good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
this show there have been multiple attacks, 28-some attacks on shipping lanes from houthi rebels. massive attack on tuesday that the u.s. and u.k. had to repel. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff talked to his british counterpart yesterday. and now some 24 hours later we have got news of these attacks. we re still trying to figure out how many targets, what kind of targets, but we do know joint u.s.-u.k. attacks on houthi targets in yemen, either ongoing right now or just finishing up. bret? bret: yeah. both u.s. military and british military beginning these bombings sites inside yemen, massive retaliatory strikes is how it s being described by both nations. now, this is after these red sea strikes. also more than 130 strikes on u.s. troops throughout the region. not only from the houthis but other iranian backed proxies. that s right, bret. this is all iran behind things here. you have the iranians backing