austin covering a lot of ground in his first press conference since his secret hospital admission, addressing the elephant in the room saying he did not handle his diagnosis and hospitalization correctly, and reiterated the u.s. plans to respond to a deadly attack on u.s. service members in jordan. i m john roberts in new york city, and look who is here today. just like magic. gillian: we managed to shake free of it. great to be with you, john. i m in for sandra smith, she s out on assignment. america reports . general austin s briefing comes as u.s. officials confirm iran manufactured the drone used to kill the three american service members and injure dozens more during sunday s strike. calling the attack on sleeping soldiers egregious and looking for a multi-tiered strike in retaliation. john: tensions ratcheting up near the red sea, united states taking out an anti-aircraft missile in yemen, raising concerns the group could be expanding its target zone. gillian:
and the united states. the attack happened sunday, it is now thursday. last hour defense secretary lloyd austin warned of retaliatory strike. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east, we will work to avoid wider conflict, but we will take all necessariac actions to defend the united states, our military and our people and we will decide where we choose and how we choose. kayleigh: tough words. or were they? hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno. also joining us, tammy bruce, former n.f.l. sideline reporter michele tafoya and chief breaking news correspondent from the west coast, trace gallagher. this morning secretary austin apologized over lack of transparency for his medical emergency for a month. i want to be clear, we did not handle this right, i did not handle this right. i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis and my team and the american public. i take full responsibility. i apologize to my tea
have the east coast digging out. try the political storm with those iowa caucuses now closing n nine days away. we ll talk to republican presidential candidate ron desantis who is stepping up his attacks on one nikki haley and and hear why governor chris sununu is bibling down on his support doubling down on his support for nikki haley. the supreme court has aa greed e to take up donald trump s case against the colorado supreme court, and what president biden had to say to mark three years since the january 6th riots. tree intriguing arrests today three intriguing arrests today. all that that and the big battle for the big labor vote. teamster boss sean o brien meeting with all the candidates. plus secretary of state mike pompeo, and market legend ken fish or on where all your money should be heading. he called last year s big rally to the t. wait until you hear that he s predicting for 2024. cat cavuto live starting now. neil: you know, sometimes i tell my staff two
hello. it s friday that this is outnumbered. i m kayleigh mcenany with my cohosts, emily company when harris faulkner petronius, fox news contributor lisa lisa boothe, and pete hegseth. president biden s first campaign speech of the new year. what do you expect? it appears the president promised to be a uniter in chief as he has said oh and over, but is set to sell more division throughout the country. the president s remarks in pennsylvania will not be focused on pressing issues like the economy and war in israel, the crisis on our southern border. there s a lot of pressing issues. instead, he will set his sights on so-called maga extremists. the president has not been able to effectively top big wins or a compliments. he is leaning in on this so-called threat to democracy messaging, while battling exceptionally low poll numbers. this will not be the first time we ve seen him do this. ahead of the midterms, he gave a prime time speech titled the continued battle
welcome to fox & friends on this saturday morning. look at that beautiful sunrise. i have a sunrise on my phone. pete: sure do. on the background of your phone just like that. it s the state of florida. will: this is morning of appreciation for the northeast. i start the 6:00 a.m. hour complimenting vermont. that is a beautiful sunrise in new jersey. pete: monmouth county and the beaches with the stretch of beach is going to be gorgeous. look out and almost always see the new york city skyline in the distance. i assume that was one of the carolinas when i saw it but it s new jersey. pete: see the weeds or whatever it is. like endangered bird that lives there they ve lost like 80% of the beach because the environmentalists are protecting it for this bird. that no one ever sees. anyway, it s a new jersey thing. will: maybe they ll start seeing it. let s bring you to the debate pete and i were having before coming on air. they were giving me a hard time about the fact i