they continue to carry out attacks against commercial shipping in the red sea. that was a warning issued by the white house alongside 11 other conties. wolf, there was a sense this was imminent sthaz that statement was put out. a senior administration official saying there would not be another warning. we have seen several attempted attacks in the past few days and here we're seeing a response. the question now is what do the houthis do? what does iran do in reaction to tonight's strikes? we heard from a senior houthi leader just earlier today who said they would confront america and make it kneel down. i've been told by numerous u.s. officials that it is clear that iran's hand is clear in all of these operations and attacks that the houthis carry out. so of course there's a real concern over what iran will do here. i will tell you the u.s. officials don't think that iran necessarily wants to escalate