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
ballistic missile towards shipping lanes today. that, undercuts an assessment that president biden gave while he was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania sphbl i have already delivered the message to iran they know not to do anything. peter: the message destroying 60 targets at 16 spots controlled by houthis inside yemen. we are not interested in a war yemen. peter: turkish prime minister says that s exactly what the u.s. wants. they are in an effort to turn the red sea into a sea of blood. peter: the president s order earned rare praise from republicans. i do commend the administration for finally hitting back. democrats are the ones giving the president the hardest time. progressives like congresswoman pramila jayapal complained this is unacceptable violation of the constitution article 1 requires that military action be authorized by congress. what do you saw to members of your own party that are saying you needed congressional authorization for last night s strike.
time for some election day wordplay. today s term crosses all kinds of boundaries. we re talking about redistricting. look in the dictionary. it s kind of a duh moment. the official definition to divide anew into districts as for administrative or electoral purposes. there in black and white it s pretty boring. redistricting is written into the constitution article 1, section 2 says members of the house of representatives will be apportioned according to state populations and requires those numbers to be updated every ten years by the census. in most states, the party that controls the state legislature gets to redraw congressional districts every ten years and they often try to do it to their advantage. that s why state races are so hard-fght. you still need a good reason to go to vote? in case that wasn t enough i ll give you a few more. chronologically i m 60 years old.