dignity to a certain kind of person based on anything then you're not really solving for the problems and that's what the core of my understanding of it is. >> there's some history in here. the way the nazis looked to jim crow laws in the u.s. it's fascinating the way martin luther king jr. in india in the late '50s realized he was part of the lowest caste in the united states of america and look at this assault and whitewashing of history happening in this country, you want to make sure more kids to see it. what is seat 16? >> not sweet 16. for 16 bucks you can buy a ticket and get a one-year subscription to master class and it's an idea, let's educate, let's talk, let's inspire one another and not just be in our corners pointing to one another, perhaps the film allows us an entry point to communicate and hold hands. >> also leaves you with hope, i

have to say. >> i'm glad. i feel that way too. >> it is beautiful. thank you for coming in. "origin" in theaters january 19th. you can buy at seat at seat16.com. be sure to check it out. that's it for us. "cnn news central" starts right now. fast-moving developments this morning in the middle east after the u.s. and the uk strike dozens of iran-backed houthi targets in yemen. president biden warning the further measures could follow. wicked weather across the country in blizzards and bitter cold to flooding and tornadoes. the latest on the dangerous storm heading your way. we are three days out from the iowa caucuses and it's expected to be the coldest one ever. how republican candidates are battling the clock and the elements in a very real way now.

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is "cnn news central." president biden is promising he will not hesitate to take hurt measures to protect americans after the united states and the uk launched strikes on iran-backed houthi targets overnight in yemen. a u.s. military official says a significant percentage of hewitt assets were destroyed across at least 16 locations. you are looking at that firing now. that is more -- there are more than 60 targets that include storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles and weapons depots. the goal, disrupt houthi militia capabilities. the forceful response comes after weeks of attacks on commercial ships in the red sea by houthi militants. they promise to retaliate.

cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand and bianca nobilo is at 10 downing street. natasha, what are you learning from u.s. officials about these strikes? >> reporter: well, sara, this is a response in the works for quite sometime. the u.s. had been planning for potential retaliation if they did not stop their attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. the green light came tuesday when we saw one of the biggest missile and rocket and drone barrages fired from the houthis really to date, and what we learned from the pentagon and from the president last night is that that salvo targeted a u.s. vessel on tuesday which was surrounded by u.s. navy assets. so that really was the last straw for president biden and he ordered the military to proceed with this action. now, importantly the u.s. was able to get buy-y from a coalition of countries and in terms of the operation they

actually conducted the strikes in conjunction with the uk. as you said it was over 60 targets had it across 16 different locations inside yemen, command and control nodes as well as mew anythings depots used by the houthis to launch missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea. as of right now, the u.s. has not seen any signs that the houthis are preparing to retaliate or have retaliated and it remains to be seen just how quickly they could actually regroup to start launching these missiles and drones again in the red sea. the u.s. says that the percentage of the targets that they destroyed was, quote, significant, however, it still remains unclear just how much of their capabilities have been degraded but the houthis are pledging to retaliate and the houthi foreign minister actually said, quote, our country was subjected to a massive aggressive attack. america and britain will undoubtedly have to prepare to pay a heavy price and bear all

of the dire consequences of this blatant aggression. we'll have to see how they respond and importantly because they are a group backed by iran, whether iran is going to get involved in a more significant way. sara. >> this is certainly leading to more fear that we are going to start seeing a regional conflagration there involving the united states and its allies. we will watch and wait and see, thank you so much for your reporting. let's go to bianca who is at 10 downing street. what is the word on the collaboration? obviously the u.s. and uk had to come together and agree on this and agree on these strikes. what have you heard about how that all worked? >> well, it's an important feet to make, sara and it's one that i've heard from former ministers i have spoken to this morning and analysts that, of course, the united states did not require britain's assistance. they could have done this alone. it's a political endeavor that the uk is taking part, in fact, it was quite inconvenient for some of the british planes to be

a part and have to fly farther and had to come from cyprus and more aircraft required to refuel them to be part of the american mission and understand four british typhoon jets took part and hit two targets, predominant one in the north used for reconnaissance and drones by the houthis and another for missile launches and drones further south. now, they were also using pathway for laser-guided missiles, as well. as far at britain is concern the so far the signs are that this operation was a success. there were nonoperational international partners like bahrain, canada and the netherlands, and britain, the prime minister, the defense secretary being very disciplined about their messaging here just like president biden and the u.s., a clear delineation between israel-hamas but clearly an act of self-defense to provide the global economic

