i love this story, griff jenkins. >> yeah, good afternoon, larry. who knew, don't mess with texas is apparently more than just a slogan because that lone star state is still defying this friday deadline and leading into the afternoon and deadline with a letter, larry, that's sent to details to the attorney general ken paxton of texas and requiring going with the area of eagle pass and going to remove razor wire and keyboarder crossings and paxton says he has no plans to comply any time soon. here's some of what he says. listen here. system of articulation putting it up and walking the boarder and keep doing everything that we need to protect our state. >> in the wake of the scotus ruling 5-4 and feds can cut it and of course and provide for self-defense in the case of invasion and we'll see ultimately for the 6 million and biden took over in 2021 and the senior official going with a few hours ago and it's all playing out in court and the relationship and texas dps and national guard with eagle pass and looking at images and remains strong and said t

griff jenkins is in washington.st senate majority leader, chuck schumer is once again at odds with his republican colleagues as he launches a new mission to ban these. >> they're called zen nicotine alternative pouches, popular with young people. there have been some warning signs that its use is spreading to those under 71, and it's also feared it could be acting as a gateway drug. now, schumer is waging war on zen, comparing it to the fight against e-cigarettes and claiming tobacco companies are trying to hook kids for life. >> our schools have been have been inundated with e-cigs and we took action seeking federal results. zen is the next battle and the feds must be ready. >> but the bipartisan backlash has been swift. some members of schumer's own party, like democrat john fetterman, says americans should be allowed to decide on their own while republicans see the proposed ban as another big government power grab and say schumer's priorities aren't where they should be. >> if schumer is so worried about teenager

thank you, griff jenkins at the pentagon. >> dana: robert green way is the director of the center forional defense at the heritage foundation and so many other things you've done in your career leads you to be a great guest today. can you explain to people perhaps if we're looking at it this way the good intentions of the biden administrations thought they had by taking the houthis off the terrorism designation in the first place? >> thanks for having me. i think we can all respect the fact that the administration stated publicly their goal was peace and stability in yemen and easing the suffering of the people and the humanitarian cause. we can all be sympathetic with it. the lifting of the designation was in contravention. facts we all know then and now these are terrorists. second, that they've been taking advantage of this time in order to resupply and rearm and equip themselves to threaten the united states directly in international shipping. despite the fact the intentions were good, the reality has been the opposite. all we've done is insure that iran has been able to rearm the

>> bret: griff jenkins at the pentagon. griff, thanks.ials in kibbutz bury have announced the death of two hostages taken in the october 7th massacre by hamas. grossy and atie appeared in hamas video sunday. officials say their bodies are in the hands of the terror group. they say hamas is holding 136 hostages. up next, president biden's steam itching for a rematch with the former president donald trump. we will talk live with the campaign's principle deputy manager. first, beyond our borders tonight. large plumes of smoke rise over the southern part of the gaza strip over israeli airstrikes. they come a day after the israeli defense minister says he expects military operations in southern gaza to end soon but gave no time frame. rescuers evacuate tourists from a remote skiing area in northwestern china. state media says dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for this week. and this is a live look at lisbon, portugal. one of the big stories there tonight, guiness world record says it has suspended

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 hi

griff jenkins is at the pentagon and joins me now. how's the defense department retaliating, griff?rter: well, we have to without and -- wait and find out. good morning, stu. and remember, secretary austin working from home, going to have a busy day because central command informed us that the u.s. navy seals seized dozens of iranian-backed weapons bound for the houthi rebels in yemen. take a look here. you can see some of what there is. the seized items included to propulsion guidance and warheads for medium range ballistic missiles as well as, stu, there's anti-ship cruise missiles here and other air defense associated ordnance. those two u.s. navy seals previously reported as a lost at sea, they were directly involved in this operation. central demand command saying the search for them continues. meanwhile, secretary austin released a statement upon his departure yesterday from the hospital where he was for two weeks saying i'm grateful for the excellent care i received at walter reed national military center as i continue to recuperate and perform myrrh duties from home. i'm'kin

