i think what you just mentioned about the president being briefed about general david petrais' trip to yemen, that's a clear signal the u.s. is leaving the door open to more air strikes against al qaeda targets in yemen. even before the christmas day incident in mid december, there have been reports that basically the u.s. in working with the yemeni government depending on who pulled the trigger, there were air strikes against al qaeda in yemen. this is very clear from what the president said today, and the fact that general petrais is on the ground in yemen, meeting with officials there. the u.s. is still weighing various options about personally issuing more air strikes in the days ahead. it's clear there's an intense focus right now on al qaeda in yemen. >> he will hold people accountable for the security mistakes he calls here in the united states. explain to us what he's talking about. what he he means by that. >> he's zeroing in on this cia, personally other intelligence officials who have sort of a pre9/11 mentality. in the early part, the preliminary findings of the investigati

>> well, david petrais last visited yemen in july of last year. i was in the country when he came.entially he brought the message, look, the united states is giving you much more money now, and the united states wants to see a return on its money. essentially he pressed the president to take the fight to al qaeda. >> so now? >> he's coming back with that message, only he's underlining it with harsher words and more money that the u.s. is promising. >> he wants to see action? >> he wants the yemeni government to take action against al qaeda. the problem is, by focusing so exclusively on al qaeda, the u.s. almost induces the type of results it's hoping to avoid. >> do we still have mr. hull on the phone? >> i am here. >> last question to mr. hall. do you believe there will be boots on the ground or do you agree with mr. johnson it's probably not the case? will there be boots on the ground? >> i think there are boots on the ground, i hope they are yemeni boots. the u.s. role is providing intelligence, training, equipment. that's our comparative advantage. i would argue we're not just