president in a direct challenge to former president donald trump and made no bones about that. back together in new york city. i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: so glad you re here, my friend. bill: miss or not really? dana: 12 on the miss. you were missed, yeah. bill: i ll take that. dana: you should take that. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be back together. more on the wildfires in a little bit. i remember last week my parents saying they couldn t see the mountains from denver because of these wildfires. the east coast dealing with it as well. christie launched his campaign yesterday and attacked the president straight out of the gate. he said president trump made americans smaller by pitting them against one another. if you look back at our history, when we have had great leaders, at every pivotal moment in our history there was a choice between small and big. and america became the most different, the most successful, the most
i m john roberts. the risky business of human smuggling is reaching far beyond towns along the border. numerous interceptions of smugglers with migrants shoveled into vehicles to get into america. it doesn t always end in a bust or in the migrants getting through. dramatic scene in houston. f.b.i. agents rescue migrants kidnapped for ransom. two hostages were safely rescued by the f.b.i. and no agents were injured. dana: we re live in mission, texas with more on that kidnapping horror. hi. hi. that was a tense situation there in houston. you could see that those migrants were kidnapped after they crossed into the united states illegally according to authorities and held inside that motel in houston, beaten badly and held for ransom and told if they didn t pay they wouldn t get out. the f.b.i. went in in houston, texas, a tense stand-off situation that went on for a few hours. they rescued them coming three days after investigators say the migrants were kidnapped while d
you have exceedingly bright futures and excited about them. the mike rowe works.org if you are interested, check it out. these three young people have a different career path than they thought initially but an exciting one but glad you came on the show with us today. thank you so much. no problem. dana: best of luck. talk about the front lines in the war on ukraine. they re under water. major dam and power station destroyed unleashing a flood forcing mass evacuations on thousands of homes is forcing zelensky s troops to restrategize. how grave are the consequences there today? good morning. the united states is still investigating whether it was ukraine or russia that blew up the dam early yesterday morning. the consequences are significant. there is no publicly available information right now to indicate exactly what happened. but ukrainian officials are blaming the russians and russian officials are blaming the
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