she was his girlfriend. they live together. he is making stops in the truck to drop off bloody evidence. is her excuse i had nothing to do with it until after it was done or is her excuse going to be you think he was a bully to jennifer dulos, he was a bully to me, too. i had no choice but to go along for the ride. that's an interesting distinction. one in which she will have to testify if she plans to bring that forward that she was under his thumb. we are a long ways away from that. >> bill: a little mystery on our hands. you say it's tough for the prosecution. she didn't have the best legal advice. we'll see where the rubber meets the road on that. more to come. thank you for your time today. back to our big story. >> dana: pay back time. the u.s. and u.k. carrying out strikes against more than 60 houthi targets in yemen following a string of attacks in the red sea against our troops and our ships. welcome to a new hour of

"america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehran's many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? >> it's a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after we've seen 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an area like the red sea that sees 15% of the world's commerce roll through it. last night what you saw was the united states in a coalition take action against the houthis that have launched repeated strikes against the international flow of commerce that we see on a daily basis. >> dana: team coverage, former

centcom spokesman on the military challenges and mike tobin on how all this is impacting oil prices at home. first senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot. >> the u.s. and its allies, including the u.k., hitting back against iran-backed houthi rebels wreaking havoc on global shipping. war planes off the eisenhower and missiles fired from ships and submarine what president biden called a direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international maritime vessels. 100 munitions fired at those 60 targets in 16 locations, launch, production supply sides or drones and missiles along the mainland and coastline near the red sea. houthi officials vowed retaliation saying the strikes would not go unpunished. the claim five killed and six

injured. houthi supporters taking to the streets. iran condemning the assault. just yesterday they seized a greek owned and operated ship. crew and ship taken over by masked gunmen. dealing with all this alongside the u.s., the u.k. earlier today we spoke with foreign secretary and former prime minister david cameron saying the allied strikes were critical. >> they send a very clear message these attacks on shipping in the red sea are unacceptable. military action should always be a last resort but i think it's very important to back your words with action. >> as for iran, foreign secretary cameron told us it has a choice. it needs to pull back what he called this malign support for proxy groups like the houthis, hamas, hezbollah, militia's tar guesting the u.s. and u.k. troops. today a clear signal of what they could face. >> bill: this mounting tension now in the red sea spiking the

cost of crude oil back home. oil jumping more than 3% after america's response to the houthi attack. it comes as iran sells more oil than ever despite sanctions from the administration, money for the iranian regime that could be used to finance groups like the houthis in yemen to which they have billions in iran. mike tobin has more on that. where does that stand? >> bill, with the waters around the red sea more lawless than ever they get plenty of funding. despite sanctions the money is coming from oil. smuggled oil moved by what experts call the dark fleet or goes armada. they ceased an oil tanker, retaliation seizing the same ship months ago and off loading smuggled rareian oil under sanctions. >> it is a menace to the global economy and must cease. >> the ship is one of hundreds

ignoring u.s. sanctions smuggling crude and funding iran. something experts call the dark fleet or ghost armada. 300 to 560 tankers, usually old and ownership hard to determine. they hide on the open sea. shop around for poor countries that will license them to fly their flag. >> these vessels operating and trading internationally outside western jurisdiction and primarily shipping sanctions oil. >> iran's exports were held to 400 to 600,000 barrels a day in 2019. oil smuggled by the ghost armada has moved that number to 2.4 million barrels per day mostly sold to china according to analysts. fox news town hall the former president noted the increase in oil exports. >> iran was broke. iran was broke. i said to china, if you buy oil from iran you aren't dealing here. they were absolutely stone --

you know how much money they have now? >> about half of the ships in the ghost armada fly the flag of panama. they demanded the state department put pressure on panama to defund smuggling ships. iran has to go through so many ships to avoid sanctions it only sees a fraction of its oil revenue. >> dana: let's bring in former centcom spokesman. one of the things the pentagon needs is support from the state department and the treasury department. as we've been pointing out there is $10 billion in sanctions waiver for iran remaining in effect. iran's oil shipments to china have been green lighted. no snap back of the u.n. sanctions on iran and no known strikes against a ship the iranians are using to pass intel to the houthis. do you expect much more to come and more broadly from the administration, not just the

