, the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol.nesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque another went off at the gate when people fled. rescuers struggled to deal with the high number of casualties. one after another dozens of bodies were taken out. the hospitals appealed for blood blood -- donations. the attacks happen a day after attacks in the southern port city of aden where the president has been trying to build a power base. for hours intense battled raged between his supporters and fighters who support another former president, ali abdullah saleh, as these continued an in inidentifyied air strike hit the presidential come pound. >> translator: what has happened today is a crime to be condemned by everyone in yemen. everyone knows in yemen that there's coalition between the botherhood of al-qaeda and hadi. >> reporter: there has been unrest elsewhere as well. these tribesmen loyal to hadi say they are carrying out military maneuvers to prepare for any houthi advances. >> translator: we need to defend ourselves. we

capitol hill. see what happened when the police stepped in. >> and while federal offices shut down for the snow one congressional hearing had to stay on time. we'll tell you why. and a check on local airport travel if you plan to try to get out of town any time soon. our abc 7 stormwatch coverage >> continuing our winter weather coverage, here's a live look at new hampshire avenue. the snow stopped falling but the roads, as you can see still covered in slush and ice. that stuff may be freezing up later tonight. please, stay safe and stay home if you can. >> i wouldn't want to have to brake hard on that. it's been an awful day for air travel, too, because of the winter storm that's hammering the entire east coast. locally that meant close to 1,000 flights canceled at reagan national dulles and b.w.i. marshall. nationwide, more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled with even more delayed. many of those cancellations came after a plane slid off the runway at laguardia airport in new york. stopping ju

jude's to the capitol.om montgomery alabama the now historic selma to montgomery freedom march. dr. martin luther king from time to time has refer to this as a small sized march on washington. harry belafonte conversing with the leaders of the march. that is the reverend andrew young, executive assistant to dr. martin luther king, on the right. among those who will be heard from the speaker's platform this afternoon, dr. ralph abernathy of the southern christian leadership conference, who is a williams -- jose williams, the undersecretary of the united nations, dr. ralph bunch a. philip randolph, ray wilkins executive secretary of the national association for the advancement of colored people, james farmer, and john lewis chairman of the student nonviolent -- student nonviolent coordinating committee. dr. martin luther king, jr., head of the southern leadership conference. consultations still proceeding immediately in front of the speaker's platform as the marchers continue to stream onto dexter avenue one

in that's right of yemen's capitol, two mosques were targeted.h belong to the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque. another went off at the gate when people fled. more attackers targeted another mosque. rescuers struggled to deal with the high number of casualties. one after another dozens of bodies were taken out. the attacks happened a day after intense fighting at the airport in the southern port city of aden, where yemen's president has been trying to build a power base ever since he was forced out of the capitol by the houthi advance. for hours intense battled raged between his supporters and fighters who support another former president, ali abdullah saleh. houthi leaders deny they were behind the attacks on aden and accuse hadi of colluding with al-qaeda. >> translator: what has happened today is a crime to be condemned by everyone in yemen. everyone knows in yemen there is call ligs between the brotherhood and al-qaeda and hadi. the coalition is being supported by

hadi fled from sana'a last month after houthi fighters took control of the capitol.insists he remains the legitimate leader, and if his opponents fighters would have been able to take the airport, it would have weakened his ability to gain control of the country. >> bring us up to date with the situation in aden first. what are you hearing about the whereabouts of president hadi? >> his location is unknown. two air strikes took place in aden, two -- two strikes, 30 minutes apart. the first strike hit the presidential palace. that's when president hadi fled. the second attack took place in a district. as of now we have no reason to believe that there's a reason to attack the district only president hadi was going in that direction. but as of now, the senior aid i talked to, said president hadi is safe and he has left the palace. and the aircraft left sana'a. they were not in the south. they left sana'a 30 minutes ago, and we saw them in the air going towards that direction. so these are the houthis who are basically moving the air force in their support to ensure that

correspondent james rosen live on capitol hill. good morning to you. what must netanyahu achieve today. >> reporter: israelis are imploring the united states congress to serve as a check and a balance on the powers of the president of the united states. secretary of state john kerry is in montreux, switzerland this talks with iranians and five other nations over iran's renegade nuclear program. white house security advisor susan rice told aipac last night that members of congress should reject israel's argument, any deal must strip the regime of entire nuclear enrichment program. that is not realistic with the them possessing 20,000 centrifuges. iran can not unlearn the technology. look for plim netanyahu to urge they pass the legislation to assure congress gets final approval on the final accord. worst of all that israel and sunni neighbors in the persian gulf can not abide a deal that expires in just 10 or 15 years. >> america is the strongest power in the world. israel is strong but it is much more vulnerable. american leaders worry about the securi

