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Lanes are remain open and safe. i think there was some misreporting an confusion on this i want to be very clear. i know they spoke to it too but the purpose is not to do anything in terms of those iranian ships. >> today marie harf former boss jen psaki at the white house was asked about the remarks. her answer didnt provide much clarification. >> we always have contingency plans. that is what the united states does. we have the best military in the world but we also dont get ahead of predictin...

Youre saying that the administrations own assessments has said for years that they have a three-month breakout time right now? >> well, what they have seasassessed is the iranians have the capability to produce it. and probably a lot of experts would say its less time than that before the deal. but when obama was describing what he would call a breakout time which at the time he meant, how long it would take for the iranians to build an actual weapon, he said they were more than a year off. rece...

Shep. >> very dangerous indeed. trace gallagher, live thanks. fox urgent now, remember day before yesterday, the war was on in yemen, the saudi arabian jets were there, they were bombing american ships were on the way. then all the sudden saudi arabia said nope that parts over. were going to negotiate now. brand new and just into fox news channel, the war is back on just moments ago. the saudi said they will continue to use force to stop the iran-backed rebels known as the houthis. this comes ...

Weapon, he said they were more than a year off. recently, they declassified this estimate of two to three months as a way of sort of showing the urgency and the need for the deal saying without this deal, two to three months away, if you give us this deal we support the deal, therell be a year or more away. >> all right. nancy, i have one question for you, so we have the iranians fighting a proxy war against rally through hezbollah and supporting other groups like hamas. you have yemen and other...

Country. the air assault coupled with a block aid was meant to stun the rebels who forced the yemeni government to exile. the houthis took to social media pleading for an end to hostilities. >> we call for the complease cessation of the brutal aggression on yemen, the resumption of political dialogue under the auspices of the united nations. the crisis has been heightened by the presence of iranian and u.s. warships in the region. sparking new fears of a proxy war between nations in the midst of...

The iranians are supplying weapons and other forms of support to the houthis in yemen. thats the kind of support that will only contribute to greater violence in that country. >> reporter: the violence has rattled americas gulf allies including neighbor united arab emirates whose crown prince met monday with president obama in the oval office. theyre concerned about the advancing rebels who last year ousted yemens president, one of the top u.s. counter-terrorism partners in the middle east. the ...

Weapons to come into the fight, hopefully were sending a pretty strong signal that ultimately the best path forward here is talking and diplomacy rather than escalation of this proxy war. >> but its not without risk. >> this is really now a game of chicken. will the iranians in effect continue their arms flow. will they try to break this blockade. and will in effect the united states carry out its threats? >> reporter: a military show of force aimed at restoring peace in yemen. >> steve clemens,...

At irans support have the countrys pro-american government on the run and have for quite some time. the navys mission seemed to mark a major escalation in the proxy war between iran and saudi arabia with the united states supporting the saudis. now, this is kind of what appears to be a sort of pause in this proxy war. like maybe the proxy war was getting too big so we sent over the big guns, aircraft carriers. of course, the pentagon says, were just repositioning. this is very routine of a thing...

Just a reminder for everyone the houthi the rebel group that forced out the yemeni president, a president and government, by the way, backed by the united states saudi arabia, and the uae, united arab emirates. these houthi rebels have an ally as well, iran. meaning the situation in yemen is quickly becoming this proxy war among these top powers in the mideast. the timing of all of this here has the u.s. walking a diplomatic tightrope as fragile nuclear talks resume. joining me retired navy comm...

Without any limitations. so as iran threatens to enrich whatever it wants, the talks will resume in vienna this coming week. the white house insists the president will only accept a deal with phased sanctions. as mr. terkerry presumably follows the presidents orders skeptics say thats not a creative way of just saying uncle. >> eric thank you very much. more now with congressman thornberry. all of this going on at a time that the situation in yemen is deteriorating as the americans are on the si...