after 33 years in power, the old president, ali abdullah saleh, is finally going. by tuesday night, this man, abdrabbuh mansour hadi, will be the new president. a strange election to get excited about. there is only one candidate. this is not really an election about a new leader, it is about getting rid of the old one. getting rid of the old president's family may not be so easy. sitting beneath the portrait of his uncle, is the nephew. he commands the elite counter- terrorism courses and he told me he is going nowhere. >> why should we leave? what did we did that we have to leave? is there a reason for us to leave? >> we were taken to see the troops that he commands. they track down oxide and militants. the rapid spread of cockeyed -- al qaeda is why they are worried. al qaeda frowns on poverty. yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world. we traveled deep in the countryside to see it for ourselves. hundreds of thousands of children are on the edge of starvation. >> this child is severely malnourished. 10.5 centimeters. acute malnutrition. >> half a millio

in this al qaeda video, the man wearing a red kafir is his brother, abdullah.good-byes, because abdullah is departing on a suicide mission. in his body is a bomb made by his brother. this is the aftermath of that mission. abdullah dead, his target, a powerful saudi prince, mohammad bineff, who has close ties to the white house, injured. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> a jet with nearly 300 people on it. passengers told us they saw a flash, flames, and then smoke. >> according to u.s. authorities, al asery is behind every recent plot to blow up airliners. he masterminded the so-called underwear bomber that failed to can detonate on christmas day 2009. he chose the explosive petn. it has become his signature. >> it looks just like sugar, just like salt, and it's easy to imagine how this could be stitched into clothing and hidden around the body, and that's what makes petn such a challenge for airport security officials to detect. >> al asiri managed to get the printers on two planes, bombs headed to the u.s. >> here we go. >> explosive expert sidney olfert show

so but now the situation is pretty good and i think obama and king abdullah speak almost on a monthly basis. >> rose: how could that relationship be improved? >> well, it could be improved if you can extract the causes of friction and the right, main cause of fricke nun is the palestinian situation because this is a problem we have in our region, and i imagine it is very much ready to have to have a peace with israel. the question is, could israel afford to have peace? could they have peace without having israeli government chance because of the right wing movement that is part and parcel of this government? >> rose: you think the palestinians are split as well, though. i mean, benjamin netanyahu has his conflicts with the likud and especially the foreign minister but so it is with the balance sinian community, fatah and hamas are not exactly on the same page. .. >> but we are seeing early indications hamas is getting close to fatah, you know,. >> rose: because they are moving toward fatah? >> they are moving toward fatah because also they are seeing there is no hope in what they are

abdullah dead, his target, a powerful saudi prince, muhammed ben naif who has close ties to the whiteg news. >> a jet with nearly 300 people on it and passengers told us they saw a flash, flames, and smoke. >> according to u.s. authorities, al asiri is behind every recent plot to bow up air liners. he masterminded the so-called underwear bomb that failed to detonate when omar faruk abdul mmutallab ignid it on board an airplane over detroit on christmas day 2009. in both attacks and the printer bombs, he chose the explosive petn. it has become his signature. it looks just like sugar, salt, it is easy to imagine how this can be stitched into clothing and hidden around the body and that's what makes petn such a challenge for airport security officials to detect. al asiri managed to get the printers on two planes, bombs headed to the u.s. >> here we go. >> explosive expert sidney alford showed me the power of a tiny amount of petn. >> this really is a messy powder. >> then he agreed to replicate a series of powerful printer bombs revealing how they evaded detection time and time again. we

the old president is finally going, ali abdullah saleh. yemen will have a new president. it is a strange election for them to be getting excited about which only one candidate. but this is not really an election about choosing a new leader for yemen. it is an election about getting rid of the old one. but getting rid of the old president's family may not be so easy. sitting beneath a portrait is nephew.nt saleh's he leads the elite counter- terrorism efforts, and he is not going anywhere. >> is there a reason for us to leave? >> we were taken to see the troops that he commands. their job is to track down al qaeda militants. the rapid spread of al qaeda in yemen is why the west is so worried about this place and why it is supplying into training these troops. -- and training these trips. yemen is -- training these troups. yemen is one of the poorest areas, with thousands of children living on the verge of starvation. >> centimeters? >> acute malnutrition. >> half a million children in yemen are in danger of dying from malnutrition. >> it is a huge problem in yemen. it is n

