the white house had been under pressure to more directly confront the iran backed houthis. they were hesitant to do to the risk of widening the risk in the middle east. the question now is will that houthis respond as they have promised to? or and is live for us at the pentagon. walk us through the logistics of this attack. this is clearly a coordinated attack, the u.s. and the uk acting in a connecticut fashion, actually hitting targets here, but with the backing of several other countries australia, canada, and the netherlands. that gives you an idea of the planning and preparation that had to go into an attack like this. there is now a briefing going on about the operation itself. we are told there were 28 sites struck, more than 150 munitions used point this is video from yemen of those strikes as they took place. again, nearly 30 sites belonging to the houthis, the iranian proxy rebel group that controls west yemen, a number of cities there. right on the coast of the
Just a moment ago, we dipped in life to bring you some remarks from president biden in pennsylvania, we just caught the talent of it. here is the full exchange he had with reporters as he was speaking about the strikes, those u.s.-uk joint strikes in yemen, and also the hospitalization of defense secretary lloyd austin. [ laughter ] i have already delivered the message. [ indiscernible ] that we will make sure that we respond [ indiscernible ] along with our allies. [ indiscernible ] secretary austin? [ indiscernible ]
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Lebanon, netanyahu visited israel s border with lebanon, taught about giving hezbollah a taste of what israel has given hamas. do you worry that israel is going to cross the line and make this a bigger work? i think that is a legitimate concern. i don t think it is in israel s interest to have a broader regional war, but i do think there is diplomacy going on behind the scenes, brianna, to say to the israelis, be careful. so, there are a lot of ways in which the u.s. presence in the region right now is preventing a wider regional conflict. it is slapping down these terrorist attacks from yemen as we saw last night, the terrorist attacks in iraq against u.s. troops, it is having close consultation with our allies, including the israelis, saying you have got to tread carefully here and not spark a wider conflict. there are a lot of ways in which the u.s. is playing an important role here, because we don t want a broader middle east war.
A broader conflict actually, secretary, we are going to stand down for a moment, we are going to go to president biden who is speaking about these strikes in yemen, let s listen. we are going to get a chance to talk, apparently, after the fire station, so rather than by the way, anybody want a coffee? it is on me. you will take a smoothie? another six bucks, but i will do it anyway. seriously, if anybody here wants anything, i will pay for it. that s that is very generous. by the way, do we have all the stuff for the firefighters? that we do, freezing coffee, all wrapped up, ready to go. low on supplies, probably. we are going to keep listening to the remarks from president biden there, he is in