this is what god wants from us. just feed the hungry. if you hear god's voice, i'm asking you to act now. do it when it's on your heart. i pray that they'll know in their final months that they're not alone. >> the death of this 22-year-old girl at the hands

of an illegal immigrant, allegedly. if he was the one behind it, there were plenty of opportunities for border officials to arrest him and send him back to venezuela. they never did so. there were a lot of cracks in the system. he was able to buck the system and allegedly pull this off. what do you think of how this was handled? >> well, that's what's so frustrating about this whole thing, neil. really when you think about when and where it started in 2022, this guy came across the border. you know, for over two years now myself and a lot of other republicans governors have been saying, we have mass migration happening at the southern border, illegal immigration. we have a situation where this person's arrested in new york and is released and then they're arrested again, in georgia and released and nobody's checking him.

you have someone illegal breaking our laws. they should have been deported and now we have, you know, unfortunately in a horrific crime, a dead 22-year-old. neil: and the georgia governor isn't the only one asking questions and demanding answers from the white house on all this of and adds the president occupant of the white house and the former one were at the border, 300 miles apart essentially the same time this week. griff jenkins at mission, texas with more and the quest for answers. griff. griff: hey, neil, good morning, and we just got the latest numbers. in the last 24 hours more than 7,000 migrants crossed the southwest border. the majority of them coming in places like arizona and california, but that doesn't mean that the spot that president biden went, brownsville, one of the least trafficked areas doesn't get migrants. take a look at the video, fox shooting a few hours before,

migrants from venezuela and showing up. in brownsville, part of the rvc sector, part of the efforts of governor abbott. right along the river there, you can see miles of razor wire and obstruction cutting down on the numbers. now, president biden didn't mention anything about the texas effort to slow it down, but he did lean heavily into his presidecessor, trump, and te them for not passing the bill. >> and we need to act, for those in congress to pass the bill and show some spine, who we work for, not the democratic party, the republican party, we work for the american people. >> left out of the president's remarks, laken riley, the slain student you were talking with governor kemp about.

300 miles away former president trump certainly did bring it up, listen here. >> i spoke to the parents of an incredible young lady and you saw her the other day. you saw what happened the other day in georgia and the parents are devastated. they're incredible people. but this is a joe biden inv invasion. griff: and neil, clearly the issue of immigration and fears of cases just like what happened to laken riley is leading top of mind for voters' concerns. by the way, i asked president biden, i shouted a question, i said, mr. president, do you bear any responsibility for laken's death because of our policies? he chose not to answer and walked away. neil, back to you. neil: but he seemed to hear the question just fine. griff jenkins, thank you very much, my friend. griff in mission, texas. let's go to the white house, the president, i believe, is in camp david this weekend and lucas tomlinson is gauging how

they're reacting to this. >> congress hasn't passed its budget by the end of the fiscal year near 30 years. your guest in the last hour, senator mullen from oklahoma blames the white house for this log jam. >> we're still trying to get a bipartisan bill through that will secure the border and also do national security. there's a lot of poison pills that was put in late by the white house. keep in mind, james lankford when he started negotiating this in the senate, we started this in late september, first of october. the white house didn't even engage with the senate or james lankford until the week before christmas. >> senator mullen says once the white house got involved the budget process went off track and republicans could not accept it. now, congress has passed its latest short-term spending bill thursday to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end of the week to give lawmakers a week for their funding disagreements, to put a mildly.

democrats providing most of the votes and republicans were roughly split in the measure. in senate lawmakers approved 77-13. house speaker mike johnson says republicans were trying to turn the aircraft carrier back to real budgeting and spending reform not easy to do that. johnson says he tried to negotiate the bills individually, 12 in all, of course, rather than wrapping into a single sprawling, take it or leave it omnibus bill which lawmakers for years have complained about thousands of pages of text dropped in the middle of the night and lawmakers given a short time to go over it. >> the gift that keeps giving in a weird way. lucas, while i have you here, can you tell us more about the aid drop in gaza that the administration is championing, three big u.s. transports part of that. what's the latest? >> that's right, neil, today for the first time since the october 7th hamas massacre, the u.s. air force dropping aid

