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
[cheering]. greg: yes! [cheers and applause]. greg: happy tuesday, everybody! it s good to be back. last night after all of the campaigning and spending, ron, nikki and desantis were on the receiving end of another trump thumping. finishing second, third and fourth just like women at a women s swim meet because the dude always wins. remember in 2015, what a photo. that s like timberlake with the rest of in sync. trump bumped each off like the last act of good fellows. there should be yellow crime tape around their podiums. good thing chris christie was already gone. you know how much chalk it takes to outline that body. [laughing]. greg: you should not laugh at that. he is struggling. last night it was not a caucus. it was a carcus. kamala harris predicted it. president trump insighted an ere erection. greg: and last night he did. what does last night s result mean for november. let s face it. there are only 4 people in america who know what a caucus is ask an
you re happy tuesday, everybody. it s good to be back.gning so last night, after all then campaigning and spendingspendi,, nikki and vin baker on the receiving end of yet another trump thumping, the three finishing second, third and fourth, just like women at a women s swim meet. sd because the dude wins.a they join a long list of trump thumpers. remember the big stage back in. 2015? what a photo. that s like justin timberlakeho with theto rest nsync.e in the end, trump bumped each of them off like it was the last act in goodfellas. thosp bumpe debates, they were e scenes. they were. there should be yellow. crime tape around each of their podiums. good thing kristy was gone. before iowa. you know how much chalk it takes to outlineyou kn body. you shouldn t laugh at that. i struggling. so last night it wasn t really a caucus. it was a caucus. i guess pramilca.a, it right. let s talk about the fact that president trump incited an and last night he did so what is last nigh
princess patient, the surgery that will keep cape middleton hospitalized for up to two weeks, and the other major royal who is also headed for treatment. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with new york where e. jean carroll is getting back on the stand at this hour. nbc s rehema ellis has more. e. jean carroll has returned to the witness stand and before the lunch break as the judge sent the jury out for their lunch, there was a back and forth between donald trump and the judge. and it all refers to the fact that e. jean carroll s defense attorneys have been objecting to the fact, saying donald trump has been making gestures, shaking his head and making suggestions that e jean carol is not telling the truth. at one point he slammed his hand down on the table. her attorneys say they heard him saying, it s a con job, it s a witch hunt. so the judge said to donald trump and his defense team, mr. trump has the right to be present here. t
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