it is notable biden s first act was not to note the victory of the next president of china did not support the ones china policy bided referred to goes back to the taiwan relations act of 1979 setting up the one china policy but the fact of diplomatic relation between the u.s. and taiwan. his u.s. battle against iran s proxy forces in yemen that reporters were asked to presentt about yesterday in pennsylvania. click save already delivered the message to iran they know. [inaudible] we will make sure we respond to the houthis when they consider their outrageous outrageous behavioralong with h. [inaudible] i think they are. some democrats and blast of the president s decision to launch the strikes into yemen he received support of many republicans. i do commend the administration for finally hitting back and i would say it s about time. they only understand one thing in that part of the world it is
at 100 days of absolute torture and torment for the families who are waiting for their innocent families to come home. jon: tomorrow marks 100 days this really hostages were held captive by hamas. meanwhile the u.s. is launched another round of missiles at and i were on site controlled by houthis rebels and the abbott second round of attacks on the houthis. defense secretary lloyd austin remains hospitalized he did order and oversee the strike street lucas tomlinson is inside the briefing room of the white house with the latest development on all of this. we are coming to life from inside the press briefing room here at the white house because secret service has close the north lawn position due to the pro- palestinian pro protest gog on outside the white house. earlier temporary fencing was erupted is not clear how many protesters outside the white house are also angry about anger aboutpresident biden decio launch airstrikes against another running back to group in
they provide the intelligence, and there is a high degree of coordination among iranian partners, including the houthis, which suggests that the iranians might be actually directly involved. the view from the region. just in the last few minutes, the reuters news agency reporting a little more detail about the events on tuesday, wednesday, the attacks by houthis rebels that prompted us and uk response we saw overnight. a reuters reporting that the united kingdom maritime trade operations organisation receiving a report of that incident on tuesday and at the report saying a missile landed in the water 400 500 metres away from a vessel and was being followed by three small craft, and we know no injuries reported. more of the details, msl landing 400 500 metres away from a vessel followed by three small craft. a missile. those attacks 0n small craft. a missile. those attacks on tuesday 0r wednesday, the largest 0f attacks on tuesday 0r wednesday, the
statements is expressing concern about the prospects for more escalation and also urging of restraint, in particular from saudi arabia, which not too long ago was in direct conflict with those houthis rebels, and yet now they find themselves much like the u.s. was at the time, no urging restraint. and so, the question is really, what exactly have these u.s. strikes accomplish? the united states maintaining that this was in self-defense, aimed at trying to prevent this conflict from spiraling even further into a broader regional conflict point but the question now is, to what extent did this actually damage the houthis capabilities to continue launching these strikes? because what it certainly hasn t done is wanting their willingness and their desire to continue launching these attack drones, the is ballistic and other types of missiles towards these shipping lanes, and potentially as well as towards
American and British forces shot down 18 drones and three missiles Tuesday that were launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels toward international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, the US military said.