. >> when they call us militia, we're not a militia, we're nongovernmental organization.ive here. so if you want to call me anything, call me neighborhood watch. >> reporter: they call themselves patriots and regardless of what president trump says will happen, until the border is secure, they say they're not going anywhere. >> if this was replaced by a big sparkling new wall, do you think that would make a difference? >> it will slow it down. but it won't stop it. you need to have somebody watching the wall. >> reporter: i'm neal karlinsky for "nightline" along the u.s./mexico border in arizona. >>> next, imagine a chance to hug a loved one you haven't seen in years. emotional family reuns at the u.s./mexico border. >>> and later -- beyonce's next two new releases are when are in formation, but they're not songs. ah...still sick, huh? i'll take it from here. i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. ah! what's this sudden cooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. wow, that sort of blind-sided me. and it clears my terrible cold

they are threatening almost every state and they are using militias using 75,000 members of different the area. they are, and a sense, fueling within yemen. everywhere in the region they are trying to weaken what the government is. we have an interest in countering that behavior. we have an interest in shining a spotlight on the and shining a spotlight on what they do in terms of terror and what they do in terms ofhuman rights. we are focused on how we keep the world and the europeans riveted on what the iranians are doing . >> dennis roth Ãi wish we had more time. thank you so much for joining us. my pleasure. >> tom perez is the new chairman of the democratic national committee. what this means for the future as it looks to regroup and speaking of votes Ãan inside look at the oscars. the next guest explains how the winners arekept secret . that's until their name or pulled out of the envelope. >> the 89th academy awards ceremony is tomorrow night. only two people in the entire world are the oscar winners before the rest of us. one is brian: who is seen on the red carpet. he is the l

>> well, when they call us militia, we're not a militia. we're nongovernmental organization. i live here. so if you want to call me anything, call me neighborhood watch. >> reporter: they call themselves patriots and regardless of what president trump says will happen, until the border is secure, they say they're not going anywhere. if this was replaced by a big sparkling new wall, do you think that would make a difference? >> that will slow it down but it won't stop it. you need to have somebody watching the wall. >> reporter: neal karlinksky for flight line" along the u.s./mexico border in arizona. >> all that could possibly change in the next two years. we'll keep an eye and see how it plays out. >>> in our next half hour, the pregnancy announcement that broke the internet. we're busy trying to fix beyonce's bizarre photo on instagram revealing she's pregnant with not one, she's already done that. she's going to do twins. it's fueling fesh speculation, hysterical memes. complete story in "the skinny." >>> first the nfl is bracing for a fight off the field from its own chee

don't show that what suwanee does comes with a price, they will continue to engage and themore use of shia militias and their more active to use the shia militias and it ends up evening sectarianism. >> . >> now david, would you react? >> thank you. >> i'm dave pollock from washington policy and i want to ask about both speakers about the possibility of some small-scale but direct military skirmish between the iranians and us forces. somewhere, maybe all because of yemen,maybe inside iraq, in the gulf or , how likely do you think that is, do you think it could happen and what do you think would be the effects that if any on the nuclear agreement.>>. >> good questions. >>. >> i hope that the iranians are paying attention and hearing what the administration officials are saying about precisely this kind of thing about the harassment of us ships the next time that happens. the gunboats will be set. i expect they would be. and so here's a case where the united states has a rhetorical position and i think it will add to the deterrence of subjectivity but if it happens anyway, which it might, and you can

the iraqi government wants us to do that, the shia militia want us to do that.now is the time to do forced protection on the airfield to make it safer for the people from mosul to come to the airfield, to be able to recruit and military resources and to rebuild a sunni force that can actually pinpoint isis and make it a permanent defeat, rather than these temporary defeat that we are seeing to date. in that case, from what you suggested, if the challenge facing the government forces is to both avoid civilian casualties, but continue to push forward , casualties, but continue to push forward, does that suggest that the rate of progress might perhaps slow at this point? yeah, it will be months in which mosul is secured, not days. the next road into the heart of western mosul, it killed a lot of americans because those streets become very narrow and isis can do sniper overwatch on obstacles like ieds and car bombs, so it isn't an easy fight. especially as the iraqi military has been overtaxed to date. the special forces iraqi military has been overtaxed to date. th

