saying in mentoring, you have to see her to be her and you do an incredible job. what would you say to young women who are thinking about law enforcement as a career? >> i would say just jump into it if that's what they want to do. i had great mentors when i first started the job. a couple being female. so if it's something they are looking to do it's certainly possible and i think they should do it. >> bill: you did jump into it. >> yeah. >> bill: thank you, michelle. job well done. let all your fellow officers know that we said hello. >> dana: stay in touch with that girl. >> yes, will do. thank you very much. >> dana: isn't she remarkable? fox news alert. the u.s. navy conducting a dangerous nighttime raid off the coast of somalia seizing weapons made in iran heading for houthi

forces in yemen. search and rescue efforts are underway for two navy seals lost at sea during that mission. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. last dance here in des moines, right? we're the last show out of here. i'm bill hemmer. navy commanders boarding a smuggling ship in the sea finding cruise missiles. the same type used by the houthis to launch a series of attacks on ships in the red sea that disresults global trade. "wall street journal" reports shell is now the latest company to say we aren't going to go that way. we'll stop shipments through the red sea fearing a further escalation of attacks by the houthi rebels. >> dana: complex raid seizing the weapons took place last thursday while austin was still in the hospital and now released and working from home for a while. griff jenkins is live at the pentagon with an update on all

this for us. good morning, griff. >> good morning, dana. the secretary will have a very busy day working from home because it was just hours ago that central command informed us about the navy seals seizing at the end of last week the iranian weapons. look at those again and i will tell you what you are looking at. a very sophisticated cache of weapons. war heads for medium range ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles and other air defense ordnance. the two u.s. navy seals that you are reporting on were reported as lost at sea were directly involved in this operation, central command says the search for them is intense and continues. meanwhile, secretary austin has released a statement upon his departure from the hospital where he spent the last two weeks saying this i'm grateful for the excellent care i received at walter reed medical center. as i continue to recover i'm

eager to return as early as possible to the pentagon. there were 24 attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria during his hospitalization. 137 attacks since october 17th and yesterday the houthis did indeed strike a u.s.-owned ship in the red sea. the first time they have actually hit a u.s. owned vessel. a marshal islands flag but a container ship. the captain reporting no significant damage and no injuries. it continues to be seaworthy. since the u.s. and u.k. started striking the terror group the houthis fired three ballistic missiles and one cruise missile toward shipping lanes in the red sea and gulf of aden. the administration says avoid the area at all costs if you can. in the "wall street journal" article it reports that a

spokesman for the houthis says that they don't need to get an american ship headed specifically for israel. the mere fact that it's an american ship is enough for them to strike it raising the stakes. we'll see what the pentagon has to say and whether the administration will strike again back. dana. >> dana: griff jenkins at the pentagon for us. thank you so much. >> bill: in the meantime want to get you caught up on what we found out from iowa voters last night. we do a rolling number throughout the seven days trying to find out what the most important issues are. we asked a lot of questions. point out three right now on the day after. these are iowa republicans, non-maga supporters who caucused last night. if you did not consider yourself to be a part of maga and trump's movement, 42% of caucus goers in iowa were with nikki haley. another one. most important issue facing the country. see this in iowa. might see it in new hampshire. we'll find out in a moment.

the most important issue is immigration. popped in september. you saw it in the numbers in iowa and showed up last night. not too far behind economy and jobs. how each of these play out in new hampshire. one more panel for you. family's financial situation goes with the question of finances, goes to the question of economics. falling behind. a third of caucus goers in iowa felt that way. are you getting ahead? only 11% in iowa felt they were getting ahead for their families' financial situation. let's move back across the room. one final walk through the river center. a great place. >> dana: great food. even the starbursts were good. they taste better in iowa. >> bill: i thought they were wax east. >> dana: we want to bring in chris sununu. great to have you. you have endorsed nikki haley. she came in third last night here in iowa. is that a disappointment?

