free apologize for that that was our commodity syria director of the humanitarian organization mercy corps. all right in other news police here in germany say that they have massively boosted security at stuttgart airport in the south of the country police have refused to confirm reports that a group of people were seen acting suspiciously at the airport a police spokesman said other airports across germany have been informed about the situation. drones of flying near another airport london's gatwick have grounded flights and calls to travel chaos a pair of the remote controlled devices were spotted near got we can win today night prompting the airport to cancel all flights police say they have ruled out terrorism but the british army has now been called in to help deal with the situation thousands of people are stuck as they try to reach loved ones for christmas. the mystery drone attack could hardly have come at the worst time with hundreds of planes grounded or being rerouted tens of thousands of passengers are now facing major disruption at one of the u.k.'s busiest airports we're meet

the vice president of policy and research at mercy corps, she also has a deep background in government, serving, i think, well, at least two of the three branches of government, deputy secretary of the bureau of democracy and human rights, at the nsc, and in congress as well. robert werth, graduate of the wilson center known as princeton, is an award-winning contributing writer to the new york times and former fellow here at the wilson center where he wrote a wonderful book. robert is a native, resident of washington. so the housekeeping matter is quite simple. we have almost an hour. each panelist will talk for ten minutes. we may ask an annoying question or two and then we will go to the audience. let me begin with you to set the stage, robert, given your recent travels in yemen. >> thank you, nice to be here. i will talk mostly about what it looks and feels like in yemen, some of the visible power differences which i was there for a couple weeks in september. one of the most striking things was the difference between south and north. you arrive in yemen where the flights come in and

rand is vice president for research at mercy corps. she has a deep background in government, serving in at least two of the three branches of government. deputy secretary in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labor. for a while.e nsc of -- asrth a graduate well as princeton, is an award-winning writer for the new york times and former fellow here at the wilson center where he wrote a wonderful book. ofert is a walk -- native washington educated at was leanne and winston. the housekeeping matter here is quite simple. we have almost an hour. will talk for 10 minutes. jane and i may talk -- ask an annoying question or two, then we asked the audience. talk about your recent travels in yemen. >> thank you. it is nice to be here. i will talk about what it looks and feels like in yemen, some of the visible power differences, what we see on the grounds. i was there a couple weeks in september. one of the most striking things is the difference between the south and north. where the in yemen flights come into. in a certain sense you feel

rand is vice president for policy and research at mercy corps. she also has a deep background in government, serving in at least two of the three branches of government. dr. rand is vice president for deputy secretary in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labor. she was at the nsc for a while. robert worth, a graduate of --, -- of the wilson center, as well as princeton, is an award-winning contributing writer for the "new york times" and former fellow here at the wilson center where he wrote a wonderful book. robert is a native of washington, educated at wesleyan and princeton. -- not a native, resident of washington, educated at wesleyan and princeton. so the housekeeping matter here is quite simple. we have almost an hour. each panelist will talk for 10 minutes. jane and i may ask an annoying question or two, then we ask the audience. robert, let me begin with you to given your recent travels in yemen. >> thank you. it is nice to be here. i will talk mostly about what it looks and feels like in yemen, some of the visible power differenc

mercy, safe lodging and a holy rest, and a peace at last. pray in the name of george herbert walker bush's savior and friend, jesus christ. amen. >> amen. [captions copyright national cable satellite corpd by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]