>> at the capitol. >> reporter: better not let the capitol police catch you, kid.d receive a statement from delegate northon's office tonight saying she's deeply disappointed bit decision of the captain. reporting live from capitol hill, jim us a man -- ausman, wusa 9 news. >> if you want to keep up with the storm and the closings, download our wuas 9 app. we'll have the latest snowfall totals and the road conditions if you absolutely have to head out in the morning. follow us on facebook or tweet us during the winter storm @wusa9 and use the hash tag, snowday9. >>> federal agents have taken a wood bridge teenager into custody accusing him of helping another man to go to syria. according to the post, the teenager is a student at osborn park high school. right now he's charged as a juvenile but prosecutors will try to have him charged as an adult. prince william county schools sent home a letter lehr today assuring parents administrators had not been advised of any threat of danger to students, staff or the school. >>> the u.s. ambassador to south cierra has been in

capitol police and the sergeant-at-arms to leadership here on the hill. with memorial day and fourth of july concerts just months away now, they want to get a grip on what they call a problem and make the changes that they say are "imperative." beyond the fireworks and past the partying is a concern that capitol police say has reached the peak. in a letter to top lawmakers, the party held during and after the holiday concerts are out of control and made security in this currently heightened threat environment a monumental challenge. as a result they want lawmakers to tone it down. one, all those post concert parties on the west terrace and in statutary hall should be moved to the botanic gardens where screening guests would be easier. two, in hopes of preventing what could "potentially prove embarrassing" they want to limit activities inside only to those who have offices there and guests. not staffers at nearby senate or house buildings. >> objectviously, both is important. scott: senator al franken believes the capitol needs to be easily evacuated durin

these are pictures from the russian capitol live. the march is in memory of boris nemtsov, a vocal critic of vladimir putin shot dead friday night. rory challands has more are. >> not since the anti kremlin protests of 2011-2012 ever we seen so many people on the streets of moscow in opposition to the government's policies. thousands and thousands came out and marched down the embankments behind me, up and round st. basil's cathedral past the place boris nemtsov was shot dead friday night. as you would expect for a memorial march this was a fairly quiet affair, some chanting generally dignified as the crowds marched past. the only thing to indicate a hitch was the arrest of a ukrainian m.p., a rather bizarre event. he wrote on his facebook page, saying he'd been detained by police on the march they took his passport, they hit him a little bit now they've taken him away for police detection. this is confirmed by interfax, the russian news agency, saying that the police are holding him potentially because he's wanted in connection with

the capitol is now under control of the houthis.e attempting to run the country in place of the elected government. and many yemen people are outraged, on saturday thousands of people protested in the city of ib south of the capitol and shouted slogans blasting the armed is shia group. in the absence of a central government yemen has become a dangerous place and concerns the country is slipping towards anarchy, the houthis held a meeting to discuss the sde fence minister di part from sanaa and yet to have a speech and they offered to mediate but president haidi will not negotiate until houthis leave the capitol and the group shows no sign of doing and with each day the impass continues, life is getting more difficult for yemen people. i'm with al jazeera. >>> the situation in yemen is likely to be high on the agenda as arab leaders meet in cairo ahead of the arab summit taking place at the end of march and we will talk to a man from the gulf news and let's talk first about yemen if we can. we have seen the houthis consolidate their

that happens again on capitol hill.ficers, 16 service among capitol police, each fire nine rounds into the car and she is struck five times. seven minutes said she is left the white house. she is unconscious and instead have an hour later. her baby is physically unharmed and we don't know what she will remember from that. amy: in the house of representatives? >> if you follow twitter feeds it was dramatic and i think scary for tourists. tourists are hitting the deck on the west lawn. you can see agents with large guns, so there was a sense of fear and mystery of what is going on. shots fired, starting to get out on television, and congress reads -- brief societal relief. the immediate reaction was, this was a threat averted. i don't know the exact time that standing ovation happen, perhaps an hour or two or three later, to thank the officers for protecting the capital. amy: well, miriam carey is the young woman who was killed with her baby in the back seat by secret service. valarie carey is with us, one of her sisters.

