Japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. Secretary austin and the Biden Administration is failing our troops in the field. I admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. Without iran there are no houthis. The houthis are completely backed by iran. Molly forces in israel are expanding their Ground Operation in gaza. Trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. Trey, to you. Good morning. Threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. Yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three antiship Ballistic Missiles and two Cruise Missiles were shot down by the american Eisenhower Carrier Strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. An American Service member remains in Critical Condition following a drone attack against the Erbil Air Base that drew an american response. Zooming in on the ground, israeli Chief Of Staff announced tuesday the idf is expanding operations in central and Southern Gaza while forces continue to go after hamas leadership. The idf says three additional soldiers were killed overnight bringing the total to 146 since the invasion began. As israeli Prime Minister netanyahu issued a new warning to hamas. We say to the hamas terrorists, we see you and we will get you, we are continuing the war and are intensifying the fighting in the Southern Gaza strip and other places. Israels Northern Front remains active as well. More than 20 rockets have been fired into Northern Israel today from the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah. Molly. Molly you have been there for quite a few holiday seasons. This one is different from seasons past and here the christians wrapped up their christmas celebrations and heading into a new year. What are we expecting in the next couple of weeks ahead there on the ground not just as part of this fight but politically as we turn the corner into the new year . Its a great question. Israeli government is under immense pressure right now especially from the families of those 129 people still being held inside gaza. Internally there is a lot of difficult conversation that has to take place in the coming weeks about what the future of this operation looks like. But when you zoom out, there is a real concern among the israeli population about the possibility of what is happening inside Gaza Unraveling to a broader war and the understanding that the threats from the north are very serious and if a conflict erupts with hezbollah there would be many casualties throughout israel. Molly. Molly the depth of your reporting very much appreciated. Happy new year to you. Mike lets bring in retired u. S. Army Lieutenant GeneralKeith Kellogg. General, welcome. The United States navy is dealing with Ballistic Missile attacks from the houthis and Senior Defense officials calling it a significant escalation in the region. Thanks for having me today. Look, were seeing a lot of rhetoric coming out of the administration. Very little limited response both to the attacks In The Red Sea and attack with the houthis launching their missiles. If you back out a minute, the concern ive got is this has set a very bad pattern. All of us set patterns in our lives in how we do things. This administration set a pattern of talking a lot but not doing a lot. I dont care if its ukraine, russia, the far east, if its the mideast or right now In The Red Sea. They will have to take some strong responses especially with whats happening with the houthis now in yemen. If they dont take that it just compounds itself. My experience being in the white house when situations like this occur, if you dont respond aggressively and take disproportionate responses, then it will build. It is harder to put it back in the box. Right now there is a lot of things out of the box. Were talking a big game but were not doing very much. The concern ive got when you look at it. You see a lot of allies saying we hear you, were really not listening to you. Were looking to whats happening with the protection of the red sea. Italians and spanish have gone their own way, french have gone their own way. Even some of the fleets, the major Shipping Fleets are putting ships back into the red sea theyre cautious because they dont really trust it. Mike mike waltz is raising this concern. I think it tells us and our adversaries and allies loud and clear that deterrence is failing. We have put significant assets in the regions. Aircraft carrier, planes, in the sea and ships In The Red Sea and yet the attacks keep continuing. Mike how should the president and pentagon respond . What i mean they need to do something disproportionate. Way out of the box to bring it back into the box. Just protecting the shipping through Missile Defense is wrong. They will have to go to the source of the problem. One is in yemen. The second is iran. When you look at what is happening with hezbollah in iraq right now and attacking u. S. Servicemen. What you see the houthis doing, they arent doing it on their own. They are supplied by the iranians. Iraq parra military force is being supplied by the iranians. Hamas, hezbollah, backed by irrelevant an answer. It is hard to do that. If they dont make a hard response, this is going to continue. The