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Transcripts for CNN CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip 20240604 07:32:00

so those targets, and the southwest of the western port city of along the border are close to the border with saudi arabia in a town of and also around the capital, those targets there and radar sites and ballistic missile launch and storage sites, cruise missile launch and storage sites, drone launch and storage sites, those are intended as the coalition says, as the united states says to send a message. they are intended to degrade the houthis ability to target shipping in the red sea. already, the houthis are saying they are going to respond against you as interest. it was uk typhoon fighter jets that targeted two different sites. it was the united states missiles, and fighter aircraft and it is not quite clear how ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip 20240604 07:05:00

So that was really the tipping point for the u.s. s point of view, then on wednesday you had at the united nations security council resolution condemning what the houthis were doing in the red sea, also calling on them to immediately stop their operations. now that had 11 votes in, favor and four abstentions including russia and china. that is really the best of the u.s. could have hope for from the u.s. and china. so, it shows there was strong support for this issue and security council resolution, again adding more legitimacy in the eyes of the united states for what they were going to do. but there has been hesitancy at striking houthi targets inside yemen. they have certainly in recent days and, weeks men carrying out of operations they say in self-defense, protecting commercial vessels in the red sea and trying to shoot down any drone and missile attacks. this is the first time during ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip 20240604 07:08:00

Between israel and hamas on october the 7th. 27 attacks against international shipping, and increasingly over recent weeks, those attacks have not been focused on is really related targets, that s just general shipping including u.s. related vessels. so this was more an attempt by the houthis sponsored by iran to interrupt and disrupt international shipping and the key waterway. and that had to be responded, to particularly when the houthis and iran refused to respond to the u.s. delivered diplomatic warning that was some days back. they could carry on the attack. so i think the u.s. and uk, and these nations that supported the u.s. and uk in the strikes did the right thing. so, more they have promised to respond, and what form do you expect that to take? ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip 20240604 07:01:00

Here on cnn newsroom. i m kim brunhuber. we are following breaking news. the first strikes by the u.s. and uk against houthi fighters in yemen. the coalition strikes are a direct response to the surge of attacks by the iran-backed houthi rebels on commercial vessels in the red sea. now we are hearing coalition forces hit more than 60 targets at 16 houthi locations across yemen. senior u.s. military officials, says it is not clear what percentage of who the acetate been destroyed, he says the amount was significant. now these new images show smoke hanging over the sideline in western yemeni port city as the sun starts to rise. the pentagon press secretary says the surgical strikes are meant to degrade and destroy capabilities. we have conducted this significant multi nation operation in order to send a clear message to the houthis, that the kinds of attacks they have been conducting since november 1927, as of today, ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip 20240604 07:03:00

Now as they have said overnight, at the middle east, they didn t target some 60 targets. they said they are trying to degrade the ability of these rebels to be able to target commercial vessels in the red sea, and also to try and target u.s. and uk assets that are patrolling the red sea at this point. now we have heard from the houthi side, as, well they have said there will be repercussions. we heard on thursday, the leader see if these u.s. attacks took place, then there would be repercussions. a spokesperson since the attack is happening saying, they were wrong if they thought they would eat her image from supporting palestine, and gaza. so they have already said there will be some kind of retaliation. we don t know what form that could come, in because at this point we have heard from the u.s. side that they believe they have significantly degraded the abilities of the houthi rebels to strike back. they don t have exactly details ....

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