capitol police once again said no., d.c., responded by going pffft to the washington, d.c., police. look, look, look. by the magic of go pro, we know this child today is breaking the law. he is about to break the law. look at the little lawbreaker. he is breaking the law. the capitol police said people were not allowed to do this today, but yes! when elinor holmes norton sent that request to the cops asking for special permission to said they wrote back a big long public response saying no the capitol hill is not your traditional neighborhood hill or playground. there is a prohibition against sledding and other activities on the grounds. at least 20,000 sledding injuries happen every year. capital police even showed up today on capitol hill handing out written copyies of the regulation. no person shall coast or sled on capitol grounds. but the anti-sledding, well meaning individuals today were no match nor the local people who decided, darn the rules, they were going to sled anyway. capitol hill really is the best hill

we have a report from the nigerian capitol. >> another bloody day in northern nigeria. these are victims of the latest attacks by suspected boko haram fighters. medical workers struggle to save those they can a scene that has now become a routine in the north. dozens have been killed in three coordinated attacks on my degree, a city now home to more than a million people displaced by boko haram violence. >> the dead are not morgue and the injured being treated. it was the work of male and female bombers. it is possible, but i can't confirm it now. >> the leader of boko haram pledged loyalty to isil hours after the attack. boko haram hinted at joining forces before, butle timing is important. the group has recently lost ground in the northeast of the country, and some see this pledge of allegiance as a desperate attempt to draw isil into its operations. >> the military slowed boko haram with forces from nigeria cameroon and chad and forced the fighters from their bases, taking back many towns r. towns villages, but face resistance from boko haram. now the group has stepp

coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 crackdown on capitol hill. why capitol police want you la lawmakers to cut down on the partying. >> his target was to kill me, i believe. alison: we are hearing from that woman shot in the head during a road rage incident. her message to the gunman who has not been caught. reporter: it's time for pothole palooza in d.c. this year, it promises to be smoother and faster. i'm stephen tschida. in a minute, i'll tell you in. leon: your trips through the district are about to get a lot smoother. a campaign to fix the city's growing potholes launched today. stephen tschida is live in southwest washington with what this year's pothole palooza is all about. hey, stephen? stephen: hey, leon. it is pothole palooza and officially launched today. this is what it's about. you can see we're right in the thick of it. we've been following a crew through southwest d.c. as they patch an array of potholes. now, this year why it's supposed to be smoother and faster, they are using new technology to better track the crews and pinpoi

. >> we have live not capitol of morocco where the talks are still not underway. >> we understand that members of the internationally-recognized government in tobruk just landed and are on their way now to the capitol along with the united

trained by the americans and opposition in different parts of the country particularly around the capitol. they are very significant for any political development in the future and saudis said we don't trust you, we don't trust your son therefore you have to disappear from the political scene and the campaign targeting the elite republican guard sacking him is a sign that saudis finally decided to abandon abdue la and boost the chances for haidi to stay the legitimate leader. >> where does it leave the houthis if they can no longer rely on the support of former president and indeed his family where does that leave them? >> has two options, turn against the houthis to be able to win the support of the saudis or stay in alliance with the houthis, the houthis have very few options as we speak because they were surprised by the magnitude of the military option and what they can do is either retreat, sorry to the power base or stretch their fighters in different parts of the country to survive the air strikes. >> thank you. now vote counting underway in the presidential election and incumbent

capitol, one of the most protected buildings in the country. >> this magnificent capitol building may remain the symbol of democracy. >> reporter: and among the most revered. where the leader of the free world takes the oath of office. it's also been the site of wild booze-filled parties? the capitol police board says the annual memorial day and fourth of july post-concert receptions at the capitol are getting out of control, even dangerous. resulting in falls and injuries. in one case a party goer nearly fell from a balcony, according to a source. this is a serious problem given the post-9/11 heightened threat environment at the capitol the board says in a letter to top congressional leaders. the officials responsible for protecting the capitol say they want big changes to the way these events are run. the parties, hosted by law makers their staff and concert organizers take place inside the historic stutary hall and on the upper and lower terraces of the capitol's front, venues often used for official events that also offer a perfect view of the concerts and fireworks. wounded servi

it is actually acting as the capitol. you can see the laboratory and the railroad ridge, long before it turned to cinders. in 1865, another photographer got up there. took almost the exact same to view. two years later. you can see the gun overlooking the camp. all the downtown we just described. over here, right there, that is all that is left of the mammoth flour mills. the state capitol overlooking the city of ruin. the bridge is gone. photographers found belle island attractive. what greater message could you send? you climb this hill to get this view of that. symbolic confederate capital. this is propaganda. you are going to say, we didn't know about the terrors and starvation at bill isle. you knew. you could see it from the hill. that is the message. you think he just happened to plop down his camera? think that was an accident? you think he just happened to come across some buddy weeping in the grave in the cemetery? of course not. that is his assistant. this is the belle isle cemetery. this is grabbing at heart a

