weeks of attacks by the militants on commercial ships in the red sea, and now the houthis vowing to retaliate saying those involved will, quote, pay absolutely. let s bring in nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube, nbc s josh lederman is in southern israel on the coast of the red sea. also with us retired u.s. brigadier general peter zwack and ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg. it s great to have you all here. courtney, what do we know about this decision to carry out these strikes? why now? why were these specific targets chosen? this has been weeks in the making, frankly. the houthis have been targeting commercial shipping for the past several months right down where we see josh s beautiful background there in the red sea, and this has become an increasing concern for the biden administration and, frankly, for some close u.s. allies. so they ve been discussing potential options since late in 2023. well, they just came together and got several options, the
clouds gather in the middle east, it storms everywhere. and so i don t see this turning into a wide full-scale war, but it is very dangerous, and you have the risk of miscalculation, but i really see in the next couple of months more tit for tat attacks. hagar chemali, brigadier general peter zwack, thanks to all of you. let s talk about iran, the president is vowing revenge for explosions that killed at least 84 people. the blast struck at a memorial event for a prominent iranian general who was killed in a 2020 u.s. drone strike. iran blames israel for the violence. u.s. officials do not believe israel was responsible. they believe a terror group is the most likely culprit. ali arouzi joins us now from tehran. what more do we know about that attack? reporter: hey, chris, so the attack in kerman in southern iran has killed 84 people and wounded well over 200. we know there were women and
Vladimir Putin says a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain through the Black Sea will not be restored unless the West meets his demands. Retired Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack joins CBS News to assess the situation. Source
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georgia, as he awaits a determination by a judge on whether he will be tried at the state level or federal level. vaughn hillyard, thank you so much for that update. meantime, the presumed death of russian war lord yevgeny prigozhin pulled vladimir putin and russia s invasion of ukraine back into the spotlight at last night s republican debate. u.s. military support for ukraine led to some of the most heated exchanges of the night exposing the key divide among the contenders and the grand ol party at large. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake has the highlights for us. also with us, former u.s. senior defense attache to the russian federation, retired u.s. army brigadier general and global fellow at the wilson center, peter zwack. garrett, what did the candidates have to say about ukraine and russia? it got heated.