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middle east. and i am jackie ibanez and back to regular programming in progress. >> laura: of course rumors ofws the strikes have been around for hours. knows how effective they are and in fact "the wall street journal" says and anticipation, the houthi with equipment andhi fortified other positions while houthi militants evacuatesed the red cy city. a what we know is that we have a middle east raging out of control while the white houseag and the pentagon give thees impression, at least nothingsi more than listless vessels driving the american people into this understanding that there is just no one at the home. joining me now is fox news e correspondent

peter doocy. this just broke.g what are you hearing tonight?th speak with the first word of this is coming from the team ata the pentagon. they are saying a dozen locations with em and have beena combination of surface and air basically weapons. that means some sort of missile and then aircraft, we are told m if i can just look at my email once i can because this is all coming in. it would be f-18 uss eisenhower used in the strikes. it comes after a couple of days of johuncin kirby who works at o national security council at the white house coming to the microphone in the briefing room to say that the houthis neededod to stop doing what they were doing, which was jeopardizing d innocent lives of americand military and commercial enterests that are in th red sea. the houthis launching this s one-way drone up the coast over the red sea and it's been doing

a lot of damage that the u.s. military has been intercepting what they can, but today when the iranians took over an oil tankersea. in the red sea, it sm like enough of an escalation, excuse me that the white house and the brits decided they needed to go and start taking out one-way drone locations in yemen. it is worth pointing out these houthis we don't talk about them at time or at least we have not over the last couple of years, but when this administrationer came to power, they delisted thh houthis as a terrorist organization because there was concern listing them asro terrorist was preventing humanitarian aid to get to yemen. so ae tos the president at the p of the chain of command orders the strikes against the houthis they are not technically a terrorist group but they are a group that has been warned many,

many times from folks with the president on down to stop. they didn't stop.ye and when daylight comes in yemee tomorrow, it seems like there will be a lot of smoldering houthi stuff, laura.ver, >> laura: peter, is there any sense whatsoever that our commander-in-chief as theseth responses are takingat place,ft military responses, that they might lift that lid? sec because we don't have a defense secretary right now that can go to the microphone. he does also embed rest aftee l that debacle last week and no one noticing he was missing for days. is this somewhat surprising? >> it would be very unlikely that they would lifthe the lid.m the white house haeas basically put incame place a lid which mer television cameras and stillis cameras and the writers documenting what the presidentt

is doing can go home. we haven't heard anything about them calling anybody back. t anything that comes from the president explaining his decision here will be a paper statement. >> laura: peter, thank you. d eftony meynell lieutenant colonl davis for the defense priorities and nathan sails former ambassador with counter terror coordinator under president trump. let's start with you colonels he davis, again, peter is right, the houthis know it is trouble and they probably don't know b much about this human-based group launching a civil war against the yemeni government for many, many years. what is your take and what you are hearing so far tonight?ce >> i tell you, laura, i'm still concerned on a number of fronts but number one, what is the plan here? what is the end stake and where are we trying to go but this?e if we think firing a few missiles will pound the houthis and theyerre get deterred, thatd

should be eliminated after we have been seeing the failure of- all of the strakes tbao deter te iranian-backed troops against iraq and elsewhere. has they have taken out they are boats but that will not do it. this has every chance to escalate at a high level becauso the houthis said if we attackan them on their territory they will start attacking american and american interest in the region so what is our plan for that? this is a potential strike thath could draw us into war.t i think the president owes it ti the american people to make sure that we do not go into a war. i don't but i would like to heah from the white house what thew plan is and how thisan poll is american law and there constitution, which it doesn't. >> laura: calling a lid while launching military strikes with the u.k. in the middle east seems to be like mine mind boggle outrageous. peter mentioned this but among

the first moves biden made in 2021 after inaugurated was to officially lift the designation of the iranian-backed houthis as a terror global organization. how idiotic does that look tonight? >> yeah, right it is a head-scratcher. during the trump administration we were willing to call a spade a spade. the houthis are launching terrorist attacks against oil infrastructure against the allies and ships. if it looks like a terrorist, it is a terrorist. we put them on the list. and let me tell you, we got crucified in the media for doing that. we were called baby killers because people say this would prevent delivery of humanitarian assistance. things t look different today ad it ihas kind of ironic that the president is now engaged inor iscombat against a group that he removed from the terrorist list. that is a little bit of a

