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
civilians and jeopardized trade and affected more than 50 nations with crews from more than 20 countries being threatened or taken hostage in acts of piracy. biden promised the u.s. would take more action if necessary. they have received applause from top republicans and mitch mcconnell and mike johnson. progressive democrats have blasted the president. khanna tweeted it s clear poet us may only introduce u.s. into hostilities after congressional authorization or national emergency when the u.s. is under imminent attack. retaliatory offensive strike. jayapal called it a violation of the constitution. we just found out that the white house did actually give top congressional leaders, including the gang of eight, a heads-up before it happened. u.s. gave the final warning last week and moreover the houthi s
patrol there. matt finn live in eagle pass to tell us how it s going. i guess is this day one or day two, matt? good morning. essentially day two. this all started developing yesterday, bill. it is a rather remarkable situation. be mind me right now is shelby park that you were referring to. viewers may recognize it. our cameras have been here for two years now showing you the mass illegal immigration that happens right here in this park. you might recall even just a few weeks ago there was a huge surge of migrants who crossed right here. now under governor abbott s emergency declaration the texas national guard has seized control of this park and some surrounding land along the river, put up fencing and razor wire, and kicked out federal border patrol agents arguing it is the biden administration that has perpetuated illegal crossings so texas is going to control this land from here on out. our crews have seen what hops to
transiting that red sea and the secretary was monitoring in realtime with the national security council and the central commander as well. last night again he was monitoring in realtime getting updates from central command, in touch with the white house, spoke with the president over two times during the night. and so you are seeing the secretary very engaged as he would be on any other day. dana: except for the days he was unavailable. i want to ask you about this. congressman mike gallagher was on with us earlier today wonders if a lot of what we re dealing with now is a result of the biden administration s own policy making. listen here. we should remember that this is a problem of their own creation. biden removed the houthis from the list in 2021. they forced our saudi partners into a truce with iran in the houthis by withdrawing intelligence and military support for saudi efforts in yemen and all the while relaxed
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