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Hear quickly what next? what happens if the houthis make good on this threat and they do hit some of our interest, they do hit some of our people somewhere else? they do strike somewhere on the border? now what are you going to do? now we have to escalate up even higher. now we are taking what is a problem in the red sea and could be drawing us into a war which god only knows where that could go. we do not need a new war. >> laura: nathan, right on queue, giving the last question, politico just ...

U.k. strikes. one senior leader issued a statement saying quote we will confront america, make it kneel down and burn its battleships and everyone who cooperates with it no matter the cost. the houthi called on the world to prepare for americas defeat and not to abandon the people of gaza. we are following all of this live from abu dhabi. do you expect a longer more broad campaign against the houthis? >> reporter: well, kim, everybody we are hearing from, from the u.s. side including the u.s. pr...

Air strikes. in just a few minutes ago, the british junior armed forces minister said that no more u.k. missions in the area are immediately planned. the strikes were in retaliation for a recent wave of houthi attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. the u.s. air force reports hitting more than 60 targets at 16 locations. one senior u.s. official says it is significant. russia is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. across the united states, millions are under thre...

Now, it was after these tuesdays attacks that president biden we are told convened his national security team and asked them to draw up a number of possible plans for retaliation. and that is what ultimately culminated in these air strikes, conducted by the u.s. and the u.k. with the support of a number of other nations. what one senior military official said, while it is not possible to say exactly what the damage was, that the damage to the houthi rebels and assets could be described as signif...

In favor. four abstaining including russia an china. it showed there was widespread support for the condemnation. and that also would have likely given u.s. officials some sense of legitimacy. that this is something that they could carry out. it wasnt just the u.s. and the u.k., carrying this out as well. there was support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands and the operation they have ongoing in the red sea to protect commercial vessels has many more countries signed into it. >>...

Commercial shipping in the red sea. western officials say the campaign involved british tornado fighters, jets and the u.s. tomahawk missiles. the airport hitting more than 60 houthi targets, missile and radar surveillance facilities. they launched 27 missile and drone attacks on red sea shipping lanes in re¢ months. more than 2,000 ships have been forced to reroute to avoid the vital water way. lloyd austin released a statement that read in part this action is intended to disrupt and degrade t...

Execute the strikes and we saw those play out late in the evening. the u.s. essentially carried out the warning that we have seen them threaten repeatedly. that if the houthi attacks on international shipping continues, the u.s. and the u.k. will be forced to act. where does this go for here as the houthis promise a response. and do the iranians essentially get into this and respond in their own fashion? those are the questions. mixed reactions. some democrats are criticizing note getting cong...

How will they respond? the potential here for escalation is very real. to target shipping in the red sea to send a message. remembering of course that after october 7th, they began by trying to target israel sending cruise missiles to israel. some of those were intercepted by the united states, by the u.k., also by saudi arabia, so, there are a number of different ways and places that the houthi can target back. they have had a long running war against saudi arabia that only just ended not so lo...

White house since a message of weakness abroad. tulsi, thank you. backt pe from the red elf fox ns correspondent peter doocy. peter, i know we heard from the commander-in-chief what is biden saying be a statement?ne >> he is saying a lot and all ou this information is brand-new. it was president bidens order. he says the aircraft used fromut the u.s. and the u.k., the coalition also had help fromther partners in australia, bahrain, canada, the netherlands. the president is also telling us someth...

Should be eliminated after we have been seeing the failure of- all of the strakes tbao deter te iranian-backed troops against iraq and elsewhere. has they have taken out they are boats but that will not do it. this has every chance to escalate at a high level becauso the houthis said if we attackan them on their territory they will start attacking american and american interest in the region so what is our plan for that? this is a potential strike thath could draw us into war.t i think the presi...