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#YEMEN: RESIDENT HOUTHIS, RELENTLESS US NAVY. BRIDGET TOOMEY, BILL ROGGIO, FDD

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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#YEMEN: RESIDENT HOUTHIS, RELENTLESS US NAVY. BRIDGET TOOMEY, BILL ROGGIO, FDD
1939 YEMEN

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.8

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

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0:25.8

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0:28.7

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0:39.8

This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor.

0:46.6

Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defensive Democracies, my colleague and co-host,

0:51.7

and we're very pleased to welcome Bridget Toomey of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

0:55.5

writing most recently about the Houthis. There is news on the Houthis always. New York Times reporting U.S. military says its air campaign has hit more than

1:02.5

800 targets in Yemen. President Trump ordered a start to the strikes against the Houthis March 15th.

1:09.1

Congressional officials say the subhead say the campaign has cost well over $1 billion.

1:16.5

There's more because there's always more on the Houthis.

1:19.6

We're looking at new sanctions, the news from Fox in these last hours.

1:25.2

U.S. Treasury targets Houthi-linked vessels to disrupt efforts to fund dangerous and destabilizing attacks.

1:34.5

The subhead, this is the Treasury Department's third action against the Houthis in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

1:41.3

Bridget, a very good evening, too.

1:42.6

Your article is comprehensive, but these are

1:45.3

within the last hours. Was this, were these sanctions always planned or is this something

1:51.6

fresh that they're using? Good evening to you. Good evening, John. These sanctions definitely

1:58.0

are worthy. The Trump administration has been going after Houthi financing, which is what these sanctions are attempting to target. They're at vessels that have been bringing, I believe, oil derivatives to the Houthis, which is a large, you know, segment of their economy and how they fund their terrorist machine.

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