into gaza directly to aid the palestinians, it was three u.s. air force c-130 cargo planes dropping 66 pallets, some 38,000 meals used by the u.s. military, reels ready to eat. it's a huge dispute. some people say it's a slap in the face to the israeli government that the white house is doing this unilaterally, instead of having israel deliver this aid, neil. neil: i'm wondering about that relationship between the president right now and netanyahu because it's coarse at best when the president is speaking out netanyahu is going too far and this campaign is too cruel. usually these things are discussed behind closed doors, certainly not mentioned in the press, so all bets are off. >> that's right, the tensions are getting even more public, just in the wake of that tragedy in gaza when the israelis tried to bring in a convoy full of aid and there were hundreds of palestinians, thousands that rushed that convoy, some shots were fired,

warning shots, apparently, but it was not enough to stop a stampede that killed over 100 palestinians, so the white house decided to take this measure unilaterally and deliver the aid itself, neil. neil: on and on it goes. lucas, thank you very much. lucas tomlinson at the white house. meanwhile, go to tony gonzalez from texas kind enough to join us again. congressman great having you. first of all i want to get to the border, but first your thoughts on aid and gaza relief that the administration is providing. obviously it's come dated thing for the israeli government here and puts us at loggerheads maybe with the best humanitarian intentions, but you know the drill, it's being received differently in tel aviv maybe than it is here, what do you think. >> thank you for having me, neil. having spent 20 years in the military, five years in iraq and afghanistan, i think back to the time where we were bombing the taliban and also delivering aid to the people of afghanistan at the same time. and that's the difficult part that i think israel is dealing

with. how do you separate hamas from the people of palestine, i mean, the people of gaza that live there. how do you separate those two? nobody wants to see the images of hundreds of people getting run over by aid trucks, at the same time, nobody wants-- nobody wanted to see october 7th. this is kind of the difficulty of the situation. i don't think it's going to get better, i think it's going to continue to get worse. the sooner hamas can be eradicated the sooner, you know, the people in that region can be safe. neil: you know, i guess the criticism that netanyahu has been is he's not making any distinction and that the talk was that if donald trump got back in the white house he would show unequivocal support for things that netanyahu is doing right now. i don't know whether you concur with that. there's no easy answer to that, but what do you think? >> yeah, i've seen the israelis do everything they can to protect its civilians, but how do you defeat an enemy that hides within civilians? think back to the vietnam war and think back to iraq, some of

these city by city conflicts that the united states has had. it's a very difficult problem set, right? at one end you want to cut off the he had of the snake. the other end you don't want to be seen, you know, killing innocent people and that's a spot israel's in from the united states' point, i think the sooner we can help israel eradicate hamas period, the sooner everyone will be safe. neil: all right. i just did want to pick your fine brain on that, congressman, because it's breaking news the relief effort in gaza ongoing. i'd like to go back to the border, of course, you've been concerned about the lack of progress on security, on dealing with the migrant surge. the president will apparently in his state of the union address, sign some executive orders on things like asylum, who qualifies for that. we don't know how far he will go, but he's doing one thing you've advocated, taking action on his own. what do you think? >> yeah, the devil is going to be in the details. you know, many people talk about us that live along the border, you know, you'll have

guest after guest that claims to be a border expert, but nobody seems to want to help us, they just want to talk about us. i've given up on the president, ton honest, neil. i think i've heard enough double talk for the last time. i feel like as if i'm alone, the people i represent feel as if we're alone. it's a reason why i'm circumventing the white house, i'm going straight to the directors and the secretaries. i had a meeting this week with the director of ice. what happened to laken riley is absolute tragedy and should never happen in this country and one of the things i asked him was, how many criminal illegal aliens are at large right now? he said thousands. so i worry, yes, how do we get here, that's a problem. everyone can talk about how we got here. i just want us to get out of here and make sure there aren't more laken riley's around the country and part of that is, one, we can't keep playing checks, writing checks and assume dhs is going to fix the problem. they haven't, they've only made

