... >> one of america's bidding boxes in and fight against terrorism. yemen is teetering on the brink of security, economic, and political collapse. it's inside story. >> hello, i am ray suarez. a collapsing economy and it's latest golf just resigned. it appears to be a pretty weak building block but that's what it is. the united states is poured hundreds of millions of dollars into yemen the next door have given some $4 billion the aid. yemen is exhibit a about what is hard about making peace in a rough neighborhood. split ethnically regionally and religiously, it's factions getting help from different countries with different interests in the outcome. countries that also happen to hate each other yemen is poor unstable, unsafe, a training ground for terrorists and is islamic fighters and it is pulling america into a conflict with no apparent end. the strategy of taking out terrorists that threaten us, is one that we have successfully pursued for years. and it is consistent with the approach i outlined earlier this year. to use force against anyone, who threatened america's int

live in doha with coverage in yemen and sanaa and intense fighting between houthi fighters and the army, we also have other news, funerals expected for six hezbollah fighters in the golan heights, tightening grip on power and turkey chairs its first cabinet meeting. after six weeks of no new infections mali is free from the ebola virus. ♪ welcome to al jazeera, if you are just joining us the situation in yemen seems to be spiralling out of control and you see on t.v. gun battles ongoing between yemen soldiers and houthi fighters who took control of sanaa last year. the president has flown from the presidential palace and prime minister's convow has been attacked. the minister of information told al jazeera the capitol is in chaos and could be a new yemen by the end of the day. >> the president is in his house. it's very tense. we can still hear fire exchanged and random, not as much as the morning, random explosions or gunshots. there is -- there was a meeting around an hour ago at the president's house that included the prime minister and high-level representatives of the houthi

leave it there. let me just update you on what has been happening in yemen in the last half an hour or so. we are hearing that yemen's president has stepped down. his cabinet has handed in their resignations. that happened shortly before he stepped down, and we know at the same time, that houthis rebels have been surrounding the palace since tuesday. what is interesting is this comes during the envoy to yemen is there to meet with the rebels to try to find a solution to the political crisis. let's try and find out what has promised this, and whatter this hoping to achieve by this rather dr. t maic action. dramatic action. joins me now on the line, so they have all resigned tell us more. >> yes exactly. so the cabinet has submitted it's resignation and a few minutes later the president gave his resident egg nation to the parliament, apologizing saying the impossible to continue like this, and et will down by political players and actors and therefore he resigns. i think this is both a very bad thing but also a very good thing. >> explain more. about both it's a bad things because it

considering yemen crucial >>> yemen's leadership on the edge. houthi fighters take over the presidential palace in the capital sanaa. in the past hour their leader has addressed the country. >> at this defining moment in the history of our homeland. we are going through at critical moment. ♪ ♪ >>> hello there, i am barbara you are watching al jazerra live in london. also coming up on the program. nine policemen are killed in iraq as isil fighters attack the compound of an influential tribal leader. japan's prime minister says he'll try and save two japanese hostages being held by isil, who want $200 million for their release. plus china's economy posts its weakest growth in nearly a quarter of a century. so should the government be worried? ♪ ♪ >>> hello there, thank you for joining us. it's been a turbulent and fast-moving day in yemen. in the past hour, the leaders of the shia rebels has addressed the nation on tv. he explained why the houthis seized the presidential palace in sanaa after renewed fighting in which at least two soldiers were killed. he blamed presid

disaster? >>> isis expanding. the terror group is now active inside yemen, clashing with al qaeda but posing an even greater threat to the u.s. and its allies in the region. >>> terror attack. dramatic new video as a palestinian stabs an israeli bus driver and passengers then continues his rampage in the street. >>> and stall warning. new reports offering frightening details of the final minutes of airasia flight 8501. an impossibly steep climb, then alarms sounding before a final dive into the sea. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hundreds of american lives at risk right now as rebels seize the capital of u.s. ally a crucial partner in the fight against al qaeda. suddenly amid yemen's chaos, a tentative deal to try to defuse the crisis but a chilling new threat may be emerging. a yemeni official tells cnn isis is now active and is recruiting in yemen in a head-on rivalry with al qaeda's arabian affiliate that has even led to gun battles. the spokesman for yemen's embassy in washington standing by along with our correspondents and analysts and we have the only wes