>> no, no, i don't think there was any higher expectation than that. the fact she was challenging ron for second when ron put everything he had in iowa. he hasn't been in new hampshire in a month. she was the only one surging in the polls towards the end and she surpassed ron and up and down in the polls. the fact that she came in third. she didn't set any expectations. there are expectations in new hampshire. we wanted to give her a strong second. we can almost guarantee it at this point. now she is challenging to beat donald trump and within single digits puts everything over the table. connecting with voters is where it will go a long way. shock the system giving trump a defeat in new hampshire would be a great reset for the entire election. >> bill: a couple things different in new hampshire. late last night here is nikki haley in des moines. >> you've got 70% of americans don't want to see a trump-biden

rematch. majority of americans disapprove of both trump and biden. we need a new generational conservative leader. that's what americans want and earning for. >> bill: she said something similar last night. trust me on that. a couple of things. i don't know how immigration pops up in new hampshire or fentanyl pops up or economy reflects in your polling. she said something about a week ago. she said new hampshire will have a chance to correct the record. it's an open primary. you can have democrats come in and independents come in. when she made that comment how did that go over back in your state? >> well yeah, a couple things. it's not an open primary. democrats can't vote here. they can do it in caucus. they can't vote in the primary here. if you are undeclared or independent and republican you can. they had to do that a month and a half ago for changing. back in october they would have had to do that back in october. but immigration is big, no

question. it's a very serious issue here as it relates to fentanyl. we have a northern border issue. when you have more people on the terrorist watch list coming through the northern border than the southern, given all the international tensions folks are putting the border security as a national security issue. i think that's why folks are looking at nicki right now. we were promised a border wall. didn't get it. promised security, didn't happen. some of those vulnerabilities for the former president on the economy and being fiscally responsible. the guy spent 7 trillion, right? we had a strong economy, that's great. if you have to borrow $7 trillion to do it that's like having a nice house but paying for it with a credit card. >> bill: that was a lot of covid money for the pandemic. >> a lot of non-covid money. >> bill: back to the original question about independents and democrats that may have switched over to get a chance to vote in

your primary. i'm told that number was at 3,000 in october. if you go across the state, it doesn't appear to be that significant for next week. >> no, it's not significant at all. this is about the republican base voters, conservatives coming out galvanizing. you can have yesterday's news or the new generational leadership. we look forward not backward. that's the opportunity that nikki is bringing to the table and where the path to victory really lies. >> dana: in 2024, the republican party has shrunk in its primary much more quickly than it did in 2016. last night vivek ramaswamy decided enough is enough and he will join the campaign with president trump endorsed him last night and will be rallying with trump. so he was getting about 7 1/2, 8% in a new hampshire poll recently. chris christie was at about 12%.

if i'm looking at this correctly it looks like vivek supporters will wo likely go to trump, most of the christie supporters go to haley. then help me with the math. how does that look next week? >> look, if everyone comes out and votes it brings haley closer to trump. haley is pulling from desantis voters. the key and what you guys have brought up is getting out the vote. people didn't come out in iowa. we want to make sure it doesn't happen here. people need to believe there is a shot to beat the former president. the more people that vote the better shot there is at defeating the former president. it's really pushing on the retail politics and getting out the vote and if you have that there is a path to do something really special. >> bill: thank you for your time and let's talk again before next tuesday. >> dana: what's the weather forecast? kidding. >> a blizzard outside. i came inside to do the

interview. this is not a live shot. it is a blizzard here. we have six inches of snow but clear skies on election day. >> dana: it looked beautiful when alexis mcadams was out there. >> bill: so what does iowa matter and if you put iowa with new hampshire, what does it add up to, right? how many times do you win iowa and you become the nominee? here is what we found out since 1976. you got this? six times in iowa, six times in new hampshire. a democrat won both three times. but since 1976, iowa and new hampshire you got three contests in iowa, seven in new hampshire and only one republican won both. >> dana: who was that? >> bill: i don't know. >> dana: it would be great if we knew that. we shall try to find that out. >> bill: was it gerald ford? that's that. here are the campaign stops.

this is significant. trump later today at 5:00 after he gets out of court in manhattan will be in new hampshire with ramaswamy, the southern part of the state by massachusetts. a lot of voters live in that part of the state. desantis is in greenville, south carolina. over the weekend made known he would go there next. nikki haley true to form left late last night and be in new hampshire for an event today. >> dana: they are all out there and see if we can get the info for you. >> bill: good trivia question. good thing for chatgpt later. disturbing scenario unfolding overseas. putin is sensing victory is at hand in ukraine. could russia win the war. the growing fears for that possible outcome. >> dana: fani willis under fire invoking race against accusations of misconduct. will that really hold water? >> the salary she is saying nathan wade is not just very high. internal research makes him the

