laura: abdullah abdullah, thank you very much for joining us. dr. abdullah: thank you. laura: today marks six months since 40 students disappeared in mexico. they dispeered in the town of iguala. they were killed by gangs. disappearance has galvanized mexican society but has anything changed for people in the communities? katy reports. reporter: 43 families still holding out hope they'll see their loved ones again. the basketball court is the heart of the rural college a place where people used to come to relax. now it's a shrine to the disappeared. families don't think enough is being done to find them. >> sometimes we think the world's forgotten us because we don't get any support. we know people from around the world know what happened here but we have no way of knowing if they're supporting us. reporter: across the state security has been beefed up since september, especially here in iguala, a town that's been the center of this horror story. the students came here to stage protest and that's when they were allegedly handed over to criminal gangs by corrupt police.

what was so special about abdullah? >> guest: i would actually argue that abdullah had more risk than even us. there wasn't a single mission that we went on offense of our otherwise, that abdullah wasn't right there in the fight with us. there wasn't a single operation that we conducted, and some pretty dangerous operations that abdullah wasn't right there. because we couldn't do our job in many ways without them. we needed him. he spoke all the local in which it. whenever we are communicating with people he was the person right there with us helping us to understand what people were saying. he was passing on messages. the thing that was so amazing about it for us is abdullah, when we were done with nations and we returned back to the forward operating bases, we had all of our soldiers around us and that anything. we had soldiers patrolling. abdullah went back home. there were these things called night letters in afghanistan. and what night letters were where these letters that were literally left on the doors of people

i will speak to afghanistan's ceo, abdullah abdullah.y american troops are needed to secure his nation? i will last. ♪ alix: yesterday the afghan president saying -- he asked for continued military backing and offered thanks for 13 years of support in afghanistan. president obama responded accordingly. president obama: i have consulted with general campbell in afghanistan and the national security team and not decided we will maintain our current posture of 9000 troops through the end of this year. alix: joining me to discuss what afghanistan needs to achieve economic prosperity is dr. abdullah abdullah. we appreciate you joining us. 9800 troops, is that enough? >> as far as 2015 is concerned, the challenges we are faced with , the mission is to train and assist. that will help us to deal with the challenges as well as achieve what we need in terms of training for our own security forces. the upcoming few months will be challenging times for afghanistan but our security forces with support from the current level of u.s. forces will be ab

>> ali abdullah saleh for 33 years, his biggest concern was to survive in a country known for coups and assassinations. in 2004, while he was concerned about the senior general who was seen as his successor, he pushed all the apparently loyal to him to the north to fight against the houthis. 2011, he turns against his ally and strikes a new alliance with the houthis. this is someone who uses different political factions for his survival. this is exactly why the saudis are saying this time that for us, the biggest concern is the houthis backed by ali abdullah saleh. two have either to disband join the political process or will continue the fight. the houthis cannot maintain a significant presence in the northern part of the country without support from ali abdullah saleh. saleh has the backing of soldiers with sophisticated weaponry that you can see in yemen. if for some reason they break from the houthis, you will see houthis undermind to the point where they will have only one option which is to retreat to their power base in saada. >> it seems to be at least over the past few days, th

but abdullah did get some good news.to the jail's drug treatment program to help overcome his addiction. >> i'm at the point where i am tired of living like i was living. i desperately want to become the better person i am. i know i'm a better person. i'm not a dumb person, but i just make dumb decisions. so hopefully this will help me, you know, eradicate making those dumb decisions. >> and today, officers are hopeful nobody makes the dumb decision to start a fight on canteen day. especially with a renewed emphasis on a policy that requires inmates to store all their snacks inside a plastic box. >> give me your receipt. bring the receipt back. >> good morning. good morning. good morning. >> sheldon kelly, who got into a canteen-related fight a few weeks earlier, is out of segregation after serving only ten of his 15-day sanction. >> i filed appeal and got it overturned by administrative captain. pretty much went my way. he overturned it because he felt like i didn't do anything wrong other than defend myself. >> but wit

i want to talk about ali abdullah saleh's son going to saudarabia offering a deal that was rejected. how do you think this is viewed at theb league. do they sniff a chink that could be exploited now. >> well ali abdullah saleh has been a man for all seasons. that's how he survived for many years at the top of yemeni state. he had absolutely no scruples about dealing with whatever at any time. so he found that it was one of his, you know escape routes, if you will from the current crisis back into the top of the echelon. and through the yemunited arab emirates. soon after the pressure started, they said something about we need to go back to the dialogue in the united arab emirates. why, because they have been trying to connect, if you will with the saudis on the one hand with the emirates in order to try to find a role for himself. i think his bluff was called. no one takes him seriously. >> he's a thre and i want to talk about the milary power on the gund i yemen. even thoughhe arab ue leaders support president abrabbu mansr hadi the force, the soldiers support ali abdullah saleh or

