Marked a rapid escalation marked a rapid escalation of this conflict. Of this conflict. Israel says its air strikes in yemen, targeting power plants and the port of hodeidah, were their response to missile attacks by the iranian backed houthis. The houthi run health ministry says at least 4 people were killed and 29 wounded. Translation: we have no interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. the 2024 election is heating up as we mark one year until voters cast their ballots in the race for president. a fresh set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show troubling signs for president biden at this stage in the campaign. hypothetical matchups in four key swing states show trump taking the lead. but it s not all good news for the former president. in just 14 hours, trump is expected to take the stands in a trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this comes on top of the 91 criminal charges he s facing in other cases. meantime, president biden is facing growing pressure here at home. this was the scene at the white house last night, some of the gates covered with handprints after a pro-palestinian rally. over in the middle east, u.s. secretary of state tony blinken is in turkey for another key diplomatic meeting. earlier today, he made
can you give us a sense, what led to this decision to, again, postpone any crackdown? well, the word of the day is clearly within the egyptian government that there are some divisions about how to proceed forward. what we ve learned over the course of the last 24 hours is there are those within the egyptian government who have expressed grave reservations about going forward with this type of operation to break up these types of forces using security forces. it would obviously lead to a lot of bloodshed and that is not something egypt can withstand. as a result of this, it seems the egyptian cabinet has been divided on how to proceed. already, it has voted to give the minister of interior authority to break this protest up. some notable figures are reportedly very concerned about what that would do to egypt s domestic political scene. one of the country s most senior