Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is a busy afternoon on the story. We are about to hear from President Trump at the border. Were also waiting for an update on President Bidens travel to brownsville, texas. So weve got a lot of activity, a lot of things popping. These two individuals obviously very serious about this issue with regard to the campaign. They both want to win the 2024 president ial election. Former President Donald Trump would like to be president again. President joe biden wants to keep his job. Theyll have to find their way through this issue in order to do it. Its a big issue on voters minds in this country. Its a crisis as we heard from the former Homeland Security secretary this morning on Fox And Friends. Obviously all of this has a huge impact on cities across the country and small towns as well as migrants have flooded in to all of these areas. For example, athens. Athens, georgia. The tragic death of laken riley at the alleged hands of this man who was he
possible news over the weekend. he will take that very seriously and he will make the right decision. dana: what will be the action to match the talk? the biden administration under pressure to hit back hard after three u.s. troops were killed yesterday by an iranian-backed drone strike in jordan. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: hope you had a good weekend. productive and dana: percy and i played a lot of ball in the house. it was raining yesterday. you have to play ball in an apartment. be careful. bill: a busy afternoon. we ll explain why now. the broader conflict in the middle east turning deadly for the u.s. 30 troops injured and tower 22 was the base near the intersection of iraq, jordan and syria. those three deaths, the first u.s. service members killed in at least 160 attacks on our forces since the israeli/hamas war began in october. president biden said we shall respond. dana: the latest from the pentagon and former
groups as shoplifters have become more violent and employees more terrified. grocery stores may soon lock up their items. we began with a white house insisting that it s being transparent over the investigation into classified documents found in president biden s personal space. white house correspondent kevin corke is live for us in the nation s capital with more on this. good evening. critics argue that the white house s definition of the word transparent is decidedly different than, say, merriam-webster s definition which says it means among other things free from pretense or deceit, to be frank or obvious, readily understood or characterized by visibility or accessibility of information. all right, that all sounds simple. critics say none of that is how they would describe the process that saw the white house make a major discovery back on the 2nd of november and then not divulge it to the public until mid-january. so much for transparency. case in point: the infamous g
Did zelensky take away from this da . ~. ,. , this day . We are learning more details tonight this day . We are learning more details tonight of this day . We are learning more details tonight of what this day . We are learning more details tonight of what the details tonight of what the Security Assistance programme now includes and i want to run you through some of the weaponry. It amounts to some 325 Million Us Dollars in weaponry, specifically when it comes to air defence, something we know that president zelensky had been calling for. Format ammunition as well, and to be fired from both powerful himars rocket systems. More abrams tanks as well, abrams tanks which will be on the ground in ukraine. We now understand from next week. Specifically though it did not include those longer range missiles, remember president zelensky have been calling for those, particularly in regards to efforts to retake any land in crimea. This was also an opportunity for president zelensky to meet and b
Sumi, we are learning new details tonight of what that Security Assistance programme now includes. I want to bring you details about that Security Assistance programme which President Biden committed to in terms of the weaponry he has committed to. More air defence is something he was asking for, and those rocket launchers. What was not mentioned was the long range missiles that president zelensky has been calling for but we know the abrams tanks will be on the ground in ukraine from next week. Now, this was also an opportunity for president zelensky to meet and be introduced for the first time to penny pritzker, the us special representative, but i think its the mood on the ground here is one that feels apart from economic recovery right now. Lets take a look at what both president s had to say about that bilateral meeting. Our countries are really truly allies and strategic friends and we greatly appreciate the vital assistance provided by the united states. Together with our partner