News Wrap: 3 U.S. troops killed in drone attack on military base in Jordan

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• John Yang:

  Good evening, I'm John Yang. Three Americans service members have been killed in nearly three dozen others wounded in a drone attack in Jordan that U.S. officials blame on an Iran backed militia. It's the first time hostile fire has taken the lives of U.S. personnel in the Middle East since Israel's war with Hamas began and represents a significant escalation in the already tense region.

  Official said it happened overnight at a U.S. outpost in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. The official said the location has been attacked in the past, it's populated mostly by members of the Army Special Forces.

  In a statement President Biden said it was the work of Iran backed militants working in Syria and Iraq. And he also said the United States will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing.

  U.S. led negotiations in Paris are discussing the possibility of an agreement for Israel to pause fighting in Gaza for about two months in exchange for the release of the more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas.

  But U.S. officials caution it's not clear if Hamas will go along. In the negotiations CIA director William Burns is meeting with officials from Israel, Qatar and Egypt.

  House Republicans released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas today. They allege that he willfully and systemically refused to follow immigration law and knowingly made false statements to Congress in breach of the public trust.

  Democrats said the effort to oust Mayorkas is an election year political stunt. The House Homeland Security Committee is to vote on the impeachment articles on Tuesday.

  Three West African nations ruled by military juntas say they're quitting the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS. The leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger all say it's in response to ECOWAS sanctions put in place after they took power in coups as well what they say is outsized foreign influence. The nearly half century old ECOWAS partnership has struggled lately in its effort to restore democratic rule across the region.

  And in Paris, environmental protesters calling for sustainable food system targeted the Mona Lisa today. Two activist threw soup at the protective glass surrounding Da Vinci's masterpiece. Museum officials quickly blocked the scene from the view of onlookers. The painting was not damaged. On its website, a group called Food Counter Attack claimed responsibility and called for monthly payments to give French citizens better access to healthy food and to help maintain farmers incomes.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend. A look at one physician's family legacy and the threat of systemic racism running through American health care and saving and iconic American landscape in Montana, The Prairie.