conflict. all of that of course on the line tonight and of course this saturday morning where will is right now.w. thanank you all l for being g w and thanksks to will. it s time now for ac 360. tonight, which candidate benefits when the roads to the white house freezes over. we re live in iowa where blizzard conditions and subzero temperatures threaten to be a decisive factor in monday s caucuses. also a night after the u.s. and british air strikes on houthi targets in yemen a new message from a top houthi leader. and later cnn s donee o sullivan investigating how skeptical officials can face backlash from conspiracy theorists. thank you for joining us. we begin with iowa three days from the caucuses and the state is being hammered by winter weather. this is video of the capital des moines where the temperature is now 9 degrees. the wind chill is minus 13, and a blizzard warning is in effect. cnn s jeff zeleny is there for us tonight. jeff, i don t know how we conv
forces or any kind of coalition forces to actually target? i mean do we know much about the the military capabilities of of the houthis? the houthis are one of the strongest non-state actors in the middle east. potentially, one of the strongest non-state actors in the world. sort of like a hezbollah and lebanon. that s not the lebanese government, but they are incredibly powerful. the houthis are not the internationally recognized government of yemen, and yet they are very powerful. the u.s. tried to tailor today s strikes and yesterday s strikes to go after the sorts of weapons they use to target shipping in the red sea and in the gulf of oden. it was directed at that. it was not an attempt to go after houthi leadership or other facilities. there are certain targets left, and i ll answer from another sper spective as well. the saudis waged a yearlong battual the houthis, so there certainly is a vast amount of capabilities the houthis have.