i do hold them responsible in the sense that they re supplying the weapons to the people that did it. sandra: two days since that deadly drone attack blamed on iran-backed rebels. now the president says he has decided on how to respond. but what exactly will that response be? and will it go far enough? with the president campaigning in florida, mike waltz says the administration needs to stop playing defense and take decisive action against iran right now. the congressman is here. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to jennifer griffin at the pentagon where a briefing just wrapped what are we hearing around learning at this hour? sandra, the pentagon briefing that just wrapped major general pat ryder would not telegraph how or when the u.s. would respond. it was pretty clear decisions have been made. the president and the secretary have said we will respond in a time of our choosing. won t go into details of what that co
calling a an explosive attack in northeastern ukraine. a new russian drone strike causing death and destruction as ukraine claims it s regaining ground on the battlefield. florida governor ron desantis slamming donald trump for a past promise to protect gay rights. the video further driving a wedge into the republican party and the republican presidential field. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, wolf bloot ser is off today. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. let s get right to israel s intense incursion in jenin in the occupied west bank, its impact on middle east tensions and the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. cnn s hadas gold joins us from jury room. give us the latest on this israeli operation in jenin. reporter: this operation, as far as we understand, is still on going. we re well past 20 hours that this operation has been ongoing. it started around 1:00 a.m. overnight with air strikes carr
surprised by this but homelessness grew a staggering 10% in the city last year and 9% in la county. my office staff is afraid, and it s so sad forthe people that are homeless and it s a tragedy for the community. when i went outside, there were just like families walking around, people walking their dogs. it was completely quiet and safe and boring in a good way. and now i m afraid to go out without my pepper spray. laura: horrific. and in the big apple things are off the chart bad with city shelters busting at the seams filled with illegals. now it s so bad that earlier this month, mayor eric adams even floated the idea of housing the would-be asylumees inside homes. you don t know nothing about those people. what he s doing is not good for the city. he s trying the city. i wouldn t want some stranger, illegal or not illegal, just a stranger in general. so you re saying if this opportunity keim to you you wouldn t take it? i absolutely would not. laura: it
weaponizing its attack line on donald trump, but he appeared to have given them plenty of ammunition. let s get the latest from rich edson in washington. rich? good afternoon, neil. much of the respect presidential field has criticized the department of justice over this. they re also taking issue with the former president s alleged behavior. his campaign says it raised roughly $2 million last night at a fund raiser in bedminster, new jersey just hours after the former president appeared at his arraignment in a courthouse in miami. as his federal indictment dominates the gop race for president. i don t think that most republicans support the conduct that is detailed in that indictment. it s reckless, it s harmful to the american national security and it doesn t show the judgment that you need to be an effective president during difficult times. former vice president mike pence told the wall street journal, these are very serious allegations and i can t defend what is
Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you