pentagon? >> i do. i do think that the administration is going to come together on this situation. it is very tenuous right now. the administration, with this kind of rush almost desperation to get into the nuclear deal when they first took office, i think they are re-evaluating that. i think that the entire element of this administration all arms of the government are focused on this and what they can do to get iran back in a box. if you look at all the little pieces that are out here, all the big pieces in the red sea, strikes on american forces in iraq and syria, the nexus of all this is iran. the united states is in a low grade war with iran. we finally have taken an offensive measure yesterday and now we'll continue to try to put iran in a box here to contain this. >> bill: it is hard to guess here, but part of the reason why for the delay because you did

not want to provoke iran in the first place. otherwise maybe we would have seen this a month ago. >> that's exactly right. i think i was on with you talking about this, bill. the administration certainly demonstrated restraint. frankly, i thought they should have taken this measure weeks ago. but on the fourth of january, the administration issued their final warning against the houthis, public warning with 17 other countries against the houthis, six days later the houthis enacted their most complicated, most dangerous attack in the red sea. now you are left with no other choice. this was a good strike. this hit at the houthi capabilities in yemen, the drone factories, the missile silo sights, the radar sites. they can build those things back up very quickly but it certainly is an offensive strike and sends

a message. >> dana: the other thing happening. you are a good person to ask this. pentagon spokesperson today has to -- sthe is still working at the pentagon. you are a former spokesperson and i like talking to you. we had a situation where the secretary of defense basically was not at his job. he was in the hospital, hadn't told anybody why and there were complications and it is all happening. the headline from "politico." the white house has ordered a review by cabinet secretaries after being surprised by austin's illness. leon panetta said this. let's face it, they dodged a bullet because of something that happened in the gap that was created. that could have been a serious event. they will always have impact on the relationship. the white house is going to wonder in the future whether they are getting the full truth. how do you see the situation? do you think that the calls from both republicans and one or two democrats saying austin should resign, should that stand?

>> i do. as you mentioned, i'm a former spokesman. i no longer represent the department of defense. i called for secretary austin to resign. i did that early on on saturday about 14 hours after it was announced he was in the hospital. so it's a very strange situation. i think the problem here is the credibility of the pentagon. i think that's really the issue. i think there is still a lot of answers, a lot of questions that have gone unanswered with regard to the announcement that this was an elective surgery. pentagon has never corrected that. clearly this surgery was not elective given the form of cancer that lloyd austin has and we're all very thankful, as you are, that he is recovering. so that's really a concern i would have here is the credibility of the pentagon here in the united states, overseas.

i think -- i just think it will be too hard to overcome. i thought lloyd austin would have stepped down. doesn't look like that will happen. >> bill: you don't know if you're at the beginning or the end. drama from a lot of moving parts nft middle east. we'll talk again. >> thanks for having me. [chanting] >> bill: as soon as the news hit the wire, groups of protestors storming new york city's times square last night rallying near the white house as well as the u.s. military carried out the strikes in yemen. anti-war demonstrations condemning the retaliation demanding america stop its aid to israel. the groups warned it is a dangerous escalation that could lead to further war in the middle east. we wait to see whether or not it happens. keep your eye on three things. houthi springs that's number one, sabrina singh said there hasn't been a response yet.

you need to wait and see what iran does. do they take action against the oil tankers on the open sea? the third thing is hezbollah is on speed dial for the iranians. they are on the northern border with israel. whether or not they take that call and respond to something that we'll wait to see. >> dana: today marks 100 days the hostages have been held by hamas. we have all of this swirling around plus this swirling around. potential blizzard and subzero temperatures could have a big impact on the iowa caucuses. bill melugin and shannon bream are live from the hawkeye state. >> bill: hunter biden pleading not guilty on federal tax charges. jill biden is defending him in a brand-new interview. >> dana: growing fallout from the houthis. will the overnight result provoke a response from tehran. >> i fear we will engage there this tit-for-tat in an effort to avoid further escalation. such an approach signals to our

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>> bill: winter storm bringing havoc on air travel prompting a ground stop at o'hare in chicago. any time that happens, the rest of the country is affected by it. about 1,000 flights canceled so far out of o'hare and midway. a thousand doesn't seem to be that many just yet. >> dana: unless you are one of the people that got canceled. >> bill: only 9:17 in the morning in chicago. more time to do it. forecast is strong winds and blizzard conditions from the missouri valley and into the great lakes. a lot of people affected by is it a polar vortex? >> those blizzards and

conditions are t-minus three days to the start of the presidential primary season and iowa caucuses. subzero temps sparking concerns about turnout on monday. bill melugin live in des moines. what are they saying to folks there about either precautions they need to take to make sure they are safe on monday night? >> they are telling folks to make sure they're outdoors as little as possible. this is expected to be the coldest caucus in recorded history. we're already under a blizzard warning right now. temperatures expected to dip as low as negative 40 with the windchill. that's the sort of thing that can put you at risk of frostbite and hypo thermia if you're outside too long. most people here say they won't let anything stop them from caucusing. take a listen. >> diehard trump supporter will come out under any circumstance. >> no matter what the weather people will get to the polls. >> my mother is 92 years hold and told me if it's snowing or ice you will pick me up in your

