the northern part of north yemen. what is the southern part of north yemen and the whole of south yemen, which is nearly two-thirds of the area, of the country, is still out of his control. so we're heading towards you know, a sort of fragmentation of the country. this is what we've been warning against. today we noticed that the people in the south have closed the border areas previously, and we've called for that. we're now asking the international community and our regional players to be quite assured that this is not going to happen. no way would ali abdullah saleh and the houthies be the only soul controllers of a part of yemen. we've agreed on a federal solution. these people are against the federal resolution. we have agreed on a new state of law and order and a modern state. these are people who are against the modern state. we've agreed to fight corruption, and they've been fighting against the president not to allow 400,000 of-- >> we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >>

they will most likely govern north yemen in the coming year. >> a possible division of that country once again. >> it's very likely, yes. >> thanks so much for your insights. islamist terror playing a role on the agenda at the world economic forum in doubles, switzerland -- don vos -- davos switzerland. the french president calling on leaders to do more in the fight against terror. >> he urged big businesses to work together to choke off terrorist funding. he said internet firms could play an instrumental role in identifying websites used by terrorist groups. his comments come two weeks after paris suffered terrorist attacks that killed 17 people. our correspondent was listening very carefully to what the french president had to say. here is his rap of today's talks. >> rise to the challenges -- that's the dramatic plea from the french president. he says that politicians and business leaders need to recognize the source of extremism, cut off funding flows, strengthen border patrols, and the economy providing education and security to avoid the type of despair that can lead to extremism.

of yemen which was known as north yemen. they have been on the march. they had received an enormous amount of support, although they deny it, from iran, and they've now seized virtually the entire capital of yemen, and add to that the fact that they now, for all intents and purposes conducted a coup d'etat against the american-supported president and his government, which apparently has resigned, leaving the country rudderless and in the hands of these rebels, and at the same time, al qaeda, in the arabian peninsula has had its stronghold in yemen, and it has been probably ground zero in the arabian peninsula for american counterterrorism initiatives against the most virulent and most dangerous franchise of al qaeda that has tried many number of times to attack the homeland against the united states. everywhere, everything from the underwear bomber to the inspiration of lieutenant general high dodd -- hadad, who had attacked fort hood, the tsarnaev brothers were inspired by the assassinated cleric american-born cleric, the le

they will tell you because houthis traditional areas is the north of yemen and north of yemen bordersbia and they have an interest of making problems for them. what the houthis did when they took control of sanaa and much part of the country is to secure a port to the western part of the country which gives iran influence on the waterway. you also have accusations from the houthis that saudi arabia has backed them in their traditional strongholds to stop the spread of shia and you have that mixed and you need to remember houthis and former president assad when he was in power they fought wars but things changed because of common enemyies and include the muslim brotherhood and we have that complicated picture and western powers involved for sure. >> talking about situations happening, the situation rapidly changing today in is a than -- in sanaa and tell us about the rest of the country and talking from the south, from the port city of aden. >> yes, that's right. since the houthis took over the capitol last year especially the sentiments is only rising here in the south. there was unit

yemen and they financed me. >> he's referring to this man u.s.-born yemeni cleric, who was killed by an u.s. drone attack in september 2011 north of yemen. he was described as western security agencies as the main influencer recruiter and propagandist for the group. they called for individual attacks in the west by european and u.s. muslims. aqap claimed it was behind a number of attacks. in november 2009 a muslim u.s. army officer shot and killed 14 of his leagues14 in texas. another was on an american airline flight bound for christmas day. the aqap in yemen claimed they were behind the attack. they have been unable to carry out attacks on a global scale. >> the evidence is that cherif kouachi was in yemen and he was influenced by the group's ideas. many helped al-qaeda in political turmoil the cooperation between the government in america the drone attacks helped give more popularity and support within the tribes, and the last three years have been the most active for them. >> the attacks in yemen are also increasing. the group seems to be involved on multi of battle fronts. houthi fighters swept through the capitol in september and n

they started off as this very little group up in the mountains of north yemen. it's quite an achievement for them. that is a visually astounding thing to see. >> what is it they want? >> i think -- i think it's power, obviously. they want control. they claim that they want to rid the country of a lot of corruption that is in the place. nobody can disagree that corruption is a huge issue, but it's a matter of who controls the government and who can get the government to a functional state. so, a lot of what i saw is them going into ministries trying to track where the money is going. that was genuine, i think. also it comes with other problems. they are not part of a government. they have no official role in it. >> why are they not in control of political purses? >> to me i think it's them trying -- what they claim is that they want coalition, all the groups to come together and to rule the country. they don't want to be the only ones. it is also the difficulty if they become the government, they hold all the responsibility of what's happening in the country. i d

