the u.s. tricking three facilities used by uranium backed militia in iraq. it comes after another attack on one of our bases and injured three service members and one is in critical condition. you are watching fox and friends first on this tuesday morning, i am carley shimkus and todd has a day off. the secretary lloyd austin said his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured and he said the administration will not hesitate to defend our people and our interest. robert charles is standing by with his analysis on this breaking news, but first david spunt has more from washington, hi, david appeared i mike mccarley one of those critically injured we don t know but we expect to learn more in the hours i had to pure the president with the strikes after u.s. forces came under attack by a drone according to national security sources, has split and other affiliated groups under the umbrella of iranian backed militants going for the attack. president biden briefed by
expected to launch his bid for re-election sometime tomorrow thchl comes despite dismal concern over his age. the president wandering off and looking confused seem to have had an impact on some voters. new poll finds 70% think president biden should not run again, compared to 26% who said he should. 48% said age is the factor. even the left-wing media says president biden needs to address the elephant in the room. this piece calling on him to take voter concerns about age seriously. a candidate shouldn t president that advanced age isn t an issue. mr. biden is 80 now, oldest american to serve as president and supporters including strategist david axelrod have expressed concern his age will be barrier to a valuable second term. if mr. biden runs again, questions will persist about his age until he does more for voters that he is up to the job. harris, there has been reporting from politico, friends have expressed serious concerns. they interviewed 130 democrats from across the
pale palestine. no plumes though. welcome, everybody. this is your world. i m neil cavuto. the latest derailment to chicago where you ll find garrett tenney crunching the latest. this could have easily been another chemical disaster, this train was about 2 1/2 miles long. you can see the aftermath of the 28 cars falling off of the tracks. none of those cars were carrying hazardous materials. but 25 other cars on the train were. that s why an evacuation order was issued near springfield, about 50 miles west of columbus until crews could see if anything dangerous was spilled. this is the fourth time in five months that a norfolk southern train has derailed in ohio. the state representatives are demanding answers. the fact that we re having derailment after derailment shows a loss of investment in our infrastructure. that needs to change. the rail companies are not spending on safety equipment. researchers from texas a&m and carnegie melon says while their independent
. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
it s their constitutional obligation to do that. we re talking about programs when they talk about medicare, social security, we re talking about programs that they want to take hostage that will affect taxpayers, that will affect seniors and veterans. again, it s their constitutional duty. they should do this without conditions. trying to address market-related chatters. jerome powell was asked about the debt ceiling. there s only one option. for congress to pass the increase. is that the crew here, there s one option, there s no off ramps to consider? congress is the only option here? on any of the coins that s come up before. that s something that the treasury deals with and answers on. so i m not going to comment there. i think we ve been very clear from here that this should be done without conditions. and it is their basic job, congress, right? it s their basic duty to lift the debt ceiling. it s something that has been consistently done over the years. that s how