his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
message to the vice president we would love have have you on special report. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the fate of a new senate proposal. that addresses funding for the southern border as well as ukraine and israel. is uncertain tonight. supporters say it ends catch and release. strengthens asylum laws. but critics say it would let in 5,000 migrants per day, an unacceptable figure and other problems that don t solve the border completely. we will talk with one of the authors of the plan, arizona independent senator kyrsten sinema in just a few minutes. and also with texas republican congressman chip roy, one of the major opponents. first, additional details on that legislation. congressional correspondent iron shah has any starts us off live tonight from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. senate republicans are actually just coming out of a closed door meeting tonight where they discussed this border bill. and the reaction
presidential race. president biden has pulled ahead of former president donald trump in one new national poll but still trails nikki haley. this hour we are releasing the latest fox news polls showing where the candidates are in key races in a couple of key swing states in wisconsin. it is tied between the former president and president biden in georgia former president trump is up. we will bring you more of that in a bit. also movement tonight on one of the major election issues. immigration. we have a live report from capitol hill. but we begin tonight with how the president is handling another thorny topic. the israel-hamas war. and the reaction from his base. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. in a state biden needs to win this november, his revel to call for a cease-fire in gaza is costing support among key parts of his base. the abandon biden campaign also opposes trump. b
minister about what is happening with the hostage negotiation and the gaza war as well as the latest attacks by iran-backed proxy groups. but, first, the world is awaiting president biden s response to the death of three american soldiers from a drone attack in jordan, blamed on iran proxy terrorists. the president says he has made a decision but is not saying what that is. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. it s unclear if the iranian proxy group had knowledge an american drone was returning to the base at the same time it chose to attack or if it was coincidence. officials still don t know if the drone was launched from iraq or syria. president biden says he has made his decision on how to respond. i don t think we could be any more clear that we have called on the iranian proxy groups to stop their attacks. they have not. and so we will respond in a time and ma
i m bret baier. president biden promised a responded to the deadly drone strike that killed three american soldiers in jordan. he promised that would happen at the time and place of his choosing the time was today just after he attended the dignified return of those bodies at dover air force base. the place syria and and iraq, tied to iranian proxy. iran was not a direct target tonight, likely won t be. but senior defense officials tell fox this is just the beginning of a series of strikes. we have fox team coverage. rich edson is at the white house looking at the presidents day and new reaction just out from the white house. mike tobin in tel aviv with what s going on in israel and reaction from the region. and retired general jack keane here in washington has his strategic analysis of these strikes. but we begin with chief national correspondent jennifer griffin. security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. will. we are told the u.s. aircraft involved in the