pete: welcome. it is the 7 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend. on sunday, february 4th, year of our lord, 2024. and we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. and coalition forces launching more strikes existence iran-backed houthi targets in yemen as the leader of the terrorist group warning of more escalation. rachel: plus, president biden easily wins the south carolina democrat primary. someone else in the administration reportedly has her eyes already on 2028. [laughter] will: rapper 50 cent says trump might be the answer. pete: it s fiddy cent [laughter] will: the second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. pete: we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. and u.k. carried out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. will: madeleine rivera joins us with more. reporter: good morning, guys. this is the third round of u.s. and u.k. joint strikes targeting houthi rebels in yemen. the pentagon s
now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backe
warm until paramedics arrived. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it- with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating. performance that tells you that donald trump could win this election. i ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the
more breaking news out of yemen. despite media hyper ventilation it amounted to no more than a pin prick. five dead six injured and no houthi leaders targeted . now the all important chipping channel in the red sea is more dangerous than ever. when are they going to confront iran? without iran the h houthis don t exist. for iran there are no consequences as per usual, whatsoever. as the new york post has pointed out biden s foreign policy of fear is a recipe for global disaster. why did joe allow the iranians to sell oil on the market. why did he facilitate ten billion dollars to get into their hands. we have breaking developments out of yemen tonight. if you haven t noticed biden spent most of the week resting and recovering from a quick trip to south carolina. now do day back in action. good for joe. after mustering injury to meet with voters in pennsylvania. his focus was on once again, we thought it was dead, biden-nomics. he didn t have much to say. there is little to
direct action, president biden says the strikes were defensive, meant as a deterrent. the houthis are vowing to not back down and experts in the region believe them. is this the moment israel s war officially expanded into a regional war. if so, who else might get dragged in. turkish president erdogan slapped the u.s. and the uk for what he called a disproportionate use of force and so did iraq, warning such strikes don t deter but rather expand the scope of the war. like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis are backed by iran to which the white house issued another warning this morning. here was nfc s john kirby. we re not looking for conflict with iran, and there s no reason to escalate beyond what happened over the last few days by the houthis, they are the ones who have been escalating. we re not looking for conflict with iran. that said, we know that iran supports the houthis, we know that they supply them with the missiles and drones, the same things they have been using