the un escorted us back across town to meet ali darassa's enemy. the leader of a christian militiaof atrocities. meet general gaetan, and his deputy, who calls himself general tarzan. the fighters hid their guns while we were there, but general gaetan was blunt about his own role. are you a warlord? translation: yes, i have thousands of men ready to protect the population. the self—styled protectors thrive because the government is weak. there are too few peacekeepers, and troops are of mixed quality. it's a familiar story of peacekeeping in the modern age. but tensions around bambari are now so dangerous, the un mission‘s top officials are flying in. diane corner is a veteran british diplomat now trying to ensure this country doesn't slide into chaos again. the warlords are summoned. first, ali darassa. and then gaetan, who waits in a room next door for his enemy to leave. in this prefabricated office, the international community struggles to make peace. diane corner tells them the un is willing to fight. i'm giving very clear message is that we are going to do everything to preve

escorted us back across town to meet his enemy. the leader of a christian militia also accused of atrocities. meet the general and his deputy. the fighters hid their guns when we were there, but the general was blunt about his own role. are you a warlord? >> yes. i have thousands of men ready to protect the population. fergal: the self-styled protectors thrive because the central government is weak. there are too few peacekeepers, and troops are of mixed quality. it is a familiar story of peacekeeping in the modern age. but tensions around bambari are so dangerous the u.n. mission's -- the u.n. mission's top officials are flying in. a veteran british diplomat is now trying to ensure this country does not slide into chaos again. the warlords are summoned. first, ali darassa. then, guitan. he waits in a room next door for his enemy to leave. in his prefabricated office, the international community struggles to make peace. diane tells them the u.n. is willing to fight. >> i'm giving clear messages that we are going to do everything to prevent a battle in bambari. that

the un escorted us back across town to meet ali darassa's enemy, the leader of a christian militia alsoe fighters hid their guns while we were there, but general gaetan was blunt about his own role. are you a warlord? translation: yes. i have thousands of men, ready to protect the population. the self—styled protectors thrive because the central government is weak. there are too few peacekeepers and troops are of mixed quality. it's a familiar story of peacekeeping in the modern age. but tensions around bambari are now so dangerous the un mission‘s top officials are flying in. diane corner is a veteran british diplomat, now trying to ensure this country doesn't slide into chaos again. the warlords are summoned. first, ali darassa. and then gaetan, who waits in a room next door for his enemy to leave. in this prefabricated office, the international community struggles to make peace. diane corner tells them the un is willing to fight. i'm giving very clear messages that we are going to do everything to prevent a battle in bambari, that we are reinforcing our positions, that the un is impa

0n the ground, you have iraq—backed militias, us—backed iraqi army, kurdish fighters.—sharing agreement now, mosul will be plunged into another wave of violence and extremism. questions, too, over what happens over the border in syria, where is is in control of raqqa. we heard calls in munich for american special forces to go in and be on the ground, others saying that will just inflame tensions. but one us official told me that if president trump has an america—first policy, it has to be raqqa—first. there's said to be is gunmen holed up there in front of their computers, plotting 9/ii—style attacks. so here in munich, a lot of talk about accelerating the fight against is, but a lot of worry that the right strategies are not in place. in other news: police and protestors have clashed in the ukrainian capital kiev ahead of a ceasefire between russian—backed rebels and government forces which comes into effect on monday. at least seven protestors were detained after ultra—nationalists gathered to back a blockade between the coal—producing separatist east and the rest of

on the ground you have iraq backed militias, us backed iraqi army, kurdish fighters.er—sharing agreement now, mosul will be plunged into another wave of violence and extremism. there are questions as well over what happens over the border in syria, where is is in control of rack. we heard calls in munich for american special forces to go in and be on the ground, others saying that willjust inflame tensions but one us official told me that if president trump has an america first policy, it has to be raqqa first. there are said to be is gunman, hold up in front of their computers, plotting 9/11 style attacks so here in munich a lot of talk about accelerating the fight against is, but a lot of worry that the right strategies are not in place. the white house has been trying to clarify remarks by president trump in which he appeared to suggest sweden had suffered a recent security incident. none had actually taken place. mr trump himself has tweeted that he based his comments on a fox news report about rising crime and immigration. the confusion came from a rally he held