. >>> yemen, officially has a new leader, outgoing president abdullah sahel handed over power to his successor over a rule that lasted 27 years. the protests continued to rally demanding the former president face trial. sahel passed the national flag to the new president in a ceremony in the capital sanaa. he expressed support for the new government but did not apologize for his authoritarian rule or suppression of recent protests. the government's crackdowns report he left more than 1,000 people dead. meanwhile, thousands of protesters gathers in sanaa at the time of the ceremony. they called for the prosecution of all relatives who still hold positions of power. >> translator: we demand that the new president works to achieve the rest of the goals of the revolution. he should restructure the army and security forces. >> hadi was elected last week with the support of ruling and opposition parties. >>> they downgraded greek bonds to selective default. ai uchida has more. >> the agency believes greece, the country, is going to not be able to deliver on some of its financial obligation

>> saudi arabia under the leadership of king abdullah is taking major moves at the social, economic and financial level which has helped the saudi people a lot. more has to take place on the political front to involve the people and have them participate in the system. >> let me ask you about the happenings. more news of the day, if you will, your highness and that's about iran. president obama tightening sanctions on rye ran, freezing all iranian government assets held or traded in the united states. do you believe this is appropriate? >> i think putting pressure on iran from the united states or the european union or the world in general is very important. iran is a renegade country. it is fortunate put pressure on them before we think of military action. i believe -- we should engage and talk to them and see if we can reach a solution and i think a solution is possible with them. >> let me get your take on oil supply in the world today. saudi arabia is in a wonderful position. how much does it take to produce in your country, $3, $2. >> average is 5 to $6. >> here we are at $97 a bar

ali abdullah saleh resigned after 33 years in power and months of protests. saleh passed the national flag to the new president abd rabbu mansour hadi. he expressed support for the new government but did not apologize for his authoritarian rule or his crackdown on protesters. more than 1,000 people were killed during an uprising that lasted nearly a year. thousands of protesters were back on the streets at the time of the ceremony. they called for the prosecution of all saleh relatives who still hold positions of power. >> translator: we demand that the new president works to achieve the rest of the goals of the revolution. he should restructure the army and security forces. >> hadi was elected last week with the support of those ruling and opposition parties. >>> for the first time south korea has publicly urged china to treat north korean defections as a humanitarian issue not a political one. the move followed reports that chinese police repatriated several north koreans. they were part of a group of about 30 who fled to northeastern chinaarlier this month

rubber bullets at least six people of the violence and started last month tess's demand president abdullah order withdraws his bid for a third term in office as it contradicts the constitution he says the decision should not apply to him as the term limit was put in place while he was in office. york in gulko a pastor and former east germany human rights activists looks sure to be germany's next president and he's the have the backing of chancellor angela merkel in all political parties as a replacement for christian it will who was forced to quit last week over corruption allegations merkel had opposed gox bid for the presidency in two thousand and ten in favor of civil rights. but shortly our intrepid explorer james brown takes you traveling across russia that'll be after the business news with dmitri stay with us for that. welcome to business r.t. while prices have jumped to the highest levels in months after iran halted crude exports to the u.k. and france on sunday the move follows the european union's decision to stop buying a rainy and oil standing in july west coast persuade iran t

tensions in the area taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe ali abdullah saleh he's thirty three year reign over yemen will come to an end this week as voters elect a new president but sali as vice president is the only choice on the ballot a single candidate election it was a condition of the power transfer deal signed by sally last november after ten months of protests and pressure for him to step down the vote makes him in the first arab country where uprising led to a negotiated settlement. thirty people have died in nigeria when the islamic sect of boko haram threw explosives opened fire in the side of the northeastern city inside a market in the northeastern city of my degree home to the insurgent group the attack set off a gunfight with nigeria's joint task force in which eight boko haram members were killed this sect has been behind several deadly bombings throughout nigeria that have killed more than two hundred since january. the sixth state of emergency has been declared in several pervy and provinces after heavy rains flooded entire towns thous

