thank you for doing good. we appreciate it. thanks for having me. dana: fox news alert. a volcano is erupting in iceland. it had been rumbling for weeks and lava shot 300 feet into the air. now it s diminishing. it forced a nearby town to evacuate because of earthquakes. we ll keep you updated on that threat. fox news alert. the pentagon launching a ten nation maritime security operation to fight drone and missile attacks by iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen targeting cargo ships in the red sea. welcome to america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. attacks on the red sea a growing threat to global commerce avoiding shippers to a requiring shippers to go south to the cape of good hope, a longer and more expensive journey. dana: lloyd austin said the attacks were reckless and unacceptable. all countries have the right to move freely and lawfully in international waters. but that foundational global right is under new threat today. th
following the day s developments. are there any indications of what the us position is likely to intense negotiations continue, the united states saying they re trying to resolve outstanding issues of the council members that they fully support getting more humanitarian aid in the gaza and speaking to diplomats, the sticking points or main language in regards to hostilities and we have seen the resolutions watered down to call for a suspension of hostilities but there is a phrase and then it still refers to urgent steps to get to a sustainable cessation of hostilities there remains a sticking point. we also hear from diplomats there remains a sticking point. we also hearfrom diplomats that there remains a sticking point. we also hear from diplomats that israel is only putting pressure on the united states in regards to this proposal for un united states in regards to this proposalfor un monetary united states in regards to this proposal for un monetary mechanism. they re conc
good. i will take that into my new year. mark, appreciate it, my friend. thank you. take care. and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican candidates crisscrossing iowa. nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump all holding events in the hawkeye state today and they aren t holding back against each other. defense secretary lloyd austin condemning recent attacks on commercial ships in the red sea by iranian backed u.s. forces. we will dig into what the plans look like ahead. a woman in iowa enduring a heartbreaking miscarriage 22 weeks into her pregnancy. she is facing a criminal probe. she says she was misled by police. and new this morning, donald trump s super pac launching its first attack ad against nikki haley after a recent polling showed her chipping away at his big lead in new hampshire. that s a crucial early voting state. and this that s right. high-tech haley broke
we re going to go live to tel- aviv. just incredible mesmerizing pictures out of iceland. a volcano erupting after weeks of earthquakes, lava and toxic gas shooting into the sky. we re following the major developing stories and many more. coming in right here to cnn news central. it s not just republican candidates hitting the trail today. president biden will soon be heading to a maryland campaign event as a central part of the reelection pitch takes shape, focusing on abortion rights. ever since the dobbs decisions polls show abortion clearly a winning issue for democrats. that is why biden s running meat, vice president kamala harris will be touring the country for what they dubed a reproductive tour. mj lee is live at the white house. mj, an aggressive strategy here. obviously they think when you look at what we ve seen it s going to work. what can you tell us about it? reporter: the biden white house and the campaign have both believed for some time that reproduc
that title 42 is not an immigration policy it was actually implemented as a public health measure to try to stop the spread of communicable disease. the ending of title 42 is appropriate because we are now beyond the pandemic and it has officially ended. the biden administration does have challenges at the border because all that title 42 did was effectively dismantle our asylum process and create a bottleneck at the southern border. the lifting of that, obviously, means that we are going to see greater numbers of people coming to the border. the biden administration is doing everything that they can with the resources that they have to try to address the challenges there but that is fundamentally not going to stop until we do something legislatively, until we pass a legislative solution that overhauls our broken immigration system and it is on congress to do that. this week the republicans introduced their child deportation bill which is in and for not going to fix what