themselves. bill: bill ackman is going after the head of m.i.t. i wish we had more time today. see you in iowa very soon. thank you, governor. bundle up, it s cold out here. bill: thanks for the warning. dana: breaking news out of iran. back-to-back explosions at a cemetery. soleimani was killed in a drone strike in 2020. no word on who is behind it. no one has claimed responsibility. we ll bring you any updates as we get them. -out going harvard university president claudine gay may no longer have a top job but still on the payroll and raking in the big bucks. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. first hour. we called this reentry day. but your reentry was yesterday. my reentry is today. dana: like walking on a high wire without a net. you know what you are doing. bill: once the first hour is done we re back. good morning, everybody i m bill hemmer. controversy has been clogging claudine gay for weeks
news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
injured in their kibbutz during the october 7th terror attack. good was declared dead last week. their bodies are still being held by hamas in gaza. they are among the eight americans held hostage by the terror group. our condolences to their family. [shooting] idf releasing new video of troop activity in the gaza strip as it works to eliminate hamas. israel s military chief saying the war will grind on for months. i m mike emanuel molly: happening overnight israeli forces conducting a raid in the west bank leading to the arrest of 21 suspects who the idf says helped finance hamas through digital currency and cash. those arrested worked as foreign exchange brokers with at least tens of millions in israeli currency being confiscated. trey yengst in live in tel aviv, israel with the latest on this. to you. good morning. i do want to start with the latest out of the west bank. israeli forces launched new raids against militants and infrastructure. the raids targeted 10 sep
shatters more members top members of the biden administration are en route to mexico for high state talks. i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. this is america s newsroom. mike, wonderful to be with you. hope you had a wonderful christmas and we re looking forward to a new year. mike: i hope santa was good to you are kids and you. molly: santa pulled it off once again. a record christmas at the border. more than 35,000 migrants crossed illegally into our country over the four-day holiday weekend and now a new caravan is heading our way but in just a few hours, secretaries blinkern and mayorkas will meet with mexico s president. i have 0 confidence in anything blinken does. everything he negotiates is actually not in the best interests of the united states. the first thing he has to do is say we ll shut down the border. anybody that comes into the united states send them back to your country. good luck with 700,000 immigrants
senate, only five seats to win control of the house. i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. this morning the results of our final nbc news poll before the mid terms, and what it says about the gop s chances of taking complete power back on capitol hill. plus, democracy at risk. you can t love your country only when you win. president biden issues a dire warning about election deniers and the risk for our electoral system. will the warnings from democrats resonate with economically challenged swing voters in the final push before election day? and very soon i will very, very very probably do it again, okay? will former president trump announce his 2024 bid before we finish counting the 2022 vote, my guest, rick scott, the chair of the gop s arm, and shawn maloney, at the chair of the democratic are you ready to meet the press ? 75 years, from deck at a timers to civil rights leaders, we mark 75 years as the gination where newsmakers come