i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
on msnbc, the tsunami warning in japan after a series of powerful earthquakes erupted off the country s coast. fires breaking out, collapsed homes, tremors felt even in the capital city of tokyo. we ll have a live report with the latest in israel, a barrage of rockets fired toward tel aviv with prime minister netanyahu saying the war is expected to go on for many more months. what that will look like. the rising tensions in the region after a u.s. helicopter sunk three houthi rebel ships. just two weeks left before the caucuses. candidates barnstorming the states. who will come out on top. happy new year to you, it is 10:00 a.m., i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we begin with the breaking news out of japan. overnight a series of strong earthquakes in the sea of japan prompting a tsunami warning among the nation s western and coastal regions. one quake reaching a magnitude of 7.6 grounding commercial flights and halting rail services for the affected
massive caravan fuelling. all mayors agree on one thing. the federal government needs to stop dithering. coming up, we ll hear from a texas republican, tony gonzalez, who says there s one simple thing we can be doing right now. welcome, i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. the congressman coming up. first to nate foy on the growing crisis. nate? a caravan with an estimated 8,000 migrants is making its way to our southern border right now. sanctuary city mayors are again asking president joe biden to do more to help them. states across the entire country deal with this crisis. texas governor greg abbott continues bussing and now flying migrants to sanctuary cities. only a fraction of what texas and other border states deal with. take a look at this. the southern border is on pace for the most migrant encounters ever in a single month with 250,000 so far in december alone. that includes over 35,000 during the four-day christmas weekend. now new york c
operation from rescue to recovery. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. you re in the situation room. cnn reporting on the special counsel s investigation into donald trump. the former president s attorneys subpoenaed for a classified document that trump discussed on an audiotape but are unable to find. our correspondent paula reed is joining with us the details. tell us what you are learning. reporter: we have learned back in march, trump s lawyers received this subpoena from the special counsel. this was the first time the legal team learned about that meeting in 2021 was trump referenced that classified document in that tape. lawyers were not able to find the document trump describes in that reporting. it s unclear at this point if the government has it at all. mr. president, why did you take classified documents concerning general milley? reporter: cnn reporting that donald trump served with a subp
just hear those sleigh bells jingling come on it s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. outside the snow is falling and friends are calling. brian: this is how great and tuned in our listeners and viewers are. they pointed out there is only six reindeer. what s going on. add in rudolph some biblical scholars say rudolph didn t happen. if you add in rudolph 9. carley: do you know all their names? [laughter] brian: donner. carley: con comet, cupid blitzen. brian: amazing those names haven t gotten more popular. lawrence: i don t think we should go down down this road after your last biblical lesson last week dry line. brian: the drummer boy. because you can t find the drummer boy. lawrence: no scripture on that. carley: i read on instagram about the little drummer boy. after somebody gives birth that s what everybody would want a solo drum performance from a little boy. i never thought about it. brian: get the child with the snare drum b