trouble is it will spin way out of control and just not in the region but globally as well. Mike from the wall street Journal Editorial Board biden endangers u. S. Troops. He is afraid. We use that Word Advisedly at being involved in a larger conflict. That anxiety is interfering with his core obligation to defend u. S. Forces. Is the president too worried about war with iran . Yeah. Its a pattern. He set the pattern. It is risk avoidance. You have to be willing to accept risk. When youre inside the white house those decisions come at you hard and fast. You have to understand escalation control. You have to understand risk. But you have to do it. Your job is to protect the nation, protect americas troops abroad and they arent doing it. He set a pattern and adversaries see this. They are despots, dictators, terrorists. You must respond accordingly. The American People expect that. Our nation has to respond hard to bring this thing back under control. Right now he is not doing it. I think its actually almost too late. Mike Lieutenant GeneralKeith Kellogg with sobering advice and analysis. Thank you. Appreciate it. Molly despite the escalations at home and israel President Biden is taking a break this week. He is taking the first family on vacation in st. Croix where Lucas Tomlinson is. Somebody has to do the hard work out there. Lovely back drop. Molly, as the Secretary Of StateHeads To Mexico today President Biden and his family are coming to st. Crow in the u. S. Virgin islands. Many republicans would like to see him go to the southern border first. The president ignored a question about the border while he was boarding Air Force One a short time ago. Here is the dirty little secret. They could fix this tomorrow if they went back to trump policies but they wont do it. Well change the law to give them tools to deal with this. Will they use it . I dont think so. No matter what we do, no matter how we write the law they want it this way. When it comes to the economy americans are not optimistic things will get better according to a recent fox news poll. Two in ten americans think it will improve. A far cry from December Of 2020 and 44 think the economy will get worse. 86 of those surveyed are extremely or very worried about inflation. They know when prices go up, they rarely go back down. Molly. The prices from 40year high inflation two summers ago feel locked in. Despite the polls the white house remains optimistic. Were glad to see that americans are feeling more confident about the economy. And as you know, i think a year ago, six months ago there was this talk about recession, recession, recession. That is certainly not where were headed. Then there is this latest battle In The Red Sea off the top for the second time in history, molly, a u. S. Navy super hornet from the ship scored an air to air Skill Shooting down some of the 12 drones launched from yemen. For the first time in history a ship shot down antiBallistic Missiles. The cost of those were 5 million a pop. A far cry from the 2 thousand drones very crude launched from irans proxy forces in yemen, the houthis. Molly a great way to end your reporting. Great points on all account. Thank you so much. Happy new year. People are angry about the asylum. Ive never seen new yorkers as angry as they are now about a particular topic that they have all rallied behind. Mike eric adams has the migrant crisis turns new york into another border city, too. He is calling out President Biden for failing to contain the surge. Plus. Molly Vice President harris. She posted a picture with a gas stove. Does this holiday meal come with a side of hypocrisy . To duckduckgo on all your Devie Duckduckgo comes with a builtn engine like google, but its pi and doesnt spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. And theres no catch. Its fre. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Mike the Michigan Supreme Court rejecting an attempt to take former President Trump off the 2024 Primary Ballot. The ruling comes after the controversial decision by colorados highest court to remove the former president from the ballot bass week. Last week. A deadly blizzard and ice storm in the central u. S. Colorado getting buried in snow. Major highways are open today after dangerous conditions briefly closed them yesterday. Meteorologist adam klotz with a live look at the forecast. Hello, adam. That system is still on the move. Maybe losing a little bit of steam but a lot more folks are ultimately going to see snow before all is said and done. Now winds at times were up to 60, 70 milesperhour. Calmer now. There is still spots where snow is falling. This system will continue to move. More folks will see snow. The future inhouse forecast model. All the snow dragging itself across illinois and portions of Southern Indiana and getting as far south as into places like kentucky. Areas where you maybe dont see quite as much snow you are finally getting some of the snow. This is the path that system is going to take. As i said, areas like indianapolis toward louisville getting back towards st. Louis, more snow on the way for all of those folks as that system makes its move. Otherwise, millions and millions and millions of folks here today are dealing