on capitol hill, the house out today.rs are on a district work break in the senate working on executive nominations. they're in at 2:00 eastern time. and votes on nominations after 5:30. also, some news today, gop senators making news with an open letter to iran as negotiators continue talks on iran's nuclear program. 47 u.s. senators including tom cotton, here of arkansas warning that any deal that's struck with iran will be short-lived, without approval from congress and would nearly be an agreement between president obama and iran's supreme leader that could be easily revoked by future presidents. negotiations are facing an end of march deadline to produce an outline of an agreement with iran. we'll keep you posted on any updates on the c-span networks. again in a break of our live coverage from the american public transportation association conference. while we're in a break we're going to be taking a look back at some of the remarks from earlier this morning by the president and ceo of the american public transportat

jacky rowland live for us now in the tunisian capitol, tunis.are you hearing about the people who have been arrested and their possible affiliation with isil? >> reporter: well at quite an early stage, the authorities released the names of the two men who -- the two gunmen who were actually killed when the siege was brought to an end on wednesday. one of those men was apparently already known to the intelligence services in tunisia, although no further details of what context that was have been released. the police have gone on to say there are nine people who have been arrested and they divided them into two separate groups. four people who they believe were directly involved in that attack on the museum and another five who they believe were in some way connected to those who carried out the attack, and also app pair represently the five were arrested in the interior of the country rather than in the capitol. so not a lot of detail so far, but clearly this is an ongoing investigation, and we're aware that id checks various other searches and c

also coming up new fighting in and around libya's capitol threat peace talks in morocco. >>> and a message from rulers, a call for peace in turkey. >>> what of naples most dangerous neighborhoods and tells the people to resist the mafia. and theyand appreciating part art in myanmar. >> we begin in yemen where 20 houthi rebels have been killed in the south of the country. they expand the area beyond the northern heartland deploying fighters to central and southern regions. it comes a day after targeting of houthis killing 137 people in two mosques in sanaa. there have been demonstrations in the south. anti-houthi protesters gather where gunmen fired into the air trying to disperse the crowd but there were no reports of any casualties. well houthis who have taken over the capitol of sanaa have now flown hundreds of fighters to taiz where mr. president hadi has been taking refugee since escaping forced house arrest in sanaa last month. there have been fighting between hadi loyalists and those loyal to ali abdullah saleh. al-qaeda fighters killing around 20 soldiers before being driven out by

capitol says more attacks are coming. christopher cornell made the revelation after calling a cincinnati television station. cornell's attorneys tried to block the interview's release. a judge rejected that request. jummy olabanji explains cornell's claims. >> on tuesday, september 20th in washington, d.c., would have been a great attack against america. >> terrorism suspect christopher cornell speaks by phone to a reporter at cincinnati television station wxix. cornell was arrested back in january on charges of attempting to kill a u.s. government official specifically the president and members of congress. a plan he says involved the terror group isil. >> was it their idea for you to plant pipe bombs at the capitol and have people running outside to shoot them? >> it was both varieties. >> government documents said the f.b.i. first noticed cornell after he voiced support for violent jihad on a twitter account. cornell allegedly posted statements videos and other content expressing support for the islamic state group. >>

. >>> yemen's houthi rebels have taken over the capitol say they have reached an agreement with iran to boost the economy. meanwhile, a new coalition has been formed against the houthis in sanaa. presidents and close aids remain in aden after escaping house arrest last month. we have reports on the political stand off. >> there is a power vacuum in yemen, and iran appears to be capitalizing on it. since the shia houthies forced the president to flee the capitol, iran has found a willing partner. a houthi delegation has just returned from a two-week mission to iran with an economic aid package. a houthi spokes than said that iran is pledging to expand a port help build a power play and provide yemen with enough oil to last a year. they say that the pledge will boost the economy. a spokesman for the exiled government says that the only ones getting a boost from this deal are the houthis. >> the iranian interference is about troops. i don't think iran cannot forwardafford that kind of money. >> it comes after the recent announcement of direct flights between the two countries for the fi

when isil fighters came within 40 kilometers of the capitol of erbil, the u.s. air war began but it was the beheading on camera of the journalists that got the public's attention. >> i think the beheadings of the journalists had an effect. no question it had an effect. that brought the strategic element, i think. that can't be overlooked as well, the idea that this--here's a country iraq, with the united states fought a decade long war and now a new group of insurgents has taken territory. that had a powerful effect on the americans as well. >> the syrian opposition has begged washington to give better weapons to the assad regime. but it's only now that the u.s. officers have started training opposition fighters ironically not to fight the president of assad but isil. >> if this group is to displace it secure the population, either the regime will have to leave them alone or they'll have to fight the regime. it's possible in the abstract that the regime would leave them alone for deacon friction purposes with the united states, but it's unlikely. >> it's too soo

