blizzard conditions slamming the midwest, blizzards, more than 6,000 flight delays and cancellations and that is just so far because this thing ain t over. temperatures in iowa expected to drop below zero overnight and they have already got a lot of extra snow as we speak. the caucus is now just three days away. we ve got you covered on all fronts with aishah hasnie braving the cold in urbandale, iowa, as candidates are forced to cancel still more events. in west des moines come on the push to get folks to caucus sites despite those frigid temperatures. your world and a frigid world right now. all right, welcome from everybody, neil cavuto. let s get right to it. aishah hasnie in the middle of all of this where i think she is in des moines last i checked, urbandale, i apologize. it s actually a balmy 13 degrees so there is no reason to complain or talk about hangnail s or any of that stuff. go ahead. hey. so let me walk you around this neighborhood in urbandale, and y
six other employees face felony convictions for their involvement, facing all warts even putting tracking devices on the steiner s car and putting ads for sexual encounters at the couple s home. a bunch of people got fired. insane story. the lead with jake tapper starts now. is the u.s. on the brink of war? iran backed forces vowing revenge after u.s. and uk strikes against them in yemen. firepower after repeated attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. will last night s retaliatory strikes keep the groups at bay? and is president biden ready for what be next? in moments, we talked with spokeswoman from the pentagon. les, a blizzard creating a wideout in iowa three days before the republican caucus is how candidates are going with the backup plans to reach out to voters and try to get those voters to the caucuses on a very cold monday. and the brother of an israeli hostage told to leave this week and when his parents talk to the red cross to try to get the daughter
. hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. a close eye on a volatile situation in the middle east u.s. forces across the region bracing for possible retaliation after airstrikes against iranian-backed houthi militants in yemen. on thursday streaking dozens of targets, more than 60. at 16 different locations across yemen according to the u.s. favors. houthis say at least five were killed in the strikes. the attacks are a response by the u.s. and its allies what has become a slow slimmering crisis and drawn the administration s attention in the last few months. after october 7th with the attacks in israel, ships have gone to the red sea sites of one of the most crucial shipping lanes in the world. hijacking a ship operated by a japanese company. houthis say they re actions are in support of hamas and the ongoing conflict in gaza and say they ll continue their attacks until israel ends its campaign. moments ago president biden answering question
hope he recovers well. and that is able to return to work soon. but he s been very active, been in touch with the president, the national security council, and of course, the chairman of the joint chiefs, monitoring the strike and we are really hoping for a speedy recovery for the secretary. how is secretary austin doing? yet prostate cancer, and had complications to that cancer. it s all very serious. how is he? you know, he s doing well. he s on the mend. we are hoping for a speedy recovery, so he can come back. i know he certainly wants to be back here at work, but again, he s been incredibly active over this last week. not only monitoring the strike last night, but i know you covered this on tuesday, we saw one of the biggest brush attacks from the houthi s on vessels transiting through the red sea. he s been monitoring both in touch with the white house, in touch with his staff, and will continue to do so.
worn american and british interests are legitimate targets. many republicans on capitol hill last night and this morning have applauded president biden for the strikes. some democrats are upset but since the president did not first ask congress for authorization for the use of force. we talked to one of those democrats in the first hour. let s start with nick robertson in tel aviv israel. the united date and united kingdom with support from the netherlands carried out this attack. how rare and significant is this sort of multi country operation? it s rare, and it is significant, because it comes at a time when they are backed by iran and are adding to the destabilization of the region, specifically to the economic interest of so many countries around the world. so to pull a coalition quickly getting a un security council resident telling them to desist and have enough diplomacy to get them time to desist, they didn t. they upscaled their attacks. this response is quite