attacks on vital shipping routes in the red sea. the houthis say they are acting in solidarity with palestinians in the israel-hamas war, and they are vowing a, quote, strong and effective response to u.s. air strikes. joining me now, congressman gregory meeks, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman meeks, as always, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. with these strikes, do you think the united states is already in a proxy war with iran? >> no. and thank you for having me jonathan. no, look, what we had was the houthis are being -- and iran, there's no indication that iran wants to get into or if the knighted states. but as the president has warned over and over again to houthi is not to get involved, not to escalate anything, otherwise they will feel the cost of it. and we had those 20 or so
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