capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the wor
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the big weekend show . the big show, the final countdown to the iowa caucuses. the snowcapped everybody, we seem to have a lot of good enthusiasm. i know, maybe the weather is not going to be that big of deal. i will wager that we will win, it is the war on our shadow government right here at home and the united states of america. we will preserve this sacred liberty and he will do that tomorrow and negative ten or negative 20 degrees temperatures in the iowa caucus. eleven months and it comes down to tomorrow. we love to see presidential candidates, tell them we love to see presidential candidates go. the republican presidential hopefuls faking their final ditches and iowa caucus goers are getting ready to go up to cast the first vote in the 2024 binary election season. former president trump with a big lead and the last bull before the caucuses. i will caucus runs a little different than most primary elections, is led by the state republican party, not the go
campaign trial today. plus, in pennsylvania s senate race, dasha burns sat down exclusively with democrat john fetterman. what he is telling our team in his first in-person tv interview since his stroke. plus, in ukraine, president zelenskyy is asking for help from ukraine s allies in the west. military aid to be specific. better air defense systems and those massive russian strikes on ukraine s major cities continued today. and later on this hour, we re going to ask the national security council s john kirby if the white house is ready to give mr. zelenskyy what he wants. i am katy tur in for hallie jackson. we re going to start this hour with ali in carrollton, georgia, and atlanta journal constitution holly mitchell. what have you been hearing on the trail about walker and the folks who came out to support him? reporter: after i left you guys last hour, he spoke here at the podium with senator rick scott and senator tom cotton. they spoke for about 15 minutes. abor