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The region, including china, are more willing to assist and try to rein in north korea. >> errol, we wondered whether north korea might do something like launch a missile. there was a missile launch but it wasnt north korea. it was launched against one of our allies in the middle east, saudi arabia. president trump commented on it. he seemed to suggest that that shot was taken by iran. that was a quote. we understand that there is a proxy war going on here but that rhetoric, does it help with th...

More missiles on saudi arabia. this is the first ballistic missiles that almost reached the capital of saudi. almost 600 kilometers. yes, there is a major escalation and this will have tremendous implications on the situation in yemen itself because saudi arabia now feels extremely the urge to retaliate against the houthi movement that controls the government in sanaa. >> what we are seeing is the proxy war between saudi arabia and iran heat up essentially. >> i think youre absolutely correct. w...

Overnight. they are directly related, hes worried about his life and the influence of iran on lebanese affairs as well. and the bigger context of the crown prince, of course, hes 32 years old, he wants to take a very tough line against iran, hes choosing the battlefield of yemen which has become a humanitarian crisis. but instead of backing down, hes pushing ahead. we had an off the record briefing with him ten days ago at a major investment summit in riyadh and he made it very clear in that mee...

That proxy war between saudi arabia and iran continue to heat up essentially. >> i think youre absolutely correct. we are seeing now the reverberations of geostrategic rivalists throughout the middle east. what saudi arabia is trying to do, george, is to counterbalance the spread of iranian influence in the region. saudi arabia has become more muscular, more active, leading from the front as opposed from the behind, whether you talk about lebanon or iraq or yemen, my take on it is that the next ...

Range missile over the capitol city. the defense ministry says it fired this missile at saudi arabias king and this is at the international airport. the ministry said the mission of this p 0 ration was successful because the attack shook the saudi capital. the missile launch heightens sky high tensions between the two countries which are at war, even though the attack came from yemen, its considered a saudi arabia proxy war. the. ahead this hour, to acth asia with baggage. what president trump...

The ongoing conflict in afghanistan is sadly claimed another american life. a u.s. service member died today from wounds suffered during operations in loghar province. the coalition announced the death but didnt provide details. the military offered its deepest condolences to the service members family. it appears that saudi arabia is retall yagt for a missile fired at its capital city of riyadh. air strikes are targeting yemens capital of sanaa. the houthi rebels took credit for firing a miss...

Youre doing. so heres the balance. im never going to participate in an exercise where an authorization to use military force is a micromanagement of the commander in chiefs responsibilities by the congress. i will insist as the war expands and as the rules change to be more aggressive that congress is informed more often in more detail so we can exercise our constitutional authority whether or not we want to authorize this operation through the appropriations process. >> senator graham, is that ...

Where youve got aqap, al qaeda in the midst of the houthi -- its basically a war between saudi arabia and iran, proxy war, but in the middle of that there are radical extremists that want to hit the united states. so i like where theyre going and i think we will be better served if we get this system that senator mccains been demanding in place. >> what would you recommend that they do in this situation? >> number one, youll never convince me that president trump doesnt grieve when somebody fall...

Or not the threat exists. i think most americans want to do the following. with the threats to us and our allies, they want us to deal with it. they dont want another 9/11. we dont want the next 9/11 to come from niger. when you look at the number of forces on the ground in comparison to indigenous forces, pretty good return on investment. these are not massive deployments. i would like to know, are there 1,000 soldiers in niger? what are they doing? if we dont like what they would doing, we wou...

Communication of what general kelly was trying to explain to president trump. then correct that problem. quite frankly, i am ready to move on. i am so sorry these four men died in operations, but i will say this about the operations, and i cant give you the details. they died in the defense of america. this war is getting hot in places where it has been cool. weve got to go where the enemy takes us. >> the white house press secretary today said it was highly inappropriate to get in a debate with...