tackle the situation because what hosted them, now jordan was doing the same thing and my question is abdullah jord jordan, he's agreeing to help us, but after this kind that is not controllable, who will be taking care of this situation? because all areas in the brotherhood in egypt and everywhere and we need some kind of special guidelines so that we can make a summit. can we make a summit for middle east peace process and another question is regarding israeli issue and israelis are always -- why? but it is lebanon and the southern part is -- the northern part is hezbollah and the southern part of lebanon is hamas, and if there is something wrong with iran then even after that, this, hezbollah and hamas will not stop. they will stop after that. thank you. >> i thought you were going in a somewhat different direction. i was going to pick up on some of the points you were raising. i thought the first point you were raising was this question whether the u.s. has 14s and friends are not -- are not adopting the kinds of political reform postures that they might and ultimately we'll find that they

in certain moments and given the context and as i said, if you look around the region today king abdullah of jordan is one of the -- is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this. cares about this and has a relationship with abu mazen and has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. >> so i think it makes sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even if you try for the political process, i think from an israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps that they can take that will help to validate those palestinians who were engaged in a state-building process who believe in non-violence, who believe in co-existence because if you'll have elections they're going to compete against those who reject coexistence and who believe in violence and from a strategic standpoint israel has a long-term interest. >> appreciate it. >> in having those palestinians who believe in non-violence become validated and become more credible. look, i would always like to see whatever steps the israelis take, i would lik

headlines around the world in our world update yemen is voting on a new president marking the end of ali abdullah saleh a decades long rule there's not much choice though the only candidate is the old vice president the ballot was a condition of the power transition deal side by side in november after term months of anti-government protests and of yemen is the first arab spring country to reach a negotiated settlement. but he stressed carne is being investigated for his alleged role in a hotel prostitution ring in belgium and france it's rather allegations of escorts being supplied for sex parties in several countries the former international monetary fund chief faces charges of knowingly taking part in go. paid for by a french construction company last may he was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york but the charges were dropped. to preserve to date i'll be bringing you some of our main news stories for in about two minutes from now in the meantime we discuss the conflict in syria with former u.s. presidential advisor pat buchanan our special interview next point. i. i. i'm sit

was sworn in to office after being the only candidate running how he was vice president under ali abdullahsaleh who stepped down after thirty three years and in months of violent protests sali is the fourth arab leader to be pushed from office by the arab spring. a corruption case against former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been thrown out because too much time had passed before action was brought what was going to was accused of bribing his u.k. lawyer to lie in court to protect his business interests in the ninety's he denied wrongdoing claiming it's a smear campaign berlusconi is being tried separately over tax fraud and sex with an underage prostitute. and attack at a police headquarters in the nigerian town of gun bays left twelve dead five wounded a prisoner was also targeted no one has admitted to the attack but are thought to be the work of radical muslim group boko haram which is blamed for killing more than three hundred people this year alone as it fights to impose sharia law throughout the country. after a wave of hack attacks took out several u.s. federal websi

in president hadi was the only candidate running in the poll and served as vice president to ali abdullah saleh to step down after thirty three years in the months of violent protests salopek of the fourth arab leader to be pushed from office by the arab spring. a corruption case against former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi's been thrown out because too much time elapsed before the action was cruel he was accused of bribing is u.k. lawyer to lawyer in court to protect his business interests in the one nine hundred ninety s. but the scotti denied any wrongdoing. claiming it's a smear campaign the billionaire is being tried separately over tax fraud and sex with an underage prostitute it. but attack on a police headquarters in the nigerian town of gobies left twelve people dead and five others wounded in prison was also targeted there no one's admitted the attacks but they thought to be the work of the radical islamist group it's blamed for killing over three hundred people this year alone as it fights to impose sharia law throughout the country. after wave of hack attacks took o