>>> houthi fighters are in complete control of yemen's presidential palace after new fighting in the capitol, sana'a. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up nine policemen killed in iraq as isil attacked the come pound of an influential tribal leader. >>> voters in zambia choose a new president, following the death of michael sata. plus millions of homeless people suffer across northern india with temperatures dipping close to freezing point. ♪ >>> hello, we begin in yemen where the presidential palace has come under the control of shia houthi fighters. another presidential house south of the capitol sana'a has always been raided. houthi fighters have also ransacked the headquarters of the presidential guard. what is the latest you are hearing from the capitol sana'a? >> reporter: i am hearing that is quite calm outside of the president's house in sana'a with regards to the presidential palace over the last hour or so it came under the full control of the shia houthi fighters. they took apparently all of the weapons in the militar

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your top stories. power struggle in yemen houthi fighters take over the presidential palace in the capital sanaa. meanwhile, the yemeni president holds emergency talks with advisers as houthi rebels break a day-old ceasefire agreement. >>> nine policemen killed in iraq as isil attack the compound of an influential tribal leader. >>> taking you straight to yemen where the houthi leader is speaking now. let's listen in. >> translator: full of freedom pride, the yemen offer steadfastness, wisdom and pow pow defense. may peace be upon you my fellow countrymen. i extend all gratitude appreciation thanks to the popular committees, the steadfast who are standing steadfast in bravery and fortitude to serve god almighty in the first place and to serve the yemeni people. the same appreciation and gratitude extends to the great yemeni army. the army who once again has proven to be patriotic aware of and loyal to the homeland. have driven beyond any -- proven beyond any doubt that they are siding with the interest of the people. siding with yemen. siding with the homeland. fully aware of the r

arab spring. western governments took an enabling role in yemen. yesterday, a hotel attack in tripoli left eight people dead as civil war continues. in yemen, the rebels have taken control of the presidential palace. al qaeda is strengthening its stronghold in the south. joining me is robert worth, a contributor to new york times. gregory johnsen is a writer at large and the author of the last refuge. in new york, matthew waxman, a fellow with the council of foreign relations and a professor at columbia. what do we know about what happened in libya? >> a group claiming to be the libyan branch of isis carried out this attack at the corinthian hotel. it is really unclear who this group is. but the credibility of the claim seems to be high. they announced that the attack was the beginning. killed a number of people. it raises questions about how the sway of this group is. it does not matter if it was essentially planned from isis headquarters in syria or if they are affiliates in libya. the point is that this group has -- its ideas have tremendous resonance across the region. you

correspondent, barbara starr, nick payton walsh. he's the only western reporter in yemen. also joining us retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel james reese. barbara, first of all, tell us what the united states ambassador to yemen is now saying publicly about the number of isis troops he says the u.s. and his coalition partners have killed in recent months. >> this is a statistic the pentagon never wanted to come out in public. the ambassador now saying the coalition has killed an estimated more than 6,000 isis fighters since the air strikes began. that number actually endorsed by u.s. military sources who say it comes from classified estimates with each air strike that has happened there is a damage assessment how many vehicles how many check points how many enemy fighters killed. let's be clear, this is very rough estimate. even military officials tell me they cannot possibly be absolutely certain. none theless, the estimate is 6,000. why is this number now coming out through the u.s. ambassador secretary of state john kerry speaking in london talking about half the isis leadership being

event on the situation in yemen and what it means for future relations with the middle east. we will hear from panelists. this is about >> good afternoon and welcome to the wilson center. i in that jane harman, the president and ceo. >>i visited yemen a few years back and met with leaders of opposition parties. certainly many of us have wanted yemen to turn out right. to date we will seat what people a lot more informed than i think about this. i want to express my specific gratitude that mohammed albaugh al-basha is here. and to recognize cabinet supporters in the audience. you remember our embassy in yemen has closed, so i hope it will open again soon in a region increasingly cover might by terror. yemen's partnership with us has been vital to combating terrorist extremists. we hosted the president here in 2012 when the outlook was so much brighter. the u.s.-yemeni relationship with strong. sectarian conflict has done serious harm, and it is fair to worry now that civil war could make yemen the gulf's own syria. the great concern is that iran's leaders intend to wield power against

americans are at risk in yemen with u.s. warships prepared to evacuate them. how will al qaeda's most dangerous affiliate take advantage of the chaos? >>> terror tape. a new isis video shows two hostages as a familiar figure delivers a chilling threat pay $200 million ransom or else. >>> and we have new information on the last minutes of airasia flight 8501. it shows the airliner rose faster than a fighter jet before plunging into the sea. were other passenger planes at risk? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news a key u.s. ally in the war against al qaeda is under serious attack from within. a power shift could leave the terror group even stronger and much more dangerous. cremen's presidential palace has now been seized by the rebels and the country's information minister says a coup is now complete. amid the chaos, a very dangerous situation for hundreds of americans, if not more. the u.s. embassy says shots were fired at one of its vehicles and two u.s. navy warships are now in position to evacuate americans from the u.s. embassy in yemen if n