4-wheel drive pickup. we'll find a way to get there. >> i think we'll go. you have a loyal crowd that always caucuses and unless it is a major weather event i think the turnout will be great. >> nikki haley has been surging recently. the latest poll in the state of iowa showing she is number two behind donald trump and two in the fox news power rankings and number two in the state of new hampshire. with christie dropping out some of his supporters are expected to go to her. she is peaking with her momentum at the right time. take a listen. >> get excited. now i know why i'm excited because it is 11 months worth of work of going all over this state multiple times to really get to answer all your questions and take pictures and be the last one to leave. >> as for florida governor ron desantis he is struggling in the polling in iowa currently in third place. he says his ground game will make up for it. he has visited all 99 counties, the endorsement of the popular

republican governor. super pac says they've knocked on more than 3 million dloors so far and hitting back at donald trump. the other night trump said desantis was the biggest fan of dr. fauci. here is his response. >> the former president was here the other day doing a town hall and he said he had nothing to do with fauci. he said i was the one that was involved with fauci. that is gas lighting. that is revisionist history. he elevated fauci. >> because of this blizzard warning and all the snow the desantis super pac has said they may have to stop canvassing door-to-door and instead switch to phone calls. i can tell you within a few minutes of standing outside your cheeks, your lips go very numb very quickly once you get hit with one of those gusts of wind. it is only expected to get much worse from this point forward. >> dana: you need to get a scarf. it will make a difference. >> i have a neck gator.

i'm waiting to put it on. >> bill: turnout can make a difference. donald trump urging supporters to get out there as he faces mounting legal challenges all over the country. shannon bream beat the storm. she is in des moines. how are you doing, shannon? >> i'm happy to be inside. >> bill: a couple things. latest poll suffolk poll. we'll see what comes out on monday night. here is trump and the a.g. in new york from yesterday after that court appearance. watch. >> they don't have any facts. they don't have any evidence against us. millions and millions of pages, years of litigation, and all politically motivated. >> this case has never been about politics or personal vendetta or about name calling. this case is about the facts and the law.

and mr. donald trump violated the law. >> bill: here is the query. i don't know what you've heard so far whether or not our voter analysis shows us on monday night. how much iowans care about all the legal things surrounding trump outside of iowa. >> i do not think that it's factoring in for the ones who have been supportive of him here. months ago president trump said if i get indicted it will help me. that has been true when it comes to fundraising, polling. and i think here in iowa if anything it's made people even more ardent in their support of him and that despite these blizzard conditions we're in the middle of right now, they plan to show up on monday. >> dana: you also have hunter biden with legal trouble so he had the stunt that he pulled earlier in the week where he went to the hearing but didn't speak and then left the hearing and then the next day goes to l.a. and pleads not guilty to tax charges. and then his scheduled trial start date is june 20th just

before the dnc convention. what are you hearing about the concerns from democrats in regards to that timeline? >> well, of course we keep hearing that much of this year's election may be decided in courtrooms instead of the campaign trail because there are so many legal issues involving potentially what we could end up being both sides of the ticket. for hunter biden for that trial date to hit in june, the optics will be tough. the white house keeps saying he is a private citizen. he makes his own decisions. he is an adult. when he showed up at that hearing this week in what appeared to be thumbing his nose essentially at the lawmakers there, i think that makes it a lot tougher for people to digest this argument that he is a private citizen trying to get on with his life. he is potentially facing contempt. that vote could happen this week. he went there and sat in front of these lawmakers defying their subpoena and basically daring them to hold him in contempt. that story line, that trial in

june is going to be a big headache for the white house. >> bill: you have republicans at a convention two or three weeks later and democrats have their convention a month later. so june, july and august coming up this summer. jill biden is saying republicans are being cruel to hunter biden. he has a documentary in the works. probably in the fall to rehab his image. what's coming up on sunday for you and your guests in des moines? >> we'll talk about hunter biden among many other topics. our panel is set to include dana perino. it will be a rough ride in tomorrow. but we're looking forward to having dana discuss the issues with us. we have ron desantis, nikki haley here live to make their final arguments to iowa voters and senator joe manchin. you guys know he is in new hampshire, of all states, talking politics. we have to nail him down. you have had this flirtation

