ford expedition. big with old gas does canler. rachel: like a good texas man. pete: for sure. let's go to our top stories. the u.s. launching a new round of retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed houthi rebellings in yemen oversight r -- rebels overnight. rachel: using tomahawk land attack missills. the latest strike comes just one day after the u.s. partnered with the u.k. to carry out dozens of strikes on houthi-controlled areas across yemen. will: the houthis, however, launched a ballistic missile towards the international shipping lanes. in total the houthis have now attacked 29 ships in the region over the last 2 months. let's bring in kt mcfarland, former deputy national security is adviser, to talk about this growing problem, kt, there in the red sea. >> yeah. and it's so frustrating to watch this because in the trump administration iran wasn't doing this through its proxies.