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
begin with a fox news alert. we have just been notified within the last few minutes that the united states, along with our allies in the u.k. have begun striking the iran-backed houthi group inside of yemen. now, we do not know the extent of these strikes but they come after the houthis have been launching missiles and one way drones on u.s. positions and commercial vessels in the middle east now for a number of months. picking up in recent days in fact this action by the administration comes only after there have been 130 such attacks. the white house has called a lid. that means biden has gone to bed, so as we strike the military targets in the middle east tonight, we don t expect to hear from our commander-in-chief. meanwhile these strikes come as defense secretary lloyd austin is still out of commission. earlier today the pentagon spokesperson strolled to the mics and leveled what now looks like a telegraph. we will continue to call on these iranian proxies to cease the
is still in the hospital. has he been a part of the decision. is he in the hospital. he has been part of discussions. not sure about specifically this one. but has been, according to the pentagon, in good condition, we would imagine but, again, it s a hospital. it s not the pentagon. there aren t secure fittings there. he has delegated some of his authority to the deputy secretary. we will continue to watch this and we ll have updates throughout the night as we have more news. thank you, rich edson at the pentagon. tomorrow on special report, we will be talking to joni ernst probably about this but also the monday caucuses. remember, if you can t catch us live set your dvr 6:00 p.m. east, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that s it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. a little breaking news at the end from the middle east. we will monitor it from here. the ingraham angle is now. laura: i m laura ingraham this is