trade that goes through the red sea. in britain where also in highly politicized moments of an election cycle too so it's important, this is significant that the opposition party here in the united kingdom are fully behind the move and have been out doing media this morning and say they backed the prime minister and back being part of this american operation so trying to present a united front especially when in london we've seen tens if not hundreds of thousands of protesters out here in support of the palestinian cause, deeply reticent about the uk getting engaged in this conflict in any way, so lots to juggle going forward with this. >> yeah, there's a lot to juggle and a lot of concern in the region. natasha bertrand and bianca nobilo, thank you. the houthis control sort of the western coast of yemen and you can see what kind of a choke that they can put on the southern part of the red sea to all the shipping that wants to travel up the red sea through the suez canal up here.

joining me is brigadier general speed zwack and jim sciutto. you take a look at all the attacks the houthis have conducted over the last couple of months, all these little red dots constitute at least one attack there. why did the u.s. decide it had to respond now? >> reporter: there's genuine concern about the expansion of the conflict beyond gaza, beyond israel and hamas and the fact is it's already expanded on multiple fronts, hezbollah increasing its attacks on the northern border and iran-backed militias attacking u.s. forces repeatedly in iraq and syria and have expanding houthi attacks on shipping in the red sea, what do all those groups have in common? backed by and supported by iran. what has happened with the shipping attacks, as they've expanded, it's deliberate attacking the chokepoint to exact a global price for this, not just from the u.s. but the

world economy. as they've expanded it has begun to do exactly that. it has impacted supply chains and tesla is suspending its production in europe because it can't get the parts it needs. what was the straw that broke the camel's back as administration officials were explaining last night, john, were attacks on tuesday. that can 20 drones, houthi drones that targeted u.s. ships in the red sea including one that was carrying jet fuel and the concern was, had those drones gotten through and not been shot down it could have sunk the ship. so, that was the straw and now you see this u.s. response and it strikes me, john, that the u.s. is pricing in the possibility of a houthi response here and say, administration officials said i wouldn't be surprised to see a houthi response but opening the responsibility of additional u.s. and uk strikes, saying in these words, this may not be the

last word from the u.s. against the houthis as regards these attacks on shipping? >> we're standing by to see if and how and when the houthis respond. in terms of how the coalition partners struck back they hit airfields, drone launch sites, military bases, all these locations inside yemen. how do you assess it as a dete deterrent or to degrade their capabilities. >> i think it's both. clearly, it is a strong, definitive message to the h houthis that you've crossed the line with us, and they already have been working at that for some time. seemingly almost defying us to strike and so the strikes are i think aimed again at infrastructure, workshops, where

they launch these small boats, aircraft. it is to degrade them to reach out into the red sea and regionally to continue to try to paralyze commerce through this area. why this is happening, you know, it's impossible to think that iran isn't pulling the strings in some major way. also it would stop and we have to watch escalation in there if they decide to come out, even more aggressively, that's kind of a signal to not just us but to the regional countries and our allies that they are not going to back off and then, you know, and russia said let's call a meeting of the security council. all right, russia, what does that mean? you could bend iran's arm who

could bend the houthis' arm to stop. >> general zwack and jim, thanks to both of you. millions of americans are in the path of another dangerous winter storm sweeping across the country. it's causing blizzard conditions, heavy rain, bitter cold, you're looking at some pictures from milwaukee right now. near whiteout congresses have already been seen, have already been seen and have already set in in parts of nebraska. in iowa monday's caucuses could be the coldest ever. the weather already upending campaign events there today. cnn's meteorologist alyssa rafa is tracking all of this. what are you watching? >> kate, we have for the second time this week nearly every single state has some sort of alert, whether it's the winter alerts, severe weather, wind, flooding. we are watching all of it as we go through the next couple of days. here's a look at the system. you can see the snow pumping