it worse. at the same time you can't remove funding from the organization trying to do its job. one of the things he told me at the very beginning of the conversation, tony, we're law enforcement agency and we want to get back to enforcing the laws. neil: so when we do get back to enforcing laws, a lot of that has to depend on other countries enforcing deportations when we bring a lot of their residents back. i'd mentioned earlier to one of your colleagues when it comes to those from venezuela, where venezuela is saying, no, we're not taking them. i mean, what do you do about something like that? where a country where you're deporting, well, two, to get them back there isn't taking them back? >> this is why i love coming on your show because you understand the details in it and one of the conversations, i've recently visited mexico, i met with two leading presidential candidates that are going to replace lopez obrador, both of them. and one of the things i asked them, hey, look, the united states doesn't have a great relationship with venezuela, that's part of what the administration is saying, hey, we can't deport the people back

to venezuela, but you know who does? mexico has a great relationship with venezuela. so what if i told you we deported these criminal illegal aliens by the thousands to mexico and mexico deported them by the thousands to venezuela, kind of a leapfrog approach, if you will. i was very clear, i go this is something that would show mexico is a partner in helping us secure this border and if you want federal funding from the united states, by the way, i sit on the house appropriations committee, this is the level of support i'm looking for. and if you don't, that's fine, you'll get more of the same, and i will not advocate to help mexico in some of these things. this is where the details matter. neil: well, that's an important distinction and detail and a good idea. hopefully people will at least be open to listening to it. congressman, always great having you on, thank you. neil: thank you, neil. congressman gonzalez on that. well, how the mighty fall. i'm not talking about donald trump and his legal cases, from

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entire office. i think that it would. that's the crux of what this decision is for, pending before the court. if he does disqualify them, there will likely be follow-on motions to dismiss the case entirely if it's transferred to a new d.a.'s office. there's definitely more to come if there's disqualification for sure. neil: is there the possibility that, and can the judge go this far to say there's nothing here now. we have to start from scratch, everything? >> if the judge finds-- the big question that's kind of pivotal here is whether it's enough that there's an appearance of impropriety or he has to find a direct conflict of interest. i think there's still some significant factual determinations that he has to make in terms of where that line is drawn and that's going to be based on prior case law. but ultimately if the case is transferred to another district attorney's office, that will start the process, likely from the very beginning or at least very far back from where it is

now. certainly not on the verge of going to trial. and so, even if it does continue, it will be significantly delayed, if not dismissed altogether at some point. neil: katie, you were nice enough to explain this process to me. it's a state case, not a federal case. early on i think there had been a push i think by the trump folks if you're elected president it's easier to get it tossed out, not so if it's a state matter. can you explain that and where that goes? >> well, this is a state case. some of the defendants early on, mark meadows, for example, tried to get this case moved to federal court based on their allegations that the offenses were related to their role as federal officials. that was denied. so it's possible that it still could be moved, but it won't become entirely a federal case such like the january 6th case in d.c. which kind of covers similar allegations. that's a federal prosecution altogether.

so the removal to federal court was denied. that's something that could be renewed if this case is brought by another district attorney, a state district attorney, but it has, for this purpose at this point, been denied for those folks who requested that. neil: you know, part of that thinking, katie, as you know far better than i is that donald trump gets elected president, he can go to the justice department and say, all right, this is done. this isn't happening. but the attorney general has to agree with him, right, whoever he picks as his attorney general, he can keep going through attorney generals like richard nixon did to get what he wants. how does that process go, if we get that far and the president-elect, in this case, donald trump, if he's now president and pushing that point with the justice department? >> if he's elected president the case goes away. the president has pardon authority of all federal offenses and that can be enacted before a trial. he owns the department and it's

an agency-- >> he'd be pardoning himself. he'd be essentially for giving himself. >> and that isn't unprecedented moment to be in, but i think constitutionally it's supported. because the president has carte blanche to issue authority on all federal offenses and the justice department not to pursue any certain prosecution, but there's a state case, to have at that authority, however, there are other issues before the supreme court, immunity issues with the presidency, that could extend even to state prosecutors in my opinion. neil: all right. thank you for that, katie. we're having somewhat of a difficulty there. thank you for some of that clarification. and that goes down the way some suspect is might eventually. in the meantime, we keep telling you about super tuesday. there are three states having various contests today, caucus and missouri.

