are staging a write in campaign while his long shock challengers, congressman dean phillips and author marion millions and, are stumping for votes ahead of the state unsanctioned state primary. a new mayoral poll shows how new hampshire voters see this presidential primary. it sees nikki haley fearing best among potential republican congresswoman stefanik is out campaigning for trump in manchester today. days after nbc news reports that she is a top contender for trump s vice presidential pick. trump will speak at a rally there tonight. meanwhile, some new hampshire voters are telling nbc s shaquille brewster that maybe the decision this year is turning up three more of a challenge than the anticipated. there is a lot on the table. i think in the past it has always been, well, we are clearly gonna vote for this person s, or we are clearly gonna vote for this person. but there is a lot on both sides this time around. it is a tougher decision, i think, and then most people
was intercepted carrying weapons to the houthis including shoulder-launched air to surface missiles. we see this as a war of necessity where we are trying to protect the people and their government. we see iran trying to promote disunity in yemen. so far, just saudi air power. is there any ground forces you have sent in to yemen? no. we have that as always an option. we are ready to do whatever it takes to protect the kingdom of saudi arabia and we will do so. at this stage we are dealing with the air campaign. but have you amassed troops along the border with yemen, tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, to move in if necessary? we have amassed troops along the southern border in order to protect our borders from any incursion into our territory by the houthis from the border of yemen. we are focused on the air campaign according to plan and we will look at what the next steps are when we get to that point. what are these other
interview. number two is he said they may send troops in to yemen if they can t solve it otherwise. we are looking at a full-out war in the arabian peninsula and he as much said if it gets bad enough and if we don t trust the administration s deal with iran we are going to get a nuke. we are going to defend ourselves. i really worry about saudi arabia. they are not going into yemen just for the practice. this is a serious, serious war that affects their stability and survival and frankly, we are not doing anything to help them right now. your reaction general? i disagree with bob a little bit. i did not hear him say they were about to send troops in. in fact i thought he hedged as much on that question he didn t rule it out. he said they will do whatever is necessary to achieve the objective which is to basically liberate yemen from these houthi rebels. he kept coming back to the air campaign repeatedly coming back to the air campaign saying we have forces defensively on the
damage on the houthis and on other yemeni groups during this air campaign. we expect to continue with this effort until we have destroyed their capabilities and by extension, destroyed the risk they pose. what is the role of iran in yemen right now? i m getting conflicting information about how significant that role might be. your analysis? well we don t look at this as sunni versus shia. we look at radical groups that operate outside legitimate government that are in control of ballistic missiles that represent a threat to yemen, yemen s people the kingdom of saudi arabia and the region. this is something we cannot tolerate. as far as their support from iran is concerned we know that iran has offered to work with the houthis, provided them with financial assistance, provided them with weapons. sometime not too long ago a ship
is it too early? this is what u.s. officials say. they say clearly it s having an impact. it is hitting targets, it is hitting targets associated with the houthi rebels these iran-backed rebels. it is not in the u.s. estimate stopped their advance or deterred them but it is having some effect on the ground. the big key question going forward is do the saudis move ground forces into yemen and on the other side do the houthis attempt to make an incursion into saudi territory. from the u.s. perspective, that has not happened yet but of course it s a very clear sign of how quickly what is today a yemen problem can very easily spread beyond the borders there. that s why so many countries, including the u.s. are watching this closely. jim sciutto, thanks very much. let s get some more on all of this. joining us the saudi ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, thanks very much for joining us. your air campaign is it making much of a difference so far? is it too early? absolut