from omaha to chicago and all of the lightning with some strong and severe storms stretching down to the gulf coast where we have a tornado watch in effect through midday because we are finding tornadoes just kind of spinning up embedded in this line. we're getting little bits of rotation with the rain. as we go through the afternoon, that continues to spread east. level two out of five including charleston and wilmington. that's the warm part. the cold part, blizzard warnings in effect for most of iowa including des moines where a lot of caucus events are happening because we're looking at maybe up to a foot of snow, 6 to 12 inches in some locations and 45-mile-per-hour gusts that will drop visibility and make things incredibly dangerous. you can see blizzard conditions popping as we go through the day today plus the severe side of this as well headed into the carolinas through the day today. the snow swirls through friday in the upper great lakes there

with some of the heavy snow and the gusty winds then that flood threat continues to work its way into the northeast. behind it we have intense arctic air that's going to spill into the central plains there. the coldest air that they've seen so far this season, but that as we look towards monday, as we look at the iowa caucus here, we will have windchills, these are real feel windchills up to minus 40, 40 degrees below zero, minus 34 as we head into monday, and when you have windchills this extreme, this dangerous you're talking about frostbite in 20 minutes or less, this is extremely dangerous, life-threatening and it's the first bit of cold they're seeing so far this winter coming off the heels of one of the warmest winters that they've seen on record so, yeah, looking at all of the past caucuses we've seen here in des moines, in will be by far the coldest because we're looking at an average high at minus 4. might not even reach 4 degrees on monday.

>> i was just getting reminded that graph is super helpful trying to remember in 2016 when we were there. i remember sitting there and thinking i was overdressed because it was actually too warm. i have a feeling it's not going to feel that way when we are there on monday. elisa, thank you so much. sara. >> she said minus 40 degrees. i'm leaving. like, there's no way -- people in iowa are so hardy, i don't understand how they do it. we're going live there now where those absolutely dangerous temperatures are having a direct impact on the campaign trail as you might imagine, who wants to be out in? republicans are warning what it could mean for the caucus turnout and the results of the caucuses and the government at risk of a partial shutdown in just one week. can house speaker mike johnson do a seemingly impossible task and unite republicans behind a deal? we will have more on that, plus, now the faa launching an audit on boeing. that is on top of that ntsb

investigation and new lawsuit, how boeing is responding and how this might impact your air travel. that's ahead.

all right, just three days to the iowa caucuses, it's cold in iowa. how cold? well, sara sidner is going to be in cedar rapids on caucus day where they can expect a high of minus 6 degrees, minus 6 degrees overnight down to minus 17. kate bolduan will be in ames and you can see not far away a high of minus 8 and low of minus 14. i will be right here where it will be 68 degrees. [ laughter ] significantly warmer right here in the studio where they are not letting me leave under any

circumstances. you can see there are blizzard conditions right now in large parts of iowa including not far from des moines where they're expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow. some of the candidates are out there. nikki haley is doing most of her events in these televised town halls. still she's working hard to get her people out on caucus day. listen. >> i know it's going to be negative 15 on monday. i don't even know what that is. like i literally can't comprehend it. it will be negative 15 but i'm going to be out there and i want you to go out there. >> all right, let's get right to jessica dean in iowa with an all-white background behind you. looks like snow there, jessica. >> reporter: well, i am living in a snow globe, john. i'm so happy for you that you will be inside and toasty and warm on caucus day but this weather is certainly affecting the campaigns right now and it's just the timing too is very unique because we are in the

final push, obviously. we're not just days away from monday's caucuses so let's talk about the logistics first and then the political piece of this. low gistic -- logistically she canceled her events. ron desantis is doing his first event of the morning, speaking right now but got word that they are postponing the next two events later today and then we'll see what they do with the rest of them. in terms of the weather forecast it is supposed to continue to snow here and then subzero temperatures and the wind, true blizzard-like conditions. now, politically what does this mean? well, in iowa especially, caucus night is all about turnout and all about organization and those are hard things to do when it's really, really cold to get people convinced to leave their homes so that's when your ground game and organization really comes into play here. governor desantis and his super pac that's aligned with him have been touting their organization for months. we'll see if that actually comes

