so dire the u.s. even pulling out its special forces creating a dangerous vacuum for terrorists to fill. analysts fear the retreat of u.s. forces will be a win for al qaeda. let's begin our coverage with nic robertson live in london. nic. >> reporter: the real concern with yes, ma'am isn't that isis and al qaeda will do precisely what they did in syria, which is take advantage of a civil war to build bases to make themselves stronger and to be a bigger threat against the west and all this has taken place against the backdrop of this country, teetering on the edge of civil wash. shiite houthi rebels now in control of the international airport in the southwestern city warning that yemen is at quote the edge of civil war. this sectarian violence

spreading across the country where houthi s, who control the capital and areas of the north are advancing south into the third largest city taiz. the unrest pushing the u.s. military to pull out following the evacuation last month. isis claiming responsibility for this suicide attack on two mosques on friday. more than 130 killed hundreds more injured. >> we are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. >> reporter: the nation now in an especially perilous position caught between the houthi violent rivalry with the sunni terrorists al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. now, growing concerns the u.s. withdrawal is a serious blow to

the counterterrorism mission. >> without the good intelligence starts plots, against the homeland without that intelligence we cannot effectively stop it. >> this region home to offshoots. the terrorist organizations, responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2,000 attack on the uss coal leaving 17 sailors dead and the underwear bomber attempt on the u.s. airliner in 2009. and now all the american presence pulled out of yemen, the last 100 special force, delta and seem teams pulled out over the weekend. >> that means the understanding, the reach, the connection with sources on the ground to target and monitor al qaeda and isis. >> that means that has dwindled down to effectively almost zero. alisyn. >> all right, nic, we will talk much more about that in the program. also developing overnight, an

american reportedly among 11 medical students in syria working in an isis controlled hospital. an official insists they went there to help isis and may have been brain washed to switching sides as more than westerners are joining isis. >> reporter: alisyn sheer what we know. this is coming from a turkish member of parliament and opposition law maker. he says a group of 11 seven brik british nationals, one american, two sued feezdanese they came from sedan, three others were in their final year of law school. he says they crossed into syria, into isis controlled territory. now, we cannot independently verify their whereabouts right now or the motivations behind their travels to syria.

but this law maker is telling british media that their families who they have been if touch with trying to track them down in syria, he says they are convinced they are working for isis and they have been brain washed and cheated by the group. now, the law maker says that the family members are currently on the turkish side of the border. seven of them desperately trying to track down their children and convince them to come back home. back to you, mikaela. >> very concerning. thank you, now to the apparent threat of the group allegedly linked to isis calling for attacks on u.s. soil t. previous unknown group posted names, addresses, even pictures of some 100 service men and women as potential targets. they are in question. we have developments live from washington. good morning. >> reporter: mikaela, there is skepticism that this group is

even real at the intooit spite the fact the defense department is responding swiftly to this potential threat cnn has heard from army criminal investigation division which is now working with the fbi as well as a person core spokesmen who said they have notified in person all the service members who were named as potential targets. now, this reportedly happened on saturday a file posted online from a group calling itself the islamic state hacking organization which called for beheadings and attacks in the united states of these military personnel, at least some of the information is reportedly taken from facebook and the white pages. the military officials are warning troops limit the amount of personal information online while they sort all of this out. chris. >> thank you for brigg this important story. let's get deep analysis on that. let's go to fill lid mudd and

cnn analyst general mark hertling. yemen is not an old place. 1990 this place was formed 26 million people. important to the u.s. because of its location. it had been such an allie, president obama six months ago saying this place is a success, example in the war against terrorism. let's look at it first from a military standpoint general, what has happened there? the government has gone now it seems like it's a race to see who can make eight home base for terror first. >> chris, it's an easy thing to describe. houthi insurgency has overtaken the government which represented the trievenlt have you houthi s fighting not only the tribe but aid in the peninsula, a critically important terrorist group. add that that isis claims they're in the territory. so you literally have a cauldron of interjihadi fighting.

the special operations forces were pulled out of there late last week because, truthfully we don't have any intelligence to give them. it wasn't the fact that they weren't generating intelligence but when you take the country teams out of the embassy of the company, targets can't be passed to the shooters. that's why they basically left. >> general, i have the brothers and sisters on the military side people from the intel side philip mudd say figure you are going to go somewhere, make yemen the last place on your list to go. because this will be the most dangerous place in the world. what does this combination of events there mean to u.s. interests? >> look. you got to look at counterterrorism oceans from two perspectives one you can continue some intelligence operations in yemen. standoff operations with drones but you can fought replace the on the ground capability. let me give you one reason why, when those drones are operating, you want to be working in partnership with services on the ground so they're conducting

raid operations. you want the raids to keep the target in this case isisagetated while you are running drone operationles. it's like a major piece of the puzzle is off the table now. you can check information remotely and kill leadership of isis with overhead drones. you can't run those disruption operations there is no partner to work with. who are you going to pass the intelligence to? >> what we have just done is we've gone from the strategic offensive in yemen, where we have as phil said targets being passed to the shooters two strategic defenses where we actually have to wait to see what might lap and what might come out of yemen towards the united states. truthfully right now, we are monitoring in country developments because it's critically important. you also have the saudi arabia iranian factor. they're behind the major players there. truthfully what we are worried about is the potential to continue try and strike united

states. we've gone on the defensive. >> so let's put up the statement so people remember what yemen is seen as yemen, uss cole as progress president obama said this strategy taking out terrorists who threaten supports partners on the front line. is one that we have successfully pursued in yemen and somalia for years. what happened there so quickly, philip mudd to change it from a success to knew place where it looks like it's a laboratory for houthi extremism. >> i think they have been around for years as a player as a player that was anti-government t. fact that they can move in and oust the government so quickly, took all people including me by surprise also the knack that the former president ousted if 2012 was playing a role there. i would have been there. i was among those who said this was working. it was first a new president, it was a good operator i think a

more effective operator than his predecessor. i think drones were lethally successful in yemen. they still will be. today it's chaos. >> well the point is to look back and cast blame. we'll leave that to the politicians. general, there was the way i pronounced laboratory it was a bresch intelligence source who said to me this place is a big concern now and no joke because you have all of the, it may become a welcoming ground for any extremism that wants to get involved that, the houthi s, just based on what they're about, as long as they're in control, they don't care who is there, as long as it's disruptive. having a place whether it's isis or al qaeda or whoever you want to put down as a fame can come there and share information and grow. >> well your pronounceation was effective there, chris you hit it right on its head, yemen could be the next and others have said this could be the next syria. this is very troubling because

of the contention between the saudi arabian factor and their increasing defenses along their southern border with yemen and what iran might do because they are backing the houthi s. this has become a civil war and it's going to get worse, especially last night with the indication that the houthi rebels have overtaken the city of taiz which is halfway between the capital and aidan where the president is hiding out right now. >> philip mudd even if syria, at least there you have the regime that has power and wants an infrastructure set up to maintain power in assad's regime. you don't have that in yemen. have you the houthi s. who knows what they want and why they're there. what could that mean? >> yeah i think there is a contrast here yemen doesn't have the geographic proximity. i think syria and iraq were

already proving to be a huge magnet for westerners leak the medical assistants we talked about earlier in the show the problem is we are do not have a window on what is becoming a safe haven. in my experience if you give a terrorist six to 18 months without pressure from a security service, that person that terrorist is going to be able to construct a plot. what we're going to be able to have now is a dead zone for intelligence. we saw the underwear bomber attempt in twoivenlt i think we will see american forces leave and it will continue as the yemen government falls apart. >> potentially the biggest threat in six months thank you for helping us understand this. >> okay. chris, let's talk big political news. let the race begin. overnight, texas senator ted cruz launching his presidential company on twitter, becoming the first major candidate to declare in the 2016 race.

cruz will make the form am announcement at a speech in lynchburg, virginia this morning. that's where we find our senior correspondent, so, jeff it is on? >> reporter: good morning, am sin, it is on and ted cruz is a republican from texas. of course he has been in the u.s. senate for two years. he drew praise and criticism for that 16-day shutdown in 2013. overnight he sent out a tweet to his supporters that linked to a video message. he is talking about a new generation of conservatives. let's take a listen. >> it's a time for truth, a time to rise to the challenge, just as americans have always done. it's going to take a few generation of courageous conservatives to help make america great again and i'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight. >> it is that new jen iraqis of conservatives that senator cruz is hoping to appeal to.

