plus wild weather, blizzard warnings to the north, severe thunderstorms in the south. it will make it a tough day for friday trial. and final countdown to iowa, just three days until the caucuses. one of the biggest headlines has nothing to do with any of the candidates. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 12, 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have breaking news overnight, the u.s. and united kingdom with a forceful response to the recent surge in attacks by the iran-backed militant group against commercial ships in the red sea. planes and missiles hitting houthi controlled areas in yemen. the pentagon says upwards of 60 targets in at least 16 locations were struck to disrupt the rebel group s capabilities. we reserve the right to protect and defend our forces, to defend the global trade that trance sits through the red sea and take necessary steps to again make sure houthis understand that it is unaccep
steve: thank you, carley and todd. good morning everybody, it s tuesday january 9th, 2024. come up this morning on fox & friends. president donald trump is in washington at this hour. three judges later today will hear arguments on whether he has presidential immunity in the federal election interference case that has been brought against him by the federal government. we got a live report in 25 seconds. ainsley: steve, we have a fox & friends exclusive. lawrence is down at our southern border. is he getting a firsthand look at the migrant crisis on the ground there and in the water of the rio grand river. brian: we haven t solved that crisis yet. plus, three s company. job interviews are apparently getting a little bit more crowded. yeah, i m sorry, who s this gentleman sitting behind you? hello, miss lady. miss lady? employers say i want to watch the rest of the movie. employers say gen z job seekers are bringing their mom and dad to job interviews. ains
from iphone camera half aworld away. the assault in yemen stoking fears of a wider middle east war pending the response that we await still at this hour. a big morning, big day. see what happens throughout the day. let s start here at 9:00 in new york. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home and. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. some people wondered if the biden administration would ever be willing to do. the u.s. carried out strikes in coordination with the united kingdom scorching more than 60 houthi targets. bill: part of tehran s response to the israeli war on hamas. according to general jack keane earlier today he says it is time to go after iran directly. the center of gravity for the aggression in the middle east that we re experiencing is iran. we have said this time and time and time again. and to deter the proxies themselves by hitting them will not be sufficient. we have got to go after iran. dana: all this unfolding while the head of
harris: pivotal hearing on whether he is immune from prosecution. you can t have a president without an interview, you have to be able to do your job. but if this didn t work out, if i wasn t given immunity, then other presidents, we talked about today, president obama with the drone strikes, which were really bad, they were mistakes, terrible mistakes, you can t put a price on that position. i think most people understand it and feel confident that eventually hopefully at this level, but eventually we win. a president has to have immunity. harris: this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner here with co-host kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. also joining us today host of the kennedy saves the world podcast, kennedy and fox news contribute dr. marc siegel. the hearing wrapped up this morning and decision from a three-judge panel is expected to come within days. donald trump attorneys argue prosecuting a former president would open a pandora s box. to authorize prose
defense lloyd austin after austin failed to tell the president that he was in the hospital in intensive care and temporarily off his job. days after the revelation we still don t know why secretary austin was hospitalized in the first place. leaving this hour, president biden goes to south carolina bringing his campaign back to the state that he hopes can save him again and he went to emanuel church in south carolina, that was the site of the 2015 shooting fueled by white supremacy. his speech interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza. ceasefire now! you hear the crowd afterwards, folks tried to drown out the protesters by chanting four more years. there was nothing subtle about the contents of president biden s speech in an attempt to tie the ideology behind those racist murders in mother emanuel church in 2015 to donald trump and the maga movement. a mob attacked black officers, black veterans. maga republicans led by a defeated president is trying to