consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo
ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed, what are you afraid of? you have no balls to come up here. hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now and straight to jail. sandra: breaking news at this hour on hunter biden as his attorney now indicates the president s son will comply with a congressional hearing or deposition if house panel issues a new subpoena. that is happening at this hour. i m sandra smith in new york city on this friday afternoon. john: friday, such a great ring to it. john roberts in washington. this is america reports . the change in tune comes after hunter biden defied congressional subpoenas for a closed door deposition last month. also follows a decision by the two house committees who issued the subpoenas to hold him in contempt. jonathan hunt live in los angeles with this latest news. what s it all about? jonathan: well, john, this is an offer to appear but when you start looking at the fine print, it certainly comes with strin
already. the blizzard conditions and now the tornado threat as we go into the night. more than 40 states on alert. heavy snow, strong winds, and flooding, and then the east gets hit tomorrow. rob marciano standing by to time this out. also, the breaking news from fort worth. those images just coming in, investigating an explosion. multiple injuries already reported tonight. they are going from room to room in that hotel, searching for possible victims. first responders at the scene. matt rivers in texas for us. the new discovery after the terrifying moments onboard that passenger jet, when part of the door ripped off at 16,000 feet. cell phones sucked out of the cabin. a teenager s t-shirt ripped off. a key piece of the plane found in a backyard in oregon. now, we learned what was known about that plane a month ago and what inspections have just revealed tonight. several other passenger planes affected, and gio benitez reporting. stunning new details about the effort to
direct action, president biden says the strikes were defensive, meant as a deterrent. the houthis are vowing to not back down and experts in the region believe them. is this the moment israel s war officially expanded into a regional war. if so, who else might get dragged in. turkish president erdogan slapped the u.s. and the uk for what he called a disproportionate use of force and so did iraq, warning such strikes don t deter but rather expand the scope of the war. like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis are backed by iran to which the white house issued another warning this morning. here was nfc s john kirby. we re not looking for conflict with iran, and there s no reason to escalate beyond what happened over the last few days by the houthis, they are the ones who have been escalating. we re not looking for conflict with iran. that said, we know that iran supports the houthis, we know that they supply them with the missiles and drones, the same things they have been using
it all comes 24 hours after militants fired off 18 drones and three missiles towards ships in the red sea, their largest attack yet. american and british forces shooting them down. tonight, at this hour, the military action from the u.s. and the uk now. the white house tonight saying the u.s. will, quote, counter and defeat these mounting attacks from the iranian-backed houthi rebels. mary bruce standing by live with what she s learning right now. in new york city, donald trump lashing out during closing arguments in the $370 million civil fraud trial against him. trump blasting the judge in court. the judge telling the defense, control your client. what comes next now for trump? aaron katersky outside the courthouse. in the northeast, rivers dangerously high, with this new storm now set to sweep across the country and right into the northeast. the tornado threat right now in the south. how much snow will chicago get? and the east set to get hit again as it barrels right