america s foreign policy in the hands of president biden is proving to be deadly. iran s paid for and trained terrorists are hitting our military men and women at will. look at the map. is biden even up to the job of protecting americans in the middle east and even at home? we ll get into that later in the hour. three of our u.s. service members were killed over the weekend. 34 were injured. u.s. officials identifying the terrorists. they are iran-backed, of course, all eyes on our commander-in-chief and his administration. do they know what to do? why was nothing done before it came to this point? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. just a few minutes ago, we saw for the first time since he was in the hospital, the nation s defense secretary lloyd austin at the pentagon. first day back in the office after two weeks in the hospital and recovering. he said he was able to work from home. and his first public appearance since the fatal attack on our troops.
and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime, i m pete hegseth in on friday night. last night, donald trump was removed from the primary ballot in maine. this was not a decision made by a court or an elected official. donald trump was unilaterally removed by an unelected secretary of state and her name is shanna bellows. you only have to remember that for 15 minutes. but who is shanna bellows? he s not a lawyer or a legal expert, but she is a lifelong democrat activist who was the executive director of the ecl you in maine. we figure that s where she learned everything she nose. she always wanted to be a big shot, democrat snapping selfies with biden and obama, big old brand. if you run for senate in 2014 against susan collins. she had the most famous person in maine, stephen king, cut ads for her. have you ever worked so hard or hope so strongly for a change in leadership? shanna bellows would be a breath of fresh air, she is focused on people from the state
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out with a bang as we prepare to ring in the new year in times square. the marketst posting big gains for 2023. the dow up 14%. the nasdaq surging more than 40% and the s&p 500 up more than 24%. but will it continue in 2024? our market experts will weigh-in. with stocks soaring despite high interest rates to bring down inflation, what impact will that have on the 2024 presidential race? we ll ask presidential candidate ron desantis. he s here. a busy your world starts right now. edward: welcome. i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to madison alworth with a banner year for stocks. madison? the last trading day of 2023 has come to a close. the end of the year saw a strong rally. major indices were up business. s&p finishing up 24%. the dow joins up 13% and the nasdaq also seeing those big gains up over 43%. a huge success there. the nasdaq soaring thanks to artificial intelligence. that boom really had an impact on that sector. big tech sto