why now and where will it lead? we ll speak to the national security council s john kirby about all of that straight ahead. plus, just three days away now, the final stretch for republican candidate in iowa. how they re hoping to get people to the caucuses with even a foot of snow potentially arriving. and it s not just in iowa, that snow is coming down hard across the midwest and the great lakes. we ll have a full forecast of what to expect there and across the country. hello on this friday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news, what could turn into a major escalation of the conflict in the middle east. the united states and the uk launching strikes against houthi targets in yemen hitting airports, military bases and weapons facilities. these strikes in response to 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, p
from gaza on saturday. efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by the attacks. the death toll in israel has reached 1,000. presidentjoe biden has described the attack on israel as an act of sheer evil. he confirmed 14 americans were killed and pledged full us support to israel. meanwhile, the health ministry in gaza says that 900 palestinians have now been killed during israel s recent airstrikes with around half of these women and children. and we re keeping an eye on the skyline over gaza city, where israeli airstrikes have been continuing each night since the initial incursion by hamas. let s go on the ground now, to kfar aza, israel, where the bbc sjeremy bowen has been reporting on the carnage some israeli forces are confronting there. a warning you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war at this small israeli community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israel s trauma and a glimpse of what might come next
into southern israel from gaza on saturday. efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by the attacks. the death toll in israel has reached 1,000. the health ministry in gaza says that 900 palestinians have now been killed during israel s recent air strikes, with around half of those women and children. presidentjoe biden has described the attack as an act of sheer evil . he confirmed 14 americans were killed and pledged full us support to israel. we ll examine all those developments, but first, let s go on the ground to kfar aza israel where the bbc s jeremy bowen has been reporting on the bodies recovered from attacks there. a warning: you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war at this small israeli community called kfar aza are a microcosm is israel? trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only ceased back full control of the kibbutz this morning. it is one of a series of small israeli village
The iranians have tried many a time over the last few years to use terrorist attacks against commercial shipping and claim that this is that they have had, you know, plausible deniability and blame the houthis. so look, this is going to require a false a force multiplier by the united states and its allies against the houthis. the iranians need a strong message here that this may not be sufficient for this one attack, the houthis will continue to be resupplied by the iranians. it s going to require the saudis and the emiratis and our other allies in the region to be on guard and provide more support to guard this commercial shipping. is is not the first the last chapter. this is really the first chapter. ambassador ginsburg, courtney kube, josh lederman, thank you all: we ll be joined by national coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby.
[ speaking in foreign language ] the grandmother aed she is hopeful tlaib will still visit. joining us now, omar, mark ginsburg, former ambassador, and white house corn and msnbc political analyst. peter, give us the run up to thi this. we have a white house that has asked about this. there isn t a lot of press denial here as far as we can tell. israel does have a law that bars entry on people are supportive of the bds movement. the boycott, inspections movement. they consider it a movement against the existence of israel and these two congress women do support boycotting israel and