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>> bill: thousands of anti-israel protestors now swarming the memorial sloan kettering cancer center. >> dana: outrageous. >> bill: on the upper east side of manhattan on monday. they were screaming con plisse tee in genocide at the hospital. the protestors targeted the cancer center because they believe it accepted donations from pro-israeli billionaires. >> dana: outrageous, awful for those cancer patients having to deal with that yesterday. fox news alert. iran launched air strikes near iraq overnight leaving several

civilians dead. it struck erbil. iraq recalled its ambassador to iran and file a complaint to the u.n. security council. i'm sure that will do a lot of good. >> bill: the provocations from an iranian banked militia, yemen. the houthi rebels occupy the western part of that country. an attack on a u.s. owned ship off the coast of yemen in the gulf of aden stoking tensions even higher with that group and tehran. retired four star general jack keane fox news senior strategic analyst. thank you for coming on. want to get to two topics. first off this one. we hit them last week and apparently hit them again. how would you gauge the measure of success we had on the targets in yemen on behalf of the houthi rebels? they have been undeterred, general. >> i think that was a

comprehensive attack, something long overdue. they did the bomb damage assessment and came back and reattack and only went after one target which tells you that likely the bomb assessment told them they did a good job, to be frank. we need to keep on top of them. that's the issue here. you had the key word here. we have not deterred them. we have to return to deterrents in the middle east. that is our major problem here. there are a couple things going on that are also very good. you see that the united states navy is interrupting the flow of arms, rockets and missiles to yemen. that's something we have done periodically. i'm hoping this is an indication that this is going to be an aggressive campaign that we will go after it with a significant amount of resources and likely those two navy seals who are lost at sea were also participating in an operation to disrupt it.

the israelis by comparison have conducted over 200 plus air attacks in syria to stop the transmission of rockets and missiles from iran to lebanon and the hezbollah. this is a very important dimension. but finally, bill, what we really need to come to grips with and said it before, iran is the center of gravity here. iran doesn't care how many rockets and missiles we destroy in yemen. they will just give them more. iran further doesn't care how many of the houthi rebels we kill because they know they are a radicalized group and will get new members. that's the pattern that they have dealing with all of their six or seven proxies out there. they are the center of gravity. we have to organize ourselves to go against them. not just with kinetic missions which i think is a very important dimension, take down things they value, not go to war with them. measured attacks but also, bill, look at we need to go back to

full-throated sanctions that we had. administration claims they have done that. if they were doing that iran wouldn't be flush with money and producing and able to get sales for over 3 1/2 million barrels of oil a day. under the trump administration is was down to 200,000. these are some of the things we have to do and focus on iran. >> bill: well framed as well, general. i want to move to the topic of ukraine. just crossing right now vladimir putin said quote it's impossible to take away what we have gained in ukraine. you fwhi how they've dug in the southeastern part of the country. a commander said the other day if the west chooses to give ukraine what they need to win ukraine will win the war. it is going how western policymakers want and desire it to end. the suggestion is that putin's chances of winning here at the

moment might have improved, general. >> there is no doubt about it. we at the institute for the study of war said it is indisputable. we are the center of gravity with the europeans. if we don't provide them the aid, ukraine loses. they will lose their government, russia will take control of the country and they will continue to fight them as long as there are troops on the ground there. there will be a vessel of russia. what's happening already, because of the delay and the prospects of maybe not being funded things have changed dramatically. russia is triumphant. they are talking about a complete victory in ukraine that's very achievable for them. they are advertising that all around the world and also to their own people. ukraine literally has gone on the defensive. they have become very cautious because they know they are running out of munitions and running out of weapons systems. they are much in the defensive