with a raw, soggy type of day across the mid atlantic and new england, d. C. , philadelphia, new york. Rain coming down and it will linger for several days as we run through it. Now because of The Rain Lingering Today and tomorrow there is at least some risk of flooding as a result. You will see just on the low end possible flood risk. If youre stuck in this now the rain will be here for a little while. Mike, back over to you. Mike i can confirm it is damp and chilly in the d. C. Swamp. Thank you very much. Molly. Molly critics turning up the heat on Vice President harris over this christmas tweet taken in her kitchen next to a gas stove. Just another instance of do as i say, not as i do. Particularly after the administration was considering remember this, the ban on gaspowered appliances. Rich has a show and joins us now to chat about this. Happy new year to you. I have to say, they look adorable in the pictures and look like a happy couple, but is there a little sprinkling of hypocrisy here . Just a little bit, molly, right . Dont you love in this particular picture at thanksgiving The Gas Stove was featured in their shot. This one is like doug. Guard The Gas Stove so no one sees the hypocrisy on full display. Molly at the same time i look at this and they cleaned it are proud of it and love the stove. They keep going back to this spot. This is where she makes all her word salads, thats right there on the stove. Youre right. Its hypocrisy. They want to ban gas stove for everybody. The gas stove for me, not for thee kind of approach. It shows you the hypocrisy of the left. They dont think gas stoves are a problem. They want to ban them its something they can virtue signal and be woke about and the extreme climate left wants them banned. Every chef know its the best way to cook and they know that why they were cooking on The Gas Stove for christmas. They did not say jesus christ at all when they wished everybody merry christmas. They knew about The Gas Stove. All the people who went to copp 28 have gas stoves on yachts or private jets. Powered by propane but the same concept. The worlds biggest hypocrites telling us what to do all the time. Molly are they trolling . They did it at thanksgiving. Got smashed and ripped and now they take another picture in front of the stove. Just checking. It is trolling or complete political Tone Deafness, a bigger point. Kamala harris is more unpopular than joe biden. I believe they would dump joe biden in a heartbeat if they had a strong number two but sthe is worse. Not good political instincts and not well liked and this is the problem. I think it is political Tone Deafness more than anything else. Molly california is fining stores who dont have gender nifty Rail Sections in stores. I go to go stores, dolls, legos, dragons, stuffed animals. I dont recall seeing signs that say boys only, girls only. Your thoughts on this. Listen, i have three kids, nine, seven, three. They all know exactly what toys they want. It is not about gender. They just know what they want. They werent asking santa for Gender Neutral Toys. If there is a demand for Gender Neutral Toys in california theyre satisfying that element. Another way for the government to tell private companies what to do. They have the right to advertise and every toy is made for boys and girls. I got my daughters santa did Lego Princesses for christmas. Enough of this nonsense. Molly i have a 2yearold into race cars and airplanes. When the daughter got the nail kit he got his nails painted. How do you enforce that from the paw patrol and running a Small Business nowadays, 5 hundred to fine you . Law and orderer gender neutral toy division. Theyll look around. Arent we acknowledging there are two genders by doing gender neutral . If you allow boy and girl toys arent we saying there are only two and that well pretend for all the other in this area. Send in swat teams. The left talks about how less involvement with law enforcement. Come in there and raid them. I love it. Molly thank you so much, rich. Happy new year to you and thank you for joining us. Happy new year, molly. Thank you. Molly mike. Mike Sanctuary Cities across the u. S. Scrambling to house an overwhelming number of migrants. How taxpayers in chicago are paying the price. Plus senior biden officials head to mexico to attempt to get a handle on the border crisis but some say its too little too late as a record breaking caravan of migrants now heads for the u. S. This meeting is really just a mere trying to create the pretense they are doing something about this because theyre starting to get a lot of bad press, a lot of political pressure to do something about it. Minus the avocado. So, toast . Yeah. Everything is so expensive these days. Hey, chevy gets it. Thats why theyre Keeping Prices down to earth. Like on the most affordable ev in america. A super strong and capable chevy truck. And a hightech chevy suv. Why is chevy making affordable vehicles, connected by onstar . So together we can do more. Its time. Yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. Everyday, more dog people are deciding its time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmers dog. 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