kai kaitlan, the white house does not tell the press corps when the president is tested. . they tell us when but not how often. so we will get updates when he goes on a foreign trip, as he did left week to the middle east with us. they told us he tested negative departing for that. when we tried to pin them down on how often, is it every day, every other day, they have left gray area. it s a question for this week. look, he took a test on tuesday. it was negative. he did not take a test it appears yesterday before he went to this event in somerset, massachusetts. and today was the one that was positive and why the press secretary got that note. a few things stood out which is where they said we knew this was go egg to were that. they have been bracing for this. there have been actual close contacts and close situations, close calls where he was at an event where the irish srb was. secretary of state blinken tested positive. and now they say they don t know where they got it
concerns about the 81-year-old president revealing the clear signs of his cognitive decline becoming more obvious during private meetings. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. the white house quickly firing back at this report in the wall street journal calling the claims false and politically motivated. that long story, however, it is long, it includes interviews with dozens of high ranking officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who all agree behind closed doors biden shows signs of slipping. dana: former secretary of state mike pompeo will join us in a moment. first white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president. good to have you have on from paris. good to be here. and despite that wall street journal item that they say sources information from 45 different people detailing what these folks are saying is basically questions about president biden s acuity, here in pa
right now on ana cabrera reports breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, a gunman attacking the u.s. embassy at lebanon overnight, injuring a security guard. what we know at this hour as israel says it s prepared for, quote, strong action. plus, day three of hunter biden s federal gun trial, witness testimony resuming this morning as we learn of new drama outside the com. also ahead, political retribution? what donald trump is saying now about potential payback against his opponents including prison. and later, the new space race, boeing preparing to launch its star liner into orbit this hour. can boeing prove third time s the charm. good morning, it s great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, an attacker opening fire at the embassy in beirut early this morning injuring one lebanese guard. the gunman has been captured and is being treated for injuries. now,
where is it going inspect it s headed to mars. this is one of the latest and the most ambitious missions by mars. it will be looking for life on the red planet. john zarrella will be joining me here in just a moment. we re only a minute away here, john. i want our viewers to be able to hear mission control here in a second. we re just a minute away and, actually, i m going to go ahead. john, you stand by for me. when this takes off, we ll be talking about this ambitious mission. over the top of this atlas rocket, it will travel some 350 million plus miles, over eight months to get to the red planet. we were just about 40 seconds away. i m going to go ahead and be quiet and i ll let mission control take over as we watch nasa history about to take place on this mission to mars. step three. t minus 30 seconds and counting. 28. for launch. status check. go atlas. go santar. t-minus 15 seconds. t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, five, four, three, two, one, main engine start. ze