that's why he's speak here at liberty university in virginia to some 10,000 students in a couple of hours, trying to appeal to them that he is this new conservative leader for this new generation. we got a glimpse of senator cruz and his family last night as they toured the stage, walking around sort of getting a preview for what is his biggest speech of his political career. he's 44-years-old kind of similar to another senator eight years ago, barak obama. he hopes he has that same kind of luck. we'll see. he's not the last republican. he is the first. there could be more than a dozen to go. >> appreciate it. the question this is going to be a very interesting development. now we will have to see what it means politically. we will be talking about that for sure. we also have brand-new video for you. it turns out there was a third gunman in that terrorism attack in tunisia. he was only spotted after tunisian security forces took a closer look at the under surveillance tapes. he is reportedly on the run,

authorities say he won't get far now they know he exists. 23 people were killed in that attack. most of them tourists. again president ghani is in the u.s. he is expected to be more flexible on draw downs in afghanistan by the end of 2016 could jeopardize security. now an update on story we have been covering, the co-owner of a bar near the university of virginia campus says martisse johnston was polite and cordial, not blinl rent as he was described by statosises who arrested him. they say johnston did not appear to be intoxicated. the violent arrest triggered protests and allegations of racial profiling and police

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. it was a senator ted cruz throwing his hat into the presidential ring becoming the first major 2016 contender to formally declare. so what will a ted cruz candidacy look like? >> let's discuss. we have mr. kevin maddon and cnn political commentator, democratic strategist and senior adviser at usa action mr. paul beghala, so kevin maddon we start with you. he's the first man in. is this the last time we refer to him as a first? >> look. he is somebody who excites a lot of grass roots conservatives out there. he is somebody for a lot of voters who want to see the status quo in washington and quite frankly within the republican party challenged. you know ted cruz gives a lot

of voice to those voters. so he's to have he's financial to make big waves in iowa and elsewhere on the calendar. >> here's the average polling on ted cruz among others. he is rating right now at a 4.6, which is quite far down the rung from some of the other, all of the other republican candidates that we heard talk about it so far. talk about the timing of him getting if now. does that give him momentum? >> i think it does i think he is moving first. i recall a freshman or a second year senator from illinois calling about that barak obama. i would not underestimate ted cruz. i think there is a real capacity. you are exactly right. republicans want an alternative to the establishment. it seems to me he can weave together all three strands of the insurgency in republicans.

he can we've together the tea party. the christian conservatives, he opposes rain and inses and libertitarians those are three powerful strains of anti-establishment republicanism. >> i think he wants to set up cruz as being an attractive candidate because he thinks he will be easy to beat. he has been the anti--guy, right, they call him the cruz missile the way he was trying to blow up the government there and shut it down. that's what he has been harnessing. how much can that get you? let's play sop of what he said recently. it speaks to what he is appealing to. >> i just came back from new hampshire where there is snow and ice everywhere. my view is simple. debates on this should follow science and should follow data and many of the alarmists on global warming. they got a problem because the

science doesn't back them up. my 9-year-old knows from 3rd grade science just because it's cold doesn't mean there is no global warming. dershowitz says he is the smartest law student he's ever taught. water going on here? >> i think this is an appeal to grass roots conservatives around the country. ted cruz said this himself, the reason we lost to mitt romney or john mccain is because we need to paint in pastels in order to win, we have to paint broad colors. he wants to be the voice of this sort of clash of political cultures in this country right now. he wants to take on the status quo in washington and take on the last of what will have been eight years of president obama and offer a new direction to a lot of conservatives who want to see these bold contrasts the way

the republicans think it ought to be run and those who supported barak obama for the last eight years. that's what he wants to do. he doesn't want to meddle around in the middle. he wants to draw tough contrast. >> that's interesting. he wants to paint things in bold colors. maybe it's black and white him maybe that's what it is to win the primary. as you know that's more of a chal for the general. >> i think they're mostly worried right now about winning primary. i think kevin is here. it's exactly right. think about this. my one liner. he has barak obama's education and sarah palin's politics. he goes on a late fight show and tends to claim it's not real. he set the pedigree of a champion debate or a princeton

top yale student at harvard there is a republican base out there. they don't believe in photo synthesis, electromagnetism. he will speak with giant intlek intellectuals. >> you can't oppose all the time. kevin, do you think this may backfire on the gop? they say they don't like erick holder. now they have somebody who should be a shoe-in. they are holding it up. is the obstructionism too obvious? >> i think it's too easy to paint it as political obstructionism when you do have a couple of folks up on capitol hill who believe strongly and have a substantive disagreement about her comments and remarks that the president can go ahead and change the lock if he doesn't like it. i think right now we have a lot of procedural obstacles on capitol hill that are preventing

a vote. ultimately she gets and up or down vote. it will be close because the opposition is substantive in this case. because she is a an african-american and a woman, some of the cynicism we see from folks who opposes her, there will be that politics is going to happen. >> paul is she going to get a vote or has this gotten too bogged down if politics? >> i think she will get a vote. republicans insist on shooting themselves on the foot on this. the sticking point they say is abortion. abortion is a divisive issue. it really has nothing to do with whether lorretta lynch should be the attorney general. even rudy guiliani says lynch would be a good attorney general. why fought put her on the job, let her get to enforcing the laws and fight over a woman's right to choose. >> paul kevin, great to see you guys.

let us know what you think about all this tweet us at "new day." we will read your comments. we are talking about yemen this morning, because it could become the most dangerous place on the planet. months ago, president obama called yes, ma'am an success story. now it could become a clubhouse for terrorist groups. we will tell you what it means for your safety ahead. imagine this roadtrip a 3,500 journey from california to new 3,500 journey from california to new york in a car with no one behind the wheel, no driver. hmm, we'll tell you more ahead.

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>> marathon not a sprint. >> still ahead in the news the united states pulling troops out of yemen a key allie, now on the brichg of all out chaos. will this country evolve into one of the most dangerous places on earth?

is on the vernl of civil war, the u.s. forces pulling out over the decaying situation t. chaos could become the worst nightmare. let's turn to analyst and managing editor of course good morning to you. it's a same we have to talk about this. this is a first concerting troubling situation. you look at yemen. it is a key location especially given the ongoing war on terror. >> well, just look at where it is it's on the heel of the arabian peninsula on the border of saudi arabia and it's

desperately poor vast parts of the country are desert and unattended. where the mountain ranges end is east of the country, it's all basically desert and very very little security. so there are lots of places to hide. that has been good for al qaeda, osama bin laden's family originally came from yemen. his most closest confidants the hardest of the hard terrorists come from yemen. there is a long history there. >> we talk about the history. let's talk about recent events. we saw the u.s. embassy closed there. not a month later, that deadly mosque killing 137 people there to worship at a mosque. on friday 137 muslims killed. more to be done. is there more that should be done? >> the u.s. for several years now has been fighting very closely alongside the yemeni counterterrorism forces. the fact that the u.s. can no

longer operate freely in yes, ma'am isn't very very bad news it means that basically the only option to the west is create a drone campaign. >> drone campaigns are continuing. >> there are lots of rooms for error you create more animosity. >> is that the only option? >> right now with no beats on the ground it's the only position. they haven't shown who is in charge. yemeni forces are not interested if fighting against al qaeda and isis has now turned up there. you have a shiite militant group. we have three different groups of armed and dangerous and hostile groups fighting each other. >> it's kind of hard to pinpoint who the bad guy is. it's not the bad guy. there are so many. it's such a chaotic scene. it's unusual. >> that itself the only place in the world where it is that chaotic. >> at the moment yes. it's ironic. you have this situation in iraq

and syria. syria doesn't get as much attention as it should. that's why it suddenly shows up on our radar and we are shocked. >> analysts are saying it could become the next syria. >> these two countries about less than three decades they have become one country. they've split up again the fact that you have iran supporting one group, al qaeda and isis all these three sort of fight income a vacuum means that the potential for that to become a lot worse is great. we have no eyes really on the ground and certainly no boots on the ground. >> no allies at all? >> our allies are currently in the retreat. because of the political instable that the elected president knew democracy. they only had a first three election a couple years ago. the president is now in hiding in southern yemen. the army doesn't really know who

is in charge here. you have different generals claiming they're in charge. >> are they well equipped at least? >> the u.s. has been giving them weapons and money for a very long time. that i are decently equipped. they don't have the motivation to fight. >> final thought. is it fair to say, this is quickly becoming the most dangerous place in the world in. >> in so many different dangerous places this has the potential to become the most dangerous. >> frightening, we will keep our eyes on this for sure. chris. >> all right the war of words between israel and president obama is getting nasty. now you have steve israel on one side of the screen and steve king that's getting pretty nasty, too, there are tweets and arguments to be made. we have congressman israel up here for to you judge right after the break. no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly .

