it was $974.00 and president al hunt his victory celebrations were short lived his 1st priority was to build confidence with neighboring saudi arabia a country that was bigger more powerful and far wealthier than impoverished north yemen humvee's 1st official visit was to the saudi capital riyadh aiming to maintain good relations yet reduce dependence on saudi arabia who wielded considerable influence over yemen's powerful times. as the incoming president our humvee was walking a tightrope his instinct as a modernizer was to bring the reins of power into the capital but that meant wrestling control from the tribes who had traditionally run yemen. one of. those to create a modern armed force that would not be organized tribally would be composed of units that were mixed personnel that would therefore be loyal to the chain of command rather than the particular shapes. the outfit i can welcome and i will be and i'll get a lot out. of the a lot of it but i have. had that. on the 27th of april 975 president all hamdi issued a decree which effectively centralized control of the army. no long

>> well, in my experience, the al qaeda hunt was critical.g threats and preempting possible attacks against the homeland and such. and the president was fixated on bin laden, the son of osama bin laden. he had become a public voice. hamza was putting out articles and propaganda and such like that which got the president's attention. he wasn't in our estimate the most critical threat to the united states. we had others who were pursuing. when the president keeps obsessing over particular individuals as he did with hamza, it's going to impact your limited resources. that's what happened to us. so we, obviously, continue to persevere but you take your command to the top. >> it seemed to you that he wanted to be able to kill a bin laden because he knew that name. and you also said that he wasn't that familiar with the names of terrorists or the history of terror organizations or some of the substance and that also made it a challenge. >> and to be fair, you don't expect the leader of the free world to know that sort of detail, but you expect him

that those who are lost will not be forgotten david mercer al-jazeera edmonton canada world leaders have traveled to amman to meet its new so tom hunt them bin tariq al side he's met with britain's prince charles as well as iran's foreign minister and kuwait's the media so tom was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin long time roula been side our side now the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessor's approach as a regional thanks michael for more on this let's bring in stephanie in moscow what was really important he is definitely was that there was a very quick and very orderly transition of power and the mess is very much is business as usual is not. yes and i think that is an important to both on the domestic front and on the international front of course at such a sensitive time when it comes to the escalation between the united states and iran them on such a key peacemaker attempting at least over the years to bring both sides to the negotiating table so i think the omanis also very keen to show that someone was in charge that there was a unity here and that this country would continue on that course an

quote terrorist violence france and 5 regional countries have thousands of troops hunting armed groups some linked to iceland al qaida president has sacked the chief of the army and 3 generals as were saying following 2 attacks which killed at least 160 soldiers. iranians have protested for a 3rd day against the killing of 176 people on board the ukrainian airliner shot down by mistake demonstrators defied a heavy police presence in the capital to run again and the chief of police is urging restraint after tear gas was fired a volcanic eruption in the philippines is forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes $8000.00 people have already been evacuated from the island of talisay where the volcano sits with thousands more who are leaving coastal towns 3 teachers have been killed in kenya in a suspected attack by al-shabaab fighters primary school was attacked and a nearby police station set on fire. those are the headlines counting the cost is coming up next on al-jazeera. hello i'm don jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. w

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hunt on capitol hill, thank you. >>> also tonight, we are tracking violent storms across a 2,000-mile stretch from the south to new england. al roker is here al, what are you looking at tonight >> lester, it's an early spring pattern instead of being january. we have ten states, 31 million people at risk for tornados, hail and damaging winds this is all part of a system pushing a flood threat from texas to michigan violent storms for the southern plains. snow developing behind it on saturday that severe threat moves to the east ten states, 18 million people again, the threat of tornados, real problems with snow, two to six inches in the midwest. storms of two to five inches of rain flash flood watches in the midwest and records possible from houston to cleveland on friday. saturday temperatures 10 to 30 degrees above average. lester >> we'll break out the shorts and sandals, thanks. >>> now to the drama among the royals reports in the uk that meghan markle is traveling to canada tonight after her bombshell announcement with prince harry that they are stepping back as senior members of the family keir simmons is in a london ne

phenomenon of people in criminal hunting themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confession on al-jazeera. we understand the difference is in similarities of cultures across the wound so no matter how you take a al-jazeera. and current affairs that matter to. counter the. this is al-jazeera. i will bear on the cloud this is a news our life and heart coming up in the next 60 minutes libyan warlord holy for have to agrees to a cease fire despite previously refusing to allow his forces to put down are. shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific canada and ukraine demand full on the street and accountability from iran after it admitted to accidentally attacking a passenger jet.

