landslides. more on a potentially historic storm impacting millions this morning. plus, breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. military revealing new details about the scope of damage from those retaliatory strikes in iraq and syria, and not ruling out more strikes including potentially inside iran. also ahead, lawmakers finally unveiling that long-awaited bipartisan border bill, but it s already facing a partisan wall with the house speaker calling it dead on arrival. this as house republicans push forward today with their effort to impeach the secretary of homeland security. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. hello. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. a potentially historic storm impacting millions this morning. 38 million under flood alerts across california, warned of life-threatening conditions with evacuations under way. we re seeing torrential rain, high-speed wins leading to dangerous spinouts and landslides. it is still co
right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at m headquarters in new york city. nearly 24 hours after president biden vowed to strike back, we re waiting for his critical decision. how will be u.s. retaliate for the attack that killed three u.s. soldiers and wounded dozens more in the middle east? what s it going to take to get them to back down but not trigger a bigger war in the process. he s not president and not in congress. how is it possible that donald trump could pull the rug out from under a border deal that both parties say they want and that the country desperately needs? it s the race the american people have been dreading. the two oldest candidates in u.s. history duking it out in what may be the longest presidential campaign we ve ever seen. what it s going to take for them and us to make it to election day. we begin with the deadly attack on american troops in the middle east, opening a new potentially explosive chapter in the israel-hamas war. president
killed two children, happened in pakistan near the iranian border in the belochistan region. iran said it was targeting two bases linked to the group. in the early hours, they said that there was an explosion after an air attack that it blamed on iran. this would make pakistan the third country in a matter of days to be hit by an attack by iran after it s also hit syria and iraq. now, the explosion happened in a pakistani village is located in the border regions of pakistan and iran, and that an area known as belochistan. pakistan s largest but least populated region in the southwest of the country. earlier on, state media from iran said that the military had used drones and missiles to hit militant groups in the area. those reports were subsequently removed without explanation according to the news agency, ap. the group have said that they were targeting at the time, the newsagencies had said that they were targeting a militant group call which translates as army ofjustice,
widening war in the middle east after president biden orders retaliatory iron strikes on a group in iraq. plus chaos at the border. america s top diplomat is heading to mexico where thousands of migrants are making the trek to an already overwhelmed u.s. border. local law enforcement are begging for help to deal with the ongoing surge. and lashing out, donald trump spent christmas day attacking his enemies including president biden, counsel jack smith, his christmas message to him, rot in h ell. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the 2024 race where republican candidates are gearing up for their final campaign push in iowa. 20 days, less than 3 weeks until the caucuses, his rivals will be crisscrossing the state trying to chip away at the front runner status. who can we expect to see in iowa? how are they going to make a difference in what has been a race that trump has led by far and away over the course of the
intercepting multiple rockets, comes after iran s president issuing a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed in syria. trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. trey: good morning. overnight, according to u.s. central command, three strikes destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants. attacks in response to a drone strike against the irbil air base, three americans were injured, one critically, total number of attacks in the middle east to 103 since mid october. lloyd austin released a statement after the response saying let me be clear, the president and i will not hesitate to take action to protect the troops and we do not seek to escalate conflict, we are further prepared to take necessary measures to protect our people and facilities. after israeli forces were on high alert following an airstrike in syria that killed sayyed mousavi, the iranian president said it s an act of the zionist f