puzzle. >> laura: i mean when you think about this again, the head of the houthi group came out inn a video just hours ago sayingu. you strike us and we come after you. d also colonel davis we have an open border right now and we know terrorist have exploited the border and we have caughto some of them. who knowwho s who was in this country now. another reason why we need a total change in leadership. we will get into this with mollie hemingway and kelly and but thisou is a dangerous i situation we are setting up.in t >> it is and unfortunately this is long in the building so no easy answer to the obviousth solutions. i do share your concerns about the fact you can even call it a border but wide open and got knows who was coming in.e ar there could be sleeper agents and i don't have knowledge but there is a real possibility thal is. somebody wants to harm our

country could already be here. >> laura: nathan, is it a point of interest that germany f and france did not choose to join this effort tonight? obviously the two larger economies in the e.u.. the u.k., and the u.s. to handle this.h, you >> yeah, i'm not sure if other countries from europe were to participate that that would actually be a good thing because it tends to be the less common to nominate or respond.ho the u.s. and the u.k., we got some reps. we need to take terrace off the battlefield. i'm pretty comfortable with thet eisenhower and its britishgrap counterpart leading us. whatl da concerns me, laura, wee been telegraphing all day the strikes have been coming. >> laura: every hour.: fo >> in yemen for hours. got if there was a houthi surprised by this, they have to be the dumbest terrorists in the worldt it would be surprised if we emanaged to eliminate any ofme their leaderris or anybody.

responsible for the attacks on americans and commercial shipping. but looks like the administration was telegraphing the strike precisely to avoid casualties on the part of the miuthis. >> laura: we want a successfult mission here but to that point, colonel davis, it does remind me a little bit of what happened with withdrawal from afghanistan. we had our service personnel standing out there. they were sitting ducks. and we lost precious american lives because of that. now, we don't think that kind of thing will happen, but again, telling the enemy what we are doing, where we are, where we are standing, when we are coming. they told us in 15 minutes they knew it was coming.mi >> thangt is one of my enduring concerns out here. we have had thine truth sittinga out in the middle of the desert in iraq and syria and the enemy has detailed coordinates of exactly where they are. it itos not that hard to shoot them and add to it if they want to. the other thing i haven't

heard -- well, we haven't heard anything from the white house but i think sure want to heare quickly what next? d what happens if the houthis makt good on this threat and do hit some of our interest or some of our people somewhere else? they strike on the border, what will you do? we have to escalate even highera and take what is a problem into the red sea and it could be drawing us into a war, which go only knows where that will go. we do not need a new war. >> laura: nathan come on cue, t hethe less question, political t of the u.s. and the u.k. did have support from australia, the netherlands, bahrain , canada in the strakes. but again no france or germany. we don't know the extent of their support. it could be intelligence support. in obviously have the hardware and we should have the intel support but maybe we should stop spying on americans and focus on the real threats.>> does that coalition give you some support domestic comfort, nathan? >> of these countries have a lot

of skin in the game here are the elites is based in bahrain in te region. so, obviously they will be a ker player. australia and thiese other countries, too, some of our closest allies fear they haverel excellence intelligence capabilities, but really what they add above all is the support of diplomatic and it is good to know you have allies in your corner who are prepared ton support you, even if that means moral support. though, of course, the more assets, the more intelligence information they can share and devote to this mission, the better. >> laura: again, this also reminds us, colonel davis, why it is so important that we knew where defense secretary was.whit and the white house was in closa coordination with him. i go back to a what i said a fet days ago, the real story, he wan so insignificant to dailyth briefings that they were not

even looking for it. i worked in the reaganas administration and i'm dating myself but kat weinberger if he was missing 15 minutes they would not know about it.what they didn't know about this for 4 minutes so what did that sinn. to our adversaries? not a good month. >> it is worse sho than that bee a deep dive on the show a couplf of days ago, this is what i talked about if something unexpected happens and we need to talk right now, he is awol. he's not even there so you can't reach him.ent it is unconscionable that he would not tell the president or the deputy where he was two days. this is exactly the reason why.a >> laura: gentlemen, please stay with us i want to bring in kelly m conway former senior --d fox news contributor, kelle, w a we have secretary of defense on bed rest who is missing or nothi in touch were nobody was looking for him for days.on so how does the administration at this point stils l keep the american public in the dark witg

