see what happens. samantha jo, stay with us. we ll have a lot more. as we have been reporting a sunday afternoon steinert shakes up the race for the white house florida governor desantis has dropped out of the republican presidential primary race 48 hours the polls open in new hampshire. this is continuing coverage of this bombshell political announcement here on f fox news channel. this is fox news live i m eric shawn. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville it is now officially a two-person race between a former president donald trump and former un ambassador nikki haley. this is a stunning turn of events fort desantis who was seen as the strongest challenger to trump when he first launches campaign for desantis finished nearly 30 points behind trump in the iowa caucuses and is pulling a distant third place in new hampshire. now he had planned to focus on the south carolina primary next month and said he would not continue to run if he did not see a path forw
weather is what s stealing the show right now. forcing candidates to cancel last-minute blitzes across the state, caucus-goers in for some brutally cold temperatures with the wind chill reaching negative 25°, if not lower on monday. some iowans say they are determined to brave the cold. just have to put on a warm the car up, put another coat on. i m a lifelong resident, used to it. john: as a guy who grew up in canada, i know how to be cold, but why i moved to miami. sandra: and a girl from chicago. the stakes are high that is for sure as voters take the first step in the race to the white house and brand-new polling shows one candidates gaining momentum in the final few days. john: a poll puts nikki haley ahead of ron desantis, putting her in second place, desantis now third. the former president maintains a dominant lead, nikki haley is hitting double digits at 20% in the suffolk university poll, desantis around 13%. sandra: and right to it. grady trimble liv
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
bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
republicans are branding his surprise appearance as a p.r. stunt. peter doocy asked the white house about this moments ago. the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. i did say that, and what i m saying today. president biden does not help him with his business deals but does help him skirt congressional subpoenas. that is not even true. that is a jump tha incredibly john: this hour has seven days, and that s an old canadian television show, and that s the way it feels this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york, america reports hour two. any moment now the house oversight hearing, wow, did it have some fireworks. it is expected to resume as the committee considers a resolution on whether to move forward with contempt proceedings for hunter, adding another headache for the president s son as he is expected to appear in a los angeles courtroom on tax charges tomorrow. john: let s go