hello, i am tomi laren along with mollie hemingway, charlie hurt and griff jenkins. the big story tonight is a fox news alert. the girl in close as we await results of the state democratic primary is the first time the race for democratic presidential nomination is kicking off. we will have the results as soon as a comment and president biden is expected to win. he s banking on south carolina voters to cement his campaign but finds actions don t really because he is nowhere in the state to be found senate. instead, he s going to i like to mingle with donors from the entertainment industry but someone who is in south carolina at fox news correspondent mark meredith. good evening, president biden is not in south carolina, he touched down in l.a. a few moments ago the polls closed a minute ago in south carolina. what s notable is not who s on the ballot but it s the first time south carolina has gone on the democratic presidential primary calendar this is a big change from w
to my daughter. major: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, everyone, i m major garrett in for norah, who as you saw is on assignment. tonight we are surveying the deteriorating situation in the middle east, from the red sea to gaza to iran. this is the bodies of three soldiers killed in jordan prepared to make their way back to the united states. first, israeli special forces disguised as medical workers and civilians storm a hospital in the west bank and killed three suspected militants. and negotiations continue for a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war, and the release of the remaining hostages being held by hamas in gaza. plus, cbs news is over the red sea, with the u.s. navy as it protects american interest in the region, including from attacks by iranian-backed houthi militia. norah is on board the surveillance plane with the commander of u.s. fifth fleet and naval forces central command as they gather intelligence. but we begin tonight with president bide
an overwhelming win in south carolina s democratic primary, one of his opponents, dean phillips, here this. hour and the supreme court finally gets ready to hear oral arguments on whether donald trump is eligible to be on the presidential ballot. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. developing overnight, the united states and the united kingdom say they have conducted strikes against 36 targets across 13 locations in yemen yesterday evening. the strikes, hitting weapon storage facilities, missile systems, and air defense systems used by houthi militants in the country. a senior administration official tells nbc news these are unrelated to fridays retaliatory strikes in iraq and in syria, saying that the u.s. does not want escalation. these strikes are directly in response to the actions by the iranian-backed houthis. big developments again happening overnight. we are going to talk about all of it in just a moment. we are going to bring on to this set former
howie: just as an aside, television is losing interest in the campaign. you re seeing the cable networks giving air time to local murder trials involving people you never heard of. and joe biden will just token oppositions of absolutely no one by winning 96% of the vote in yesterday east south carolina democratic primary. the media had been insisting that president biden take swift action after iranian drone killed three american soldiers and for five days the criticism from commentators only grew louder. and it turns out that looking stern and furring your brow and saying don t into the camera isn t enough to stop iran. if iran wants to continue killing americans or trying to kill americans, should we not at least sync one of their ships? howie: this is a classic dilemma. on friday afternoon, the air strikes began hitting targets in iraq and syria and killing more than 40 people. this administration s idea of deterrence is trying really hard not to kill too many people
friends weekend on sunday february 4th year of our lord 2024 start with the fox news alert coalition forces launching more strikes against iran, back houthi targets in yemen as leader of the terrorist group warns of more escalation. plus a new york state judge slamming new york city district attorney alvin bragg what he calls cherry picking who to prosecute more on that. rachel: latest gen-z trend catches more z s how young americans are prioritizing sleep over socializing. wow that s like a positive trend we re going to break it down in the latest pop culture roundup and the third hour of fox & friends starts right now. to a fox news alert u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of air strikes yesterday. this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by iranian linked houthi rebel. pentagon confirming strikes on 36 targets in more than a dozen different sites in yemen and hitting control and weapon centers. rachel: u.s. conducting another self-defense strike just hours l