six other employees face felony convictions for their involvement, facing all warts even putting tracking devices on the steiner s car and putting ads for sexual encounters at the couple s home. a bunch of people got fired. insane story. the lead with jake tapper starts now. is the u.s. on the brink of war? iran backed forces vowing revenge after u.s. and uk strikes against them in yemen. firepower after repeated attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. will last night s retaliatory strikes keep the groups at bay? and is president biden ready for what be next? in moments, we talked with spokeswoman from the pentagon. les, a blizzard creating a wideout in iowa three days before the republican caucus is how candidates are going with the backup plans to reach out to voters and try to get those voters to the caucuses on a very cold monday. and the brother of an israeli hostage told to leave this week and when his parents talk to the red cross to try to get the daughter
and u.k. firing 100 precision guided missiles into yemen. the strikes coming from ships, planes and even u.s. submarine. carley: this is significant escalation in the region and 60 targeted at 60 houthis locations. the defense secretary warns there will be more of this if the iranian-backed fighters do not and attacks on international shipping lanes and the red sea. todd: you are watching fox & friends first friday morning my am todd piro. carley: i am carley shimkus and the u.s. and the u.k. should be prepared to pay a heavy price. todd: for overseas reaction here at home and taking to the streets in new york city and washington to condemn the strikes, alexandria hoff in washington with more, alexandria. todd and carley 100 position guided houthis in both land and sea with animal production facilities. the iranian-backed rebels launching systems and houthis air defense radar systems according to the u.s. air force command. president biden state of the strikes car
this is a fox news update from new york israel and iran downplaying last night strike here in a major air base and a nuclear sight and iran there is now hope that the response could signal the two sides may be open to ds collating the current row and perhaps prevented from from developing into a wider regional conflict latest strike in iran following weeks of tension which began with an attack in the iranian consulate in syria and reach new heights last week with a large iranian air assault on israel in the meantime in washington a third republican joining the motion to oust speaker mike johnson after receiving crucial help from democrats advance aid for ukraine and israel the trio now including the arizona congressman they are upset with johnson with forging ahead with aid for ukraine before securing the southern border i am kevin
overdue but a good step towards deterrence. today president biden will make his first public appearance in days, carley and todd. todd: alexandria hoff live in d.c. let s bring in chief editor of middle foreign and served in the u.s. army special forces. jim, great to have you here this morning. where was the strike weeks ago? this increases the chances of the united states being dragged into a larger conflict. both of those things are true, but this was a vital and necessary step. i m glad we actually involved our allies from the u.k. and others in this spirit of freedom of navigation and protection of global trade is one of the main functions of the u.s. navy. so i think we needed to do it. i don t think we should lose sight of the fact the houthis are basically a franchised terrorist operation from the iranian regime and 100% owned and operated by them as are the militia in iraq and syria and
a hospital room. lloyd austin is not sitting there in the middle of the pentagon. obviously, we reported extensively on his health conditions. can you think of a time in our history where something like that has happened where somebody has been in sort of a incapacitated capacity and authorized a strike like this and come all the harris and what are the ramifications going for? i assume lloyd alston is cognizant of his duties except that he forgot them when he failed to inform his chain of command that he was in intensive care unit peer that is dereliction of duty. it is a lie of omission. he needs to be fired. if he is not fired, the republicans and the house ought to start impeachment hearings against him. he let the entire country down and put us all at risk by refusing to tell even his deputy that he was incapable of doing his job for a number of days