the reality is that mr rossul didn't perform as well as he hoped, getting 11% of the vote, joining acted , who is likely -- abdullah abdullahis likely to be the next president he secured a place for himself in the cabinet. we asked mr abdullah abdullah if he'd give a place to mr rosul and he said "yes, he would." this is interesting, because rosul is close to the current president, hamid karzai. he privately did support him. it would appear the union between the candidates mean that hamid karzai, even though he'd no longer be president would have his eyes and ears on the ground in the next government. >> all right. thank you. >>> in cuba, hundreds march through the streets of havana calling for an end to homophobia. people dance in the streets. it was led by the daughter of cuban president raul castro. >>> in the united states michael sam is the first openly gay player to be picked for the national football league. >> reporter: it's taken nearly a century for the game of american football to arrive at this moment. >> with the 249th pick, the 2014 n.f.l. draft. the st. louis rams select michael sam from juste of missouri. sh

abdullah abdullah hopes to cement his position. >> there's a lot of talk in kabul, behind the scenes that both sides are negotiating and abdullah abdullah's camp is trying to convince mr ashraf ghani concede, making abdullah abdullah president. the reason that they are pushing for this is many don't want to see a run-off vote. if it goes ahead on 14 june, it's at the peak of the taliban spring offensive - this week the armed group announced its spring offensive and carried out dozens of violently attacks. if a vote is called in the middle of june, it will be increasingly violent vote and the voters that go to the polls will be at risk of attack. a lot of back channelling trying to convince ashraf ghani to succeed. doesn't sound like he will, he's determined to go ahead. it's looking to be like a long shot. this week abdullah abdullah secured key backing from the 3rd-placed candidate. it's looking difficult for ashraf ghani to be named president of the country. >> thank you >>> still to come - reports of deadly anti-china riots in vietnam, protefrts spreading to the center of the city. >>> qatar moving to change controversial labour laws. >>> good to have you with us.

abdullah abdullah. mr rosul gets something out of this. he is likely to be part of a government when and if he does become president. this is intriguing because of who is supporting mr rosul. he is a long-time confidante of the current president hamid karzai, served as his foreign minister up until 2013. so if he is, indeed, included in future governments of abdullahabdullah, hamid karzai, the outgoing president will have someone within the government to be his eyes and ears on the ground. >>> still ahead we have the sport and the latest from the n.b.a. play-offs as the top guns in the west blow away. portland. >>> the breaking news out of yemen - a huge explosion rocked the military police headquarters. 11 are confirmed dead. it is feared that the death toll could rise earlier. four gunmen were killed as they tried to check a security check point. we go live. tell us about what is happening and why? >> well jane, sources confirmed that this was a suicide bombing attack targetting the headquarters of the military police. it was a huge explosion. 11 were killed, injured, expecting the death toll to rise. there has been no claim of responsibility. this is an area that has been attacked repeatedly in the past by al qaeda. suicide bombing are signature weapons of al qaeda in yemen. early in the morning, in the capital, gunmen attacked the same militar

abdullah abdullah has promised to honor the agreement. singer brad paisley flew over on air force one. he's entertaining the troops right now while mr. obama getting a briefing from u.s. commanders and visits wounded servicemen and women in the hospital. the president will make remarks to troops afterwards. of course the cloud over this visit is the v.a.'s scandal over facilities that hid the long times that some veterans were waiting for medical care. the president awaiting a report from v.a. secretary eric shinseki this week on how widespread the problem is. he's trying to keep shinseki on the job though a number of republicans and even some democrats are demanding the secretary step down. the administration says it will allow some vets to get care at private hospitals in an effort to ease the pressure on the v.a.'s system which added 2 million vets over the past decade. derek bennett says that's a no-brainer. >> i think it's going to be extremely helpful, but it's also a step that could have been put in place years ago. the idea of a public-private partnership in providing, you know, veterans or anyone really the access to private