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Targets inside of yemen. now, the second consecutive day of strikes underlines the tense moment that we are in in the middle east as protesters use american, british and israeli flags as kindling. it is a moment that some here at home fear may metastasize into something far greater and far more dangerous, a war without end. now today, the white house sought to assure the world that this is a response designed to stop exactly that. >> we have no doubt that the targets chosen or targets that were ...

I think the coming days and maybe weeks will be very telling for how successful they were at the grading their capabilities. we saw the one attack today. will we see any large-scale attacks like weve seen in recent weeks, thats what were waiting to see happen here, alex. >> its a fluid situation, a kinetic situation in times of war are not quite war. courtney kube at the pentagon, thank you so much, very helpful. >> thanks. >> we have one more story for you tonight, fight over books and school l...

Capabilities. we saw the one attack today. will we see any large-scale attacks like weve seen in recent weeks, thats what were waiting to see happen here, alex. >> its a fluid situation, a kinetic situation in times of war are not quite war. courtney kube at the pentagon, thank you so much, very helpful. >> thanks. >> we have one more story for you tonight, fight over books and school libraries have now reached peak madness. well explain just ahead. in studies, the majority of people reached an ...

Embracing and promoting paranoid racist theories. >> laura: well, they flashed a picture of elon musk and myself up because both of us are raising this question. isnt it better to raise the question now than to try to figure it out after we lose a couple hundred people? >> precisely. precisely. and, you know, the other thing, laura, not only is it going to cost peoples lice, not only will this insanity kill people, but it also doesnt even achieve the goal they are going for. if what theyre going...

We have to leave that there, major general, but thank you so much forjoining us. well have to leave it there, major general, but thank you so much forjoining us. thank you, sumi, i appreciate it. live now to vice admiral kevin donegan. hes served in many roles for the us navy including deputy chief of naval operations and commander of the us fifth fleet. very good to have you on bbc news. i want to ask you, the last time the us launched strikes on the houthis, you were in charge of the fifth fle...

The u.s. not trying to go after all of it but trying to go after what they used to target international shipping. >> talking about yesterdays strikes oren leiberman, thanks very much. i want to go to nic robertson monitoring developments from tel aviv. what do you make of the houthi strikes and what their capabilities are? >> reporter: yeah, i think what we saw the houthis do today which was by striking a ship in the gulf, all the coalition forces there in the red sea past yemen, hang a left and...

Night. more than 150 precision guided bombs and missiles targeted more than 60 different targets last night. they really were aiming here to degrade the houthis capabilities to continue carrying out these attacks, and threatening the waterways in the southern red sea. alex, as you know, we have seen a real impact on global shipping, because of these threats, many major carriers are now rerouting their ships outside the red sea, going way out of their way around the southern coast of africa, addi...

Flurry of them, 30 strikes. now theyve come back around again. what does that tell you? >> it says a couple things. there was a missile launch earlier today, so they clearly didnt get all the houthi capabilities they were hoping to get in terms of demilitarizing. that did, in fact, happen. and now the u.s. conducted further missions. >> yeah. lets take a look at some. this is from last night, just the bombardment over the skies of yemen. but this is also what the red sea has been seeing over the...

After houthi leadership or facilities. the saudis waged a years long battle with the houthis. there certainly is a vast amount of capabilities that the houthis have , the u.s. not trying to go after all of it but what they use to target international shipping. >> thanks very much. nick, what do you make of these latest strikes? >> i think what we saw the houthis do today , we see them go south past yemen and hang a left and you are in the gulf, there. that is where they strike today. perhaps no ...

Forces or any kind of coalition forces to actually target? i mean do we know much about the -- the military capabilities of -- of the houthis? >> the houthis are one of the strongest non-state actors in the middle east. potentially, one of the strongest non-state actors in the world. sort of like a hezbollah and lebanon. thats not the lebanese government, but they are incredibly powerful. the houthis are not the internationally recognized government of yemen, and yet they are very powerful. the ...