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

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

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

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 thousands o

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 sitting d

was sworn in to office after being the only candidate running how he was vice president under ali abdullah salehwho 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 websites of

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 out sev

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

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 sorrow shari'a the supporters of sharia law essentially marched into town in zinjibar which is the capital of abi on province and they chased away

and so the united states was very slow to call for the departure of ali abdullah saleh.entually the obama administration said he did need to step down, but let's remember, saleh's military is back trained by the united states, particularly the guard forces and the counterterrorism forces. at a time the brutality was being released on nonviolent protesters, john brennan and other officials were saying, our relationship with saleh has never been better. when the counterterrorism unit started turning on their own people, the ones funded and trained by the u.s., the obama administration smartly pulled out those trainers. but the reality is that u.s. counterterrorism obsession with yemen trumped concern for human rights. >> that's not true. >> well, it is true. >> it's not true. i mean, it is certainly true we were -- everything you say about we were training, we were working closely with saleh, but if we go back, you will see pretty soon after the demonstrations started, diplomatically, secretary clinton started changing for a change, and the united states was active ly work

the ousted president of yemen, ali abdullah saleh, will leave the country within two days, to go into exile in ethiopia. saleh's aides announced that today, amid fears that his continued presence in yemen would incite new violence. the former leader had been in the u.s. recently for medical treatment. he returned to yemen on saturday for the inauguration of abed rabbo mansour hadi, as the country's new president. the anti-secrecy web site wikileaks began publishing more than five million e-mails today from stratfor, an intelligence analysis firm based in texas. wikileaks founder julian assange said the e-mails show stratfor has run a network of paid informants and spied on activist groups for major multinational corporations. stratfor insisted it adheres to high professional standards. an ohio teenager was killed and four others wounded today when a gunman opened fire at a high school outside cleveland. police surrounded the locked school in chardon after the shooter allegedly targeted students in the cafeteria. worried parents gathered outside. sheriff daniel mcclelland said the susp