Policy. Dhss it is time to step in to protect american citizens. Bill diblasio versus domino. New york mayor taking on the giant new years by. The internet told him to put a fork in it. Fox and friends first starts right now. Dancing to the music. It dj on the radio. Heather good morning. A big party in new york city for new years eve. A little rod stewart to get your morning started, good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, the first show of 2020 and we appreciate you joining us for a brandnew year, a brandnew decade. A fox news alert, tensions are high is the iran backed melissa withdraws from the us embassy in baghdad, hundreds of troops deployed to the middle east following two days of clashes. That was a live in washington as democrats slam the president s foreignpolicy. The worst of the violence may be over but the us embassy in baghdad had suspended public operations canceling future appointments and even morning us citizens to avoid even approac
Iraqi Security Forces have regained control of the area. But a spokesperson said america should have received the message. And the Embassy Protests were only a first step. All public Consul Services are suspended until further notice. Arwa damon is live for us in baghdad. Ar arwa, what can you tell us . Good morning. Those rooms that were torched are not exactly inside the embassy compound. Theyre where you go in to get your security screening and your badge. This group of people were able to march through checkpoints, into what was a restricted zone. It goes to the core of complex items unfolding here. The broader approxima eer proxys playing out between august and tehran, mostly from the battle that is being resolved. The key group, including the one targeted by the one on sunday, is demanding that the americans leave iraq. They delivered their message and will leave it up to the iraqi government. But the patience is not necessarily openended. You have rhetoric being tossed back and