the president calling a lidim tonight? this seems like -- i can imagine this happening in the trumpbr administration. fing>> either president trump wd be under winrepog or the press briefing room or calling the reporters in the oval office and later in the night may be firing off a couple of tweets appearyo that were so chaotic. but at least you would know what the commander-in-chief was thinking. you would also have thel department of defense. but the secretary of defense being absent all those days should concern everyone becauser basicalldiy proves he is not a vital part of the conversation and the coordination.port laura, this is exactly whyts a commander-in-chief is important. when you stop designatingis terrorists as terrorists, you are inviting them to bem to terrorists again and inviting them to threaten america, hurting her for her people inay value. but ini think what the general saying is incredibly important because the people look at thisn and they say, this is not somew

distant fight that is not ours. people are so concerned with what is happening that it isng a affecting us here appear this is why president trump long agoon pitted a election strategy against biden. he wants you to think about the two presidencies and ensure economy, energy, border but this particularly fox town hall, noti starting a new war. we call terrorists terrorists and we want hostages home.what when you look at iran who find so much of what we are talking about in this world, it is so scary. when you look at iran, they wera starting to make deals for the time we left the administration. >> laura: empower them. >> 3 million barrels a day and you know where it is going. you see on the screen where itiw is going. laura and mollie hemingway come at the attribute questions,dd letrump is beating biden and hah plan who cares about the middlea class and who has a vision and experience but also the major issues, security, portability,ty

people are very concerned. they are against biden. they are hiding biden. we heard more about from o hunter biden then joe biden the last few days. we see more hunter thaninte joe biden. >> laura: mali. >> one of the questions asked ac the town hall concerns then if people might have that chaos will return.mp >> laura's: what is this? >> trump's answer was pointing out the chaos we are ceding the mic seemed not just mystically but nationally. this iuatis a serious situation. it is serious that the houthis bombing shipping routes and than affects so many things and hav something needs to be done aboui this.y or but we've been in conflict and t proxy way or otherwise for these people for quite some time now, the third administration. you want tgso have good communication with people. you also want to do things in a constitutional manner and biden is not the first to violate whai the constitution with congress being involved with air strikes. this is a good example why the congress should be involvedoint

because we need to think about the point -- >> laura: what's next?n >> and also how we deal with this, the global conflict and multiple parts. >> laura: when wrse are broke.ts >> but it matters to people and how we do it matters. it doesn't seem like a lot of defense industry whether the defense leadership have been t thinking about how to effectively win wars. they are good about entering into -- >> laura: since world war ii. seven, eight years. >> we need to know what theot strategy is beforehe we let them get another one. : i think an oldrust saying, it is a matter of trust. who is trusting what isve happening here? that is why you do have to have someone in place because okay, even if we disagree with this action, they are laying it outbt for us peace throughand strength. that is whatak president trump talked about last night. when you have a weak economy ane you are self loathing and we this one a little bit, you areco teaching people o

hate your country and supporting pro-hamas protesters on campuses. maybe they will be supporting the houthis tomorrow. >> i think this is why trump right now, he really is realigning the judicialur democratic voters. he is barreling into hispanics, african americans, first-time voters that are young or maybehe not young but first-time votersf laura. the other thinker.g is we need the party the worker.wh the administration here for the work and when you talk to the iowa caucus goers, they are mentioning things like thisfl appear they are not just talkin about inflation. they are not just talking about gas and the border crisis but they are talking about what'srl going on around the world, the hot thoughts.. chaos, there is chaos and crisis everywhere we look. >> remember the adults will now be in charge.e but you know, we do have ai different vision hero foreign policy. and i think we were robbed of