yemen and they financed me. >> he's referring to this man u.s.-born yemeni cleric, who was killed by an u.s. drone attack in september 2011 north of yemen. it was described by as the recruiter and propagandist for the group. aqap claimed it was behind the number of an attacks. in november 2009 a muslim u.s. army officer shot and killed 13 of his colleagues at fort hood, texas. he had contacts with the group. in december of the same year, a my year january failed to detonate his plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. he was on an american airline flight bound for detroit on christmas day. he lived in yemen and the aqap claimed it was behind the attempt. some experts suggest that the group is capable of carrying out the attacks on a global scale. >> the blessings of al-qaeda and yemen means that it is behind it. the evidence of death, he is influenced by the group's ideals. many help al-qaeda in political turmoil. u.s. drone attacks helped give the group more popularity and support within the trains. over the last three years they have been the last three most effective. >> 20 fighters swept through the capitol in september and now co

they are in places like north africa, yemen and isis in syria and iraq. none of which our administration has shown any indication of doing. whatever the french or the british or the other europeans think. they simply don't have the capacity without american leadership to do it effectively. so i think the spotlight is where it should be which is on that big chair in the oval office. >> you left out another big area, boko haram in nigeria. this is -- that's another huge cancerous, you know violent terrorist cell. >> exactly. i think the middle east and north africa generally are descending into chaos. and the united states has focused these last several years on what the administration thinks is the biggest threat to peace and security. namely israel building apartment buildings in east jerusalem. it's time to wake up and acknowledge we are still at war with terrorism and they are either going to kill more of us because we are not doing enough to destroy their capacity to do that or we're just going to face this for as far as the eye can see. that's why, to

yemen to assist them. in 1970 fine, when there was a border dust up between north and south yemen, the united states providedn $1,979.480 million. to address that problem. our amount of money we give to these situations is limited and minimizing our influence. >> it sounds like a lot of money. >> $400 million for a country with the number of people of florida, sparsely populated a lot concentrated in a half dozen or so urban centers. how much would sit taken. >> i don't think the united states can stabilize it. there is it is unwiser the the united states to get involved. they have to bring order to their own country. >> so now listening to that, history lesson, did the united states ever understand what it was getting into or what it was buying orr for that matter, did the saudi whose are giving far more? >> well, since 2011. >> let's say in recent pass where it is an important job for policy makers to try to have order. >> i think the problem sinister errorrism became such a huge focus, is that we see a shift a little bit in the way that americans approach dip lo t maic relationships. rather than having tr

believe the move is triggered by the fact that the houthi leader wants to maintain the control over north of yemen as well as to influence the southern region. >> omar so where does this leave the national dialogue initiative? because as you said this was supposed to stabilize yemen politically. but looks like the houthis are emboldened to impose their will. >> absolutely, darren. the houthis when they took over the capital in september the u.n. as well as other diplomats and other western countries including the political players in this country sat together and signed a new agreement. that agreement is called the peace and partnership agreement in which the houthis will gain more political representation. in turn they have to withdraw, and this, well, that never happened. now the houthis including leader senior leaders within the movement, say while the new peace and partnership agreement is a new reality and what we signed before something different, and that's why based on that, i think the houthi leader abdel minik al houthi, stated this is a new reality and the new houthi revolution will onl

yemen and they financed me. >> he's referring to this man u.s.-born yemeni cleric who was killed by an u.s. drone attack in september 2011 north of yemen. he was described by western security agencies as the main influenceer recruiter and propagandist for the group. they called for individual attacks in the west but european and u.s. muslims. aqap claimed it was behind a number of attacks. in 2009 an u.s. officer shot and killed 13 of his colleagues in fort hood, texas. he had contacts with the group. in december of the same year, a nigerian failed to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. he was an on american flight bound for detroit on christmas day. he lived in yemen and aqap claimed to be behind the attack. some experts suggest that the group is capable of carrying out attacks on a global scale. >> the blessings of al-qaeda and yemen to attack means is behind it. the other evidence is there. he is influenced by the group's ideas. many have helped al-qaeda through political turmoil. the cooperation between the government in america the u.s. drone attacks helped the group and support within the tribes. and the last thre

