forces. more details on how many men putin has sent to the front lines. plus, the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election heating up as the special counsel focuses in on trump s legal team. and a terrifying video of a visible crack in the support beam of a popular roller coaster. the man who shot this video, the video that eventually forced the park to shut the ride down is my guess. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. putin is now said to have moved more than 180,000 men to the front line, including 50,000 near bakhmut and the buildup comes as ukraine claims it is slowly making progress in the east, taking back more than 14,000 miles in the past week. we re getting video of a massive fire ball seen rising over the city of sumi. russia hit a number of residential buildings and a security service building. these attacks underscore why zelenskyy is pressing for ukraine to be able to join nato. erin asked zelenskyy
forces in yemen. search and rescue efforts are underway for two navy seals lost at sea during that mission. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. last dance here in des moines, right? we re the last show out of here. i m bill hemmer. navy commanders boarding a smuggling ship in the sea finding cruise missiles. the same type used by the houthis to launch a series of attacks on ships in the red sea that disresults global trade. wall street journal reports shell is now the latest company to say we aren t going to go that way. we ll stop shipments through the red sea fearing a further escalation of attacks by the houthi rebels. dana: complex raid seizing the weapons took place last thursday while austin was still in the hospital and now released and working from home for a while. griff jenkins is live at the pentagon with an update on all this for us. good morning, griff. good morning, dana. the secretary will have a very busy
plea deal and will serve no time in prison. despite owing millions in taxes. among other potential crimes according to the irs officials. last night a big celebration to rub it in faces. joe, hunter and attorney general merrick garland all celebrated together! at a state dinner at the white house. according to garland we are not allowed question his conduct. any criticism of the department of justice is attack on democracy. watch this. some have chosen to attack the yesterday department as components and employees by claiming weep don t treat like cases alike. this institutes an attack on an institution essential to american democracy. and essential to the safety of american people. nothing could be further from the truth. you heard me say many times that we make our cases based on facts and the law. those are not just words they are when we live by the way we enabling decisions. would you feel hunter biden s lawyers are very angry accusing the irs whistle blower illegal ac
people of iowa. the threw everything at the kitchen sink at us. inspite of all that they threw at us, everyone against us. we have our ticket punched out of iowa. when you look at how we re doing in new hampshire, in south carolina, i can safely say tonight i will make this republican primary a two-person race. bill: how about donald trump taking iowa by storm? and by sleet, hail, rain, wind, not really rain. but definitely arctic chill. historic landslide the caucuses. the race moves on to new hampshire a week from today. could be a whole new ballgame. if you were with us late last night we say good morning. back in des moines. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. we re the last men stand. the former president clearing 50% and the majority of the vote and running up the score with nearly every key voting group in communities across the hawkeye state. ron desantis edging out nikki haley for second place. giving his campaign a shot of adrenaline before they go to so
risen. it s the first of three today and part of a push to keep lawmakers up to date on technology with terrifying potential. bill: a major concern with the ability to manipulate and could be used to sway elections or start a war. it is advancing at break neck speed and pressure on lawmakers to get something done. there are places the risk of ai is so extreme we ought to impose restrictions or ban their use. one of my areas of greater concerns. the ability of models to persuade and provide one-on-one interactive disinformation. one of the most significant technological innovations in human history. what kind of innovation is it going to be sew like the printing press that diffused knowledge or will it be more like the atom bomb? huge technological breakthrough but the consequences are severe. dana: criminals are using ai to their advantage. a few months ago we brought you this story. scammers cloned the voice of this 15-year-old girl and used it to place a ransom call