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
at thisim too. steve: todd, we just whoa, large explosion two miles behind me. black smoke coming up. any idea what that was? probably a missile. we ve heard reports that russia says they are using precision-guided missiles. we ve heard a large number of strikes in the pre-dawn hours for the last hour or so. it s been quieter. can you come out here and show that smoke. we ll try to show the gray smoke coming up, just bear with us, this is live tv and we re trying to move a camera. thanks, dallas. you can see in the distance black smoke coming up. we don t know what was hit, it is assumed these are russian missiles targeting command and control centers in ukraine and air defenses in ukraine. todd: steve harrigan joins us one year later from that same location in kyiv. steve. steve: todd, one year ago the general thinking was russia would come in and take this capital within three days, russia thought that and u.s. intelligence, as well. instead what we saw was zelensky
breaking news on the midterm elections, now just 16 days away. a stunning revelation in the latest nbc news polling. about 80% of democrats at republicans believe the political opposition poses a threat that if not stopped will destroy america as we know it. we re going to get news of that received existential threat in a moment. also new from the polls, abortion remains a top issue for voters with 50% saying they are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports the overturning of roe v. wade. as for the number one issue voters see as the most important challenge facing this country threats to democracy that inches out of jobs and the economy. the sentiment supported by voters in nevada where early voting is now underway, that tight senate race there between catherine cortez masto and out i m laxalt. we know that without democracy, we won t have the ability to work where we want to work, to live where we want to live, to buy the things we need to buy. as important as th
San diego and the first in 34 years for the city of l.a. the iconic hollywood sign is surrounded by sleet. portland residents abandoning cars after being stuck for hours. ashley: in milwaukee, heavy snow caused garage to collapse and the ice storm leaves hundreds of understand thises without power. michigan residents getting hit with 723,000 powerless on this freezing morning. i ve never been more grateful to be in new york with none of this. adam: that is quite the intro. lining up on each coast, on the east coast, tailend of this system, you see what is happening in the west and that will last over the next couple days. that system we were tracking coming to an end, a little snowfalling in new york,
Walker are squaring off in the senate contest. more than 723,000 votes have already been cast their, both by mail and in person. almost half of the voters are aged 65 and over. 31% are aged 51 to 64. voters around the country worry about the economy and the threat over session. why do we have the minimum wage today? republicans don t want to raise it. $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage. why decades leave school deeply and at? right. we need an aggressive government which says, we are on your side, not on the side of the billionaires. do you think a recession is coming? hard to say. i think if we do the right things, we can protect the working class. let s begin with the breaking news and bring in nbc senior political editor marc murray. mark wrote today s big story, anger on their minds. welcome to you. what strikes you as the bigger