yemen? the saudis would be boxed in by the iraqis to the north and yemen, iran- backed militia to the south and will they try to stabilize yemen as well, jon. >> leland viter in the white house. >> we'll pick up and talk more about saudi arabia. for what we can expect going forward. david wineburg joins uand he is an expert on saudi arabia succession. some are describing it as a 55 the on theal time for the saudi monarchy. and what is the impact on us? >> well, the impact on us depends on what the direction the appointed king decides to take his country and part of the challenge is like a supreme court prospect. samonhas seen the path to power clearly and basically keep the views relatively close to his chest. it is hard to know direction he will go. his son was one of the air pilots who participated in the raids against the islamic state, just several months ago and received death threats. it is reasonable to expect that king salman would stand behind his son. >> is that the key issue that you are watching as an observer of the country, is the war on terror, and the direction that the saud

you mentioned yemen to the south of saudi arabia, to the north you have iraq bordering saudi arabia with isis there. across the persian gulf to the east you have iran. and so after taking a lot of heat over not going himself to that paris rally a couple weeks ago, it's clear this time the president realized he needed to go himself and send a signal here. >> we'll have more on that change in just a moment. the king's death is overshadowing the trip to india. but what is the focus of the president's trip there where you are in new delhi? >> reporter: the white house has some modest hopes that maybe they can get a climate change deal with india. that would gain some steam, pick up momentum after the climate change deal the president got in china last year. that was before republicans officially had taken over the congress and have a bigger say now in these kind of executive moves. so we're already hearing from indian officials that they're getting the word from the white house that they may not have enough running room to really get a climate change deal and might have to focus on getting t

king salman takes over when they are facing challenges from the north and south. yemen and the east, iran. >> i think what you will see is a continuation of policies in place. that they will maintain a distance from iran even though with isis, they face a common threat and they have been in talks with iranians that they have not been in years. their biggest concern other than iran is to the south, the border conflict in 2009. there is a concern with isis to the north, although less so in terms of the border threat. the europeans, like america like australia, are concerned when they come home. >> thanks for coming in. the head of the american delegation to cuba has wrapped up her high-level visit to the island in a controversial manner. rebecca jacobs met a high number of cuban visitors. despite that visit and continuing disagreements, both sides to take pains to say the meeting was constr uctive. >> it is not every day there is a media stampede in cuba, especially one that leaves a casualty on the floor. all this not for a celebrity but an american diplomat here to brea

yemen he did nrm himself in grammar courses. he was not in sanaa for those months would have mokely been the months where he traveled up north to yemen near the borders of saudi arabia and attended training camps with quooch. aqap. >> what's so interesting he lived in a dormitory across the hall from an algerian, the so-called christmas bomber? >> yes, that is. and this is what angered and sthokd yemenishock the yemeni government. they were not given awareness of not either oem or said. they were friends and lived next to each other for many weeks. so yemen is blaming right now its western allies, is it the lack of trust that they did not have to give yemen this intelligence information or was it something else but yemen knew that it did have this information they could have easily prevented either the christmas bomb, the attack plot or the french attack that killed eight innocent people. >> a political analyst and chief of the yemen post, hakim thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome david. >>> rally in germany organized by pegida, a movement gaining momentum in germany in what it claims as a rise of islam in the west. g

yemen last night. >> instead of sending large ground forces overseas we're partnering with nations from south asia to north africa. to deny safe haven to terrorists who threaten america. >> just four months ago, the president touted yemen as a

yemen and add wada for instanced me. >> u.s. born cleric who was killed by a u.s. drone attack in september, 2011, north of yemen. he was described by western security agencies as the main influencer recruiter and propagandist for the group. he and his group called for individual attacks in the west by european and u.s. muslims. aqap claimed it was behind a number of attacks. in november 2009, a muslim-u.s. army officer shot and killed 13 of his colleagues at fort hood texas. he had contacts with the group. in december, the same year omar far youk a nigerian failed to detonate his plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. he was on an american airline flight bound for detroit on christmas day. he lived in yemen and the aqap claimed it was behind the attack. some experts suggest that the group is capable of carrying out attacks on a global scale. >> the blessings of al-qaeda in yemen, it is behind it. the evidence is that cherif kouachi was in yemen and inflewsed by the ideas. the cooperation between the government and america, u.s. drone attacks helped the group and support within the tribes and the last three

