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
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Its sunday night in america. Israel is moving into rafah despite threats by the Biden Administration. They were deployed. Hamas still holds hostages and that Group Serious about a ceasefire releasing hostages might be a good first step. College campuses are chaotic crime scenes. Doesnt bother the squad. From gwu to wash u and everywhere else. Students have been beaten without provocation. They were arrested and charged with disproportionately offenses. This is an attempt to stop students from expressing their First Amendment rights. There are accomplis it actions on behalf of israelis government on Person Oron Behalfof palestinians. He can be hard to be pinned down on his position. While attacking and destroying property is not peaceful protest, its against the law. We are not a lawless country. We are a Civil Society and uphold the rule of law. No one should have to hide or be brave just to be themselves. He condemned the violence but condemns i
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Its sunday night in america. Israel is moving into rafah despite threats by the Biden Administration. They were deployed. Hamas still holds hostages and that Group Serious about a ceasefire releasing hostages might be a good first step. College campuses are chaotic crime scenes. Doesnt bother the squad. From gwu to wash u and everywhere else. Students have been beaten without provocation. They were arrested and charged with disproportionately offenses. This is an attempt to stop students from expressing their First Amendment rights. There are accomplis it actions on behalf of israelis government on person or persons on behalfof palestin. He can be hard to be pinned down on his position. While attacking and destroying property is not peaceful protest, its against the law. We are not a lawless country. We are a Civil Society and uphold the rule of law. No one should have to hide or be brave just to be themselves. He condemned the violence but conde
you know how much money they have now? about half of the ships in the ghost armada fly the flag of panama. they demanded the state department put pressure on panama to defund smuggling ships. iran has to go through so many ships to avoid sanctions it only sees a fraction of its oil revenue. dana: let s bring in former centcom spokesman. one of the things the pentagon needs is support from the state department and the treasury department. as we ve been pointing out there is $10 billion in sanctions waiver for iran remaining in effect. iran s oil shipments to china have been green lighted. no snap back of the u.n. sanctions on iran and no known strikes against a ship the iranians are using to pass intel to the houthis. do you expect much more to come and more broadly from the administration, not just the
country, and that just came out of his mouth. that s the way he operates. he operates from the hip. reporter: you think it s just a mistake that he said that? yes, i do. reporter: you don t think he s being derogatory toward any country? i don t think he s being derogatory toward anyone. reporter: back at the billiards hall, bob hollingsworth rejects accusations the president is racist. do you think that he ever would have said that about a country that is mostly white? the countries he said that about are mostly black. that s a good point. reporter: could it affect you when you vote in 2020, say maybe i m not going to vote for donald trump at that time? crude, but i can live with it. reporter: gary anist aniston, alabama. the u.s. ambassador of panama is resigning because of