all right. we start this friday night with a foxes alert tonight, retaliatory ai r that began in the middle east. according to the pentagon, the u.s. the military conducted strikes against iranian backed militiass in iraq and syria, striking more than 85 targets. the u.s. says, it had commandmad and control operations and intelligence centers and. t now, this comes after three american soldiers were killed, dozens more injured in a drone strike in a base in jordan this past weekend. wen launched by, of course, iranian proxies. iran is responsiblian proxe preh for all the trouble in the region. here are the very latest on jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. jennifer, any word on whgon. y the targets were not in iran considering? o they are the source of all of these proxy attacks and terror attacks. well, sean, officials who ik? spoke to said that they were ruling out striking inside iran an this first set of strikes and they want to messageing to g to iran that they ar
killed and others wounded near the border of jordan and syria. president biden releasing a statement saying while we are still gathering the facts we know it was carried out by radical militant groups operating in syria and iraq. welcome to fox news live. i am mike emanuel. we have lucas tom olson and trey this is a massive escalation out of the middle east where overnight three american service members were killed and at least 25 others wounded in and iran backed drone attack on the border of jordan and syria. today, central command confirming that this attack targeted a small base. we are still gathering the facts of this attack. we know it was carried out by militant groups in syria and iraq. the statement goes on to say we join the family and friends of our fallen. grieving the loss of these warriors in this despicable and wholly unjust attack. the entire region bracing for the possibility of a larger conflict in escalation following this killing of american forces in n
during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
former president donald trump s name is taken off the ballot in a second state this. time in maine where the unprecedented decision is now threatening the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles and bryan, as john roberts likes to say, happy friday to you. bryan: i m in new york, sandra and john are off today. 34-page ruling, maine s secretary of state says her unilateral decision to remove trump from the primary ballot is because he engaged in an insurrection. the trump campaign firing back with plans to appeal and calling it a hostile assault on american democracy. anita: the decision follows colorado s historic ruling last week and similar cases are playing out in more than a dozen states across the country. joe concha is standing by with reaction on this. bryan: lucas tomlinson is travelling with the president in st. croix. lucas, any reaction from the white house? bryan, no reaction from the whi
one person confirmed dead and five others who are currently in critical condition. we are learning the remaining victims have since been released from area hospitals after they got treatment and we are till trying to gather details and figure out what led up to the shooting but what we know so far from police is that they believe the two scenes are connected. we are told police officers responded first responded to shooting of address of establishment in white haven section of memphis. when officers arrived they located two shooting victims. five additional shot left thecan and taken to area hospitals in private vehicles. as officers dealt with the initial scene they received reports of more shooting victims of location a mile away. upon arrival one male victim was located and pronounced dead at the second scene. three victims were taken to area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. memphis police and you mentioned this at the top, mike, just released photos of the 3