drone strike killing five iranian proxy fighters in northern iraq and stopping what would have been another attack on american troops in the middle east. you're watching "fox and friends," i'm carley shimkus. >> griff: and i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. severe escalation for proxies in yemen who launched hours long assault in the red sea, drawing the u.s.s. carney into the line of fire. trey yingst is live with the latest on the ground there and more on washington's response to iran's provocations. good morning, trey. >> trey: good morning. a lot of developments over the past 24 hours. israeli forces are ramping up airstrikes, they targeted 200 different sites, bringing total number of strikes against gaza to 10,000. the heavy air campaign issic spooing, tdeath toll say 700 people were killed over the weekend. israel targeting hamas leadership, this weekend hitting a battalion and the commander responsible for carrying out raids into israeli territory back on october 7. the israelis have confirmed they will go after all leadership in northern part gaza as they have started to expand to the south. it does come as israelis and americans prepare for the possibility of broader con"news in a flash." you have shia militia active over the weekend and of course the houthi-iran backed rebels in yemen. officials confirming five proxy fighters were killed during a u.s. drone strike yesterday. americans say they went after the cell outside of the iraqi city looking to prepare an attack against a u.s. base there. another example of targeting u.s. forces, there have been more than 75 attacks on u.s. forces since the middle of october. we are watching the northern front between israel and lebanon. lebanese militant group hezbollah launches attacks into u.s. territory. >> carley: thank you, trey. bring in former national security council spokesman john elliot. good morning. what do you make of the airstrikes the u.s. carried out northern iraq. this does seem different than previous strikes, this was not planned and fighters prepared an attack and took them out. do you think this is the appropriate next step? >> carley, it is very hard to tell right now because we are just getting initial reportses. what it does do is put a marker down to the iranian proxy and masters in iran we're going to be killing your people if you attack us. leon panetta, over the weekend says the response by the biden administration has been too selective. he is understating the fact and everybody sees attacks they have given up to now are hitting empty warehouses and that is not appropriate. for this response, the bottom line is that what the houthis or the other iranian proxies operating in iraq and others, even hezbollah, soon as they fire anything against u.s. targets, they will be killed and respond and be overwhelming response so they will not think about attacks u.s. forces here. >> griff: in a statement released by central command on the u.s.s. carney, specific language says this, these attacks represent direct threat to maritime security and jeopardize the lives of crews around the world. we have every reason to believe the attacks, while launched by houthi in yemen are fully enabled by iran. putting iran's direct connection there, which we all know, is not something i have seen before temperature may have been, but definitely not the usual case they put iran on notice in writing. is that significant toto you? >> once again, you are right, it is stating the obvious, like strikes carley was talking about. it is drawing a marker to say, these are directed by iran. every single thing the houthis do is directed by iran and this is something if they put in writing here, that is great, but what has to happen is direct message to iranians, of we know what you are up to, we know that you are responsible for every single missile or rocket attack directed at us and that we are going to hold you responsible and so to put in writing is great, let's see it backed up by direct contract and message sent to iran, not just in the last line of a press release. >> carley: also a situation that seems alarming, former u.s. ambassador to bolivia, manual rocia was arrested in florida, being accused of secretly serving as an agent of cuba. how concerned are you about this and what do we know about this so far? >> carley, the wire report as of a couple hours ago, do not provide details, they say we'll get details this morning, so we'll find out. if fbi and doj are going after anyone else in florida not named donald trump, that is news. if it is a fara violation, this is something that hunter biden is under investigation for so this is something they took a long time, five years to look into with hunter biden and they -- let's have same for the retired diplomat and former vice president. >> griff: good idea, indeed. thank you for starting off monday morning with us. meanwhile, biden handling of the israel-hamas war has muslim swing state voters launching a campaign to abandon him in 2024. taking a closer look this will have on his reelection bid. >> carley: griff jenkins, did you see this? 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>> we don't have any additional information about their well being. we know time is running out and it makes no sense they are not being released and they must come home, they are in danger to die. >> griff: elon, you are speaking now on international live television. what would you like to say to israel's government, to hamas's captives that are holding this family and also to the white house here in washington? >> i would like to first say of course, thank you for having me here and i want to address president biden and every one of you at home, not just here, please help us save the family and bring them home. president biden, you have shown ability to influence what is going on and put pressure where it comes. we need president biden and the entire u.s. government to help us here and put international pressure on hamas to stop them from doing this inhumane evil and torture us everyday and bring this little child and his brother and both his parents home. we can't go on like this, it will soon be 60 days, the one thing important more than anything is that the return of the hostages home and of course children and mothers, even mur urgently. >> griff: eylon, do you feel prime minister netanyahu is doing enough to bring the hostages home? >> i don't know if he's doing enough or not, but whether he does or not, i still wish to ask him and demand and remind that israeli citizens are the most important for the israeli government, of course. and of course you can't keep going with the babies and children to come back home. it has been too long already. so please we demand and beg