zero heartburn. >> we are back with his majesty, king abdullah ii of jordan.e, how they finance themselves, sophisticated media operation. let's start with the money. how do they have so much cash? >> money does get supplied by individuals in our part of the world. you've seen u.n. resolution recently to try and move us into international community to make sure those accesses are cut off. you've also got to remember that isis was fairly successful in taking over territory whether it was in syria and more recently in iraq where they overran banks and managed to capture a lot of money. then they ran their own economic industries so they were selling a lot of oil, producing about a billion dollars worth of revenue a year. that's been degraded quite significantly since because of coalition airstrikes. but they had this own ability to run their own economy quite successfully. >> do you think that defeating isis will require or should require american boots on the ground, american ground forces? >> look, i think that a lot of us are looking at this, it being sort of

abdullah visited arlington national cementary to pay their respects to our fallen heroes. we are grateful for that gesture of gratitude and we know it meant a lot to the families as well. we'll see the bonds again between our people on display when president ghani has an opportunity to address congress tomorrow. so, with a new government in afghanistan and with the end of our combat mission, this visit is an opportunity to begin a new chapter between our two nations. president ghani and dr. abdullah, i thank you both for your strong support of the partnership between our two nations. yesterday, they had a chance to spend time in camp david with our respective teams and had excellent discussions on how we can move forward together. today guided by our strategic partnership, we focused on several areas. first, we agreed to continue to keep in place our close security cooperation. afghanistan remains a very dangerous place and insurgents still launch attacks, courage suicide bombings against civilians. president ghani is pursuing reforms to further strengthen afghan security

. >>> a royal plea from jordan's king abdullah. >> extremism must be seep as it is - global >>> fighting extremism on all fronts >>> also a terrible prediction. >> there's a tidal wave coming. >>> some of the victims of high grade heroin flowing into the united states - the young >>> and cambodia. >> the electric difference meaning that vehicle is running silently, a silence you'd hear if not for the thousands of other vehicles it has to share the roads with >>> making on environmental difference whilst at the same time making a profit. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin in iraq where iraqi forces are forcing i.s.i.l. out of tikrit. government officials said their forces retook large parts of the city and drove the group out of alla la. >> the iraqi and shia militias are preparing for an assault should the joint offensive proceed, similar missions in other cities will continue. >> junioredon's king abdullah spoke to his people today. >> in the u.k. a new airline law aimed at preventing citizens joining i.s.i.l. >>

. >>> we are back with his majesty of jordan king abdullah ii.resident obama has gotten into a little trouble or received some criticism because he says he doesn't want to call groups like isis islamic extremists because he doesn't want to give them the mantle of legitimacy by acknowledging they are islamic. do you think he's right? >> i think he is right. i think this is something that has to be understood on a much larger platform. they are looking for legitimacy they don't have inside of islam. when we're asked in debate are you moderate or extremists these people wan to be called extremist. they take that as a badge of honor. if you ask me moderate or extremists i'm a muslim. these people terms using more and more they are in a way outlaws that are on the fringe of islam. and if you look at sort of the way they are presented inside they are inside sunni islam. sunni islam is 1.5 billion muslims. they represent only 1%. out of that may be 200 to 500,000 of these people. out of these -- to label islam under the term extremists and moderates is

some say that it is under the control of ali abdullah asleh. to take down fighter jets in sa sanaa and saada this is one of the biggest concerns for the saudis. they would like to destroy them before they can make any decision about how to move forward in the mechanics face of this military enter glen with these airstrikes comes the risk of casualty, and we're seeing reports of that happening. >> that's the biggest problem. although there have been statements made by the military establishment, they think they'll do their best to prevent any casualtyies among civilians. the incident today where people were killed in a refugee camp people suffered in 2004-'05-'06. they had stranded in that area along the border of saudi arabia. this is an area where they managed to put some of their fighters. >> that's only going to make the saudi's job that much more difficult. >> very difficult because you have many scenarios, and different partners in yemen. hadi and his supporters would like to see the saudis involved in the intervention force for as long as

