. hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. a close eye on a volatile situation in the middle east u.s. forces across the region bracing for possible retaliation after airstrikes against iranian-backed houthi militants in yemen. on thursday streaking dozens of targets, more than 60. at 16 different locations across yemen according to the u.s. favors. houthis say at least five were killed in the strikes. the attacks are a response by the u.s. and its allies what has become a slow slimmering crisis and drawn the administration s attention in the last few months. after october 7th with the attacks in israel, ships have gone to the red sea sites of one of the most crucial shipping lanes in the world. hijacking a ship operated by a japanese company. houthis say they re actions are in support of hamas and the ongoing conflict in gaza and say they ll continue their attacks until israel ends its campaign. moments ago president biden answering question
Are you guys going to interject here or do i get to speak now . The town hall is for the president to speak to the voters of New Hampshire, not for this back and forth with the media. Thats number one. Number two, with respect to ukraine, i totally disagree. He did not say he was going to give over ukraine the way you intimate, van. He did not say van, what he said was is that he would actually look for a solution to end it quickly. He put 24 hours on it. What joe biden has done has been a disaster because initially with ukraine, joe biden wanted to give Vladimir Zelenskyy a ride out of dodge. It wasnt until people in moscow and ukraine here in the United States said this invasion is wrong and joe biden reversed course. Im trying to respond to everything coming up on the table. Lastly, we spent 22, 23 minutes talking about january 6th. We could have been talking about a whole lot of other issues. But let me are clear. What was said in this town hall about National Guard troops authoriz
are you guys going to interject here or do i get to speak now? the town hall is for the president to speak to the voters of new hampshire, not for this back and forth with the media. that s number one. number two, with respect to ukraine, i totally disagree. he did not say he was going to give over ukraine the way you intimate, van. he did not say van, what he said was is that he would actually look for a solution to end it quickly. he put 24 hours on it. what joe biden has done has been a disaster because initially with ukraine, joe biden wanted to give vladimir zelenskyy a ride out of dodge. it wasn t until people in moscow and ukraine here in the united states said this invasion is wrong and joe biden reversed course. i m trying to respond to everything coming up on the table. lastly, we spent 22, 23 minutes talking about january 6th. we could have been talking about a whole lot of other issues. but let me are clear. what was said in this town hall about national g
Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Five Americans who would be imprisoneded in iran are expected to be leased today as part of a wider u. S. u. U. S. iran deal. The u. S. Government designate all Five Americans as being wrongfully detained. Joining me now is International Diplomatic editor nic robertson. Its a complex deal, isnt it, nic . Reporter it is a very complex deal. And it seems to be open to a variety of interpretations that weve heard from the iranian Prime Minister over the last week. What were hearing from the Iranian Foreign minister today as he says, we wilhopefully and what hes referring to there is 6 billion of frozen iran accounts that are being currently under the control of south korea. And that money would arrive in an account. Now, the Foreign Minister says, in a regional state. But we understand that account, that new account that iran would have access to would be in qatar, but the implications are here that this expected arrangement that would allow for th
Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Five Americans who would be imprisoneded in iran are expected to be leased today as part of a wider u. S. u. U. S. iran deal. The u. S. Government designate all Five Americans as being wrongfully detained. Joining me now is International Diplomatic editor nic robertson. Its a complex deal, isnt it, nic . Reporter it is a very complex deal. And it seems to be open to a variety of interpretations that weve heard from the iranian Prime Minister over the last week. What were hearing from the Iranian Foreign minister today as he says, we wilhopefully and what hes referring to there is 6 billion of frozen iran accounts that are being currently under the control of south korea. And that money would arrive in an account. Now, the Foreign Minister says, in a regional state. But we understand that account, that new account that iran would have access to would be in qatar, but the implications are here that this expected arrangement that would allow for th