we saw them just on tuesday launch 21 drones and missiles that were intercepted by u.s. and u.k. destroyers and aircraft. so you see over the course of the last 48, 72 hours a potential major escalation in the red sea, in the southern red sea. again, the u.s. new carrying out strikes in yemen using fighter jets as well as tomahawk missiles against houthi targets. they had warned this was a possibility, and wolf, we are very much seeing that possibility play out as we speak. >> this war could be expanding big time right now. m.j. lee, you're over at the white house for us. has the white house said anything about this latest development? >> wolf, the white house has not officially commented yet, but i think it's worth noting how significant this action is given that the u.s. had very much hoped that things would not devolve to this point. this has been a huge priority for the administration to essentially try to keep things in the middle east contained and not have a broader regional conflict given the existing volatility in the region.
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