nick payton walsh is joining us from yemen. what are you hearing right now about the chaos that seems to be escalating? >> reporter: wolf, the president has resigned the prime minister has resigned, and the cabinet have resigned. fireworks, gunfire occasionally heard behind me. a monday men to us day really for yemen. we've been seeing the political deal wasn't really it seemed coming into play. that required a lot of political concessions from the government here. according to a letter we've seen put on twitter by the former information minister, she says those in cabinet, the prime minister can't go along with the effective nature of president hadi being a figure head with the houthis really it seems calling the shots in government. it seems too now that yes, president hadi has also decided to resign. what now? we don't know. there are some sessions that the succession would be that the speaker of parliament takes up that role. that could end up being someone very close to the former president of yemen. that's all at this sta

nick payton walsh, thank you. the terror rampage. sources have reason to believe the associates of the killers, the gunmen at the kosher market the gunman's wife seen here entering turkey that they were urged to flee before the attacks. others expressing concerns and some may follow the call from al qaeda in yemen and return coming home to kill. more on that now from pamela brown who joins us live in paris. still the large associates of the paris attackers what do we know about them at this point? >> reporter: here's what we know. it's believed they were close associates of the kouachi brothers and a.m. day coulibaly and asked to leave by the suspects leading up to the paris attacks. it's believed used a facilitation group used during the iraq war and helped affiliates get into there. it's a black hole really a terrorist safe haven. one of those associates of course hayat boumeddiene and others in the network, the concern here anderson is that they could be recruited by isis. of course they would be very attractive recruits for isis

joining ne now from the capital is cnn senior international correspondent nick payton walsh. i understand that you have breaking news for us. >> we just heard in the last few minutes that according to one yem knee official briefed on security matters, two french citizens have been detained in yemen. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. this occurred as they were trying to leave the country a few months ago. that doesn't necessarily mean these individuals had no connection or knowledge of what happened in paris, it does mean this is a reaction to investigations happening inside. they were offered support. anything from i.t. support to a doctor to funneling money, perhaps, and yemeni authorities are trying to work out what to do with them next whether they should be charged. clearly another sign that officials are desperate to point out that they're on their game they say, in intercepting foreigners trying to leave here. michael? >> nick, why does yemen seem to be the pre9/11 afghanistan? why do all terror roads seem to go through that country today? >> well, that and southern sy

first, nick payton walsh. from the spokesman, he talks about terror attacks aimed at the u.s.he say? >> reporter: well what's so troubling about this is he basically appeals to tho

nick payton walsh, there for us. thank you so much. >>> we're hearing the u.s.gence community has been aware of that plot in belgium for weeks. we have barbara starr live at the pentagon. we're finding out officials had prior knowledge about this planned attack. >> brianna, good afternoon. what we are learning from i shall ifs across several different parts of the community, they knew some of the things belgians were coping with. they were sharing intelligence and information with them. this had been going on several weeks and of course reached a pitch last night when the belgians launched the raid because there was very specific intelligence something might be imminent. u.s. officials have been telling me they've been working with gel belgians on this plot some time now, even before the paris attacks. >> u.s. officials won't say exactly how much they knew what they knew and when they knew it. that is because there's a good deal of concern as cnn reported that there may be other plots, other attackers out there. they don't want to show their hand too much about

nick payton walsh is there.il in yemen helping al qaeda in creating this new generation of bombmakers that you're learning about? >> reporter: this country has been mired in civil conflict in here. one western diplomat that some of the yemenis are taking up arms to assist some of the pro-al qaeda tribes here. less than to worry about it and have more opportunity to focus on external operations. that's getting the next generation of bombmakers. ready to potentially attack the west. >> as we know in the u.s. they were saying a lot of airport screening was not able to stop -- it's focused on metal. that would be a significant development. i know you're learning more about the kouachi brothers and their trip to yemen. >> reporter: the vital thing for investigators to work out the exact dates in our moments for the brothers or brothers who may have come to yemen here. we're hearing one key detail. the older brother first came here in august of 2009. that's key because he goes onto say he came in and out for two or th

in the first, nick payton walsh shows us what could become a critical battle. >> reporter: rebels haveal fight for years now. but it is now reaching a strategic moment as rebels are desperately trying to hold onto one vital excess road they have around aleppo. the regime definitely wants to take t rebels claim they have the upper hand. but a brazilian photo journalist got access last year to those vital front lines. in the abandoned mansions of syria's old elite, a vital battle for its biggest city is reaching a peak. this is just outside aleppo. this village, key to the last remaining supply line for rebels into the city. if the regime takes this tens of thousands of civilians in rebel areas will be besieged. our cameraman gave the regime positions. now they begin with a surprise attack. across open ground these men are young, breathless but in this war's carnage, that amounts to experience. so many do not last long. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: these are the farms that the regime army took the commander says and they took it because arab countries let us down by not

