cnn's mohammed jamjoon is joining us from bay ru. first of all, give us the back story how this whole thing happened and what was the u.s. trying to hit and target? >>. >> suzanne, the yemeni officials are calling this a tragic mistake that couldn't have happened at a worse time. this happened in the city of rabda which officials call a stronghold for kooitd in the arabian peninsula, the wing of al qaeda housed in yemen, considered to be the most dangerous wing of the al qaeda network in the world. a substantial threat to the u.s. and other allies of yemen. this happened according to yemeni officials as a wedding convoy was on the road. they say u.s. intelligence believed there were four cars in this convoy that held wanted al qaeda terrorists and that those four cars were struck. that wasn't the case. that there were al qaeda militants in this convoy. they were simply innocent people going to a wedding. 148 people killed, 22 injured, nine in critical. the residents are extremely angry. they are outraged and saying this shows yet aga

here's mohammed jamjoon. >> reporter: jennifer grout the all-american with an arab voice.vorite on popular middle eastern tv talent show "arabs got talent" singing classic arabic songs. many people think she'll win outright come saturday. she's honored to be singing era big music and hopes to continue to do so in the future. >> the finals, sunday night, beirut. learned to sing in arabic before she could speak arabic. >> not an easy language to learn. good for her. we'll see how she does. >> good-bye from us. >> thanks for watching. c"cnn newsroom" starts now. >>> right now the economy's growing but stocks are sinking. we'll tell you why. also, right now fast food workers are sending a message, minimum wage is not enough to live on. walking off their jobs. goal is to double their pay. and right now, the killing of an american in benghazi, libya. it's being investigated, reportedly a school teacher and he's described as someone who is, quote, sweet to everyone. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. first up, the health of the u.s. e

mohammed jamjoon has more. >> jennifer grout went from very long shot to just falling short.ld all-american girl with the very arab voice came very close to winning the most popular televise the talent show in the middle east. she placed in the top three during saturday's final ef-. after the show, she told me she was very proud 0 to have participated. she goes back to morocco where she will continue performing. >> nice. >> that's pretty cool. the dance troupe was a syrian dance troupe sima won. >> the interesting thing about the girl, she actually speaks, and people asked about this, she actually speaks english with a bit of an arab accent. and muhammad was telling me this morning that's because she immerses herself in the society and she picked up english with an arab accent. but she's as american as you are. >> totally american. >> absolutely. >> that's extraordinary. >> good for her. thanks for watching around the world". "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> right now, freezing weather is plaguing most of the united states. ice on highways and overpasses making driving dan