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
immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are
Imspeech. peter: who to defeat the president, alejandro mayorkas. the latest charge obstruction. while nearly 10,000 illegal alien in border patrol custody on eagle pass december 20th, 2023 when our caudill arrived 14 days later border patrol officials advised they had fewer than 600 aliens in custody. mayorkas says he can t appear on the hill next week hosting a delegation from mexico which has the white house asking extreme house republicans want to impeach secretary mayorkas over the border but now they are mad he is working to address the situation at the border? a deal on new money for the border remains i will lewissive. from my standpoint nothing is agreed upon until everything is agreed upon. neither side seems to be in a big hurry. so none of the challenges we face from our southern border to the red sea get any easier the longer we wait party peter
That is who will be responsible. trace: thank you so much. appreciate your time. breaking news coverage continues here. the shooting, if you just joined us, this is at u.n.c., the university of north carolina in chapel hill. the reports came in a little after 1:00 east coast time in the afternoon. so we are pushing three hours that the university first sent out the alert. the suspect who you seton the right-hand side of the screen, the local affiliates say is in custody. police have not confirmed that. they have not confirmed anything about what happened inside what we believe is caudill labs a chemistry lab there. we know shots were fired. we do not know how many victims, if there are any victims. police have not confirmed that our breaking news coverage will continue after this. absolutely. at newday usa, that s what we re doing. we put our arm around the veterans. i think the veteran out there needs to refi his home,