gretchen carlson" starts now. >>> we start with the fox news alert. the president of yemen resigning as shi'ite rebels close in on the capital city. he's stepping down hours after the entire cabinet in yemen gave him their resignation. jennifer, what is the latest on the government collapse in yemen. >> reporter: we just came out of a press briefing with the defense secretary here at the pentagon. he did not apparently know about this change in yemen. there were questions asked about the situation in yemen. and it did not come up during the press briefing. what we know is that yesterday there were reports that a truce had been agreed to between the iranian backed shi'ites who had surrounded the president's residence. they were supposed to pull back from the residence and the presidential palace. and exchange for within the government, more control within the government. that truce apparently has fallen apart in the last 14 hours. now we understand that not only has president haddy resign but his entire cabinet, his prime minister has resigned. what this means is not clear at this point

raids capping off three days of terror in france and now the al qaeda branch in yemen says it was the one that droninged the attack that started it off two brothers opening fire on police. storming a kosher market killing a third gunman hostages killed. now the search is on for a female suspect whose whereabouts are still unknown to greg palkot in paris. >> neil, an absolutely wild day for 12 hours now we have been tracking these events. i think a coordination is the key word to sum up the days events, coordination on the police side and these rightless standoffs involving innocent hostages and also coordination on the terrorist side because they were talking to each other and working with each other let's illustrate what i mean. first we had the standoff situation 25 miles to the northeast of paris where the two main suspects in wednesday's brutal shooting at that newspaper office. they took a hostage. they said we're going to die like martyrs if you try to storm the police. just a few hours later, we saw here in paris, the same sort of thing, another hostage-taking. turns out this g

this is al jazeera. >> hello there, this is the fuse hour live from london. coming up, yemen's president and government resign and mass as the country descends into political chaos. he talks to rebuild trust between the u.s. and cuba continue in havana, but both sides admit it will take time. a bus is destroyed and 13 kills. and cash injection the euro zone is told to expect an nick shot in the arm valued at one and a quarter trillion dollars. welcome to the news hour, the president of yemen has resigned along with the prime minister and his entire government. been locked in a political battle with shia rebels who on tuesday took near control over the capitol. the prime minister and the cabinet have handed in their resinated saying they don't want to be party to what is happening in their troubles country. he decided to give into dend mas by agreeing to a power sharing deal the rebels had continue to surround the palace essentially confine it is embattled leader to his home. between the president and houthis representatives to try and find a solution to the political crisis. hu

yemen, this even after the group reached a deal yesterday for better governmental representation. after heading the president a u.s. ally, captive for days. a move showing just how far they are willing to go to get what they want. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the latest. jennifer, i'm sure they're keeping a very close eye on the situation in yemen there? >> reporter: that's right, jon. the u.s. military is standing by in case an evacuation of the u.s. embassy is still needed. there is a company of marines in yemen prepared to protect the embassy and carry out an evacuation order if needed. meantime the troops announced yesterday through yemen's state-run press appears to be tentative at best. iranian backed shiite militants as you mentioned are still surrounding the president's residence and have not pulled out of the presidential palace which was part of the deal. what looked like a coup earlier this week is far from resolved, keeping u.s. officials on edge as an important ally in the fight against al qaeda in yemen may be on the ver

yemen has quit along with his entire government. who on tuesday took fearly total control of the capitol. his cabinet have also handed in their resignation, saying they don't want to be a party to what is happen manager the troubles country. by agreeing to a power sharing deal. but the rebels have continued to surround the palace. despite the agreement being reached essentially confining the leader to his home. houthis representative try to found a solution to the crisis. rallies against fighters taken to the streets. sweat the only private resident. >> what do you think this means in terms of a political vacuum for yes then? >> well, -- we are having trouble hearing getting our correspondent on the line, see if he can hear us now. and if not we may have to move on, can you hear me? okay i just wanted to after you what you think will -- how this will play out. >> i think the existing uncertainty, and people will be extremely extremely worried. you have a number of worrying parties you have the shiite fighters on the capitol and at least five provinces. so they are the most powerf

