new iranian backed attacks against our navy and cargo ships in the red sea. the pentagon says these reports of new rocket and drone attacks occurred on u.s. warship and several commercial vessels there today. details are still coming in the repreport say there are increasd aggression against our forces in the region from the rebels that are based and directed entire run. welcome to "fox news live" i'm eric shawn. what's i am arthel neville put the fence officials have not confirmed the attack on the destroyer uss noris nature aware where it came from this would appear to be a significant escalation of hostilities in the region. given the fact rebels have launched a series of missiles and drone attacks on the red sea recently including a cargo vessel linked to israeli companies. lucas tomlinson's life at the white house with reaction to this breaking news. what are we hearing? >> we just received a statement from the pentagon about the reports of that attack on the u.s. warship in the red sea. going to read it for you the pentagon says quote we are aware of reports regarding attacks on uss kearny and commercial vessels in the red sea will provide information as it becomes available later. the eye iranian backed levels claim credit for the attack produced notable last night at the reagan national defense form in california it up panel hosted by our own built former obama cia defector leon said this administration needs to do more to protect u.s. troops who are increasingly under attack. >> i would be much more aggressive about going after those who attack our u.s. horses. questioning to date our response responses been too soft? >> i think it has been a little too selective. we hit some ammo dumps we hit some other targets. i want to go after those who are firing missiles in our troops. and make sure they understand that when they fire a missile they are going to die. correct artlast night that u.s.s firing these missiles and where they are being fired from. likely talking about ir satellites in space the detective missile launches. before the attacks yesterday senior members of the bite administration had been issuing the following public warnings to israel. >> the center of gravity is a civilian population. if you drive them into the arms of the enemy you replace a technical victor of the strategic strategic defeat. >> no forcible displacement. no reoccupation. no it seems her blockade no reduction in territory. >> jon kirby explain it more of what appeared to be coordinated messaging across the world on "fox news sunday." >> this is a consistent message that have been taking charge israeli counterparts. literally from beginning of the conflict. >> we are trying to find out more about this apparent attack on that uss carney today in the red sea it's notable for the past few weeks been shooting down a lot of drones and cruise missiles fired from yemen and the direction of other u.s. warships in the red sea and of course to israel as well. sleep at a all right lucas i kw you'll keep us posted lucas tomlinson. eric: to the presidential race eating out. we are just 43 days away from the first and the nation nominating contest. the closely watched iowa caucuses. republican candidates are spending this weekend and i mad it can payment mode including front runner former president donald trump. florida governor desantis is a battling with nikki haley for second place also their vivek ramaswamy. he has been stumping in des moines and holding town halls throughout the state. alexis nick adams is in des moines light with the very latest round up of what's happening this weekend and later today. >> hey eric, there's been a busy weekend right here in des moines. we are just weeks away from the iowa caucuses here. both candidates including former president donald trump of florida governor desantis were on the ground working on their ground game and tried to gain support. they both had speeches in different counties but they had very different messages. tdesantis looking forward to it he says after he's hit on 99 counties but tromp slamming president biden and at talking about when he's going to back in the white house. watch this. >> joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. [cheering] it is him and his people who are the records of the american dream. the american dream is dead with them in office. it is sad if it. >> going back to iowa easement so much time on the ground. you talk to seven people and made connections why is donald trump still had in the polls? >> i think the horizon of iowa caucus voters they are not making decisions in six months in advance. even three months in advance. now that we are past thanksgiving the caucuses somethings is more front and center. going into the caucus more than half of iowa potential caucus goers say did not even considered the caucus being started yet even though they have been campaigning. what we did is laid the groundwork we got support in every county. >> that groundwork is going to have to continue here on the area here in iowa. forty governor desantis at the 99 counties just yesterday. that's a step he believes will set him apart in the caucuses. tromp focusing on heading back to the white house promising he's going to in the caucuses and crush his competition they are paid back out there live in des moines will tell you although ron desantis is behind in those poles include the latest poll by the "des moines register" here in the state, he is sitting behind it trump as a nikki haley continues to catch up but he has received pretty big endorsements like evangelical church leader bob who i talked to last night but he is back to people that end up winning the iowa caucuses three times in a row but he said desantis is his guy, not trump watch. >> did you hear from tromp at all after that he endorsed desantis? >> only through media. but again trump and i have been friends for a dozen years. i know how he plays. is not happy about my endorsement. but what i wouldn't say trump knows better than any bait that my endorsement never has been and never will be for sale. he knows that. >> donald trump did not get that endorsement he is still sitting wellhead in the polls was confident on stage. we'll see how this all plays out six week until the iowa caucus. it's going to be a lot more groundwork here will make sure to hit your famous steakhouse you we went there the other night. eric: there is a steakhouse in downtown des moines 801 as the political center of the world for two months. the candidates are there, the journalists are there it is quite a place. alexis, good to see a thank you. we'll have