phenomenon of people in criminal hunting themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confession on al-jazeera. talk to al-jazeera we were told to get to that between russia has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal. for a couple and here we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does iran. at the top stories on the al-jazeera the leaders of libya's warring sides of arrived in russia's capital for talks after a cease fire forced its raised hopes the wall or to leave after that the prime minister of the un recognized government fires are surat will begin to follow the path towards ending years of civil conflict international diplomatic efforts to end the fighting have stepped up in recent weeks a truce brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning so vasant is monitoring those talks in moscow as confirmed by the ministry of foreign affairs spokeswoman on face.

phenomenon of people in criminal hunting themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confessions on al-jazeera. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants' at all 0 immigration but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody's discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. the stage is set for donald trump some pitchman trial as the u.s. house of representatives hands over the case to the senate. bill on down jordan the starters here at live from doha also coming up the u.s. and china sign an initial deal to try to end that 18 months trade war zone your muted response from stock markets. the. banks are again vandalized in lebannon a 2nd night of running battles in beirut as protesters demanded.

phenomenon of people in criminal hunting themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confession on al-jazeera. in the heart of the amazon believing in families put their lives in peril to harvest brazil nuts. it's getting the cargo to the capital is an even more dangerous charlie. risking it to believe yeah. on al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie in london with a quick look at the headlines now talks on a permanent ceasefire in libya ended on monday without a break through the wall of hell if i have to have until tuesday morning to consider whether to sign a formal feel he's in moscow for negotiations along with the head of libya's u.n. recognized government prime minister fayyad is a surprise but the 2 didn't meet directly a fragile truce brokered by russia and turkey came into force on sunday russia's foreign minister says good progress is being made on an unconditional and open ended cease fire marshall. mr have played a role in.

the local government in will hunt to be replaced because of the way it handled the outbreak and overcrowding hospitals there continue to plea for more supplies and staff. al-jazeera beijing hong kong says it will deny entry to people from the province hardest hit by the breaking quitting those who visited in the past 14 days brown is there with an updated telling of cases. but the number of suspected cases has now gone up by 77 taking it to more than 380 suspected cases and the number of confirmed cases have risen from 5 to 6 also another confirmed case in macau taking the total there to 3 hospitals already also say they are readying another quarantine center turning a former holiday camp into a quarantine center and we've also heard from a microbiologist who was talking yesterday he says that he believes there are number of undetected cases in hong kong now some experts are now warning the incubation period for this virus could be up to 14 days so it's possible that somebody who was in 2 weeks ago is now in hong kong and could have the virus now in response to the spreading virus the hong kong authorities have announced that a number of big tourist attra

frustration with lambs hunting of the crisis protests erupted in june of a controversial exhibition bill the legislation was later scrapped for those with the headlines news continues on al-jazeera after inside story station that's a lot of it. is their own we were told to get to it without bigotry or ration has this been addressed by you took a listen what is the proposal of spain for. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter which is 0. growing fallout over the killing of iran stopped military leaders iraq's parliament votes were expelled foreign troops now president trump is threatening sanctions against baghdad so what will this mean for the u.s. presence in iraq and what consequences for the wider region this is inside so. my to go and welcome to the program fully back to the middle east is grappling with the united states assassination of qassam some in monny in an extraordinary session on sunday iraq's parliament voted to remove foreign troops from the country caretaker prime minister idol abdul mahdi says the government is preparing legal and procedural steps to implementing that resolution has provoked an angry response from u.s. pr

phenomenon of people in criminal hunting themselves the person who falsely confessed actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confessions on al-jazeera. the on the air. hello again top stories on al-jazeera sudanese security forces have opened fire in the capital khartoum you know the tree has deployed special forces to contain the violence there from a disbanded unit of the general intelligence services of the group are angry after being told to either retire or join your profits at work forces. 3 european countries say they're launching a dispute mike as i'm under the iranian nuclear deal after refusing to run effort needed violations process could lead to the reintroduction of sanctions under previous u.n. resolutions. russia remains upbeat on efforts to secure a binding truce in libya its defense ministry says worth anything after that has taken time to discuss the terms of a cease fire agreement with its allies and germany has not confirmed an international peace conference will be held in berlin on sunday scientists are urging the total evacuation of nearly a 1000000 people living close to an erupting volcano in the phi

