people [ inaudible ] for example, or people who are just religious in general were imprisoned under ben ali. when they came to power, a lot of the people were released. and many felt these people should never have been released into the system. we have to be very careful right now. we don't know who is responsible for the attack. and al-sharia has never issued any warnings -- [ technical difficulties ] on either politicians or the military. but the anti-terrorism law being discussed in parliament is very very crucial for tunisia now. because there is concern about these people who are returning from fighting in iraq and syria, and there is concern about what to do with these people. >> it is quite significant that this museum was the target of this attack. because obviously there will be tourists here. >> absolutely. it has roman mosaics, it is extremely popular with tourists one of the most important sites in tunisia. so clearly, they would have been wanting to target a place where there will be a lot of tourists or foreigners at least visiting and the museum was ideal for them, and also b

you had a very corruption regime ben ali was extremely corrupt, a lot of unemployment. you saw a lot of kid rejecting the west. when they reject the west they default to islam. they didn't like the tourists on their beaches scantily clad and the rest of it in the nightclubs and totally rejected it. so when the wars came along in syria, iraq and libya now, the major problem, a lot of them fled the west east influence and this the way they did it so went to islam. >> bob brings up libya, which is very important because of the border and also the fact that these two gunmen a at the national bardo museum were apparently trained in libya and came over. >> that's right. >> any way to protect tunisia from becoming a failed state? >> with the situation, poppy, in libya as well as in algeria to the west extraordinarily challenging for the situation when you're talking about those border areas. that brings up a good point, though to augment the idea of 3,000 roughly, some estimates more have xwon to syria and some to iraq. there's untold hundreds and possibly thousands that have

jamar ben ali says the country is verging towards civil war. >> the residents of ta'izz are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters. in return they are fired on and tear gassed. their city, yemen's third largest was taken on sunday. with government buildings and its international airport now under houthi control. yemen is increasingly divided by a north backed backed by houthis and a south ruled by abd rabbu mansour hadi. >> the majority of us consider it a final option. however, if we felt compelled and the ministers found it necessary we would without question go ahead with the proposed plan. >> this is what a gcc force would look like. member states bahrain qatar saudi arabia, are yawz uae. united arab emirates. threaten houthi informs against entering their territory. and adding more might to the fight could force yemen into sectarian war with foreign powers backing opposite sides. speaking in riyadh. countries in the region would take necessary steps. >> translator: we are keen on protecting yemen's sovereignty. led by president hadi alo

have a strong relationship is not very much embedded in tunisia, you see the debates there about ben ali's exile were not muired with this debate -- were not mired with what will the debate look like, what will a future tunisian government led by the muslim brother or hood or any orr political movement what will that look like? i think we were far more concerned about what was going to happen in egypt. if mubarak steps down who will replace mubarak? if the muslim brotherhood -- and immediately the debates shifted to will the military stay intact in egypt and will we still have those close relationships with the military in egypt? will the united states still have close relationships with the military in and the second debate that ensued was will the muslim brotherhood win the elections? and a lot of people argued initially in the early days of the arab spring there's no way the muslim brotherhood will win the elections. that was the, that was the sort of like the implicit consensus. when the muslim brotherhood did in fact, win the election the debate shifts to can the muslim brotherhood pl

ali. >> he would look in my eyes. he'd said, "you know what, ben?r than yours." and then i would say to myself, "don't be stupid. tell him yes. ." ♪ i won't cry i won't cry ♪ >> reporter: if somebody tapped you on the shoulder more than half a century ago and told you this song you're writing is going to end up in the library of congress, what would you have said? >> i would have said there is a god. to think that my children's children's children's children would look at that one day and say, "wow, grasm did that." it's thrilling. >> reporter: a good feeling exactly what "stand by me" has provided for as long as ben e. king has been singing it. ♪ whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me ♪ >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news teaneck, new jersey. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org longhorn's dinner for two for $29.99. choose two of 7 entrees. like the grilled portabella sirloin. pl