welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer, losing battle against drug cartel and human smugglers and surge of fentanyl killing americans by tens of thousands. dana: house republicans held a hearing yesterday. they asked if the border is secure. about 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. the secretary said we have operational control. based upon the definition you have, no, no sir. bill: reaction from a moment and geraldo rivera is on deck. start doing mission, texas, bill melugin is standing by to begin a new hour. bill, hello. bill: bill, we are learning of a horrible tragedy, an innocent texas grandma and her young daughter were killed after their car was crashed into by a human smuggler. this is 71-year-old maria tambunga and her granddaughter. they are from ozona, in texas. they are both deceased after they were crashed into by a human smuggl
california. dana. dana: race for republican nomination, florida governor ron desantis has yet to enter the fray, but picking up his first congressional endorsement from chip roy. it is time for new leadership, younger and proven leadership to offer eight solid years of transformational change. bret baier, there is something about being first, what is the strategy here? bret: good morning, this is part of what will be rollout of number of lawmakers who come out and say that governor desantis should run. and they are staking claim to be the first. there are a couple of congressmen in pennsylvania who expressed support for governor desantis, congressman barleta and moreno and they supported president trump in the beginning, some of the first to support him. you may see this rollout and it will be part of whatever happens
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if we get more details we will let you know. time for where in the world? israeli intelligence officials say they thwarted a plot to attack a june gathering of dissidents outside paris. they provided germany, france and belgium with critical intelligence about the of attack which led to arrests of a cell headed by in a rainy and diplomat. a bodyguard to the french president facing investigation, allegedly beating a student. a two week suspension without pay. a south korean company claims it discovered a sunken russian warship prompting an investor frenzy, warnings about potential losses. the salvage company claims they were carrying 200 tons of gold in 1905. that is worth $180 billion. staking claim to the gold,