with the third party run, are you ready to make a decision? see what we get on sunday. >> dana: no time like the present. everyone is running out of time. we're in it to win it for 2024. >> bill: maybe we'll see you this weekend, shannon. >> i hope. >> bill: maybe. >> we'll have a fire going and hot chocolate when you arrive. >> bill: send us a plane. thank you, shannon. bye. >> we have to go after iran itself. only when you take out something iran cares about, one of its field generals, some of its financial assets, only when you hurt the regime itself will peace be restored. sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate. >> dana: back to our top story the morning. could this lead to a wider war in the middle east? john kerry's climate team cost taxpayers millions every year bust refuses to release the names of his staffers. why? the latest example of the biden administration's lack of

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>> bill: here we go now. we're watching and waiting to see what the fallout is from the strikes from last night. thus far we're told as an hour ago from the pentagon the houthi rebels have not responded. their leading commander suggested they would exact revenge against the americans or israelis. keep an eye on that. ramping up the cost of shipping in a big way as companies are forced to reroute ships by thousands of miles. kelly o'grady has more from the port of los angeles to see how that story might go. hello to you. >> good to see you, bill. that's important because as we learned during the pandemic supply chain crisis if you have any volatility in shipping it could end up driving up

inflation. want to give you context. six out of the top ten carriers are diverting their ships away from the red sea sailing around the tip of south africa. the cargo has to add on ten days and a million in fuel costs. it means hundreds of dollars more per shipping container. some of the weekly increases. cost for a 40 foot container up 58% to the east coast, 60% for the west coast. shippers indicated their long term contract rates will increase yet again on monday. we're not at pandemic levels yet. zoom out. the impact hits you. on this chart you might see a sharp spike at the right. that's how fast shipping rates are increasing since these attacks started. what does this mean for the consumer? delays and higher prices. seasonal items like clothing, pool supplies and patio furniture. retailers are pursuing other costly options to ship, air or rail and some halting

production. volvo pausing for three days at their belgium factory. we spoke to a representative at dhl how long it could last? >> be prepared this extended transit time going from parts of asia into the u.s. and asia all together into europe and backwards will remain at least until chinese new year. >> bill, chinese new year is february 10th. the ripple effect to prices or store shelves could last longer. back to you. >> bill: we'll watch it. kelly o'grady at the port of l.a. for that. over to dana for more. >> dana: want to give people more information about who are the houthis? a tribal group that controls yemen and declared themselves as part of iran's axis of resistance. iran is quietly controlling many of the terror groups in the middle east. how far does that regime influence's stretch? this is basically a land bridge. it stretches through lebanon and

syria, iraq, yemen and each of these red dots is a pinpoint of a terrorist organization. for, example you know about hamas in gaza, hezbollah in beirut. palestinian islamic jihad in the west bank and various groups in iraq. what iran has, if you look at iran over here, basically they're able to have this land bridge that takes you all the way across with military, equipment, and intelligence. don't forget that. everything they have here leads iran to this capability of grabbing people and letting them know that they are in control with this axis of resistance and their one main goal is to attack the united states and destroy the west. we have our work cut out for us and we'll get more about that. >> bill: thank you, dana. well done over there at the wall. lieutenant general keith kellogg is here, former ambassador to

nato. general. what would be your expectation next and how do you evaluate the hits from last night? >> thanks, bill. the expectation is they will hit back. the hits were frankly significant but a little late in coming. because of that they were ready for it and prepared for it. you are hitting a lot of targets replicated and go after it again and again and again. i think the houthis will retaliate and that's the real question. how do we respond to that? the only way you break this cycle is super escalate. you have to go to a level that is quite uncomfortable for everybody in the region to include the president of the united states. it will take a lot of professional will for him to do it. what i mean you probably have to go after the leadership of the houthi. he is the spiritual leader and economic leader and military leader. you take him out things will change. that is the only way it will happen. do we have the capacity there to

do it? yes. the capability to do it? yes. with the eisenhower strike group and do we have the will to do it? i'm not sure we do. >> dana: in the region i imagine even if they didn't want to put their name on the list of helping, saudi and egypt know their economies are on the line and that's critically important as we saw with kelly's report about the cost of shipping. so i did think it was interesting that bahrain was willing to put its name on list. is there more support for the u.s. pushing back on the houthis than people might be willing to admit publicly? >> absolutely. dana, that little wall brief that you did there is very important. it illustrates why it is a shared interest of the united states, sunni arab states and israel to interrupt that iranian domination in that wider middle east region. as you said they don't want to come out and say that explicitly themselves but they want the u.s. to lead on that and they

