from sexual predators on social media. big tech titans set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. lawmakers will hold their feet to the fire about the lurking dangers and filth allegedly on their platforms that target some of the most vulnerable victims. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: hot first hour. more coming now right now. i m bill hemmer, good morning. a who s who of silicon valley. some of the biggest ceos face questions how they are safeguarding your kids that are threats only a click away. it could get contentious. grieving families who lost loved ones say words are no longer enough. i don t know how long we have to keep bringing the same message to the same people. these platforms are responsible for the unsafe product that they have in everyone s hands. and i want action. i want action on the part of the social media empire to use their billions to protect kids. bill: ceos are at the table live from the hill. g
american troops? the strikes that we have taken in the past have definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks and now it s had lethal consequences for american troops and so we will weigh an additional set of options before us, the president will make his decision to respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. does the president have all the legal authority he believes he needs to respond to these attacks? yes. what is the legal basis? constitution, commander in chief, self-defense of our troops. president has the authority to take the action he needs to protect our troops and our facilities overseas under article 2. thanks. the president faces a great deal of political pressure here at home with the republicans, for example, calling for direct strikes on iran. does the president feel that pressure and how much does that pressure weigh on his decision-ma
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
shoppers running for cover, hiding in stores as officers race to the scene. one person killed, another wounded. what we re learning tonight. a family s nightmare. a 6-year-old traveling alone to be with his grandmother for the holiday put on the wrong spirit airlines plane, arriving in the wrong city. the tense moments for his family and what the airline is now saying. this in the middle of a record-breaking holiday travel season with millions of hitting the roads and taking to the skies. we re following a cross-country storm making its way in the south. millions on alert for potential flooding and the blizzard warning in the northern plains. christmas celebrations canceled in the traditional birthplace of jesus where the fighting in gaza hangs over what is usually a time of joy as relentless in the israel-hamas war takes a toll on the civilians and both sides of the fighting and the grim death toll. prime minister benjamin netanyahu under pressure inside israel, rick c
who we are as a country. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lauren, good evening. caitlin is the reporter for the 80s on this particular story, which goes in and out of fashion for the right sometimes. it s the biggest story, and then sometimes, we forget for months. what your story tonight told us was that you might forget about this. this might not be the biggest thing on your agenda. you might be thinking about israel or ukraine or inflation or whatever it is. these people don t have places to sleep tonight. it s cold outside in your city. in new york city, around the roosevelt hotel down the street from where we work. we need to see them again. we have effectively it is a dehumanization of sorts. there are things that we talk about. they are pawns, as you describe. you re store humanize it and remind people, whatever you are doing, whatever your real passions are, whatever is important to you, there are many d