abdullah abdullah in iran intense and passionate complains, such is the need to end corruption taking the actions that would build transparency into government. and guaranteeing support for the impartialed rule of law. campaigns became forums for public debate. more than 7 million afghans turned out to the polls, but 38% of the were cast by women, many of whom never had the chance previously to speak politically with their own voice. [ applause ] >> there's no denying that the election was hard fought but in the end we chose the politics of unity over the politics of division. the national unity government brings together all parts of the country to make the government the arena where disputes arise and result. dr. abdullah and myself may not initially agree on every issue, but we both believe deeply that spirited debate will produce better outcomes than will confrontational stalemate. we not only work together. we like working well together. [ applause ] >> afghanistan contrary to what perception is well suited to democracy. afghans are individualists none of us defers to anyone else

the saudis apparently no longer trust ali abdullah saleh. they are accused of colluding with the houthis and iranians to destabilize the region >>> representatives from six world powers are holding the last full day of talks with the foreign minister over the nuclear programme. the deadline for reaching the agreement is tuesday. iran is refusing to budge on key issues including sanctions >>> vote counting is underway in nigeria, the incumbent president goodluck jonathan is facing a challenge from muhammadu buhari a former military leader. thousands took to the streets on sunday alleging voting irregularities in the oil producing river states. we have more from the capital. >> reporter: river state is a strategic state in the elections. it's a key battle state between the ruling party. the people's democratic party and the main opposition. what voters are saying is that many of the election material and all important result sheets didn't arrive. as a consequence, they were unable to vote. they want the independent electoral commission to inve

abdullah abdullah saleh has said that hadi is a separatists and he should leave.mpared the situation to the civil war. >> translator: the people cannot afford to eat or drink, you have suspended their salaries brought their livelihood to stand still. investment to halt and tourism too. is this what you call the modern civil state where universities and schools are ruined. they are liars. liars. >>> ivory coasters former first lady has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in post-election violence. she was given double the sentence prosecutors had asked for. more than 3,000 people died in fighting that began when her husband refused to step down in 2010. dominic kane reports. >> reporter: she sits in court here. she was once first lady of ivory coast, but in this trial she was described as having undermined state security. prosecutors argued that when her husband lost the presidential election of 2010, she organized armed gangs after he rejected the results. in the violence that followed more than 3,000 people were killed. she and her husband were arrest

king abdullah calls the fight against isis the third world war. whether that assessment seems right to you or a bit much, you'll want to join us as we explore the isis threat. isis grew out of the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. its first leader, abu knew saab zarqawi call

abdullah visited arlington national cemetery to pay their respects to our fallen heroes. we're grateful for that gesture of gratitude. and we know it meant a lot to the families as well. we'll see the bonds again between our people on display when president ghani has an opportunity to address congress tomorrow. so with a new government in afghanistan and with the end of our combat mission, this visit is an opportunity to begin a new chapter between our two nations. president ghani and dr. abdullah i thank you both for your strong support of the partnership between our two nations. and yesterday they had a chance to spend time in camp david with our respective teams and had excellent discussions on how we can move forward together. today, guided by our strategic partnership, we focused on several areas. first, we agreed to continue to keep in place our close security cooperation. afghanistan remains a very dangerous place, and insurgents still launch attacks, including cowardly suicide bombings against civilians. president ghani is pursuing reforms to further strengthen af

the saudi's apparently no longer trust ali abdullah saleh. they accuse him of roll including with the houthis. >> script's president says joint action is needed to fight intervention in the middle east. he said a panel will work under the supervision of arab chiefs to work out the structure. the alliance will be made of of at least 40,000 elite troops. >> it has decided arab leaders to undertake to establish a joint arab military force that an elite team will be formed under the supervision of the member states armed forces to study all aspects pertaining to establishing a joint arab force and formation. >> al jazeera's senior political analyst joins us live from london. is this a force that's going to be deployed in yemen? >> you know, it dependency. if we're talking about lump summing a number of soldiers from egypt, saudi arabia, united emresist altogether in one military base, i guess it's possible. but that's not what's meant usually when you talk about a joint military force. you mean there is a lot of groundwork logistical areas where