will be supportive. i think what general kellogg just said we have to be prepared to do more. we always underestimate the costs of inaction. we worry about the escalation costs, but we don't realize by not acting it actually gets worse. >> bill: very interesting point there. general, i don't know what the calculation is now but you've got iran behind the scenes on all this stuff. i want to show you a graphic we made earlier today that shows iran's reach on behalf of its ballistic and cruise missiles. we haven't gone there. we might even be a long way from the scenario such as this. but you have to consider that hezbollah is on speed dial with iran and the middle east is still boiling with this war in gaza and if you ignite the northern border in israel, who knows which way it goes. you think about why netanyahu has gone after gaza the way it has. the place has been leveled. we can agree on that. years ago when beirut was

leveled they said we don't want a part of this ever again and what is the calculation on behalf of hezbollah and tehran to make a move that would essentially bring this wider war that blinken is flying all over the place to avoid it. that would lead us right into it if that were to happen. >> yeah. you know, bill, this is the hard calculation you have to make. that's the frustration i've got that it took us so long to get where we're at today. this is one of thieves you have to sit down and say how do you break the escalation ladder? sometimes you have to go after it hard and make a very hard decision. for example, when we went after soleimani, we made it very clear to the supreme court leader that he was next and they all backed off real fast. if you don't make that hardest calation and the decision to do that, this is just going to continue. it will be get worse. if it gets worse it spreads

throughout the entire theater and you have a major problem. i don't know where the allies will sit. you look now when they talk about the britts came in last night. they sent four aircrafts. they have aircraft carriers in england. they should be in the gulf with us as well. one of the questions when you raise the level of the games who will be with you? you have to break the cycle. we've waited so long it will have to be a hard break. >> dana: iran has devastated yemen. what they did to beirut they have done to yemen and who is next? >> that's exactly right. this iranian effort is very clear what they are trying to do. they are trying to go after israel and trying to go after western support for israel. trying to break any linkages between the saudis and sunni arabs with israel and that again is why we have to recognize what it is and go after it.

iranians have to feel some pain here directly. i think until they do that just as general kellogg was saying they will keep using these proxies relatively pain-free for iran. >> bill: gentlemen, thank you. ambassador and general, thank you for your time. we'll call on you again very soon. thanks. so the blow-out at 16,000 feet now leading to a lawsuit will be the first of many we'll find out on that. a scandal worthy of an emmy hitting espn. hm? you! your business bank account with quickbooks money, now earns 5% apy. 5% apy? that's new! yup, that's how you business differently. pain was keeping me off my game. and now i'm winning again. blue-emu is the powerful relief i need. shop our expanded family of products at major online retailers. so... - we're engaged! - we're engaged! congrats carol!

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>> bill: climate czar john kerry's office said to be costing taxpayers more than $4 million a year. we don't know what he is up to. gillian turner is looking at that today from the state department. what did you find out, gillian? good morning. >> good morning to you, bill. we're getting some pretty rare insight into the inner workings

of the climate czar, john k kerry's office. take a look at what we're learning . turns out his office pays staff $4.3 million in salaries each year. highest salary listed is $186,680 per year. median salary $170,000 per year. what's notably missing from the document are the names of any of his staffer. the titles of eight of his top aides and kerry's own salary. the state department tells us in deciding to withhold this information, they, quote, determine that the privacy interests clearly outweigh any public interest in disclosure of the personal information. consequently release would result in reasonably foreseeable harm. at a hearing in july kerry was hesitant to disclose the details pressed by congressional regulators . take a listen. >> i would love to know the

names of the individuals that actually answer to you. who are the ones that directly answer to you so we can know a little bit about your office? >> i'm not going to fill them in here in this way because that would be a violation of our process within the state department. i won't go through them by name. that is not the required process of the state department. >> kerry said in the same hearing that he reports directly to president biden despite being technically underneath secretary of state antony blinken. the boston herald found out the state department says they won't provide the full information being requested until october. that's nine months from now. one month before the election. >> bill: really interesting report, gillian. he is off the grid. now we need to figure out his airfare because that's up there, too. gillian turner, thank you, state department with that. thanks, dana. >> dana: a new scandal at espn. the network submitted fake names