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>> now, coming from senator john mccain, it could be anything. he blasts netanyahu's comments. >> that led senator mccain to demand the president get over his issues with the prime minister of israeli. back at home it comes into a sharp, odd focus into steve king questioning democratic jews to the israeli cause. one of the persons he winds up targeting is democratic representative from new york steve israel. sometimes you can't make it up. i have to ask you, must you now change your name because as a democrat you can't be jewish and a democrat because you'd have to be a republican because the democrats don't support israel. is that true sir? >> well, sir, i know steve king i didn't know he was a scholar. i don't advise steve king and i certainly don't expect steve

king to advise me on what makes a good jew. >> insulting? >> insulting and dangerous. the relationship should not be used as a partisan football him when you get this incorrective that creeps on dual loyaltys when somebody like steve king begins to pass judgment on water a good jew and what's not a good jew, that becomes very dangerous territory. he needs to back down. >> so the audience is hearing this discussion. they are saying how bad could it be? here's what congressman steve king said on a boston radio show. >> here's what i don't understand. i don't understand how jews in america can be democrats first and jewish second and support israeli along the line of following tear president. >> the simple salvo is what? that if you like what the democrats are doing with israel then that's okay. if you are jewish you can't like it. so you should be republican. what does that mean to you in

terms of the politics of the situation? >> first of all, it means steve king is a little crazy, he would have to look that up. this scholar would have to look it up. secondly this does a disservice to the relationship between the united states and israel. look there are jews who support israel. there are some who are critical of israel. that's the beauty of our democracy. we are no better no worse than other people t. bottom line is what is happening with israel right now is like most marriages, sometimes you fight, sometimes you yes, ma'am, sometimes you don't talk. the fundamentals are sound. that's what we need to be focused on, the fundamentals. >> you can make the argument the argument isic you lar, it's about security isn't it? i don't think anybody really disputes here in u.s. or certainly in congress there is a unique existential threat to israel. the question becomes, what is going on between netanyahu and president obama dangerous to

that relationship? the optics this obsession with who called here with the public disagreement the staff that they're having it's not good everybody needs to take a timeout, a deep breath. here's what counts. i was in israel literally within weeks after the missiles flew to ga za. by the way, i didn't see steve king there. i went. when israel needed help from the united states in the form of $225 million to save live it was president obama who put in the request for funding. it was the united states congress that passed that bill. eight people voted against it. four republicans, four democrats. so the fundamentals bipartisan support for israel. there is sound, they're sound, they're strong. it should be not because i'm jewish and this is a jewish issue. this is an american issue. a strong israel is more secure

in america. militarily if terms of intel, the relationship has never been better. not in my quote. keeping netanyahu's quote. >> so when the prime minister came here you were with him. you say you walked him in you walked him out. let me ask you something, if president obama went to israel and addressed them and said i have to tell you this two-state situation, these settlements, they're a problem. what the prime minister wants to do it's not going to go well here and gave that spooem speech what do you think the reaction would be? >> steve king would probably introduce articles of impeachment immediately. there would be a shoe-in cry. that's why using israel as a political football to be spiked in the end zone is so dangerous. it's one speech one trimester, one congress with historically low public approval rate is not what's important. what is important is the fundamentals. we need to focus on those fundamentals. >> as a democrat are you somewhat the ace in the hole

right now. this name has nerve worked for you more than it has right now. however, is it fair criticism of your party that the republicans have kind of taken israel as an issue from you? some say it's just about security. some say it's about the christianization of the republican party, that it's a religious fight. they want to own it. but does it seem that the republicans i don't know israel as a supportive issue more than the democrats? >> israel is not an issue to be taken from one party by another party, netanyahu said the most parent asset israel has is bipartisanship and people who care about israel and the united states are to be focused on building that relationship nottarying it apart. >> it seems when you get presidentsh contenders or possibles, they talk about this all the time israel how strong it is what it means, what the president has done is wrong. do you believe that this is going to wind up swaying advantage even if you get another 50 guys named israel in

the democratic party. >> look i don't believe israel should be used as an electoral tool. we support israel because it is fundamentally important to the united states. i don't care whether you are a republican or a democrat. you into need to galvanize around that issue. we could have differences of opinion. just as we did when ronald reagan sold $8.5 billion in awacs equipment to the saudis. what counts is the fundamentals. we need to be focusing on those fundamentals. >> good allies can be good contradiction at times. you have to deal with both. congressman israel thank you for being here. thank you for the explanation. this is one big story for you this morning. there is a lot of news. so let's get to it. >> a new major threat to u.s. security yemen, as isis gets a foot hold in these environments you will see state governments fall. >> all that has taken place with

the back of this country tierting on the edge of civil war. the reported isis hit list of u.s. troops posted online names, pictures home addresses of service men and women from all branches of the military. americans reportedly among 11 medical students believed to be in syria, working in isis controlled hospitals. i'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight. by announcings first, ted cruz is making a ploy, a quote for media attention and company donations. >> this is "few day" with chris al come alabama sin camera that and meika ferrara.

>> we have complete could have beenage starting with nic robertson in london. whatt the latest? >> reporter: chris, good morning the real concern here is as the acquisition de situation deteriorates they will use the civil war to build strength build camps and plan attacks against the west. all of this is happening as yemen edges towards civil war. shiite houthi rebels now in control of the international airport in the southwestern city of taiz. the u.n. envoy warn tack yes, ma'am isn't at quote the edge of civil war. this sectarian violence between shiite rebels spreadling across

the country. where houthi s who control the capital of areas of the north are advancing south into taiz from sa na a. the mounting unrest pushing the u.s. military to pull out following the evacuation last month. isis claiming responsibility for this suicide attack on two mosques on friday. more than 130 killed. hundreds more vurd. >> we are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the chaos and instability to carry out thing as of violence. >> the nation now in an especially perilous organization caught between the houthi rivalry with the terrorists al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, now, growing concerns the u.s. withdrawal is a serious blow to the counterterrorism mission.

>> without the plots against the homeland we cannot effectively stop it. >> reporter: this region home to al qaeda offshots the terrorist organizations responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2000 attack on the uss cole leaving 17 sailors dead and the underwear bombing, attempt from the u.s. airliner in 2009. the u.s. presence in yemen, the military presence is completely gone t. houthi rebels are just under 100 miles from where the internationally backed u.s.-supported president is holding out and his building was bombed there by fighter architect just a few days ago, chris. >> thank you very much for that. the situation there cannot be exaggerated. just six months ago, yemen was a success. this isn't as simple as being

wrong. this is about figuring out how yemen became terror free for all so quickly and whether there is a plan for what comes next. let's bring in white house correspondent michelle kazinski. what itself the word? >> reporter: it's a deter scevioriateing violence situation prompted the evacuation of u.s. personnel in yemen. about 100 special ops forces. also the u.n. security council held a meeting last night to discuss this urging a peaceful solution. this is bringing up yet again something the president said about six months ago, he was talking act isis referred to yemen and somalia in the fighting of counterterror as something of success stories. >> this strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front lines is one we have successfully pursued if yemen for years. >> we have targeted al qaeda's

affiliate. the reason we have commanded somalia. >> the white house has been asked about this repeatedly it seems a million times when the situation deter scevioriates a bit more, a bit more. now we are looking at something teetering on the brink of war t. white house has defended itself in saying something like that referring to these things as something of successes, working with groups on the front line working with the government and still being able to target militants within the country. but the situation as it stand now has really raised questions about whether that is feasible moving forward, whether the u.s. can still effectively fight terror within yemen. we have seen the number of airstrikes diminish greatly over the past year. mikaela. >> all right, michelle. meanwhile, a previously unknown group claiming a hit list of some 100 american troops plus their names and

addresses and pictures of service men and women online. u.s. officials say the credibility of this group, though is still in question. we are following the developments in our washington borough, so we're not sure if they're credible or not. >> despite the defendant department is responding swiftly and seriously to this potential threat. cnn heard from the criminal investigation division which is now working with the fbi and marine corps spokesmen who say they have notified in person all those service members who are named as potential targets. this reportedly happened on saturday, a file posted online from a group calling itself islamic state hacking organization called for beheadings and attacks in the united states of these military personnel. at least some of this information was already public reportedly taken from facebook and the white pages. so military officials, they are now warning u.s. troops adjust