this moment. moments ago, the associated press reported that a member of al qaeda's branch in yemen says that group directed the attack on "charlie hebdo." with the nation reeling from the strategic, president hollande said it is not over. >> president obama said the united states historic ties with france bind us together with this very day. >> france is our oldest ally. i want the people of france to know that the united states stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow. we stand for freedom and hope and the dignity of all human beings. that's what the city of paris represents to the world and that spirit will endure forever. long after the scourge of terrorism is banished from this world. >> joining me now is are onron allen. surely some parts of france are breathing a sigh of relief. but with president hollande saying this is not over it is still tense on the ground. can you give us a sense of what's been happening? >> somewhat tense but a lot of relief that this is -- seems to be over for the most part. it's unclear where the woman is. there were reports earlier saying she

. it's all happening in yemen, where a power struggle between the government and rebels works to the advantage of al qaeda's most dangerous affiliate tied to this month's paris massacre. there is supposed to be a cease-fire now but it's very very dangerous. the situation, extremely worrisome. our correspondents analysts and newsmakers are all standing by. we also have the only western tv reporter on the ground in yemen for us nick paton-walsh. let's begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, who's got the very latest. >> reporter: this evening, government forces in yemen are said to be in control of the presidential palace but the surrounding hillsides are in control of the rebels. everyone is looking for a cease-fire agreement to be signed in the morning, but no one is expecting peace. gunfire, rebel fighters, checkpoints. smoke rising near the presidential palace. yemen facing chaos. many say this is the beginning of an attempted coup by houthi rebels even as there were claims of a cease-fire. >> i do not think that the cease-fire will hold. that's what my gut tells me b

>> the presidential compound and the prime minister's compound is attacking yemen. they say it's an attempted coup. >> we'll probably have a new yemen by the end of the day. >> welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. we have our top stories here. funerals for six hezbollah fighters killed in an israeli airstrikes and an iranian generals wills dies in that attack. >>> mali has been declared free from the ebola virus. >>> welcome to the program we're hearing of a new cease-fire agreement in yemen's government. there are ongoing gun battles been on between soldiers and houthi fighters. the president was forced to flee by helicopter, and the prime minister's convoy came under attack. >> the fight something being heard from blocks away. government forces and houthi rebels have been battling near the presidential palace in sanaa since monday. something that is hard to know at the moment. the information minister has described the scene as utter chaos. >> to be honest i don't think any single party are in sanaa. there are some place where iss where houthi control and there are some places t

live from new york city. i'm tony harris. yemen is a country in crisis. less than 4 hours ago the president of yemen signed a deal with houthi rebels to end months of crisis. today president hadi resigns leaving the country in chaos. >> this is the resignation of yemen's president. the country's head of state after the revolution. it comes a day after he agreed to houthi demands including a change in the constitution. shia houthi fight tours control the capitol of sanaa. but they've been in control of most parts since september last year. they've been promising statement and calling for the setting up of a new presidential council. in this secession itself, there have been calls for the north that shows how divided this country is. there have been calls for the solution to the crisis. >> i ask everybody to be wise, to be in a spirit of national union, to respect the supreme interest of yemen and dialogue and political solutions. >> some analysts say that hadi should have resigned months ago. >> it's a very bad thing and a very good thing. it's a very bad thing that things have rea

hour. yemen's leader flies from the presidential palace with renewed fighting in the capitol sanaa. funerals for fighters in the air strike in golan heights. boko haram kidnaps people in northern cameroon. >>> i'll have all the latest sport news including nadal no lack of confidence as he races through the first round of the first grand slam of the year in the australian open. ♪ but we start with a situation in yemen which appears to have intensified, the country has seen frequent battles between houthis and forces loyal to hadi and we heard reports he has flown from the presidential palace we think by helicopter and the prime minister's convow has been attacked and gun battles on going between yemen army soldiers and houthi fighters who took control of sanaa and there was a short lived lived hiasis with gun battle an hour later and we will go to the editor and chief of the yemen post and can you bring us up with the situation? you have been telling us over the last couple of hours how the situation has deteriorated. >> i personally went and drove by to see the situation by mysel

the chaos in yemen and the death of saudi king abdullah. >> and what comes next in the volatile part of the world where the u.s. has many intchlt we are covering all of the news "happening now". a key u.s. ally is dead. what does the passing of saudi king abdullah mean for the fighting against isis and the price of gas. plus, major chaos in yemen. the country's president and cabinet resign after rebels storm the capitol. al-qaeda backed militants ready to do battle and what this means for our interest in the volatile middle east. and how about another cup? the more coffee you drink less likely you are to develop a certain disease. it is all "happening now". >> and we begin with breaking development in the middle east. a pair of crisis involving allies and the foreign policy and those crucial countries. welcome to it "happening now". i am jenna leely. sdmshgs i am jon scott. king abdullah buried in an unmarked grave today after passing away. he was a stanch ally in fighting al-qaeda and isis. and on the right shiite rebels tossing out the pro- american president and his cabinet in yem