to be. the trump campaign has been lowering expectations saying that because in so many polls they've been leading that maybe people might stay home. he's been actively encouraging people to show up on caucus night so there are a lot of dynamics at play, but what we know for sure right now, john, the forecast is the coldest caucus night ever, with windchills at negative 40. so it is going to be quite cold and in this final push when you're really trying to retail politic and talk to voters one-on-one it's going to be hard to get people out and get the candidates to them in this type of weather, john. >> you can't even move your mouth when you're outside in that level of cold. >> reporter: no, it does start to get, yeah. [ laughter ] >> you're doing a great job nevertheless. jessica dean in a snow globe in iowa. appreciate it. >> that was not a statement about jessica dean for everyone. it was a statement about other lesser humans than jessica dean

who goes outside. joining us is francesca chambers, white house correspondent for "usa today" and cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, senior editor for "the atlantic." how serious is the weather factor for these candidates? >> yeah, i'm indoors in iowa. look, you know, obviously i think, you know, it makes it harder for people to come out, and it is at the end of a caucus, you know, i've been c coming to the caucuses since '88 and among many who have watched it for a long time there's been a certain perfunctory nature given not only trump's lead but the limited way in which desantis and haley have been willing to directly challenge him. it should as jessica said benefit the candidate who has invested the most in organization and desantis, i think haley also might have the problem that they are voters

almost by definition are the ones that feel the least engaged and attached to this trump era republican party. but having said that, i think there is a sense here as there is nationally that her strength in urban and suburban areas might allow her to even surpass possibly desantis on monday night, but certainly she has the bicker runway coming out of iowa given her strength in new hampshire. >> for jessica, you've been covering nikki haley's campaign very closely, i was looking at your new piece out this morning with the headline, nikki haley is cruising toward defeat in iowa and here is why her campaign is not panicking." why are they not panicking? >> well, because nikki haley never claimed she was going to win iowa. that is something that ron desantis said. he set that expectation. her campaign has said that they want her to do strong in iowa without defining exactly what a strong finish would be where

they have from the beginning really banked their candidacy on new hampshire. now, she is still campaigning in iowa. they are having those teletown halls today, but certainly they have always thought here that if she could turn this into a two-person race in new hampshire or afterwards, then she could win in her home state of south carolina and carry that momentum into super tuesday. now, we will see what happens next week in new hampshire as well. but that has been their theory of the case. >> and, ron, the governor of new hampshire, chris sununu, a big endorsement pickup for haley made clear on cnn last night he will support the eventually republican nominee even if it was donald trump and even if he was a convicted felon at that point. let me play there for you. >> all right. >> i'm going to support the republican nominee, absolutely. yeah, that shouldn't shock anybody. that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that the republican governor and most actually of america is going to end up going against biden because they need to see a change in this country.

>> does it surprise you? what's he saying in this? >> yeah, look, look, obviously, you know, we have not seen many republicans stand up to donald trump going back seven years, but sununu saying that so unequivocally undercuts one of the core messages for haley. one of her messages she says every day donald trump is a toss-up. i'm going to win big. chris sununu is basically saying, nah, you don't need to worry about that because republican voters will rally around trump. he is, i think, kind of hedging his bets in a way that is not very helpful but she is too by saying she would vote for trump if he was a convicted felon. i mean, sununu could be saying in that same answer, well, i'll vote for trump but, you know, look, there are a lot of people who will have hesitation for voting for a convicted felon. he's not saying that. it's funny, talking to someone

the other day who said that does not betray a lot of confidence that she is going to be the winner and that he's still looking at his vieblth in a trump-dominated party, and as i said, it isn't hugely different from what she said and that remains part of her challenge. even if she does well in new hampshire as we see in that cnn poll it is primarily on the backs of independents. trump is still winning republicans two to one over her even in then cnn poll in new hampshire to get to truly become a threat to him even if she does emerge with a race in new hampshire she will have to give republicans a stronger reason to abandon trump. >> i wanted to ask you, biden shifted his focus to campaign in south carolina more and try to maintain support amongst black voters. on the republican side, is the haley campaign worried about south carolina? her home state? >> well, they've been projecting competence in south carolina but

as i reported last month, she has potentially some problems there too. one of the campaign arguments they have made is that she was essentially a maverick in this state including among republicans and that's made her some political enemies who have went on to endorse former president donald trump. now, certainly she has some support amongst state legislators but in terms of the ground game because she has been so focused on new hampshire, as well as iowa where they do think she still needs to do well in order to get that momentum going into new hampshire even if they don't think they'll win iowa because they have been focused on all those things she has not campaigned aggressively in south carolina. >> ron, francesca, great to see you. sara. >> next, donald trump's courtroom appeal contained a message for voters. but how will the new york judge overseeing his trial see things? also, speaker johnson's juggle. does he walk away from negotiations and risk a partial

government shutdown? we'll talk all about that ahead.

