consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] pete: the 6 a.m. am hour of fox and friends weekend on saturday, january 13th, we start with a fox news alert. the us launching another retaliatory airstrike against to the rebels in yemen. the military action as defense secretary austin remains in the hospital. rachel: two days before the first in the nation caucuses, a blizzard forces 2024 candidates to scale back their events in iowa but that is not stopping them from urging supporters to turn out. one way or the other i am getting there. the worst weather in recorded history but maybe that is good because our people are more committed than anybody else. will: alabama has a new coach, who is replacing nick sabin after he retired. fox and friends weekend. pete: are topsoil, the us launching a new round of retaliatory strakes as houthi rebels in ye
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
florida governor desantis, former self gone governor nikki haley and entrepreneur transcend making final pitches to voters while former president donald trump scaled back his in person rallies across the hawkeye state this weekend for it he continues to dominate the polling there. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. we have team coverage for you on the ground in iowa. grady trimble will look at tom s campaign, aisha has more on nikki haley but first bill melugin is live in west des moines it is a bitter negative . bill? john, the weather outside is absolute brutal. that s why we decided to come indoors take it a look right here we are showing a negative eight where we are at that is without any wind chill. when you go outside with the wind it s a feels like temperature of more than at negative 30 degrees. remarkable. even with that photo governor ron desantis has held multiple campaign events here in iowa today. his supporters have been canvassing th
starts now. good evening. we re following breaking ne. the u.s. and british military have launched strikes against targets in houthi controlled yemen, according to two u.s. officials. this comes after the iranian-backed militant group has launched a series of attacks on commercial ships in the red ahich has stoked fears of a wider conflict in the region already reeling from the israel/hamas war. we have a lot to get to. this is obviously a huge development in the region. you re looking at a map right there. the challenge has been that the houthi attacks have caused ships that would normally go through the suez canal to have to go around the horn of africa, meaning it takes a lot longer to get there. there have been some limited military strikes that have killed some houthis that were involved in this blockade. the houthis launched this blockade in protest to the killing of palestinians in gaza. so that is just the setup, the background to what s going on. the houthis are an