the u.s. fires back, fueling fears of an all-out war in the middle east. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. and we begin tonight with breaking news. american fighter jets and submarines delivering a message. that the moment of impact inside of yemen, caught on camera. tonight multiple individual yes, sir on social media capturing the fiery aftermath of u.s. and british tomahawk missiles unloading on houthi targets. president biden says that tonight s barrage amounts to a warning shot. he pledges that he will not hesitate to order more strikes if the houthis do not relent and stop attacking ships transiting the red sea. now houthi officials have already vowed to make the united states pay, quote, a heavy price. but there is no word yet out of iran, the houthis main military backer and persistent thorn in america s side. earlier on cnn, a top pentagon official says these strikes will end the houthi threat. these strikes again were
wider conflict. the latest from the region is coming up on cnn. but first, why do we keep giving donald trump exactly what he wants. tonight on laura coates live. but donald j j trump got exactly what he wanted today. and i mean again. a giant megaphone to call the 370 million dollar civil suit against him, say it with me, we all know the phrase, a witch hunt. but as you know, this is an unconstitutional witch hunt. its election interference at the highest level. but then in the courtroom, right in front of the very judge who is going to decide just how much he has to pay. again this is not a jury trial. no dye audience, he s talking to the person who is going to decide how much he has s fraud case. so maybe you want to want your words, saying, quote, this was a political witch hunt, what s happened here sir is a fraud on me. and that is donald trump s closing argument. the world of bach, or the 370 million dollar box stop here. now i want to bring in former trump