reminded the world of the continued threat with the attacks on charlie have dell and -- charlie have dell -- hebodo in paris. the people in sanaa may be beyond caring, so long as they have security and some basic services. >> for more on the developing situation, i spoke with the commander of the uss cole when it was attacked by al qaeda in 2000. commander, thank you for being with us. just of this morning, you said the last thing we want is for yemen's government to collapse. and now it has. what are the consequences? >> they are significant. the houthi rebels will need to step into this power vacuum, or hopefully the government, while it was a resignation in protest will reconstitute itself and the parliament will come back together and we will see an effective government to re-created. >> this was an ally of the u.s. wasn't it? what does it mean for u.s. interests? >> we will stay there. we look at the country, while not necessarily a trustworthy partner on the war on terror they did contribute. they did try to give us some ability to work in the country some intelligence to go after al qaeda on