>>> crisis in yemen that could derail the war on terror. the country an ally to the united states on the brink of collapse. al qaeda hoping to increase power there. we are live with the latest this morning. >>> time running out for two hostages held by isis. threatened with death if japan does not pay a hefty ransom. we are live in tokyo with the latest. >>> no charges expected for the police officer who shot and killed michael brown. a federal investigation not finding enough evidence against officer darren wilson. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is 4:01 in the east. we begin with a crisis in yemen that could give al qaeda a new foothold and power. there is now a tentative deal with the u.s. backed government there and rebels who have been attacking the palace for days. it is not clear if the truce will hold longer than the last one. yemen is a hotbed of terrorism. al qaeda's affiliate claims to have planned and funded part of the paris terror attacks. an al qaeda leader in the arabian peninsula released a video calling jih

back and reminder of stories in yemen and gun battle between soldiers and fighters and across the capitol sanaa and reports the president has flown from the palace and a convow has been attacks and minister told al jazeera the capitol is in chaos and could be a new yemen by the end of the day. here is what she told us earlier. >> the president is in south it's very tense and we can hear fire exchange and random not as much as the morning, random explosions or gunshots. there is there was a meeting around an hour ago at the president's house that included the prime minister and high-level representatives of the houthis and they agreed from this meeting that the ceasefire will happen and there will be a field committee which is supposed to go around the streets and ensure that the ceasefire does happen. however, once the members of the meeting including the prime minister left the meeting at the president's house they were shot at and hopefully they can make it to their residence but we know that the prime minister is still fine and know the leaders are fine. >> where is the preside

admiral harford referenced that as well. if they were coordinating through yemen. through aqap they had to have some sourt of communication. that should have been or could have been tracked and now what they do is backtrack. >> pierre as you point out, u.s. officials have been concern about the threat from yemen for some time. near the top of the their list. >> homeland security expressed great concern about possible new attacks against airplanes. and the genesis of that attack involved elements of terrorists in syria. but also terrorists from yemen. bombmakers. who are expert in these creative hard to detect types of bombs. so again, yemen, syria, all these things coming into fruition. one official told me including the attorney general that all of this is one of the most active terrorism environments since 9/11. people radicalized on the internet. people in the training camps. they have to watch all of it. it's a daunting task. >> what do officials take from this right now? what happens in the united states in the coming hours, days weeks? given what we have learned from the situation in

has apparently been executed by the terror group isis. yemen pro-american government has collapsed. giving al qaeda a stronger hand. and chilly relations between the president and netanyahu turned even colder. we'll talk to white house chief of staff denis mcdonough senate armed services member john mccain and top democrat on intelligence committee senator dianne feinstein. plus, the late weekend developments on the nfl deflate gate controversy and expert analysis on all of this because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, it was just a few months ago that the administration was holding up yemen as model for fighting terror, that is by supporting partners on the ground in the u.s. ground forces. at a news conference in india this morning, the president declared that is still the right strategy. >> yemen has never been a perfect democracy or a island of stability. the alternative would be for us to play whack-a-mole every time there is side of any given country to deploy u.s. troops. that is not a sustainable strategy. >> schieffer: we're joined by th

continue battle against isis. of course growing worsening situation that is going on in yemen. you know, king abdullah as we know a key ally of the united states helping with the war on terror. the hope is that crown prince salman who is taking over will continue to have a good relationship with the united states and the fight against terror groups like isis and al qaeda but there is also concern, bill and martha, these type of terror organizations and groups will try to exploit the transition of power by creating chaos and havoc within saudi arabia bill? bill: so who is in charge when it comes to yemen? who is running that country john? >> reporter: bill, simply put, no one. no one's in charge. the country is split up into various rival political factions at this point. under yemeni law though the parliament speaker would assume the presidency. and is said to be aligned with the huthis. the anti-american shiite rebels. the yemeni president ha deed had a good relationship with the u.s. and fight against terror groups and al qaeda in the arabianian peninsula the huthis are opposed to al

