good. i will take that into my new year. mark, appreciate it, my friend. thank you. take care. and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican candidates crisscrossing iowa. nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump all holding events in the hawkeye state today and they aren t holding back against each other. defense secretary lloyd austin condemning recent attacks on commercial ships in the red sea by iranian backed u.s. forces. we will dig into what the plans look like ahead. a woman in iowa enduring a heartbreaking miscarriage 22 weeks into her pregnancy. she is facing a criminal probe. she says she was misled by police. and new this morning, donald trump s super pac launching its first attack ad against nikki haley after a recent polling showed her chipping away at his big lead in new hampshire. that s a crucial early voting state. and this that s right. high-tech haley broke