sustained attack on shipping vessels by iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. more worrisome right now is whether the u.s. destroyer itself was a target. the defense department says it does not believe so, but it is not ruling it out. former cia director john brennan is here to walk us through what the u.s. can do and what iran is trying to do. the region could be just a few missteps away from a catastrophe. since october 7th, the u.s. has brought down missiles and drones believed to be headed toward israel and american troops have been seriously injured in syria and iraq from repeated rocket and drone attacks. 76 attacks on american forces and installations in just seven weeks. a major uptick in hostilities. and now that the cease fire has ended and the idf moves into southern gaza, the question is do those provocations get even worse? here s courtney kube with the reporting from the pentagon. reporter: houthi rebels made good on their threat to attack commercial ships launc
aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
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