>> bret: griff jenkins live at the pentagon. griff, thanks. up next our "common ground" segment.he aisle on the border crisis. possible solutions. first, beyond our borders tonight. the princess of wales is hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery. kinzingerton palace says kate will remain at the private london clinic for up to two weeks. also tonight buckingham palace has revealed king charles iii undergo corrective procedure for enlarged prostate. officials in ukraine say those missiles hit apartment buildings and a medical center. 17 people were reportedly injured this a live look at japan. one of the big stories there tonight. u.s., south korea and japan conducted biggest ever combined naval exercises, said to be a show strength against luke larr armed north korea. similar diplomats from the allies were to meet in seoul so discuss the worsening standoff with pyongyang. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ned's plaque psoriasis. [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, red patches are all people see. otezla is the #

griff jenkins has more from washington. what's going on now, griff? >> reporter: hey, neil.t we learned from central command that at approximately 4 a.m. yemen time this morning u.s. central command forces took out another iranian-backed houthi rebel anti-ship missile. that was is sitting on a launch pad if ready to fire at commercial ships and it was deemed an imminent threat, and they took the shot. it is the seventh time that the u.s. has struck houthi sites in yemen in just over a week. and, neil, having been a reporter at the pentagon earlier this week, they told us that we can expect a continuation of what they described as these dynamic u.s. strikes meaning that when cent-com intelligence sees something like this imminent threat, like these missiles sitting op launch pads, then they, of course, will strike and destroy what they say is in self-defefnlts nsc spokesman john kirby had this to say yesterday. >> the houthis need to stop these attacks. they can make that choice. clearly, they're made -- they've made opposite choices. so we have choices the make too, and we h

welcome to "fox news live," i'm griff jenkins. one more hour, gillian, here we go.do you think we can do it? we'll give it a try. i'm gillian turner. primaries this tuesday in new hampshire, president biden though not on the ballot following a dispute between the dnc and the state. we've got fox news coverage on the ground in new hampshire with madison alworth, bryan llenas and alexis mcadams. alexis, kick it off for us. >> reporter: it is a cold day here in new hampshire, but people are still out on the ground getting ready for primary day and that includes the candidates still trying to gain support. for the former president, donald trump, you don't have to look far to see he has a lot of support here. kind of the line in front of here, that's for the rally that doesn't start until 7:00 tonight, you guys. take a look here, you can also see that support in the latest polls in the state which we have been watching closely. it shows trump sitting at 53 percent, teally at 36% and ron desantis at 7 percent. this is a poll of republican primary voters in the state, and

howard: joining us now, not a nasty guy, griff jenkins -- [laughter] fox news anchor and correspondent to the second event jean carroll deaf nation trial and when the judge was admonishing him from making comments, he then threatened to kick trump out of the courtroom, and the former president said, i would love that? >> because this is the playbook, howie. there are, step back for a second, four criminal trials, three civil ones. it is clear that the courtroom whether these judges want to accept it or not, the courtroom has now become the campaign trail for donald trump. howard: absolutely. >> and he's painted himself in all of them, facts be damned, as the victim of political persecution. that is why. you look at the civil fraud case, the judge said, well, i'll give you five minutes, but here's the rules, you can't attack me. what's he do? spends five minutes attacking him. this judge, judge kaplan -- and there's two cases -- howard: yeah. i'll explain in a second. >> in this case the judge tried to, you know, restrict him, and what's he do? go right outside and bash the judge. howar

fox's griff jenkins has the story and why he's seeking serious pushback.der chuck schumer is once again at odds with his republican colleagues as he launches a new mission to ban these. >> they're called zyn nicotine alternative pouches, popular with young people. there have been some warning signs that its use is spreading to those under 17, and it's also feared it could be acting as a gateway drug. now schumer is waging war on zyn, comparing it to the fight against e-cigarettes and claiming tobacco companies are trying to hook kids for life. >> schools have been had been inundated with e-cigs and we took action seeking federal results. zyn is the next battle and the feds must be ready. but the bypass fan backlash has been swift. >> some members of schumer's own party, like democrat john fetterman, says america should be allowed to decide on their own. while republicans see the proposed ban as another big government power grab and say schumer's priorities aren't where they should be. >> if schumer is so worried about teenagers, why don't you close the bor

