dead. the news comes after an intense search effort since contact was lost shortly after departure on sunday. two debris fields found 1600 feet from the titanic remains. the senior correspondent mike tobin is in st. john s canada tonight. mike, good evening. trace, friends, family and fellow explorers were holding out hope for a miracle and learning today all hope is lost. u.s. coast guard announced that the submersible titanic was found in five major pieces as you mentioned 1600 feet off the bow of the wreckage of the titanic itself. the pilot and passengers are all lost. the debris is consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. stockton rush chief executive of oceangate was the pilot. passengers were hamish harding. a businessman. he lived for the adventure. will are suleman and a veteran of 35 titanic dives. larry daily was a close friend of natural gas lay according to say what they are
good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear
announce their participation. one of them former vice president mike pence submitted his government forms today. correspondent mark meredith is on the story tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening, like you said, it s getting bigger by the day. the three men jumping into the race this week are all former prominent trump supporters. clear candidates feel more comfortable taking on the frontrunner. the question remains will republicans want an alternative next year. hello, iowa. former vice president mike pence is challenging donald trump for the demonstration. today pence filed his paperwork with the fec and will formally roll out his campaign in iowa on wednesday. republican primary voters are going to look at the field, think very deeply about who can best carry our message and carry majorities to victory. pence will face considerable competition including from south carolina senator tim scott who tonight is generating considerable buzz after appearing on
donald trump and those around him have seen the fbi as a threat. they have taken a blow torch to try to tear down that threat. it s really unfortunate, the motion that the fbi is some sort of leftist cabal. it s crazy. martha: devin nunes that now works for trump media is here. first to the justice correspondent david spunt. good afternoon. trace, good afternoon. we re talking about what is called an fd 1023 form that is a standard form that fbi agents use to write down allegations during an interview. congressman comer, chair of the house oversight committee and senator chuck grassley want a specific 1023 form they say contains an allegation that then vice president biden accepted a bribe for a policy change. they have asked for it multiple times in a subpoena. they actually asked for the physical document. both held a phone call with fbi director christopher wray at 1:30 this afternoon. we re told that fbi director christopher wray offered to allow both men and perhaps