that in the 2020 election with e natural debate whose foreign policy was better. it was asserted by corporateis media that biden had a better foreign policy. we now have this uniqued jusituation with comparing four years under the trumpk toadministration with biden objectively speaking a far t better record appearance point is that not speak to the u.s. media has so fallen down on his job to first vet joe biden in 2020, he was not up to the job.y everybody knew it and they hit it for him. he was a hologram candidate and grama hologram president who caa lid on a night like tonight., this is a failure across theu board of the elites, the establishment and the corporate media. molly, they have a lot to beth accountable for. >> they are responsible for getting us into this by failing to vent and so important people are able to have a good evaluation. >> there i flos one reason and u name is trump. everything flows from trump. if you challenge anyone to

answer a question about joe biden as commander-in-chief or foreign policy or secretaryao of defense being mizzen, the answer and ask of the question s they can't go ten wordso ob without saying trump five times. they are so obsessed with him and the trumped arrangement with no vaccine or therapeutic for itnot . it is so real, it is okay toat lie. it is okay to pretend that what you see joe biden, kamala harris not up to the task while we are at war in so many placesmp including the southern border.t' that is okay because the alternative is trump. it is outrageous. >> such hatred towards trumpr co annan 2,016th if elected we would have nuclear conflict all over the world. he would not handle the task of global issues in play here not only he won which the price people but did it an effective e job with the town hall lasts night where he had prettyi ac effective responses to these questions that were beins g ask. i actually think that is part of

the reason why people hate him a so much. they resent he has command and control and is funny and engages. >> laura: this wasis w all all a the internet 12 hours ago that this was going to take place.in president trump was dining with president xi at mar-a-lago.we and between the main course and dessert, we unleashed a missile attack against one of our adversaries. nobody knew about it. >> syria sai. hou i remember it very well. >> laura: didn't have a 12 hour notice this would happen. >> the crazy person guest kids. but we were told we were the leaders and nobody knew thingstm were happening.ni what doeghs president trump -- even said it in fox news town hall, he said they broadcast everything. he said in an interviewo recently, they broadcast everything. you don't tell your enemies what you are going to do before theyv do it. they are enemies for a reason. we don'tabor have this disciplia

coordination and collaboration n right now because joe biden and kamala harris is number one and number two in the nation's government. otherwise make smart people saya stupid things albil the time. >> laura: we have a cabinet of firsts. then we have tony blinken who started his tenure as secretary ofttin state essentially getting lectured by china. remember that meeting in alaskaa now headlined in "the new york times," wal tony blinken talks a grand vision for the this but hits a wall in israel. strikes expand battleground for the west for the war in the v middle east. >> it is not surprising.d me there's been a muddled vision and mixed messages about what our role is with israel. it is not surprising. >> laura: all right, ladies, hold 'em peered back with me colonel lieutenant davis, nathan sayles, former ambassador at large countered terror coordinator under president trump.ndnel,

colonel, how do we ensure and how would you advise if we avoid the prospect of what even "the new york times" this morning about tonigh t a widening for in a presidential election year where a commander-in-chief is widely considered too old, too frail, and not up to the job.>> what a devastating outcome that can be pro-or the world. >> i was actually cheering over here when molly was talking a second ago how the president and did number to get authorizationo because they attack in anothert country, and the american people have to be o dn board so the fit thing he has got to do is to tell us what he's doing to make sure that we are on board with that first before he takes more action. here is the problem, one of many problems, the chances are prettd high that the houthis will dohu something with a counter strike. they will hurt american somewhere and he will be forcedi

ngto play the possibility of escalating another strike somewhere else. you see it is real easy to takei a zone.so we can't get into wars overem i something that was supposed towh be a problem in the red sea, which was a problem that needed to be dealt with. there were 100 ways better to dn with them we are doing it right now. >> laura: nathan, your response to that, concern aboutc a widening conflict in the start of what is going to be a tight and obviously very dramatic presidential election yearin choosing the next commander-in-chief and we hope a new one. >> you know, laura, it is responsible for the white house to call ahead and not let the american people here from the president. this is a really big deal. tomorrow, the phrase, joe biden is familiar with. he needs to be explaining to th. american people why this matters.ak it is pretty straightforward ofe i mean, it doesn't take a phd from harvard to lay the case

