they say they were forceed to give truism that was being shown across television channels in yemen, as well as some allies of the former regime of ali abdullah saleh. as you read, the statement saying that the power grab has torpedoed the political process here and that it's a grave escalation. also the u.n. special envoy issued a statement on the official facebook page in the last hour or so saying that this decision took him by surprise. he had declared just 48 hours before the announcement of this coup that things were actually moving forward and that there was reason for optimism. and they were due to meet today. saturday to finalize some sort of agreement. but by the houthies going along that shattered that peace process. >> jamal, what are we to take of the accusations that have been band bandied about that iran is pulling the strings behind all this? >> there is no question that the houthies are close to the iranian regime. how much that translates in terms of actual tangible support varies upon who you spook to. we know that there have been reports confirmed by some sources her

most drivers who know the dangers, are forceed to veer around the crater as they pass through the intersection>> the first time i hit it it was really bad, you know. >> reporter: you hit it once? >> yeah. i don't know with they don't fix it. >> reporter: i quickly scene enough. whipped out my camera snapped a picture of the mess and e mailed it to the folk at the city streets department. three hours later, a repair crew was on the scene. this temporary work is called a cold patch. but when the weather gets warmer they'll be back to dig out the area, fill the with concrete and asphalt over the top. but for now at least the intersection is safe. >> that's good because these cars come down here and fly and hit that hot pole and go airborne. i'm glad somebody came along and did something. >> reporter: so are we. the repairs actually were wrapped up around 3:30 this afternoon. we're already seeing a difference. folks instead of anticipating that big crater that big mine field and either slamming on their brakes or veering out of their lane are heading through this intersection now without having to

people inside forceed to dive for cover. police say started all this chaos. >> chilling new details in a deadly case of road rage. a woman gunned down in her own front yard as her son shoots back. >> i did what i had to do to protect my family. >> what that mother and son did that led the shooter right to their home. >> take look at that monster pothole growing in the streets for months. local streets now forcing a family out of their home in this bitter cold. so what happened? >> it's ti versus lucius. mogil to mogil father to father, we are inside tism's music empire where he says lucius gets it all wrong. >> and two of hollywood's hottest stars opening up in our studio. watch the brothers from empire reveal their hidden talents. >> search continues for two masked men who robbed a grease restore in east germantown last week. these guys guns drawn walk into the devon grocery store friday night. one held up the cashier. the other man force add customer anterior employee into the back and stole $300 from the store. got away w

. >>> a middle school student forceed to wear this t-shirt to school forgetting bad grades. woman who wrote it is facing criminal charges. it's all over what she admitted on the shirt. fox's angelique davis explains. >> reporter: it was meant to get the attention of a middle school student's classmates. but this shirt caught the eye of the her nan dough county sheriff, too. >> i currently have all in all my places i'm not allowed to have a friend of the opposite sex new york city time soon. so back off before i get another good whooping like i got last night. >> investigators say the child was sent to west fernando middle school in the white statement with the skills scribbled in magic marker by her caregiver 31-year-old melanie alexander it was done as discipline for slacking off in school and as motivation to get good grades. >> so unless you are helping me with this goal back off. my eating french fries and being a social french fries is over because i know why my parents send me to school. >> school staff quickly brought the student in to the office and gave her a new sh

it knock the tv station off air and forceed their evacuation and cut power at the surrounding area. >alt lake city cupcake shop owner takes the cake when it comes to reuniting a missing little girl with her family. >> the three-year-old father' left his car running with her in it while he ran into a 7eleven. within minutes they were gone. amber alert about her abduction went out. the store own are in saw it realized the car police were looking for was just like the one that had been sitting outside her store. she says she went outside right away to check things out. >> there was a little girl in there crying kind of hanging out of the window and i didn't know if there was anybody around or if there was another person in the car. but i just saw this little girl crying. my first thought was i had to get her out of there and get her in the store where it was safe. >> the suspect was found in arrested. she's a well known transient scene often outside the store and did not realize there was a child in the car when she took it. >>> the search is on for this guy. accused of using a box cutte

amputee -- does anybody really believe that a disabled person in america in the year 2015 should be forceed to live on $11,324 a year? unfortunately, that is what the house republicans are laying the groundwork for. that is what a 19% cut in disability benefits would mean, and we must not allow that to happen. mr. president, in my view, the debate we are having today is nothing more than a manufactured crisis which is part of the long-term agenda of a number of republicans who in fact are trying to cut social security. and in my view, cutting social security is a very, very bad idea. mr. president, let us be very clear, because there's a lot of misinformation about social security that is getting out there. the fact is that social security today has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 18 years. let me repeat that. social security today has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 18 years. that is not the opinion of senator bernie sanders. that comes from the report of th