much more on the race. bryant york will join us and tells what he is watching for the hawkeye state and who he thanks will when they caucus coming up 43 days from now. stay tuned fox news contributor in a moment. arthel. arthel: it meanwhile pro- palestinian demonstrators swarming an upscale mall in midtown manhattan to demand an immediate and permanent cease-fire in gaza. anti- israel rallies keep spreading across the u.s. in some cases leading to violence between protesters, the public and police cb cotton is live in new york city with more. cb, these protesters have targeted a few places in the city right now, tell us more. that is right protesters have targeted an upscale shopping mall here in manhattan at least twice now the crowd out numbing the security guards outside who try their best to keep the marchers out, watch. >> once the protesters were inside some of them spread out to march and chant on all three levels of the moment you see someone on their screen waving the palestinian flag on the second fl floor's a crowd below chance again while you are shopping bombs are dropping the scene halting some shoppers in their tracks who pull out their cell phones to record it. now before this the pro- palestinian protesters were standing outside the american museum of national history that has been another target for demonstrators in recent weeks. organizers encouraging the crowd to go inside with the palestinian flags and banners to protest. within our lifetime climbing the museum has corporate patrons which are facilitating the ongoing genocide in gaza. here's one rally go or showing who he blames in the ongoing conflict. >> i'm here because i'm outraged the way israel is behaving sitting a new standard of horror inand the way people can treat each other. hoping to help bring an end to it. >> protesters made their way to times square tried to protest inside of a mcdonald's. video on social media appearing to show security there kept the crowd out using pepper spray. arthel: cb cotton, thank you. eric: israel tells the citizens and residents in southern gaza to leave. this while hamas wants him to stay and kills them. that evacuation is ramping up after attacks are contingent on the week long cease-fire that ended on friday. meantime we are told several rockets fired from gaza. was intercepted by israel's iron dome system. negotiations to try three more hostages held by her mosque and other terrorist groups in gaza have for now collapse. trey yingst live in southern israel with the very latest on israel's war i get that heinous terrorist group. >> say eric, good afternoon but after the cease-fire collapsed 58 days into the war now between israel and hamas the rocket fire from gaza does continue here along the border. some communities taking a direct impact today. take a look. you can see the sight of one direct impact in the southern town, pieces of the rocket still hot. this a barrage of fire from the northern part of the gaza strip 58 days into the complex. the shrapnel marks on this car show the damage that can be done by these rockets fired by hamas and islamic jihad. israeli forces said they struck new targets over that hitting tamil shafts and weapons storage facilities. we also know they continue to go after hamas leadership including yesterday when they targeted the commander of hamas battalion room to respond before attack in 2014 the cold seven israeli soldiers inside gaza. also one of the masterminds behind the october 7 massacre by the policy to help the ministry said the death toll in gaza is rising since he renewed fighting started after him of the 100 hostages were released during the one-week cease-fire but hamas this weekend saying there will be no further exchange of hostages for prisoners until the war in gaza is over. again that renewed rocket fire taking place since friday morning. yesterday paired explosions in tel aviv the second largest city is the regional sources are telling us today all talks for now have collapsed but negotiations could continue pretty when you take a listen to yoav gallant who you had this ty about the situation. >> during the past two days we operate in areas we did not operate in the last month. this will increase. this operation will reach every point that needs to be reached. we are calling for a total elimination of hamas organization. and nothing less. >> is really forces are now operating close to gaza's second largest city. but again the civilian ductal in gaza is arising some horrific images of civilian casualties. before the war on israel and f hamas surrenders and gives up, trey thank you. arthel: it more now on the israel hamas war will bring in lieutenant colonel peter lerner and idf spokesperson. you have heard in the last 24 hours the bite administration is still saying israel has the right to defend itself but the idf must adhere to international humanitarian law and minimize the killing of innocent palestinian people is that possible? >> thanks arthel for yes indeed. since hamas decided to break down the operational pause we had going on to release hostages we have reengaged hamas. we are taking them out as trait rightly pointed out that is what we intend to do. our war effort has two core goals to dismantle hamas as a governing authority and make sure they never have the power of government again to conduct such lethal terrorist attacks against us in second to bring back all the hostages. indeed we are very attentive to the u.s. administration and our military american colleagues to conduct and convey we are conducting ourselves we continue to conduct ourselves in accordance with the laws of armed conflict we are operating in a very precise manner on the way that alleviates or distinguishes between the civilian population the noncombatants and hamas terrorists. we have to keep in mind hamas has taken full advantage of the civilian arena. they planted all of their efforts from schools, mosques, hospitals we have seen extensively where they are operating from. indeed this is a significant challenge for any professional military we are operating under the understanding civilians need to be the impact on civilians these be mitigated. smith argument to the hostages. does idf have a specific strategic plan, a search and rescue plan to remove us whether to plus hostages that remain in gaza? >> 137 hostages remain in hamas' clutches. seventeen women and children. they are a top priority a national priority indeed prints utilizing all of its operational and intelligence capabilities. bring them home safely. i cannot elaborate too much because of the sensitivity of the issue. i