i m jose diazdiaz-balart. u.s. and other coalitions announced retaliatory strikes in yemen. and we ll talk to mark pocan about what he says the white house must do first before launching anymore strikes. and this weekend will mark 100 days since hamas shocking massacre of at least 1200 israelis. how the families of the hostages are observing that day. and in iowa, blizzard conditions force at least two republican presidential candidates to cancel campaign events. how the weather could impact turnout with just three days until the caucuses. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. along with a coalition of other countries carry out a series of strikes in yemen targeting strike necessary say are being used by iranian-backed houthis. u.s. air force central command said it launched over 100 precision guided munitions across 16 locations used by the houthis. over the past several months, the houthis have launched more than two dozen attacks
but in this case as you mentioned, he is still in the hospital at walter reed, so he had to do it over a video teleconference. and we got a tiny little update on his health this morning from general pat ryder. here is what he had to say. the secretary is recovering well. we don t have a date yet in terms of when he will be released from the hospital. of course we ll keep folks updated. but he s been actively engaged in overseeing and directing the strikes that we saw last night. secretary austin has been in the hospital for basically all of 2024 now. and before i wrap up our conversation, you ve been so clear on just the volume of attacks that american forces have been victims of since the end of september. what does that look like? yeah, we re upwards of about 130 different strikes as we heard general mccaffrey referencing earlier against