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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 ...

Voters -- usually foreign policy pretty far back on the scale. but as we've seen the conflicts escalate, more voters are telling us in polls that they care a lot about these issues. what are the pressures on him right now? >> well, the shipping costs, we're getting to the point where you are going to start noticing it when you go to the store, when you try to buy furniture or try to buy anything that goes through that major transport route. and costs have been escalating because the ships have had to take other routes around africa to save money, but that adds about ten days on to the trip. so...