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>> well, it's still early in the year, but this year is proving that presidential election years can be lucrative for the markets and for investors. that was certainly the case yesterday all three major averages doing okay. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 hitting records. the dow not far from one yet again. but all of this on the heels of optimism that technology is

back and it's not just nvidia and artificial intelligence improving it, but a great deal of investment going on which they're up to year to date. there's a disconnect and a lag how the market does or the president does in a general election. generally better if they're going up than if they're going down. how is that falling out in michigan right now where they're wrapping up and finishing through the state republican convention divvying up the final delegates awarded in the primary. donald trump could be a big beneficiary of that. the markets are not, notwithstanding. grady trimble with more in grand rapids. >> hey, before millions of voters go to the polls on super tuesday, there are crucial delegates up for grabs in michigan and other states. voters went to the polls in michigan earlier this week where they handed a lot of

delegates to former president donald trump. there were 16 total. 12 went to the former president, 4 to former south carolina governor nikki haley. but here at the state g.o.p. convention today, a lion's share of michigan's total delegates, 39 of them, are still up for grabs and will be divvied up here. the delegate count stands right now across the country after several early states, former president trump with 122, former south carolina governor nikki haley with 24. the magic number for either of these two candidates to win the g.o.p. nomination is 1,215. right now here at this venue, representatives from each of michigan's 13 congressional districts are holding individual meetings and in those meetings, they'll pick their preferred candidate. so far four of the 13 have made their choice. we're waiting on official results later today. each of the 13 districts will award three delegates and that brings us to that total of 39.

we spoke with michigan g.o.p. chair and u.s. ambassador to the netherlands under former president trump, pete hoekstra, and he thinks that we'll see a big win for trump here today. >> do you expect the former president to get all 39 of the delegates up for grabs today? >> i mean, the-- with the way the caucuses are structured, winner take all, that's probably the most likely outcome, but, you know, voters have a way of surprising people. that may happen today. >> we'll see if there are any surprises here or in several other states holding contests this weekend, including idaho, missouri and in the district of columbia where voters have the weekend to make their voices heard. so, neil, these two candidates left, former president trump and former south carolina governor nikki haley, they can still snag up a few delegates before the all important super tuesday in just a few days, neil. neil: yeah, and on that day,

874 at stake as you said. it's going to be a big one. grady, thank you as always, my friend, grady trimble. i want to go to daniel, if you don't mind my switching parties and focus on at least joe biden and i did want to mention in the context of michigan, though he won the state, 13% voted uncommitted. in other words, didn't like the choices. and i'm just wondering, because we've seen this happen before, where the turnout isn't that robust. you know, the president has the backing of many of his party, but far from the passion of many in his party. so what do you make of that? >> yeah, these numbers are clearly concerning to people in the white house which has been hoping to focus people's attention on infrastructure, on all the bills that they had passed, but for arab american voters in michigan, that really doesn't seem as relevant or important to their lives as, hey, i have some relatives in gaza going through turmoil or getting killed and then we have

american military support to israel, and so, biden feels like he has to, you know, there's a lot of impetus in the party, please send biden to michigan repeatedly over the next six, seven months, to avoid making the same mistakes like hillary clinton did and ignoring that state and others. neil: yeah, a very good point. that did cost her not going to the six or seven so-called battle ground states, the same six or seven that donald trump leads. that could secure an electoral vote win for him just capturing those if you assume the normal rundown of states each who are likely to take. still way too early. but what is your sense right now of the race and how it's going? by that i mean in the case of donald trump, all of these legal cases, that could get pushed back and all of these problems within the party for joe biden that are piling up? >> it's clearly a kind of a jump ball. i don't buy that, you know, trump is a sure thing because

