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i m jose diazdiaz-balart. u.s. and other coalitions announced retaliatory strikes in yemen. and we ll talk to mark pocan about what he says the white house must do first before launching anymore strikes. and this weekend will mark 100 days since hamas shocking massacre of at least 1200 israelis. how the families of the hostages are observing that day. and in iowa, blizzard conditions force at least two republican presidential candidates to cancel campaign events. how the weather could impact turnout with just three days until the caucuses. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. along with a coalition of other countries carry out a series of strikes in yemen targeting strike necessary say are being used by iranian-backed houthis. u.s. air force central command said it launched over 100 precision guided munitions across 16 locations used by the houthis. over the past several months, the houthis have launched more than two dozen a ....
Time to go after houthi capabilities ashore. joining us now, josh lederman in southern israel and courtney kube at the pentagon and general barry mccaffrey. and so courtney, what do we know about the u.s. targeting obviously other countries were involved there, who exactly are the houthis? main kinetic action or the targeting of the strikes was really the u.s. and british. a couple other countries who had what is called nonoperational support. but the actual ones doing the strikes, it was the u.s. and the british. now, the new anies are an iranian-backed groups, about a decade ago they threatened the government in yemen and in an ensuing civil war which pulled in the saudi, emiratis and others over the years, they have been able to take over large parts of yemen. but the key there is they are iranian-backed with training, with intelligence, with continuing to provide them with ....