. built for business. >>> growing concerns over chaos in yemen. growing threats to the west. jihadis being told to stay where you are and the attack at home. >>> is this case closed? the u.s. police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in ferguson missouri will not face federal civil rights charges after all. >>> plus -- >> show me your hand! show me your [ bleep ] hands. >> another police shooting. this time caught on dash cam video. how an ordinary traffic stop turned deadly. >>> and the number-one sport in the u.s. is plagued once again with a growing scandal. did the new england patriots use detulated footballs to cheat their way into the super bowl? >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you very much for joining us or staying with us for our second hour. we want to begin with word of a peace agreement in yemen amid new threats from the al qaeda affiliate there. >> the group released a new video with a senior leader urging lone wolf attacks in western countries. that comes as the govern

arabia is concerned about the activities of extremists in yemen. that is why you have seen to this point significant cooperation. >> reporter: the white house remains hopeful that the relationship with the new saudi king will hold steady but that is in question. >> the likelihood of success for the diplomatic talks is at best 50/50. but the reason they are worth pursuing is they are the best way to resolve the international community's concerns. >> reporter: a diplomatic opening overseas one that has plenty of critics here at home. >> the iranians want a nuclear weapon and their missile program is inconsistent with the moderate peaceful regime. this is a disaster in the making. >> reporter: at this point the president is choosing not to attend an event in saudi arabia. vice president joe biden will go while the president goes ahead with a previously planned trip to india. >>> thank you. >>> the fall of yemen's government has the u.s. government on alert and policy makers on alert. correspondent is live at the pentagon tonight. >> good evening. yemen has never been a paragon of stab

you. a group in yemen claims responsibility for the attack in france. and this is a picture from yosemite. those two climbers, i think they're there. we were talking about them reaching the summit of the dawn wall but it looks like they're there. they're scaling the last couple of feet of el capitan. we'll hear more in a moment. >> one week ago today two gunmen stormed the paris offices of satirical magazine charlie hebdo killing two people. today the magazine was back on newsstands and it sold out quickly. millions more are expected to be printed in the coming days. sheila mcvicar has more now from paris. >> reporter: with 1 million copies hitting the streets there was more excitement at newsstands before dawn than ever has been possible. people were anxious to get their hands on a copy. people who don't read it. this is a tiny publication with a niche market. people were out buying that newspaper, buying that magazine, buying it because of a sense of history, and buying it because they wanted to commemorate those who died. and those who died in the name of free expression in fr

qaeda yemen up until the time of his death. we understand independently from our own reporting that the older brother, said kouachi went to yemen in 2011, and also trained at the al qaeda training camps there, and also sought to meet with the leadership of al qaeda in yemen. at that time the leadership included nassar, a long-time aide to osama bin laden as well as anwar al-awlaki the claireic i just mentioned in addition to another american who was eventually killed in a cia drone strike, samir khan the main driver behind "inspire magazine" the journal that in march of 2013 called for the execution of the editor and the cartoonists at the french magazine. so that is a lot of dat too -- data points taking to us al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence officials have not reached any firm conclusion over whether al qaeda in yemen directed this operation, but there is now no doubt that the brother had ties to al qaeda in yemen. >> how does all of this information relate to earlier intelligence that we had already confirmed? >> one of the most interesting elements in this is that there was

] >> yemen pushed to the brink once more. houthi rebels battle soldiers near the presidential palace. >>> the prime minister has been attacked the government calling this an attempted coup. iran confirms that one of its generals died, and hundreds of thousands protest against charlie hebdo magazine, this time in russian-controlled chechnya. >> it's a violent and tumultuous day in yemen where the government has been facing an attempted coup. after hours of fighting between houthi rebels and soldiers, a cease-fire is now holding. earlier nine people were killed near the presidential palace. the president is safe in sanaa but earlier the prime minister's convoy came under fire. >> reporter: the fight something being heard from blocks away. the building is a symbol of who yields power in yemen. the information minister described the scene. >> to be honest, i don't think any single party is in control. there are places where the state security is in control. there are places where the houthies are in control. most ministers of defense and interior were in the committee but those who wear

amy goodman. yemen is facing political collapse following the mass resignations of president abdu rabbu mansour hadi, his prime minister and entire cabinet. thursday's exodus came just hours after shia houthi rebels stormed the presidential compound in the capital city of sanaa. hadi said he could not continue in office after houthis allegedly broke a peace deal to retreat from key positions in return for increased political power. we'll have more on the crisis in yemen after headlines. king abdullah bin abdulaziz of saudi arabia has died at the age of 90. king abdullah was one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men, controlling a fifth of the known global petroleum reserves. the king's half-brother crown prince salman, has now assumed the throne. we'll have more on king abdullah's death and saudi arabia's future later in the broadcast. in the united states -- the united states and cuba have wrapped the first round of historic talks in havana. the two sides met as part of the effort to restore full diplomatic ties for the first time in more than half a century. the head o