the houthis control the capitol sanna and are advancing south. supporters of presidential sala are northwest of aden and forces to president hadi are around aden where he fled last month. president hadi appealed for an urgent intervention. let's talk to editor in chief of the yemen post from the capitol sanna. yep's political problems are made more difficult because of all these rival groups and different factions. let's talk about the houthis first, what is their strategy and how is their alliance with iran playing out. >> the houthi strategy is to control all parts of yemen whether through peaceful ways or by the way of force. they are strongly linked to iran and iran is their only ally right now in the region. it seems iran was enough for the houthis since they know how to escalate quickly when needled while adou rabbo mansour hadi's allies are going in gradual slow steps which allows the houthis to escalate quicker than anyone expects. they are raising vases calling for the halt of all military action and returning to the dialogue table. all

the internationally recognized parliament in tibruk and the congress in the capitol of tripoli. it's hoped by sunday that an agreement will be reached on the formation of an unity government with a new prime minister. but adding urgency to these talks, wednesday's museum attack across the border in to tunisia they say that they were trained in libya and if allies are not stopped in libya it could go on to europe. >> talks between libya's warring factions u.n. said the only way to break the political en pass is for both parties to make concessions. >> this should an decisive moment because we are as i said before in previous meetings, running out of time. you know that in the last days we've seen more fighting. we've seen airstrikes and we've seen more actions by daesh not only in libya but in the region. >> but libya's feuding factions remain more divided than ever. the united nations recognized house of representatives in tibruk insist it is the only legitimate authority in libya. >> we have basic differences especially about legitimacy. we feel that it is coming into the polit

capitol. speak about the dangers of signing a nuclear deal with iran and ahead of that speech there have been some demonstrations against netanyahu in the nation's capital as well as in new york city times square. we wait to bring you the prime minister's remarks on msnbc, let's bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert and casey hunt. luke, start with you. what are we expecting to hear from netanyahu today? >> reporter: expect to hear a speech that talks about the threat that is iran as a nuclear nation jose. that's obviously going to be the central theme here. we sort of saw a preview of that at aipac yesterday. this plays well with both sides, especially republicans. over 40 democrats are boycotting or skipping the speech because they do not like how it came about, saying it is political that the house gop leadership is allowing him to make a speech about negotiations that are on-going by a democratic president. all of that being said support for israel runs extremely high on cap

the capitol police said people were not allowed to do this today, but yet! she sent that request to the cops asking for special permission, they wrote back a big long public response saying no, it is not your typical neighborhood hill or playground. there is a prohibition against sledding and other activities on the grounds. at least 20,000 sledding injuries happen every year. capital police even showed up today on capitol hill handing out written kochys no person shall coast or sled a sled. but the antisledding well meaning individual longstanding, honestly today, they were no match for the local people and kids from all over dc that just decided that darn the rules, they would sled anyway. capitol hill is really the best hill, it is the best for sledding. so on twitter an facebook. via this change.org petition, there was a ground up ground swell sled free or die today in washington. sledding is not a crime. let my people sled. and heaven forgive the politician that tries to turn this into a partisan statement. god forgive the first idiot that tries to use

>> i'm rory cha llands in moscow moscow where they expect a quarter of restaurant to close in the capitol of 2014. find out why. >> in nigeria, 51 people have been killed, and more than 110 injured in multiple attacks. three blasts hit the market and bus station. the worst attack on the city since boko haram fighters seized the state capitol at the end of january. we speak with abandoning ahmed idris. what more details have been emerging about it? >> well, so far the security forces have cordoned off those areas, especially along the markets and bus stations, a some form of calm is returning with the incident of this morning and afternoon in the city. people are saying that more people are being evacuated and still a search and rescue operation tried to recover those who might have been injured or killed by the blast and are still hidden or covered by debris in those locations. >> these attacks of don't seem to say that they're turning the tide of box attacks. >> yes the last few weeks they've had some form of cooperation from niger chad and cameroon, and they recaptureed territory former

it happened as thousands of devoteees gathered outside of the capitol.oly site at tracks pilgrims to take part in an annual ritual there. >>> a state funeral has been held for former australian prime minister who died last week. prime minister tony abbott joined hundreds to remember the man who lead the nation between 1975 and 1983. he died at the age of 84 after a brief illness. >>> afghanistan is still recovering from a series of deadly avalanches, they brought down power lines that supply electricity to the capitol, disrupting power for millions of people. jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: 3400 meters high afghan engineers are working to restore power to millions of people. 1100 towers along a 500-kilometer route bring electricity or did until the snow came. >> translator: we were standing right now there's 10 to 15 meters of snow. so we can't bring in our heavy machinery. we can only use basic equipment. >> reporter: this tower and two others are completely destroyed. workers must carry all 15 tons of the replacement ton through the snow. the for