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. >> steve: griff jenkins has the story. >> griff: we're bird free. we have an investigation of that so-called squad member, facing federal serious investigation over alleged misuse of campaign funds. the democrat spent $756,000, something she has long defended. >> i am going to make sure i have security, i have had threats on my life. put that money into social safety nets because we are trying to save lives. >> griff: this involves people in her personal circle, her now husband. when asking the congresswoman she cried right wing conspiracy. >> i have endured physical threats to my life, i am not entitled to personal protection by the house and have used campaign funds as permissible. right wing organizations have lodged baseless complaints against me. that is not true. >> griff: bush acknowledged her husband was part of her security and provided services at or below market value. justice department refused to comment. >> carley: fox news alert, president biden will visit east palestine other ohio full year after the toxic train derailment devastated

. >> steve: griff jenkins is live in d.c. st on this, tell us about it. >> griff: chuck schumer on a mission to crack down on zen, smokeless nicotine alternative in small pouchs. you tuck it into your lip. schumer wants to wage war against it. watch. >> our schools have been inundated with e-cigs. zen is the next battle, they will hook kids for life. >> griff: backlash has been stiff. tillis saying come take it, chuck and john fetterman says he's a big believer in choice for americans and would err on the side of freedom and not restrict that. congressman michael waltz had this reaction. >> if schumer is worried about teenagers, why don't you close the border? 110,000 americans and citizens are dying of fentanyl overdoses, why not focus on that. >> griff: philip morris issuing this statement, they fully meet and exceed regulations in the industry, marketing practices are focused on preventing underage access and set the benchmark for the industry. karine jean-pierre was asked about this at the white house yesterday and punted

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with details. >> griff: good morning.ith what we know, austin is out of intensive care, but remains hospitalized. we don't know what elective surgery started this, leaving white house officials in the dark for three days. u.s. forces came under attack eight times during that period of incapastation, bringing total number of attacks to 128. pentagon officials say the chief of staff was notified, but she had the flu and did not pass along the message. despite lack of disclosure, john kirby says austin is not going anywhere. >> i want to make sure i put a fork in my answer to you. there is no plans for anything other than for secretary austin to stay on the job and continue in the job he's had. >> griff: josh hawley says he wants answers. >> the defense secretary does not tell anybody he was have ill or was, we need to know the situation, his medical condition now. this is serious stuff. >> griff: matt rosendale says this was far more than a communication blunder. austin has jeopardized the lives of the american people and i

griff jenkins, why this reversal on the houthis?reporter: the administration says they've been reconsidering this decision made early on in february 2021. they've been reconsidering for months about re-designating the houthis. they removed them for humanitarian reasons. now after five missile attacks, including the us owned vessel, they are ready to pull the trigger and redesignate the iran backed rebels. it's not likely going to be the full foreign terrorist organization, it is to a lesser degree, one of those options is the specially designated global terror list. it doesn't go as far on things like immigration and civil liability, used in the wake of 9/11 because it can be applied swiftly but also lifted quickly. the houthis stop there terrorist attacks but that doesn't appear to be likely anytime soon. defense secretary austin settles into working from home after being released from a 2-week hospital stay. they obtained audio for january 1911 call, and unidentified aid requesting a low-key approach. >> what is your emergency? >>

