breaking news this hour, the u.s. ant britain going after militants backed and funded by iran. not long ago, iran condemned the strikes calling them a violation of international law. and russia has requested an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council later today. the coalition strikes are a direct response to the worsening surge of attacks on ships in the red sea from houthi. many of the houthi launches have been intercepted by the u.s. led coalition that had been playing defense until now. american fighter jets have been taking off from the uss dwight d eisenhower aircraft carrier to carry out their mission. the u.s. president issued this statement. these targeted strikes are a clear message that the united states will not allow attacks on ore personnel or imperil freedom of navigation. i will not hesitate to take further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary. we are also hearing from the pentagon. we reserve the rig
7:00 a.m. in the wes asian country of yemen where breaking to night the united states and allies launched a retaliation strike on the hugh think rebels. a more than a dozen air targets were hit. u.s. and uk force conducted the attacks using fighter jets and warships and submarines. this is after months of hugh think attacks in the red sea. president biden and partners are sending a message that provocation will not go unpunished and the question now is if the hugh thinks respond with more attacks. the military keith kellogg are standing by but first kevin with late-breaking information. we begin live on the ground with our middle east correspondent trey. good evening tonight the region is bracing for the possibility of hugh think retaliation following those strikes earlier today. we understand around a dozen took place conducted by the united kingdom and the united kingdom and the united states. this started with attacks in mid october against commercial shipping vessels in
coverage of the breaking news out of the middle east and the u.s. strikes continues with ac 360. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. american-led air strikes in one of the most volatile hot spots in the world right now. mitts is some of the first video of explosions tonight in yemen s just north of the capital. iranian backed houthi fighters from yemen have been attacking commercial ships in the nearby red sea. there s been dozens of attacks. tonight u.s. and british forcevise struck back using air and naval assets. both surface ships and submarines with one houthi official moments ago saying multiple cities had been hit. cnn s oren leiberman at the pentagon for us tonight. m.j. lee at the white house where the president has just weighed in. i want to start at the pentagon. oren, what do we learn so far about the targets that have been hit? reporter: more than a dozen different targets were hit by u.s. aircraft and assets. it was also
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