right now. out front next the breaking news, a u.s. flag in flames as massive protests break out in iran following u.s.-led air strikes in yemen. and tonight biden threatened more strikes to come. plus a cnn investigation tonight. gaza hospitals on the edge of collapse. a top target for israel, which says hamas is using some as command centers. so tonight we have an in-depth look what is actually happening inside those hospitals. it is a special report you will see first here out front. and just in tonight, ron desantis going straight to south carolina after iowa even though new hampshire comes first. he ll be in both on the same day. is it a smart move? john king is here with me at the magic wall. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett on this friday. out front tonight the breaking news, protesters burning the american flag on the streets of iran. you can hear them chanting, saying an attack on yemen equals war. these images coming out of tehran tonight c
for imminent self-defense. if one of our ships or even if a navy vessel was being attacked, but he can t take retaliatory actions for future direction without coming to congress. and i other thing i would say is have they talked to our gulf allies. i just talked today the saudi ambassador this morning. she ll tell you the saudi bombing campaign of the houthis was not successful and that the biggest thing we need to do to de-escalate and opening the shipping lines in the red sea is to have an end to the conflict in gaza, and that s what you would hearm uae as well. so i m not sure they re consulting with the gulf allies. and today we see shipping is more restricted in the red sea. the price of oil is going up. so i don t see what we re achieving. they did have one middle eastern country bahrain, home of the fifth fleet. when you say they should have instead of spending that time over the past month talking to