Israel kills Iran’s top security leader, commander, as Tehran targets US allies

We start with news just in this morning with key takeouts in the war with Iran

Israel says it has killed two top Iranian leaders. Israel's defense minister announcing this morning that Israel killed the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran

Ali Larajani, in a strike overnight. The Israeli military also says Golom Reza Soleimani died in an Israeli attack on Monday

They say he led the Revolutionary Guards' All-Volunteer Basij force for years

a group used to crack down on protests, and he played a key role in recent unrest

Meanwhile, a U.S. embassy and American allies are facing new attacks. Witness video appears to show air defense systems intercepting drones

targeting the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. It's not clear if there was any damage or injuries

A witness tells Reuters at least three drones were heading toward the compound

Two were shot down and a third struck inside sending smoke into the air The United Arab Emirates temporarily shut down its airspace early today Its military says it was responding to missile and drone threats from Iran And this is big

President Trump says he is now delaying a planned trip to China as the war continues. He told

reporters Monday he asked to push the trip back by, quote, a month or so. China's foreign minister

says the U.S. clarified the delay is not tied to tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier

Trump said he wanted clarity on whether China would help secure the important shipping route

The president is also facing backlash after claiming a former president told him he wished

he had bombed Iran. I've spoken to a certain president who I like, actually, a past president

former president. He said, I wish I did it. I wish I did. But they didn't do it

I'm doing it. Yeah. I can't tell you that. I don't want to embarrass him. Would be very bad for his career, even though he's got no career

Aids for all four living former presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden deny that claim