i do not show what he does comes with a cost, they will continue to engage in more active use of shia militias and that only ends up deepening sectarianism. >> david, were you next? >> thank you. i want to ask both speakers about the possibility of a small scale but direct skirmish between iranian and u.s. forces somewhere. maybe inside iraq, i don't know. in the gulf. how likely do you think that is, what do you think would happen, and what do you think would be the effect if any on the nuclear agreement? >> it is a good question. mark: i hope iranians are paying attention and hearing what administration officials are saying about the harassment of u.s. ships and the next time that it happens, they will be sank. i suspect they would be. here is the case where the united states has put out a rhetorical position. and i think it will act as a deterrent. if it happens, which it might, and you cannot be certain the boat won't have gotten the word, there will be a flare up. then the question is, do the communication channels in the obama administration work to overcome the flare-up? i think those c

if you want the iranians to see that using she and militias to weaken the region is something that actually works against the iranian interests, they will pay a price for it. should we be doing more to -- arms that they are not supposed to be providing? yes. should we look for ways to raise the cost? yes. one of the things that iranians have not been shy about, they have been very clear that the nuclear deal doesn't prevent them from doing anything they want to do in the rest of the region. i don't know why we can't respond in kind. maybe i will wrap up by simply saying the following -- if you raise the issue of the iranian elections, look. that how you think about the iranian election and what will happen and what we might do -- there are very few people who predicted that rouhani would win the last election. so the idea that we will govern our behavior by what we think will affect the iranian election is kind of about as good as thinking you could predict what would happen in our election. so we should be pretty humble thinking we could affect the election. there is a cautious -- towards

because it sees that militia of links to its own kurdish militants in turkey, the pkk, whom turkey and the west classify as a terrorist organisation. turkey wants assurances from the ush militia in syria. they will discuss the so—called safe zones in syria, cleared of armed groups perhaps for refugees to go back to. turkey has called for that and donald trump has voiced support for it in recent days, although russia is lukewarm. there's also the turkish parrot who's been living in the us for 18 years and whom turkey claims orchestrated the failed coup last year, although he denies involvement. turkey wants its extradition as soon as possible, though they will have to go through a judicial process. this is a bridge building exercise with the new trump white house, after relations with barack 0bama white house, after relations with ba rack 0bama soured white house, after relations with barack 0bama soured considerably. it will be helped by some similarities between presidents erdogan and trump, both are populist leaders, both are not particularly known for their thick skins and both have a dubious relationship with press freedom, although its more extreme here in turke

us they don't have the staples of venezuelan life. flour, bread, butter, sugar, milk. what everyone here knows is that we are all under the watchful eye of the government-backed militias. but this one woman was so desperate to tell her story, she was willing to risk it all to follow us out. she says she's lost 30 pounds this year just because there's not enough food. she wants the world to know, she says, turning directly to the camera. >> our moto taxi driver told us, we're being watched, we've got to get out of here. we hop on those taxis. it's this regression, this everyday threat of violence mixed with complete failure of the government that is forcing tens of thousands to flee. venezuela now leads u.s. asylum requests worldwide, leaving china, a country with a population over 4,000 times its size, in second place. in this chaos, the only thing thriving is the black market. scenes like this play out every day. people illegally buying products intended for the food lines right out of a government warehouse. black marketeers like marco making a profit. marco asked us not to show his face or reveal his real name. but he invited us on his route through caracas to witne

posture, it was the iranians widening activity not just against us with what they've done in yemen, their militiahrowing a missile against our own navy, but also the behavior in iraq, syria, so on and so forth, in addition to the fact they are breaching international agreements with the development of these continental missiles. all of that is a bag of things the iranian regime has used for five or six years of the obama and administration to develop peered what flynn has done basically was to tell them this is it. we are back to a policy that is going to be checking you. and we are going to be back to be confrontational to help our allies in the region, that is the beginning of it. >> jenna: looking at it, a lot of iranian leaders are active on twitter. when donald trump says something, it makes international news, i'm just checking to see if there is any reaction, there is not so far. how do you think they are hearing the statement from president trump that nothing is off the table? >> look, i have followed the construct of iranian political strategies for the last 26, 27 years. when a message