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before and it's a shame. we won this case already in the court of appeals. >> judge engoron found him liable for fraud. now it's how much money he might have to pay. here now is former manhattan prosecutor jeremy saland with us. donald trump spoke outside of court and most people can do that, no problem but he also made a statement inside of court, which the judge had already said he was not supposed to do so what does the judge do in this case, and is that sag that if you and i did it, would we be treated differently. >> absolutely starting backwards. you and i would never do that. we would be fearful for it because there would be consequences for it. we would lose any credibility, whatever we did have if we said these things and the judge specifically said, you know, to some extent, you stick to the facts, stick to the evidence. we're not going to talk about things beyond the four corners, that's what donald trump did.

to a certain extent i think judge engoron is giving trump that lead and latitude because he knows there's going to be an appeal and taking wind out of some sails. whether that appellate issue would have any value, i don't know but he's nonetheless giving donald trump sort of that space to make she's statements as ridiculous as they are. >> looking at it in the context of people with power getting special treatment and that's what's happening here in part, though, it's about the appeal. so, what does donald trump's team do next? where does this go? >> so, in new york state there's another level of court, the appellate division then we have the court appeals and call it a mini united states supreme court for the state of new york. remember this, is a state case, not a federal case and does not go through that same track but the state process. >> goes to the state process. in the end, because the judge is already on the merits of the case has already ruled and said there was fraud here and that donald trump is liable for the

fraud. how much do you think with all the shenanigans that have gone on in court the judge will look at this and say, is he going to do the math? is that where this is going? >> i think he's done himself zero favors and hurt himself at every opportunity he can but that's not what donald trump is trying to do. he is appealing to people out there in the caucuses and the primary voters to get him to that election to win that election. so we heard the statute has never been used before. we've already won. you know, i'm the victim. this is the same thing no matter where he is. >> the thing is we've already run is not true and actually he lost this case. it is now a matter of how much money he might have to pay and whether he can do business in new york so this is a very big deal for the trump family and the trump organization. thank you so much for explaining all that. we appreciate it. i am sure you will be back because there's a lot more to go on this and many other case. >> great to see you. >> all right, john.

thank you so much. house speaker mike johnson had a deal to avoid a government shutdown. but is he about to buckle to conservative pressure and go back on it? we've got new reporting. plus, breaking this morning, the faa announces an audit of all boeing 737 max 9 planes after that plug blew out and what it means going forward.

right now a live look at capitol hill as house lawmakers are getting to work and also as the clock is ticking down as they're racing, once again,

towards a partial government shutdown again over government funding, again, not even three months into the job, house speaker mike johnson is facing another huge test and challenge, mounting pressure from the right flank of his party to want deeper funding cuts, even staged a protest against the agreement that johnson has reached with senate democrats over the top line spending amount, but johnson is also faced with the reality, he has the slimmest of slim majorities and a democratic-controlled senate and a democrat in the white house so where is this going to go? is there a way to thread this needle for republicans right now? let's discuss, joining us republican congressman from kentucky, thomas massie who is also a surrogate for the ron desantis campaign and we'll get to that. first to your day job and order of business right now. do you think johnson is going to stick with the deal he made with schumer on that top line number, or do you think this is headed back to square one? >> well, the only deal that's in law was created this summer. you know, folks were desperate

