square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
in the days to come. rich. katie burn live in philly. thank you. jonathan. jonathan: rich, a major escalation in the red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. u.s. forces intercepted a barrage of houthi drones and missiles in attack that lasted more than ten hours yesterday and learning a u.s. warship involved in that firefight shot down a ballistic missile, the first time that has ever happened in combat. hello, everyone. i m jonathan hunt in los angeles. rich: rich edson in new york. john and sandra have the day of o. u.s. bases in the middle east remain on high alert after a drone attack injured three service members. biden administration said the strategy is aimed at preventing a widening war, but critics say it could get worse. my fear is one of these days we are going to wake up and one of these missiles has actually gotten through and caused a catastrophic attack on one of our bases, or on one of our ships. and that is going to be squarely on joe bid
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
tonight on whether to demand a humanitarian pause in fighting between israel and hamas, but with representatives trying to come to an agreement on the exact wording of the resolution, it s been postponed at the very last minute to tomorrow. we ll talk to a spokesperson from the israeli government. could that pause in voting have something to do with the us defense secretary s visit to israel today? also tonight, the british oil giant bp and a number of key shipping companies have halted all shipments through the red sea after a rise in attacks on cargo ships by houthi militants in yemen. and stick around, later in the show we will take a close look at this yea r s forgotten conflict, the sudanese civil war. we will hear from our analysis editor ros atkins and the un s top expert on the conflict. good evening. a vote within the un security council which was supposed to take place tonight has been postponed. the negotiation will continue into tomorrow over a draught resolution
and 18,000 miles in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter claim have been flying around today. the prime minister insisted he s taking the allegations against michelle mone extremely seriously. she replied, what s the pm talking about, he knew about her involvement all along. a former tory health minister thenjoined in, saying she didn t tell him about it. the company run by baroness mone s husband, ppe medpro, made £60 million profit from its contract with the government. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has the latest. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks personal protective equipment, pp