point, and admiral harford referenced that as well. if they were coordinating through yemen. through aqap they had to have some sourt of communication. that should have been or could have been tracked and now what they do is backtrack. >> pierre as you point out, u.s. officials have been concern about the threat from yemen for some time. near the top of the their list. >> homeland security expressed great concern about possible new attacks against airplanes. and the genesis of that attack involved elements of terrorists in syria. but also terrorists from yemen. bombmakers. who are expert in these creative hard to detect types of bombs. so again, yemen, syria, all these things coming into fruition. one official told me including the attorney general that all of this is one of the most active terrorism environments since 9/11. people radicalized on the internet. people in the training camps. they have to watch all of it. it's a daunting task. >> what do officials take from this right now? what happens in the united states in the coming hours, days weeks? given what we have lea

and arab peninsula and yemen which is in a situation and isis has its tentacles here and there in the region and many young saudis go off and join some of these militant groups these islamic militants groups like isis and others and there is a stress there within saudi society that causes small numbers of saudis to go off and join some of these militant groups and saudis have an internal problem about 7, 8, 9 years ago with thousands of militants and they were put down by the very able security services. [captioning change] >> stability is guaranteed. there's never been eight doubt about stability in saudi arabia. they've had several successions after the king was assassinated and occupation of the holy mosque. they've had stress says but made a smooth transition. the real issue is policy and addressing the internal disparities in terms of income, jobs self satisfaction among young saudis. you see on the internet and social media there's a tremendous universe of social media conversations going on. they are not revolutionary but activists. many young saudis expressing themselves a

yemen. the terrorist hot bed south of saudi arabia where killers of last week's magazine attack,er is cherif and said kouachi went. >> reporter: what's key is for french investigators to establish the links in reality between here yemen and those attacks in france. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula's 11-minute statement suggest a u.s. citizen killed in 2011 by u.s. drone strike anwar al awlaki was running that attack. what's vital for french investigators to work out is after that 2011 death there were continued conversations or resources passed from here yemen, to the kouachi brothers. we know potentially one of them came here as early as 2009 and maybe cherif traveling under his older brother's passport came here in 2011 and may have returned to france with tens of thousands of dollars. that's vital information because there are other cells around europe. do they have links to the al qaeda hotbed here in yemen. of course now a quiet day after friday prayer here in the capital but much anger on the streets at the image of prophet muhammad offensive to so many muslims being publish

has to do with this older brother. the older brother went to yemen in 2012. he went to a training camp and he was also seeking to meet with the al qaeda leadership there. at that time the leader of external operations or external plotting was the american cleric anwar alawki. >>> we have a fox news alert because the president is speaking. >> i've been coming around a lot lately because there's a lot of good stuff happening here. i want to begin by thanking jill and joe biden. they're not just good friends and good partners but they really believe in the power of education and they really believe in creating those kinds of ladders of opportunity that gave all three of us and michelle the chances and opportunities that we've had today. and they understand the promise of america's community colleges. well, jill really understands it and joe he doesn't really have a choice. before i get into the reason that i'm here today, i want to begin by saying just a few about the tragic events that we have watched unfold in france over the last several hours and days because events have been fas

. >>> turning to yemen the nation, the obama administration once pointed to as a great middle east success story. that success story is crumbling tonight. intelligence officials not only calling what has occurred a coup, but after armed rebels took over the presidential palace and much of the capital city, the president and entire congress of yemen resigned. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin with our report. >> reporter: state department officials say they have reached out to yemeni officials in the capital sanaa to get more clarity about the resignation of president hadi his prime minister and cabinet, one day after yemeni officials announced a ten point truce. the president agreed to give the shia houthis more representation when they have not withdrawn from around the president's residence and remained inside the presidential palace the truce appeared in jeopardy. the state department not calling this a coup has left open the idea of working with the houthis. u.s. officials say the houthis have not indicated they plan to target the american embassy or the

