clanging and scraping of metal and -- >> two minutes erving you work on your whole life completely gone. >> when we pulled up a lot of tears. we have three beautiful daughters and a wife that they just started sobbing. >> bill: six are dead, dozens more in the hospital. violent tornadoes touching down in middle tennessee. among the victims a mother who lost her life holding onto her 2-year-old child who also died. a 10-year-old boy swept away as well. at this hour, crews are working to restore power to thousands as that young man just said, everything in your life can change in two minutes' time. we're live on the ground coming up this hour. >> dana: also breaking right now israel encircling khan younis. it could be the last major battle and most intense yet in the fight to exterminate hamas. >> bill: the harvard board of governors meeting behind closed doors as the fate of the president hangs in the balance. we'll find out today maybe i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino, this is "america's newsroom." a big day of news kicking off the new week. one down, two to go. people celebrating -- mcgill struggled to condemn anti-semitism before congress last week. now it is focused on m.i.t. and harvard. >> bill: you had some billboard trucks in cambridge, massachusetts calling out president gay for defending students who called for jewish genocide. >> dana: critics say gay and other leaders were ambivalent about hate speech on campus and prompting disbelief. >> it was founded on religious freedom. the number one freedom is that of religion. it shouldn't be difficult to condemn anti-semitism. >> i found the answers of the universities presidents to not be acceptable answers of leaders of any institution. certainly of our best universities in the country. >> bill: college campuses have created a norm that some things are aloud because the liberal left likes them and some aren't allowed because conservatives like them. that has to end. >> good morning. whether or not claudine gay will continue to be harvard's president is expected to be discussed by the harvard corporation today, which is reportedly gathering for the second day in a row in regularly scheduled meetings. video billboards as we just showed were seen on campus sunday demanding gay be fired for failing to say during congressional testimony that calling for the death of jews violates the code of conduct. the harvard crimeson newspaper reports more than 500 faculty members signed a letter to the harvard corporation sunday night demanding president gay not be fired. urging harvard to resist political pressures from politicians and alumni saying harvard's culture cannot, quote, be dictated by outside forces. the harvard dean of faculty of arts and sciences told the harvard crimson she was disappointed by the missed opportunity of gay's testimony. a major harvard donor and one of gay's most vocal critics said knowing what we know now would harvard consider claudine gay for the position? the answer is definitively no. with this thought experience the board's decision on president gay could not be more straight forward. it was donor pressure that seemed to be the last straw for the university of president liz mcgill who resigned on saturday. she will remain a tenured professor. as for mit's's the board has the full and unreserved support amid a new congressional investigation into mit and other schools. >> this is not just confined to these campuses. we look at columbia, cornell and many other institutions and want hard working taxpayer dollars not sent to places that promote anti-semitism and we'll see what happens. >> it is not just ivy league schools. the "new york post" reporting georgia washington university's medical school hosted a faculty panel last week that said hamas had a right of resistance against israel. bill. >> bill: bryan llenas. the latest. we'll find out more today dana. >> dana: the first weekend of hanukkah marked by anti-semitic protests across the country. this was the scene outside president biden's fundraiser in los angeles. [chanting and shouting] >> dana: resistance against occupation, october 7th is a human right. the rhetoric is getting heated online. check out this post from pop singer pink uploading a picture of her and her daughter lighting their menorah. a follower called it tone deaf. the singer replied tone deaf to be a jew for alive? i'm confused. >> bill: we wanted to look at what is happening in the middle east. upwards of 87 hits against u.s. forces serving in the region and a lot of them come back to the houthi rebels in yemen? who are they? not a designated terrorist group. this administration removed them back in february of 2021. the slogan death to america, death to israel. curse the jews. we've heard a lot about that now. the houthis control 80% of the country of yemen fighting a civil war there for more than five years at the moment. the country of yemen located here in the southern stretch of the saudi arabian peninsula is the poorest country in the arab world. what does it mean to the rest of the world? you have the suez canal to the red sea. a choke point in yemen. another choke point in the strait of hormuz that let's to the persian gulf and look at the country there. that's iran. iran has significant influence throughout the entire region. they have influence in syria, lebanon. we've seen it in the gaza strip and west bank and they have influence down here in yemen. what will we do about it? so far not much. general jack keane joins us. good morning on the monday. i think the answer is pretty clear. today this administration will not take action against the houthis in yemen. do you disagree? >> yeah, i mean they have issued sanctions against them. they will likely continue to uses courts. we're protecting our ships and israel is taking action to protect itself. but clearly that has been inadequate. we all can see