will set we will go to every step in order to bring them home safely. utilize all the tools at hand and the full spectrum of operational and intelligence capabilities. the reality of the operational reality is a very complex one. we are taken that into consideration. >> how is the renewed fighting hampering your attempts to bring the hostages home? >> we are very focused in the areas specifically and most extensively in the northern areas of the gaza strip currently. we are conducting precision strikes and they specific and tc locations in the south as well. i would say the operational reality and the influence of first is influencing our operational plan of action. a good grasp of what we need to be doing. killing their commanders, their leaders are battalion commanders in the terrace on the ground. until we achieve our goals of dismantling and destroying hamas and making sure t the hostages e not harmed. >> do you think time is running out to destroy hamas? >> from our perspective we have to keep in mind hamas has had 16 years to prepare for this war. they have built the infrastructure extensively which i have pointed out. beneath the schools, beneath mosques in and beneath hospitals for this is a ruthless and merciless in mercenary that's been planning for this day extensively. from our perspective from the military perspective i would not been given a time limits. we are determined to achieve our goals. we are determined to make that change we are determined to change the paradigm that existed before the seventh of october. hamas in their action basically determine their own destiny. we can never accept this organization for the terrorist organization can govern the gaza strip as a staging ground for brutal ruthless attacks against us against the israeli people won't allow the idf is charged by the government to deliver security. that is pre precisely but we ind to do. no matter how long it takes. arthel: are you hopeful for another truce? >> the truce is something conducted by the political i would not delve into that from my perspective. of course we will adhere to any instructions we get from the government in order to alleviate and bring back more hostages. we held our fire for a week in order to facilitate and bring home over 100 hostages. this is, i was sick cackling to risk we took in order to bring home the innocence. and i would say it goes hand-in-hand with the operational goals of the war. arthel: is there an insight for this war i know you said you'd fight until the end but is there an end in sight for the wart might that include an idf attack on iran? >> we are very focused on hamas at the moment. there are lots of things happening around in the region including hezbollah conducting attacks against us almost every day. we have heard about the attacks from yemen toward israel. but we are very focused on hamas. this is our primary goal at this time. we are in defensive posture and the other arenas protecting our borders and preempting strikes against the enemy whether it is hezbollah or intercepting the rockets that surfaced cruise missiles. and at various different munitions. they are firing at us. but we are defensive in essence. while we focus on our main goal this time hamas. >> finally do you feel confident you can get the remaining hostages out of gaza? >> national priority we are utilizing all of the tools in our hand. operational and intelligence we approve it in the past that we can do that. we need to utilize those efforts to bring them home. and i would say, as we say in the military hope is not a method. arthel: lieutenant colonel peter lerner a lot on your plate. nothing new for you sir, thank you very much for sharing the information that you could. thank you sir. >> thank you very much. space bar back to the top story at newnew iranian backed attacks against our navy and the cargo ships in the red sea for this is been going on for weeks now. those are radiant back cooties are firing attack drones against warships that took a cargo ship captive and brought back to yemen as part of the target us coming in at this hour from the administration lucas tomlinson with more on that what is the latest? >> were getting fresh reporting for own pentagon producer who said the u.s. carded that the guided missile destroyer in the red sea has shot down at least two drones fired from yemen by the back trouble some managed to hit commercial ships in the red sea make it very clear it's a multi prong attack against commercial shipping. this is a statement from u.s. defense official saying houthis missiles struck ships in the red sea it's been lending a assistance in shutdown two drones heading in its direction. it appears that this attack was multi prong and multi drone launched. this meant a lot in the red sea but off the coast of yemen as well in action was taken this is a very serious attack against commercial shipping and that u.s. warship. >> this is been going on now for several weeks. the iranian backed tried eight firing at commercial vessels and our warships as you said bring something the biden administration although they have been launching attacks and retaliation has not been doing enough what is the sense the administration could or should get to tehran to back off? >> also trent ate shut down a 32 million-dollar american reaper drone a few weeks ago. so far to date is been no u.s. airstrikes. that uss eisenhower's strike group hor or its hornets on boan very easily launch f-15s f-16s some have carried out attacks in iraq and syria against the iranian backed forces. to date there has been five attacks against iranian proxy forces despite u.s. forces coming under attack over 75 times now it is notable the pentagon does not count these attacks against u.s. warships of the number of 70 by the just count the attacks on the 2500 u.s. troops in iraq, 900 troops in neighboring syria. the situation we are watching very closely. before lucas looked at the map straight 75 attacks against our forces they retaliated five times against the houthis and they keep on attacking us? >> against the houthis just ironic backed groups, has blood, and iraq and syria this and zero attacks against houthis rebels despite repeated attacks against commercial shipping. eric: why is administration letting this happen? they are trying to attack our destroyers and naval forces ockham is sitting back and not doing anything? >> i will find out spray the pentagon has many of options and escalation letter presented to the national security council behind me for not clear why the biden ministrations not out any attacks to dates but keep escalating you ta