the u.s. striking three facilities in iraq used by iranian backed militants. carley: the act of retaliation comes after three u.s. service members were hurt in an attack on a base in northern iraq. griff: right now black smoke rising over gaza. the intense fighting comes after iran s president issuing a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed in syria. david spunt is live in washington with the latest tracking all of it for us. hey, david. hey, griff, hey everyone, one of our service members was injured critically. president biden ordered the strikes after u.s. forces came under attack by a drone. according to national security sources, the iranian-backed militia hezbollah and other affiliated groups under the umbrella of iranian backed militants claimed credit for this christmas day attack. the president was briefed by national security team yesterday at camp david. defense secretary lloyd austin saying in part let me be clear, the president and
intercepting multiple rockets, comes after iran s president issuing a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed in syria. trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. trey: good morning. overnight, according to u.s. central command, three strikes destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants. attacks in response to a drone strike against the irbil air base, three americans were injured, one critically, total number of attacks in the middle east to 103 since mid october. lloyd austin released a statement after the response saying let me be clear, the president and i will not hesitate to take action to protect the troops and we do not seek to escalate conflict, we are further prepared to take necessary measures to protect our people and facilities. after israeli forces were on high alert following an airstrike in syria that killed sayyed mousavi, the iranian president said it s an act of the zionist f
And detroit, where hes aiming to rally up support amongst black voters. Thats a key demographic and recent polling shows him losing ground to former President Trump. The big problem for him, trump expect today speak later on this afternoon at the n. R. A. Convention happening in dallas. A very busy weekend it isment welcome to fox news live, im aishah hasnie. Good afternoon to you, griff. Griff and President Biden will deliver the Commencement Address at morehouse college. And Lucas Tomlinson kicks it off at the white house on latest on the president s plans. Hey, lucas. Thats right, President Biden just took off aboard Air Force One for georgia. A critical swing state in the 2024 elections, a state he lost in 2016, but won narrowly at 2020. And he took the motorcade over there and the president did speak yesterday at the africanamerican museum in washington. My predecessor and extreme Maga Friendsing going after diversity, equity and inclusion across america. They wants it for some no
Bottom line, what does it mean . This is old business and closing old accounts and like biden picked up obamas dropped clipboard because zawahiri was right he was ben ladens solid number two and then game number one and hes back burner business and this is also telling the taliban, hey, why was this guy living in kabul with family in an apartment . You said this wouldnt happen. All we had to do was leave disastrously and you said this wouldnt happen. He was killed the strike was in kabul. Not like way out in bora bora for that matter and he was living with the knowledge of the taliban. Kennedy did he move there in the last year since the disastrous exit . He was probably settling in as the last c17 was leaving and almost literally the video of them reentering from pakistan, you know, went viral on telegram almost instantly, you know, from the second the last c17 pulled its gear up. They were already there. Kennedy so what does it mean for alqaida . The president said last year theyre g
nowhere near the whole story. i d love to see us get to the bottom of this but if elon exposes what happened at twitter, it would go a long way towards telling americans what happened at the rest of the social media companies. will: fox & friends reached out to twitter to confirm if they ll release this information. we ve not heard back. karol markowicz, so great to talk to you this morning. tha thank you, will. will: jeb bush is putting out a nationwide call for focus on learning. cory deangeles said school choice could help put kids back on track and he explains coming up. will: coming up next, best christmas presents you can give right here made in the usa. rachel: former bush put us