orders were given to defend the capitol. now the situation is under control and tripoli is safe. >> the delegation for the government in tobruk insist a deal is still possible. >> our biggest concern now is to stop silence fighting and airstrikes. there are those who want to undermine dialogue. what happened in tripoli is an attempt to disrupt what we hope to achieve but we are determined to go ahead with talks. >> after weeks of talks and months of talking libya remains divided. in the east is a government backed by the international community. in the west, is a government reinstated by the country's supreme court. >> we are joined live now from the moroccan capitol. there are reports that the talks are going nowhere. what is happening? >> absolutely nowhere just because of the growing political divide, the dell allegation from the tripoli based g.n.c. said after targeting the capitol they want to give it time. if they say no to the talks they will have little options. the international community is trying to push them to s

it happened on south capitol street. derrick ward is live with video of what happened. >> reporter: this intersection is cleared now. just a few seconds ago, both vehicles were towed away. take a look. this was the scene earlier. metropolitan police say 5:45 this morning, a sedan and suv collided here at south capitol and southeast. the crash was sufficient and the air bags in the sedan were deployed. two officers were injured, but not seriously. they just cleared the scene after making all their markings and documents the crash. again, two officers injured, but not seriously. we don't know whether they were responding to an emergency call whether they had lights and sirens going. we believe these were the only two vehicles involved. the intersection is cleared. we are live in southeast, derrick ward news 4. back to you. >> thanks. >>> new this morning, a small earthquake rattled a few people over louisa virginia. it hit after 2:30 this morning. no reports of anyone hurt. >>> coming up today, you will see a lot of green

until now, the capitol was sheltered from the violence in the north.hese latest attacks will do little to convince people here they are any closer to peace. nasni mashiri, al jazeera. >> saudi arabia says it rejects international criticism over the flooding of a writer for insulting islam. the blogger was sentenced to a thousand lashes and 10 years in jail last year. he received the first 50 latches in january. u.s. members of congress have called for his release. saudi arabia's foreign minister asked his country will not accept any outside medaling in its affairs. in egypt, the trial of two al jazeera journalists has been adjourned, this time to march the 19th. that's because prosecution witnesses failed to turn up. mohammed fat me and mohammedaded made, in february both journalists were released on bail after being detained for more than a year. the egyptian city of alex alexandria one has been killed and 60s injured by a bomb blast. the blast of the latest in a series of attacks across the country in recent days. a court in russia has ruled that thr

when isil fighters came within 40 kilometers of the capitol. erbil, the u.s. air war began. but it was the beheading on of american journalists got the attention. >> here is a country iraq, where the united states fought a decade long war now a new group of insurgents are taking territory. i think that had a powerful effect on americans as well. >> kins the start of the conflict the they have begged washington to give it better weapons to fight the assad regime. but it's been to no avail. it's only now that the u.s. started to training opposition fighters ironically, not to fight assad but to fight isil. >> if this group were to take control of the territory, the regime will have to leave them alone or they'll have to fight the regime. it's possible in the abstract tradition the regime would leave them alone. i think it's very unlikely, though. >> it's too simplistic to suggest that had the u.s. gotten involved in the war earlierer it could have stopped the spread of isil across the region, but it is clear that the efforts of president obama to top his on footprints have not

this is the aftermath of an attack on the air base in the capitol. it destroyed helicopters fighter jets and a fuel facility. the saudi's have deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. >> the houthis are a group of militia that is staged a coup with the backing of the iranians and former president saleh. >> so you had led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters, who are retreating from areas in the south according to local forces. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. he's are houthi fighters killed in an ambush in the southern city. >> the arab league summit has been dominated by yemen's deteriorating security situation. the saudis and their allies say the airstrikes will continue until the houthis and the former president saleh disband their militias. they insist that president adou rabbo mansour hadi who fled the country is yemen's legitimate leader. >> yemen was on the verge of collapse which brought a response from the arab states and the international community.