it. your board reveals it. what has to be done is we have to go on offense. and we have to escalate. we have to take the risk to escalate to gain some dominance. not just over the houthis, but over iran, who is using all of their proxies in the region to do what? to weaken israel, that's what hamas and hezbollah is all about. and also eliminate it as a nation state eventually. the houthis are part of that. and the iranian bank iraqi and syrian proxies as well as the houthis want to drive the united states military presence out of the region. we have to recognize that iran is calling the shots here. we have to escalate also to give them the warning that we're not going to tolerate that and take some military action against something that they value, reagan figured that out. he achieved escalation dominance trump figured it out. why doesn't this administration do it? they think if they do escalate and take this kind of aggressive military action, that it could lead to war with iran. but the 43 years of history in dealing with iran suggests that's not the case. why? because that's why they developed the proxies. they have had these proxies for all of those years to provide distance from the united states. they don't want war with the united states. why? they lose their regime and why they want a nuclear weapon to preserve the regime. they won't put that at risk. we need to step up and be more aggressive. >> dana: i wanted to also ask you about the hostages. we keep them top of mind. hamas was put under a ton of military pressure by the israeli defense forces and then they said they needed a break. we had the temporary cease-fire. we had some hostages released. now hamas is saying that all remaining hostages will be killed if more aid and prisoner exchanges are not met. so if you are israel or even president biden, do you keep the military pressure on hamas so that they come to the table to give the hostages back or do you worry that the hostages might be killed? >> well, the hostages clearly are the regime leaders of hamas's lifeline. they are threatening to kill them. if they did that, certainly their regime will be absolutely destroyed, which is the military objective here. what do they really want? the pressure on hamas is very real. there is pressure in the north as they are cleaning up northern gaza and also in khan younis systematically building by building, street by street taking hamas down. many of them are surrendering. they know that some of their ranks are breaking. so what do they really want? they haven't said it but they want a cease-fire. if they have a hostage exchange they will go to a cease-fire. they want to stop the blood shed that they are suffering as a result of it. the israelis have claimed they have killed 6,000 or 7,000 of them or captured, most of them killed, some captured. that is going to continue. so that's the pressure point here. they want a cease-fire to stop the military success that israel is having against them. >> bill: you know in jewish tradition, how much they covet the human body. and apparently there are 20 hostages who are confirmed dead in gaza but their bodies are still there. and in all likelihood, general, you could have hamas start to negotiate for the corpses of these hostages in order to exact something out of the israeli government. >> there is no doubt about it. we said one of the characteristics of hamas's campaign that was very different, one was the focus on killing civilians in the initial attack on october 7th. and the second one was taking wholesale hostages, something they have never done before. we knew that the hostages would play prominent here in the military action going forward and hamas's leverage to use the hostages to benefit themselves. we see that at play right here. >> dana: general jack keane, thank you for being with us on monday to kick us off. we appreciate it. breaking news for you here. ramaswamy, republican presidential candidate holding a breakfast town hall in new hampshire on the heels of a new iowa poll showing him in single digits as president trump holds a 32-point lead just 35 days ahead of that caucus. >> bill: the fighter jet. >> dana: he is on the ground. >> bill: he will try to do the double grassley. i don't know if this has ever happened before. he wants to get to all 99 counties in iowa twice so you would have to -- you will get some frequent flier miles in order to do that. there he is in new hampshire as we roll onto this. president biden is coming home and dana, he raised a lot of money over the weekend in california. but his week is off to a tough start . only monday and we'll explain why that is coming up here. >> dana: a migrant in the country illegally stands accused of murdering a 16-year-old cheerleader in texas. >> bill: tennessee, a powerful tornado ripping through that state killing several and causing extensive damage to the homes you see on the ground. we are live there coming up as the cleanup could take weeks. >> oh [bleep]. oh my god. of bringing textile manufacturing back to america. we're taking the best fibers our farm can produce, spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product. there's value in buying american made it has a real life impact up and down the supply chain. we want our customers to feel how special this product is, right when they open the box. go to redlandcotton.com and receive 20% off your order with code fox 20. i suffer with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. i was on a journey for a really long time to find some relief. cosentyx works for me. cosentyx helps real people get real relief from the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis. serious allergic reactions, severe skin reactions that look like eczema, and an increased risk of infections, some fatal, have occurred. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to or if ibd symptoms develop or worsen. i move so much better because of cosentyx. