bill hemmer, good morning, partner. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we made it to february. bill: we did. dana: a little long month that one of january. defense secretary lloyd austin will hold a news conference later this morning. anticipates building for his first major address since his secretive hospital stay. he is expected to face questions on many issues, not least his health. bill: payback against iran. what form does it come? questions swirling about the size and timing of the u.s. response after the deaths of three american soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others by an iranian proxy group out of iraq. all this with another group expanding their targets from the red sea to the air. dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to set it up for us this morning. you will have a front row seat this morning. we will. dana, this is the first time that the press has had an opportunity to question defense secretary lloyd austin abo
and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. trace: pete buttigieg tweeting that the chaos is unacceptable . the department of transportation is investigating. mike tobin is live from chicago midway international airport with more on this. mike, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. southwest executives are promising an end to this ugly chapter in aviation and a return to normal tomorrow with minimal disruptions. almost 2,500 cancellations today across the board of american aviation. but 2,300 plus of those belong to southwest airlines. they still feel the impact of the meltdown from this winter storm. jump ahead to tomorrow. that number drops to 39 projected cancellations again as the executives are promising a return to normal operations. southwest customers have had enough. i need my medicine, my charger. everything, my perfume, all my personal stuff is in the suitcase. some presents for christmas. so my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas
we re also tracking the final day of president biden s trip to asia, including the key moments from his meeting with india s prime minister after urging him to do more to help ukraine. p ukraine. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. polls open in just a few hours, for one of the most consequential primaries in the midterms, georgia. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot but the ones everyone will be watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. and the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. georgia s got everything. disputed elections. rapid demographic change. celebrity democrats. a restrictive new voting law. and open criminal investigation into donald trump s meddling into the 2020 election. a deep urban divide. and it is a fun one. former senator david perdue whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats contr
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The powerful storms hitting california now sweeping north. In sport. Lincoln city will find out this evening who they will face in the quarterfinals of the fa cup. They are the first non league side to reach the last eight of the fa cup for over a century after knocking out Premier League Side only. Burnley. How much physical contact should a teacher have with a pupil . Well hear why psychologists believe that staff who refuse to touch pupils during everyday Classroom Activities could be harming their development. And darren has the weather. Good morning. As well as a giant snowdrop, we have springlike temperatures in the next few days but it comes with a lot of cloud. The best of the sunshine is in the east. More details little bit later. Thank you, darren. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of Prison Officers in london and South East England are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and Five Thousand pounds. Ministers have made the decision to try to boost re