Inside Trump’s attacks on the White House press pool

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  It's Monday, September 21st.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  The consequences of the Iran war rippled deeper into the Middle East over the weekend

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  as Saudi Arabia faced attacks on its capital city.

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  The kingdom confirmed that the Houthis attempted strikes at Riyadh, the first time it's been targeted this year.

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  Reuters video showed a massive plume of black smoke emerging from near the city's main airport.

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  So Yemen's Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran have increasingly been pressuring Saudi Arabia.

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  That's John Gambrell, the deputy Middle East bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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  He told us that the Houthis had taken control of ports close to the Red Sea,

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  a vital trade gateway for the Saudis.

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  And they've attacked a pipeline the country uses for oil exports.

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  So having that oil pipeline offline has really disrupted things for the Saudis.

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  It's starting to put more pressure on the oil market.

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  And from the Houthi perspective, they are continuing to attack Saudi Arabia.

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  And now, it really does seem like the Houthis are on an escalatory path,

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  and Saudi Arabia still seems uncertain on how it's going to respond to this.

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  The conflict between the Saudis and Houthis goes back more than a decade

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  after the Iran-backed militia ousted the government of Yemen,

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  a country that sits next to Saudi Arabia.

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