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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 may have taken place and who is behind it? reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explosions about 15 minutes apart from each other at 3:00 local. the death toll keeps rising. right now saying at least 103 people have been killed, and over 210 people have now been confirmed injured at that blast, went off near a cemetery in iran where that ceremony was being held to mark the death of soleimani in 2020 by a u.s. drone attack. state media saying there was one explosion and second ....
themselves. bill: bill ackman is going after the head of m.i.t. i wish we had more time today. see you in iowa very soon. thank you, governor. bundle up, it s cold out here. bill: thanks for the warning. dana: breaking news out of iran. back-to-back explosions at a cemetery. soleimani was killed in a drone strike in 2020. no word on who is behind it. no one has claimed responsibility. we ll bring you any updates as we get them. -out going harvard university president claudine gay may no longer have a top job but still on the payroll and raking in the big bucks. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. first hour. we called this reentry day. but your reentry was yesterday. my reentry is today. dana: like walking on a high wire without a net. you know what you are doing. bill: once the first hour is done we re back. good morning, everybody i m bill hemmer. controversy has been clogging claudine gay for ....
thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after d ....
sexual offender, died in jail while awaiting a trial. the lead, with jake tapper, starts right now. an horrific terrorist attack goes more than 100 iranians. who was behind it? the lead starts right now. four years to the bay since the killing of iran s commander, twin bombings near the grave site. the blast, one day after an airstrike in lebanon killed a senior leader. the conflict is feared to be potentially erupting into a larger war. naming names beyond john doe, exposing nearly 200 names on a list tied to pedophile jeffrey epstein. mike johnson will be here live from the texas-mexican border. that is ahead of a face-off with president biden on the border crisis. from iran to lebanon to the red sea and gaza, death, chaos, and fear of an all-out multi country conflict. in iran, a suitcase bomb, and a top iranian general s grave, tilling more than 100 people. that general was killed in an airstrike ordered by former president trump four years ago today. and th ....
jansing. iran suffers its deadliest attack in decades. more than 100 people are dead after twin bombs exploded during a memorial for a revered general. we ll have the latest on that stunning scene and the implications for the entire region and the hostages. plus, with less than two weeks before the first votes are cast for 2024, donald trump s ability to stay on the ballot is still an open question in 19 states. the latest on the uncertainty surrounding critical court cases in colorado and maine. when will the supreme court step in and decide things once and for all? and a surprise at the southern border, just as house republicans show up to spotlight how bad they say things are, illegal crossings plummet to less than half what they were at the end of december. but relief both for president biden and authorities at the border may be short lived. lots to get to today, but we start with the intensity surrounding two hugely consequential legal cases that will have a ma ....