capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
motorcade arrived at the new york attorney general s office for a deposition. we are getting new details about the fbi search. the former president s lawyer said trump s legal team was in talks with the justice department about records stored at mar-a-lago in the spring. she added the search warrant indicated an investigation io the handling of classified material. they said that they were looking for classied documents. evidence of a crime of classified documents goes. two sources familiar say fbi agents arrived monday morning at 9:00 a.m.nd left around 30 p.m. the sect service was given a heads up. trump called the search unnecessary as well as politically motivated but didn t provide any evidence. joining us is justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. ken, whacan we expect from the former president s deposition today? that s actually a bit of an interesting mystery because there is this is a civil investigation into donald trump s business practices and
for targeting american troops. is tehran getting the message? is the message from us strong enough as we say good morning. a big two hours coming your way. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: can you hear me now, iran? i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a big show for you today. united states bombing a weapons warehouse in eastern syria last night. the second time the u.s. struck iranian proxies in the past two weeks. here is what john kirby said just this morning. we are sending a strong signal to the revolutionary guard corps and tehran. we ll do what we have to do to protect our troops and forces. bill: the strike was in response to a flurry of attacks on u.s. bases over the past 2 1/2 weeks. the bombings have injured more than 40 americans stationed overseas. sources say it is dumb luck that no one has been killed yet. dana: those attacks started after the bombing of a gaza hospital october 17th. israel denied responsibility for that deadly b