that everyday the first thing you do is look to kfir and everyone else in the eye and think how can i get them as fast as i can back home. this is the most important thing and should be the top priority. >> griff: top priority, indeed, eylon keshet, please give us information if you get more information on their whereaboutings. thank you. >> thank you. >> griff: president biden is fundraising blitz ending with the hollywood elite. >> carley: his own party is the tone-deaf message as average americans struggle to make ends meet. we are talking to david webb about that next, don't go anywhere. ♪ what is cirkul? cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. cirkul is the energy that gets you to the next level. cirkul is what you hope for when life tosses lemons your way. cirkul. it's your water, your way. >> griff: president biden is back in campaign mode this week, hitting boston and d.c. before heading to hollywood's most elite with ticket prices nearing 1 million dollars. >> carley: brooke singman, tell us about this fancy soiree. >> brooke: tomorrow he is shipping up to boston for a concert fundraising with j james taylor. ticket prices range from $100 to $7500. wednesday he would hold campaign in d.c. friday there is a star-studded fundraising hosted by stephen -- $930,000 each. hosting the recipientses of kennedy center honorees and he made this gaffe watch. >> prime-time enemy, enemy. that is me. [laughter] >> prime-time emmy. >> brooke: it looks like he will need all the love as democrats are working to distance themselves from the biden economy as holidays approach. koofrd according to axios, they are sticking with people over politics instead of bidenomics. the holidays seem to be amplifying the issue with ghosts of christmas past catching up with the white house. since 2020, christmas trees up 20% and christmas dinner is up 16%. total amount spent on holiday sales is up 24% this year, expensive christmas season. >> carley: thank you. bring in fox news contributor david webb to talk about this. interesting democrats are doing away with the bidenomics tomorrow, they say it is not working. the same week the president is going to this crazy expensive fundraising with stephen spielberg. is that a messaging conflict? >> david: is the problem bidenomics or ego? biden this and that, that is joe biden. people are living with economics on a daily basis that are bad for them. no matter what, you just went over prices for christmas. egg-flation is real, costs are up. joe biden can't sell policies to regular folks, so he goes, most americans, but he goes to hollywood to people who don't care about egg-flation, who can afford losses, do not worry and don't care about people out in america or they wouldn't support those policies. >> carley: egg-flation may be bad, but when there is wine-flation, count me out. >> david: if you can afford to pay $930,000. >> carley: if his campaign accepts almost million per person, maybe he can do the basement campaign if he's just getting money from the rich guys. >> david: he will run from the base meanwhile the democratic party runs -- groups will come home to vote for biden, this is important campaign. it is about the each single voter that may decide, if you don't like biden, i will vote d up and down the ballot, that's a problem. >> carley: democrats are counting on time. impacting the economy in positive way and getting prices down. time only makes the president older, an issue he cannot run away from. >> david: can he run? can't get down air force one steps. >> carley: we've seen him on a bike, though. >> david: he fell off the bike. >> carley: arizona, florida, nevada, pennsylvania, they have campaign called abandon biden, they said they will not vote for president biden in this election cycle even though they voted for him in the past. this is deerborn, michigan over the weekend, listen. >> i am here to tell you, mr. biden, on behalf of the muslim communities, we will not vote for you in the primary or general election for not calling for ceasefire. >> emfas are being wiped out with our own tax dollars. >> we will swing the vote and won't stand with you this upcoming election. >> carley: how serious is this for president biden and do you think their stance could change his stance on the war in israel? >> david: probably not. those muslim leaders, will they be in fundraisers in hollywood with the rich jews giving to democrats? also -- >> carley: there is real divide. >> david: muslims are about 1.2% of population and growing. look at voting totals, they are going to go to jewish. biden can't change what they need to do, biden can't change bibi's mind. the bluster doesn't carry over. you mentioned memory, they will forget by next year, voters will forget and come home and vote for democrats, that is what we should be concerned about, to jews across america, whether pro-israel, anti-biden, it is a simple question, you are being attacked around the world, who do you trust from a policy perspective? >> carley: thinking of vote strategy when it comes to war and lives and right and wrong and moral, but that is the reality of american politics. >> david: harsh reality. >> carley: it is. over to you, let's talk football. >> griff: let's talk football. what a sunday it w was. start with the san francisco 49ers, eagles in philly for highly-anticipated rematch of last year's nfc game. niners got their revenge. purdy tossing four touchdowns, helping left san francisco to the 42-19 victory and he's out of there. down to tampa. the bucks hosting the panthers. mike evans putting on a show, including this 75-yard touchdown catch. wow. bucks win 21-18. mike evans becomes only the second player ever with 1000 receiving yards in each of the first 10 seasons. to the crescent city with the new orleans saints hosting the lions. lions with a double reverse, look at that, to take the game 33-28. detroit is 9-3 for the first time since 1962. finally, to wisconsin, taylor swift was in attendance for chiefs and packers game. green bay looked fear will, not caring about the reputation of the defending champs. several calls from officiating crew put the game into question for packers before stepping up with timely defense to seal the upset. watch. >> need an alabama miracle here. mahomes going to buy the time, circle and flip to the end zone. kelce down there and contact, incomplete. no flag and packers win. >> griff: green bay takes it improving to 6-6 on the year. chiefs tried to shake it off, they couldn't take the packer pressure. we are just six weeks from the iowa caucus and republican candidates are working overtime to chip away at donald trump's lead. >> carley: we are talking to iowa voters coming up next. 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