and u.k. firing 100 precision guided missiles into yemen. the strikes coming from ships, planes and even u.s. submarine. carley: this is significant escalation in the region and 60 targeted at 60 houthis locations. the defense secretary warns there will be more of this if the iranian-backed fighters do not and attacks on international shipping lanes and the red sea. todd: you are watching fox & friends first friday morning my am todd piro. carley: i am carley shimkus and the u.s. and the u.k. should be prepared to pay a heavy price. todd: for overseas reaction here at home and taking to the streets in new york city and washington to condemn the strikes, alexandria hoff in washington with more, alexandria. todd and carley 100 position guided houthis in both land and sea with animal production facilities. the iranian-backed rebels launching systems and houthis air defense radar systems according to the u.s. air force command. president biden state of the strikes car
overdue but a good step towards deterrence. today president biden will make his first public appearance in days, carley and todd. todd: alexandria hoff live in d.c. let s bring in chief editor of middle foreign and served in the u.s. army special forces. jim, great to have you here this morning. where was the strike weeks ago? this increases the chances of the united states being dragged into a larger conflict. both of those things are true, but this was a vital and necessary step. i m glad we actually involved our allies from the u.k. and others in this spirit of freedom of navigation and protection of global trade is one of the main functions of the u.s. navy. so i think we needed to do it. i don t think we should lose sight of the fact the houthis are basically a franchised terrorist operation from the iranian regime and 100% owned and operated by them as are the militia in iraq and syria and