former president donald trump canceling three out of four in-person events weekend due to the freezing cold weather and blizzard warnings, opting for virtual rallies instead. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. joey: i m jacqui heinrich. this is all happening as ron desantis and nikki haley continue duking it out for their battle for a distant second place. we have fox team coverage, we will start with grady trimble who s braving the weather there in des moines. hey, grady. reporter: hey, jackie. former president trump was supposed to have a busy weekend here in iowa, but as griff noted, he canceled a few of his events. one of them though is still on for tomorrow. all of the campaigns kind of scrambling because of this cold and snowy weather we ve been experiencing. take a look at the latest polling here in iowa. it shows the former president with a commanding lead. former south carolina governor nikki haley gaining some ground but still way behind trump. at his
jeff swre this is a fox news alert. two u.s. navy sailors were reported missing off the coast of somalia thursday. search and rescue operations are ongoing. a u.s. official confirmed this is an isolated incident and not part of u.s. protection of the red sea in operation prosperity guardian. griff: meanwhile, the u.s. carrying out another airstrike on a houthi radar facility in yemen as a defense secretary lloyd austin remains hospitalized and the houthis vow a strong response. lucas tomlinson is live outside the white house following all of the developments. hey, lucas. reporter: griff, the defense secretary remains in the hospital for nearly two weekes now. today marked 13 days in the hospital, but that dud not stop u.s. forces from carrying out another strike against the iranian-backed proxy group in yemen, the houthis. the uss carney launching a salvo of tomahawk cruise missiles to finish destroying a radar site in yemen that was not completely