capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the wor
before those strikes took place, the boss of maersk, one of the world s biggest shipping companies, spoke to the bbc to warn of significant disruption to global supply chains because of the houthi attacks. maersk, like other shipping operators, is re routing its vessels away from the red sea and suez canal. instead they are taking the long way round , from asia to europe, and around the cape of good hope. that s an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two week s sailing, adding as much as $1 million per ship, in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc that these extra costs are already being passed onto consumers. this assessment of the most important oddities of global trade and to rewrote all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into normal. you need to see a stronger mobilisatio
This is americas late news, fox news at night speed to breaking tonight that anti israel anti American Anti Police Demonstrations are continuing at Columbia University and across the east coast with protesters acting much bolder even saying the quiet part out loud. Trace so far more than 100 students have been arrested nine google employees were also taken away in handcuffs and 28 were fired after storming the companys offices and holding an anti israel said in. Google ceo summed it up by saying this is a place of business. Maybe the nation is finally signalling enough is enough. Here in new york protesters at Columbia University are vowing to hold the line, descending on a campus lawn once again unfazed by thursdays mass arrest at a declared to gaza solidarity encampment. Today demonstrators including activist. Marched to the University Chanting with signs and flags. Watch. While the University Officially dismantled the encampment, students remain in the quote Liberated Zone are calli
are we closer than ever to a bigger war? we ve been in a broader regional war for a long time. october 7th just underscored the point. the biden administration by attempting to restart the iran nuclear deal, take sanctions i think ignore the fact that this war has been going on. some call it a shadow war, others call it a twilight war. iran s attempt to destabilize israel by using proxies in lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen, this is not new. this has been a wider war for a long time. if you just think about this year, the fact that the houthi s have attempted drone and rent drone a missile strikes against iran. what they have succeeded is that the wider conflict of disrupting global trade in the red sea. trace: that s what