out.at the houthis are attackingti american soldiers. they are attacking commercial shipping. they are putting americat non ls at risk and our response has been to not just fight with one hand behind her back but both hands behind her back. we have been scolding them and saying pretty please and guess what, the terrorist like the houthis, terrorist like iran,o they don't respond to pretty please but respond to shows up for a spirit of what we need toy do is establish deterrence andos send a clear message not by e word butsc by deeds that we control the escalation ladder. any attempt by the houthis or the patriots in tehran toship threaten our people, threaten us, commercial shipping will beo met with overwhelming response. it is the reagan doctrine, peace through strength. that is how we make sure we don't get sucked into a war.ance if the enemies of the united states think we are weak, that is the chance to get suckei into were at its greatest. >> laura: there was no warning coming from the white house tonight. w

i mean, there is no warning on the you do this -- you know, we know what commander-in-chief trump would be doing here ors es there would be no doubt this was escalated, he would not handle e and i don't think this would have happened in the first plac. remember, colonel davis, thisoc picked up after hamas october 7th attack, heinous barbaric attack in israel. this has been -- this has beene gaining steam for weeks ande ar weeks and weeks. and here we are again with a president that could be literally asleep at the wheel. i don't know who's running the white house tonight. maybe they should actually tell us who was actually beinget o briefed. because the man who couldn't gen off the stage in valley forge k is week i don't thin actually looking at targets and really being clued in on what is going on. >> well, that is my worry that they haven't give much thoughtiu to this. look, i have to tell you come i

understand about hitting people hard and not doing these little pinprick attacks d because that does not deter anybody as we have seen graphically and pretty self evident that wil'sl not be the case. we know we cannot go in and just throw a bunch of missiles into yemen and think that will make any difference, even if a lot of missiles. saudi arabia just tried since 2015 t ando militarily take a bg punishment. t i think they have a lot of capacity to endure these hitsha and keep hittingve back. that is where they can also have their own side of thisno escalation ladder which we have to be concerned about. now that we are in it, it will be a lot harder to manage than it was before.whic >> laura: nathan, the iran deal, which biden kicked off and it was his thing to start as administration, that, you know, ends up infecting this entire conversation, setting this whol up ase situation up with sh people even saying tonight the coddling of the houthis over the last few years.

>> well, that is exactly right.t the biden administration came into office convincengd that thh were going to fix the middle east and that the trump administration had screwed up. the centerpiece of their effort was, we will cozy up to iran t inc. at them back into the deal. it turns out if you allow iran to sell billions of dollars of oil, peace does not break outllr across the middle east but instead, billions of dollars of oil revenue, what happens as hamas gets millions of dollars toolla commit terrorist attacks againscommt israel. hezbollah in lebanon get lots ou money. shiite missile groups taking shots at soldiers, diplomats and iraq and syria get on the gravy train is wealth of the houthis as well.t ir the key fact here is iran as the puppet master pulling all of the strings, iran is trying to coordinate acamp regionwide camn two, one, destroy the jewishnder

state, israel. two, kick america out. the united states under this administration simply is notse grappled with the fact iran isen our adversary. if we took that seriously, we would not enrich them with oil sales but squeezing them withpoi maximum pressure, driving to the negotiating table from a position of strength. unfortunately, that is not the>> administration we have right now. aviv>> laura: panel, stay with x joining live from tel aviv, just transpired fox news correspondent trey yingst. trey, what can you tell us? >> hey, laura, good evening. we are following breaking news out of the middle east both the united states and united kingdom launching air strikes and other strikes against houthi positions inside of the m and appear at this comes after 27 attacks agae red sea commercial shipping lens since mid-october.e ho this started october 17th when the houthis got directly involved in the war that isns

taking place as we speak between israel and hamas inside the gaza strip the houthi fired on commercialsp shipping vessels appear they have taken over the galaxyat leader and cargo ship. it is japanese flag and theyeric hold that vessel today.oi they havnge threatened american forces eff in the reach him.it there has been ongoing effort by e united states and allies to come up with coalition tome respond tomb the ongoing attackw by t houthis. the secretary of defense lloyd austin meeting with israeli counterpar gt here in tel aviv operation prosperity guardian,sg an effort to respond to the houthi attacks against thef red sea shipping lanes. tit is significant because u.s. secretary of state antont y blinken was in the middle east over the past week. v he was meeting with his counterparts. the during those visits, heip discussed that this hapis done o the region and global shippingba as a whole, saving 20% of globaa