to the academy so on-air talent could be given emmy awards that should have been to producers. this means everyone gets a trophy. >> it is so true. they wanted their talent to have an emmy and so they -- i don't know why they should have been able to allow them to put their talent on the list of producers. if they were doing a producer's job, if it was part of it. the rules say you can't have it. there are too many emmys. >> dana: absolutely. we don't worry about it. >> bill: espn said some members of the team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 and categories where they were not eligible for recognition. this was a misguided attempt to recognize individuals who were important members of our production team. if you were an anchor you knew

if your name was submitted as opposed to a statue showing up in your office. >> that's the thing. i got the trophy. thanks for the trophy. i didn't know i was part of this thing. like participation trophies. you don't want anybody to feel bad so you put in fake names but they would scrape the name off the name plate and put the anchor's name on there. at some point i'm not the brightest bulb but was i really in on this? did i earn this? i feel like it is not me, right? >> bill: i would. >> dana: it sort of happens some of these things, like on esg, actually, environmental, social -- your company gets a list for the best place to work and then you get this theory or culture for some reason you don't get on the list next year something is wrong with you. >> they've created -- when cable

came in, they have created the able ace awards so everybody could get a trophy. now it's like does it mean anything? >> bill: you are the business guy. big lawsuit against boeing. the door flies off at 16,000 feet. more to come? >> that has to be just the start. you have boeing in this. you have alaska which came out and gave those passengers $1500. rebooked flights. you have spirit aero systems as well. the guys who manufacture these parts. the first lawsuit is going to boeing. but it certainly can't stop there. we haven't teased out where in the chain the problem was. that's where the lawsuit will be. >> bill: ceo said we made mistakes. he is on record. >> they may not be the only ones. a lot of mistakes. spirit aero systems on strike last summer when boeing was trying to ramp up production.

the push to get more planes produced is where you could get problems. >> dana: thank you, tom. you don't get a trophy, though. >> bill: is taylor swift and travis kelce about to get engaged? rumors abound in today's hemmer celebrity news. swift and kelsey have been getting major buzz since they made the relationship public last year. he will pop the question at their one year anniversary this summer. the summer is still a long way away. >> dana: the reason is i need a win on my predictions. this is one of my predictions. >> bill: you went with the engagement. >> dana: i went with the wedding as well. she would sing a song she wrote to him at the wedding. >> bill: i went with the breakup. >> dana: straight to the top. thank you guys for being here. they say the truth is out there? is the intel committee sharing everything it should about ufos?

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>> bill: this is brand-new video in from the streets of yemen. we believe the capital city, one of the targets from last night. today is also a day of prayer, yemen several hours ahead of new york time. well into the day there. yet to be based on what we understand from the pentagon any response from the houthi rebels. will it stay that way? we don't know. that's the drama that we're wrapped up in right now. we showed you this 20 minutes ago on the streets of yemen right there. an iphone, all over the world capturing the image that we are capturing in return. that from the city, the capital city. two different locations in the video we took here. >> dana: you can feel for the people but iran has put everybody in this position. if you are going to strike at our troops and at our ships, you will have a response. that's the way it is. bipartisan push on capitol hill

tar guesting how the intel community shares info about ufos. chad pergram is on the hill with more. >> lawmakers want intelligence community inspector general to explain the unexplained in the closed door briefing. lawmakers demand answers about what people see in the skies, some were disappointed. >> i'm more concerned than i was going into the scif. i think they have a lot of questions that remain unanswered. >> this is mind blowing. uap whistleblower told a hearing last summer the government possessed non-human biologics. gop florida representative luna said he used a different term when speaking with her. >> it's very important to listen to the specific words that he uses. he never said extraterrestrial or alien. he said interdimensional. >> lawmakers accuse the

government of trying to keep congress in the dark. >> they send us bureaucrats who don't know on purpose. if i wanted to put any doubts at rest i'm sure there are people who can or cannot do it. those are the people offered up. >> lawmakers have written up a bill for pilots to report the sightings and the government needs to check it out. >> dana: i don't know. i don't believe it. >> bill: you head home and pack and i'll do the same and we'll await our fate. >> dana: today i will be on "the five", yes. special friday edition of the five. not special, i'll just be there. we'll make it special. it will be fun. we'll be live in iowa on sunday, monday, tuesday and we'll see what kind of warm weather gear we take there. everybody stay safe. have a great weekend. "the faulkner focus" is next and julie banderas is in for harris.