE.

>> DEMOCRATS WILL SAY THAT CYBER

CONFLICT IS NOW A SURE BET.

>> WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN.

IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO

DE-ESCALATION, WE HAVE TO HAVE A

PLAN BECAUSE A CYBER ATTACK IS

INEVITABLE.

ATTACKED ON AN EMBASSY VIRTUALLY

INEVITABLE.

>> WAR ON THE U.S. IS NOT

LIMITED EITHER.

GOVERNMENT ACTORS HAVE BEEN