in fact, sonoma county firefighters had to rescue someone trapped in their car that was surrounded by rushing waters. also right now, some supporters of a far right group that calls itself god s army heading to the texas border and calling for a civil war. what they say they ll do when they get there. plus, the eu reaching a critical $54 billion deal to fund ukraine. so, can president biden push congress to do the same? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the looming question of when there might be u.s. military retaliation against iran. nbc s courtney kube is reporting on this from bahrain. courtney, what do we know at this hour? reporter: so we re still waiting to hear about what frankly the administration has really been telegraphing was an expected response or retaliation to those deadly attacks over the weekend, in which three u.s. soldiers were killed and at least 41 others were injured, including one who was seriousl
congress is opening an investigation into the allegations warning the wealthy institution could lose federal funds as the school down plays the importance of gay s academic misconduct. now congress is involved. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. morning. bill: a good year, huh? merry christmas. dana: happy shortest day of the year as well. happy greg gutfeld day. bill: the president, claudine gay, becoming an embarrassment for harvard announcing it found more cases where she copied the work of others without giving procrit. instead of punishment she is being allowed to update her doctoral dissertation and make corrections. the house committee is expanding its investigation into anti-semitism at harvard to produce all the documents related to the allegations of plagiarism. dana: virginia fox writing is standards aren t be applied consistently resulting in different rules for different members of the academic community. if a university is no
is yet to come and on day one of their re-election campaign, vice president kamala harris makes it clear she won t shy away from the campaign spotlight, so why are both her supporters and her critics cheering we re also keeping an eye on the white house where president biden will be holding a joint press conference with the president of south korea we are now hearing from the white house that should roughly start 30 minutes from now. we begin in new york where two trials involving former president trump are unfolding just blocks apart, and in both cases, prosecutors and judges are going to extraordinary lengths to protect the ordinary people working on them their concern that those people could be singled out by trump or his supporters by harassment, intimidation or personal attacks. donald trump just got a warning from the jungdge for going afte the woman suing him on social media. we re not just talking about the civil case in trump s criminal trial, prosecutors filed
before the election. the results are mixed. bill: 261,000 jobs added. it s good but a hot number. we ll explain. we expect 200,000. slightly better than expected. unemployment rising. dana: the bump in unemployment days ahead of an election where 80% of voters say the economy is the most important issue. david spunt is live at the white house. a long day for you as well between now and tuesday. it really is. we re waiting to see what the white house has to say about the 261,000 jobs added to see what they will say just days before the election. after all, this is the final jobs report before the mid-term election, which is telling if you look at it. white house officials and bill don t want to use the word recession or focus too much on the economy, but it is hard to escape the president talked about the economy last night in san diego. listen. president biden: important to remind ourselves of the detail. the fact of the matter is we re 6.4% unemployment when i came t
call inflation reduction act will not only lower cost for consumers but will not raise taxes on the middle class. republicans argue it will not help you alleviate inflation and it will take money out of people s pockets and hurt americans across a number of key sectors. chief congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill and he has the latest for us. good evening, the senate waited all day but the past hour the senate got a text, the bill is 755 pages in length, democrat plans to pass the bill overnight. this is one of the most comprehensive impactful bills congress has seen in decades. it will reduce inflation, lower prescription drug costs, fight climate change, close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit. all gop members of postville, that s right democrats need all 50 of their members to vote yes. vice president harris could be needed to break a tie. republicans call the bill a farce. let s start with the bills title. inflation reduction act, it