Houthis UNLEASH on Saudi Arabia as US embassies on high alert

PROSECUTE HERE TO THE FULLEST. EXTENT OF THE LAW AS AN. EXAMPLE, NOT TO TOLERATE IT. TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN THE. MIDDLE EAST AS SAUDI ARABIA. SAYS THAT HOUTHI REBELS. TARGETED ITS CAPITAL WITH A. MISSILE. CHARLIE: IT'S THE FIRST TIME. THAT RIYADH HAS BEEN TARGETED, EXPANDING THE CONFLICT BEYOND. IRAN. RACHEL: TREY YINGST IS LIVE.

>> OVERNIGHT AMERICANS WERE. WARNING TO BE LOOKING AT AIR. CLOSURES AND FLIGHTS. AND CAPITAL CITIES INCLUDING. JERUSALEM. WE DON'T KNOW THE TRIGGERS FOR. THE ALERTS, BUT OFFICIALS. WARNED AGAINST ATTACKING THEIR. COUNTRY IN THE HOLIDAYS, YOM. KIPPUR AMID ESCALATION. >> A PATTERN HAS TAKEN SHAPE IN.

WHICH MILITARY FORCE IS NO. LONGER USED AS A LAST RESORT, BUT HAS TURNED INTO A PERMANENT. MECHANISM FOR REDESIGNING THE. POLITICAL AND SECURITY. LANDSCAPE OF THE REGION. >> WITH THE FOCUS ON IRAN, THE. ONGOING BATTLE FOR THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ, CENTCOM COMMANDER. COOPER HAS OVERSEEN 100 MILLION.

OF BARRELS OVER THE CONFLICT. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT YEMENI. FORCES AND SAUDI ARABIA. ON SATURDAY HOUTHI FORCES. LAUNCHED ON RIYADH IN THE SAUDI. CAPITAL. BLACK SMOKE WAS SEEING RISING. FROM THE AIRPORT. >> HOUTHI ARMED FORCES HELPED. WITH ALMIGHTY GOD TWO. SIGNIFICANT MILITARY OPERATIONS. USING A LARGE NUMBER OF. BALLISTIC MISSILES AND DRONES. THE FIRST TARGETED SENSITIVE. TARGETS IN THE SAUDI ENEMY'S.

CAPITAL, RIYADH AND THE SECOND. A COMPANY, AND BOTH WERE. SUCCESS RESULTENING MASSIVE. FIRES AT THE TARGETED SITES. >> REMEMBER, THIS FRONT IS. CONNECTED TO THE BROADER. CONFLICT WITH IRAN. HOUTHIS ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT. IRONS DID IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THE U.S. PROJECTS POWER ACROSS. THE REGION.

GRIFF: TREY, THIS WOULD STRIKE. ME AS THE PRESIDENT NOW HAS A. POTENTIALLY GROWING YEMEN. PROBLEM AND THAT IRAN IS. WANTING TO OPEN UP A SECOND. FRONT OF THIS WAR AS THE. PRESIDENT LOOKS FOR A WAY TO. POTENTIALLY END THIS VERY SOON. THAT WOULD COMPLICATE THAT. YOUR READ? >> ABSOLUTELY. LOOK, THE IRANIANS AND THEIR. PROXIES ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE. HERE BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE. UNITED STATES, BUT ISRAEL IS. PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY. THAT THIS CONFLICT ESCALATES TO.

ANOTHER FRONT. AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, THEY. DO NOT RULE OUT STRIKING HOUTHI. TARGETS IN YEMEN AND THEY'RE. EXPOSED. THEY'VE BEEN MAKING TERRITORIAL. GROUNDS AND THEY'RE SEEING WHAT. THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. AND THE MISSILE ATTACK ON SAUDI. CAPITAL SAY THEY'RE SERIOUS. ABOUT EXPANDING THE CONFLICT. WE CAN'T UNDERSTATE ENOUGH, THE. BOTTOM LINE, THERE'S A.

CONNECTION WHEN WE LOOK AT. HOUTHIS, AND TEHRAN. THEY'VE FUNDED FORCES IN YEMEN. AND UNDERSTAND AFTER THE. DECIMATION OF THEIR LARGEST. PROXY HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN. LEBANON THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE. HOUTHIS TO GET MORE DIRECTLY. INVOLVED IN THIS CONFLICT. CHARLIE: SO, OVERNIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WAS AT. CAMP DAVID, CUT SHORT HIS TRIP. AND WENT BACK TO WASHINGTON. ALSO, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CUT. SHORT HIS TRIP TO THE UNITED. STATES AND RETURNED TO ISRAEL.

THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION. THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING. TO DO WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN. YEMEN. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT. FOR US? >> WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT. REASON FOR THE SCHEDULE CHANGE. FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP OR ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, BUT. THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT. BOTH THE U.S. AND ISRAELI. MILITARIES ARE ON ALERT AND WE. SAW IT OVERNIGHT TO BE PREPARED. FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS. CONFLICT ESCALATES. JUST LAST WEEKEND WE RETURNED.

