new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
thanks, frank. god bless all of you. bill: $1one a month. there he is. dana: new allegations of plagiarism from harvard as there are calls for action. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: how are you doing? dana: great. bill: frank, thanks, merry christmas. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. harvard has a big problem as new reporting reveals mounting evidence of academic miscon tepidity by claudine gay. she managed to keep her job despite previous claims of pledge orism and calling out jewish genocide saying it depends on context and said it repeatedly. dana: this is why i was looking ahead. yesterday the school received a complaint containing dozens of examples like this that claim gay quoted or paraphrased authors which could force the school to at least open an investigation. bill: something tells me it is not over. molly line is on that this morning. these additional allegations of pledge orism by claudine gay are com
And will have a report on how this major funding fight could be setting the stage for epic battles and the new congress. The America Public does not want to see this, they want to see accountability in washington and we will provide it. After nearly a year of war in his homeland ukrainian president zelenskyy comes to capitol hill to make the case for more help, financial and otherwise from the u. S. Its a matter of time when they will strike against your other allies. Will bring in the sunday panel in ukraine in the weeks biggest stories, plus my conversation with Cardinal Dolan on faith, the holidays and the hope for reconciliation in the polarizing times. Do think we can find a place where there is Mutual Respect and understanding for the other side . Yes shannon, we cant give up. Shannon plus singersongwriter Michael W Smith on his decades in musics new album and the joy of bringing people together on his latest tour. Then across america fullcircle for Fox News Sunday as we sit down
all the time and it doesn t cross your mind that oh, you could be in this situation. early afternoon around probably 2:00 notices started coming through work and through our cell phones and just media outlets the shooter might be in smyrna area. i saw 12 police cars. the school was going crazy. they were going into lockdown. rob of our atlanta affiliate mass the breaking details on the suspected gunman in custody. good evening, rob. hey, good evening. such a chaotic and terrifying area in the atlanta area after the accused fled from the scene leading to and eight hour manhunt. the 24-year-old dio fl patterson was caught in cobb county up i-75. from the air we saw police take him into custody and to apd headquarters is investigators say around noon he walked into this medical office with a handgun and began shooting. cops say he killed 39-year-old amy st. pierre and hurt others ranging in age from 25-71, the mayor praising law enforcement for catching the guy. right
in an influence peddling scheme. it s a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. who is the whistleblower making this claim? is that person credible? and what are authorities doing about it? the white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. senior national correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. good evening, rich. rich: good evening, bret. house oversight committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged criminal activity involving then vice president joe biden. comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. he and senator chuck grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. they sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote: a highly credible whistleblower maintains the justice department and fbi likely have a form that, quote: describes an