griff jenkins has more from the pentagon. griff? >> good afternoon.s on deck in the red sea as the administration tries to find a way to stop these iranian-backed houthi rebels from launches missiles in to one of the world's busiest corridors. today's strike was the third on the houthis. the u.s. took these fresh strikes today because the pentagon said that the houthi missiles presented an imminent threat. john kirby had this to say. >> we fully anticipated when we launched that salvo on friday night that the houthis would probably conduct some retaliatory strikes. it's too soon to call it a trend that would lead us to believe that we didn't have a good effect with those streaks. we believed we did have a good effect. >> you're right about the tit for tat. today's strike is in response to a houthi missile attack on a u.s. shipping vessel that reported minor damage. a houthi spokesman said more attacks are on the horizon. >> the yemeni armed forces consider american and british ships participating in the aggression against us as hostile. the response i

thank you, griff jenkins. our prayers with him and his family certainly at this hour. . >> dana: another story, nhl players put on indefinite leave of absence after they and three other hockey players were charged with sexual assault. we have more. >> good morning. these accused players were 18 and 19 years old when this alleged sexual assault took place at a hotel in downtown london, ontario in 2018. just won gold medals on teammates on the world junior hockey team. five years later the group have been charged with sexual assault and granted leave of absences from their teams. the players are ordered to surrender to police in london, ontario according to canada's sports network. former nml player has also been charged with sexual assault. he turned himself into police on sunday. all five men claim they are innocent. in a statement to fox mccloud's attorneys wrote in part mr. mccloud denies any criminal wrongdoing and will be pleading not guilty and vigorously defend the case. none of the evidence has been presented let alone tested in court. now according to canada's t

griff jenkins has more from capitol hill. slow to get going this morning, griff. >> good morning.achment hearing against secretary mayorkas and the star witness, if you will, will not be here. mayorkas's office saying there is a scheduling conflict now. the chairman of the homeland committee here, mark green, says it's delay tactics from mayorkas to not show up. however, we'll hear some gut wrenching testimony from two grieving mothers. one tammy will testify about the loss of her child, her daughter who was killed by an illegal immigrant in the country with connections to the ms-13 gang. the other grieving mother josephine lost her child to a fentanyl overdose, a stark and tragic reminder that more than 150 people die every day in this country because of the deadly fentanyl coming across that border. another witness, arizona sheriff, gave a preview this morning about what he will have to say. listen here. >> these policies aren't working no more. you look at the tragedies, the border crime and deaths we're dealing with. just the quality of life that every community expects is not

griff jenkins has the latest live. do we know anything at all, griff, what might have sparked all of this? >> yeah, john, we know very little. d.c. cops only telling us that it was a lone expected gunman that carried out this carjacking rampage over many hours. his identity has not been released. the important thing is, he's no longer a threat to the community after being fatally shot by maryland law enforcement. now, this all began monday evening, 5:45 p.m. in city center as you know, one of the busiest parts of downtown d.c. mike gill, father of three and former trump official, was picking his wife up when he got into his car and shot him, now he is fighting for his life in critical condition, his family saying mike is a catalyst for unity and friendship. most important thing about mike that all of his friends know, how much he loves his family and how proud he is of his three children. but then after 7:00 p.m. the gunman attempted another carjacking, unsuccessful, no one harmed in that. a short time after in yet anot

griff jenkins has more. >> big tobacco is at it again.s and teens into becoming lifetime nicotine addicts for quick senate majority leader chuck schumer is on a mission to crack down on a product like zen a smsmoke-free to backless nicotie alternative a popular among young adults peter comes the lie white pouches, multiple flavors you tucked between your teeth and gums. >> our school had been inundated with e-cigs we took action seeking favorable results. >> a backlash to schumer's threat has been brutal. republican thom tillis post this with a tongue come and take it chuck. >> they want to regulate everything. there is a point you cannot do that. >> this push to go after zen is a another huge overreach by the state progressives are all too happy to set up a quick since by partisan democratic senator john fetterman slammed schumer's crusade records i'm going to air on the side of more freedom and personal choices progress others see it differently. >> a lot of marketing techniques that go after young people. >> the parent company philip m

