Houthi missile strike KILLS 3 in Saudi Arabia

JEFF PAUL WITH THE UPDATE OUT OF. PARIS FOR US. THANKS. >> IRANIAN BANKED HUOTHI REBELS. WITH AN ATTACK HITTING THE SAUDI. ARABIA AIRPORT AND INJURING. THREE PEOPLE. WE ARE JOINED BY DEPUTY. COMMANDER. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WANT TO GET THOUGHTS OF ATTACK. BY THE HUOTHI REBELS. THESE ARE THE RECENT ATTACKS IN. SAUDI ARABIA IN RECENT DAYS. I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF. -- WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH IRAN.

AS WELL. WHEN EVER THEY LASH OUT, THEY. TEND TO HIT THE CIVILIAN. TARGETS, AIRPORT, A SHIP WITH. MERCHANTS ON IT RATHER THAN. GOING AFTER HARD MILITARY. TARGETS. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT T IS? WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU? >> THEY WANT TO MAKE IT AS. PAINFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE. SAUDIS AND THEIR ALLIES AND. POPULATIONS. AS YOU SAID THE ECONOMIC MAKES. IT THE HIGH BILL FOR SAUDI. ENCOURAGED BY THINGS SUCH AS. THIS JOINT DEFENSE SECURITY.

ARRANGEMENT WITH TURKIYE AND. PAKISTAN, I HAVE SEEN THEM. DEPLOYING FORCES TO THE COUNTRY. SO YOU WILL SEE SAUDI RESPOND AS. AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE WITH. PARTNERS. SO THIS IS GETETTING TO THE MEAT. OF IT. >> WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION. TO THE FOX NEWS OP ED PUT UP. TALKING HOW THE U.S. SHOULD HELP. YEMEN AND SAUDI ARABIA WITH THE. HOUTHS. THE HEADLINE THE HOUTHS AREN'T. SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM, AMERICA.

CAN'T LOOK AWAY. THE CASE FOR AMERICAN SUPPORT. SHOULD NOT REST THAT SAUDI. ARABIA AND YEMEN CAN'T SUCCEED. WITHOUT IT. SHOULD REST THAT THE UNITED. STATES HAVE HAS A CLEAR INTEREST. HELPING THEM SUCCEED. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT SHOULD. U.S. SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? >> FIRST IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. REINFORCE IRAN IS SUPPORTING. HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS AND THE. HUOTHIS. THIS IS PART OF THEIR BROADER. CAMPAIGN. AND THE ABILITY NOW TO BRING. THESE COALITIONS TOGETHER OF.

LIKE MINDED PARTNERS, THE. REGIONAL PLAYERS EUROPE AND THE. U.S. IS I THINK THE NEXT. INAPPROPRIATE STEP. HOW AND WHAT SUPPORT WE WILL. PROVIDE IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT. PAKISTAN AND TURKIYE HAVE DONE. THEY HAVE DEPLOYED PEOPLE. SOME OF THEM ARE LOGISTIC. SOME OF THEM ARE INTELLIGENCE. THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO COME. TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. TO GO AFTER THESE THREATS. >> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. DECIDED TO BOMB THE HUOTHIS.

BEFORE. DID THAT WITH A PRETTY BIG. CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. SEE IF THAT'S THE ROAD HE. DECIDES HE POTENTIALLY WANTS TO. GO DOWN. FORMER DEP.