america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehran s many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? it s a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after we ve seen 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an area like the red sea that sees 15% of the world s commerce roll through it. last night what you saw was the united states in a coalition take action against the houthis that have launched repeated strikes against the international flow of commerce that we see on a daily basis. dana: team coverage, former centcom spokesman on the military challenges and mike tobin on how all this is impacting oil
from iphone camera half aworld away. the assault in yemen stoking fears of a wider middle east war pending the response that we await still at this hour. a big morning, big day. see what happens throughout the day. let s start here at 9:00 in new york. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home and. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. some people wondered if the biden administration would ever be willing to do. the u.s. carried out strikes in coordination with the united kingdom scorching more than 60 houthi targets. bill: part of tehran s response to the israeli war on hamas. according to general jack keane earlier today he says it is time to go after iran directly. the center of gravity for the aggression in the middle east that we re experiencing is iran. we have said this time and time and time again. and to deter the proxies themselves by hitting them will not be sufficient. we have got to go after iran. dana: all this unfolding while the head of
attacked indiscriminately by these houthi rebels, that we need to take action. last night we did that. dana: pentagon defending the decision to strike the iranian backed houthis in yemen. overnight assault hitting more than 60 targets. deputy pentagon press secretary sabrina singh. this is a houthi official saying this is a brutal aggression. they will undoubtedly pay a price and we won t waiver in our stance to support the palestinian people regardless of the cost and the other thing is that the leader of the houthis said the response will be greater than the attack that was carried out. i have a feeling that the pentagon will disagree with that. let s hear from you. what s the posture of the pentagon today about how far it is willing to go to protect these seas? it s a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson given they re using the words brutal aggression when we ve seen over 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an
america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehran s many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? it s a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after we ve seen 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an area like the red sea that sees 15% of the world s commerce roll through it. last night what you saw was the united states in a coalition take action against the houthis that have launched repeated strikes against the international flow of commerce that we see on a daily basis. dana: team coverage, former