for targeting american troops. is tehran getting the message? is the message from us strong enough as we say good morning. a big two hours coming your way. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: can you hear me now, iran? i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a big show for you today. united states bombing a weapons warehouse in eastern syria last night. the second time the u.s. struck iranian proxies in the past two weeks. here is what john kirby said just this morning. we are sending a strong signal to the revolutionary guard corps and tehran. we ll do what we have to do to protect our troops and forces. bill: the strike was in response to a flurry of attacks on u.s. bases over the past 2 1/2 weeks. the bombings have injured more than 40 americans stationed overseas. sources say it is dumb luck that no one has been killed yet. dana: those attacks started after the bombing of a gaza hospital october 17th. israel denied responsibility for that deadly b
do their dangerous and difficult jobs. dana: homeland security secretary mayokas facing tough questions in a senate hearing underway defending president biden s border policy after illegal policies have hit record highs. they want an additional $14 billion to support operations along the border including temporary detention and processing centers and money for cities to expedite work permits for non-citizens. senate republicans are calling for solutions including resuming construction of the border wall and asylum reform. a full report coming up for you later this hour. also on capitol hill the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on free speech on america s college and university campuses along with the rise of anti-semitism and violence against students supporting israel. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. nice to be with you. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. today s house hearing happens as reports
she should be locked up. tell you right now. she should be locked up. she should. that s right, lock them up. you should lock them up. lock up the bidens. lock up hillary. hillary clinton, i didn t say lock her up, but the people don t say lock her up, okay. donald trump s getting a bit desperate ahead of his sentencing making the ludicrous claim that he never said hillary clinton should be locked up. it s on tape, donald. plus, michael cohen s reaction to trump s guilty verdict and the potential of prison time. and the far right continues to embrace authoritarianism with politicians and commentators flocking to el salvador to attend the inauguration of the man who calls himself the world s coolest dictator. it s a big warning sign for the type of government they want to run if trump becomes president again. but we begin tonight with the real meaning of law and order. as the reality has set in that their soon to be official nominee is a convicted felon, republican
donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did settle in october 20 16th 2016. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of the former president of the united states. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. ecker was right there in the beginning of the plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels secret. just started crying. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. michael cohen was formally called to the witness stand to testify against his former boss. both sides made their final pleas to the jury. verdict has been reached in former president trump s new york criminal trial. found guilty on all 34 felony counts. we did our job. the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. good evening. once again, i
defendant trump himself, by the way, after weeks of revealing witness testimony, after weeks of intense cross-examination, after our legal system has been tried and tested in ways it has never before, we re now reaching the end of this trial. closing arguments in donald trump s criminal trial start after that judge juan merchan will deliver his instructions ti the jury. then those seven men and five women bill deliberate and give the result to former president. we don t know what the outcome will be. i know it sounds surreal, but it s all happening starting tomorrow morning. and if one person appears to be feeling the heat right now is clearly trump himself who surprise surprise, everyone, lashed out at the judge, the jury and over the weekend trump is pretty clearly testing the bounds of his gag order here because he knows at this point hours away from closing arguments the judge is probably past the point of wanting to derail they trial. as this case enters its final phase