i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
when the time comes. one analogy that we have used sometimes is we are effectively building a launching pad. if we offer our ballot line to the unity ticket they got to build the rocket ship to take themselves. not everyone is thrilled with the idea of no labels jumping in. former house speaker nancy pelosi blasted group back in november suggesting they could jeopardize president biden s re-election chances. no labels says they will announce their plan publicly by about mid march. bret? bret: okay, mark, thank you. stocks are mixed today as earnings season begins. the dow lost 118. the s&p 500 gained 4. the nasdaq was up 3. for the week the dow gained a third of a percentage point. the s&p 500 finished ahead almost two. the nasdaq 3. the state of texas takes over federal property in an effort to deal with the border crisis. we will have a live report from the border. first, here what happens some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 29 in buffalo as
dow falling 12 points. s&p finishing down 4. nasdaq 3. hewlett-packard shares soaring 17%. meantime, jobless claims plunge by 23,000 last week. that was more than economists expected. and an upbeat report on the housing market. sales of new homes rose 2.3% last month. that, too, was better than expected. that s it from cnbc. we re first in business worldwide. now back to hardball. we re back. after mitt romney s loss last november, republicans regrouped, of course. they reassessed and renewed a pledge to broaden their tent, make it bigger and encourage more americans to become republicans. well, a party autopsy report out this spring found, our candidates and office holders need to do a better job talking in normal, people-oriented terms and we need to go to communities