we haven't seen certainty on the legal cases. if he gets convicted of the january 6th case by jack smith, if the supreme court lets that go through before the election and that may very well happen, then that's a big blow. you have-- you look at the vote of nikki haley getting a lot of her voters out in south carolina. i know she only won 40%, but that's still a big chunk of the party and you have one in five republican voters in that state and in many other states who say they won't vote for trump. so those are kind of the uncommitted on the republican side that his rhetoric, calling her bird brain, that's not going to win those voters over. neil: but it has won over republican voters and you mention about the possibility of a conviction. donald trump has weathered all of these indictments, 90-plus in all of these various criminal cases, whether they're put off or not, a conviction might change that if any one

could not be put off. i wonder if the general sense will it would put much of a dent in donald trump's popularity, if not with many in his own party, i could see independents and others. how do you see that falling out? >> i agree with you, some of this-- a lot of this is baked in that people know who donald trump is. they're not that surprised that he's been charged and so what biden really has to do is make this a choice between him and trump. he can tell those voters who are in michigan and other young progressive voters, hey, do you want trump with-- who has promised to bring back a muslim ban and me, i'm airlifting air into gaza. do you think that trump would have done that? that's kind of their argument that they're going to make. neil: still too early as you say, my friend. always good to have you on, daniel lippman. >> thank you, neil. neil: and it was not her

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>> you have someone that's illegal, that's breaking our laws. i mean, they should have been deported and now we have, you know, unfortunately in a horrific crime, a dead

22-ye 22-year-old. neil: that dead 22-year-old at the hands we're told of illegal migrant who escaped the system and authority's attention time and time again. madison scarpino following the developments in atlanta. >> yesterday was a dreary day in woodstock, 90 miles from the university of georgia where riley was killed on her morning jog last week. hundreds came to honor riley at the private service. the church's lead pastor said that laken was special, she was a gift to anyone who knew her, smart, kind, compassionate and thoughtful. don't even begin to scratch the surface. riley's death is bringing up a lot of questions and frustrations about how the city of athens and the country handle illegal immigration. >> i think it's a little dangerous to let illegal

immigrants just kind of roam the city without documentation who they are. >> ice says riley's accused killer jose ibarra came to the u.s. in 2022. and the mayor was interrupted in a news conference. and the mayor made it clear athens is not a sanctuary city. protesters screamed liar, and called for him to resign. former president donald trump was on the border thursday and said he spoke with riley's devastated parents. >> joe biden will never say laken riley's name, but we will say it and we will remember it. we're not going to forget her. it's been just a horrible story that we've had to live with for the last few days. >> the accused killer's brother will be in federal court on monday on fraud charges. he was arrested during riley's death investigation for having a fake green card, neil.

neil: thank you very much for all of that, and madison scarpino in atlanta. with us is nicole malliotakis, the congresswoman leading an effort with republican colleagues to change things in the way that ice is notified of any possible migrant arrested on any type of crime. that now is being called l laken's law, they want it passed sooner than better. >> great to be with you, thank you, neil. neil: where does this stand now, this measure and how much support it has. >> well, as you know, we've been pushing the new york city council to repeal the law they put in place with bill deblasio back in 2014 that prohibited n.y.p.d. from cooperating with ice. the mayor came out for making some changes, now he's kind of b backpedalling on that so it's very difficult for us to get cooperation from the democrats to make sure that people who are committing crimes in our

city and state are deported. i commend my state senator, andrew lanza, of staten island, who has now introduced legislation on the state level to require all local law enforcement to cooperate with ice detainer requests. look, if ice under joe biden is requesting a detainer to deport someone, you know that person is very, very bad. they're probably convicted of a crime in their home country. probably been either entered and deported multiple times and are continue to devad authorities or they've committed a crime here and been released. because joe biden as we know, is welcoming everyone. in fact, this guy got parole. the person who killed laken got parole from joe biden and when he was arrested for a crime in new york city he was released instead of being turned over to ice. we need cooperation from the democrats if we're getting something done here, but we've got to keep the pressure on

