have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
aid trucks are goings in from egypt. more are hoping to escape the war zone. five of the americans inside gaza strip crossed the border so far. carley: israel continue to inch toward gaza city in attempt to squeeze hamas fighters in the center. todd: you re watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. trey yingst is on the ground in israel, what is the latest? trey: good morning, battles rage inside the gaza strip. israeli fighter jets overhead and days after this ground operation began, israelis are taking heavy losses inside gaza. the death toll is at 17 soldiers killed in battles with hamas militants. i will show you destruction on northern part of the gaza strip. israelis say they targeted number of cells in northern gaza. cells were using explosive devices and throwing grenades at idf troops and soeldiers engage them with artillery fire and tanks, according to a statement released this morning. we are learning from daniel hagari, 242 hos
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