mode as we speak. here is the third piece that's happening. russia has become very aggressive against nato states particularly finland, latvia, the other baltic states as well. poland and moldova. three in russia's sights and we have to recognize what is happening. we are going to blow up europe as a result of it and give putin a free hand not only to control ukraine, but to move into these other countries. that has been his strategic objective since 2000. >> bill: two big topics. general, thank you on both. nice to have you on today. >> great to be with you. >> dana: get you to the courtroom in the gilgo beach murders. >> indictment but i am concerned because again from day one --

remember, folks, this has been a 13-plus year investigation. and we have been told and you folks have covered this, that there is no nuclear dna available. and in fact it's unsuitable for dna testing on the nuclear level. we have been told it is might -- we hear about nuclear dna. we'll look into that. certainly going to look into the lab reports, the lab testing, and the transfer of evidence. because that's somewhat disturbing to learn for the first time after 13 years that we now have nuclear dna. >> dana: you have rex heuermann's attorney questioning the whole case but also because there was a fourth murder that they are looking to add today. that is happening today. we'll keep you posted as the gilgo beach murder trial gets

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701 days since the park has seen one inch or more of snow. guess what? we've got 1.4 and it stopped snowing and freezing rain out here now. nonetheless, take a look at the streets of new york city, the big apple this morning before the sun even came up. times square illuminating all that snow and the beauty of central park. of course, people trying to make their way into work on public transport, going to the airports, there have been delays and cancellations, jfk got two inches plus of snow. 19,000 lane miles is what the new york city sanitation department is dealing with as far as putting rock salt down and then here is the deal, they probably won't have to do a lot of plowing. you need two inches. in the city doesn't look like we'll get that. guess what? d.c.

baltimore, philly to new york is done. the jinx is over. snowless streak is complete. somebody from new orleans dropped their voodoo and here we go. more snow on the way later this week. >> bill: it's a beautiful shot. just keep laguardia open for perino and hemmer to come home sometimulates sometime later. >> dana: d.a. fani willis is allegedly dating the lead prosecutor she assigned to the lawsuit and revealed his office took a hefty paycheck from her team. madison has the latest for us. >> good morning, dana. in a court filing last week the attorney of one of the 19 defendants in this case dropped

those bombshell allegations and now the future for d.a. willis and her high-profile election fraud case is uncertain. her first public comment since the news broke she defended special prosecutor nathan wade and said the allegations are racially motivated. >> she had a fiery response. didn't confirm or deny if she had a relationship with him but defended his credentials. >> experts suggest multiple scenarios could play out how the case moves forward. the judge overseeing the case could determine serious conflict of interest exists and order willis disqualified for remove the case from the fulton county d.a.'s office all together. then who would step in? >> the case could be a hot potato depending which prosecutors might want to take this case. certainly one with major political implications and headaches. you instantly become a national

target. >> bill: the attorney posted if willis or her office are disqualified neighboring dekalb county would be a wise choice writing they have a good budget and experience with multi-defendant prosecutions. it's also geographically close and a traditionally blue jurisdiction. now the d.a. says she will answer the allegations in a court filing. the judge plans to schedule a hearing once that happens. dana. >> dana: we'll pay attention to that. madison, thank you. >> bill: a highly exclusive club got a new member last night's emmy awards. that's the hemmer celebrity news. elton john became the 19th person to get the grand slam of american entertainment. an emmy for the farewell tour at

dodger stadium. add it to the grammys, five of them. the oscars, two of them and tony, one of them and he has the elite status, the egot club he got. not many folks are out there. >> dana: has he won 99 counties in iowa? i don't think so. not yet. we'll see. wait, he can't run anyway. that's great for elton john. peter will be happy to hear that. there is a statewide ban on tackle football for kids under 12 coming up for a vote in california. a growing debate as parents fight for what's best for their kids. plus the dream of owning a home is fading away for many young americans. larry kudlow will tell us why it's getting harder to live a middle class lifestyle and how younger generations are changing their goals to meet lower expectations. >> when you have grocery prices high, college high, housing high, that's what is putting the pressure that 60k now just isn't