your privacy settings. limit the amount of personal information online while they sort all of this out. >> okay. thank you for all that background. we want to bring in independent senator from maine, angus king a member of the armed services committee, the intelligence committee and budget committee. senator, we get one stop shopping with you. great to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with the big breaking news out of yemen. that is the u.s. has pulled 100 special ops members out of the country. can you explain to us? give us some context of what this mean aren't our navy seals, our delta force guy, aren't these the guy was are used to being in the worst war torn hot spots on the globe? that's sort of their job description. why do they have to leave yemen today? >> i think because the security situation is so bad. i think it's important to clarify, yemen whereas two

countries until 1990 and what's really happening is it's breaking back down again into two countries. there is a civil war that's already begun. people are saying they're on the brink of it. when you take over two major cities i call that a sill war. on top of that you have a terrorist threat. it gets confusing. the houthi s aren't really a terrorist organization. they're a shiite group trying to take over the country. they have been around for many years, particularly in the north.- what the problem is when the government breaks down and you have a civil war then it becomes open season for al qaeda and isis and the terrorist groups to use yemen as a base. when the president was talking about being a success, he wasn't so much talking about yemen. he was talking about our efforts to take out the leadership of al qaeda, aqap so-called, which were successful but it was with the permission of the yemeni

government. now the yemeni government is in exile, if you will down in aidan and it's really a very confusing and difficult situation. but i think the administration made the right call to pull out our people given the absolute chaos that's now in that country. >> look what's going on there with is troubling on so many levels. it's what you touched on. which is that this yemen was seen as a great partner in counterterrorism activities with the use v u.s. the president called it a success story. to see it turned into this cauldron what should the u.s. do? >> well if i knew i'd be president, alisyn. will is no clear answer. i think what we have to do is observe, try to get as much information and intelligence as we can. the other piece not to make it more difficult is that the houthi s are aligned with iran,

we have been focused on iran's nuclear threat they now have their tent tals into baghdad, damascus now sanaa and yemen. this is another aspect of this that makes it troubling. i don't think there is an active role for the u.s. other than intelligence and trying to see where the dust is going to settle and see if we can't maintain our counterterrorism efforts because even tow which may not be sympathetic to the houthi s or iran nobody leaks isis your reporter mentioned isis bombed a mosque isis is an equal opportunity killer. they're killing muslims as well as westerners. so i think there may be an opportunity for some continuing

counterterrorism work once the dust mounts on a civil war. >> here's another story about isis. isis has posted online what it claims are the names, photos and addresses of about 100 u.s. military men and women. they are calling on sleeper cells in the u.s. to attack these people. isis also says it hacked into several military servers to get this information. you are on the intelligence committee. is that true? >> well there is no i can't confirm it. there is no evidence that they hacked into official computers. what it looks like from what i understand is they got most of this information from public sources, facebook and white pages and other kind of listings. i can't rule out at least at this point having been briefed recently in the last couple of days on this it looks like this is public sources. this is just one more aspect of how die boll tal these guys are, they're clever of their use of the media and particularly of

social media. you heard over the weekend about the medical students going there but there is a new book coming out about isis. one of the you a tores talks act who they are, how they appeal to people and one of the things we're learning is they give all these rosie pictures of the perfect islamic state. it's awful t. line is once you get there, you don't leave, unfortunately, people are falling for it. hopefully, over time people will learn it's a bait and switch in a kind of extreme way. >> we certainly hope so. back here at home let's talk about what's going on in the senate this morning the bug will be brought to the floor. let me put up what which believe will be the budget resolution. it provides repeal and replacement of obamacare.

it extends ped care it insures flexibility for funding of national dissent. yet, senator, no new tax hikes. explain how the math works with all of this? >> well the short answer is it doesn't. one of the humerus parts of the budget on both the house and the senate the proposed budget is that it repeals obamacare but keeps the taxes, keeps the revenues. so you know i don't think that makes much sense. there are a lot of little in the house budget they maintain support for defense by water called overseas contingency money, so-called oco. that money doesn't count in the budget. how can they claim they are using money to fund defense that's offline if you will. it doesn't add up. budgets these days alisyn are more political documents, what

really is going on here is severe. i mean severe cuts to everything from national security to nih to head start to education to job training. all of those things. we are now at the lowest gross domestic products non-discretionary since world war ii and going down. i think that's what's really going on here in terms of the politics. it's going to be a tough 84 to try to get this sorted out. >> we will see what happens there. senator, thanks so much. we always appreciate you coming on "new day." >> alisyn more political news breaking overnight, texas senator ted cruz is running for president he made it official no exploratory committee. he went new school tweeting a campaign video calling for quote courageous conservatives. he will make that big speech later at jerry falwell's liberty

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the table for us this morning. what's going on with yemen? is it no you the most dangerous place in the world? what is going on with eastern? is there too much a desperation for a deal? let's discuss, joining us are people who know the situation well. cnn political commentator and a fellow at the u.s. institute of peace, robin wright. good morning peter, i cannot tell you how many different types of sources came to me and said don't go there, this place is a crucible of terrorism, isis al qaeda, what's going on with the shia rebels iran taush, why is this so bad and how did it get so bad so fast? >> we have a failed state with no real governing authority. that's for al qaeda that's the

sentiment toward this ideology. >> robin, i was hoping there was some hype to this. it's not that bad. it's the intellicommunity is worried. i keep getting more and more people saying no no no this is the real deal. this could become a true devil's playgrounds, where you have terror groups go there with impunity. they collaborate. it's almost like a laboratory. what do you think? >> well i think it is it's becoming much like syria and afghanistan was at the peak of its instability. this is a country unfortunately that is the poorest of the 22 arab nations. it has the lowest literacy. it's always had political rivalries, deep sectarian differences, all of these are making it vulnerable to the kind of unsettling situation we find it in now.

it's hard to see any imminent solution. in is one the united states can only play a limited role in replacing one that's viable. ought to be playing much more active role. they have the resources, the language they can use their oil rich resources in the one loyalist state to try to restore stability. >>. how can you quit on the u.s. when it may be the most dangerous place you are expressing when it goes from a success story to an unknown? >> well you are asking me. i think this has been coming for a long time. i think the after math of the arabs freeing, which played out

in yemen, which forced one of the autocrats out of power. the problem everywhere is that you haven't been able to find a process, a politician a political system to actually absorb all the discontent in the country and produce something positive. it didn't get the resources to help. it's not as if it mulligan with a clean slate once the autocratic leader was ousted. this is a ripe environment for the instaenlt and has been for some time. we were looking at it from the pointf instability to help the situation politicize either. >> peter, it calls into question the strategy involved on the u.s. now, that plays into iran here remember the new theme is and you are hearing it from israel they are working with the

french. they are trying to go around this negotiation. they are saying you are too desperate america. you want any deal to say you made one that may be the worst deal at all. >> you don't judge a deal in a vac kuchl you say what's the alternative to the deal? more sanctions or war? i happen to think more sanctions would make any deal less likely not to produce a better deal because it would empower the hard liners. i think military action would be counterproductive. when people say this is a bad deal you have to say bad deal compared to what? >> so bad deal compared to what? israel robin, who knows the situation as well or better than the u.s. mind on it are saying no you will make a deal with them and basically will turn some type of blind eye. you will think everything is okay it will be worse ever is

israeli wrong on that basis? >> i think what israel isn't making the case is that the military option isn't taken off the table. it remains if they are found at any time in aanyway to be cheating. what this is designed to do is create more time to monitor iran's activities to do it in a way that allows inspectors in on a daily basis that gives us a wider array of ma silts. research and development facilities that if there is any cheating, any sense the iranians are not flying the military operation is back on the table with the support of the international community. the military option is on the cable. only the united states and israel are the ones that can take action. i think there is not a full or

honest outlining yet of what the options will be if we do get a deal. >> all right. thank you very much. alisyn. okay. chris. things are peet heating up on the republican side of the presidential race. what about the democrats? a major newspaper to challenge hillary clinton. could that happen? we'll ask john king "inside politics." it's two steps: first one cleans second one polishes and whitens. by isolating key ingredients, each step focuses on their separate jobs. crest hd gives you a 6x healthier mouth and 6x whiter teeth in just one week. i mean it gets practically every detail. that's why it's called hd. try new crest pro-health hd. life opens up with a healthier mouth.