. >>> now jordan's king abdullah has called on muslim countries to lead the fight against isil.he comments in a speech to the european parliament. let's speak to jacky rowland who joins us live from the area. tell us more about what king a abdullah had to say. >> reporter: well it was a relatively short speech very much focusing on key issues of concern in the middle east and also shared issues of concern between europe very much the audience for king abdullah's speech. and clearly the top of the speech was the war on isil. a war which has resulted in jordan taking in approximately 1.4 million syrian refugees. he said that this was an issue, it was a fight that concerned both europe and the arab world. >> this is a fight that has to be carried out by muslim nations first and foremost. [ applause ] >> this is a fight within islam. and at the same time the danger of extremism must be seen for what it is. global. >> reporter: he also touched on the issue of the non-exist important peace process between israelis and palestinians and he said the lack of any progress on that was reall

a million people will hear a statement from the jailed leader of the pkk, abdullah ocalan.xpected to reinforce his call for the pkk to permanently lay down its arms to put the peace process back on track. >>> a new leader of the pkk says abdullah ocalan call for peace was manipulated by turkey. >> translator: we know that turkey will never release him from the prison. they want him to decay and spend the rest of his life there. turkey must take steps and has no other options. if they don't move today, they will tomorrow. ocalan started this peace process and if they want to resolve the problems, they must release him. he needs to meet us and his guerrillas, without releasing him this peace process will not succeed. >> you can catch our complete interview on "talk to al jazeera" on saturday. >>> dead lock talks on iran's nuclear program have been suspended until wednesday. iran's negotiators have returned home saying more consultation and coordination is needed. and the u.s. secretary of state will update his european counterparts on the progress. james bayes has more from t

backed by forces loyal to ousted president ali abdullah saleh. southern city of aden attack was repelled. tribesmen around the town of bahar in the central province of shabwa. houthi weapons stores and air deferences were targeted, al jazeera's hashem ahelbarra filed this report. >> these are the victims of a camp dozens were killed or injured. highest death toll since the start of the military intervention in yemen. the houthis say the victims were civilians who were forced out of their villages in the past and sought ref umg in refuge in this camp in yemen. say the houthis or the blame. >> we stress we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire, we have no confirmation, this was a refusingrefugee camp. >> targeted houthi fighters, the aim is to prevent them from advancing to the sea port city of aden. ammunition depots, antiaircraft batteries were also hit as was this command center run by the houthis. houthi supporters took to the streets of the capital sanaa to denounce the air strikes. >> this aggression does no

a saudi led coalition backed by forces led to the ousted president, ali abdullah saleh. southern city of aden, there have been clashes nearby. victoria gaint gatenby has the report. >> local forces say several houthi fightsers have been killed. the houthis are trying to move through this area to the oil rich province of mareb. but local tribesmen are not the only ones trying to stop their advance. targeting houthi military positions around mareb oil strikes have also hit houthi fighters in al mashnak. jets have bombed positions in the northern sadaa the houthi main support base. along the border they share with yemen, saudi officials say there is no plan to send troops at least for now. >> to attack some concentration of force for the militia but there's no let's say major land operation in the schedule. >> reporter: the saudi led air strikes seem to be weakening the houthis according to local sources. tribes are on the move to recapture areas they have lost in the last few weeks. >> i believe if this military operation had not happened on time the price would have been

we've been saying all this time that ali abdullah saleh is a master of mischief. he's causing chaos. they will never allow stability. they are a minority, even if they represent the whole of the demography still they're a minority. >> president hadi, if it turns out he has gone, the state department said he has left his compound but they cannot confirm where he is, if he has left the country where does that leave the people who supported him? do they still rally around-- >> there is still a lot of resistence in many pockets everywhere. the whole situation will not be stable. yes then is a very large area. they could decide pull them from the stronghold. >> thank you very much. >> leaders of france, germany and spain have been visiting the french apples close to where a passenger plane crashed on tuesday. the recorder has been recovered and it is now in paris. investigators say they've been able to recover some information from it, but they say it's too early to draw conclusions from the recordings. so far searchers have only been able to find parts of the flight d

this is the frame made by king abdullah and this is the frame followed and approved by his sons. would like also to thank and express my appreciation to the efforts of the state of the united arab emirates. [ applause ] >> translator: under the leadership of his highness. [ applause ] >> translator: represented here today by his heiness. [ applause ] >> translator: vice president, prime minister, and the ruler of [ inaudible ] in order to clear all in the support of egypt, and bring [ inaudible ] to egypt, and the leadership of the uae that the egyptian people have seen how sincere you are and how supportive you are to the egyptian economy. [ applause ] >> translator: now for the [ inaudible ] country, for kuwait let me say these are always before words to prove the relations and the continuous support of kuwait to egypt, and his heiness is here today to express his belief and the belief of kuwait in the arab solidarity. [ applause ] >> translator: it's a also worth mentioning here to express gratitude to his majesty the jordanian monarch. [ applause ] >> translator: the monarch

