the houthis target saudi cities and oil tankers on the red sea with rockets which the u.s. and saudi arabians say come from iran. in turn, the united states military coordinates airstrike targets with the saudis and refuels their planes during the attacks. the united nations says the campaign has worsened an already bad humanitarian crisis on the ground. saudi airstrikes have disrupt the the delivery of food and medical supplies for millions of yemen is. three quarters of yemen s population need humanitarian assistance and protection. half the health facilities have been damaged and nearly 2 million children suffer from malnutrition. joining us now to take a further look at this is ali sufan the founder of the international strategic and sultan si firm. you spent a lot of time yourself in yemen. yes. this is a side story. people don t pay attention to this because yemen is
involved. as you said, the previous administrations have been supportive. this one is uniquely supportive, qatar. they are critical of saudis for potential human rights abuses. the saudis have become unhinged by this. it s really silly on the same day when saudi arabia bombed a bus full with children, school children, you know, killing dozens of them, at the same day the channel which is owned by the saudi government were running shows against the government of canada and how there is no human rights in canada. in canada, heaven sake. you re talking about a country that, you know, they still crucify people and they behead people in the street. it s really ridiculous what s happening today because, you know, literally people are getting away with murder in that part of the world and the situation in yemen is way more complicated than yemen.
gdp growth this year, then we re looking at like 1500 to $2,000 more per person in the u.s. and i think that eventually the wage data are going to catch up with the rapid gdp growth we re seeing. and also even on the income side of gdp, we re seeing a lot more income and it s not showing up yet in the wage service. at least to the extent that we d like to see it. i don t think i won the last time i made you a bet on, you know, predicting what s going to happen, but i ll just remind you later in the year you talk about 4% wage growth by the end of the year. you and i will be pleased if that is happening. we sure will. kevin, good to see you as always. chairman of the council of economic advisors joining me from the white house. i want to get back to this turkey issue. i ll get to turkey in a minute. i want to get back to the middle east because there is a long running conflict in the middle east dividing the region. thousands of mourners gathered in yemen to bury 40 children. th
situation. imagine, ali, in march of 2010 sorry, march of 2016, that was a very last time we counted the numbers of casualty in yemen. every now ask then we hear about casualties. we say more than 10,000 people were killed, because no international body have been able to count the casualties since march of 2018 the numbers are way more than that. so one of the very first things we need to do is we need to know the extent of this humanitarian disaster in yemen. also there is no independent body in existence today to monitor the alleged war crimes in the country. you know, the saudis investigate their own actions. right. which is basically ridiculous in so many different ways and the united states need to stop the unquestionable carte blanche that we gave not only the trump administration, but under obama administration we have been friendly with the saudis a long time. u.s. presence in yemen, in my mind, it started with you and