now. ainsley: it is the #:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends on the east coast. it is friday, january 12th. steve: thank you very much for joining us. we have breaking news on this friday. joint strikes by the united states and united kingdom hit dozens of houthi targets in yemen after a number of attacks are in the red sea. the iranian back the group says we are not backing down. brings it on. this able unraveling as defense secretary lloyd austin still in the hospital calling the shots from his bed. lawrence: plus, nikki haley pulls ahead in the latest polling in iowa with the caucuses on monday. for us it s always been slow and steady wins the race. it s the people that decides. while everybody else wants to discount us, i will tell you we keep moving and we are moving for a reason to believe. brian: california police department offering $75,000 bonuses to recruit officers. and guess what? still not enough. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, your morni
government is stepping in to calm the failure two of u.s. banks. everyone that had money in sign silicon valley bank and signature bank will have money. the president is going to address the public about it. oscars, stealing the show, best picturor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. also overnight, saber-rattling once against from north korea with a missile test launched from a submarine. the u.s. and south korea begin joint military exercises. you know this name. michael cohen. set to testify in a case that could lead to criminal charges against donald trump. cohen expected to appear before a mat nhattan grand jury. he s been making hush payments to stormy daniels. and get this march madness your march madness bracket is set for the ncaa tournament. the one seeded, kansas, purdue, alabama, something like that never heard of them. cnn this morning starts right now. i can tell you, i was in washington this weekend. the collapse of
where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont
headlines over to you, lawrence. lawrence: what a legend is he. unbelieve it or not as a major winter storm barrels toward chicago, the city is scrambling to shelter migrants windy city spent $156 million caring for migrants. nearly 17% of chicagoans are in poverty. 25% of students are functionally illiterate. 6,000 residents are homeless. here to react are two chicago residents sam sanchez and cada truss. cat that, trus. thank you for joining the program there are a lot of residents in poverty there. i see them when i report from the city. are they getting any services while these illegal migrants
last year. an attorney reached out to the accounting firm and said the house of representatives run by republicans is no longer interested in receiving the documents. essentially, you can stop turning them over. democrats are saying you are hypocrite. you only want to investigate joe biden and his family and not donald trump. comer is saying i didn t meddle in this issue. this is just about democrats wanting to get in front of my investigation. sarah murray, early for us in washington this morning. thank you, sarah. more than 40 million people across the south are under freeze alerts. a powerful winter storm barrels towards the northeast. we ll have latest forecast for you live. northern california bracing for another round of heavy rain and flooding after a levee break forced evacuations and hundreds of water rescues. we ll take you live on the ground there.