we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. and our troops. neil: defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back promising action after three americans were killed. intelligence officialings are blaming the drone strike on iran backed rebels. iran says not so. but mike turner here to say not so fast. he s not the only one saying that iran is at war with us, so we better wake up to the reality that like it or not, we re at war with iran. first, fox team coverage of jennifer griffin at the pentagon where a briefing just wrapped up. jacqui heinrich at the white house of where the pressure is now building up. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s go first to the pentagon. that s where we ll find jennifer griffin with the latest. jennifer? neil, we now know the identities of the three american army reserve soldiers killed in jordan. specialingist kennedy laden sanders of georgia, a soldier with the 718th engineering company, a u.s. army reserve unit. she was 24
bret: good evening, welcome to washington i m bret baier and two big stories featuring big numbers. customs and border protection say within 300,000 people illegal immigrants and countered by border patrol attempting to enter the u.s. illegally across the southern border and just the month of december. we will head to the border to report on the major showdown between texas and the biden administration. but first the other big numbers tonight. we begin in new york, a jury or during former president donald trump to pay more than $83 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by e. jean carroll. a jury found previously sexually assaulted by a trump in the 1990s. the former president vigorously denied the allegations and wondered how he did that is the subject of the defamation case. alexis mcadams outside of the federal courthouse in manhattan with the latest tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. huge numbers in the courtroom in manhattan. e.g. harrell said dona
the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
locations dumped alongside a road the third was stuffed inside a trunk of a car. the police they all three teenagers were likely shot at the same time and in the same spot. and they say the alleged shooters may be part of a gag for the sheriff in marion county is calling for those juvenile suspects to be charged as ad adults. likes the fact the victims are three juveniles and our suspects and murderers are three juveniles, there is nothing good in this scenario. and it breaks my heart it is a 12-year-old involved as well. his life is over. one decision, one decision, his life is done. as he knows it. arthel: s live what more can you tell us? arthel good afternoon. investigators are hoping a cash reward will get people talking they can track down the third of juvenile suspect in this case a 16-year-old. you mention the sheriff says all three suspects were involved in low level gang activity. but he says the killings do not appear to be related to any kind of gang rivalry. i
we re expecting a briefing from california authorities any moment on the latest on the search for a mass shooter in the los angeles suburban of monterey park, california. ten people are dead and at least ten more are in the hospital. i want to get straight to natasha chen who is on the scene. natasha, what more can you tell us? reporter: dana, we are expecting an update really soon here. so we ll step aside if they begin speaking. we are at a roadblock here a couple blocks away from the business where this happened. what police have told us so far is that last night at 10:22 p.m. they were called to shots fired at the star ballroom dance studio on grar arvey street whe there were lunar festivities going on. they say when police went inside they found additional gunshot victims. there were ten people pronounced dead on the scene and at least an additional teen people taken to local hospitalsment right now there is very little information about the suspect who left the scene.