Houthis TARGET Riyadh as Iran's proxy war spreads across Middle East

G. DAYS. >> ARE SURE IS ALEX HOGAN LIFE. FOR US. THANK YOU. SAUDI ARABIA SAYS THERE RON BACK. HOUTHI TRY TO ATTACK ITS CAPITAL. YESTERDAY WITH BALLISTIC. MISSILES. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE GROUP. IS TARGETED THE KINGDOMS OF THE. WAR BEGAN SIX MONTHS AGO. STEPHANIE BENNETT IS LIVE IN. LONDON NOW WITH THE LATEST. LOOKS OVERNIGHT THE STATE. DEPARTMENT ISSUED A NEW ALERT. FOR AMERICANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WARNING THEM ABOUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF AIRSPACE. CLOSURES, FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS. AND TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS THESE.

ALERTS ISSUED BY U.S. EMBASSIES. IN IRAQ, BEIRUT, JERUSALEM AND. BAHRAIN JUST TO NAME A FEW. NOW THESE ARE PERIODIC REMINDERS. HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MONTHS. FOR POTENTIAL UNFORESEEN. ESCALATION. YESTERDAY AS YOU MENTIONED SAUDI. ARABIA SAID IT FOILED THE IRAN. BACKED REBELS ATTACK ON ITS. CAPITAL INTERCEPTING AND. DESTROYING A BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE VIDEO SHOWS FLAMES AND THE. LARGE PLUME OF A BLACK SMOKE. NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SATURDAY CAUSING MANY TRAVEL. DISRUPTIONS THERE BUT FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN MONTHS AND. EMERGENCY AIR RAID ALERTS.

SOUNDED FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ACROSS THE CAPITAL AS WRITTEN'S. RESIDENCERESIDENTS HEARD LOUD ES. FOR THE HOUTHI TRY TO ATTACK. SPONSOR THE RED SEA FOR THOSE. WERE THWARTED AS WELL PART LAST. WEEK THE HOUTHI STORMED ON THE. RED SEA COAST SEIZING NEW. TERRITORY NOW POSING A MAJOR. THREAT TO GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY. CAPTURING SEAT KITTIES OF MOKHA, AND PERIM ISLAND. AT THE VITAL SHIPPING ROUTE FOR. SAUDI ARABIA THAT'S USED AS AN.

ALTERNATIVE TO BYPASS THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. WHILE AN ATTACK ON SAUDIS. EAST/WEST PIPELINE WAS BLAMED ON. IRAN BACKED MILITIA AND IRAN. >> IRAN NEEDS-MAKE THEIR LIVES. AND THEIR LEVERAGE IN THE. CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. FOR THE NEXT THING THEY HAVE IS. TO USE THEIR PROXIES. >> THE UNITED NATITIONS MIGRATIN. AGENCY SAID AT LEAST 112,000. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. INSIDE YEMEN AND THE LAST COUPLE. OF WEEKS NEARLY 3000 FLED BY AT. SEA CROSSING THE STRAIGHT OVER.

TOO DJIBOUTI. IRAN WARNS TODAY AGAINST ANY NEW. BIG ATTACK BY THE UNITED STATES. AND ITS ALLIES. SAY IT WOULD SUSTAINED. RETALIATION AGAINST THE WEST. BASIS AND INTERESTS. A LOT TO KEEP HER EYES ON. >> ASSURE OUR STEPHANIE BENNETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR MORE ON ALL THIS HAS BEEN A. NATIONAL SECURITY AND ANALYST. REBECCA GRANT. SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE. LEXINGTON INSTITUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE A LOOK AT NATIONAL GAS. PRICES HERE WE ARE ABOUT $4.47 A.

GALLON BUT THAT'S UP FROM A WEEK. AGO WAS UP FROM A MONTH AGO IT. IS THIS PART OF MY ROUNDS OF. STRATEGY AND IS IT WORKING? >> DIESEL WAS 6049 CENTS WHEN I. DROVE IN HERE BUT IRAN. STRATEGIES TO TRY TO WAIT THIS. OUT IS THAT WORKING? NO. IRAN IS NOT SOLD ANY OIL IN. WEEKS FOR OUR U.S. NAVY BLOCKADE. LED BY THE TWO AIRCRAFT. CARRIERS, 50000 U.S. SERVICE. MEMBERS AND CENTRAL COMMAND ARE. KEEPING THE MILITARY PRESSURE ON. IRAN ALONG WITH THE FINANCIAL. SANCTIONS. THIS JUST SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE TO.

PERSIST IN THE STRATEGY. WE CANNOT LET IRAN'S OIL. TERRORISM CONTINUE. >> YOU THINK THE ADMITS RATION. IS PURSUING THAT NOW? >> ABSOLUTELY THERE IS NO. QUESTION THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP. THIS BLOCKADING AND KEEP THE. ECONONOMIC PRESSURE ON AS WELL. THAT ALSO MEANS OF FORCE. PROTECTION FOR FORCES IN THE. MIDDLE EAST WHICH WE ARE DOING. VERY WELL PUT IRAN'S AND MAJOR. MISTAKE WAS THE BALLISTIC AND. DRONE ATTACKS ON ALL OF ITS. NEIGHBORS FOR THAT IS CHANGE THE. WHOLE BALANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MADE THAT REGION READY TO STICK. WITH US, WITH THAT U.S. AND.

