Trey . Sandra, good morning. Both the United States and iran do appear to be repairing for the possibility of a direct military confrontation. As we speak, hundreds of u. S. Service members are headed to an american base in kuwait. These are members of the 82nd Airborne Division. There were italian has thousands of more soldiers on standby. There also continuing rhetoric of their own. A Top Commander in the revolutionary guard since his country was not moving toward war but isnt afraid of conflict. That commander adding iran has the power to break america several times. All of this after the u. S. Embassy in baghdad came under siege for two days earlier this week. Iranianbacked militiamen destroyed parts of the embassy compound. In response to b. S. Rocket attacks on day, they killed 25 e iranianbacked group kataib hezbollah. The Ayatollah Khamenei, irans supreme leader, said he is open to talks with the United States if the Trump Administration returns to agreements. Back when you look at the nuclear deal in 2015, the United States has been very clear that they are going to stick to their plan of a maximum Pressure Campaign. President trump has reiterated the fact he does not believe lifting sanctions will change irans behavior, thus a stalemate between the United States and iran does continue as tensions here in the middle east continue to rise. Sandra . Sandra trey yingst and jordan, thank you. During his now, Adam Kinzinger, member of the Foreign Affairs committee, congressman. Good morning to you. As we wait to hear from the defense secretary himself on this program the short time from now, how do you expect the best to respond . I think proportionately. I think with strength. Very assured of who we are and what we can do. I think iran is trying to do one of two things, and probably both is beneficial to them. They either want the u. S. Do not react to provocation, which makes us look weak provocation, when he directly target americans or they want us to overreact, and that way they can use the blame America First crowd. Ben rhodes, the first thing he does is get on twitter and out this is Donald Trumps fault and not the shia militia. I think a proportional response, like weve been seeing so far, is exactly what wa iran doesnt want to see. It doesnt give ammo to the blame america crowd and it does impact their standing. Sandra how would you describe the current threat level in the region today . You know, its interesting i would say we were at yellow and not read yet. Its certainly an interesting story, something not to be aware of and focused on, but im not sure this is quite yet rising to the level of we are on the brink of an impending battle with iran. Both of us are kind of reacting measured on this. Iran is overreacting, we are reacting in a measured way. Keep in mind in the rest of the region, iraq, lebanon, syria, everywhere, people are protesting against iranian expansion into the middle east. Right now theyre on the decline and we are in a much better position to see this thing through. Speed to the New York TimesEditorial Board this morning argues shock waves from the air strikes in iraq may have just begun. I will read a piece from it for you. The president conceivabl couldy lessen tensions, by withdrawing from the nuclear deal and painting iran is the premier evildoer in the middle east mr. Trump and his lieutenants have left little room for dialogue. For more likely is another provocation by iran, and more intractable entanglement for the United States. How much to be risk escalating the tensions there and seeing a whole new war . Well, to the blame america crowd, who it sounds like realle the editorial, we never got involved with iraq until you look since 1979, the many attacks iraq has taken against the United States, despite the fact we have never invaded iran. And yet somehow this is our fault. To those in the prior administration, it was under barack obama when we started the fight against isis, when they were as concerned as we were about the fact that these iranian militias, these shia militias, would be reenergized once the fight was over. This is a problem they always knew about. This isnt a donald trump issue, its a fact that they want to destroy the United States. They say death to america. We have to take them seriously. Sandra they are obviously options on the table for the president , as he is vowing in a tweet that they will pay a very big price. This is not a warning, the present route. This is a threat. A happy new year note on new years eve. There are options including of a president strike back hard, the option that he could do nothing at all. Axios writes, dont leave out a third possibility that he could withdraw troops altogether in iraq. How much do you see the president in line with his Security Team on the next move here . I think we will have to see what the next move is. This initial reaction, hitting the shia militia areas, was actually perfect and proportional. Keep in mind, by the way, israelites these guys all the time. They hit iran all the time, and syria, no story. When we do but, of course, its a big story. A withdrawal from iraq would have terrible shock waves through the world. It would be a terrible mistake. I dont think the president will do that, he is smarter than that. In overreaction to