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
i m jose diazdiaz-balart. u.s. and other coalitions announced retaliatory strikes in yemen. and we ll talk to mark pocan about what he says the white house must do first before launching anymore strikes. and this weekend will mark 100 days since hamas shocking massacre of at least 1200 israelis. how the families of the hostages are observing that day. and in iowa, blizzard conditions force at least two republican presidential candidates to cancel campaign events. how the weather could impact turnout with just three days until the caucuses. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. along with a coalition of other countries carry out a series of strikes in yemen targeting strike necessary say are being used by iranian-backed houthis. u.s. air force central command said it launched over 100 precision guided munitions across 16 locations used by the houthis. over the past several months, the houthis have launched more than two dozen attacks
proposal coming up. bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. i m john roberts in washington, good monday to you. gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i don t know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. john: it feels like one day leads into the next. gillian: we are almost at that point around here. can you believe it. all right, i m gillian turner and first sandra smith today, this is america reports, that crime bill has become a source of some conflict, democrats in washington over the last few days quite a few house dams are upset with the white house were not given them a heads up that the president plans to veto the bill. john: senior correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill and he has the latest on this about-face. chad. john, good afternoon, the d.c. city council is tr
Futures, im maria bartiromo. We begin this Sunday Morning with war in the middle east. Israeli media is reporting at least 600 dead, more than 2,000 injured after gaza terrorist group hamas launched its most severe attack on israel in years over the weekend, propelling The State Of Israel into war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring we are at a war and we will win, advising citizens to shelter in place, directing israels military to respond to the unprovoked attack with retaliatory strikes. Speaking from the white house yesterday, President Biden stated that israel will have all appropriate means of support. As the administration is defending its Decision Just two weeks ago to free up 6 billion to iran in a prisoner swap. The administration is pushing back on criticism over the weekend, reiterating that that the money is being used for humanitarian purposes and not for supporting Terrorist Groups like hamas. Joining me right now to discuss the State Of Affairs is Arkansas Sena
but in this case as you mentioned, he is still in the hospital at walter reed, so he had to do it over a video teleconference. and we got a tiny little update on his health this morning from general pat ryder. here is what he had to say. the secretary is recovering well. we don t have a date yet in terms of when he will be released from the hospital. of course we ll keep folks updated. but he s been actively engaged in overseeing and directing the strikes that we saw last night. secretary austin has been in the hospital for basically all of 2024 now. and before i wrap up our conversation, you ve been so clear on just the volume of attacks that american forces have been victims of since the end of september. what does that look like? yeah, we re upwards of about 130 different strikes as we heard general mccaffrey referencing earlier against