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red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. the u.s. navy helicopters destroy three iranian-backed houthi boats after they attacked yet another shipping vessel sunday. this marks the latest of roughly two dozen houthi attacks on international shipping since november. the u.s. navy because the ongoing assaults reckless, but says there are no signs of them slowing down. happy new year, and welcome to a special edition of fox news live. i m rich edson in new york. and i m anita vogel in los angeles. happy new year to you. the white house says the u.s. was acting in self-defense when it fired upon those houthi-operated boats. they say it s an all out effort aimed at preventing a wider war, that critics warn it is not the time to be on defense. this idea that we are just going to play defense, waste all our missiles, which is the benefit of the chinese and iranians, let the houthis fire at will not stop without any consequence, that s got to and now. anita: ....
rick reichmuth on if the weather will be holding up. americans get to take to the road and the skies, but not without some trouble along the way. to los angeles, we ll find christina coleman at l.a.x. christina? hi, neil. fortunately there s been no reports of any massive flight cancellations on delays today. good news, because it was a much different story during the winter break. air travel days ahead leading in to easter weekend matched prepandemic levels with many people taking to the skies or hitting the roads during spring break. the f.a.a. forecast more than 51,000 flights for today. those numbers are expected to drop slightly tomorrow. then increase by a little more than 6,000 between saturday and tuesday. many passengers told me that they felt confident that they would get to their destinations on time. were you worried about delays? no. i had no problems whatsoever. i was worried about it but didn t happen. we had built in time to prepare for that. j ....
the heat will be lasting. dr. deborah birx on why covid cases are surging. welcome. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. you piled the news into this day capping a news week. let s go back to the white house with a president trying to get back to business as usual. moments ago, we heard from the white house. said the president is doing well. that his condition as improved and his appetite is still there. certainly trying to put a positive spin on the president s diagnose. officials say that he was still suffering from some of the same symptoms that we saw just yesterday, which was the cough, the run any nose and the fatigue. the same officials say the president has been responding well to an anti viral drug and his condition will only improve. we saw president biden on camera. pool cameras were allowed to go in the south auditorium and get a shot of the president as he was conducting a meeting with his economic team. the team was focused on lowering gas prices. the ....
a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy l ....
the other and 62, again, engage the enemy. specialist birdwell continued to engage the enemy with complete disregard for his own safety until the end 60 he was firing was hit by enemy fire. specialist 5 birdwell now wounded in the face, neck, chest, and arms, dismounted the tanks but refused to be medically evacuated. instead, specialist 5 birdwell under enemy fire rallied soldiers to the armored column where they set up defensive position from a large tree. from this position he and the other soldiers engaged in the enemy with m-16 fire and grenades. as the enemy fire, he gathered ammunition from disabled vehicles to help move the same position spirit his leadership and tenacity under fire is by the other c troop soldiers to continue fighting against the superior enemy force, and directly contributed to the enemy s ultimate defeat. specialist five birdwell extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty in keeping with the highest traditions of military service ....