be a bad mistake. But i think a proportional response. The cost to iran is going to be more than any benefit they gain and they arent going to allow us to be seen as weak. We also dont overreact. We have a lot of tools we can use and they ought to be fearful of that. Sandra we know hundreds of troops are on their way over in a deployment that has already begun. There will be multiple days of that. The president says thousands more are prepared to go over. That is a possibility. What do you see in the days and weeks to come as this escalates . I think every day will be that we might be marching a little closer to a little action, maybe further away. Its been like this, frankly, for the last year. Basically since 1979. Keep in mind, the men and women of the military i really for his people 90 of americas unwilling to do that. Thats a little the military. They are volunteers that want to go defend this country. We praise him every day for what they do. They are going to be our shield, our sort if we need it. Iran will deftly be on the receiving end of that and itll feel good for them. Sandra we think you for your service, by the way. Congressman Adam Kinzinger from illinois. Appreciate it. For more on this, todays headliner, defense secretary mark esper. He will join us and be our guest, top of the next hour, lives reaction to whats going on. Leland a lot of news to be made. Fox news alert now on the stabbing death of a new York City College student. Weve been following this vivaldi weeks. The 13yearold accused of killing us a majors is due back in court today. David lee miller picks of our coverage from here in new york. Hi, david b speak of the 13yearold we are not identifying because he is charge in family court is a juvenile faces multiple accounts. Among them, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, and felony murder. He faces that murder charge, although he is actually not accused of wielding the knife that killed 18yearold tessa majors during Previous Court hearings they testify that the team admitted to his role in a robbery that turned deadly. They also say he implicated 214yearolds at a hearing scheduled for 2 00 this afternoon. Lawyers for the 13yearold are expected to argue that the judge should toss the purported confession. They say its not admissible. The lawyers have already said even though the 13 years old was with an uncle during questioning, he did not have an attorney present. They will also likely complained the police battered and yelled at the client. As of this moment, the 13yearold is the only alleged attacker that is in custody. A 14yearold was questioned and released by investigators pending the results of forensic tests. Another 14yearold was also questioned and later set free. The college freshman, tessa majors, was stabbed to death last month just off her campus in new yorks morningside park. Her death shook not only the school but much of new york city. For many new yorkers, it has served as a reminder of the citys troubled past, high crime rates. Many are closely watching what will happen outside family court later today. Back to you. Leland watching so much of the investigation, other possible suspects, as he pointed out. David lee miller, we will catch back up with you when the judge gets everything in. Thank you, sir. Sandra 2020 democrats and feeling their fourthquarter fundraising numbers. One candidate raking in more than 34 million. Who that is, and what it means, heading into the iowa caucuses. Leland at australias deadly brushfires prompting a sevenday state of emergency. We will show you some of the devastating conditions the crews are facing. [radio chatter] need with Liberty Mutual. Con Liberty Mutual solo pagas lo que necesitas. Only pay for what you need. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition. For strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentyseven vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. Its not getting in my way. . I had enough joint pain, swelling, tenderness. 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Destructive wildfires are raging on and expected to get worse. The flames even overtaking and destroying fire trucks. One fire crew forced to evacuate their vehicle in a hurry. When we were in there, in the thick of it, we thought, this could be it. Because we got to a point where it was too dangerous to remain in the vehicle. It was right on my window. Sandra at least 18 people have died and those fires, and 1200 homes have been destroyed since september. The Emergency Declaration kicking off tomorrow with weather conditions existed to get worse. Visitors being told to evacuate the southeast coast before the weekend. Leland top 2020 democrats posting their latest fundraising numbers. Here it is Bernie Sanders coming out on top, raking in a whopping 34. 