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ [bell ringing] and doug says, “you can customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? 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sides are completely taken off by the power of this ef3 tornado that hit saturday. 150 mile-per-hour maximum winds. look at the christmas tree there. that's what you are going to see, unfortunately, all around clarksville as we're approaching the christmas holiday in the midst of hanukkah, a very sad scenario, six people have lost their lives, including two children that will never experience another holiday. i'm sure they were looking forward to it. unfortunately, it is not going to happen. look at this, bill, and our viewers. another business that is destroyed and this is what we're seeing this morning as the sun has come up in clarksville, a town of about 170,000 people. home to fort campbell. the second largest military base in america. the 101st airborne division. powerful men and women live here that defend this country and look at these vehicles. you alluded to vehicles swept up on the highway. look at this vehicle on its side, glass broken, frost still on here as the sunburns it off as the temperatures are on the increase. you can see many different vehicles destroyed, power crews and trucks, bill, are in position right now trying to restore the electricity as thousands are still out and enduring these cold temperatures. the red cross has places set up around town and in nashville, north of nashville where another system came through. the track of this tornado we're told over 40 miles long and 600 yards wide. this area is reeling and will be for many weeks and months ahead. bill. >> bill: you can tell that. robert ray, good to have you on the ground. be in touch with you and folks down there for some time to come. to follow our colleagues at fox weather download the app, it's free. it can connect to any device on your tv as well to check it out on the qr code there on the screen. >> dana: president biden starting off the week with several personal and political setbacks already. it is only monday at 9:22 a.m. on the east coast. new polling of a hypothetical head-to-head rematch with president trump has biden trailing for the first time. charlie hurt is washington times opinion editors and kennedy. i love your podcast. i want to point this out to you. the new poll "wall street journal," 53% of voters say they have been hurt by biden's policies and 61% disapprove of job performance. left leaning columnist in the "washington post" says don't worry, post, i talked to the people at the white house and they say they have a plan. apparently they do and they're aware of the poll numbers. they don't seem to be getting better. >> i don't think they're aware of them but not in the binder that karine jean-pierre reads from when she does her daily press briefings. they have been ostriching and hemorrhaging their coalition, their base of voters who came out in 2020. it was a weird year in the middle of the pan team i can and not sure what to do with former president trump and gave biden a try and now all this polling is showing that people are hurting. they are really worried about looming economic woes and they are bailing on him. some of the worst polling numbers they've seen for president biden since the "wall street journal." >> bill: he is raising money apparently. that's a big deal right now. here is hunter biden. i think this was on friday. just go ahead and roll this clip here about republicans. >> they are trying to destroy a presidency and so it's not about me. and in their most base way what they're trying to do is they're trying to kill me knowing that it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. and so therefore destroying a presidency in that way. >> bill: charlie. >> yeah. it's kind of bizarre. i think it's a hail mary. their only hope is to try to curry sympathy from people. i don't think it will work. the problem that they have is not with hunter biden and his crack head behavior, it's with the joe biden policies. that's what's bothering people. and the number that dana pointed out about 53% of people say the biden policies have hurt them, that's a devastating number. it is worse than the right track/wrong track. he is underwater by 40 points. in terms of actual biden policy he is 30 points under. people that pollsters talk to said 23% of them identified joe biden's policies as helping them. 53% identified joe biden's policies as hurting them. and that's a really hard number to come out from under. they are trying to raise money but if they have to bring out hillary clinton to help the president of the united states raise money, they are in terrible, terrible shape. >> dana: they're asking her to be a key player in the president's re-election. that might be difficult for them. one of the things they have a problem with is younger people. she has been very stalwart in her defense of israel and something else they have to overcome. let me ask you about this. you two are familiar with ohio. there is a judge there that made a decision about a punishment. so this is the headline from the "new york post." obscure municipal judge made national headlines in sentencing an offender to work at a fast food joint in lieu of prison and what democrats are struggling to maintain their working class base against donald trump. she caused a problem and now has to work there so she can gain empathy. this is her punishment? >> i look at it in a slightly different way. living in a big city like new york we look at this and said wow, judges can sentence people to prison for assault? that's wild. we don't have that in new york city. bring that judge to new york. i would love someone who does vile things to people on a subway platform that we cannot repeat on a family program. those