them. neil: just to understand, he wasn't paroled personally by joe biden. >> joe biden's rules. neil: the system -- okay. that's fine. but i did want your sense how far you think this can go. the president said in his state of the union address to reverse some of the policies he enacted when he took over on day one of his administration, including some of the asylum rules, that were very, you know, open and even fellows like this guy and i'm just wondering whether you think that will do much because it's kind of open-ended. >> ap and that's what i'm talking about, he came in and made roughly 60 changes using executive authority, including making changes to parole, where he allowed x number of venezuelans come in and seek parole. it's unfortunate that some of those individuals have gone on to commit crimes. we saw police officers being attacked in new york city as well and so, i think what we want is for joe biden to use

that very same authority that he used on day one to actually make changes for the good. neil: all right. i should say, we have called new york mayor adams' office and ice officials in washington. we've not heard back. hope springs eternal that we will, congresswoman. but i want it step back, you want to make this at the same state of the union address, a major statement, what's happening at the border is a major concern, including one of your guests you'll have sitting with you. can you explain? >> that's right, i'm bringing n.y.p.d. lieutenant ben cur i in, one of the officers attacked by the individuals for being kept in new york city at one of the migrant hotels that our mayor opened. i believe it's important to bring him, number one, to show support and thanks to our n.y.p.d. officers who do a really an amazing job under difficult conditions and oftentimes do not have the support of the local elected officials. but also, to bring attention to how this border policy of our

president is affecting cities like mine. this is unnecessary, what happened there. it should never happened. and that's why we're calling on joe biden to use the existing authorities that he has under 1225. sections 1225 and 1182 where he can, on your own, reinstate remain in mexico. he can end catch and release, he can make changes as you mentioned to the asylum and to parole. he can actually shut down the border completely if he wanted to. in fact, these are all authorities that president trump used at one time or another. we're just asking for common sense, now, i'm the daughter of immigrants. we want to have immigration to continue legally. i've actually helped over 100 people become u.s. citizens from my district who have come here the right way and did everything, follow the rules. that's all we're asking for, people to follow the rules and for in administration to stop allowing people who are dangerous people, unvetted people to come into our country. neil: and speaking of president trump, congresswoman.

you are always, and i was just looking this morning on the short list of possible running mates for him and that is one name that doesn't change, yours. you're on that list. are you interested? >> i don't think it's me that-- i think you may be confusing me with my colleague elise stefanik. neil: i see you a lot of times and i'm wondering what you'd make of that. would you entertain that, what do you think? >> no, obviously, i don't think i'm interested in that role. i like my job in congress. i want to do the best i can for staten island and brooklyn. this is a job i've always wanted, neil, and i'm here and i want to do the best i can with the resources that we have. i hope to serve with president trump, however, with him being the president and me being in congress because i think we'll be able to get a lot more done for the american people and address the issues. remember, when president trump was there, we had a 50 year low of unemployment record, people were working, wages were up, people were being lifted out of poverty. our border was secure, peace through strength.

neil: you make the most potent case on migration and what's happening there. i just, i don't want to sound like i'm being okay n obnoxious there, and i think this could be key for your party ahead as an issue very early on. >> it is a big issue and i continue to advocate and work with my colleagues for common sense all we're asking for, law and order and common sense and we're not getting it from this administration. neil: all right. congresswoman, always good seeing you. thank you very much. we have a lot more, including these incredible wildfires and grid issues that are suddenly bedevilling texas after this. s to do things. at old dominion freight line, we do them this way. this way has people who start early. people who care and inspire each other to do things the way they should be done. this way uses technology (♪) and goes the extra mile (♪) to deliver your promises on-time, every time. this way is why we're the number one national

