i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
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ignoring u.s. sanctions smuggling crude and funding iran. something experts call the dark fleet or ghost armada. 300 to 560 tankers, usually old and ownership hard to determine. they hide on the open sea. shop around for poor countries that will license them to fly their flag. these vessels operating and trading internationally outside western jurisdiction and primarily shipping sanctions oil. iran s exports were held to 400 to 600,000 barrels a day in 2019. oil smuggled by the ghost armada has moved that number to 2.4 million barrels per day mostly sold to china according to analysts. fox news town hall the former president noted the increase in oil exports. iran was broke. iran was broke. i said to china, if you buy oil from iran you aren t dealing here. they were absolutely stone
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i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one
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the north lawn. peter, thanks. bret: iran is flush with oil money since president biden took office. islamic republic is skirting u.s. sanctions and shipping large amounts of crude to china. senior correspondent mike tobin takes a look tonight. when iran s navy on thursday seized the oil tanker saint nick also a in the gulf of oman it was retaliation for the u.s. seizing the very same ship months ago and offloading what was identified as smuggled iranian oil under sanction. provocative actions like this are a menace to the global economy and it must cease. the ship is one of hundreds ignoring u.s. sanctions smuggling crude and funding iran in what experts call the dark fleet or ghost armada. anywhere from 300 to 560 tankers usually old and ownership is hard to determine. they turnover transponders and
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