exactly one hour away from the first major test of the 2024 g.o.p. primary season. the iowa caucuses. now, more than 1600 caucuses across 99 counties, you can believe it or not. i have been covering to iowa for years covering these caucuses. this year isn t just the coldest, but also has the most riding on it. i will explain what is really at stake in moments. but, first, we have reporters at the headquarters of all the major candidates. first to trump s right here in des moines where fox news senior national correspondent rich edson is standing by. rich? rich: you know, laura, it s cold it s icy. some of the roads are impassable. they have talked to the weather all day long here. we talked to the candidates how that plays into the campaign. they say look, all the campaigns are dealing with this. one campaign aid said, look, we have the most dedicated campaign base in the history of american politics. we re not worried about our folks showing up. speaking of showing up, for
We also feel the pain and the expectations of the citizens of israel. I personally with the families of the kidnapped at any moment where i can. I promise you there is no means we will not use to bring them all back home. We should not forget we have it in him an enemy who uses it babies and women to save itself. They are fighting psychological warfare. They are lying to the world. They are cruel to the families and they will fail. We will see to it, sooner or later, that all pay the price for this murderers and kidnappers, dead men walking. I think the u. S. For these supports. At the same time the world should know it is important this war, there is no time limit. It is a human effort to do what we can and for as long as it takes. We will do what is right for us. And the whole world should focus on the enemies who havent kidnapped children, the elderly, babies. Who are willing to sacrifice their own citizens and residents of gaza. We should represent. The picture is clear in this war
Israel. This is very close to gaza city. Israel is continuing to ram up up its strikes this evening in gaza. Its 10 00 p. M. In southern israel. The country extends its Ground Operations this evening. What a possible Ground Invasion might looks like. At this point its unclear. It has felt imminent the last 48 to 72 hours, really. Israeli officials today telling us that the world should expect to hunker down for a long war. They have two missions. The first is to eliminate forever the threat that hamas can present to the country of israel. So that they can never be threatened or hurt again. They say that too many of their children live in fear, go to sleep in fear at night. They want to erase the threat of hamas and the threat of what they watched unfold on october 7th. Now, secondly, and not particularly in this order because these two things obviously are very interwoven in terms of what they face right now. 229 hostages. You can see some of their faces here. We will take a look at th
House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
The party as deeply divided as it is, its a real problem. Its a real picture. This demonstrates why the old adage you dont negotiation with terrorists. Its a difficult situation and peep dont care about the value of life. Its not a economic calamity were not producing american oil and gas as we should be. Russia is a major producer of oil so theyve benefited from this crazy biden Energy Policy and iran is a major producer of oil. He has in in inadvertently put y into the hands of the terrorists. When hamas attacked israel, prize of gold went up 160 and that conflict is far from over and theres a lot of people running to gold as a hedge against geopolitical turmoil. Stuart good morning, everyone, 11 00 eastern time and monday, dow down 200 and now down 26 and nasdaq up 26 and s p up a tiny fraction. Show me oil, please. Down in price to 87 a barrel and heres where the action is. 10year treasury yield and we came on the air this morning and it was well over 5 . Now its 491. What on earth