throughout at least early tuesday morning. we re keeping our eye on the storm and keep you updated on that. stay safe, everyone. american warriors taking action launching a fresh round of air strikes to protect u.s. navy ships and merchant vessels in the red sea. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i m bill hemmer. they canceled a golf tournament at pebble beach because of the storm. that never happens, right? you have the dramatic video showing the moment u.s. warships unleash a barrage of missiles at iranian-backed houthi targets in yemen getting ready to launch missiles. the white house warning they re not done yet. dana: republican lawmakers are slamming president biden for his slow response saying we need to turn the heat up on iran. here is lindsey graham. hit something they value. soleimani was killed with a single strike. there was nothing left but a smoldering car and ring finger. the tactics works. minor areas,
austin covering a lot of ground in his first press conference since his secret hospital admission, addressing the elephant in the room saying he did not handle his diagnosis and hospitalization correctly, and reiterated the u.s. plans to respond to a deadly attack on u.s. service members in jordan. i m john roberts in new york city, and look who is here today. just like magic. gillian: we managed to shake free of it. great to be with you, john. i m in for sandra smith, she s out on assignment. america reports . general austin s briefing comes as u.s. officials confirm iran manufactured the drone used to kill the three american service members and injure dozens more during sunday s strike. calling the attack on sleeping soldiers egregious and looking for a multi-tiered strike in retaliation. john: tensions ratcheting up near the red sea, united states taking out an anti-aircraft missile in yemen, raising concerns the group could be expanding its target zone. gillian:
bill hemmer, good morning, partner. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we made it to february. bill: we did. dana: a little long month that one of january. defense secretary lloyd austin will hold a news conference later this morning. anticipates building for his first major address since his secretive hospital stay. he is expected to face questions on many issues, not least his health. bill: payback against iran. what form does it come? questions swirling about the size and timing of the u.s. response after the deaths of three american soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others by an iranian proxy group out of iraq. all this with another group expanding their targets from the red sea to the air. dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to set it up for us this morning. you will have a front row seat this morning. we will. dana, this is the first time that the press has had an opportunity to question defense secretary lloyd austin abo
world anywhere converge on capitol hill and be there in person, not zoom. the high stakes hearing centers around our kids. how to prevent them from sexual exploitation online. we should see mark zuckerberg walk into the capitol at some point this hour. the counterparts out of x and tiktok, snapchat, discord will all follow. stay with us on that when it gets underway here. the chaos from the border fueling crime here in new york city. watch this video as it rolls. police say a mob of migrants jumped two officers in times square. they are seen on video punching and kicking the officers to the ground. they arrested five. at least four of them said to be released without bail and they are back in a shelter or somewhere as of this hour. good morning, everybody. a lot to get to on this. good morning, dana. how are you doing? dana: galling. your taxpayers dollars are not only paying for the salaries of the officers who deserve more but the hotel rooms and the shelter for guys who
we start this hour with a shocking incident at our southern border. look right there in that highlighted area. because a human smuggler is dropping a 4-year-old child over that very tall wall to american soil below. pete: this comes nearly two weeks after the expiration of title 42 and highlights the surgent need to stop those cartels and human smugglers. we have been watching, do you see the baby actually fall the 4-year-old. right there they say the child is okay. griff jenkins is live at the white house with the latest for us, griff? good morning, ainsley, pete and steve, these videos are far too common, yesterday the border patrol chief raúl ortiz tweeting that video out. it s hard to watch. it s heart breaking. you see the smuggler dropping the 4-year-old toddler near san diego. near the san ysidro port of entry. he drops. fortunately he was okay. border patrol agents and emsz quickly responded to begin rendering care and first aid to the child who fortunately was