Today is Friday, December 5th. We'll tell you about the video of boat strikes played for lawmakers

on Capitol Hill and the two very different takeaways from it, depending on who you ask.

Also, there's finally been an arrest after years of speculation and conspiracy theories

behind a D.C. pipe bomb investigation. And a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could change the

outcome of next year's midterms.

Plus what to know about the run-up to the Winter Olympics, where Americans should brace for record low temperatures today. And what were people searching for the most on Google this year?

Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

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Top military officers went to Capitol Hill to defend two controversial strikes on a suspected drugboat.

They testified and also showed lawmakers video footage of the attacks all behind closed doors.

Afterward, many Republicans said they were satisfied with the military leader's explanation for both the initial attack and the second strike that killed survivors.

They pointed to the missions commander

testifying that there was no kill-them-all order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,

as some news outlets have reported. And they believe the men on the boat were trying to bring

lethal drugs into the U.S. Even still, many Democrats had a very different takeaway. For example,

one congressman who has spent years on the

Intelligence Committee called the video, quote, one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in

public service. He and some of his colleagues say the video shows survivors who were not a threat,

clinging to the bow of a capsized, inoperable boat until missiles come and kill them. But Republicans

say they think the men were trying to flip the boat back over so they could stay in the fight.

Lawmakers are still investigating the strikes.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced it conducted another strike yesterday, this time against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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