al-jazeera washington. more to come pain and grief and brazil as it marks the years since one of the world's worst mining disasters. and then rescued from the rubble of a hunt for survivors in eastern turkey after a deadly 6.8 magnitude quake. hello there plenty of rain across northern sections of australia and of course we're still seeing some showers and thunderstorms really through these eastern section of new south wales and into queensland but it is to the north again see some pretty hefty totals over the next few days this area particularly in the northern territory we could be picking up about $100.00 and millimeters to nearly $400.00 in some areas and then into cannes as we go sunday on into monday just look at that yellow color vasser is where we could be saying about 400 millimeters of rain this of course could lead to some localized flooding the showers the thunderstorms continuing through more eastern sections of new south wales and time which is generally not too bad meanwhile into western australia look at this time which are 31 celsius in path on monday the next few days are proving very hot there are warnings out by the bureau of meteorology

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al-jazeera washington the u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer says the idea of the so-called with the straight evolving format arsenal security advisor john bolton to john by joe biden's son the hunt to biden is off the table. 1st of all the republicans have the right to bring in any witness they want they haven't wanted to and that trade is is not on the table if house managers continue to do what they've done over the last 2 hours i think that it will continue to make a powerful case a 1st step witnesses and documents 2nd step we get a real fair trial and we knows what happens once there's a real fair trial if there's not a fair trial if they just shut it down any acquittal of president trump will have little value. president trump is back in washington after attending the world economic forum in davos in switzerland where he lashed out against the impeachment proceedings he also boasted about withholding some evidence from the democrats a white house correspondent reports. u.s. president donald trump returned home to washington ignoring reporters' questions about the ongoing senate impeachment trial against him but before leaving davos switzerland trump in his 1st press confere

the local government in will hunt to be replaced because of the way it handled the outbreak and overcrowding hospitals there continue to plea for more supplies and staff. al-jazeera beijing health authorities in hong kong have provided an update on the situation. in the city brown is there with an updated tally of cases. but the number of suspected cases has now gone up by 77 taking it to more than 380 suspected cases and the number of confirmed cases have risen from 5 to 6 also another confirmed case in macau taking the total there to 3 the hospital 30 also say they are readying another quarantine center turning a former holiday camp into a quarantine center and we've also heard from a microbiologist who was talking yesterday he says that he believes there are number of undetected cases in hong kong now some experts are now warning the incubation period for this virus could be up to 14 days so it's possible that somebody who was in 2 weeks ago is now in hong kong and could have the virus now in response to the spreading virus the hong kong authorities have announced that a number of big tourist attractions in hong kong are going to close for the forseeab

hunts nazis like david. >> well, yeah. i didn't know that. wow. >> jimmy: so this afternoon we sent guillermo out onto hollywood boulevard with a sign. "do you have a question for al many people had questions. and we whittled that down. and now guillermo is outside again with some of the people. these are real people that were wandering by. what is your name? >> my name is carrie. >> jimmy: hi, carrie. did you put that shirt on especially for this? >> total coincidence. >> jimmy: this is a coincidence that carrie is wearing you on her shirt. >> seriously? well, of course i can't even see carrie, how can i see her shirt? >> jimmy: well, do you get paid for those, all these posters, the "scarface" things? >> i hope so. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: carrie, what is your question? >> my question for al is, who would you rather do business with, tony montana or michael corleone? >> that's so interesting. i'd take tony any day. >> jimmy: yeah. okay. there you go, carrie, tony is the answer. all right? let's see who else we have out there. what is your name? >> my name is robert. >> jimmy: hi, robert, where are you from? >> long island, new york. >> jimmy: say hello to al pacin

linked to al-qaeda has killed hundreds of people in both so malia and kenya in years if attacks aimed at imposing its version of islamic law. still ahead on the outs during his hour on the hunt for ice so fighters in the mountains of northern iraq. and the world's top badminton player can tell momotaro is injured in a road accident that killed his driver peter has more now it's coming up in sports only. how it rained in the mission all blue that is the weather down the gulf you can see the clouds to with it quite steadily so we've still got some weather in the form of a few showers in iran but as we can down the gulf those bringing showers with it which means attempts to rise a little in for example the hot but the heavy rain in moscow which we saw that all go may well start reappear on wednesday the change in the wind direction or this part of a man possibly puts the u.a.e. we'll see showers and thunderstorms once again with that change in wind direction generally dry picture further north and back towards the end part for a shower or 2 it's largely bright or sunny skies not particularly warm but ok what we have got developing to the west of that in the gulf of say it is a