griff jenkins live at the pentagon now. >> it's worth noting that the biden administration lifted thaterrorist organization or fto designation early on in their administration, february of 2021. now with the barrage of missile attacks including five in as many days on the commercial vessels in the red sea including on a u.s.-owned ship they are redesignating the rebels but instead this time to a lesser one this global terrorist or sdgt list. it was used in the wake of 9/11 by the bush administration to be applied quickly. it can also be removed quickly. secretary of state blinken released a statement a few hours ago saying the designation seeks to promote accountability for the group's terrorist activities. if they cease attacks in the red sea the united states will re-evaluate this designation. harris, a houthi spokesman has already taken to the international wires speaking out saying the december ig nays will not affect their position and attacks on ships will continue. we learn more about defense secretary austin's hospitalization and the lengths he went to keep it a secret. the aud

welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. hey alicia. >> i'm alicia acuna. the supreme court will decide whether former president trump will be allowed on the ballot in colorado. bill melugin has more from the campaign trail. >> it's crunch time for the candidates, less than 10 days to go before the iowa caucuses and they're on a full on blitz of the state today. they've got events all day long out here. now, it's getting testy out there on the campaign trail and some of them sniping at each other. nikki haley finished speaking, where she attacked donald trump. when it comes to trump, he can call me anything i never raised attack. but why don't we ask him-- oh, that's right, he won't get on a debate stage. [laughter]. >> meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis also out here in iowa and he's going all in on the state. he recently finished visiting all 99 counties on the state shaking hands and holding different town halls and doing the old-fashioned boots on the ground campaigning out here which he feels is the way to do it. he says, look, he's got a track r

. >> we were here, and griff jenkins was here as well through the entire holiday. off to him and everybody else who filled in the chair. >> brian: must have been tough for him to not surf. griff prefers to surf. >> steve: i was talking to griff yesterday because is he going to go down today to south florida to go surfing. and i told him the beaches are gone because of beach erosion over the last month. >> brian: you are kidding. >> steve: beaches are pretty much shot. >> lawrence: finally gets to celebrate and there is no beach. >> ainsley: still waves. >> brian: waves crash into land. just send you. >> steve: just smooths out. no roll. >> ainsley: y'all, before christmas we saw the president was going to be ivy league go in front of the congress. >> steve: how did they do? >> ainsley: elise stefanik what was happening on college campuses with the anti-semitism. clawed dean gay people said we want you to step down. elise alumni said i want you to step down as well. they were trying to work through all of that. as of yesterday she decided to resign. keeps $900,000 s

. >> bill: griff jenkins joins us now. what did you find out? >> well, bill, this is the number that keeps agents up at night. they aren't worrying about the massive works of give-ups but rather the ones that got away. cbp sources tell fox this morning that since the fiscal year began october 1st there have been more than 96,000 known gotaways, seen or detected but not brought into custody. that's literally, bill, more than four times the population of bedford where you and dana are sitting right nouchlt an average of more than 800 migrants illegally crossing and disappearing into u.s. every single day since october 1st. as we highlighted yesterday, that columbian criminal migrant caught after being a gotaway underscores the threat they pose and why immigration is such a big i shall knew this election and both gop candidates drove the point home last night. >> we have a border that is totally open and dangerous creating a disaster in our country. >> you take a look at our border. so bad. never been a border like this in the world. four years ago

. >> harris: fox news national correspondent griff jenkins is on capitol hill. >> there is not a dry eye in this hearing. the testimony of those two grieving mothers brings home the human aspect, the real tragedy of this and taking time to step out of the committee at this moment is chairman mark green. mr. chairman, you heard the grieving testimony of these mothers and yet secretary mayorkas is not here. your thoughts. >> well, it was pretty heart rending to hear those mothers describe the murder by an ms-13 gang member basically, that one mother who lost her child to fentanyl wasn't even trying to take fentanyl. it was fentanyl-laced something else. as you said there wasn't a dry eye in the room. these people came from all over our country. miss dunn came from arizona and secretary mayorkas can't come across the city. we've asked this guy the secretary four times to come and talk on this topic, border security and he has refused every time. >> does it anger you that he is not here? one blaming mayorkas for the death of whener daughter. >> yeah. it apals me. the excuse given to me,