military intervention is to destroy the military capabilities for houthies and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. they want to destroy warplanes long-range missile launchers and they say to a great extent managed to neutralize some of those capability. they're confident that the houthis have been severely undermined. but the houthies still manage to deploy fighters from different parts of the country. we've seen them moving to the south of the country. they're pushing through to the southern city of aden. but i think that the plan of the saudi is to continue to hit targets and level the playing ground for all the factions in yemen. >> hashem ah, elbarra thank you. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has told al jazeera foreign ministers are working very hard to reach a deal with iran on its nuclear future. russia's foreign minister has announced he's leaving the high level meetings and will only return if there is a chance of a deal being reached. sources say iran refuses to budge over the continuation of its nuclear research. >>> well, one western diplomatic source says there are th

abdullah, intense and compassionate campaigns on the most modern officials. that is the need to end corruption. taking the action that is will build transparency into government and guaranteeing support for the impartial rule of law. campaigns became forums for public debate, in the final election, not only more than seven million afghans turned out to the polls, but more than 38% of the votes were cast by women. 90 of them would never have previously had a chance to speak politically with their own choice. there's no denying that the election was hard fought, but in the end we chose the politics of unity over the politics of division. the national unity government brings together all parts of the country to make the government where disputes -- an arena where disputes are resolved. dr. abdullah and myself may not initially agree on every issue, but we both believe deeply that spirited debate will produce better outcomes than will confrontational stalemate. we not only work together, we like working well together. afghanistan country perception is what's suit

they say that the houthies and those loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh are advancing to try to capture 9 the sea port of aid. they are the ones who provide intelligence on houthi fighters seen here trying to set up a checkpoint on the outskirts of aden. moments later the checkpoint is hit. armed vehicles tanks, missiles launchers are also struck. >> there is a houthi presence inside and around the city of aden. we have intensified our attacks north of aden. the houthi are desperate to get into the cities so they can take over. >> saudi arabia has said its military campaign will take some time accusing iran of helping the houthis to destabilize the region. >> iran has trained houthies. if they're currently present in yemen they will receive the same fate as the houthies. let me stress we will not allow anyone to provide assistance to the houthis in the air or in the city. >> president hadi is rallying international support in its pain. >> for the time being airstrikes continue across yemen showing no signs of slowing down. there are no indications though, that the saudis will

first one is he reminded all of the world that this conference conference being held because of king abdullah. who called for this last year. and again, he wants to remind the role of saudi arabia. that was the first message that he wanted to send. the second point he was telling the world about what the egyptian government has prepared for them. two main packages. the first one he wants more projects on the infrastructure. he wants more -- you know jobs for those millions of people who are ready to work. these are the two messages he was trying to send. this means basically nearly 30 to $40 billion to support this package. >> but what is personally at stake for al-sisi. >> he wants to show the world that he has, you know, support from -- you know, at least 90 governments. it is -- it is i think a legitimacy matter. let's not forget that he is running the country himself. there is no parliament. the only institution function is the military so basically he wants to say this is a state of egypt still functioning and with your help they can go and build egypt. >> but getting them to attend the

these forces are said to be loyal to yemen's long time ruler ali abdullah saleh who now' pearce to be backing the houthies. the people here are no longer sure who they can trust. the houthi unit has morphed from a smaller unit fighting for government jobs, and in september it took over the capital of sanaa. alabd rabbuh mansur hadi escaped to the south and it's in the south where most of the fighting is taking place and the tribes hearsay they're protecting their region against the rebels. saudi arabia has sent soldiers to protect its border with yemen. the saudi foreign minister had this to stay. >> we hope that this can be won peacefully. if it is not won peacefully we will protect the region from their aggression. >> right now the houthies are fanning out across the country. they insist they're fighting for a fair distribution of wealth for everyone, not just shias or their own community. some people in the south don't believe them and aren't taking any chances. these volunteers are grouping in large numbers to take on the houthies with guns, tanks and ammunition. al jazeera. >> we

abdullah, here's some good news stories. you're not hearing it in the news, but you need to know this is happening. i give him 10 or 15 power point slides with pictures. that word doesn't get out because it doesn't sell but for every suicide vest that went off in kabul, there are nine or 10 that are stopped. there are good news out there. the chair: the gentlelady from guam, ms. bordallo. ms. bordallo:: i want to quote the national security plan saying, we must recognize that a smart national security strategy doesn't rely solely on military power. indeed in the long-term our efforts to work with other countries to counter the ideology and root causes of violent extremists will be more important. i strongly support this approach, general, however, i'm also concerned that the persistence we have shown in afghanistan and our presence there can have harmful effects on our long-term readiness. as we draw down to a force capable of protecting our security interests in the region, how will we capitalize and reutilize the equipment

