good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
the republican presidential nomination is almost here. we re going to win the iowa caucuses and then we re goinr.gu to crush crooked joe biden next november. tonight, former president trump will address the most pressing issues facing the nation, the starting on the debt of our issug the border,ebt of our getting rid of the woke ideology, but a gauntletgetting of legal perils hovers over his campaign. they re not after me the. not after me thereafter you. there s no confusion about who trump is while his leadingo cono rivals unleash attacks. he s running on a lot of the things he to do in 2016 but then did not do. chaosised follows. . and we can t be a country in disarray. an tfive days from the pivotaldi first in the nation caucuses, sarrthe path crowningnomine the republican nominee starts here. i m goine g to be there.ther we re all going to be there together and we re going to be first. e. st in thyou re first in the natn because of me, but we re going to be america f
weekend of campaign rallies to try and fire up his base ahead of the caucus there. president biden travels to the valley forge area, home to george washington s war encampment, to deliver a speech on america s democracy, marking three years since the capitol insurrection on january 6. secretary blinken overseas for high-stakes diplomacy, with tensions flaring throughout the middle east. a new u.s. drone strike in iraq calls for revenge from hezbollah. all as the idf is pressed by nbc on civilian casualties in gaza. good to be with you. andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary of state antony blinken in the middle east. it s january 5, 2024. president biden is beginning his campaign season, heading to valley forge where soldiers trained to fight for the new promise of america. using the historical site to warn voters that donald trump is dangerous, a threat he says to that idea of america, to our democracy. just remember what happened three years ago
make. last night we kicked off our town hall series in terms of th election season and the all-important caucus state of iowa, we did it with former president donald j trump, now the president state after the show for a considerable period of time and took a lot of questions from townhome process depends. take a look. and want to talk about issue first because those of the issues that impact people s lives. i want to start with what matters. peace and prosperity in the future of elections in my opinion. we have a border that is out of control, why would they open up the border? do you think this is by design? by the end of this year, joe biden by estimates will of allowed him seven and a half illegal immigrants into this country with no background chec at all. i think there will be 15 million people and these are people coming from prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, don t use that term place, but there from insane asylums freight i read somethin about three wee
rachel: galore. pete: it is national egg day. i will note last weekend i was not here but i used my time very diligently and we put them in the chicken coop and eight chickens now and one and her name is lady jen hen. rachel: you name it had after your wife? pete: she name it had after herself. lady jen hen and she lays one egg a day. we have fresh eggs. rachel: you re right on trend. will: like the george forman of chickens. george forman named all his boys george and all his girls georgina. name all your other chickens jen too. rachel: one of millions of americans that are because the egg prices are going umm and people say i m going to have my own chickens and you re doing that. it s great. i don t like chickens, i like to eat eggs and like the self-sufficiency learning like you can do this and get them in a store. pete: like of staple guns and 2 by 40s and chicken wire. rachel: you re turning into a farmer. pete: i m trying. rachel: united a sere sucker suit. pete: later