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Today, three key leaders head to Capitol Hill to tell their side of the controversial double-tap boat strike ... Why the Supreme Court's decision on who the president can and cannot fire is so important ... Amid the redistricting battle in Indiana, Audie talks to a congressman whose seat is in jeopardy ...Texas has not had a Democratic senator since 1993. Can Jasmine Crockett be the one to change that?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top lawmakers have seen the full video of the double-tap boat strike. So why can't we see it too? What the defense secretary says about releasing the video to the public ... The president once again seems to blame Ukraine for stalled peace talks ... New numbers show tens of thousands of detained migrants have no criminal record at all ... Marjorie Taylor Greene has been labeled a traitor by the president. Will that keep other Republicans from speaking out?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do new revelations from the admiral in charge of the deadly strike on a suspected drug boat spell trouble for the Pentagon? A 41-minute struggle for survival casts doubt on claims that the targets were "still in the fight" ... The Supreme Court weighs in on a huge redistricting fight in Texas ... Democratic Socialists are having a moment in New York and Seattle. Is DC ready to follow? ... Could accused killer Luigi Mangione somehow walk free?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The man who gave the order to kill survivors of a boat bombing will tell his side of the story today. How will he justify what many are calling a "war crime?" ... Will Pete Hegseth be sunk over "signal gate?" ... Fear wracks New Orleans and Minneapolis as the president's immigration crackdown expands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Admitting he didn't see the controversial "double tap" strike that killed two survivors of the US military's September attack of a suspected drug boat, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes Admiral Bradley the fall guy for what's been described as a "war crime" ... President Trump labels Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her friends "garbage" as a new ICE operation targets Somali Americans in the Twin Cities ... Costco says it's suing the Trump Administration over tariffs.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pete Hegseth deflects blame for the controversial "double tap" that killed survivors of a US military strike against a suspected Venezuelan drug boat. So who made the call to hit the boat a second time? ... Putin meets with a US delegation today as both sides test a possible path towards ending the war in Ukraine ... A Trump stronghold gets tested today when voters head to the polls in Tennessee ... Cars collide as snow falls and millions of Americans in the northeast and beyond head to work.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources tell CNN the US military carried out a second strike on a suspected drug boat, killing survivors. Did the Pentagon cross a line with the second attack? ... A gunman is on the run after a mass shooting at a child's birthday party in California ... Talks to end the war in Ukraine shift to Moscow today. What is Vladimir Putin willing to do for peace? Getting home from the holidays turned out to be a lot harder for many travelers today due to severe winter weather ... and it won't get any easier.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One National Guard member is dead and another is fighting for his life after an ambush-style attack in the nation's capital. Authorities say they plan to seek the death penalty against the suspect. Meanwhile, President Trump is pausing all immigration from dozens of countries in the wake of the attack.  Also on this morning's show: New information is emerging from the devastating fire in Hong Kong as the death toll there continues to climb ... Trump threatens Venezuela, telling US troops a land attack could come very soon ... US negotiators head to Moscow amid new warnings from Vladimir Putin against telling Ukraine.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two West Virginia National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House are in critical condition after an Afghan national opened fire in what DC's mayor called a "targeted shooting." President Donald Trump condemned it as an “act of terror” and a “heinous assault” and immediately asked for 500 more National Guard troops to be deployed to the city.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Those six Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding military members they can refuse unlawful orders are now being targeted by the FBI.  So how far will this retribution investigation go? ... Top US negotiators are going to Russia to work on the remaining roadblocks to ending the war in Ukraine ... ICE's Operation Charlotte's Web is far from over. But could the immigration crackdown in the North Carolina city end up backfiring on Republicans?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices