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hey. good morning, ainsley, good morning, steve and brian. the president was just joking with u.k. prime minister. they have only been meeting once a month or so because they have had so many frequent meetings in the last several months. had the president really made a point of stopping here to meet with the king after missing his coronation. the two leaders are going to talk climate finance in just a little while from now. but the president will also need to justify his decision to give controversial cluster bombs to ukraine after u.k. prime minister ri rishi sunak voiced opposition to that move. while more than 120 countries banned these weapons the white house is not one of them. called russia s use of them a potential war crime they say ukraine has a right to use them on their own land and incentive to mitigate risk to its own people that committed to a post war clean-up. this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. so, we re going to send these additional artill ....
this is the story this afternoon. the exploding middle east is what the wall street journal editorial page is calling the greatest crisis that faces the biden presidency. and now the president says that he s ready to make his move in response. martha: we ll see says the president and the commander-in-chief. so there you have it. retaliation plan is in motion. when and how are the questions. one thing was clear. i think we are now up to 166 including the attack that is just been reported late this afternoon on u.s. bases and interests in the middle east. it was a matter of when our service men and women would become the target of these casualties. relentless attacks throughout the entire region on our interests. so now three people, three u.s. service men proudly serving this country and women, two of them are women, i should say, have been hit and killed. the parents of army sergeant kennedy sanders, one of the three kills in jordan say that they re still in shock ....
it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, just moments ago, the social media grilling on capitol hill wrapped up. powerful ceos facing intense questioning from senators with the power to regulate their site s child safety. the stunning numbers on the threat to children and the heated exchanges with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus, we re watching for an interest rate decision from the fed that s expected at any moment. the real world implications for every day americans. also, a gruesome scene, a man is under arrest accused of posting a video online after beheading his father. why did he do it? and new details on the potential plan to retaliate for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. how the high-stakes response could last for weeks. we ve got a lot to get to, but we start with the breaking news in the middle east. monica alba is covering the white house. we just learned about new strikes in the ....
world anywhere converge on capitol hill and be there in person, not zoom. the high stakes hearing centers around our kids. how to prevent them from sexual exploitation online. we should see mark zuckerberg walk into the capitol at some point this hour. the counterparts out of x and tiktok, snapchat, discord will all follow. stay with us on that when it gets underway here. the chaos from the border fueling crime here in new york city. watch this video as it rolls. police say a mob of migrants jumped two officers in times square. they are seen on video punching and kicking the officers to the ground. they arrested five. at least four of them said to be released without bail and they are back in a shelter or somewhere as of this hour. good morning, everybody. a lot to get to on this. good morning, dana. how are you doing? dana: galling. your taxpayers dollars are not only paying for the salaries of the officers who deserve more but the hotel rooms and the shelter for guy ....
arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it s all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump s criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled for march 25th, and in less than two weeks, a hear willing be held to decide if that date holds. according to reporting from the new york times, alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors have been quietly plugging away. last month, it was reported and news breaking just yesterday in a related case that could give bragg a boost. once again, from the new york times. he once said understand weeseleberg knows where all the financial bodies are burr yesterday, and while it does not involve him flipp ....