courtroom we ll see alvin bragg this hour laying out evidence against migrants charged in the beating of two police officer in new york about a week ago. others throughout the country. breaking overnight a major update on the hunt for his alleged accomplices. we ll show you the picture we got. good morning. tuesday, i m bill hemmer and good morning to you. dana: good morning. great to be here with you again. dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack on police has fueled outrage across the country. investigators believe more than a dozen people were involved. the suspect in court this morning was the only one held on bail. bill: we got word last week some of the accused may have skipped town on a bus to california. we didn t know if it was true until ice confirms it arrested several suspects at a greyhound station, in phoenix, arizona. dana: more criticism of releasing them without bail in the first place. you hold people until you figure out exactly wha
reception from congressional lawmakers both sides of the aisle during explosive hearing today. but, first, china s very bad intentions for the u.s. via hacking. the head of the fbi sounding a serious alarm tonight. correspondent david spunt has details. good evening, david. bret, good evening. fbi director christopher wray chooses his words carefully and his words today sobering. china s hackers are positioning on american infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real world harm to american citizens and communities. wray warned lawmakers during a hearing on cybersecurity and china s aggression. he says chinese hackers outnumber u.s. cyber personnel at least 50 to 1. u.s. intelligence agencies identified hundreds of routers that have been taken over by a china-backed hacking program called volt typhoon. the program injected malware into u.s. sectors like energy communications and water treatment. china s intent? to destroy or degrade the civilian critical
welcome to the lead. how about this for question of the day? fani willis, what are you thinking? exactly parks trisha murphy. murphy is a top opinion writer for the atlanta journal constitution asking that of district attorney fani willis who has yesterday to deny that she has a special relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, the stunning scandal revealed in legal briefs in georgia. donald trump was at the first hearing today since the allegations were revealed. plus inside the iowa caucuses, exactly how does this very american, very bizarre process work and why does iowa opt for this versus the more popular and easy primary process where voters just line up and vote in the polls? leading this hour, what could be a worsening global crisis for president biden, iranian-backed houthi militants warning of retaliation against the u.s. and its allies for strikes against houthis in yemen last night. the white house insists these were self-defense strikes intended to
i m jose diazdiaz-balart. u.s. and other coalitions announced retaliatory strikes in yemen. and we ll talk to mark pocan about what he says the white house must do first before launching anymore strikes. and this weekend will mark 100 days since hamas shocking massacre of at least 1200 israelis. how the families of the hostages are observing that day. and in iowa, blizzard conditions force at least two republican presidential candidates to cancel campaign events. how the weather could impact turnout with just three days until the caucuses. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. along with a coalition of other countries carry out a series of strikes in yemen targeting strike necessary say are being used by iranian-backed houthis. u.s. air force central command said it launched over 100 precision guided munitions across 16 locations used by the houthis. over the past several months, the houthis have launched more than two dozen attacks
adviser to israel with a message about bombs and the people of gaza. plus a jury could decide today how much rudy giuliani s lies about two georgia election workers could cost him. and that is why i think you need a badass woman in charge at the white house. nikki haley s latest pitch as she tries to close the gap with donald trump. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 15. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. here in washington. noon in tel aviv where u.s. national security adviser neighboring sullivan has been meeting with israeli leaders in the midst of a growing rift between the u.s. and israel. sullivan conveying president biden s escalating message about the importance of protecting civilians at the same time the israeli military tries to smash hamas. do you want israel to scale back its assault on gaza by the end of the year, do you want them to tone it down, move to a lower intensity phase? i want them to be f