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yemen on the brink of civil war. the united states pulling out all remaining troops overrunning taiz and taking control of the city's airports there are fears they could be targeting yemen's embattled president next. they will be addressing this crisis. officials trying to figure out what caused a helicopter to crash near a home near orlando, florida killing the pile. nobody was in the guest house at the time of the crash. the chopper had flown only two miles before going down. praise for monica lewinsky se called for a safer and more compassionate social media

environment and an end to public shameing as a blood sport. infamous white house intern talked about the price of shame she's had to pay, describing herself as patient zero saying she was a victim of cyber bullying before there was cyber bullying. >> remember she was an intern all of what 20 21 when this all happened contextturally that matters. >> sure. she's the face now for cyber bullying. to hear somebody who went through it in a way. >> she is hopefully happening others since monica lewinsky you never see someone that young that naive blamed for what happened with someone in position of authority. >> she owns her part in it. that's an important part of it. >> oh so much to discuss. >> happy monday chris, nice to

see you back. we turn a page today gender reporting and it begins today, wove had this unofficial campaign for a long time but ted cruz today is going to make it official. he will be the first candidate to officially declare the candidacy for president. jerry falwell founded that school. it's an evangelical college in lyn llitch burg virginia finally a picture of an iowa cornfield. he has two videos online saying hey, i'm a candidate for president. let's take a look. >> i'm ted cruz. if you want more of the same there will be plenty to choose from but if you want real conservative change and a proven rorksd i hope i can earn your support. >> ted cruz for president. >> a little unorthodoxed

getting out ahead of his speech. ted cruz. yes, no? what do we make of it? >> everything ted cruz does there seems to be a little mischief going on. we know rand paul is announcing in a couple of week. ted cruz is stepping all over that. there is a little rivalry there. he is trying to occupy a space, trying to boat out huckabee santorum rand paul and a couple others. so it will be interesting to see what he does. liberty university is a great space. >> rand paul wants that satellite, evangelical college. it is crowded on the right if this field. is that a reason to get if early and say, hey wait, try to block some of the money? i think ted cruz will have a fun raising challenge, speaker boehner despises him, a strong word but that's true. >> yeah i feel like the primary republican. he feels like getting out front,

being the first to come out there. you can see the fundraising appeal is already in my inbox. he thinks it can help him get some financial benefits. it will be rough. he doesn't have the establishment side that jeb bush has. he has rand paul mike huckabees. he thinks he can unite the tea party folks and libertarians and come out ahead. >> if you look at conserbtive buzz he gets high marks. he came to walk as a freshman center. he rode the tea party wave conservatives love him, fought only because he opposed president obama, he has been out there saying repeal defund do anything to stop obamacare. he fights his own leadership a lot to urge the tea party guys. this is our polk going back to

2013 7%. ten 10% remember right after the government shutdown over whether or not the health care would pass or not. 7%. 5%. 4%. he's so well known and so well liked for standing up against the president and his own leadership. why is ted cruz in the sinlle single digits? >> nothing happens, he makes a fuss. it actually goes back to how it was. so you know the fact that he does kick up a lot of sand at the end of the day, it's the same as always. >> it's particularly interesting to look at where he travels in the mid-terms, he doesn't go that many places. people weren't clamoring to have him. he did a couple races. he did kansas which he was funding support to pat roberts, who was running in the competitive primary sort of situation. he didn't go to colorado. he didn't go to these more

middle of the states. i think there will be an electability standard and republicans want to win. >> iowa has a history of taking something from the right. you saw huck a bow. it will be interesting to see that space on the right. i think the biggest challenge is a lot of republicans seem as a protester, an opposition figure not as a president i think that will be interesting him rand paul gets in on the 7th. marco rubio a week after that. we are waiting for hillary clinton's announcement. you remember the benghazi committee has asked for secretary of state clinton's e-mails. in a new york tiles, they were talking they were not able to see the e-mails. they were described by four senior american officials. think hard, figure it out yourself. they showed at times they corresponded wither-raising questions about her assertions

she made it her practice to e-mail aides at their government addresses, so the messages would be preserved in compliance with the government. she was using her personal account to e-mail top aides on tear personal accounts. therefore, there is no guarantee the e-mails ever passed through a government server. therefore, there is no guarantee they are preserved anywhere. >> the fundamental topic of this story, was se e-mailing people from their personal account? what was she e-mailing about? was she phenixed the moundation? it can go on and on and on. it gives republicans tons of questions to ask, with benghazi in a formal congressional setting. that is not good. >> which is why republicans from speaker boehner are saying give us the private e-mail server. if you don't want to give it to us you don't want us to issue a

subpoena give it to somebody a retired intect spector general, they will say that's a credible person. will she be able resist pressure and will a democrat stand up and say, they are right, turn it over. >> right now she can say these people are attacking me. look at these e-mails, some were please print to some of her aides or did we survive after that tough benghazi hearing? i think until maybe some democrats get involved that's when you saw her come forward and do that press conference at the u.n. you had dianne feinstein say she has to answer these questions. >> with no real democratic opponent. >> that's the thing, martin o'malley said i don't want to talk about i. bernie sanders from virmt may run for the nom nation. let's close on that note interestingly, elizabeth war enhas said no no no you get what i'm saying no hertomy houn town newspaper the boston globe says warren repeatedly

vowed she won't run for president, she ought to reconsider. she should make it her responsibility to provide voters with a vic russ debate on her signature cause over the next year. a lost of massachusetts guys run for president, did you katrina kiss dukakis and don't give hillary a pass? >> i think a couple op eds supporting this. it wasn't like senator warren can win, no give hillary clinton a challenge. you can be the sacrificial lamb. >> go out there. you get chewed up. al sen, it's finally official. ted cruz is in. it will be interesting to watch from here on out. you and i are struggling in the brackets. we'll come back. >> after my strong finish on friday. i had high hopes for the bracket that i know nothing about. they're razzing me over here. >> cuomo moved into 3rd place. he's tough. he can't finish.

he has villanova. >> i will let him know of your thoughts. thanks so much. no one's heard of them before. so how real is a threat from a group claiming to be connected to isis posting a hit list of some 100 military personnel online. our national security director weighs in on that next. .

group with ties to isis the grown-up calling themselves a hacking organization. they released names and pictures and addresses of about 100 u.s. troops so we want to dig in to how real these threats are. we want to bring in commentator and chair of the house intelligence committee. mr. chair, congressman, right off the bat, how much stock do you place in these threats? >> well you have to take them seriously. we know isis has aspirations for events in the united states. it has such a shock value.

which had seen in the past they had used their ability to penetrate especially social sites on a dod, a twitter account a few months ago, their goal again is to provide intimidation not only to the soldiers that serve but tear families here at home. so you have to take it very seriously. we know they have elements in syria and iraq that have the capably cyberwise to pull something like this off. >> right. the fact is that this wasn't nearly that sophisticated. apparently, they accessed information readily available. we keep saying they are previously unknown. were they known? i remember back in november we were hearing, we even told the story here on our air that military personnel were told to stand down a little on their social media posting and to put more levels of security in. >> yeah exactly, it's important to note.

they didn't brooch any department defense system. they went out on facebook twitter, other things and were able from all of that public information that's available out in the internet pull that down to come to the conclusion and identify these 100 individual with addresses. the dangerous part of this is again, we are a social media society, everything goes up on there. that's why the military councils often about not putting personal information on there. people still do. they were able find it. the concern is have they inspired someone here in the united states to try to act on this information? i think that's what the fbi's challenge is in the days and months ahead. >> but the fact is we live in a particularly digital area. if you take social media out of the equation there is so much information available about you and i online it was in on zillow or public records. so it's not so much the habits of the social media profile that is a concern here.

