the war has destroyed everything in em yemen. >> reporter: these border guards are secondary to the armyort to the saudi ministry of interior. but their job is crucial. >> translator: we are considered the second line of defense after the border guards. our task is to prevents any smuggling activity. >> reporter: the unit has been around since the establishment of saudi arabia. many of its personnel now following tom in the footsteps of their forefathers. >> translator: you can track a smuggler by monitoring the foot sprints, they are usually deeper and more spaced out. >> reporter: so far there has hasn't been an exodus of yemenis trying to escape nip to saudi arabia but if all ground offensive is launched or the war continues those patrolling the border could find themselves dealing with an influx of refugees. al jazerra. >>> meanwhile, iran has stepped up its criticism. saudi-led strikes there yemen. so far the campaign has not stopped the houthi advance are but aid is slowly arriving in to the country as this report shows. >> reporter: these are doctor from the international committe

more on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in em yemen. arn you might find of the images in this report to be distressing. >> reporter: this malnourished 12 is one that millions that need food in yemen. and this is what has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. intense fighting between pro government groups fightth houthis and loyal assists of the former regime. this area is just west of the airport in the port city of aden. people who live here say houthis and militia men who support them took over their houses. the accused -- they a cooss the iran-backed fighters of using heavy weapons. >> they took over the civilian residentses and continue to shell place where his they know women and children gather. most people have fled and only a few are left in aden. the houthis she would our homes and robbed the people. >> reporter: tribes men in another district of aden say they are under constant sniper fire by the mute is. they say they development have the right weaponry to fight the rebels and need help. >> translator: we ar

operations in em yemen says diplomatic talks are still ongoing to end the fighting but the yemeni foreignister says there will be no peace until the houthis surrendered. >> i am convinced of that. the peace talks are a negative. i don't think it's possible at this point in time to specifically identify the. [ inaudible ] at the moment when and where this will occur certainly all the parties are aware there is no solution to a at this time ma'am i can political settlement here. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and militias of saleh continue the crime against the yellen-y people and until they put their weapons aside and surrender. >>> indonesia has asked embassies to send official to his a maximum security prison ahead of an expected execution of 10 foreign nationals convicted of drug smuggling. among those on death are are two australians, they were sentenced in 2006. no date has been set for the execution of the convict must be given 72 hours notice. a spokesman for the attorney general of indonesia says the prosecutors have been told to be

we need to filed a political zukauskus in yemen a comprehensive political solution lead to go an inclusive government through emlogue. through pima wrong yemen and we agree that you need to put an end to the fighting and to what is happening today in yemen. >> reporter: air strikes have now entered a third week. it's aim, according to saudi army officers, is to destroy military capabilities of the houthis and their allies. >> translator: army commanders and units loyal to former president saleh have told us that they have decided to join the legitimate government. they are based in a province and the coalition welcomes their decision. >> reporter: the saudis are hoping for massive as within the army to isolate former president saleh, who remains powerful in yemen. all the border crossing with saudi arabia, there are still people trying to escape. international aid agencies are concerned about yemen's deity or eighting humanitarian situation. the first boat carrying medical surprise to hospitals in aden have arrived. doctors without borders say almost two-tons of medical surprise have been delivered to local hos

em vall. al jazerra, on the saudi border with yemen. >>> two embassies attacked and the libyan capital triplyosion heard at the moroccoan embassy, in an early attack gunmen killed two security officers out outside the south korean embassy. shots were fired from a car. fighters loyal to isil say they are behind the attack. >>> to syria now where a government air strike has reportedly killed five children and four teachers at a school in the northern city of aleppo. activists say the air raid hit the opposition held neighborhood. both sides of the conflict have been criticized by human rights groups to firing indiscriminately at civilians. >>> we have lots more coming up on al jazerra. politics and petrol in brazil. how a corruption scandal is fueling protests against the president. >>> and these precious plants that dinosaurs might have munched on could face the same fate as the prehistoric animals. we'll tell you why. only on al jazeera america. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, jo

that there was complete coordination we know the houthis advanced to central yemen because saleh's troops provided the cover for emm they opened the bases for them. and even sometimes gave them the military garments, the suits to put on before they entered cities. which allowed them easily to go to breeze their way in to many places in many areas. now after the strikes the two sides no matter how weak the coordination was between them. no matter how mistrust there is between them. now they find themselves in the same camp. so they have to work together. help one another. again their common enemy so to speak. it's clear from these attacks these hit and run situations around aden, it's clear the two sides are coordinating. we know there are more pro saleh troops than houthis because the houthis are not that many, they can't go to every spot in yep end and have enough men there the yemeni army, the section of the yemeni army loyal to saleh is doing the crucial job here, they have the heavy weapons the no how the skills, they know the area they have been in bases around aden. and the houthis are for saleh the houthise

