There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
[national anthem] if. [national anthem] [national anthem] rachel we begin this morning with a Fox News Alert and and a sad one at that. Three people are now dead and one person is hurt after a National Guard helicopter crashed in texas. Near our southern border yesterday. Pete two National Guard soldiers and one Border Patrol agent were killed. Thats according to military officials. A third sold isier onboard the helicopter is in critical condition. Officials have not yet released the names. Will fox news are now learning Cartel Members were watching with their drone, hen they zoomed in to the crash site and laughed about it. Officials are investigating what caused the crash. Lets bring in chris cabrera, Vice President of the national Border Patrol council and Border Patrol agent in the rio grande valley. Chris, we appreciate you being with us this morning. Our thoughts and our prayers are with you and your with, your members there at the Border Patrol. I know one of those was involved
fox & friends weekend sunday january 21st just two days away from the nation s first primary in new hampshire. governor desantis team is denying the rumors that the end is here for his campaign. we ll discuss that. will: national school choice starts next week and we go off the wall to break down why the movement keeps growing. plus athletes are teed off as a transgender golfer is one step closer to an lpga qualifier. michelle on the fight for fairness women sports as the third hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. sunrise over southfield michigan this morning this sunday morning on fox & friends good morning, and welcome to new york city. good morning, that is a beautiful sunrise. you know what makes it even more beautiful i don t know if we can put it up again more descriptive look at that beautiful smokestack too. just there s a beautiful sunrise rising over cold city, and something product of is being done there. do you remember when
history. you can fill in the crisp cold air as we speak. i remember as a kid watching a guy nobody knew by the name of jimmy carter with this very state. not realizing at the time he had actually technically place a second to uncommitted but it was good enough to launch a white house career. that was then. think of all of the election since and the expectations that did not pan out. barack obama was not supposed to win in this lily white state but he did. and all of the others who are expected to do very well and did not. the last three republican winners in the iowa caucuses never went on to actually win the nomination or the white house. that is the thing about original expectations. they don t always pan out. that s it make the caucus date so unpredictable. history has a way of humbling you. many say iowa could do it again. even if it doesn t we will keep you waiting and wondering, and nailbiting. that is iowa. [cheering] like a big day coming up. i think too much going to
before we go on this sunday, an important programming note. we are back at 4:00 tomorrow to kick off the special election coverage of the iowa caucuses. jon king with the magic wall and stay with cnn tonight with the special edition of acc 360 beginning now. tonight done 360. new endorsements and fresh pulling and subzer o temperatures. were out across iowa with the opening contest of primary 2024 just underway. also tonight, the role that evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond. and later, the rising discontent in israel 100 days since hamas took hostages with the conflict widening. we are not 24 hours away from the first vote of the first presidential race and the start of the iowa caucuses. most of which convene at this time tomorrow night. just getting started at what is normally poll closing time and most other states. one of the many things we will talk about tonight including the blizzard in the final days of the campaign and record cold temperat