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they say texas kept the feds from helping a woman and two children who died crossing the rio grande. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with donald trump getting a warm embrace from frigid iowa. nbcs garrett haake is just north of des moines. garrett, what is the former president saying in his closing pitch? >> reporter: good afternoon, from what will surely be a donald trump jr. event here today in ankeny as the trump team tries to lock in th...

the country because tomorrow is being billed as bidens first campaign rally since announcing his reelection bid and what better place to do it then back in philadelphia. the side of the unifier dark divisive speech where he warned republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. let me ask you. what could be more threatening to the republic than trying to deny your chief political opponent an opportunity to campaign just like you? >> the 45th presi...

thats news to the rest of the country because tomorrow is being billed as bidens first big campaign rally since formally announcing his reelection bid. and what better place to do it then? back in philadelphia, the site of the unifier in chiefs dark divisive speech where he warned that republicans represent an extreme schism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. let me ask you, what could be more threatening to the republic than to deny your chief political opponent the o...

major speech in this election year. we are waiting for that podium, and we are expected for president biden to be talking to the next quarter of an hour but as you know that the timing of these things can be quite fluid. we will be discussing where the democrats and republicans are just a few months away from polling day. also on the programme. the us secretary of state is back in the middle east the day after israel put forward its plan for the future of gaza. storm henk and its after...

on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what m...

the person leading the polls by a massive margin in the republican presidential nominations is of course donald trump — injust under an hour hes expected to give a campaign speech in iowa. well, right from the start of his speech president biden wasted no time laying out the choice for the american people, highlighting differences between him and his likely republican challenger, donald trump. the choice is clear, donald trumps campaign is about him. not america, not you. donald trum...

facilities in iraq used by iranian backed militants. >> joey: the act of retaliation comes after three u.s. service members were hurt on an attack on northern iraq. black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror attacks. the intense fighting comes after irans president issues a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed. david spunt is live in washington with the very latest. hi, david. >> one of our service members critically injured. the ...

the injured have been taken to al aqsa hospital in nearby dair al—balah. the health ministry says the strike hit three houses and the death toll is likely to rise given the large number of families living the area. it also says more 20,400 have been killed since the war began in october. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has been following developments from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. what we understand from the hamas—run health ministry is that the air strike hit this dens...

congress is opening an investigation into the allegations warning the wealthy institution could lose federal funds as the school down plays the importance of gays academic misconduct. now congress is involved. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom," im dana perino. morning. >> bill: a good year, huh? merry christmas. >> dana: happy shortest day of the year as well. happy greg gutfeld day. >> bill: the president, claudine gay, becoming an embarrassment for harvard announcing it fo...

a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? >> and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamass attack on israel hasnt hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvards president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoidi...