and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
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