griff jenkins is live at the pentagon with more. let's start with the houthis here first of all. this designation is weaker than the one under the trump administration, yes? >> and that's such a good point, john. if you remember, go back at the end, late in the trump administration, the houthis were placed on this foreign terrorist organization or fto list. well, now after months of attacks in the red sea on commercial vehicles, included u.s.-owned one, you have them putting them on this specially designated terrorist list, a lesser category, no doubt about it. especially designated global terrorist list, sgdt list in the wake of 9/11, it can be applied quicker, but unlike fto it can be removed quicker. secretary blinken released a statement saying this, this designation seeks to promote accountability for the group's terrorist activities. if the houthis cease attacks in the red sea and gulf of aden, the united states will reevaluate this designation. but here is the thing. a houthi spokesman speaking to international media saying this designation will not cease their attacks on

griff jenkins is live with more on this. >> look, the threats to shipping lanes in the red sea are certainly escalating and this strike by the u.s. is technically the third strike against the iran-backed houthi rebels. you will recall last thursday and friday the u.s. destroyed over 60 targets, 28 locations, and what specific to today's strike, the u.s. took out four iranian ballistic missiles to be used by the houthis which the defense official said presented an imminent threat to merchant and u.s. navy ships in the region, and comes in direct response to the houthi missile yesterday that struck a u.s.-owned commercial vessel which reported no casualties and only minor damage. it does not appear the u.s. retaliation is deterring the houthis from attacking the red sea. >> the yemeni armed forces consider all american and british ships and warships participating in the aggression against the country as hostile targets. the response is certainly coming and any new aggression will not pass without response and punishment. >> as we learned earlier today from centcom, the u.s. navy seals received

you can't deny what griff jenkins shows you.eserves a lot of credit for telling the american people the truth proud to be part of the network. >> brian: breaking it to the worst point ever he admitted it's a crisis. he wants more money. he says give me money. what does money do. >> this isn't a money issue. it's a policy issue. >> steve: right. >> change the policies. put the remain in mexico program this in tomorrow. the highest courts in the land said it's legal then a game changer. those two things along would solve 95% of the problem. >> steve: policy come across the river we will turn you around they wouldn't come across the river. even though we are in new hampshire you are absolutely right. we have been covering this issue for 20 years here on the fox news channel. it was greg abbott who started busing people to the big cities, the big media towns and suddenly it's a big issue in the big towns. we are all talking about it. that's one of the reasons yesterday i went out and talked to some of the voters about five miles awa

griff jenkins has the details. >> it is for the entire veteran and active duty service community, good morning. most people hear psychedelic and think of hippies. doctors treating veterans for ptsd has found something different. dan crenshaw is leading the bill that allows service members to be in clinical studies. >> nothing is working. you can put people on a million prescriptions and pretend we can read somebody's mind and understand when they are on the verge of suicide but we can't. there is excitement about the potential for this. >> with more than 17 veterans dying by suicide every day something else has to be done. now the drugs we're talking about mdma known as ecstasy, magic mushrooms, also a very heavy one and dmt, a sergeant came back from iraq and attempted six suicide attempts. mdna therapy helped him overcome it and he travels to ukraine providing humanitarian support. >> this is no longer theory. this is no longer a conversation. these are real tangible actual results. >> the va is 100% behind it as

first griff jenkins is on capitol hill for us. what is the next step and how did this hearing end? >> well, good afternoon, sandra. and in this hearing that's been going on for more than three hours, we have been listening by the way to just grief poured out by two grieving mothers. you played one of them, the other, tammy nobles lost her 20-year-old daughter kayla to an ms13 gang member illegally in the country and she had to listen to over two minutes of a voice mail that kayla had made to her boyfriend when the attack happened, listening to her daughter being raped and strangled. she also had very powerful testimony. some of what tammy had to say. listen. >> let's take a moment and think about how kayla felt that day, how scared she must have been that day knowing that she was dying. if she was going to see her mommy again, her baby sister, her brother, or her cat oreo. kayla fought for her life that day with all that she had and in the end she lost to an individual that was not even supposed to be allowed in the country. >> and tammy just pleading with members of congress sayin