it only takes one storeowner to contact us and say, you know, i don't want my place burned down. >> reporter: private militia training is legal in the u.s., as long as members don't incite violence or civil unrest. and follow local gun laws. the southern poverty law center tracks extreme anti-government militia groups, identifying 165 nationwide in 2016. the pennsylvania state militia is not on their list. >> there are lots of militias that we do not list because they're not governed by conspiracy theories. they're not out there thinking that the united nations is going to jack boot its way into the back yards. >> reporter: many in the psm have law enforcement or military backgrounds. others are average joes fancying themselves as g.i. joe. >> clear. >> clear. >> i work retail as a salesman. >> i'm a college student. >> i'm a college professor. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: all licensed gun owners, but even in rural pennsylvania, guys running around in fatigues with assault rifles can raise concerns and lead to a visit from the pennsylvania state police. >> the only problem is, everybody gets all up in arms an

used against them in the past? mason amongst others, said, the militia is the whole people. those of you who are familiar, i don't have the language of the second amendment up, it has two parts. those of you who are english one mightit has what call a restrictive and nonrestrictive clause. that thely saying militia is necessary for the , thenty of a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. that was actually a right to have a religious exemption from serving. it was in the context of a standing army, that was how it was raised. it was a liberal scholar who brought this up. those of you on various sizes argument need to know this. levinson, a liberal law professor in texas, he is the , itwho wrote the article did not create a new argument, but it said, for those who look at the right of the people in the first amendment and the fourth amendment in the ninth amendment, the people is the people. when we say a right belongs to the people, we don't say it belongs to the subset of the people like the militia, we say it belongs to everybody. t

and lincoln uses some of the same language that washington used in his proclamation against the whiskey rebellion. it comes from the militia act of 1792, the circumstances under which a president can call up of militia if the loss cannot be -- laws cannot be enforced in the regular way. >> i always try to drag myself and ourselves away from the washington story, as fascinating as it is. in 1861, that side of virginia fairly secure, mary lincoln indoors and excursion in mount vernon -- they go down in a steamboat. they get out of mount vernon and mary lincoln is absolutely thrilled. she goes and visits the dilapidated but iconic mount vernon. she visits the grave of george and martha washington. she buys photographed of not vernon and the -- photographs of mount vernon. 20 years ago. she is all in. lincoln does not leave the boat, which i find fascinating. it is as if his reverence for people does not extend to places. i find that again and again with lincoln. i have political people who don't have that kind of reverence for place as much as for theory and example. just a story. i knew if i told a story i would be immediate

militia and the right to bear, pursuit of happiness, talk to us about that and why is that important in this book. all of these are going on and you take time to break it down. >> guest: the struggle of any great nation is that when it evolves from being our constitution of 240 years old we still have a document written it in the 1700s, that's a little complicated. but it meant something very different and the happiness happen was a core value. an understanding a way of living, morality virtue and i spend a lot of time on family, god the notion to put food on the table. to go walkabout if i wanted to. to serve my country and all of these different things encompass the pursuit of happiness. it's a bit philosophical but it's powerful that jefferson wrote that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. so he equated life and liberty with happiness. happiness being your ability to pursue the life that any of our fellow americans want. many would argue that government becomes more intrusive. there is regulations now on what we can akin to. we all the rule of law. happine

used as weapons of attack. >> so i think about this in two ways, charlie. one is the ever present concern that a militia actor state or nonstate or terrorist actor is going to get their hands on a patho gen that they can weaponnize. or use, chemical attacks as we've seen isil doing in iraq. so that concern is ever present. now it takes a certain amount of sophistication, it takes a safe place to plot and plan which is why we're applying the pressure we are as we just talked about. so we need to continue our focus on and keep them from a, obtaining those things, those path agains, building that cap ability, to weaponnize cuz it takes some sophisticated doing. but i separate out that concern which has got to be at the top of the list, not to minutize it at all, from what i consider a concern and a homeland security threat right up there with terrorist actors and cybersecurity. the third thing i told my successor in the transition, that he las to focus on and because it's what has kept me up at night, is the third pilar of threat which i feel is ever present will be a focus going forward is emerging infect