that caused our people to have to evacuate from yemen and are causing some of the chaos in yemen that is further em boldeningbolden ing al-qaeda in the peninsula, the most dangerous part of al-qaeda that has its designed to attack the united states of america. this week, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula seized a civilian airport there. earlier, they overran and looted a military base in western yemen and it goes on and on and on. and if you need any further evidence of how detached this administration is, from the reality of what we're facing around the world look at what the president said just a few months ago in its state of the union address. we're not talking about last year, we're talking about a few months ago when he declared the shadow of crisis has passed. how can anyone, much less the leader of the free world, believe that the global security situation that we're facing today, that the shadow of kras has passed. as i said earlier, as i look around the world, our allies feel 'ban donned and adversaries feel imboldened. that's no many apparent than when it comes to what is happening right

that caused our people to have to evacuate from yemen and are causing some of the chaos in yemen that is further 'em bolding al qaeda in the peninsula, the most dangerous part of the al qaeda that has its designed to attack the united states of america. this week, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula seized a civilian airport there. earlier, they overran and looted a military base in western yemen and it goes on and on and on. and if you need any further evidence of how detached this administration is from the reality of what we're facing around the world, look at what the president said just a few months ago in his state of the union address. we're not talking about last year, we're talking about a few months ago when he declared the shadow of crisis has passed. how can anyone, much less the leader of the free world, believe that the global security situation that we're facing today, that the shadow of crisis has passed. as i said earlier, as i look around the world, our allies abandoned and our adversaries feel emboldened. that's no many apparent than when it comes to what is happening right now with

yemen. iranian ships coming towards the country some fear will be carrying weapons. the uss roosevelt that was deployed three days ago is moving to em en. carter warped iran not to fan the flames. but the u.s. did not say whether they would board any iranian ships. >>> the world health organization is warning that the human tear i didn't know crisis cries yemen is identity door or eighting rapidly. hospitals could be shutdown because the a lack of power and fuel. the death toll has topped a thousand. close to 4 1/2 thousand injured. and 150,000 people displace the since the strikes began. but while saudi-led air strikes have become listen tins tiff since the announce thement that their campaign has entered a new phase, there is still fierce righting. here is mohammedded vall. >> reporter: street battles in the identity of identity of taiz the day after saudi arabia a announced the end of physician fairsfirst phaseof their air strikes. they are loyal to president hadi. supported by soldiers but still unable to push the houthi rebels and the soldiers loyal to former president saleh from the city. further soul in aden a similar situati

yemen. >> you have to wonder what the iranians are thinking they hope congress will approve the framework that gets worked out. >> you have to worry deeply this is the only emritics, democrats and republicans alike to amovepproveing the deal. if the best way to assure the american people and the u.s. congress they need well is perhaps send arms to people in yemen whom we're opposed to and want to upset in that government. >> the state-of-the-art missile systems -- >> as the president says that's been in the works for a long time. this is a nuclear deal. this is a nuclear deal. it's an everything deal. i think there's a lot going on both side. they have the hard liners. he has his hard liners. the ships haven't moved yet. i believe diplomacy will work in this situation, too. >> i'm saying -- >> i know you are. >> it's not going to -- >> you surprise me. you have taken an optimistic agree owe politics. i love the way you talk. thank you. we'll be back to battle the trade issue again and again. heather mcgehee, thank you. we'll be right back. i'm brian vickers, nascar® driver. i'm kevin nealon comedian. and i'm arnold palmer, professional golfer. know what we

given the situation in yemen, if there were efforts to block the mand em strait, i presume that american forces would react to reopen that strait. >> we would work in conjunction with the gcc partners to reassure that the straits would remain open. we need to have free flow of commerce through both straits. >> yes, sir. we would work with the host nations of africa and our european partners to support those efforts. >> thank you, gentlemen i appreciate your answers and once again i appreciate your service to our country. >> for a record, i would like a response to senator cotton's question, do you consider yemen a success story or not? yes or no. it is a pretty simple and straightforward question. >> it is not a success story. >> it the not a success story today. >> thank you very much. senator kaine. >> the president was talking about the response to success of counter-terrorism. >> i believe so. >> i believe he was talking about aqap. and my follow up question is how much has it compromised it and are we able to maintain that counter-terrorism against aqap or is that in abeyance pendin

em, got that go, day one. item two, iran's military, parking two warships off yemen. third yemen, pure chaos. now the u.s. partners in negotiation are helping soldiers on opposite sides in the yemeni conflict. meanwhile we keep poking at our only true ally in the middle east that would be israel. the white house mocking benjamin netanyahu's image, warning about an iran nuke a few years back. the obama doctrine, chaos and immaturity. dan henninger responds in just a minute. ♪ ♪ stuart: check the big board. i've got to say this is pretty much a go nowhere thursday morning, thus far only down 22 points. the supply of oil, though, has reached a 15-year high. you could say we're swimming in the stuff but price of oil is actually going up today despite that massive supply. $51 per barrel. here's the price of gas. uh-oh, went up again overnight. $2.39 is your average. i guess my prediction of a plunge is really going nowhere. remember that we are still down $1.20 from where we were this time last year. that is money in your pocket. we'll take that. >>> other big stories this hour, jamie dimon considered the best

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