head home after the christmas holiday, and the delays in air travel. faith abubey from the world s busiest airport in atlanta. and rob marciano with the forecast. the u.s. retaliatory strikes overseas. shooting down houthi missiles and drones in the red sea. and hitting militant targets inside iraq, after three americans were hurt in an attack by an iran-backed paramilitary group. a top aide to benjamin netanyahu visits the white house, as the israeli prime minister lays out his preconditions for peace. the latest peace plan from egypt rejected by hamas. what that could mean for the hostages, as israel intensifies its operations in gaza. britt clennett reporting in israel tonight. ukraine destroys a russian warship in crimea. a dramatic blow to the kremlin s black sea fleet. former president trump takes his presidential immunity claims to an appeals court, asking the judges to throw out the election interference case against him. aaron katersky standing by. the econom
tonight on whether to demand a humanitarian pause in fighting between israel and hamas, but with representatives trying to come to an agreement on the exact wording of the resolution, it s been postponed at the very last minute to tomorrow. we ll talk to a spokesperson from the israeli government. could that pause in voting have something to do with the us defense secretary s visit to israel today? also tonight, the british oil giant bp and a number of key shipping companies have halted all shipments through the red sea after a rise in attacks on cargo ships by houthi militants in yemen. and stick around, later in the show we will take a close look at this yea r s forgotten conflict, the sudanese civil war. we will hear from our analysis editor ros atkins and the un s top expert on the conflict. good evening. a vote within the un security council which was supposed to take place tonight has been postponed. the negotiation will continue into tomorrow over a draught resolution
The US struck Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, destroying 7 anti-ship cruise missiles, one mobile anti-ship ballistic missile launcher and an attack drone.
we re back now with more on our breaking news this hour. the u.s. carrying out strikes against the iran-backed houthi militants in yemen. joining me now on these latest developments is the former defense secretary for donald trump, mark esper. secretary esper, thank you for joining us tonight. first, what do you make of this move by the u.s. tonight? look, i think it s a bold action by president biden. i think it s overdue, and based on what we ve seen so far, i think it s fairly comprehensive, and should go a long way to deterring the task of degrading their capability to continue conducting these attacks against commercial shipping in the red sea. there is a coalition part of this operation. is that significant? yeah, it s important that you multilateralize these things. i know during my time in office when we were squaring off against the iranians in the
that fund politicians pet projects. katie porter. focused on your challenges - from lowering housing costs to fighting climate change. shake up the senate - with democrat katie porter. we re following breaking i m katie porter and i approve this message. news tonight out the middle east or the united states and the united kingdom carrot at target strikes against iran aligned houthi militants in yemen. they have been a taken shipping corpse into red sea, one of the world s busiest waterways, and declaring the attacks are to protest its world military campaign and gaza. and estimate confirming the, attack president biden said the attacks have gone well beyond israel, affecting more than 50 nations and the crews front more than 20 countries have been threatened or taken hostage and acts of policy.