i'm holly firfer. the u.s. embassy in yemen is cloessed today because of al qaeda threats against american interests. now the embassy is not saying if there's any specific threat, and it's unclear when it might reopen. the british embassy in the yemeni capital is closed today. yemen is pledging more cooperation in the fight against terrorism. and experts on the region warn it will take a lot of time and resources to root out al qaeda in that country. >> the al qaeda threat is not simply to u.s. interests but very much to yemeni interests as well. the people of yemen have suffered a great deal, in terms of economic well-being because of al qaeda's activities there. so that's number one. and i think the second thing is that, based on that, actions by yemeni security forces are likely to be much more effective in countering the al qaeda threat in yemen than direct action by u.s. military forces. >> there are no easy, no obvious solutions in yemen. but one of the most important things for the u.s. to ceremony that

i'm holly firfer. police in denmark say a man with ties to al qaeda tried to kill a cartoonist who drew a controversial sketch of the prophet muhammad. authorities arrested the somali man at the home of kurt westergaard after he broke inside. police say westergaard was able to flee to a safe room along with his 5-year-old granddaughter. officers shot and wounded the suspect after he allegedly threatened to kill them with an axe. the man now faces two charges of attempted murder. he denied those charges at an initial hearing. police have not given a motive for last night's attack. but back in 2005, westergaard drew a cartoon showing mohammad with a turban shaped like a bomb. that prompted protests of death threats worldwide. >>> president obama is blaming an affiliate of al qaeda for an attempted terror attack on a flight to detroit on christmas day. in his weekly radio address, the president said the group, al qaeda in the airborrabian penin. >> the investigation into the christmas day incident continu

. >> you're watching hln, i'm holly firfer. police in denmark say man with ties to al qaeda tried to kill a cartoonist who drew a controversial sketch of the prophet mohammed. authorities arrested the somali man at the home of kurt westergaard last night after he broke inside. police say westergaard was able to flee to a safe room along with his 5-year-old granddaughter. officer officers shot the suspect after he alleged threatened to kill them with an axe. he's charged 1/42 counts with t murder. westergaard drew a cartoon of mohammed with a turban shaped like a bomb and drew protests from muslims world-wide. >>> president obama is blaming an affiliate of al qaeda for an attempted terror attack for a flight to detroit on christmas day. on his weekly radio address,the president said the group train ed umar farouk abdulmutallab. he is accused of trying to bring down an airplane landing in detroit with an explosive device that failed to detonate. >> the investigation into the christmas day incident continues. we're learning more a