shipping has been affected by these houthi attacks on going. we do understand the israeli min officials herein tel aviv remain on hig h alert tonight.ight just a few minutes ago, there was an israeli fighter jets d thflying over israel, the secd largest city. there is concern the responseis from the houthis could target the southern israeli city that does sit on the red sea. tyou might remember back ind ag october, that is when the attack started against them and israel had to use air defense system to intercept that fire headed to the jewish state, laura. >> laura: trey, thank you. bring us more as you get it. 20 us tulsi gabbard, fox newsani contributor.ie one of those houthi leaders anticipated the attacks and as i said warned that any american attack will not remain without a response and they are not afraid of confronting american in this

follows iranian seizure of crude oil ship earlier today where that seem to change the tone of things and the fro trajectory of things from this administrationn standpoint. but we don't have a commander-in-chief, at least that we can se ae here they have called the lid at the white house, which concerns a number of the guests tonight, tulsi gabbard. >> laura, my greatest concern as a soldier who serves in the arme reserve, bedroom for over 20 years and multiple deployments, two different war zones is how shortsighted, incompetent and lack of caring this biden/harriy administration has for lack of security and the american people. y are doing here now appears to be not well thought out at all otionr considering te ramifications of what this will be and how it serves national security interest.at t just like they didn't think through the ramifications of few taking the houthis off of the terrorist list a few years ago.

just like they didn't consider the ramifications of giving irao foinr over $6 billion, much ofir which is going not to the well-being and humanitarianbu interest of the iranian people as they were promised, but to fund these terrorists groups like the houthis to do exactly what they are doing, threatening global commerce and peace. for we have a secretary of defense who was hospitalized for five days, an d the white house,f leaders in the pentagon, national security council, the president himself had no idea. it is hard to convey this frustration as an american, but also as a soldier. how is this even possible coming from the our leaders and the pentagon and the president of the united states, who already turned off the lights for theng night, even as our military is taking action overseas? so, we should all be very concerned right now about the consequences of such shortsighted administration who undermines our national security

at every turn and the decisions they are making overseas. but also, the decisions they are making at home. you talked a little bit about this before, tens of thousandspl or tens of thousands of people streaming across our borders into the country with no vetting whatsoever. istswe know that includes peoplo are terrorists who seek to do harm to the american people right here at home. >> laura: tulsi might want to read a quote from richarde goldberg saying the key for a military action in yemen is to respond in a way that doesn't lead to a never endingia tit for tat. that is the administration's approach in syria and iraq and it has failed. now, tulsi, that does seem to be the most frightening aspect of what is happening tonight. three months ago when israel was so brutally attacked andnd innocence killed and maimed, it was at that point that our co

make it very clear that anyg to attack or escalation of this is going to be met with severe and immediate military response.it and consulting with congress at the time, that was not done. there were comments here andn there and john kirby came out a lot. but again, this administrationnh seems more interested in demonizing donald trump and pursuing him illegally tha n it does and reassuring the american public and having a clear and consigns them at concise,er e frankly, foreign policy. >> yout are exactly right, lau. there was no doubt the actions r being taken right now will not increase our national security or the safety and well-being of our troops who are deployed overseas right now or will it have the consequence of stopping these attacks by the houthis.d in fact, the opposite is true. just as they stated. not only do we have to trust their words but look at the actions.d ou it will increase and escalate their attackous on our interest

and on our troops in the region, many of whom are very, very soft targets and those surroundingth countries. so, the administration hasn't done the basic analysis to say, "hey, do our troops need to be in these areas? a nado we need to expose them to this risk and harm?" conduct that risk and cost analysis where are our interest and how are we protecting them and stop trying to undermine our own democracy, as you pointed out, right here at home as they are willing to pull out all stops just to protect their own power. their priorities have beenwer. screwed up from day one.harr the biden/harris administration ha gs only gotten worse since. now we are at great risk of this action potentially unintentionally escalating into a largerwe conflict that becomel mired and many, many more lives are lost and many more taxpayer dollars are unnecessarily spentf >> laura: weakness in the

