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republican congressman george santos, one day after a scathing report alleged he used campaign funds to pay for everything from botox to luxury spending sprees. also breaking this morning, we'll play for you brand-new audio of former president donald trump telling journalist jonathan carl about what he was doing on the 6th of january. could it end up as evidence in his federal elections case? overseas, gaza residents caught in the middle of another communications blackout as israeli forces say they are searching the region's hospitals for hamas. we'll talk to congresswoman madelein...

8,000 troops in afghanistan but extremist groups, including isis, remain strong. just this weekend, an american soldier was killed there. prrtd has repeatedly promised to get tough on isis. >> i'm going to bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. >> reporter: now the commander in chief is translating that tough talk into action, dropping one of the biggest conventional bombs the military could find. >> our thanks to nbc news' richard engel. with american officials say they're ready for pre-emptive strike, president trump was asked whether the bombing was a warning to kim jong-un. >> is this a message...

Weapon the united states has ever used. only use before, this 2003 test. the massive ordinance air blast is better known by its nickname, the mother of all bombs. so big it's stored in the cargo hold and dropped out of the back of a plane. a u.s. aircraft dropped one of these monster bombs on an isis tunnel complex in eastern afghanistan. president trump suggested he didn't personally authorize the strike, left that to his commanders. >> we have given them total authorization. this was another very, very successful mission. >> reporter: the toll of the bomb both physical and psychological. >> ...