podium, and houthi rebels responding to the new maritime protection force. sandra: great to be with you, john, this is america reports . houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships in the red sea forcing u.s. navy ships to engage in a firefight. the new force is expected to play defense, patrolling the waters and offering protection. but the houthis now say the u.s. is violating international law. chief national correspondent, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the new response from the houthi rebels. not just the houthis but iran is responding to the new maritime task force, hours after the defense department announced a new maritime task force to protect the red sea, iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps announced it has a new voluntary unit to carry out its military operations at sea near the strait of hormuz. according to a top commander, local sailors will be allowed to carry out missiles on vessels armed with rockets. secretary austin announced th
being old. do that on television, ok? i said to see you do it on television. i don t want to dislike you. i can t help it. sandra: begin with the media writing off ron desantis s bid for the governor even before he joins the primary field. i m sandra smith in new york. a lot of puns off the top alert there, but we do have a hot show coming up. john: yes, no question about that. all right. let s get cooking here. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. after months of speculation, and several visits to early primary states, ron desantis will make it official not with the usual campaign kick-off rally but in a live audio only interview with the ceo of twitter, elon musk. sandra: we are just hours away from that. marc thiessen standing by whether desantis s entry will shake up the race and peter doocy with the naacp growing war with desantis. how will desantis s rollout play out tonight? what are we and anticipating? from hot and humid miami, a bit of a