determined by the people of taiwan. so a number of analysts, even officials inside taiwan say no matter who wins this election, it is expected that china will continue to make investments including military investments to put the pressure on taiwan which your a destabilize which would have a destabilizing effect on taiwan, the taiwan strait, on the region it would affect the global economy as it would affect trade, shipping, the global supply chain. don t forget that the world s biggest contract chip maker is based in taiwan. i m talking about tsmc. back to you, kim. we ll find out in a couple of hours. thanks so much. u.s. launches a new wave of strikes on houthi targets in yemen. but as western missiles rain down, houthi leaders try to win political points at home. we ll explain that coming up. stay with us.
the u.s. carried out this further strike, again targeting a radar facility, so much smaller set and much more specific set of strikes. it s unclear at this point if that was specifically in response to the ballistic missile fired, or if this was simply a follow on to the previous evening s strike. a senior pentagon official said the u.s. was still conducting a battle damage assessment. it s certainly possible the u.s. saw what it had been able to destroy and realized there was another target that needed to be hit or destroyed here. the u.s. again trying to send with these other countries a message of deterrence to the houthis and a warning, president joe biden saying on friday, that if the houthi attacks on shipping continued, so too would the u.s. strikes on houthi facilities. still, the strikes have tried to be limited in scope, making it clear they re not going after all houthi infrastructure, just their ability to target international shipping lanes. the question, could they conduc
welcome to all you watching in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom iowa turning into a ghost town as a blizzard moves through. this is as canadianance try to get their messages out to voters days before the caucuses. we ll go to des moines for the latest. plus, the u.s. carrying out another round of strikes against houthis in yemen one day after hitting more than 30 locations. we ll look at the escalation in the region as the war rages on. and taiwan votes for a new president as fear grows over threats from china. we ll take you live to hong kong. only two days remain before the first nominating contest of the 2024 presidential race. the iowa republican causes.
into yet another round of confrontation. as we begin to see that rhetoric intensifying, there will be careful eyes on the situation on the ground in yemen, and to what extent the houthis will be able to regroup and launch further attacks. all right. i want to turn now to how this is playing out here in the u.s. with president biden now calling the houthis a terrorist organization. sorry, could you hear the question? i m asking about how this is playing out in the u.s. with we heard president biden calling the houthis a terrorist organization. i think we re having problems reaching nada. so we ll have to leave it there. reporting from beirut. thank you. want to bring in now the former editor-in-chief of yemen post newspaper, and he s also played leading roles in
yemen has little to no infrastructure that s what worth fighting for. they have nothing to lose. they have the military power. they have the missile power. and they will continue to attack vessels israeli vessels until the gaza war is over and they have nothing to lose. i do believe they have more to gain than to lose if the u.s. attacks. finally, we heard president biden calling the houthis a terrorist organization looking to perhaps redesignate them formally as a terrorist organization. what effect would that have, how would that change dynamics do you think? yeah. this will not affect at all. the houthis do not have bank accounts anywhere, they don t have any fighters abroad. all their fighters are in the country. their accounts are in the country. so branding them as terrorist organization will have little to no effect on them whatsoever.