nick payton walsh has more on his special reporting on aleppo. >> reporter: near besieged aleppo where there is little space for life there is somehow still space for learning. they can't fit all the children here who want to come even though the regime has bombed the school previously five times. when class breaks it is not for the bell but often to the sound of a regime jet. if they're in the square of the school he says they run inside and close the windows of the classes. some have pale faces, some become sick every time the war plane comes. the children and even the adults become scared. english won't be spoken in syria any time soon. these are the lessons of a future dreamed of elsewhere. >> where families are broken food often scarce. the regime has ravaged their homes with bombs, huge makeshift devices dropped from helicopters. see what happens when they're asked who has seen one. it was a surface to surface missile that hit the area. killing four hospitalizing her for three months. >> this accident happened to me three months ago. and my hope in trusting god was big. that i wi

nick payton walsh. we have to warn you the images are you about to see may be disturbing. >> one hit here meters away from dozens cueing for a food hand-out. fall under sheets. families destroyed in the blink of an eye. one man simply at the wheel of his car. ne number to enlist. i'll call. i'll go. i'll fight. i don't have any reason to live. wropt to live. i want vengeance for my own. sergei used to joke if something awful happened to him here. he wanted to be blown apart, and i used to say that if something happened to him, i would go and fight for him. >> it's shocking scenes of random civilian deaths like this which many local residents will surely blame upon the ukrainian army that increasingly sar fiz the population here and make the swrob of those in minsk trying to negotiate a settlement increasingly frought. those peace talks barely got underway given this back drop. two more dead seen at the nearby train stop. that morning donetsk has been dealing with the injured from the last big strike. ju

we have complete coverage for you, let's begin with senior international correspondent nick payton walsho, 12 minutes in length lays out the command structure as they claim in detail. it refers to how the head of al qaeda was involved in giving instructions and the operational command was carried out by an american a now-deceased american anwar al awlaki killed by an air strike in 2011. it refers to the kouachi brothers as heroes but it doesn't mention that amedy coulibaly, was one of those, purely a coincidence, good fortune, they say. what is interesting to note that lac lac, anwar al awlaki who was killed three years ago, so potentially kouachi brothers has been intimated by yemeni

nick payton walsh is the only report inside of yemen. president was working with a government that's gotten weaker and weaker and perhaps not even exist, maybe in chaos. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we're seeing a day in which many don't quite know who they need to bring in. they need to reach out to yemen. we know the presidential administration has been stormed by this rebel militia. they've been very successful in moving across the country putting check points up around. oddly still referring to the president as the president even though the president is in his resident and couldn't get out for a while because there was gunfire on the streets outside. he country right now. a quiet city behind me now but tomorrow that's a question that has to be answered. sg >> joining me now is lindsey graham. i know you were in the gulf. you just heard the reporting. the president is going to ask for authorization of force against isis. will you vote for that? >> absolutely. i meet with the free syrian commander and representatives of free syria

nick payton walsh is live in yemen right now. obviously, this is critical.beit an ally, an ally of the united states. we have several hundred staff members inside the american embassy in saana. what does this mean for this government, for that president, and who's in control? >> reporter: it seems as though the last of the government's control are slipping away from under it. president hadi is still president, but he agreed to this lengthy series with the houthi rebels. now this resignation of the prime minister and his entire cabinet as confirmed by a yemeni government spokesperson which purports to be outlining the reasons for the resignation. it seems the cabinet and the prime minister are aware of the deal that's been done by president hadi with houthi rebels and they say they want no part of it. they will now need to step back. many concerned what effectively president hadi had done which would be to carve a deal which gives the houthi's substantial control over the government. they can appoint officials across government. the question of course was how

. >> that exclusive report from our nick payton walsh joining us from beirut.opposition fighters correct me if i'm wrong, they're almost primarily or exclusively interested in doing damage to the bashar al assad regime in da damascus. isis is secondary? >> reporter: to a point. it's within a long exhausting grueling fight. isis has become the more existential threat because if you talked to many of them you hear gabriel shayem. when you talk to them they know if they don't beat or push isis back or hold them away from the areas they control, then their fight against the regime is for nothing really because they'll end up with a radicalized version of islam. it's a very messy fight. the fight you saw is that battle is ongoing as we speak. the rebels seem to have the upper hand but if they lose the key hill to the regime then the regime potentially can cut off 300,000 civilians trapped in rebel held areas. the regime could begin a well tried strategy of in fact starving out those who oppose it wolf. >> so the fight for aleppo really as you point out, it's at a cr

