bet blowing up. the bipartisan border security bill now doubtful in the senate and dead on arrive value in the house. bet 2, the push to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, a vote still on but all bets off as a second republican says he s a no. why california congressman tom mcclintock calls it a stunt and wants to explain here. bet three, that sure immunity defense from donald trump and his legal team, that a former president is shielded from prosecution. not so, not justified and to hear a unanimous appeals court today rule so not happening. so what now? well, place your bets. your world starts now. all right. so many bets, so little time. let s get right to it. welcome. i m neil cavuto. to chad pergram who always reminds me it s about the math, it s about the math. the numbers here is close as you can get, hu, chad? really tight, neil. impeachment for mayorkas will hinge on the math. two house republicans are expected to vote no. ken buck of colorad
i m bret baier. president biden promised a responded to the deadly drone strike that killed three american soldiers in jordan. he promised that would happen at the time and place of his choosing the time was today just after he attended the dignified return of those bodies at dover air force base. the place syria and and iraq, tied to iranian proxy. iran was not a direct target tonight, likely won t be. but senior defense officials tell fox this is just the beginning of a series of strikes. we have fox team coverage. rich edson is at the white house looking at the presidents day and new reaction just out from the white house. mike tobin in tel aviv with what s going on in israel and reaction from the region. and retired general jack keane here in washington has his strategic analysis of these strikes. but we begin with chief national correspondent jennifer griffin. security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. will. we are told the u.s. aircraft involved in the
that operate in iraq and syria that launch attacks on our service members. i understand that. but this attack led to the death of three service members. is iran responsible for the death of these three service members that you just read their names and their families have been notified of their death? again, iran certainly bears a responsibility as they fund these groups that continue to use capabilities that they get from iran. and of course, killed three of our service members. can i take a step back? sure. just looking at last week, maybe from saturday of last week up until saturday or sunday maybe, nine days, the u.s. launched strikes in syria, in iraq against houthi positions, inside yemen with the aim of re-establishing deterrence and degrade their capabilities of whether attacking u.s. forces or shipping in the red sea. nonetheless, as throughout those days what we saw is unprecedented escalation. different sites were targeted with drones, more u.s. soldiers
reported a fire broke out on a vessel 55 miles southeast of aden after it was hit by a missile the crew were reported safe. the us continues to respond to these threats in the red sea. us central command confimed friday its forces shot down an anti ship ballistic missile targeting its destroyer in the gulf of aden, the uss carney. the missile was launched from houthi controlled yemen, according to centcom. no injuries or damage were reported. the houthis are, of course, backed by iran. reuters is now reporting that china is getting involved. citing four iranian sources, the report says officials from beijing have been asking their iranian courterparts to help reign in houthi fighters. the discussions reportedly took place in recent meetings in beijing and tehran. china would take notice, because the commercial shipping route is used widely by its vessels. plus, these attacks come amid a sagging economy in china, heavily dependent on shipping. not to mention, last year, beijin
but why the flare up now? all of these things are interconnected, and that s why it s really dangerous right now. so the big question now is, could this red sea conflict become the next war in the middle east? first of all, let s start by looking at what has actually been happening in the red sea. in mid november, 2023, the houthis, an iranian backed rebel group in yemen, began targeting commercial shipping off their coast. so, who exactly are the houthis and what is it motivating them? the houthis, who are a so called rebel group in yemen, they hail from the north west of yemen. they have been very active in this area for about a decade. it s only now that we re noticing because our global trade is being impacted. they hijacked this ship called the galaxy leader and they fired missiles and drones at others. us and british warships went to their defence. the houthis vowed revenge. the world economy, every economy will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal