have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
are coming to you live it. millions of people on the other side of the globe are bringing in 2024, fireworks lighting up the skies above the iconic temple there in bangkok. the colorful display never gets old. a gorgeous site it is new year s eve day this is a special edition fox news live i am molly line in for arthel neville. and eric shawn are both off today. rich: i am rich edson appeared celebrations across the globe at every hour today in our new york studios the crossroads of the world s one block away at their the nypd is hard at work making sure the brightest lit block party on the planet is safe for the hundreds of thousands expected in times square. waiting for the ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. police have already set up a perimeter around the area. they are screening everyone, no exceptions and security is very tight. we have alexis mcadams live inside in a subway station in times square with more and with the city is doing to get ready for the bigge
good evening. m bret baier.n president joe biden vacations in thcae caribbean s republican presidential candidates returned to then campaign trail. police in texas investigate the deaths of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, and what they call a perplexing case. the doctors are warning about a triple-demic is a new covid strain spreads across the united states.firs dr. marc siegel joins us to nighdiscuss. but first, breaking tonight, another massive group ofthro migrants is making its way through mexico as immigrationy officials work to process the thousands already waiting at thn border. many of those who have been allowed to enter the u.s. are being sent further north where local officials say president joe biden and his administrationir have ignored their pleas for additional assistance. the president meanwhile is heading south to the caribbean for vacation as his top cabinet officials meet with mexico s president to discuss the crisis. we have fox team coverage, c
claudia: welcome back to a special edition of fox news live. former president donald trump asking a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal case alleging he interfered in the 2020 election. the president and his legal team claiming absolute presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. merry christmas, i m claudia cowen. i m rich edson. trump s filing with the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. comes one day after a big setback for special counsel jack smith. the u.s. supreme court refused his request to fast track his immunity claim for trump. the case hinges on whether president trump was acting as president or a candidate. his strategy is to run out the clock and he has a lot of tools to do that. and he may be successful. the issue here i think everyone agrees that there is something called absolute immunity for your official functions, if you are performing an official function the president has immunity and
refusing to fast track the immunity claim surrounding one donald j. trump, rejecting for now a timeline of special counsel jack smith if was pushing. so where is all of this going? we ll ask former attorney general bill barr because he s here. but first, to the holiday hustle. everybody s a little anxious, people are worried about after last year s travel experience, this year s travel experience. might as well get some. gifts for my wife. be patient. that s it. that a s all you can be. you can t be mad at anybody. i was [inaudible] i ll be glad when i make it through it. [laughter] i just want to get to my, i just want to get home. neil: well, hopefully they will get home. fox on top of travelers on the run and last minute hoppers on the hunt. ho, ho, no, and away we go. neil: welcome, everybody. glad to have you. merry christmas. and we re on top of the hunt for gifts and the hunt to be just get out of town. at lot easier said than done. a lot of procrastinato