. >> from abdullah abdullah comes in behind me. of the power sharing arrangement. he is the chief of executive there. he had asked the president to delay the troop withdrawal at the end of this year. removed to kabul they had asked that troop will remain at. thousand secretary kerry now filing in behind me. where the film of all-american troops is absolutely firm. one then they have going for him in terms of this setting he is not a predecessor. a notoriously bad relationship, you can see the way this visit to washington has been choreographs. meant to emphasize the close ties between these two countries. there he is. preceding the president coming into the east room of the white house the president of the united states. before i begin i want to say that our thoughts and our prayers are with our friends in europe. especially the people in jeremy and scene following a terrible airplane crash in france it is particularly heartbreaking because it apparently includes the los of so many children. some of them infants. i called german merkel and i hope to speak to the pr

then i received a message from a guy, abdullah. he was asking me where i was from, how long i had been in saudi arabia. i -- i remembered tom and his rule about not dating any saudis or meeting any saudis. but i felt that he had lived in the uk. he was educated. so then i just thought, well, you know, it should be safe enough. it should be okay. >> oh, hey. >> hi. >> he was a typical saudi man. i wouldn't say i was overly taken by him, you know, the way i had been with fred. but i just wanted to go and meet somebody and talk to them and, you know, i was really lonely. if i had known then what i know now, i would never have done it. i met the next day. we went to the coffee shop. he was very westernized. he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. >> how do you do? nice to meet you. have a seat. >> he spoke about how he wanted to leave saudi arabia and live in the west, that you had a much better life there. he could be who he was. so, you know, from that i didn't feel that i was in any danger whatsoever from him. after coffee, he went back

i think the death of the former king, king abdullah delayed the attack. when i read the statement coming out from the g.c.c. countries. they did repeat the same words that this is a houthi military coup, and the g.c.c. will take whatever measure is necessary. i think the death of king abdullah made that lain. >> you were in aden when the houthis overran the capital and took over the capital in sanaa, and we saw president abd-rabbu mansour hadi flee to aden as well. you have been talking to yemenis as well. how do they feel about what is going on in the country? >> they were unhappy, taken by surprise and sad to see the country. yemen is a poor country. more than 65% of people on the poverty line according to the u.n. they have hope. after the toppling of the former president, they have some democracy and civility. the government will help find jobs for them and the economy to feed the population. they felt they were taken by surprise by a small group of people the houthis, overrunning the country. and they see their president and the government unable to

this comes after saudi arabia media reported that ali abdullah saleh was in riyadh a day before saudi and its allies launched attacks against yemen. points suggest the forker president is willing to turn against the houthis, if international sanctions against him are lifted. for the saudis they no longer trust ali abdullah saleh, they accuse of colluding with the houthis, to destabilize the region. >> for more on the story, let's bring in from washington d.c. a yemeni political analyst, writing on her blog [ speaking foreign language ] how do your pronounce your blog. thank you for joining us. with egypt threatening to send in ground troops in the wake of the air strikes, how much is that threat escalating the situation in yemen? >> it will take the situation to the next step. at the moment egypt and other countries are thinking about sending ground troops and they'll have to go through the process with their own country. this is a reaction. publicly it stated that it's a response to a request by president hardy. president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is residing in real and does not have a

abdullah abdullah it was a bitter divide after allegations of fraud. it's all sunshine and lollipops if you are to believe the staging and the stage craft that we have seen over the last three days. ashraf ghani has been very careful to thank the united states, the people of the united states, even going so far as to thank the taxpayers of the united states over the course of his three visits here. noting the number of american dead. that number 2,215, the trillions of dollars spent there. it's also an opportunity for the united states -- this speech for the united states congress to hear directly from the individual who wants money from this congress. we have seen a proposal from the secretary of defense and the administration during this visit to fully fund afghan troops. that comes with a steep price tag, estimated to be about $4 billion a year. there's also an $800 million aid package on the table. all of that is going to have to go through congress. there are many members of congress who disagree vehemently with the president's withdrawal plan. th