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we have complete coverage for you, let's begin with senior international correspondent nick payton walsh in beirut. nick? >> this video, 12 minutes in length lays out the command structure as they claim in detail. it refers to how the head of al qaeda was involved in giving instructions and the operational command was carried out by an american a now-deceased american anwar al awlaki killed by an air strike in 2011. it refers to the kouachi brothers as heroes but it doesn't mention that amedy coulibaly, was one of those, purely a coincidence, good fortune, they say. what is interesting to note that lac lac, anwar al awlaki who was killed three years ago, so potentially kouachi brothers has been intimated by yemeni and u.s. and french officials, if awlaki did mastermind investigators trying to investigate the claims made in the video. the interesting part is they don't claim coulibaly, who gave allegiance to isis he attacked the kosher grocery store. intimations of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. perhaps trying to claim more of the spotlight of aqap. >> one question if the brothers if

let's bring in seen correspondent nick payton walsh. he is live in yemen this morning. round several days. what are you learning there, nick? >> reporter: last night we heard a revelation from officials that two frerjmen were arrested a number of months ago, but arrested for offering support to al qaeda. they were trying to leave the country when they were picked up. still in custody and they're trying to figure out what the next move should be. it's clear that they were not arrested for an obvious connection to the paris attacks, we can't rule out they may have something to do with the networks. this is yemen. it is on top of the westerners leaving this country coming into this country and accusation that it simply hasn't been able to control the flow of people in and out of peer. yesterday the president's chief of staff was kidnapped from his car in the center of the city at the capital behind me. it is a country struggling to hold itself together. >> it's a huge concern for counterterrorism officials i've spoken to, the pipeline in yemen. as we said, the kouachi broth

our nick payton walsh is in beirut tonight.statement like this granted, he did not mention the "charlie hedbo" attackers specifically but certainly the timing is telling. how significant a statement do you think that is? >> reporter: well the timing was late on friday. just as the world was getting to grips with the aftermath of those standoffs in france. certainly, yes, hezbollah, as you say, viewed as a terrorist organization by the u.s. and many western countries, too, has had a lengthy, complex task of trying to reposition itself effectively here inside the middle east. they are on the shia side. they're representing a shia majority minority depending on your demographic viewpoint here inside lebanon. they are backing the syrian regime inside syria, too, some say they're also fighting inside iraq as well. when it comes to these acts of extremism in the west, elsewhere, they're often going to be blamed on sunni radical groups and many say that hezbollah are carefully and slowly not mentioning paris by name in this speech try

nick payton walsh, thank you so much. >>> countries across europe are on edge.ng against potential terror attacks there. one intelligence source tells cnn, dozens of terrorists may be poised to strike across europe as part of the so-called sleeper cells in belgium, troops are out in force, guarding targets, including embassies and the country's jewish museum. phil black is in brussels for us. how obvious is this security presence around the city and particularly in those most vulnerable locations? >> reporter: yeah, in some areas, you can't see it. you really can't miss it, i should say, fredricka. what we're seeing and what we have been seeing is extraordinary. these are armed belgian soldiers deployed on to the streets of this major european city. that is an extraordinary sight, really. they are standing guard. you see them moving around in troop vehicles as well. they've been assigned to protect, to watch over buildings and institutions and sights that the authorities fear could be a target for some sort of terror strike. we're talking about government buildi

nick payton thepo paton walsh is the only investigators there. >> reporter: they're trying to link thes actually did. that video claims anwar al alack can i was involved in the training when one or both of the brothers left here said to be carrying tens of thousands of dollars to assist the attacks in france. the question is did any resources or coordination from here yemen, the hot bed of al qaeda groups did that continue after 2011. investigators need to know that because it might suggest further links now ongoing to other networks across the nation. all these different incidents pop up but there's still now an angry reaction inside of yemen. it's quiet, friday prayer. protests with fears. the government is angry feeling yemen is being scapegoated. this is a country often considered a failed or failing mistake. a lot of people people want questions answered. a lot of answers to come from here. michaela. >> i'll take it nick. the pentagon confirms the u.s. will send 400 troops to train moderate syrian rebels in the fight against isis. barbara starr joins us from the pentagon. barbara,