white house since a message of weakness abroad. tulsi, thank you. backt pe from the red elf fox ns correspondent peter doocy. peter, i know we heard from the commander-in-chief what is biden saying be a statement?ne >> he is saying a lot and all ou this information is brand-new. it was president biden's order. he says the aircraft used fromut the u.s. and the u.k., the coalition also had help fromther partners in australia, bahrain, canada, the netherlands. the president is also telling us something that happened two days ago is what ultimately was the red line. the thing that went from these attacks and a nuisance affectint trade to it is time to launch this huge widespread air attack in yemen. he is saying if i can go to the statement, january 9th, houthis with the largest attack to datei directly at targeting americandt ships. i will quote the president heree he says, "today's defense action

poll ilss extensive diplomatic campaigns and houthi rebelsr against commercial vessels. these targeted strikes are a clear message the united states and our partners will notrs tolerate attacks on personnel o allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in theot world's most critical commercial roots. uresi will not hesitate to diret further measures to protect our people and the free flow ofth international commerce as necessary." something else important to statement because we are starting to see on social media some videok ins and the door, in yemen, things on fire, things exploding. president biden says that this a successfully conductedeam air strike against a number of targets. the pentagon team says roughly 12 targets and that there was a combination of submarines,ttac fighter jets, and missiles used to attack them, laura.upda >> laura: peter, thank you for

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in the court, remember, joe biden and his thugs thatn surround him did it appear theyo are trying to get a man an office that can't put two sentences together. they are doing that but so far,i we seem to do very well. >> laura: trumps civil fraud trial wrapped up in new york and after receiving massive blowback for order denying president trump the right to speak, the judge did an c about-face and allowed him to speak 5 minutes or so. there were no cameras inside foy it but reports from the courtroom court of the presidenh as saying, he should be entitlen himself to damages given the de political vendetta against him. this is a fraud on maud e and wt has happened is a fraud on me. he later accused the judge of not listening to him saying, "i know this is boring to you" appear at the judge said, "control your client" warningit for attorneys. he told trum mp he had a minute left, let him speak a little bi more, then adjourned.ha

trump finished his closingve remarks outside of the court room. >> we have proven this case so conclusively . we asked a direct verdict many times. they don't have any facts appea they don't have any evidence against us. millions and millions of pagesve and years of litigation and all politically motivated. he has serious trump derangement syndrome. corrupt attorney general of new york. >> laura: joining me now sol wisenberg, fox news contributor and mike davis founder and president. the trial involves six supposedly undecided claims, allegations of conspiracy, fron fraud, falsifying business records. his company and two sons eric and don jr. are also defendants. but who was actually defrauded>t here? >> well, the so-called victim testified at trial. the representative from deutsche bank said we wanted toa

tedo business with him. he didn't get a lower interest rate because of what he did appear there is nonce, difference in insurance, theiden insurance coverage. >> laura: were yout surprised the judge relented and allowedus the president to speak? that was a ridiculous ruling. >> i'm not surprised because he's very concerned about his public image and he should be concerned. he should be concerned with the appellate court will do if heou returns and agrees with james' ridiculous claim $370 million in damages. >> laura : mike, this is called by some in the corporate world or business world as corporate murder what they are doing to the trump organization, trying to absolutely run out of new york and observe the fulldo fraud finds being levied, which again would pretty much do them in peer that is the goal here. >> you have new york attorney general tish james who campaigned on the fact that she will get trump.

she teamed up with his partisan, democrat clown judge, arthur. who is a democrat donor. his law clerk is a democrat operative. and he ruled before the trial even started and before any witnesses or any other evidencef that trump somehow committed p fraud appeared to how the heckoi do you commit fraud when you pay back sophisticated wall streetfu banks on time in the poll as agreed with interest? this is part of the democrats law fair with former indictments, two impeachments,th brought a legal gag orders taken off of the ballot. this is lola's. >> laura: thought fraud is, th taken place by the district attorney and sadly the judge seem to join in on the fun as a well. but even cnn top legal gas hadh. to admit what is going on hereal about james.vo watch. >> letitia james campaign for attorney general specifically oe .a promise to vote for me and ii