did in the running how he was vice president on the ali abdullah saleh to step down after thirty three years ending months of violent protest is the fourth arab leader to be pushed from office by the arab spring. a corruption case against former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi's been thrown out because too much time with him before the action was brought but a scone he was accused of bribing his u.k. lawyer to lie in court to protect his business interests back in the one nine hundred ninety s. he denied any wrongdoing claiming it's a smear campaign but a scone he's being tried separately over tax fraud and sex with an underage prostitute that an attack on a police headquarters in the nigerian town of god has left twelve dead and five others wounded a prison was also targeted there now was admitted responsibility for the attacks but the thought to be the work of the radical islamist group boko haram is claimed and blamed for the killing of over three hundred people this year alone as it fights for impose sharia law throughout the country. after a wave of hack attacks took out

saudi king abdullah he had on flee the country.e was arrested in malacia where he is awaiting extra diction. we have tape of a spokesman of the committee discussing this very matter. >> greg: no wonder they hate us. that is goat i'm pretty sure. look, you are prettier than a pony made of flowers. saudi arabia is our ally. >> it's great we can laugh about this, but this is a serious problem. it's the subject of my book. hundreds of thousands of innocent muslim people are being targeted because of free speech and it's not just happening in islamist countries but it's happening in the west. they are in hiding because they were targeted with violent threats and lawsuits. worst things about hillary clinton is to do about the same thing here, despiteful dialogue. i'm happy that we're bringing attention to it. i'm shocked. >> gregg: he benefited, he has not dated an unattractive woman sense. >> he is stunning. >> i think our readers are excited about the things that you do. [ laughter ] >> greg: bill, what were you going to say? >> the se

petraeus who at the time was the centcom commander actually went to yemen and met with president ali abdullah saleh after this missile strike and the two of them conspired to cover it up in fact salis said will continue to say that the bombs are ours and not yours and so what with that kicked off a string of air strikes that president obama authorized some of which hit the intended targets and others hitting civilians or killing important tribal leaders or opponents of solids regime so i put all of that out there in response to your question because you have to understand the context of what we're going to talk about when we talk about what's going on in zinjibar in the south of yemen right now is three years of sustained airstrikes where a lot of civilians have been killed and even in cases where the so-called right person has been killed yemenis don't like the fact that the u.s. is bombing their country and so in may of last year a group calling itself. the supporters of sharia law essentially marched into town in zinjibar which is the capital of abi on province and they chased away the loc

we are on the lookout for bashar al assad's thugs and army, abdullah says. towns here in northern syria have broken free of the syrian government. there's no syrian military presence at all in this town. instead, children walk to school, pafs the flag of the opposition, which flies over main street. the green, black and red flag a symbol, worn by revolutionaries, making preparations a day before their weekly show of defiance against the government. >> we are preparing for tomorrow. we have tomorrow a big demonstration. >> reporter: this friday, the protest will include a message of support for the besieged city of homs. if that opposition stronghold folds, syrians here in the north know they may be the next to face the wrath of the syrian security forces. this 21-year-old university student doesn't expect help from the international community any time soon. >> we have nothing more now. >> reporter: the syrian government routinely denounces opposition activists, calling them armed terrorists. when they began demonstrating last spring, these young men chanted

remember this guy prince abdullah was holding hands with president bush. this guy nearly made out with him, you are talking to me about bowing down to saudi kings. please! how are you going to get prices down as president? that's nonsense. president obama had a big idea on what's causing the gas price spike. let's listen to that. >> oil is bought and sold in a world market and just like last year the single biggest thing causing the spike right now is instability in the middle east this time around iran. when uncertainty increases speculative trading on wall street increases, driving prices up even more. so those are the biggest short term factors at work here. >> see, that is nearly exactly right. now, some of you watching or who knew the show might be saying right, you always support the president, right? then you haven't watched the show very much. it's mainly the oil speculation. why am i saying i know for sure the republicans wrong on this and it's not because we didn't do enough domestic drilling. we did key stone oil line and the drill baby drill th