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
east coast eight on the west coast it s day 27 on america s late news fox news at night. while the israeli ground war continues to expand in gaza where the death toll on both sides is rising, and while many are still calling for a ceasefire, we now have a hamas official on the record, and on video, saying they won t stop until they rid the world of israel. we have team fox coverage, lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern is real, we ll get to them in moments but we begin here in the u.s. with the big-time concerns about the attack on the homeland. the fbi director says we are lacking intelligence on terror suspects and the white house says it s impossible to know if terrorists are in the u.s. bill melugin is live with more on how the threat level could be higher than anyone realizes. bill good evening. good evening to you and the fbi director says right now we are seeing the most significant terror threat to the united states in the last decade and now ther
i don t know what i won t speak to what impressions moscow might be getting but we have not lost focus in any sense on our need to support ukraine. it s why you have seen the president give an oval office address about our support for ukraine and we will stay focused on it. we think we have the ability to work on more than one thing. you hear the secretary often say we have to walk and chew gum at the same time. that is true with the issues. who is compiling the list of evacuees at rafah gate and which is the criteria to determine what injuries are eligible. because of the sensitive nature of this i m not able to get into all of this has been as i said extremely difficult process when you think of the parties involved and i find the not productive to speak to the underlying details here. israel and egypt expressed security concerns and no third party is doing we have worked with the government of egypt and israel to attempt to ensure an orderly flow through th
muskot intro. bret: it is new. thank you, jesse. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. prosecutors attack what they call a pyramid of deceit in closing arguments in the trial of ftx founder sam bankman-fried. our common ground segment tackles the israel-hamas war. migrant children at the southern border as well. plus, donald trump jr. takes the stand at the civil fraud case against his family. bret: but first, breaking tonight, five american aid workers have been allowed to leave gaza through egypt. the rafah pass. hundreds of other u.s. citizens still waiting to get through. this comes as hamas official says the terror group will repeat its attacks against israel until the nation is destroyed israel is reporting the elimination of another hamas leader. israeli airstrikes pounded the area around the gaza refugee camp for a second day. and there are mounting casualties on both sides inside gaza. we have fox team coverage tonight. jennifer griffin here in
reality. israel s war against hamas terrorists increases our risk of getting hit but not all that leaves us vulnerable. president biden has the left southern border wide open. they ve reached a whole other level. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the f.b.i. is now investigating direct and indirect ties between hamas terrorists in particular but also others living in america. remember, in recent months border patrol has stopped 169 people on the terror watch list and those are the ones they know about. because we re seeing more than a million and a half gotaways already in our country. the reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023. the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. it will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven t seen since isis launched its caliphate several years ago. harris: he also took a pause for almost te