have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
baier, breaking tonight the conflict in the middle east escalates across the region. israeli forces are expanding the war zone, threatening more targeted attacks amid international pressure for a ceasefire. u.s. officials are asking prime minister benjamin netanyahu to deescalate in gaza, as the administration says, it s ramping up pressure on iranian backed groups. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram looks at the u.s. response to a drone attack that left three service members injured in northern iraq but we begin with trey yingst live from tel aviv. good evening trey. reporter: bret good evening. there is concern tonight about the possibility of a broader conflict with iran and its proxies as the war in gaza rages on. israeli forces in northern israel are on high alert as attacks from the lebanese militant group hezbollah continue. today a church took a direct hit from an anti tank guided missile injuring one civilian. when israelis troops arrived to evacuate th
head home after the christmas holiday, and the delays in air travel. faith abubey from the world s busiest airport in atlanta. and rob marciano with the forecast. the u.s. retaliatory strikes overseas. shooting down houthi missiles and drones in the red sea. and hitting militant targets inside iraq, after three americans were hurt in an attack by an iran-backed paramilitary group. a top aide to benjamin netanyahu visits the white house, as the israeli prime minister lays out his preconditions for peace. the latest peace plan from egypt rejected by hamas. what that could mean for the hostages, as israel intensifies its operations in gaza. britt clennett reporting in israel tonight. ukraine destroys a russian warship in crimea. a dramatic blow to the kremlin s black sea fleet. former president trump takes his presidential immunity claims to an appeals court, asking the judges to throw out the election interference case against him. aaron katersky standing by. the econom
officials say there is no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a war cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing to end it soon. also tonight, does he think it is festive or something? the former president aired his grievances, makes a list, and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it. plus, alexei navalny missing and feared that in russia s. prison system, he resurfaces. bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and good cheer, from one of the coldldest cornes of the modern-day . good evening everyone, john berman here for anderson, we begin with he was officials. trying to steer israel towards. a new lesson tense of less. destructive phase of its. campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of those officials in washington to night meeting with secretary of state anthony blinken and national security adviser jake sullivan. we re going to have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minu
erin burnett out front starts right now. the michigan supreme court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. that s not stopping challenges in other states. i will speak with someone at the center of it all. biden s border problem. the president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexico s president. will it change anything at the border? before and after satellite images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. let s go out front. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. donald trump with a win in michigan where the state supreme court rejected a bid to remove him from the primary ballot. trump quick to hail that on social media today. the fight is really just beginning. michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the primary ballot. similar efforts continue in a number of other states. a ruling in maine is expected any day now. trump is actually now demanding that maine s democratic secretary of state, who w