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are seeing it on the ravel in the air via selective airstrikes of that go back to israel's really incredible dog unit they've been all over gaza for last six months that is israel's joint tactical controller unit and these are the guys who can get on the ground a tier one asset trays they can infiltrate into enemy territory commander level reconnaissance capabilities they will work in tandem with f-18's and f. 35's would not be surprised if they were working with those of 35 to take down those 350 plus missiles and drones that were fired into israel and those assets can infiltrate enemy territory undetected to be able to work with those missiles to get really high end it selectivity from where those shots will go it's a very important piece of israel's air force hand their incredible so i wouldn't be surprised if those operatives are spangled and
peter doocy. this just broke.g what are you hearing tonight?th speak with the first word of this is coming from the team ata the pentagon. they are saying a dozen locations with em and have beena combination of surface and air basically weapons. that means some sort of missile and then aircraft, we are told m if i can just look at my email once i can because this is all coming in. it would be f-18 uss eisenhower used in the strikes. it comes after a couple of days of johuncin kirby who works at o national security council at the white house coming to the microphone in the briefing room to say that the houthis neededod to stop doing what they were doing, which was jeopardizing d innocent lives of americand military and commercial enterests that are in th red sea. the houthis launching this s one-way drone up the coast over the red sea and it's been doing
the president tonight clearly trying to contain what is now an escalating regional conflict. it is exactly what many had feared, as the worst outcome, as we are now nearly 100 days since hamas attacked israel. cbs's charlie d'agata reports tonight from tel aviv. >> reporter: repeated ultimatums gave way to a military action overnight, as f-18 fighter jets and support aircraft led the way in a bombing campaign against iranian-backed houthi militants, including the use of u.s. warships and a submarine. british typhoon fighters took off from bases in cyprus, covering a distance so long, they needed refueling aircraft. cockpit footage is set to show air strikes aimed at degrading houthi capabilities and weapons stocks. u.s. military officials say more than 150 precision-guided munitions struck over 60 targets at nearly 30 locations,
yemen after some two decades of brutal fighting. a war that has lifted hundreds of thousands of deaths. what the u.n. says is the worst humanitarian crisis and the world. >> today, a huge demonstration and yemen's biggest city protests in the u.s. says, the capital city there, the attack. leading to condemnation from many countries and the middle east. president biden is warning for their actions could follow. let's go to the pentagon where we have samantha bertrand. we are learning more about how this attack was carried out. what can you tell us? >> this was a large, multi faceted attack carried out by the u.s. and uk. the u.s. actually used about 20 to fix bring fighter aircraft, including f-18 fighter aircraft that launch from the eisenhower strike. the eisenhower aircraft carrier that is currently in the red sea. they launched 80 missiles against targets across yemen that are controlled by the houthis, including command and
defense secretary's absence last week. they didn't know it was cancer surgery until yesterday. >> nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer this morning and the president was informed immediately after we were. >> of course, accountability has always been the hallmark of military service. critics are wondering why the general command under tyisha did not take calls before he went under the knife. yesterday iran's proxy forces in yemen launched largest drone and missile attack in the red sea to date. it took three u.s. warships and a british destroyer to shoot down 21 drones and missiles and for only the third time in history, f-18 super hornets scored air-to-air kills. back at the pentagon the officials admit they botched this issue with austin. >> i think, again, we recognize the need to be better, when it comes to transparency.
british destroyer to shoot down 21 drones and missiles. and for only the third time in history, f-18 super hornets scored air-to-air kills. back to the pentagon, officials admit they botched this issue with austin. >> i think, again, we recognize the need to be better when it comes to transparency. and as a senior dod public affairs official. i will work very hard with our senior staff to make sure that we're doing due diligence and meeting the standard that the public expects and has communicated very loudly throughout this process. >> white house says it's launching a review for cabinet protocols and the chairman of the house armed services committee has launched an investigation himself. guys? >> lucas, the review that they are doing review was ordered by the chief of staff kelly
sinking three houthi boats on december 31st that ended up killing all of the militants that were in that boat. you kind of see this cycle of escalation picking pup what we know is that three u.s. destroyers responded to this barrage of missile and drone attacks by the houthis overnight, as well as a uk destroyer, just a really significant response here, shooting down 21 missiles and drones launched by the houthis from yemen. we saw f-18 fighter jets from the eisenhower aircraft carrier in the red sea also participated in the shoot down of the barrage of missiles and drones. an escalation like this raises questions about whether the u.s. is going to respond in a more meaningful way, perhaps a preemptive way, against the houthis in yemen. we kind of see hints of that in a statement released from central command last night discussing this houthi attack. they said that the u.s. as well as 14 countries issued a joint statement on january 3rd saying the houthis will bear the
one of the largest attacks on cargo and the red sea. secretary of state antony blinken was in the region warns "there will be consequences." cbs's charlie d'agata reports from israel near the red sea. >> reporter: tonight, new images show the moment a british warship fired its air defense system at incoming attack drones in the red sea. three u.s. destroyers took part in repelling a barrage of drones and missiles. in addition to f-18 fighter jets taking flight from the deck of the uss dwight d. eisenhower, aircraft carrier. the u.s. military central command describes a complex attack launched by iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen involving 18 drones, two cruise missiles, and one antiship ballistic missile. it is one of the largest of more than two dozen attacks on vital shipping lanes in the red sea since november 19th, when houthi commandos brazenly boarded the galaxy leader cargo ship.
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