october. the u.s. has been warning these in rain-backed cooties that it would hit back after 27 attacks on international shipping in the red sea since november. in fact, just on tuesday, the u.s. navy had to shoot down 21 houthi missiles and drones that were fired from yemen. those houthi missiles, by the way, are provided by iran. now the houthis seder strikes on ships are retaliation for israeli in gaza, but a coalitio, including the u.s. and the u.k., they say these commercial vessels have nothing to do with the conflict, and it isn't just the houthis that have been targeting commerce in the regio. just today, a greek oil tanker that was on its way to turkey was seized by iran in the gulf of oman. an incident like this are fueling fears, norah, that this conflict could escalate and eventually draw the u.s. into direct confrontation with iran. >> norah: all right, nancy cordes with that breaking news out of the