austin covering a lot of ground in his first press conference since his secret hospital admission, addressing the elephant in the room saying he did not handle his diagnosis and hospitalization correctly, and reiterated the u.s. plans to respond to a deadly attack on u.s. service members in jordan. i m john roberts in new york city, and look who is here today. just like magic. gillian: we managed to shake free of it. great to be with you, john. i m in for sandra smith, she s out on assignment. america reports . general austin s briefing comes as u.s. officials confirm iran manufactured the drone used to kill the three american service members and injure dozens more during sunday s strike. calling the attack on sleeping soldiers egregious and looking for a multi-tiered strike in retaliation. john: tensions ratcheting up near the red sea, united states taking out an anti-aircraft missile in yemen, raising concerns the group could be expanding its target zone. gillian:
conducts the sweeping airstrikes against 85 around the proxy targets and iraq and syria how the world is waiting to see if the strikes will deter the militia that iran is backing. and if the b-1 bombers will need to strike again. hello everyone brand-new hour of fox news live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville. president biden was facing a mensa pressure to retaliate after last weekend s deadly drone attack killed three american soldiers, stationed in jordan. sgt william rivers, candidate sanders and br embryonic moffat. since october 7 over 160 rockets and missiles have been launched at u.s. forces in the middle east. the white house stressed yesterday the united states is not looking for war with iran but president biden followed through on his warning that if you harm an american we will respond. some experts and lawmakers are concerned about whether the u.s. provided too much advance warning. mo is a little bit concerned when you go
bill hemmer, good morning, partner. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we made it to february. bill: we did. dana: a little long month that one of january. defense secretary lloyd austin will hold a news conference later this morning. anticipates building for his first major address since his secretive hospital stay. he is expected to face questions on many issues, not least his health. bill: payback against iran. what form does it come? questions swirling about the size and timing of the u.s. response after the deaths of three american soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others by an iranian proxy group out of iraq. all this with another group expanding their targets from the red sea to the air. dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to set it up for us this morning. you will have a front row seat this morning. we will. dana, this is the first time that the press has had an opportunity to question defense secretary lloyd austin abo
for dangerous flooding. our weather team timing it all out. and breaking overseas, the latest u.s. strikes in yemen in retaliation for repeated attacks on merchant shipping in the red sea. tonight s military action against the houthis hitting 36 targets across 13 locations in yemen. this coming just one day after the mission to strike other iranian-backed militants in iraq and syria. american warplanes delivering a blow to the armed groups the u.s. blames for killing three americans and wounding more than 40 others on that remote base in jordan. that response expected to be a multiday campaign amid increasing fears of a wider escalation across the region. marcus moore in jordan with late reporting. the long-awaited and much-anticipated bipartisan border bill. months in the making. what we re learning about what s in the measure. will republicans who fought for the agreement wind up supporting it? the crucial first in the nation test for president biden. people heading t
good evening. i m norah o donnell live from the u.s. naval base here in bahrain, home of the navy s fifth fleet. so much has happened since we arrived here in the middle east on sunday. each day we have learned of new attacks from iranian-backed militias. american soldiers have died, and american warships and aircraft are under fire. the number of attacks from houthi militants are increasing, and some of their weapons are getting closer. a senior defense official here in bahrain just moments ago telling us exclusively that about 10 minutes ago, the f-18 super hornets bombed ten unmanned drones in western yemen that were preparing to launch. that is how dynamic this situation is. also, just hours ago, there was another attack. the uss carney shooting down a ballistic missile and several drones that were heading their way, and we are also learning new details about that attack on a u.s. destroyer last night. that was the uss gravely. and the houthi missile came within a mile of