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>> a fiery mess at the texas panhandle right now, out of control fires, and wildfires continue to consume more and more land. reich rick reichmuth from the

weather center. >> the texas panhandle, 140,000 acres, windy dunes fire and a smoke house creek over a million acres burned. 90 miles long from one side of this all the way to the other side. that's the path of this storm, of this wildfire that's burned. it's grassy area, this isn't like tree forest fires, this is grassy area, catches on fire really quickly. a million 50,000 of those, those acres are in texas alone and this makes this the largest fire ever in the state of texas and one week ago, the fire hadn't even started yet. take a look what happens today and tomorrow. fire conditions are critical. we're going to have very low humidities. we're going to get really strong winds and we have temperatures that are incredibly warm for march second. take a look at the temperatures across the high plains. 67 in denver. the panhandle of texas temperatures pushing to 80 degree mark, really warm, really dry, really windy

conditions and no rain coming at least for the next couple of days. that's a problem for us. i want to quickly, neil, show you two other stories we're talking about today, one is rain across much of the east coast, but the bigger story is this big massive winter storm that's hitting the sierra nevada of california, by the time it's done tomorrow, some spots probably pushing 10 feet of snow and windy conditions. we had a wind gust 190 miles per hour with this. highest wind gust ever neil in california 199 miles per hour and we had a wind gust yesterday of 190 miles per hour. an incredible storm going on across california as well. neil: it's nonstop to your point. thank you, my friend. rick reichmuth following that. we keep attacking the houthi rebels and they keep attacking back and signs that the cargo ship that they hit a couple of weeks ago, well, it sank. what do we do now? meet the j. jen x. jen y. and jen z. each planning their future through the chase mobile app. jen x is planning a summer in portugal

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>> all right. a british cargo ship that was hit by houthi rebels a couple of weeks ago has finally sunk. that's actually a first right now in this war that has seen those shipping in the area to avoid the area. insurance and related costs are rocketing as a result. we've got general joseph patel with us, the former centcom commander. this is an interesting development in and of itself, we've continued to attack houthi positions to no avail and seemingly attacked back. what do you make of it. >> i think it's important to look at our response and the is actions of the houthis. our actions have been about protecting shipping and american resources going

through the region. it hasn't been completely about removing the capacity or capability of the houthis. our attacks, while we've had several waves of them, we just had one as recently as the 29th, have really been focused on the going after the houthi's abilities to attack. and some radar and command and control and some supply depots in addition to launching attacks. we haven't gone after the supply chains. our attacks have largely been limited to u.s. and u.k. resources and we've been unable to date to leverage the broader region to get involved in this. even countries like egypt, who has a vested interest in the revenue generated by the passage of ships through the red sea haven't joined in this and of course, none of in is really focused on restoring the confidence to the shipping industry, but again, you've got to look at the houthis, this is a group for which there's no accountability. they are employing what i would characterize as terrorist-like

tactics here in international waters. they have prevented the delivery of humanitarian aid to sudan as well as to their own country and they're continuing to exercise imprecise targeting. trying to deter groups like this, as we've learned with terrorist organizations over the last several decades is very, very difficult. the supplies are easily replaced. they're highly innovative. they've not yet paid a price that outweighs the apparent benefit they're deriving. they get a lot of attention in this and they are less prone to control from iran. so what we've seen in terms of iran putting pressure on groups in iraq and in syria, for example, we've not seen them effectively do that in yemen yet. neil: we don't a lot of time. i'm curious the last comment, and iran seems to indicate at that houthis are going rogue, doing their own thing? >> i think there's always been

an element of independence by the houthis. they clearly have a relationship with iran, but they are calling their own shots and as we've seen over the last several months, they've derived a lot of benefit from this. this is a very -- the activities they are taking in the red sea are very popular among their base, particularly in the western portion of yemen. so, it plays into that and it makes them look like they're actually contributing much more wholesomely to the axis of resistance and striking back against what is happening in gaza. neil: and it's very, very clear that they still have the wherewithal to do so and that's a little unnerving. command e, thank you so much and your service to this country. >> good to be with you, neil. neil: that will do it here, we'll continue following these developments and key races ahead of super tuesday. the news never stops at fox, we're always here to make sure you're informed. it's basically the same thing. if you find a better price somewhere else,

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