us here. i live in iraq by gun. i live with feari live with panic from militia, and isis, from all of those things, i don't want thateeling again. liz: johnny, the fbi, law enforcement and intelligence officials have said, that as the forces bear down on isis, and squeeze them in raqqa and places like mosul there could be a terrorist -- coming our way out of places like syria or iraq. are you hearing the same thing? is the west under -- going to be under assault like never seen before? >> you will hear everything, and you will find everything if you open the border, you will see something you will never see in your life. like i still, when i talk with my daughter, she remembers the blood, happened in my city mosul, she still struggling, and confused about those protesters, the same protesters, they protest against the terrorists, and now, they protest against trump. that makes no since, and let me tell you something about the court who wants to appeal trump decision, this is not game, this is live. you should support not trump you should support your country, and support trump to make you more safer, forget your int

militias began fighting more than three years ago. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. the oscars are upon uss welcome to hardtalk. the oscars are upon us and as ever, welcome to hardtalk. the oscars are upon us and as ever, hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real—life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. my guest today's john madden, which makes the movies look tame. my guest today'sjohn madden, and oscar—winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. but is hollywood doing justice to the times living in? john madden, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let's start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. it's called miss sloane. perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you we re striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. how disconcerting was that? well, y

us. we've got the new england militia under the command of captain campbell. roof? if she is, no rain, 67 degrees and mostly cloudy. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happeningn neck of the woods. >> good friday morning. chilly start to the day. temperatures are feeling like the 20s for the most part. 28 is what it feels like in the district. gaithersburg feeling li 22 degrees. leesburg, 20. frederick feeling like 25. for today, cooler than yesterday, 43 for the high temperature. mostly cloudy. we'll see late day clearing. tonight will be colder, temperatures in the s. by the time you wake up saturday morning feeling like the teens. high temperatures in the upper 30s. by super bowl sunday wre talking abt any. >>> guys, we want to finish the show off with a bang here from boston. captain campbell, please, i leave it in your command. >> thank you, sir. company, ready! present. fire! [ cheers and applause ] al, thank you. commander al. we love that. up next, the toyed's take tradition, we've been waiting all day for this. it's a baby boom 2

militia. another way you can do it -- again, we also have databases at the historical society of pennsylvania. they're subscription databases. you come into our building, you can use them all for free. it's a really good tool if you want to use ancestry.com or find my past, things you've seen ads for on tv. just come into hsp and try it for an afternoon. but you want to supplement it with the archival church records and ledgers, things that are not online. not sefeverything is online. i try to tell people that rolling up your sleeves and doing historical research, going through old ledgers and books and papers, it's sort of fun. you really are a detective. you know you're not a product of space aliens. you know that people had to come here, they had to have marriages and birth records somewhere. >> i'm sure there's a lot of aha moments. is the process painstaking? >> it is. people think it's easy. ancestry.com in one sense has ruined my life. all you need to know is type. no, no. the reality is you need help. we use ancestry.com as well at the historical society, but you need to know more than that and you need to know searching strategies but you need to go beyon

we used to think that only applied to the militia, no this guy is the nra's man on the committee sfwlhen we come back, we're going to get auto sales number this morning from ford. amazon bringing good news to one part of the country which we mentioned. we'll fill you in on that. futures look okay. cabinet day's going to be busy. committee votes on sessions, price, mnuchin, pruitt, a final vote on tillerson. we're back in a minute. what powers the digital world? communication. like centurylink's broadband network that gives 35,000 fans a cutting edge game experience. or the network that keeps a leading hotel chain's guests connected at work, and at play. or the it platform that powers millions of ecards every day for one of the largest greeting card companies. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. [he has a new business teaching lessons. rodney wanted to know how his business was doing... ...so he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands. ahhh...that's a profit. way to grow, rodney! visit quickbooks.com. mobility i

ignoring the militia, with muskets elimiting the bear arms meant, you're from connecticut which have been victimized by gun use. how do you stand on that. >> here what i think about gun violence prevention, the congress of the united states has been come poliles it. i think those kinds of common sense reforms are possible, fully constitutional even under he letter. as much as heller is -- i think we are kor reening toward crisis with the firing the sally yaete and -- the courts are ever more necessary to protect our individual rights and liberty as you saw over the weekend with four courts stepping forward to stay the orders. i think the stakes are never been higher than we see in this nominee. >> the power of the courts and how important they are as an independent government. >> senator blumenthal representing connecticut. let's go to supreme court, pete williams standing by with more on president president trump decision. they wear robes and we have this miz universe. he going to bring in the first runner-up. he's going to show them up, i don't know, is there a independence implied or is there a sense these