to raise the debt limit, so what happened is the white house and the senate agreed to real spending cuts. that's the reason i voted to raise the debt limit. it was the first time i've seen the white house and senate agree to cut spending so voted for that bill, folks like myself and jim jordan, not everybody on the right. it became law. now, that is the law. the senate and the white house right now have buyer's remorse, i think. they wish they never agreed to the spending cuts so what they tried to do over the break was renegotiate the deal with the new speaker. now, the problem is the speaker doesn't really have the authority or we haven't granted him that authority to renegotiate that deal. so, myself and folks like jim jordan, we want to stick with the deal we made this summer. now, there are some folks who want to add to the deal and try to get a border security package in there and i'm not sure that that's doable. it may be worth a try but want to stick to the deal we made

last summer. >> said another way, you do not want him to stick with this top line number. he's agreed with schumer. unclear what the next step is. you have long been against kicking the can down the road on funding bills, short-term measures, crs as everyone has come to know them. >> yes. >> if speaker johnson comes to you and says, we need a short-term spending bill now because of the clock, in order to get any agreement, given the reality of a democrat senate and a democrat in the white house, or government shuts down, which one are you okay with? >> here's what i've proposed to the speaker yesterday, let's do a long-term cr. why do we keep doing short-term crs and creating crises for the american people. let's do one that goes all the way to september 30th and be done with it. that's what i put on the table, and i think that would make us the adults in the room.

we would be the responsible party. the reality -- >> is he open to it? >> he is open to it. the question is, are the military hawks in our own party who have desperately want to increase spending, they want to increase military spending and willing to increase domestic spending, would they go for the cr, and it looks like they don't want a cr at all so they're the ones who are actually creating the crisis for the american people. >> it could lead to, let's not get too far in the weeds if we can try, it would lead to cuts, not increases in spending, which people are looking at. so, we're going to put that into the tbd category. three days till the iowa caucuses campaigning with ron desantis. >> yes. >> he calls himself an underdog. if he loses in iowa, is not a close second, do you think he should drop out? >> oh, absolutely not. this is early in the race. there's a lot of bumps in the road between now and the convention, remember, folks are

going after the favorite in this race, trump, with all this lawfare, i'll call it, and he's not at 50%. i think ron desantis can win in iowa without winning iowa, if he keeps the president to a low number and shows what we saw in the debates and what i've seen on the ground campaigning with him, which is he's doing better in iowa than these polls indicate and i think we're going to find that out. i'm getting my long johns and gloves ready to fly to iowa this weekend, and we're going to finish it this weekend. >> i know you are from the midwest just like me when you call them long johns which i appreciate. on the debate stage wednesday, nikki haley criticized desantis for having you as a surrogate. i want to play this moment for everyone. >> really rich that ron is going to act like he suddenly cares for israel when he brought the person to iowa that's the most anti-israel republican in the state. the person that went and voted against israel's right to exist

in congress, the person that voted with the squad against anti-semitism on college campuses. >> thank you, governor. >> and you brought that person to iowa. >> thank you, governor. >> to go and campaign -- >> governor -- >> you responded on twitter by saying i'm living in nikki haley's head rent-free and trust me, there's plenty of empty space in there. what are you saying there, congressman? >> well, look, she hasn't read the bills i voted against. a lot of democrats voted with me on that bill, because we believe in freedom of speech, and -- >> on one of them. she listed out a couple and i promise you i have read all of them. the resolutions are not that long. >> there are 19. the first is six pages long and it tries to expand the conflict to iran. you know, she's never seen a war she didn't like and is against free speech so, you know, if she wants to hit me on that she should talk about the facts instead of trying to characterize me as anti-semitic.

as ron desantis said in the debate that was cheap garbage. >> on one issue she's raising there are multiple resolutions. on one of the resolutions you were the only person to vote against the statement made by the house in november that reaffirmed the right of israel to exist. how is that not anti-israel? >> because inside of that resolution they equate anti-zionism with anti-semitism. >> they do not. any do not. >> there are millions of jews that agree -- >> they don't. that resolution in november and we can go through them. >> yeah, go through them. >> it was straightforward. reaffirms their right to exist and recognizes denying israel's right to exist is a form of anti-semitism. it does not note -- it does not -- >> there you go. that is it. >> it does not -- >> and then in a skubs went -- let me speak. >> no, i absolutely will. i was going to get to it. >> they clarified it in a subsequent resolution to say anti-zionism is anti-semitism.