>> no it's exactly right. this is this new cultural age of everything goes up on social media, have you access to everything about everyone. and that makes it a little more dangerous. so these individuals we know in the past have tried to inspire people in australia. it's worked in canada and places in europe. this is a new level. even though the group by that name is unknown, the fact that they can go out on public information to try to inspire some danger is a it's dangerous for the hundred people on the list clearly, it's also dangerous for those people vocal and open about trying to make sure their opinions are heard on isis an other chalths around the world. >> do you make a direct link that the islamic hacking organization who we haven't heard named before. we do know about the social media imprint and reach of isis

but do link them directly to isis? do you believe they have cause an concern there? >> i believe they have some connection to isis. this is probably out of the social media attacks you talked ability on cnn a few months ago, this is probably that group and loose afill yax of individuals likely to be in places like syria and iraq. it could also be a group that is just trying to help out their fellow jihadists, if you will like we saw the doctors who were in their last year of training going to syria, which would make no sense to most of us. but they're going to help the rebels. these folks could feel this is tear way to contribute to what they see is their philosophy coming true in eastern syria. >> so the big concern here is this will inspire a sort of lone wolf or sympathizer here in the u.s. to launch an attack against men and women or a group of them in the military. how can the u.s. military

protect its troops? what is the best source u course of action? >> it's important to know we have cyber protections for bases and movements and troops and they are constantly trying to make sure those are protected. when you get outside the physical support and security of the bases and what not, it gets dicier for the u.s. military. the best way is to have disrupted activities where may they fine these cyber cells, cyber warriors, if you will and take an immediate impact there as well as continuing on with a coalition bill a military disruption style into eastern syria. remember they still think they're winning. we will see more of this more empowered cyber warriers who will take part in the isis campaign in a cyber way. we will see more beheadings and marketing on social media about

how they're sure terror and violence. the only way to do this really is to start disruptive activity in a way that doesn't allow them to get their message out and find them losing in the place theically the is tear safe area which is eastern syria. >> mike rogers thank you for your expertise. good to talk to you, chris. >> speaking of that very threat we have exclusive video that answers a confounding question about isis how do they get people to join a heinous cause? we will take you live to kabul, afghanistan, will you see for yourself. wait until you see how they work remember .

recruits in afghanistan. this is a wake up call for the u.s. that isis is successfully expanding, this as afghanistan's president prepares to meet with leaders in washington. cnn special correspondent nick walsh is in afghanistan with the exclusive. >> a pivotal time for afghanistan. meeting with barack obama tomorrow and key talks how assistance can be bolstered here and perhaps slowing of u.s. troops perhaps because of rising violence and in this minds of many the clear evidence that isis are trying to get a foothold in afghanistan. where there has long been faith and war in afghanistan serene hills, a new and modern plague has now come. you're seeing rare pictures

filmed by our cameraman of what we are told is an isis recruitment session in afghanistan. brothers i'm here to tell you, the recruiter says about the mujahadeen in syria. after a decade of war the taliban is strong but fractured and the u.s. is leaving. the u.n. warns isis is getting a foothold in afghanistan and this may be how. this afghan says he's come back from fighting in northern syria and has won the five recruiters. his pitch is simple. come fight true jihad for baghdadi for a $500 wage. some listeners are driven. my name is to fight infidels one says in syria, or if they ask me to in afghanistan, i will. others unsure and just poor. i definitely need the money but will stay here and hope peace comes, one adds.

there's a bit of theater here isis application forms for them to complete on camera but also a clear message to angry young afghans disillusioned with the taliban's wars. there's now an even more ruthless choice you can make. isis. isis. >> you've seen the u.s. official telling me they are potentially concerned the disgruntled taliban may look to isis for a different kind of ideology. they're keeping a close eye on developments here a key time for the taliban potentially looking at peace talks in the months ahead and may leave some of their radical elements disgruntled and isis could step in as a radical alternative. >> thanks nick for showing us that. really helps understand what's going on with isis. he was there in afghanistan. you take that place, iraq syria, none may be as dangerous to you as yemen. the place is falling into civil war and that could be the least

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yemen once a key american ally in the fight against terror is now on the verge of civil war. the u.n. has warned for weeks the country is collapsing. >> as isis gets a foothold in these environments you will start to see state governments fall. >> the rit list of u.s. troops posted online. >> names, pictures home address of servicemen and women. >> reported 11 foreign medical students working in isis controlled hospitals. >> that young man that walked in with a backpack a mug, we don't know what's in his backpack. >> this is "new day." >> good morning to you. welcome to your "new day." it's monday march 23rd, 8:00 in the east. yemen may be the most dangerous place in the world, slipping closer to all out civil war,

carnage and chaos is there threatening to collapse a country that was hailed as a success story by president obama just six short months ago, now isis and al qaeda closing in to make it a home base. >> the united states pulling all its remaining troops out of yemen. iran shiite backed rebels setting their sites on yemen's embattled president next. nic robertson live for us from london. what do we know nic? >> alison the real concern is isis and al qaeda will do precisely what they did in syria and iraq and use the instability there to develop bases for training, develop their bomb making and therefore be a bigger threat to the united states and europe. all of this is happening as that becomes more and more possible as the country slips deeper towards civil war. >> reporter: shiite houthi rebels now in control of the international airport in the south western city of taiz.

the u.n. warn ging yemen is at the edge of civil war. this sectarian violence between shiite rebels and a sunni government spreading across the country. where houthis that control the capital of sanaa and areas of the north now going south to the largest city and the u.s. pushing the u.s. military to pull out over the weekend following the u.s. embassy evacuation last month. isis claiming responsibility for this suicide attack on two mosques on friday. more than 130 killed hundreds more injured. >> as we're seeing extremists try to capitalize on the chaos and instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. >> the nation now in an especially perilous position caught between the houthis

violent rivalry with the sunni aka terrorists in the peninsula. now, grave concerns. the u.s. withdrawal is a serious blow to the counter-terrorism mission. >> without good intelligence plots against the homeland without that intelligence we cannot effectively stop it. >> reporter: this region home to al qaeda violent off shoots terrorist organizations responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2000 attack on the "uss cole" leaving 17 sailors dead and the underwear bomber on the u.s. airliner in 2009. now, all u.s. military force pulled out of yemen. the last 100 special forces delta force and the navy seals pulled out over the weekend. we're learning here in the uk sky television in the uk reporting that british special forces have now also pulled out

of yemen. we're working to confirm that. this is precisely what happened when the u.s. closed down its embassy in the capital, the british followed suit quickly. just a few short months ago president obama hailing yemen as a success story on terrorism. now that important ally is in chaos. what went wrong. michelle what's the white house saying? >> reporter: right now this situation deteriorating and violent is being treated as an emergency. the u.s. pulled out its remaining personnel, 100 special ops force. the embassy had already been closed and the u.n. school incouncil held a meeting for a peaceful solution. this is bringing something up the president said about six months ago talking about isis but referred to yemen and somalia as something of successes. >> the strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while

supporting partners on the front lines is one that we have successfully pursued in yemen and somalia for years. we targeted al qaeda's affiliate in yemen and recently eliminated its top commander of yemen in somalia. >> reporter: those words have come to haunt the white house many times and constantly criticized. what they're saying is the president was referring to strategy being able to work with local governments and groups on the front lines, using drone strikes to target militants. the thing is there have been many big questions lately over whether that strategy is even a success at all and whether it will even be feasible at all given the situation on the ground right now. chris. >> so much proof, michelle that the threat is only growing. now, more news on that front and more than 11 medical students believed to be working for isis.

they actually went to syria to fight against isis and may have been brainwashed. live in baghdad, what do we know? >> reporter: chris, here's what we know from a turkish opposition member of parliament. he says a group of americans in excluding seven british nationals, one canadian and two sudanese. most are doctors from well off families that arrived in turkey coming in on the same flight from sudan and another one flying in from toronto. after that they crossed into syria, isis controlled territory there and working in hospitals in those areas. while we can't confirm their whereabouts at this point and we don't know what motivated them to travel to syria. accord according to a member of the

families he has been working with says he is convinced they are working for isis in these areas a and have been brainwashed and cheated by the terror groups. family members, mothers and fathers are on the turkish side of the border trying to track down their children and convince them to come home. >> thank you for that developing story we will follow. for context on all of this let's bring in cnn's international correspondent, christiane. good morning. >> good morning, alisyn. >> we know you just wrapped up an interview with the president of tunisia. what did you learn from him? >> that's right. tunisia was the success story last week and the attack on parliament and the museum was shocking. he told me it could have been even worse, that the terrorists were wearing suicide vests and because they were killed they weren't able to detonate those

vests which could have been a much big erger catastrophe. there is a third suspect on the - run they're looking for and 15 people have been arrested. they're not willing to say these are isis say isis has claimed responsibility but need to do more investigation to know exactly who it is the italian president i spoke to last week. >> you speak to so many presidents sometimes we get them confused in the control room. we will get the right video. let's talk about the paradox in tunisia. it has been seen as this beacon of progress and democracy in the middle east yet it is the country that exports the most on for fight others to iraq and syria to join isis. what did the president tell you about how he plans to stamp that out? >> i asked him that obviously because it is such a counter intuitive proposal. how is this happening? he said years of misplaced

policies in the lead-up from the arab spring to his presidency. he blames his predecessors to an extent but also saying we have to crack down hard on them. that's one level of tackling them while the other level is increase economic opportunities. back in december of 2010 one man set himself on fire because he was poor and couldn't sell his fruit in the market and it was an economic cry for help. that still exists in all these arab spring countries. on top of that you have libya imploded next door. he says these terrorists were trained in libya and what they absolutely believe about the attackers last week a big big problem. we may see pillover from yemen, if that becomes worse. these are very very de stabilizing factors happening in north africa and europe as well.