REALLY ELIMINATING IRAN'S THREAT. FOR GOOD. LET'S HAVE A LOOK A LITTLE. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH THROUGH. THIS FRONT HAS EXPANDED THEY ARE. FIRING INTO SAUDI ARABIA. HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY DOES THE. UNITED STATES HAVE TWO HELP IN. THIS OR DID THEY HAVE TO STEP IT. UP? >> ONE BALLISTIC MISSILE IS TO. ME NOT AN IMPRESSIVE TECHNICAL. CAPABILITY THEY HAVE FIRED. DOZENS OF MISSILES IN SAUDI. ARABIA OVER THE YEARS IT WAS AN. EASY INTERCEPT VERY CAPABLE. MILITARY BUT LOOK, HOUTHI SEEM.

ECONOMIC CONCESSIONS BUT WHY. THIS MATTERS FOR AMERICANS IS IT. JUST SHOWS YOU AGAIN IT WAS IRAN. THAT HELPED UPGRADE SOME OF. THEIR OLD RUSSIAN NORTH KOREAN. MISSILES. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THIS THEY. ARE TERROR FINANCING THERE ARE. ATTACKS AGAINST BASES AND SHIPS. WE CANNOT LET THIS GO. CHINA HAS AIDED BY BUYING IRAN'S. OIL RUSSIA HAS HELPED THEM OUT. AND WE ARE STEPPING INTO CHANGE. THIS. WE HAVE THIS HUGE SUMMIT. UPCOMING THIS WEEK HOW MUCH IS. THIS CONFLICTS GOING TO PLAY.

INTO THEIR CONVERSATIONS DO YOU. THINK? >> IT IS GOING TO BE ON THEIR. MINDS. NEITHER TRUMP NOR SECRETARY. BESSENT LIKE TO SPAT WITH THE. CHINESE IN PUBLIC. BUT OVER THIS YEAR TRUMP HAS. REALLY RESET SOME OF THIS. RELATIONSHIP WITH VENEZUELAN. OIL, STRONG ACTION IN THE MIDDLE. EAST. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WE DO HAVE. SPACE CONTROLLED WEAPONS IS. TARGETED DIRECTLY AT SOME OF. NASTY MANEUVERS IN. GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT. VERY STRONG HAND THAT SUPPORTS.

AND SECURES AMERICA'S ECONOMIC. PROSPERITY. >> IT SEEMS LIKE A HEAD OF ALL. THESE MAJOR SUMMITS WITH THE. CHINESE ARE THESE EXPECTATIONS. ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IN THE END IT MAY BE THERE'S A. SMALL AGREEMENT AGREEING TO. PURCHASE SOME THINGS THAT DOWN. THE ROAD MAY BE IT NEVER. HAPPENS. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO COME OUT. OF THIS SERIES OF MEETINGS? >> YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S PROBABLY. ANOTHER LIGHT SET UP. DELIVERABLES BECAUSE BOTH. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT XI.

JINPING REALLY PREFER TO DEAL. ONE ON ONE PRINT THEY DO NOT. LIKE IT WHEN THEY ARE TALKING. WITH EACH OTHER THEY WANT TO USE. THE PRIVATE FORUM SO IT'S VERY. MUCH ABOUT SIZING EACH OTHER UP. BUT HERE COMES TRUMP WITH THE. MUCH STRONGER POSITION BUT WITH. AN A.I. ACCORD LESSER MEMBER. CHINA IT DOES NOT GET NUCLEAR. ARMS CONTROL FOR THEY WILL NOT. TALK ABOUT SPACE CONTROLLED. SO I DON'T KNOW, WE KNOW THEY. ARE BEHIND IN THE A.I. RACE BUT. THEY WANT DESPERATELY TO BEAT. ESTIMATE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. BUT. >> DO WE DO THAT BY CONTINUED TO.

CONTROL CHIPS AND TECHNOLOGY. THAT GOES TO CHINA? ROXIE MOSLEY THAT BY SUPPORTING. OUR THANK GOD IT GREAT AMERICAN. INNOVATIVE COMPANIES ALTER THE. A.I. TECH STACK ARE DOMINANT. ALL OUR INNOVATION, OUR ABILITY. WE NEED THE ABILITY TO SELL THAT. GLOBALLY. IT'S A GLOBAL RACE SO THAT. EVERYONE ADOPTS THAT US-BASED. TECH STACK AND NOT A CHINESE. JUST IMAGINE WHAT THIS WORLD BUT. LOOK LIKE IF CHINA DOMINATED. A.I. YOU DO NOT WANT TO S.