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>> bill: convicted killer alex murdaugh pushing for a new trial for the deaths of his wife and son hoping that evidence of jury tampering strips him of a guilty verdict. steve harrigan is in columbia, south carolina to explain what could be a legal loophole of sorts. steve, good morning. >> bill, amazing turn of events here. they've taken the handcuffs off alex murdaugh. he is free to gesture when he speaks. he is trying to get a new trial. his attorneys claim the man convicted of double murder could possibly deserve a new trial. they say that the county clerk here tampered with the jury. she tried to unduly influence jury members, including one juror who was dismissed right

before closing arguments began. this case has gotten international attention. murdaugh convicted of murdering his wife and son at the family's hunting ground. his attorneys pushing for what could be a new trial at the end of the month. today's events are to set the framework and guidelines, what witnesses for that possible new hearing at the end of the month. bill, back to you. >> bill: thank you, steve harrigan watching it from the capital city where we'll be in a month. steve, thanks. >> if someone can afford to purchase a home, which is fine, maybe going through struggles if you need more time. you are then forced to rent because you need somewhere to live. now the rent prices are taking up 30 to 40% of people's income making it harder for them to save for a house. it is a perpetual cycle keeping people out of the middle class. >> dana: the american dream of homeownership is sliding further out of reach with inflation outpacing wages since president biden took office.

it is now estimated you need to make $120,000 a year to afford a middle class lifestyle and even qualify for an average home. larry kudlow joining us from fox business. tell us a little more about this. want to show you a couple of things. home prices have gone up, of course. we can see it here from january of 2021 around 303,000 up to 387,000 and this at a time, larry, when wages have not kept up. in fact, they've back slid. >> yeah, you are right. the real wage component of this story is very difficult. it may be the worst part of the story. another part of the story, though, is in housing itself, there are so many regulatory burdens on building new homes in urban and suburban areas. zoning laws, but zoning laws are

only part of it. now new stipulations, new regulations, climate change, global warning regulations, solar regulations, all that stuff in recent years has made a new home a lot more expensive a, than it used to be and b, that it needs to be. we can't seem to build enough new homes because of zoning laws. there are a lot of reasons for that. urban reasons, political reasons, you could go down a laundry list. the bottom line is we don't have enough housing, okay? the real wage component you mentioned is very, very important. unemployment is low, so you would think that would be good. but, of course, inflation was high. i know inflation has come down. but the level of prices over the last three years is still up about -- depends on what you are looking at. not too far from 20%. that's a big problem. so middle incomes are not worth what they used to be.

i think i saw a bureau of labor statistic number, a dollar or $100.03 or four years ago pre-pandemic now you have to make 119 or 120 to cover it. purchasing power has come way down. the other thing is, a lot of people left the labor force. there are many reasons for this. i don't think economists know everything about this. somewhere between six and 10 million people dropped out of the labor force all together. so that's depressed wages, obviously. and i guess the final point is people -- eight or 9 million people have to work multiple jobs. so that's a difficult thing. and i guess the only other reason i'm not necessarily an expert on all this stuff, but credit card debt and debt in

general is pretty high relative to income. it is not a crisis, but it has been mounting in recent years. so there, that's all i know about the subject. every last thing i know, that's it. >> dana: it's pretty good, i have to say. i'm listening intently. a quick word on the voter analysis from last night. iowa republicans reporting that 32% feel like their family's financial situation is falling behind. 57% holding study. that number seems based on the other economic info we see that would seem a little high and glad for those families holding steady. we want people to feel like they are getting ahead. only 11% feel that way. maybe that's why these iowa republicans said we want to go back to the trump economy. >> well, i think that's right. look, energy costs, taxes, real wages, this stuff, you know, energy costs were pretty cheap

under trump. real wages went up enormously. that number has fallen during the biden years by about $4 thousand. that's a killer. energy, regulatory costs for small business. listen, president trump did very well last night. it was a blow-out victory. i think his positions on the economy really helped him. he ran on issues campaign. as he puts it, liquid gold and lower taxes meant a lot and i think that sold very well in iowa and will sell very well everywhere. >> dana: and that's why we have you on to give us your take and we appreciate it. larry kudlow, thanks, have a great day and see you if we get back to new york. >> thanks. >> bill: thank you, larry. there is a potentially blockbuster case that could put government regulation overreach on the docket. in a moment why the stakes in