reports from the capitol. >> storming buildings and different cities across the country. they say it was a major operation launched to arrest members of an armed group. they confiscated weapons and laptops. >> we are determined to continue our preventive measures but at the same time, the security approach. that is exactly why we created the investigations. the unity bureau is responsible for fighting organized crime and terrorism. >> because since we face the attack in 2003. we are facing a new challenge. and after the terrorist threat. >> and the solution is to adopt a security approach, taking into account the city and thesoming aspects. >> they have rached up the security measures. that's because hundreds have joined al quaida and affiliated groups in syria and iraq. >> who was killed to capture the city. to join isil. authorities are concerned about revenge attacks. and some people here are worries that the fight against the armed groups might be used to clamp down on human rights. but officials say that won't happen. terrorist acts are getting prepared. we make sure

after the capitol was seized by houthis rebels. now russia says it is ending it's participation in the 25-year-old treaty. reducing the number of troops and weapons in central europe. well, it came just after a warning that russia once again could pose a great security threat. saying the british spy agencies are stepping up their efforts to counter this threat. as lawrence lee reports. >> this is what the new cold war looks like from close up, pictures of the ministry shot from one of their bare bombers. eye to eye with the british oil air force jet. they took their own pictures too, there have been several incidents just like, this is the sort of thing they see as an out and out provocation having seen years of carrying favor the government here now appears to have given up trying. owith are now faced with a leader bent not on joining but on sup verting it. president putin's actions illegally an exining cry mere yeah and using troops to destabilize eastern ukraine fundamentally undermine the security of the sovereign nations of ea

we will be talking about it all next week on capitol hill. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to proceed to debate on that budget resolution beginning next week in the house is also expected to take it up. sally writes that the budget plans are her top issue of the week. a headline on that on the opinion page of "washington post." this by robert kagan today. "republicans need to back up their prodefense top with funding." noting that president obama is proposing an increase in the budget, $38 billion above the sequester, robert kagan writes that "the editorial writers and columnists beating up obama and cheering republicans need to tell republicans and their own leaders that national security costs money and letters and speeches are worse than meaningless without it. those calling for a tougher approach as they run for president need to say loudly and frequently while traveling to iowa and new hampshire and florida that a central plank of their candidacy and a central goal of the presidency is breaking sequester and increasing spend

in the capitol. zagreb these croats have joined the ukrainian government army. the croats are with the battalion which has links to the far right fighting in mariupol. they say they're not worried. the numbers involved are small. but i asked the foreign minister are these men breaking the law by going to ukraine to fight? >> no, they would be breaking croatian laws if they were joining terrorist organizations. but ukraine army is not considered a terrorist organization. >> but our information is that they're fighting for the battalion which is almost a freelance group with the ukrainian army. >> which is still not--it doesn't fall under the category of terrorist organizations. >> i met a member of a group that is in touch with the fighters and is sympathetic to them. should we think of these fighters as mercenaries? >> they're paid about 100 euros a month, which is less than minimum wage in croatia. they get messages of support through the internet. i wish them good luck. they'll need it. >> some of those who have gone are veterans of the balkan wars of the '90s

libya's rival factions are resuming peace talks in the moroccan capitol rabat.y have both welcomed the u.n. proposal. so here are some details about what could be landmark deal. it calls for the formation of a national unity government. the house of representatives will still be based in tobruk but will include members from both sides. a presidential council will look after the immrenthation of the agreement. as the two parties resume talks fighting continues across the country. earlier we spoke to the human rights director in libya, he says in addition to the humanitarian emergency, human rights violations are also on the rise. >> there is a humanitarian crisis but also a human rights crisis. there are several conflicts taking place at the same time in various parts of libya, with its associated abuses such as attacks on civilians, indiscriminate attacks, people are being abducted sometimes simply because they belong to one side or the other. so this is one -- one aspect that is particularly concerning. however, we want to appeal to these militias particularly

when isil fighters came within 40 kilometers of the kurdish capitol of erbil the u.s. war began but it was the beheading on camera of american journalists. >> no question it had an effect. that plus the strategic element i think that can't be overlooked as well, the idea that this--here's a country iraq where the united states fought a decade long war and now a new group of insurgents are taking territory. that had a powerful effect on americans as well. >> since the start of the conflict, the official syrian opposition has begged washington to give it better weapons to fight the assad regime, but to no avail. it's only now that they have started training the fighters, not to fight the president assad, but isil. >> either the regime will have to leave them alone or they'll have to fight the regime. it's possible in the abstract that the regime would leave them alone for deacon friction purposes with the united states. i think it's very unlikely, though. >> it's too simplistic to suggest that had the u.s. interveneed in syria's civil war earlier that it could have preve