abdullah, here's some good news stories.ou're not hearing it in the news, but you need to know this is happening. i give him 10 or 15 power point slides with pictures. that word doesn't get out because it doesn't sell but for every suicide vest that went off in kabul, there are nine or 10 that are stopped. there are good news out there. the chair: the gentlelady from guam, ms. bordallo. ms. bordallo: i want to quote the national security plan saying, we must recognize that a smart national security strategy doesn't rely solely on military power. indeed in the long-term our efforts to work with other countries to counter the ideology and root causes of violent extremists will be more important. i strongly support this approach, general, however, i'm also concerned that the persistence we have shown in afghanistan and our presence there can have harmful effects on our long-term readiness. as we draw down to a force capable of protecting our security interests in the region, how will we capitalize and reutilize the equipment, a

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ghani has been different than karzai karzai, how he dealt with abdullah abdullah made a difference. >pressioned but stuck by the fact he appeared in coat anti. every time you saw karzai he was in tribal attire with traditional afghan attire. this was -- this is ash raf ghani giving them the afghanistan they want to see. he is worried a precipitous withdrawal will create a vacuum. isis is trying to fill the vacuum left by american disengagement in afghanistan. he is trying to thank us but also trying to give us a picture of what we want. >> steve clemons, luke russert, thanks so much for being with me. before i go a developing note out of the supreme court. justices sent out 6-3 ruling sent the case of a fired pregnant worker back to lower courts for review. this is a victory for the plaintiff, peggy young, giving her another chance to argue the case. she's the ups driver fired after her pregnancy limited her to only be able to perform some duties. justices writing she must prove she belongs to a protected class of minority citizens and that her employer ups didn't accommodate her like

. >> backed by forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh, houthis ever lunch add new offensive on the southern city of aden. there have been battles between houthis and tribesmen around the central province. we have more. >> yemeni tribesmen and shia houthi rebels engage in fierce fighting around the town in eastern yemen. local sources say several houthi fighters have been killed. >> the houthis are trying to move through this area to the oil rich province, but local tribesmen aren't the only determined to stop their advance. this attack is by the saudi-led coalition targeting houthi held positions. airstrikes have also hit houthi fighters other areas. dozens of houthi fighters have been killed and jets have bombed positions in the northern province of saada. the saudi's deployed soldiers along their border with yemen. sawed officials continues to there is no plan to send troops at least for now. >> we are using the apache to talk some concentration of force for the militias, but there is no lets say major land operation. >> the saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi

i first met king abdullah almost 20 years ago when he commanded the special forces. and later on i was invited to go to the palace. when you go to the palace before you see him there was a family tree on the wall hanging up that begins with the prophet prophet mohammed and goes all the way to king hussein and they are very proud of that. it was put together in research by a british colonel in the 1930s and i remember sitting there looking at this i looked up and i saw one of his kids into the wind came straight down. saw another line here if you go to generation or two and see the relatives and so forth and i made the comment it looks like this one has more of the prophet mohammed's blood to which they said you mustn't say these things in the palace. i took it pretty quickly. but with him stepping up to the plate with the pressure he beat out -- the president of egypt we have the moderate countries stepping up to the plate and who better on behalf of the moderate reform muslims to take the fight to radical islam. to borrow the line from president nixon's book, this i

i first met king abdullah almost 20 years ago when he commanded special forces. then later on i was invited to go to the palace. when you go to the pala and king hussein was the king at the time. before you see abdullah there's a family tree on the wall, hanging up, that begins with the prophet moo hamad and goes to king hussein and you see his kids, king abdullah and so forth. it was put together and researched by a british colonel in the 1930s. i remember sitting there and looking at this, and i looked up and i saw the prophet muhammad. and i sue another line over here and you see where some of muhammad reside relatives are marrying other relatives, and i made the comment looks like this line as more of the prophet muhammad's blood in it to which king an do la's aide said you mustn't say these things in the palace. but with him stepping up to the plate, with now the president of egypt, assisi what he is doing we have six moderate arab countries stepping up to the plate, and who better who better on behalf of moderate and reform muslims to take the fight to radi

