have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
ballot. appeal means he will remain on the ballot for now until the justices decide whether to take the case. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles. hi, bryan. bryan: i m bryan in new york, sandra and john are off, this is america reports . the former president is facing a dozen challenges to eligibility to office, but caucus next month in iowa and new hampshire, and today at least two of his rivals are barnstorming the state. anita: chad, how are trump s republican rivals responding to his legal issues? chad: vivek ramaswamy wants gop candidates to withdraw from states who refuse to place mr. trump on the ballot. republicans can protect ourselves, i ve led the way in doing it, by saying any state that removes donald trump from the ballot, none of us should be on the ballot because that then takes states like colorado out of the gop primary which stops them from engaging in this kind of election interference. chad: the colorado gop is appealing the ruling
fed up and frustrated. chicago leaders and residents pleading for the bite administration to step in as th migrant crisis takes up brand-new turn. hello and merry christmas. brian, this is a special edition of fox news life our three now. governor craig abbott sending more than 120 migrants to the windy city after mayor brandon johnson threatened to sue what he calls rogue operators, that said the only seeing a fraction of what border states are grappling with on a daily basis. during his life in chicago with the very latest rate where art migrants being housed? kick you right now, close to 30 migrants are spending the christmas on the floor of chicago o hare airport pick chicago hasn t been able to kee up with the demand. at tiny fraction of what border agency, the migrant say they want to come to chicago because it s sanctuary city but texas i started busting to the suburbs that weren t coordinating with the city by issuing fines and even impounding one bus great melt o
rich: to the migrant crisis. new record breaking numbers at our southern borders and cities further north are taking action. merry chris marks i m rich edson. claudia: i m claudia cowen. he may be in charge of a sanctuary city but chicago mayor brandon johnson is threatening to file lawsuits over the border crisis as his city struggles to house migrants flying in from texas. we have a governor a governor, elected official in the state of texas, that is placing families on buses without shoes, cold, wet, tired, hungry, afraid, traumatized. the governor of texas needs to take a look in the mirror of the c chaos he is causing this country. claudia: they ve said the blue city is at fault. how dare this mayor and city council have the guts to give migrants $51 million. they should not be housed in im marginalized black and brown communities where we have food shortages and homelessness. we have not gotten anything for our community. and we are sick and tired of being
A Defense Shakeup as the war with russia enters its 19th month, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy firing his Defense Minister. The president of ukraine saying it is time to try a new approach. What this could mean for the battlefield. Plus, Stuck In The Mud. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after intense rain left the Burning Man Festival site smothered and covered in mud. Roads might reopen any moment. We are going to get you an update. And President Biden touting bidenomics and slamming former President Trump this labor day in philadelphia, but a new poll shows most americans that were polled arent buying bidens message. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. A major shakeup at the top of ukraines military as russia continues to launch attacks on civilian targets. Overnight russia launched what ukraine described as a Massive Attack on civilian infrastructure at ports in the southern odesa region. Its