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i m bret baier. president biden promised a responded to the deadly drone strike that killed three american soldiers in jordan. he promised that would happen at the time and place of his choosing the time was today just after he attended the dignified return of those bodies at dover air force base. the place syria and and iraq, tied to iranian proxy. iran was not a direct target tonight, likely won t be. but senior defense officials tell fox this is just the beginning of a series of strikes. we have fox team coverage. rich edson is at the white house looking at the presidents day and new reaction just out from the white house. mike tobin in tel aviv with what s going on in israel and reaction from the region. and retired general jack keane here in washington has his strategic analysis of these strikes. but we begin with chief national correspondent jennifer griffin. security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. will. we are told the u.s. aircraft involved i ....
command in chief receive the bodies of the three killed in jordan. i m sandra smith here in new york. john: sad moment in american history. this is america reports . deadly attack happened last saturday in jordan and the u.s. has pinned it on iranian-backed proxies but yet to take any sort of action in response and critics say the delay may be giving the militia groups time to prepare for a strike and protect. sandra: rich edson is live at the white house as we await the transfer. do we know what the response will look like? we know it s coming and will have several layers but the specifics beyond that are very unclear, that s what senior officials are saying, an umbrella group of iran-backed militias in the regions killed the three. few other details about the strike. since mid october, attacked u.s. positions more than 160 times, mostly in iraq and syria. the u.s. struck the groups several times. lloyd austin says the pentagon has planned for a more substantial ....
east and of course it s absolutely right, but there is another part of that and the other part is another part of that and the other parties the us policy on israel and gaza has been to continue to provide a diplomatic and political shield to israel s action in gaza, despite the fact that over a long period of time we ve seen that very, very severely escalating number of civilian deaths, civilians being killed by israeli action in gaza. that has angered the arab and muslim world and created therefore the political space for these militias allied to iran, not necessarily under their direct day to day control, to use that moment to try and build their base of popular support by attacking israel s allies in the region, namely the us and others, and so these two things have become entirely connected and one of the objectives will be from the sort of tehran world view is if the us interests are being attacked in the region, firstly that fulfils one long term objective which ....
and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day ba ....