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Hello from CNN, I'm Anna Sturla with the five things you need to know for Tuesday January 16th.

The White House defended its decision to hit hooty targets in Yemen last week, telling reporters during a virtual briefing today

that it was meant to help protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said that while the Huthi attacks haven't caused any casualties, they've affected merchant shipping in the area.

Retired Lieutenant General Mark Hurtling is a military analyst for CNN.

He described the Huthies on our sister podcast Tuck of War.

This is not a ragtag terrorist force.

This is not the kind of action where you say, okay, we're going to go in once, knock out a couple

of targets and everything's going to be just fine.

This is going to continue.

That tech of war episode will be out tomorrow morning.

Former President Donald Trump's second defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll is

underway after a jury was selected earlier today. This trial will determine how much

money and damages, if any, Trump has to pay Carol for defaming her in 2019.

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