but the man in the back seat, is the man mr. saleh and he wants this sampsonian option. either he gets the victory or he brings down the temple on everybody. >> pakistan, parliament in islamabad, expressed agreement with the saudi coalition. kamal hyder has more. >> reporter: prime minister held a high level meeting with the air chief and the military chief, and now opposition speakers are speaking, they expressed their reservation about sending troops to saudi arabia and getting embroiled in the yemen conflict. however the ruling party has the ruling party in parliament and is likely to decide in favor of support for saudis. the army had left it to the government however the army had close strategic links with the saudis. consultant in the pakistani military is also involved in maneuvers which were preplanned and coincided with the evangelists in yemen. those evangelists have been going on. there are agreements, so the military of course will take their cue from the government however, they would be favorably placed to try and help the seuth saudis because saudi arabia

understand that the man pulling the streaks the backseat driver is the former toppleed briefs dictator mr. saleh. he's behind. he's going to use--he wants the option. as heroes and family or he brings the whole on the head of everybody. >> the fights has left 500 people dead in recent weeks. >>> president obama calls the tentative nuclear agreement with iran an once in a lifetime opportunity. many u.s. lawmakers say that the deal will not stop iran from threatening its neighbors. >> number one this is our best bet by far to make sure iran does not get a nuclear weapon. and number two what we will be doing even as we enter into this deal is sending a very clear message to the iranians and the entire region that if anybody messes with israel, america will be there. >> the president said that he's concerned about how the talks with iran have strained u.s.-israel relations. he said he takes it personally when he's accused of being anti-israel. >>> rolling stone magazine admits it was wrong in the controversial story of an allege rape at the university of virginia. it retracted the story after a repo

strings the back seat driver is the former toppled previous dictator, deposed dictator of yemen mr. saleh. he is behind it. he is going to use -- he wants option. he brings the temple on the whole of everybody. >> what kind of casualties at this point given the fact that there doesn't sound like there will be a pause in fighting even to get red cross air lifts in there. >> red cross is aiming at getting, you know, aid to the north, so sanna. aid is needed in aden in the south, the besieged city. sanna is the capitol, they have got a lot in their stores. aden is under complete siege. i am a doctor, a professional surgeon, i know the situation i know the hospitals in aden. the whole situation is completely very grave and very serious. if the i.c.r.c. wanted to help, they should he help the people in aden, not through airlift but through boats and ships. they can reach aden is measure you know, sea port, so they could reach it there through sea. why don't they send by sea some help to aden where it is needed, where people have been fallen, more than 300 killed over the last four days, civili

it is mr. salehy who was the dictator of yemen for 30 years, who was backed for 30 years by saudi arabia. so saudi arabia is bombing the very dictator it supported for 30 years. so it's really just a power play. and it's important to understand the saudi air strikes largely failed because really what you have to have is a power-sharing deal. yemen has been in a state of civil war since 1962. these guys are just playing some kind of local power play over here. the united states in my opinion, would be very well advised not to get involved much more deeply than it is. it's trying to calm the waters down but we have no dog in this fight. and we should make sure that we don't, you know the interest of saudi arabia are not identical to those of the united states. >> really the only interest the u.s. has in yemen is one of yemen being used by al qaeda andarabian peninsula, used as a location for terrorism. >> precisely. our only concern is that the power vacuums don't develop so deeply that al qaeda or isi

secretary moniz and mr. saleh could probably talk m.i.t.o each other and region agreement that i would not understand a word of. but they could reach an agreement. if the issues were technical. but they are not technical. what we had instead are asymmetrical negotiations, in which the two sides are simply talking about different rings. -- things. the u.s. side talks about obligations and treaties and legal issues. the iranians are talking about justice, our rights, and national dignity. and the result has been frustration. each site in a situation like that, says, we are not being listened to. i'm a historian by training. i can't resist talking about history. there is a history on this. this kind of mutual deftness -- deafness, 60 years ago think negotiations between the british and iranians over the status of the oil industry. the iranian side argued its rights to national dignity. they said, it is our oil and we have the right to control it. the other side argued contract and legalisms. as one british observer said really, it seemed hardl

saleh be enforced? and can there ultimately be a military solution to yemen's internal crisis? we look forward to your responses. appreciate your being here. and i yield back, madam. >> thank you very much, mr. deutch. excellent statement. and we're so pleased to welcome ambassador gerald feierstein, who is the principal deputy assistant secretary of the bureau of near eastern affairs. previously he served as our ambassador to yes, madame from 2010 to 2013. so he knows this area very well. he has served in several different postings throughout the middle east including as deputy chief of missions in islamabad and deputy consul general in jerusalem. thank you for your service, mr. ambassador. we look forward to your testimony. and may i point out your lovely fiance sitting behind you. welcome. does she know the hours you that put in every day at your job? she might want to reconsider. mr. ambassador, your honor. >> thank you so much, madam chairman. madam chairman, ranking member deutch, members of the subcommittee, i greatly appreciate this opportunity to come before you today to review recent developments in yemen and the efforts that the united states is undertaking to support the governm