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at inspiresleep.com >> harris: republican candidates heading to new hampshire after donald trump's huge victory in iowa. why the next contest could look very different? president biden's camp at jabs at the republicans. his campaign needs to be focused on big problems of their owns. problems for the d.a. prosecuting president trump. more on the big cash payments she gave to her alleged lover. former new hampshire governor judd greg and others on "focus" at the top of the hour. >> bill: the u.s. supreme court now gearing up for potentially pivotal case. in 1984 the justices gave federal agencies tremendous power to interpret laws and impose regulations on small business. it was a landmark case that came to be known as the chevron

doctrine. for almost 40 years it has gone unchallenged and allow government agencies to act without direct input from elected officials for any accountability to the american people. it has affected ranchers in the west and business owners in the south and midwest and tomorrow's case involves the regulation overreach of fishermen on the east coast. douglas kennedy very familiar with that from new york and has more on this story that illustrates what the justices are trying to determine here. douglas. >> last year america's newsroom spoke with another fishermen with the exact same complaint you see tomorrow in front of the supreme court about the exact same agency with larger ramifications. this vote has three yamaha 300s. no one wants to get on this boat and go ten knots. >> it's the reason they come to

us. they pay for the speed. >> he owns a charter boat business in point pleasant, new jersey. a new regulation proposed by the biden administration under the auspices of noaa would limit all boats over 35 feet to a speed of ten knots. for as long as seven months out of the year. up to 100 miles off the east coast to protect the endangered white whale. >> the loss would be devastating for us. we would lose a third of our trips. 70 trips to the tune of almost $150,000 loss to my business. >> it is not just boat captains worried. much of the town in pound pleasant relies on boating tourism for its livelihood, including the hotels, the restaurants and, of course, the fishing supply store. >> people aren't walking through my doors, then we will be out of

business. >> noaa would not provide anyone on camera but said the proposed restriction is necessary for the whale. the rule is designed to reduce the risk of mortalities from vessel strikes and afford the species a greater opportunity to recover. the problem with the biden administration argument here is there have only been five known whale strikes of boats under 65 feet in the past 15 years. >> that's what is so frustrating. the fact that even if you use noaa's calculations, the chances of a whale strike are less than one in a million. >> a republican congressman from the georgia coast where he says port traffic will grind to a halt. he is now proposing to defund enforcement of the rule. >> we care about the whales but we can't destroy our economy because of some rules and regulations that have been implemented by unelected

bureaucrats. >> it's imperative for many businesses on the east coast. >> it will affect every coastal town from boston to florida, everyone will be devastated. >> tomorrow we'll take you on the boat the centerpiece of the argument in front of the supreme court. >> bill: it counts. >> dana: california's state assembly expected to vote for a ban under -- we're live in los angeles with more. >> americans are almost split down the middle on when kids should start playing tackle football. some say five, others high school. that's the debate here. lawmakers in six states already tried banning football for young kids but all failed. california may be the first. the full assembly voting this week to ban tackle football for those under age 12 or about the

seventh grade. >> five, six, seven, 11-year-old should not be experiencing hundreds of hits to the head on an annual basis when there is an alternative. >> repetitive head impacts regardless of severity lay the foundation for brain injury. >> tackle football does carry a risk of head trauma but other sports do as well. robs kids of neighborhoods. >> i play for and i strongly oppose this bill. >> bill: your tackle football is imbedded in these communities and the lifeblood and serves as a vehicle to education, opportunity, alternative to some really negative activities. >> so technically this isn't political. surveys show a majority of conservatives tackle football

for kids and democrats don't. i'm told this vote this week could be close. >> dana: all right. that's interesting. thank you. voting happening everywhere. before we go two things. i just saw axios reporting hutchinson is getting out of the race and look at bill hemmer on his way to iowa. bill hemmer held a baby for two hours on a flight for a mom of a busy toddler who was having a hard time on the plane. >> bill: we went to zone defense. she took care of the 2-year-old and i took care of the 6-month-old. amelia is a sweetheart. the mom is a surgeon working in cedar rapids, iowa. >> dana: everyone is asking if your babysitting services are available. i want to take of brock before you get to. that is a cute kid. we'll see you back in new york. >> harris: fox news alert. iowa