italians are getting flooded by boats of these poor people coming across. a huge de stabilizing effect from libya and other failed states. >> let's talk about the breaking news out of yemen that the u.s. is pulling 100 special troops out of yemen because the situation has deteriorated. how dire is what's happening in yemen today? >> it's really dire mostly for two reasons, one, that the united states and others had put a lot of hope into yemen as a success story, counter-terrorism and drones and also had a lot of relationships, certainly the u.s. intelligence establishment with the authorized in yemen and a period of time when it looked that was working properly. it's completely imploded right now, not just the u.s. evacuated its special forces. britain has done that and before that they evacuated their

diplomatic staff, this blew out of control in the last several weeks. there is also a division between the powers in the region. the houthis said they are iranian backed but they deny it and saudi arabia had a huge interest because of the sunni government and majority sunnis. this is yet another place you have the shiite-sunni divide and this exponentially growing 50 threat. >> let's talk about this other story we were just talking about, 11 medical students including one american who appear to be working in concert somehow with isis in syria. there are reports maybe they've been brainwashed. maybe they're threatened maybe they're intimidated. how do we explain what we're seeing there? >> it's hard to say threatened and intimidated when they get up and leave their other countries to go there. whether they knew what they were

getting into that's a different matter. whether they were groomed, a different matter. there's been a huge debate over the weekend, of,000 some nine or more are british citizens went from medical school in sudan, many to turkey allegedly and maybe into syria. a whole are they or are they not. it raises the question if these people went over there for humanitarian work not to fight, are they terrorists? what do we do with them? if we do get them back do we arrest them what do we do? this has complicated the debate and me tsatastasize metastasized. too many people are going over either to fight or do medical work apparently. a lot of grouping is taking place online in mosques, most of it online.

this is the big big fear. >> so many questions. christiane amanpour thanks for your insights. nice to see you. let the race begin. texas senator ted cruz launching is presidential online overnight on twitter becoming the first candidate to put his hat in 2016 and will make his formal announcement at liberty university. live from lynchburg, virginia how are you doing, jeff? >> reporter: good. ted cruz is a republican and been in the tea party for years. he tweeted to some 300,000 followers and gave us a catholicism of his message in this video. let's take a listen. >> it's a time for truth, a time to rise to the challenge, just as americans have always done. it's going to take a new

generation of courageous conservatives to help make america great again. i'm ready to stand with you. to lead the fight. >> reporter: it's that new fennration of conservatives senator cruz is hoping to reach out to and that's why he'll be here in less than two hours at liberty university to speak to the arena. there are 10,000 evangelicals here that make up the conservative group he hopes to make part of his presidential campaign. as he was scoping out the area for the biggest speech of his political career with his wife and two young daughters, senator cruz is the first republican to jump into this certainly not the last. there will be at least 10 maybe 12 candidates when all is said and done. he is trying to get a jump he knows he needs to competing with jeb bush scott walker and so

many others. >> we'll cover it and check back with you. right now, afghan president is in the u.s. of a on a visit taking part in the pentagon with john kerry and ash carter. tomorrow he will sit down with president obama to urge troop draw drawdown drawdowns could jeopardize security there just like what happened in iraq. for an update "rolling stone" publishing a review of its widely disputed article about the assault at the university of virginia. it will be released in early april and being completed by columbia's graduate school of journalism. meanwhile, charlotte police also expected to announce results of their own investigation into that assault today. did pope francis perform a

miracle? believers in italy believe so when nay saiy the saint's blood liquified in his presence. it's usually dry in a vial but it started to liquify after the pope kissed the relic. it is not unprecedented. believers say it happens three times a year if they play hard enough. skeptics however, chris, say changes in conditions cause it to change when it's moved. some say it's a half miracle. where do you stand. >> i like you posed it as believer versus skeptic. >> getting your attention. >> i don't know where i stand. i know the festival i support. >> sausages and peppers. you did get a pizza to the pope not impressive someone got to him but this pope would want someone to come close and handed him a pizza. don't pit me against bill.

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big news republican senator cruz out of texas, you know his name. now, you know what you know?

he he's the first man named running for president. let's discuss. want to do that march madness style. >> let's bring in our republican and democratic strategist. >> we're excited. the race is beginning with an all excellent candidate. all democrats want ted cruz to get the nomination so hillary can run against ted cruz. >> how do you feel about ted cruz being the first one in and the timing of this. >> i think it's very smart of him. part of it might be a little bit of trolling with rand paul. he is also expected to announce has said he will announce april 7th and letting the date be out there so other people wouldn't announce on the same date. i think ted cruz became the first. he's dominated the media cycle since yesterday and has us all watching and i think he's the

guy that gets the engine started. people lining up at the gate. it's a fun time for political junkies. >> that's the key. for political junkies. sometimes people say here comes a little bit of the hype-pocracy for politics. it's too early. ted cruz is the first one in. he is not doing well in the polls because you want him to run against hillary clinton if she is your nominee. he's behind dr. ben carson. we had him on "new day" and the two governors who may enter the race jeb bush and scott walker. >> he's a very smart guy, princeton university harvard law school top of his class. he-shouldn't be underestimated from the extreme right for sure. from the obstructionist wing

that he would rather shut down the government than compromise. there is a big faction within the republican party i think he will appeal to. >> let's look at ted cruz march madness style. we're brackets crazy. >> listen just because you're number one on the bracket, don't torture me. >> exactly. i have been knocked down to number three. let's do a head to head matchup between him and senator rand paul. what are the two distinctions. >> who wins? >> libertarian versus social conservative. i give it to rand paul because he takes the libertarian space whereas the social conservative space. dr. carson mike huckabee rick santorum. >> don't jump on anna's bracket. i'll give you your own.

>> marco rubio down in florida. >> she loves marco. >> marco rubio, what did you say, anna? >> for me bracketing is a verb what you do in politics bracket and announce on one side or the other. >> what do you think? senator ted cruz against marco rubio, both young guns pushing the on stin-- on stinance of this president. >> marco rubio is an attraction and get more attention if jeb bush were not in the race. he will say i am a conservative but not an obstructionist and can work with other people. marco rubio is in jeb bush's style of politics. hard to imagine there's both of them in this race. the big challenge for rubio is jeb bush not cruz. >> have to grab him by the nose.

>> let's talk about senator cruz versus governor scott walker what do you think? >> i think you have a first term rookie senator. that's going to be a challenge for rand paul marco rubio and ted cruz because they will be fighting the shadow of president obama who came into power from that being a first term rookie. for senator cruz it's easier he has no skin in the gaimme in the sense that both senator paul and rubio or up for election in 2016. senator cruz is not. i'm beginning to think mitch mcconnell will have to show up in iowa or new hampshire to get a quorum in the senate. scott walker is a governor with comprehensive executive xerns executive experience but little foreign policy know how. ted cruz in the senate has little foreign policy know how. ted cruz i don't really agree on

a lot of things has stayed consistent on his positions. scott walker is facing questions about whether he's changing positions now that he's running for property. >> we will have you both -- running for president. >> here it is. senator ted cruz against former government jeb bush. one of the interesting things coming into it ted cruise would say jeb bush is everything that's wrong west the republican party. this is probably the most polar opposite situation. what are the merits? >> on the merits jeb bush has experience as an executive in a state. i'm not making a case for him. he would say, i am very conservative like ted cruz but not an obstructionist and can work with others. that will be his appeal. he will appeal to the more center right republicans. he has financial advantage, he has the name. this will be a very interesting

race. you see here taking shape the battle for the future of the republican party. >> anna your thoughts? >> for starters jeb bush speaks spanish, ted cruz doesn't. >> that's a low blow anna. >> that's a low blow. >> by the way his name is a rafael cruz which he is going to be the first cuban american to ever announce for president. he is of cuban descent. his father was a cuban who exiled from cuba before fidel castro. jeb bush probably has more appeal. you could probably argue jeb bush is more electable in a general election. ted cruz has a lot of appeal with the republican base that is one of the things a problem for jeb bush. they appeal to dramatically different audiences. >> got it. thank you. fun to do the brackets with you. >> thank you. >> i like the way you did that. up ahead.

