chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin
president biden to respond as conflicts rage in the middle east. i am john scott, this is a special edition of the fox report. in the red sea, attacks on commercial ships from houthi rebels continue to ramp up. now iran might be getting involved. a us defense official telling fox news a drone launch from iran hit a japanese tanker off the coast to. iran rejects claims of involvement. that s not the only trouble for the white house. alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest on the president s struggle of brought it here at home. accusing iran of being behind these attacks with the biden administration saying the us has joined several other nations in k taking collective action against houthi rebels but republicans like bill haggerty feel iran has been emboldened by inconsistent reaction from the united states. what your aircraft carrier strike groups in the region, massive show of military force. it is highly inconsistent from an economic standpoint and his diplom
israel to change its tactics inside gaza to protect civilians and get the remaining hostages out. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin touching down in qatar today as officials desperately try to hammer out a deal. plus, dual natural disasters across the globe. in iceland, lava spewing out of a volcano in what experts say is one of the worst possible locations for an eruption. in china, a devastating earthquake killing more than 100 people. and wild weather complicating life in the u.s. after a massive storm knocking out power to more than half a million people in the northeast. a final good-bye for a woman who stands stall in american history. president biden will be among those offering tributes at justice sandra day o connor s funeral in just under an hour. it is a busy tuesday. thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin in gaza, where israeli forces say they have been engaged in intense fighting this morning. and have killed a promine
he is on a cross-country trip to another early primary states. he is in nevada today. that, after the former president fired up supporters in new hampshire yesterday. a new poll show he is increasing his lead over his rivals. two of those rivals are in iowa today. nikki haley and ron desantis the caucus there 29 days away. vivek ramaswamy is stumping for votes in arizona. welcome to fox fox news live pe eric shawn. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville bert new fox poll shows trump 69% among primary gop voters. that is up from last month. and more than 55 points ahead of the next closest candidates for governor desantis and former un ambassador nikki haley. trump also leads president biden and a hypothetical head to head rematch. mark meredith is ahead of them off he is light in new hampshire you get my vote any days ago take it away. left that flex arthel, see if i can live up to the polls good afternoon to you. former president trump is dominating among the republican
are investors starting to act on their doubts about a deal? and campaign endorsements and super pacs, they re great. but do they matter if you can t throw a punch? that s the question hanging over ron desantis and mike pence as they try to figure out how to take on donald trump. but we start with new developments surrounding a pair of mass shootings in texas and new mexico, carried out nine days and nearly a thousand miles apart, but sharing a critical heart breaking detail. both targeting people doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary turning what should have been a normal day into a nightmare. in new mexico, three people are dead, along with a teenage suspect, after police say he opened fire on a residential street yesterday. apparently just shooting at random. it was the 225th mass shooting of the year in this country. roughly one every 15 hours. and in just about one hour in texas, we re expecting an update on surviving victims of the shooting at an outlet mall.