haley and desantis did go after each other with haley presenting herself as the candidate of the future. we need a leader that is not looking at four years and eight years. we need a president that is looking at 20 and 30 years. good news, the frontrunner is looking at 30 years. 20 with good behavior. [ applause ] ah-ha. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january 12th. willie, so much to talk about today. let s see, front page of the papers, daily news, we will not be speaking. not sure where morning joe paper of record is today. i guess because ms. bumiller is here, out of respect, they gave us the new york times. new york times, of course, talking about the missile strike against the houthis. washington post, also, we have the strike as the lead. on the other side, trump s trial. wall street journal, inflation ticking up. yeah, willie, nothing in there also about all the coaches that just sort of yesterday was the harvest, my
the united states and its allies launched strikes against the houthis in yemen. they struck more than 60 targets at 16 locations last night using more than 100 precision-guided munitions. iran now is condemning those strikes. joining us now from israel on the red sea is nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman. what more can you tell us this morning? reporter: willie, this region is really on edge right now, bracing for potential retaliation from the houthis, which some type of retaliation does seem inevitable. the houthis are promising they are not going to let the attacks from the u.s. and uk last night go unresponded to. if they do retaliate, one likely target is right here in a lot on the gulf of israel s southern border, which has already been the repeated target of multiple houthi ballistic missiles as well as drones. there has been damage here over the last several months, although no deaths so far. but a big question coming out of