Just days after Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned that further action would be taken if attacks persist, British and American forces retaliated by raining bombs on Houthi military facilities.
The formation of the new Presidential Leadership Council is a remarkable revival of Yemen's General People's Congress (GPC) and a prologue to ending fighting in Yemen's south. This could throw the Houthis into confusion in the months to come.
Analysis: The recently formed council marks a renewed determination to bring an end to the prolonged civil war, but experiences from the past make it hard to predict whether peace will prevail.
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. substituting tonight, kate snow. good evening. three days to go until florida republicans have their say and while it is not officially a two-man race, it sure feels that way in the sunshine state. mitt romney and newt gingrich spent the day crisscrossing florida trading sharp attacks. meantime, ron paul ditched the sunshine for a snowstorm up in maine today looking ahead to that state s caucus vote next weekend. and rick santorum went back to washington, d.c. to raise some much-needed campaign cash. our political team is in place tonight. let s begin in panama city, florida. peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign. peter? reporter: kate, good evening to you. the campaign officials believe what the campaign is doing is working. they say the candidate has a renewed focus after his loss in south carolina. and has done a better job being more aggressive, consistently against newt gingrich and emphasizing their belief