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real estate heir robert busch durst is expect ded this morning. his laur says he should be released. jean. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn there are so many twists and turns, i don't think anybody thought robert durst would be here but he is and still is in a few hours facing a new orleans court for a bail hearing. i don't think any expects him to get bail. it's what will happen other than that everyone is interested in this morning. this case began 33 years ago

prosecutors say. it was in 1982 when durst's wife kathy, disappeared out of new york she was gone out of thin air. robert durst gave an alibi and looked at. never solved. he had a confident at that time susan berman who became his spokesperson. in 2000 she was gunned down and murdered in beverly hills. robert durst says he has no idea who could have done it. in the same year he moves to galveston, texas in this same namesame -- under an assumed name. and he was acquitted for murder of a neighbor but pled guilty to tampering with evidence dis dismemberment. there was an hbo documentary that had him front and center as an interview subject. it was the day before the finale

when he was arrested in new orleans charged for first degree murder for that good friend and confident confidante susan berman. he waived extradition and everybody thought he would go back to los angeles. but new orleans said not so fast. he sits here charged as convicted felon and possession of a weapon today, we'll see if he gets bail. >> thanks for walking us through all of that. a lot to get to. thank you. five things you need to know for your new day. number one, the united states pulling troops out of yemen, on the brink of civil war and seizing control of the central city. and president obama will meet with the prime minister on april 14th and the two are set to discuss the fight against isis. a so-called hit list of american troops have been calling it sl the islamic state hacking organization and members

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a terrifying ordeal at new orleans international airport this weekend raising new questions about airport security. a tsa agent shot and killed a man wielding a machete and carrying bag of molotov cocktails, and saying it is still still -- and with us is marshall mcclain thanks for being here. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> this attack was terrifying and really exposed some vulnerability that still exists at airports. how can someone with a weapon

run through security? >> well that is troubling. this is something that was brought up in 2012 by our organization myself and president paul from port authority police went to tsa administrator pistol and raised those concerns those five areas. this is one of the areas we talked about could happen. >> let me get to those five recommendations you believe would actually save lives. this is what you propose in 2012. let me read those for our viewers. you say fortify the tsa screening area. makes sense. tsa should immediately report to police in the event of an incident. have a central repository for all airport cameras with real-time access. mandatory screening for all employees including tsa personnel and have definitive rules laid out between airport police and the tsa. these suggestions are so common

sensical please tell us these were immediately implemented. >> i wish i could. you're right. they are common sense. some are still not in place today. after tsa changed their uniforms and went to metal badges at l.a.x. they stopped screening all tsa employees. they claim the metal badges- -- >> explain that. what is the thinking? why wouldn't they screen tsa employees? >> they claim the metal badges would set off the metal detectors. that's pretty ludicrous seeing that everyone when they're going through screening has to be searched except for law enforcement, even the mayor and chief of police would go through screening. >> given what we now know about isis and other terrorists always looking for a loophole it just feels as though it would make sense to screen everyone.

is it possible that they will do that now at airports? >> i don't think it will happen unless it's mandated. we've been working with several levels of congress. our mayor is very supportive of law enforcement here like unfortunately some other areas, they don't have support of their mayors and some congress folks are not in support of local law enforcement. with respect to everything that's going on right now, what happened in san francisco, with the drug ring what happened in atlanta with the weapons getting through and being stolen weapons being sold this is absolutely the time to have mandatory screening. but it has to be mandated otherwise people will not do it. no reason why they shouldn't but it has to be forced upon them unfortunately. >> are tsa agents armed? >> they are not.

>> at one time police officers were stationed right around the screening checkpoint alongside of tsa agents. five years ago, that went away. what happened? >> well again, that was a mandate that came down from the hill from department hamill and security tsa, a mandate after 9/11 there would be a law enforcement officer in close proximity. that mandate was loosened. as most things would happen if it's not regulated, it went away. l.a.x. is one of the last airports to still have police officers in the general vicinity at a screening station. our compromise here is to have at least a 300 foot rule where you don't necessarily have someone sitting as a sitting duck in a podium but they're able to roam around and still being able to quickly respond to an incident not having to wait for tsa to pick up a phone or

let you know that something's happened you at least will be in proximity to respond quickly. >> mr. mcclain what's so baffling about all of this we all have to take off our shoes and empty out our laptops and we go through all these hoops when we go through security. to hear your reports how it is still woefully inadequate, what is the answer to fortifying airport security today? >> well myself again, paul nunsiato from port authority, two of the largest category airports. what we suggested is not to try and tackle every airport in the united states but let's start with the category x airports busiest traveled airports and come up with common sense standards everybody can get their arms around. we simply leave it to airport operators they will cut costs and look at their bottom line

and unfortunately public safety is not always pair mound in their agendas. >> let's hope they take your suggestions. thank you for sharing with us. all right. millions of americans are saddled with student debt. how can parents help their kids from ruining their credit. we will ask a very difficult book brilliant author of a book on melillennials and finance and she happens to be our finance expert christine romans joins us next. thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online... ...from a list of top rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. it's more than a network and the cloud. it's reliable uptime. and multi-layered security. it's how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated responsive support.

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allows them.pif an engineering student makes $63,000 getting out of school an engineering student -- usually a five year program -- they can afford that much money. a humanity major only 43 to $45,000 if they get a job right away if they're borrowing a lot of money, you have to make sure you can pay it back 10 years. there's major math going on and a lot of families aren't doing it. other families -- >> just because doesn't mean you should. >> this would happen when i was at college. planning a student break and using the student loan to get there. not a good use of your funds. this is the most important one. don't overlook the public and instate schools. it is some of the best values out there. if you can't pay for some of the colleges i'm a product of iowa state university there's really good values there. if you go to one of those big instate schools make sure you're graduating in four years. >> another chapter really

valuable not just to millennials, money and love. that is a sticky topic but can be handled properly bringing up money with your significant other. >> i was surprised at those that never asked how much your student loans are and even move in together until they sign a lease and find out their credit score is 400. this is something they have to talk about. if you are getting into a relationship with someone with $100,000 in student loan debt you have to know that will affect your household budget >> you're part of that. >> it affects your planning together and retirement together. i'm not saying dump somebody. you have to understand the investment you will make. >> instead of just asking for their sign ask their fico score. it may not seem romantic trust me on this one. >> i like the story why you

decided to write this book. we talked about it in our offices this morning. what led you to target millennials? >> when i was 24 years old my parents set me down and talked to me about expectations how i had to earn it had to give some to charity and pay for the future. they showed me how to do a budget. i got my first job, my first boss sat me down and set me up for my401(k) and help me put a sidside 12 to 14% of my own. i want to help others. these kids have so much time. they can build wealth even if they have student loan debt. she's generous with this information and will tell all of us what we should be doing with our money on a daily basis and we appreciate it. >> oh. >> congratulations. >> i must correct one point. romans very smart, cares about you and your money.

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this is good stuff. a quest to turn her life around dropped more than 200 pounds in two years. and did a 10-k over the weekend. by mile five she was having some trouble. >> the ems guys got out and checked on her. she said i'm not stopping and kept going. >> he said you are going to finish the race aren't you? i said yes. >> i said i'm not going to stop and we will do it together. >> when she tried to stop he threw her on the ground and handcuffed her -- >> stop!

>> he gets next to her and says i will escort you the entire way. the young man on the other side -- >> that is what being a police officer is about. >> i'm thankful to you because you are my angel. >> that's her son on the other side. >> i hope everyone knows you always insert a joke which i love and always a surprise. >> you want to make it counter intuitive and there are good guys looking to protect and serve and everybody won and she crossed the line. >> good morning, carol. >> it is a great way to start -- >> she's running, too. >> i am running. back from vacation and think i'm a little bit still there. have a great day. >> "newsroom" starts now. happening now in the newsroom an isis group posts a hit group online targeting names and pictures. what's being done to