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whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it's a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we'll hear testimony from the nation's top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, ...

boundaries for their children. set boundaries for adolescents. set boundaries for teenagers on the use of phones. on use of social media. >> it's hard to protect them. >> on the use of everything. it's hard but it is -- it is a lot more important than so many other things. >> okay. we're over time here, though. we will revisit this. that does it for us this morning. it is so great that yasmin vossoughian is back with us, and she picks up the coverage right now. hey, everybody, good friday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we've got a lot happen...

and some republican senators are calling out tucker carlson, calling his new attempt to down play the january 6th riot bs. we're following the heated reaction to carlson's airing of insurrection video he was given by house speaker kevin mccarthy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm brianna keilar. and you're in "the situation room." tonight, mexican officials say one person has been detained in connection with the deaths of two of four kidnapped americans. the investigation intensifying as they are back this the u.s.,...

with dementia. a major recall from tesla, the glitch in the self-driving software at hundreds of thousands of cars. >> the feature allows cars to speed through intersections in an unpredictable manner. >> residence near the toxic ohio train derailment are demanding access about their own safety and health. >> covered in bruising from itching, i think it is something in the air. >> at least one person dead, multiple injuries after a shooting at a mall in el paso, texas. >> we heard the shots go off, got up, everybody started running to the bathroom. >> norah: and mikaela shiffrin make...

>> now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. >> a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president's choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it...