breaking news at the top of the. our united states forces announced it conducted several strikes yesterday, strikes against targets in hutu- controlled areas of yemen. united states central command says they were in self-defense and targeting unmanned vessels at multiple missiles in the red sea. this happens we captured the united states announced a weeklong campaign against iran- backed militias in the region. we want to switch to the united states senate, a package would aid for taiwan but we re here still, michael steele is not serious when he said he was running for the rnc chair. and we have thoughts about this package. it did clear a major procedural hurdle last night with 64 senators voting to advance it. but still faces a number of uphill battles before that can be a final floor vote. it also comes just days after senate republicans blocked a different aid bill. that bill had major concessions from democrats within the senate on the southern border. joining us now i
and sbc host, jen psaki. that interview coming up in minutes. and a very good day to all of you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news, right, now the senate is holding a sunday session as lawmakers scramble to lockdown a last-minute deal on funding for both ukraine and israel. this comes after republican scrapped a bipartisan border deal that would have finalized that budget for wartime. we have a live report ahead for you. of course, that wartime aid, in the meantime. a second vote on all hundred mayorkas impeachment. that is set for tuesday after house republicans first attempt fell short last week. today, secretary mayorkas is dismissing the vote. calling the gop s allegations against him a distraction. there are baseless allegations, kristen. that is why i am not distracted by them. i am focused on the work of the department of homeland security. i ve got a busy day today, after the show. a busy day
kayleigh: awaiting remarks from president biden. that is receiving opposition from both sides of the aisle and both chambers. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno and harris faulkner. also joining, kennedy saves the world host kennedy and fox news contributor steve hilton. we move to this. real people here in new york city, victims of illegal immigrant crime. steve hilton, you can, i ve learned, beat up a police officer, have prior criminal arrests, you can be released without bail and flip a bird to a camera, flip off the american people and flee to phoenix, arizona. steve: it is so infuriating on so many levels, absolutely massive insult to the american people from i want to say our system. it is not our system. it is the system we all trusted for the longest time that has been completely destroyed by far left extremist democrats. that is whose cause it is. two parts coming together in this story. border chaos, far left ide
militants. the pentagon says this is just the beginning of our response to the iran-backed drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers as they slept at remote if outposts in jordan. hello, everyone, and welcome to fox news live, i m arkansas a them neville. eric: thank you for joining us, i m eric shawn. those strikes used long range b1 bombers that flew from the u.s. and hit 85 targets across several locations in iraq and syria all in about 30 minutes. president biden says the reprisal as were a success and will continue, he says, at a time and place of our choosing. yesterday he and the first lady joined the families of those fallen service members for a dignified transfer at dover air force base. the president called them patriots in the highest sense and promised that their sacrifice would not be forgotten. but somed today are saying the u.s. response was too little, too late. we should have gone after these guys a long time ago. to stop the loss of
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o