. >> rich: committee chairman told griff jenkins he would like to give austin an opportunity to recovertion on his absence as quickly as possible. the first congressional democrat has also said he's lost trust in austin's leadership. another congressman writes i have a solemn duty to oversee, that duty requires me to call on secretary austin to resign. this is all as there's an escalation in the middle east, we now have confirmation from two u.s. military officials an american tanker was seized by iran earlier today. john. >> john: that is certainly going to add another uncertainty into the mix. rich edson, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: so we have new inflation numbers out today, and did show inflation, while the administration has been touting a drop inflation, touted going back up in december and still a far cry from the fed 2% target. according to the treasury chief, more wealth than before the pandemic but still not reflected in the polls and another growing disconnect between voters and washington. robert wolf is here, and douglas holtz-eakin. been looking forward to this all day,

welcome to "fox news live," i'm griff jenkins. joey: i'm jacqui heinrich. this is all happening as ron desantis and nikki haley continue duking it out for their battle for a distant second place. we have fox team coverage, we will start with grady trimble who's braving the weather there in des moines. hey, grady. >> reporter: hey, jackie. former president trump was supposed to have a busy weekend here in iowa, but as griff noted, he canceled a few of his events. one of them though is still on for tomorrow. all of the campaigns kind of scrambling because of this cold and snowy weather we've been experiencing. take a look at the latest polling here in iowa. it shows the former president with a commanding lead. former south carolina governor nikki haley gaining some ground but still way behind trump. at his most recent campaign event here in iowa, trump went after his competitors in the gop race, but he also signaled that he's setting his sights on november. >> we don't love the job that ron desanctimonious has done or nikki haley or even worse when you look a

i want to go to griff jenkins at the pentagon and get his take on the reverberations of this.his comes on the same day that the administration has gone back to classifying the houthi rebels that had been responsible for the attacks on these american ships and western ships, even business related in the red sea. they're back in the terrorist camp, i guess? >> they are. history matters here. if you remember late in the trump administration, they labelled them as this foreign terrace organization. the houthi rebels, that is. now you have them labelled with this lesser designation as this global terrorists. it has a bit difference that i'll explain in a minute. john kirby explaining about the designation and what the fto was doing differently. listen here. >> the previous designation was fto, foreign terrorist organization, which doesn't have quite the measure of flexibility in terms of humanitarian assistance. >> neil: all right. i want to go to chuck schumer who is responding to these developments as well. >> within a year, we would be on our back foot doing all kinds of things

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jenkins? i was sound asleep under my camera. i was trying to feed video i can sleep through a lot. >> rachel: that's a super power. >> griff: hopefullyinues. meanwhile, more communities across our country ringing in 2024 in unique ways. >> joey: alexandria hoff joins us with some of our favorite ball drops. what do you have. >> griff, you were talking about frontline work. this is an area where i have had some frontline experience. i spent some of my career working in central pennsylvania about anything but a ball is dropped or raised at midnight. a shoes, massive hershey kiss. one that always draws a lot of attention new year's eve lebanon, pennsylvania. it's the famed bologna dropped. they pronounce the beef cylinder the dutch way i suppose. the celebration of the regional delicacy started in 1997 after being inspired by nearby dillsburg pennsylvania where they drop a pickle. olive, north carolina started in 1999. mount olive pickle company. it's now a public point of pride. raleigh, north carolina. acorns poured from the sky to mark the start of 2024. big one there earlier in the evening acorns fell from the sky to allow the child