coverage of the iowa caucus will continue. see you sunday morning. happening now, u.s.-led air strikes inseed yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by iran-backed militants. mass protests erupt in yemen and fears of a full scale regional war intensify. also this hour, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the iowa caucuses. we re tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get to our top story tonight. iran-backed houthi militants vowing to hit back after a u.s. led coalition struck their position faze yemen. the national what is president biden saying as the u.s. braces for retaliation? wolf, the president spoke briefly earlier today reiterating that the united states stand as poised to respond to any additional houthi action including missile an
i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
that is in studio by the name of john john hamm. all right. that is the message. hi john . all right. i love you guys. i m laura ingraham. and this is ingram angle from washington tonight. the trump desantis duel to come . that s the focus of tonight s angle hour. how tiresome is commentary like this? but it s very important to expose him for who he is , which is not a regular politician. but a violent cult leader. he leads a powerful cult of personality for republican party that has become a cult of personality around donald trump . so we re supposed to believe that trump s voters are only attracted to kind of his, in your face, bare knuckle style, like a fighter who s refreshingly woke. well, that s nonsense. what his core supporters firmly believe is that as of now, trump is the only candidate who has credibility on four vital policy issues. now, trump has a proven record of standing up to china, both biden and the gop establishment want a partnership with chin
this is the faulkner focus. i am in for harris today. so far no splashy events or speeches since the president announced his re-election bid one month ago and one day ago. his rivals on both sides meantime of the aisle already making moves. the president s low profile may be not hitting with voters. a new fox poll shows only 33% see the commander in chief as a strong leader. our own karl rove says it will be tough to change minds. this guy is in real trouble and do we think he is going to get better, people will see him as a stronger leader? only if there s an international or national crisis in which he acts in a way that goes against the type we developed in our minds of him over the last two and a half, three years. i don t see it happening. the president got more competition this week across the aisle. south carolina senator tim scott and florida governor desantis announcing their 2024 bids as biden slogs along. desantis hitting the ground running. he is having a camp
when it does, we ll take it live. what happened to these fbi agents caught up in alleged political targeting by fbi leadership. well one agent says he was placed on unpaid suspension on the first day of a brand new assignment. the weaponization subcommittee, says today s testimony is the human evidence of what it calls institutional rot and anti conservative bias at the highest levels of government. politics is driving the agenda in federal agencies. parents attending a school board meeting pro lifers praying at a clinic or catholic, simply attending mass. you could be a target to shut down. differing viewpoints is the end of any analytical or investigative body. it sends a chilling effect across the workforce and does not allow for intellectual freedom, which is vital to any investigative body to members of this committee, current and former fbi employees and indeed all americans to ensure that the weaponization of our own government against the people comes to an end. no ma