>> and by they it was a different group who did. >> no, congress. it's the same congress. >> i understand. >> that passed that resolution. >> i understand but what i'm getting at, let's go step by step that. on the first resolution in november, nowhere in there does it say -- >> okay. >> that anti-zionism -- >> take anti-zionism off the table, okay. >> give me one second. >> denying -- if you question israel -- >> let's talk about this. let's talk about this. let's talk about this. >> it doesn't mean you're an anti-semite. at least half your viewers agree with me on this. >> i understand that you're passionate about what you want to say. let me ask the question then you can respond. nowhere in that resolution where you were the only member to vote against one other member voted rashida tlaib voted present. nowhere does it say criticism of israeli policy is anti-semitic. do you think, do you think israel has a right

>> absolutely, they have a right to exist. look at my social immemedia pos. i started out explaining that vote by saying israel has right to exist. because i don't vote on the names of resolution. >> it's not the name of the resolution. congressman, this is not a gotcha in any way, shape or form. i know you can respect how serious i a al. a week later there was a resolution that did equate anti-zionism to being anti-semitic. and in that, 92 democrats voted present in protest. 13 democrats voted against it. daniel goldman, jeremy raskin, they spoke out against it. the jewish members did speak out against that. >> correct. >> the week before you were the only one to vote against. did you not read it? >> i read it.

they came to me and said you're brave. this is a political gotcha. so a week later, a lot of them didn't have the courage to vote no. they voted present. that's the difference between me and these other folks. i have the courage. i'll come on your show and take the heat, but i'll also talk about what's in a that resolution. >> recognizing that denying the right to exist is a form of anti-semitism. >> that's the name of resolution. congratulations. >> i'm not reading the name of the resolution. >> congratulations, you're able to read the name of the resolution. >> congressman, i don't think you're trying to question my intelligence now, are you? >> no, i'm saying you don't have time to prepare for this. >> the two pages this i read in two minutes this morning and highlighted the resolve that the house of representatives? >> good for you. you took two minutes. there have been 19 residolution. i know what's in all of them. i studied them. and i say right on social media, if you had done a little the more research, you wouldn't have

to ask me if i acknowledged iz rattle's right to exist. it's right there on my social media. >> i can read your social media. i also think given what is stated in this resolution, it is worthy of re-asking. >> i enjoy this dialogue. i hope i get to come back on and talk about what's in these bills again. >> in these resolutions and statements made by congress is and in this resolution, where everyone but you voted against, voted in support of. i'm happy to have you on to discuss. we'll continue to do my research. and do not appreciate when someone suggests or insinuates that i'm not prepared. >> i'm not suggesting you didn't have time to do the research. you did some research. >> congressman, thank you for coming on. >> thank you, kate. >> thank you, kate. waking nightmare, that's what alaska airlines passengers are calling their ordeal in a new lawsuit against boeing.

now you'll see that picture there, that hole in that flight. how the company is now responding and the investigatations that t have be lalaunched.

just in, the faa just announced it will audit boeing oos production lines and suppliers for its 737 max 9

pl planes. that was the type of plane where the door plug blew out. pete muntean is following this for us. what does it mean? >> two rare announcements from the faa. each significant. they mean the probe of the in-flight blow out is getting bigger going beyond the incident itself and asking what a lot of people want to know s there a bigger problem at boeing. the faa announced it will audit the boeing 737 max 9 production line that was the plane involved in the incident, as you mentioned, all 171 of those planes remain grounded in the u.s. the audit will focus on boeing and its suppliers. that's key because a contractor builds the fuselage. here's what the faa said in its announcement of that investigation. it said, this incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again. boeing's manufacturing practices need to comply with the high safety standards they are legally accountable to meet.

remember, this investigation is focusing on the boeing 737 max 9 door plug that is the part of alaska 1282 that blew out a week ago. since then alaska airlines and united airlines found issues with their door plugs. eunited said it found loose bols related to possible installation issues. still a very controlled media message from boeing. it says this is a result of an escape of quality control. >> pete muntean following this for us, thaun. coming up, blizzard conditions force candidates to cancel events across iowa today. exactly what they never want to do days before votes. now candidates are worrying about what these dramatic sub zero temperatures will mean for the caucuses for turnout come monday. we'll be right back.k.