rose: would we be better off if gadaffi was in pour in libya? >> i hate to say yes. there might have been less loss of life. but certainly it's hard to imagine things could be much worse. i was in tripoli in august, 2011, and i remember seeing a huge warehouse full of weapons just on the outskirts of the city. there were shoulder-fired missiles a football field sized, you know, area full of bombs, of mortar shells, tank shells. i went back to that same plates a few days later. much of it was gone. those weapons are now in the sinai "penguins of madagascar." they are all over libya and who knows where else. we have a whole region that is just on fire with insurgeencies. on the other hand i think it would have been hard to tamp all of this down. you saw this tremendous, tremendous energy and let's say for instance, if the u.s. had not intervened f there had not been a nato intervention in 2011 in libya, i think libya at this point would probably look a lot like syria. you would have had a civil war that would have lasted longer. rose: probably with killing more people?

it has become a safe haven for armed groups since the overthrow of former leader muammar gadaffi. >>>'s shia houthis have been celebrating marking birth of mohammed. security was tight as the rebel group has come under attack in recent days. a report from sanaa. >> reporter: the houthi celebrations started overnight all over yemen's capitaltol. it is clear who is in charge here more than 2000 shia fighters have been deployed, some armed with heavy weapons, they set up checkpoints to present suicide attacks. >> we have maximum security going well. there is coordination between all security forces and us that's fighters wants death to america everywhere. >> all roads leading where the main celebration is taking place have been closed off. people were forced to take other routes. there are outbreaks and houthi did are taking it seriously. they also want to show their cause. >> they seized this camp when they swept through sanaa. organizers say thousands of supporters and fighters have showed up. this is a religious celebration mixed with politics. >> in the northern province the group's