so is now we have the new president, president ashraf ghani and ceo abdullah abdullah, and we're seeing now they're having talks with the taliban. so how those talks progress will determine security to a great extent moving forward. and to the extent that the u.s. would have to sort of reevaluate its position in 2016, because, you know, if we're reevaluating right now, who is to say we're not going to reevaluate, you know, in two years' time? cheryl: absolutely. thank you very much, adviser on middle east and south affairs. of course, we'll continue to follow a lot of breaking news right now within the markets and in the news including what's happening also in washington. the supremert cou is deciding whether a second mortgage on a home that is underwater can be wiped out in bankruptcy along with that original mortgagement same home. joining me now live from the supreme court, fox business senior washington correspondent peter barnes. peter, a big -- this is big for the banks, it's big for homeowners. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. a couple million homeowners could be affected by this

king abdullah's notion, this terrorism is board and bred in the region. the region has got to stand up against it. if the region is not willing to stand up against it there's nothing that the u.s. can do that will ultimately lead to a success. we can't police a region that won't police itself. when the leaders from the region say american ground troops are a bad idea, that's a powerful thought to those of us who are going to be voting on authorizations. how would you respond to that notion that the presence in any significant way of american ground troops changes the character of this making it the west against isil rather than a region needing to police its own extremism? >> i do agree with the amir and the king. the presence, infusion of a large db i think this is where they would be a little more precise if even the opportunity. the presence of a large conventional maneuver force would change the nature of the conversation. pu it's really important to understand that during iraq and during afghanistan and in the way we have responded to other similar c

king abdullah's notion, this terrorism is born and bred in the region. the region has got to stand up against it. if the region is not willing to stand up against it there's nothing that the u.s. can do that will ultimately lead to a success. we can't police a region that won't police itself. when the leaders from the region say american ground troops are a bad idea, that's a powerful thought to those of us who are going to be voting on authorizations. how would you respond to that notion that the presence in any significant way of american ground troops changes the character of this making it the west against isil rather than a region needing to police its own extremism? >> i do agree with the amir and the king. the presence, infusion of a large i think this is where they would be a little more precise if even the opportunity. the presence of a large conventional maneuver force would change the nature of the conversation. but it's really important to understand that during iraq and during afghanistan and in the way we have responded to other similar cha

abdullah visited arlington national cemetery to pay their respects to our fallen heroes.ateful for that gesture of gratitude. we know it meant a lot to the families as well. we'll see the bonds again between our people on display when president ghani has an opportunity to address congress tomorrow. so with a new government in afghanistan and with the end of our combat mission, this visit is an opportunity to begin a new chapter between our two nations. pez ghani, dr. abdullah i thank you both for your strong support of the partnership between our two nations, and yesterday they had a chance to spend time in camp david with our respective teams and had excellent discussions on how we can move forward together. today guided by our strategic partnership, we focused on several areas. first we agreed to continue to keep in place our close security cooperation. afghanistan remains a very dangerous place, and insurgents still launch attacks, including cowardly suicide bombings against civilians. president ghani is pursuing reforms to strengthen afghan security forces including r

abdullah here are some good stories. you are not hearing about it in the news that you need to know this is out here and they give him 10 or 15 powerpoint slides with pictures sewing -- showing good news stories in afghanistan and that word doesn't get out because it doesn't sell. for every suicide that went often coupled there were nine or 10 that were stop so there is good news out there. >> thank you very much mr. chairman, general campbell. thank you for your challenging leadership in afghanistan. i want to quote the 2015 national security strategy in staying quote we must recognize a smart national security strategy does not rely solely on military power. indeed in long-term efforts to work with other countries to counter the ideology and the root causes of violent extremist will be more important. i strongly support this approach general however i am also concerned the persistence we have shown in afghanistan and our presence there can have harmful effects on our long-term readiness. as we drive down to a force cap

. >> hairairstrikes saudi officers say houthies loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh are trying to capture the sea port city of aden. forces loyal to president hayden play a crucial role in the intervention. they are the one who is provide intelligence on houthi fighters seen here trying to set up a checkpoint on the outskirts of aden. moments later the checkpoint is hit. armed vehicles tanks missiles launchers also strike. >> there is a houthi presence inside and around the city of aden. we have intensified our attacks north of aden. the fighters feel the heat, and wherever they go, they will target them. >> saudi arabia has said its military campaign will take some time accusing iran of helping the houthies to destabilize the region. >> iran has trained houthies. if they're currently present in yemen they will meet the same fate as the houthies. let me stress we will not allow anyone to provide assistance to the houthis through the air or the sea. >> the oil-rich kingdom is rallying international support. riyadh said that attacks will stop only if houthies pull out of the citi