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Oren, i understand theres a statement youve gotten. >> reporter: weve just gotten a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin who is worth noting does remain in the hospital at this point after being admitted on january 1st. but nevertheless in the statement he released just a short time ago he says, and this echoes language we heard from president joe biden. todays coalition action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will bear further costs if they do not end their illegal attack...

Unacceptable to the international community to continue to conduct these reckless, dangerous, and illegal attacks against commercial shipping and mariners that are transiting this vital urt waterway. >> key forces at play in this dach. >> well let our international partners of course talk to their own rule. for the united states we had multiple capabilities involved in this to include u.s. navy and u.s. air force aircraft, u.s. navy ships and submarines, subsurface capabilities all participating...

The US and British militaries launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday night in a formidable show of force, but Middle East analysts have warned they may face a protracted fight from a determined opponent.

Statement made by the houthis. we dont have confirmation that this actually occurred. thats something that would pretty easily be monitored i would imagine by u.s. authorities. if u.s. authorities are in the midst of a strike against the houthis, i would imagine they are looking very carefully at what is being lit up in various areas controlled by the houthis. >> sure. and were also doing our damage assessment after the strike. and obviously the warships have got all of their raiders on alert. y...

Were going to have to re-establish our positions to be able to block and prevent, and where required attack those capabilities. this is much like what we have seen in ukraine. and we are going to face some of the same problems in the south china sea and with north korea. these people are all connected in watching how america deals with problems overseas and then attacking them. and remember that we are deterred and have lost the initiative in ukraine largely because of mr. putins statements abou...

Next time got to be bigger, got to be boulder strike, got to be more comprehensive strike, got to take away not their will but their capabilities to interfere with the shipping. thats the real goal here. you know, weve apologized for two months saying that we dont want escalation. we dont want escalation. weve said that enough. when it comes to it and you have to use military force, you have to use it effectively, and that means getting the escalation dominance. so we cut off their ability. and ...

Position some to be out at walter reed at this point in time. >> and on the prospect here of a broader conflict in the middle east, thats looming over all of this. how does this move tonight bring the united states closer to a potential broader war, that frankly, they dont want? >> well, look, on one hand, its an escalation because weve conducted what strikes against 12 targets, using surface, subsurface and air capabilities. we did so with our allies. all thats good. so its a significant increa...

More than a dozen of them because of the attacks by houthi forces since late november against commercial shipping in the red sea. this is the red sea right here. it is a critical waterway that sees some 15% of the global shipping trade passed through it. so there were more than a dozen, strikes mostly in the western part of houthi controlled yemen in and around the capital here on the, coast that up here in -- we saw this video of the night sky glowing after these strikes. in a moment you will s...

From it. this targets the capabilities and tries to degrade the capabilities they have used to attack international shipping lanes over the course of the past several weeks and months, anderson. >> and oren, talk about the coalition that the u.s. has -- has involved in this. >> reporter: this is quite interesting. the u.s. and the u.k. from what we understand took part in the kinetic part of this operation in terms of firing the missiles and carrying out the strikes. but they were backed by a nu...

Yemenis, yemen hazard deep standing narrative sincerely 2000 when the united states also conducted their attacks against al qaeda. so i think the houthis will definitely seize on this narrative. what are their _ seize on this narrative. what are their capabilities - seize on this narrative. what are their capabilities in? - seize on this narrative. what are their capabilities in? ourj are their capabilities in? our understanding is that the us and uk led coalition have been trying to hit these t...