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Diluted capacity to do what theyve been doing. lets go after their helicopters so they cant buerate the ships cruising in the red sea, lets go after their ability to launch over the horizon, their drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles. and then you end up with a formation of houthis with no capability, no hit to do anything what they want to try to do. we cant view this as a video game. we dont turn on, there are no consequences and its over and when we want it to be over. this is matter o...

Military vessels, freedom of navigation, but the disruption of the global economy where you have 12 to 15% of commercial trade going through the straits. look, i think it was the right thing to do. i think its going to, again, significantly degrade capability of the houthis for some point in time to come. well know more in the morning once we have the chance to do a battle damage assessment. but the question now will be how and when do they respond, and how does iran act? again, at the end of th...

Were killed by hamas terrorist attacks. lets not forget hezbollah. hezbollah is in the north of israel. this is a very sophisticated terror organization. its been reported there are sleeper cell agents from hezbollah in the united states. they have proxies around latin america. we remember attacks in argentina and many other places. we cannot forget the beirut attacks. hezbollah is a terror group that has long routes and long capability to attack and kill americans. 2 congressman, we know that t...

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 back now with more on our breaking news this hour. the u.s. carrying out strikes against the iran-backed houthi militants in yemen. joining me now on these latest developments is the former defense secretary for donald trump, mark esper. secretary esper, thank you for joining us tonight. first, what do you make of this move by the u.s. tonight? >> look, i think its a bold action by president biden. i think its overdue, and based on what weve seen so far, i think its fairly comprehensive, an...

What has been targeted? thank you very much _ what has been targeted? thank you very much for _ what has been targeted? thank you very much for having - what has been targeted? thank you very much for having me i what has been targeted? thank. you very much for having me and i think as barbara said there were some limited strikes and what the uk prime minister has signalled that this is some type of way to signal protection of these international shipping points that we do not yet know the effec...

These recent months that we have seen the u.s. directly targeting inside yemen. kim? >> significant,, thanks to paula hancocks in abu dhabi, appreciate that. houthi militants are lashing out against the u.s. and uk strikes, one senior leader issued a statement saying, we will confront, america make it kneel down and earn its -- all its bassist evan who cooperated with it no matter the cost. meanwhile saudi arabia is calling for restraint urging all parties to avoid escalation. joining me now fro...

I spoke with adam clements, former us army attache to yemen. great to have you in the studio to help us understand the story. firstly, we do not know that much yet about the targets that have been hit but from what you have heard and seen so far, what has been targeted? thank you very much for having me, and i think, as barbara said, there were some limited strikes and what the uk prime minister has signalled this is some type of way to signal protection of some of these international shipping p...

Degrade the capability of the houthis to attack maritime vessels vessels. but chris, as you know, escalation could be a very big concern here. we have not yet heard from iran. arounds response to all this, but we have already heard from the houthis who are promising payback. so the white house is trying to contain this conflict, preventing it from being a wider war. we dont have any indication on if there were any injuries in the strikes tonight, but, again, the president with a forceful stateme...

The constitution requires that if there is not an imminent threat of self-defense, that he has to come to congress and here we know, this has been going on since december. he assembled an entire international coalition. he certainly should have come to congress so we could discuss whether this put more american troops at risk. concerned about revaluation in iraq and whether it could draw us into a middle east war. i believe he did not follow the constitution. >> senator mitch mcconnell and other...