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
houthis sites in yemen the second wave of attacks on a round back to proxies in the middle east. it comes at the u.s. launched a live spread campaign across iraq and syria overnight. those strikes retaliating for a drone attack in jordan last weekend that killed three u.s. service members and wounded dozens more. critics are asking if the response will truly deter an increase also iran is the white house tries to avoid an all out war. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. . jon: would be a fox news team coverage of mike tobin live in tel aviv, israel with a reaction from the strongest middle east ally general jack keane on the effect of the u.s. retaliatory strikes but first lucas tomlinson live in las vegas where the president will be campaigning this weekend. what more do we know about the joint effort between the u.s. and the uk? john is the largest airstrike in yemen by the united states and its british allies since the october 7 massacre against israel
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we start this morning off with a fox news alert, the u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. pete: the pentagon confirming strikes on at least 36 targets and more than a dozen different sites including weapon facilities, missile launchers and air defense systems. that s what we re today. while the british with military says it struck a ground control station near yemen s capital. rachel: the u.s. and coalition forces are putting out a joint statement saying we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. will: meanwhile, the houthis are vowing to respond saying, quote, the american-british aggression with against yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meters calculation wees calculation. pete: the
not just state to direct disrupt them but to stop them. i think the campaign against the militia that are operating in iraq and syria is the same thing. we have to stop the attacks but that i is got to be the objecti. arthel: u.s. tinted to strike iran backed militants in the at least as to iran s proxies do not appear to be backing down but central command says the u.s. destroyed eight houthis antiship missile overnight in yemen. that was prepared to fire at navy and commercial ships in the red sea print but hello everyone welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville hi eric. eric: hello everyone thank you for joining us i m eric shawn. the overnight strike the comingg hours after the u.s. and britain hit 36 other targets in yemen yesterday. that was after u.s. forces hit more than 80 85 iranian proxy targets in iraq and syria retaliating for the drone attack that killed these three u.s. soldiers. last weekend and jordan right near the eye rocky a and syrian borders. made
i do hold them responsible in the sense that they re supplying the weapons to the people that did it. sandra: two days since that deadly drone attack blamed on iran-backed rebels. now the president says he has decided on how to respond. but what exactly will that response be? and will it go far enough? with the president campaigning in florida, mike waltz says the administration needs to stop playing defense and take decisive action against iran right now. the congressman is here. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to jennifer griffin at the pentagon where a briefing just wrapped what are we hearing around learning at this hour? sandra, the pentagon briefing that just wrapped major general pat ryder would not telegraph how or when the u.s. would respond. it was pretty clear decisions have been made. the president and the secretary have said we will respond in a time of our choosing. won t go into details of what that co