and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
injured in a drone attack on a base in jordan along the syrian border but hello everyone welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville. eric: hello everyone i m eric shawn byrd for weeks the by the administration has been accused of not responding forcefully enough against the continuing attacks by radiant back to proxies like the houthis who have been targeting shipping and air forces the tragedy at many feared has been realized. president biden respond as president ronald reagan did in the 1980s? when iran attacked our forces. reagan retaliated against rating assets directly check out half of iran s navy. in a statement released moments ago president biden says the attack was carried out by radical iran back to militant groups operating in syria and iraq. the question what will happen? arthel: let s go to lucas tomlinson he is live at the white house. lucas what more can you tell us? works this is the deadliest attack on american forces in the middle east since the october