of the busiest travel days with new year s eve just two days away. rob marciano with the forecast. police on high alert for new year s eve. ramping up security in times square for what it calls a heightened and dynamic risk environment, deploying thus of officers for an expected crowd of 1 million people. one day after being banned from the ballot president trump fighting another legal battle. our jonathan karl with three former staffers and their warning about a second trump-term pair reporter: the skies over ukraine were set ablaze after russia unleashed its largest attack since the start of their full-scale invasion. civilians sent running for their lives. at least 31 people killed and the u.s. shooting down a drone and a ballistic missile fired by iranian-backed militant tas. a urgent manhunt for a hurting her own children. and the new report from the cdc, high levels of respiratory illnesses, including flu covid and this is world news tonight with david muir. g
. howard: two weeks before the iowa caucuses in the republican primary has a new opponent from the ranks of those who say their defending democracy a single main democrat, secretary of state sh shanna bellows has knod donald trump off the ballot, one person a lifelong liberal a joe biden supporter following the lead of colorado supreme court in invoking the 14th amendment in declaring the former president and eligible. that would take the decision out of the voters hands and is an absolute media bombshell. when we look at iowa it s worth noting that very conservative republicans have one the complicated caucuses in the past, mike huckabee in 2008, rick santorum, 2012, takers 2016 and gone on to lose, the media s intense focus on iowa always gives the winner a boost, we ve never seen numbers like this with the fox business pull pain donald trump of 52%, ron desantis the 18%, nikki haley at 16% in iowa that s what we call a blowout, truck made a video urging iowa supporters to
gio benitez on the travel impact. rob marciano with the forecast. the crisis at the border. more buses heading north to sanctuary cities, as officials plead for help from washington. what they re doing now, as their communities are pushed to the breaking point. the new agreement between the u.s. and mexico, as a large migrant caravan moves towards the border. overseas, the war between israel and hamas. another american hostage confirmed dead. a wife, mother, and grandmother. her husband was also killed. and why israel says it could expand operations in southern lebanon. britt clennett from israel. in the race for the white house, former south carolina governor nikki haley under fire and trying to clarify her comments a day after she failed to mention the word slavery when asked about the cause of the civil war. how her gop rivals are responding. the moment police in texas swarm a home, the site of an alleged murder plot. why authorities say the teenage suspect lured h
saturated from recent heavy rain. rob marciano timing it all out. the midair emergency. a bird strike shortly after takeoff forcing a southwest airlines plane bound for austin to instead make an emergency landing in fort lauderdale. gio benitez with late details. the crisis at the border. top u.s. officials head to mexico for major talks with the country s president about slowing the record migrant surge, as a caravan of thousands of migrants, some of them families with small children, make their way towards the u.s. border. and tonight, the urgent plea from the mayor of new york city. mireya villarreal reporting. the new fears of a wider war in the middle east. u.s. troops come under attack again in iraq. militants claiming responsibility for the latest drone strikes just days after the u.s. hit targets in iraq. and the urgent effort to free the hostages still held by ha hamas, some of them americans. president biden talking with leaders in the region. terry moran in w
the tsa screening 2.6 million passengers on wednesday, more than expected. tomorrow likely to be even busier. gio benitez on the travel impact. rob marciano with the forecast. the crisis at the border. more buses heading north to sanctuary cities, as officials plead for help from washington. what they re doing now, as their communities are pushed to the breaking point. the new agreement between the u.s. and mexico, as a large migrant caravan moves towards the border. overseas, the war between israel and hamas. another american hostage confirmed dead. a wife, mother, and grandmother. her husband was also killed. and why israel says it could expand operations in southern lebanon. britt clennett from israel. in the race for the white house, former south carolina governor nikki haley under fire and trying to clarify her comments a day after she failed to mention the word slavery when asked about the cause of the civil war. how her gop rivals have responding. the moment po