pete: welcome. it is the 7 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend. on sunday, february 4th, year of our lord, 2024. and we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. and coalition forces launching more strikes existence iran-backed houthi targets in yemen as the leader of the terrorist group warning of more escalation. rachel: plus, president biden easily wins the south carolina democrat primary. someone else in the administration reportedly has her eyes already on 2028. [laughter] will: rapper 50 cent says trump might be the answer. pete: it s fiddy cent [laughter] will: the second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. pete: we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. and u.k. carried out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. will: madeleine rivera joins us with more. reporter: good morning, guys. this is the third round of u.s. and u.k. joint strikes targeting houthi rebels in yemen. the pentagon s
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we start this morning off with a fox news alert, the u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. pete: the pentagon confirming strikes on at least 36 targets and more than a dozen different sites including weapon facilities, missile launchers and air defense systems. that s what we re today. while the british with military says it struck a ground control station near yemen s capital. rachel: the u.s. and coalition forces are putting out a joint statement saying we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. will: meanwhile, the houthis are vowing to respond saying, quote, the american-british aggression with against yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meters calculation wees calculation. pete: the
touched down. president obama spoke before the british parliament this last hour. the president called the american-british alliance the essential corner stone of global security and he praised the revolutionaries who have stood up to the absolute rulers of the arab world. what we are seeing in tehran, tunis, tahrir square, is the longing for the same freedoms we take for granted here at home. it was a rejection of the notion that people in certain parts of the world don t want to be free. or need to have democracy imposed upon them. it was a rebuke to the world view of al-qaeda, which smothers the rights of individuals and would there by subject them to perpetual poverty and violence.