they are blocking the entrance to the state capitol. the speakers platform is located about 50 feet immediately in front of those state conservation servicemen. ntsds, in his aufgs, alabama governor george c. wallace. we visited with him last night and there are strong indications that if an all-alabama delegation leaves this group of marchers and proceeds to the capitol door with a petition governor george wallace will see that delegation. numerous well-known civil rights leaders will be addressing the thousands in this march. on the steps of the capitol building, of course you have the state legislators wo are now moving forth to gain better vantage point. in so doing, for the moment, seemed to block our vision. however, the marchers are proceeding forward. this is live march 30 not only in the state of alabama, but throughout these united states. saying that they should be allowed to make this 50 mile trip and do so with complete protection from the alabama authorities. >> many officials of the march are in bright orange jackets to s

standing room only inside wisconsin's capitol building. now students many who walked out of class today converged on wisconsin state capitol with other protesters. this is the third day of demonstrations against robinson's killing, which happened inside his best friend's home. madison police officer matt kenny was responding to this call that came into dispatch. police say when kenny got to the scene he heard a commotion inside the apartment. he forced his way in. at some point, investigators say robinson assaulted the officer forcing him to shoot the 19-year-old. >> he loved his family. he loved his friends. he was never, never would hurt a person. my son was a very tall big boy. 6'4" 220 pounds but never, never fights. he wanted to be loved. he always just wanted people to like him and love him. he was such a beautiful, beautiful soul. >> wisconsin court documents show tony robinson does have a criminal history. he pleaded guilty three months ago to armed robbery. let's bring in cnn rosa flores on the scene in madison, wisconsin where a

every time it snows, people flock to the capitol for sledding before capitol police break it up and tomorrow will probably be no different. >> it's a great hill. >> yeah. it's a shame not to let people take advantage of it. >> it is a shame. >> it's going to be snowing pretty good tomorrow from 8:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. it's going to come down at a pretty good clip in and around the district. let's show you how things are right now. what a difference it is from a couple of hours ago. we had that very dense fog, even a dense fog advisory. fog or visibility is up to 3 miles. 45 degrees with some rain and look at the numbers around the region. we're still at 50 in fredericksburg 39 in hagerstown. the colder air is trying to filter in. we're seeing rain across our region from winchester leesburg frederick, washington down through waldorf. notice the switchover here along the mason-dixon line up close to hagerstown. some reports of snow there, would not be surprised to see sleet and snow around the martinsburg area too. you can see up towards the north, the poconos, right d

that's replicated in capitol cities all over the world. what they are trying to do is sell irish food. for the first time ever i think, the green, the scenic green is linked with organic green. that's a major advantage. >> how important are days like st. patrick's day to accompany promotional strategies? >> the companies have to look out for themselves. publicizing the irish nation brand, you could not -- every company in the world would give their right arm to have an equivalent advantage. it's a huge advantage to make use of this day to publicize the country. success brands depend on fame. this is an opportunity to provide fame and publicity for all irish brands. if they take advantage of it. a brand that does take advantage of st. patrick's day. they have a carefully mapped out marketing program. >> talk about taking it further. do you think there's a dangerous thinking that they have become too commercialized by these brands? i was mentioning the mcdonald's shamrock shake and the green bagel. what do you think of that? >> everything is

capitol and they're asking lawmakers to dilate back a bit. the police say that parties held are getting out of control. the police want to limit activities inside of the building only to those who have offices, and they will be trying to crack down on liquids being brought inside. the police say that security is essential because of the heightened threat environment. alison: it is a great season for virginia wine. today, governor terry mcauliffe announced the great harvest this year is 17% higher than last year, the second largest on record. virginia ranks fifth in the nation for the number of wineries, and there are more than 250 in the commonwealth. leon: 7 on your side marilyn says they will ban -- maryland comptroller says they will ban powdered alcohol. it was approved by the atf earlier this year. maryland official says they are concerned about misuse especially by minors. alison: lots of conversation about a picture on social media showing children climbing on the vietnam women's memorial. posted on facebook, it shows children climbing

there is a lot of noise on capitol hill today.transportation people, we tend to think that we are unique and special. like, we are transportation. we have a trust fund. this is all good. except that, in the last 10 years or so, it has not been quite all that good. now, you go to capitol hill -- you know, it to the senate six weeks to pass a department of homeland security bill just in the house. just an appropriations bill. nothing complicated. just an appropriations bill for the department of homeland security. the senate spent three weeks debating the keystone pipeline. we have kind of done that one before. we have been there, done the keystone thing before. the president vetoed it here it took three weeks to do that. they have a debt ceiling debate to come up. they need to pass the budget between now and may 31. in june, the export bank, the import bank will expire again. we have a medicare problem coming up. there is a lot of noise in capitol hill. you being here cut through that noise. you are a person from the district, from