5 million, while other candidates also saw a solid Fourth Quarter. The primarys frontrunner, joe biden, interestingly enough trails both on that list. Bill mcgurn, former chief speechwriter for president george w. Bush, fox news contributor, good to see you as always. We know that money does not always translate to votes, but does this at least question the theory that sanders has this high floor, no ceiling to be the nominee . It could. As you pointed out, every debate features democrats complaining about billionaires trying to buy the election. There at the end is poor old tom steyer, desperately trying to buy make the election. Leland [laughs] he cant break up of 2 . Was interesting about that is if you look at the joe biden and Pete Buttigieg, they are almost mirror opposites in the sense that biden has managed to hold onto the lead even though everyone sort of expect him to tumble. But he cant attract the fundraisers, maybe because they dont think he can do it for the long haul. Whereas buttigieg can do great with the fundraisers, but hes got a real problem with africanamerican voters. Leland mainstream candidates, the young guard, the old guard, that you point out. Back to that issue about billionaires buying the election, Bernie Sanders is truly astounding is 34 million. It talked to that issue. Heres what he wrote. Teacher was the most common occupation of his donors. The five most common employees for amazon, starbucks, walmart, the u. S. Postal service, and target. The average donation was 18. 53. Amazon, walmart, starbucks, target. Some of his favorite targets on the stump. I dont have the animosity to billionaires that seems to be driving the modern Democratic Party, even though they have two billionaires among their candidates. Look, i think Billy Sanders is still a formidable candidate. If you look hes not going anywhere. He has no incentive to drop out. Assuming that Elizabeth Warren may exit the race later, i think theres a lot of progressive votes for him to pick up. His problem is they are blocking each other from kind of uniting those votes against joe biden. Joe biden floats on top. We look at the real clear politics average right now, biden on top, 28. 3. This is the national average, so it doesnt speak to iowa and New Hampshire. Sanders, then warren, that you pointed out. Would you make of the fact that war and sort of had this rise . And they were all these headlines that went after warren and all her plans, the wall street journal has a view beds and editorials about that. A couple on the cause of her plans. Then she drops a little bit, we saw these headlines, bernie could be for real this time. With Elizabeth Warren, this is politics. There are always people look really good as a candidate on paper. I think Kamala Harris was one. Leland i will add one more to that, Julian Castro just dropped out of the reese, greece i would have thought Kamala Harris did a lot better. And Elizabeth Warrens problem, with all her plans, is not that people like me oppose her. Which, of course, we do, because we think it is nutty and spends too much money. It raises red flags even with people in her own party that might otherwise be amenable to her goals. They worry shes too extreme. She had a second question, and this is where bernie has an advantage. He admits the unsavory parts of his plan. In other words, taxes, yes, your taxes will go up because of my plan. But overall you will be better. Warren was saying, magical you will do this without raising taxes. Nobody believed it, so she added it to her also about credibility. Is she being honest with us . Leland you bring up honesty and credibility and transparency about a different subject in your latest piece. This is bill mcgurn in the december 30th wall street journal. Amy klobuchar a secret list. When will the democrats say who they nominate to the Supreme Court . Is there for fear of the unknown for democratic voters, or do not want to put those names out because they cant run in the center . I think its more the latter. This is another norm that donald trump shattered. He did it because he was sort of post to do it. Ted cruz was running ads right after Justice Scalia died, that you cant trust donald trump with the Supreme Court. At the end of may, he released a list and then he released another one in conjunction with the philadelphia north of philadelphia, the federalist society. The heritage foundation. In other words, with they would like. I think it was a tremendous asset because he campaigned on it. I dont think democrats can do the same. If we knew who they really wanted put on the core, that might be a turnoff voters. Trump of the votes of people who rank to the Supreme Court picks as among their leland jim alberta in his book made that same point about the Supreme Court and how important the list President Trump put out go ahead. Also for democrats the Supreme Court as their preferred legislature. Its more important for them, because thats where they want to get their stuff done. Not to the elected representatives. Leland great summary of your peace in the journal, although it doesnt do it justice. Mr. Mcgurn, thank you, sir. Sandra chief Justice John Roberts warning americans may be taking democracy for granted. Anything to look into their as we head into a Senate Impeachment trial . Will discuss. Leland plus, women arrested for assaulting a jewish man in new york. We go live with the latest on the strand of antisemitic attacks. I love rakuten, its basically free money. Its an easy way to earn cashback on the stuff im already buying. When you have a child and theyre constantly growing out of clothing, earning cashback from rakuten just makes everything easier. Sometimes its 3 sometimes its 8 but youre always getting cashback. The way cashback works on rakuten