is going to be using the very same language that washington uses in the proclamation in the whiskey rebellion, because it comes from the militia act of 1972 or the circumstances under which a president could call up a militia in which the laws cannot be enforced in the reg ular way. so that is the only precedent, but what a small precedent it must have seemed. >> i was astonish and i will try to drag myself and ourselves away from the washington story as fascinating as it is. but so in 18661 with that side of virginia fairly secure marilyn conn engineers an excursion to mount vernon nfor the lincolns, and they go down in a steamboat and they get out at mount vernon, and mary lincoln is absolutely thrilled. she goes to visit the dilapidated and iconic mount vernon, and she visits the grave of george and martha washington, and she buys the photographs of mount vernon and the tomb which is like buying postcards today, but we don't do those today the either. but 20 years ago, she is all in. and lincoln does not leave the boat which i find fascinating, and it is as if his reverence for people does not extent to places, and i find i

is happening, it makes it difficult for us to contemplate and coordinate with russia against isis, even if that was something we saw a potential for. >> militias are also involved in the fight. >> this gets to the point. if the war is escalating and populations are besieged, it is difficult and highly unlikely to andvery serious u.s. russian coronations. i think we have to be honest about that. if we are in a situation where the civil war is de-escalating, i think the possibility is open. what secretary kerry can't do last year was a bit of a quid pro quo. in which russia would cooperate against terrorist targets, and we would agree together on who those targets are, but the key component of the deal was that as we began that cooperation, the syrian regime would stop all airstrikes . that is the key component of the deal. regime, no more bombs or airstrikes, while the u.s. and russia began cooperating. we did not reach -- we did not get to test that because the violence escalated so dramatically and found it untenable. if you are to envision a scenario in which we are able to work together, there might be possibilities. it has to be in the con

us to contemplate, for example, coordinating with russia against isis. even if it's something that we saw the potential for because -- >> could you see cooperation with russia if militias are also involve involved in the fight? >> if the civil war is escalating or if populations are besieged, it is difficult for us and highly unlikely to see very serious u.s. and russian b coordination. if we're in a situation in which it's dees kailating, some possibility is open. so wh secretary kerry did was where the u.s. u and russia would actually cooperate against terrorist target, meaning isis and nusra in which we would agree together on who those targets are. part of the deal was as we began that cooperation, the syrian regime would stop all air strikes. that was a key component of the deal. no more bombs, no more air strikes from the syrian regime. while the u.s. and russia began cooperating and we didn't reach, we didn't get to test that. because the violence escalated so dramatically and we found it untenable. if you are to envision a scenario which you're able to work together, there might be possibilitieses, i think we talked about it and we've seen what it would look li

us were one thing, but those coming now are different, so people are scared. things could change. people have limited patience, and time is running out. when you feel you're being killed by the shia militia, by isis, by your neighbor, by the army, what's the point of living? you might as well join the fight yourself. >> narrator: since the rise of isis in iraq, thousands of their fighters have been arrested and detained. some have been taken here, to the kurdish town of sulaymaniyah. ghaith has been given permission to interview a captured isis fighter, with a kurdish intelligence officer in the room. adil ali ahmed says that when isis took over his hometown in 2014, many welcomed them, as they were sick of the iraqi army acting like an occupying force. >> (translated): they came suddenly. it was like a miracle. they lifted all the checkpoints. there were no arrests. nobody would ask where you were going. because of this, i became convinced and joined them. >> (translated): i was forced to do this. i feared them. i had no other choice. (siren blaring) >> narrator: kurdish authorities say he confessed to his role in the suicide attacks. >> (translated): in the beginning, yes. but when i s

us. >> "america's news hq" starts now. >> sandra: a chief destroyer heading off the coast of yemen to protect waterways from an iranian backed militiaeveryone i'm sandra smith. this coming just after that same militia attacked a saudi ship in the same area. also follows the white house announcement on more sanctions in iran as punishment for a recent missile test. u.s. central command putting out images showing a glimpse of our operations now under way in yemen. the trump administration tries to put al qaeda on its heels. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon for us. why did the u.s. military release what they said wrr videos captured by the yemen raid earlier today? >> reporter: well, sandra, pentagon officials have been frustrated that news organizations have called it a botched raid. today, as y