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
a vow of retribution from houthi rebels after airstrikes by the u.s. and uk. they move to protect shipments from strikes from the houthis, but one that risks escalating the crisis in the middle east. i will speak, will be speaking to senator mark kelly about the attacks. it s a deep freeze fork presidential campaigns, republican candidates were already up against the clock and iowa with the caucuses just days away. a storm is putting campaign plans on hold. there could be a major problem on monday too. plus, an alarming rise and swatting. it s not a new phenomenon but it is increasing at a disturbing right. investigation now into the people in these calls against judges, potentially putting their lives at risk. we re following these developments coming into cnn news central. we start this hour with a volatile situation in the middle east taking another dangerous turn. last night, the united states and united kingdom, along with other nations, fired dozens of missi
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