america s foreign policy in the hands of president biden is proving to be deadly. iran s paid for and trained terrorists are hitting our military men and women at will. look at the map. is biden even up to the job of protecting americans in the middle east and even at home? we ll get into that later in the hour. three of our u.s. service members were killed over the weekend. 34 were injured. u.s. officials identifying the terrorists. they are iran-backed, of course, all eyes on our commander-in-chief and his administration. do they know what to do? why was nothing done before it came to this point? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. just a few minutes ago, we saw for the first time since he was in the hospital, the nation s defense secretary lloyd austin at the pentagon. first day back in the office after two weeks in the hospital and recovering. he said he was able to work from home. and his first public appearance since the fatal attack on our troops.
and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. president biden s covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but what s after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per person but $300. even with his support, there s getting over republican filibuster in future. takes every democrat and ten republicans to stop it. has a number of democrats calling to end of the filibuster. more you learn about them, easier it is to see why. they re not nearly as hard as they once were, if you re thinking of mr. smith goes to washington, jimmy stewart talking continuously, that s old-fashioned. today you just email the floor leader, no stamina required. emerged after the senat
they named a new leader. the ideology is not going away just because abu bakr al-baghdadi is gone. absolutely right. i was in iraq two weeks ago. we went to what used to be the front line with isis, they don t have basis, the commanders there tell me they can see isis fight is recruiting people, trying to take towns and engaging in training so it is still a threat. the new leaders was announced today on the isis media website. sometimes a new leader can invigorate organization. donald trump deserves credit for taking out abu bakr al-baghdadi, no one caused more heartbreak and pain than abu bakr al-baghdadi. he deserve to go out the way he did and our special operators deserve credit. donald trump did make a mistake by pulling troops out of syria making it harder to do the operation, thank god the operation to get abu bakr al-baghdadi was successful but
vigilant in the region who threaten the united states and our partners and our allies. i would like to express my sincere appreciation for the professionalism of the men and women who made this operation a success. this was a true inter-agency effort so i commend our partners across the u.s. government. the individuals who plan and conduct this mission are quiet professionals focused above the mission above glory and recognition. committed people did hard and risky work and did it well. i have a few minutes to answer questions. john, over to you. general mckenzie, with the death of baghdadi, can you just give a sense of what the u.s. counter isis fight is going to look like? are you seeing leaders start to emerge and just as related, the troops are now moving into darasore and how are they going to supplement that counter isis mission and explain about how they re going to be protecting the oil. sure.