compound and prime minister convey attacked in yemen. >> we may have a new yemen by the end of the day. >> hundreds attended the funerals for six hezbollah fighters killed in an israeli air strike. >> after six weeks of no new infections declared free from the ebola virus in mali. >> there's a growing sense of uncertainty after an attempted coup. there are on going gun battles. the president was forced to flee his palace by helicopter. his convey came under attack and houthi rebels took control of a state news agency. >> the fighting is being heard from blocks away. government forces and houthi rebels have been battling near the presidential palace since early monday. the believe is a symbol of who wields power in yemen something hard to know at the moment. the information minister describes the scene as utter chaos. >> to be honest, i don't think any single party is in control. there are places where the state security's in control places where houthis are in control. both ministers of defense and interior were in this committee but there are people who wear the uniform that do no

happening in yemen. the government has fallen. a reminder of what has taken place over the course of the last couple of days. the key u.s. ally here yemen in the fight against terrorism has been em broibroiled in a political standoff with a group. now we're hearing the top yemen government has resigned. when we say top government that includes the president prime minister and the entire cabinet. joining me now, michael sawyer author and the man who led the cia hunt for osama bin laden. michael, thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> let's begin with the i were occasions of ss ss ss ss ss -- begin with the news the consequence of the news. what does this mean? >> i suppose this means they'll try to take over the government and run the country. they're minority in the country, shia. certainly there will be a war from from them and is sunni groups al qaeda, isis that's there and other tribals. >> so if we're talking about the minority group, we're also getting word keeping the rebels in mind we're hearing michael about this deadly turf battle that could tote willy change the u.s. led war on

in yemen with suspected ties to al qaeda. of course we know that one, possibly both of the kouachi brothers responsible for the "charlie hebdo" shooting are thought to have train inside of yemen. we're also now hearing the older brother, said has just been buried in an unmarked grave in eastern france. let's go straight to jim bittermann covering this from when it all happened on january 7th. jim, thank you for being with us. what can you tell us about said kouachi, the older of the brothers being buried in the town that he was from? what do we know about that who was there? >> reporter: well, it wasn't attended by anybody. it was done overnight and kind of in secret. no one knows where he is. he's in an unmarked grave. basically because he lived in the city for a time and the mayor had no choice. the local city officials didn't want this to happen. they would rather have had him buried somewhere else. according to the french law, they -- if a person lives in a community he can then be buried in that community. the same thing is happening with his brother who we think is going to b

live in doha with coverage in yemen and sanaa and intense fighting between houthi fighters and the army we also have other news funerals expected for six hezbollah fighters in the golan heights, tightening grip on power and turkey cabinet meeting. after six weeks of no new infections mali is free from the ebola virus. ♪ welcome to al jazeera, if you are just joining us the situation in yemen seems to be spiralling out of control and you see on t.v. gun battles ongoing between yemen soldiers and houthi fighters who took control of sanaa last year. the president has flown from the presidential palace and prime minister's convow has been attacked. the minister of information told al jazeera the capitol is in chaos and could be a new yemen by the end of the day. >> the president is in his house. it's very tense. we can still hear fire exchanged and random, not as much as the morning, random explosions or gunshots. there is -- there was a meeting around an hour ago at the president's house that included the prime minister and high-level representatives of the houthis and they agreed f

terrorism training in yemen in 2011 through al qaeda in the arabian peninsula? again, i remind everybody that the "uss cole" bombing happened in the port of yemen well before 9/11, in 2000. and we've known about what that country means. >> yeah certainly. i've been to yemen with the department of defense. it's been a hotbed for many many years. as you mentioned, the bombing of the "cole" the year before 9/11 in october of 2000. but even there have been many incidents there. the u.s. military has been there assisting yemenis. we've had many also drone attacks in yemen attacking al qaeda. al qaeda their operational arm has shifted from pakistan to yemen. that is the front line of al qaeda's operational activity right now. it's also the front line of their propaganda activity with "inspire" magazine, which has apparently been directly involved in inspiring these two characters to attack charlie, and specifically, the editor there. so, the yemeni connection is very strong it's very important, it's a hotbed of al qaeda activity. >> so how do you think that from a national security standpoint

by al qaeda in yemen, the yemeni government is on the verge of collapse. opposition fighters have surrounded the prime minister's palace. the president's chief of staff has been abducted. will the yemeni government be overthrown in a coup? we will speak to journalists iona craig and jeremy scahill. then to guatemala. in a major victory for human righ activists, a former guatemalan police chief has been found guilty for ordering the spanish embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. we will speak to nobel peace prize-winner rigoberta menchÚ. her father died in the massacre. >> we have been denied the truth for 35 years and today, the responsibility for mr. garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. i think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracyno