it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, just moments ago, the social media grilling on capitol hill wrapped up. powerful ceos facing intense questioning from senators with the power to regulate their site s child safety. the stunning numbers on the threat to children and the heated exchanges with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus, we re watching for an interest rate decision from the fed that s expected at any moment. the real world implications for every day americans. also, a gruesome scene, a man is under arrest accused of posting a video online after beheading his father. why did he do it? and new details on the potential plan to retaliate for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. how the high-stakes response could last for weeks. we ve got a lot to get to, but we start with the breaking news in the middle east. monica alba is covering the white house. we just learned about new strikes in the houthi
coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 9:00 a.m. pacific. house republicans taking the first step to remove homeland security alejandro mayorkas over his handle of the border crisis. overseas, new details on a potential hostage deal that could pause the fighting in gaza. plus, what we are learning about the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in jordan. back here in the u.s., something like a sci-fi movie. his company has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain, and we will tell you the reasons why. we begin with the battle over the border, as the house makes a historic move against the cabinet official overseeing border security. right now the house homeland security committee is debating articles of impeachment over secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is the first time it has happened to a cabinet secretary in nearly 100 years. the articles accuse mayorkas of a willful unfollowing of the law. refusal to follow the law and a br
region and drag the united states even deeper. the issue is what to do now that three american soldiers are dead. the president says he holds iran responsible and has made a decision on how to respond. is it the right decision? what can he do to balance risk? secretary of state blinken says no one wants escalation. is that true of iran whose leaders call for death to america? in the atlantic, american policy toward iran has failed because it has always taken a segmented approach to the iran problem, defining it as a hostage problem or freedom of the seas problem or a nuclear problem or an iraq problem. but rarely as what it is. an islamic republic of iran problem. joining us now, nbc news pentagon correspondent and traveling with the president in miami is mike memoli. all right, so courtney, the president says he s made a decision. what do we know about what the pentagon proposed for him? we know that it was a wide range of options here. there have been several times in the
and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
who is claiming responsibility, and who is denying any involvement. plus, the border battle. the president taking his toughest stance yet on immigration as the gop-led house pushes ahead with the push to oust his homeland security secretary. also ahead, writer e. jean carroll speaking out publicly about her $83 million victory over donald trump, the message she believes the jury sent to the former president. is the conviction of a notorious double killer about to be thrown out? what we know about the potential retrail in the case of disgraced lawyer alec murdaugh. thanks for being here on a monday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. president biden is vowing to retaliate after three u.s. troops were killed in a deadly drone attack at a base in jordan. it happened near the border of syria and iraq in a base known as tower 22. two u.s. officials tell us a drone packed with explosives made impact near a shelter where some troops were sleeping.