now. ainsley: it is the #:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends on the east coast. it is friday, january 12th. steve: thank you very much for joining us. we have breaking news on this friday. joint strikes by the united states and united kingdom hit dozens of houthi targets in yemen after a number of attacks are in the red sea. the iranian back the group says we are not backing down. brings it on. this able unraveling as defense secretary lloyd austin still in the hospital calling the shots from his bed. lawrence: plus, nikki haley pulls ahead in the latest polling in iowa with the caucuses on monday. for us it s always been slow and steady wins the race. it s the people that decides. while everybody else wants to discount us, i will tell you we keep moving and we are moving for a reason to believe. brian: california police department offering $75,000 bonuses to recruit officers. and guess what? still not enough. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, your morni
covering it. but this early poll has to feel good for trump and disturbing for desantis. ainsley: that s right. so trump is he has this dominant lead there in iowa, 54%, according to the suffolk university survey. look at nikki haley. she is beating ron desantis by 7 points now. she is at 20%. desantis at 13. and ramaswamy at 6. if chris christie was still in the race he was getting 2% when this poll was conducted. steve: here s the thing. you know, given the fact that suddenly there is this x factor of the blizzard, so, for the most part the candidates have canceled all of their bus tours today and they can t fly around, and bit early cold temperatures. i was talking to my cousin marty yesterday in spencer, iowa. he said you know we are going to get a foot of snow. going to be a possibility that people won t venture out on monday night because it s dangerous. speaking of ron desantis. we have the crazy video. yesterday he was in ames and he