FROM THE ARABIAN SEA AND WE. WERE WITH THE U.S. FORCES AND. THE ARABIAN SEA ON THE USS. WASHINGTON. AND THE SAILORS SAY THEY HAVE. THE WEAPONRY AND THE PLANES. READY TO GO THE FA-18'S AND THE. HORNETS, AND WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP, IF IRANIANS RETURN BACK. TO CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED. STATES THERE WILL BE A PRICE TO. PAY ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS IN. THE REGION.

WHEN WE LOOK FOR THE TARGETS. AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESIDENT, HE. HAS A VARIETY OF THINGS TO. CHOOSE FROM NOT ONLY THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ, BUT DEEPER INTO. IRANIAN TERRITORY. WE KNOW THE IRANIANS ARE TRYING. TO REBUILD WHAT'S LEFT OF THE. MILITARY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT. THE POSTURE OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACROSS THE REGION. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT. OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP. IN THE BACK DROP HERE, CENTCOM, ONE BILLION BARRELS EXPORTS OUT. OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN THE.

LAST MONTH ALONE. IT UNDERCUTS THE IRANIAN. EFFORTS TO TRY AND THREATEN. THIS CRITICAL INTERNATIONAL. SHIPPING LANE. RACHEL: YOU KNOW, TREY, BOTHTH. PARTIES, BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE. CAN ESCALATE IT, AND IRANIANS. HAVE ESCALATED OPENING UP THE. FRONT WITH THE HOUTHIS, AND. JUST HAD THE CLIP THERE FROM.

THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN, I. WISH WE COULD RETURN TO. DIPLOMACY INSTEAD OF JUST WAR. AND AT TIMES PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS WE COULD WORK THIS OUT IF. THEY COME TO THE TABLE WITH A. GOOD DEAL AND IF THEY CAN. PROMISE NOT TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO HAVE. NUCLEAR WEAPONS. SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THERE A CHANCE HERE FOR SOME. SORT OF NEGOTIATION AND AN END. TO THIS? CLEARLY, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE. A LOT OF MOVES BEFORE THE.

MIDTERMS IN ORDER TO HURT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF THIS? >> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. LOOK, ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS A. POSSIBILITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS INDICATED. OVER THE PAST WEEK THE IRANIANS. ARE STILL TRYING TO GET BACK TO. THE TABLE AND THEY WANT TO MAKE. A DEAL. ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES HERE. FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THAT. INSIDE OF IRAN, THEY'RE DEALING. WITH TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF. PEOPLE AND WE HEAR THESE. STATEMENTS FROM IRAN'S FOREIGN. MINISTER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF. A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, BUT THEN.

YOU HAVE THE IRGC OFFICIALS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE A. LOT OF POWER AND INFLUENCE. INSIDE OF IRAN, A COUNTRY MORE. THAN 90 MILLION PEOPLE AND. RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, THEY. WERE LAUNCHING MISSILES AT A. U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND. DESTROYERS FROM THE ARABIAN SEA. WHICH WE JUST RETURNED FROM. SOME OFFICIALS SAY LOOK AT A. DEAL AND OTHER FORCES IN THE. REGION AND CHALLENGING TO SEE. WHAT'S NEXT. RACHEL: IS THAT TRUE ON OUR.

SIDE. JUST AS ONE SIDE THE FOREIGN. MINISTER TALKS ABOUT WANTING. PEACE, THEN YOU HAVE THE IRGC. BEING BELLICOSE AND DISRUPTING. ANY ABILITY TO PEACE. DO YOU SEE THAT ON OUR SIDE, THAT, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT. TRUMP, J.D. VANCE, FORCES ON. OUR SIDE AND TRYING TO BRING. ABOUT DEALS, AND ON OUR SIDE, AND ISRAEL, THERE ARE THOSE. TRYING TO DISRUPT BECAUSE THEY. DON'T WANT A PEACE DEAL RIGHT. NOW? >> I WOULD SAY BASED ON OUR.

REPORTING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS QUITE. HOMOGENOUS, AND WITH JARED. KUSHNER AND SPEAKING WITH. CENTCOM COMMANDER COOPER, THE. PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN REGIME. TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO. CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR AND THE. PARALLEL EFFORT TO KEEP MOVING. CRUDE OIL OUT OF THE PERSIAN.

GULF FROM U.S. ALLIES, SUCH AS. EM IRATES. AND BRADLEY SPEAKING THE FOE. CONSIST FOR THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS THE ECONOMIC. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE. IRANIAN REGIME IT HAS TO DO. WITH THE REDUCING THE INFLATION. RATE, THE RIAL TO THE U.S. DOLLAR AND KEEPING THE PORTS IN. PLACE. AND YOU HAVE THE POSSIBILITY. FOR TALKS IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT.

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