will get donald trump out. tingthat is not something she'de once, but she said it in writin and fun raised up a bit pure the day after she was elected and i quote, we will definitely sue his --ou and he will know my nao when you make statements like that, how can you say there is no political angle to this?e >> laura: the other panelistback was's disturbed. can you take that back now. she came out and said this is never about politics. >> it is an absolute joke.sh it is an ethics problem. she campaigned, everybody said it a million times, but it is true, she campaigned on throwing him in jail.n it is unethical. >> laura: is there an ethical move here or action that could be filed against her for this litiobviously blatant politicale that she brought? >> laura, laura, laura than weal do that against bill barr. that is the only person.pa >> laura: but the judge wouldha

be part of it as well becauseju they should be direct verdict.n >> no, i don't think you can do ethical complaint against a judge based on the fact he is a ridiculous judge. he is not the one who campaigned on doing this. a lawyer who campaigned on this, no, i don't think you can do that. >> laura: sol and mike, good to see you. sol i never recognize you because you're spiffy.s mike you are always spiffy. the children's texas hospital said he is being targeted by biden's doj. hehe is here to tell his story right after this. every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt.

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>> laura: of the country's largest children hospital announced it would stop providing so-called gender-affirming care for minors. this was mandated by the state and considered a win for parents concerned parents and their children. but the things did not change. whistle-blower document revealed the hospital never stopped thesa

"treatments." three days after the hospita tl said it was stopping, one doctor surgically inserted a drug delivery implant on an 11-year-old. we only know those details because a brave, anonymous whistle-blower's vote to frequent "angle" gifts to my guests. everything from puberty blockers to top surgeries top. but soon after it became national news, that whistle-blower says he got a knock on the door from two hhs agents with a letter from theoj doj.al he was a "potential target and what they were calling a new criminal investigation." he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending himself and wiping out his savings and retirement funds, but they still haven't stopped coming after him. he has sped up doesn't want toin

stay anonymous any longer. joining me now dr. him.ar why are they saying they are coming after you? >> you know, i wish i had a good answer for that but honestly, i could not tell you. your guests would probably be just as good as mine. my pity in that, this is politically motivated investigation because of thede ideological capture of hhs andau their commitment to the transgender ideology. >> laura: are they alleging some type of financial impropriety, medicare fraud? i used to work in that area believe it or not ages ago. you can't come after you for no reason. at least the y would have a reported reason for coming after you. >> you would think so but it seems to not be the case in my situation.

>> laura: -- >> and because i told the truth and that is one of the things if you counter the dominanter political ideology, they will come after you. at some point, we have to fight against them. >> laura: we certainly saw this during covid. tell me what you saw and knew what was happening with these transgender procedures which is a phenomenal hospital, by theal way. >> b it really is a phenomenal hospital, but there are a select few individuals who are not doing the right thing. so, i had found out that they released that statement march 2022 and they were shutting down their program, which soon after i found out that was not the case at all. i had talked to people who had done those procedures themselves and saw that it was being done on children 11, 12, 13 years old. i knew what kind of path these

kids were being put down. it was my responsibility as an individual but also my responsibility as a surgeon andi a doctor. if we can't speak up aboutthis something like this, then we have no profession left beer. there has to be some degree of accountability. >> laura: i mean, dr. haim,texa one of the texas children p psychologists had to say about parental rights, watch. >> i have to stick to my ownkn ethical standards as a position. i know the best thing to do for this child. the child is less likely to attempt and die by suicide if we use the terminology with them. >> laura : q mutilate a childfet and change their fertility perhaps forever and you arevi saving thangt child's life. your reaction. >> yeah, it is one of those malicious lies ever told in medicine. >> laura: what nexmet for you?u?

>> we fight. >> laura: you have wiped out d your savings in defending yourself. are you defending yourself in a legal proceeding or hhs hippoou violation? what are you defending yourself against? >> at this point, it is only an investigation but we have reason to believe it is politically driven. we have to be ready for whatever they come against us with here that is the great thing about d the situation is because once you decide not to speak out and you have all these peopled willing to comhee to your side d help you out, you have aou different perspective on thee th people around you.r you rely so many people outme there willing to sacrificeh fi something meaningful willing to fight for peer that is why it i. so important. >> laura: we will have you back we are up against the top of the hour but thank you forp telling your story and keep going. maybe i should be waived in the texas bar to help you. jesse is next. >> a fox news alert, the