old part of yemen which was known as north yemen. they have been on the march. they had received an enormous amount of support, although they deny it, from iran, and they've now seized virtually the entire capital of yemen, and add to that the fact that they now for all intents and purposes, conducted a coup d'etat against the american-supported president and his government which apparently has resigned, leaving the country rudderless and in the hands of these rebels, and at the same time, al qaeda in the arraign yans peninsula, has had its stronghold in yemen, and it has been probably ground zero in the arabian peninsula for american counterterrorism initiatives against the most virulent and most dangerous franchise of al qaeda that has tried many number of times to attack the homeland against the united states. everywhere everything from the underwear bomber to the inspiration of lieutenant general had ad who had attacked fort hood the tsarnaev brothers were inspired by the assassinated cleric, american-born cleric, the leader of al

they have always been strong in the north. yemen historically has been divided int two. whether this government holds only go to a power-sharing arrangement, the country may split. host: what is your take on the current fight against isis? the video over the weekend show the decapitated body of a japanese hostage. they were asking for $200 million. your thoughts? host: they continue their brutal tactics, showing themselves to be what they are. i think the battlefield in iraq and syria has reached a stasis. there are still tactical movements owing on, but the lines are drawing. the momentum that ices had has been thwarted. the challenge is rolling them back. that is going to take a significant amount of time. the united states is starting to held up the security forces in iraq so they can push back in iraq. we went to the treasure on isis -- pressure on isis. this is going to take years to reverse. host: we have headlines out of nigeria regarding boko around. they attacked the city. what is your take on what's happening there? caller: they have had a lot of momentum in so

has always been a fragile central government and the forces inside of yemen are constantly threatening to break apart between northouth, between sunni inside of yemen and this is one more sequence in what has been an ongoing turbulent process inside of yemen and what we are advising, not just the various factions inside of yemen, but also working with our partners like the gulf countries who have impact and influence inside of yemen, is that at this point, what is needed is to respect a constitutional process that can resolve some of these differences peacefully and assure that all of the groups inside of yemen are resorting to political, rather than military, means to resolve these differences. but i guess, you know, the point, julie, is yemen has never been a perfect democracy or an island of stability. what i've said is that our efforts to go after terrorist networks inside of yemen without a occupying u.s. army, but rather by partnering and intelligence sharing with that local government is the approach we are going to need to take, and that is continues to be the case. the alternative would be for us to play

safe haven for both sides of extremists of the country has a history of being split between north and south yemen this the past. shia in control of north through the capitol and sunnis in other parts of the country radical sunnis. we have sunni jihad by space between al qaeda and isis. we also have a problem in terms of iran flexing its muscles throughout the region. not only supporting huthi shia rebels in yemen and in bahrain this year. we've seen over the past few years what they have done in syria and of course now more recently in iraq as isis taken over territory there and iran has come in helping to fund and build shia militias on the ground to back up shia led government in iraq. jenna: this is very much becoming not only in yemen but look at broader region even more after proxy war between the saudis and iranians? >> what is happening in the region is multiple things at once. there is a proxy war between states. there is also a sectarian battle between sunnis and shia and states that represent those populations, the gulf sunni states in particular and iran, the major shia state on the ot

with a final decision about when they will break away from the north so it is a very delicate situation perhaps the biggest crisis that yemen faces in it's modern history. >> so already there i guess the possibility of a north-south divide what about sectarian differences in the yemen? because obviously this does have a sectarian element to it the houthies being shared the majority of the population being sunni but how key a part do you think that element is? or the situation that we are facing now. >> this is a situation that is going to patter bait the divide which is still there the reason why people have high hoped that the election in 2012 would bring a better future for yemen is because he is a sunni from the south for a sunni from the south to be elected this was seen as a symbol of inclusiveness and the willingness by the yemenis to move forward and to set aside differences but now with the houthies forcing hadi out of power, this is seen -- this is going to be seen by sunnies who are about 70% of the population as an act of bedrail an act of humiliation. that's why we have been hearing calls by tribal leaders, powe

kind of strain that is filling the vowed for a lot of young me in both the combatant areas, north-east nigeria, yemen and places like that but the disaffected and lost soles whether in united states or a higher percentage in a place like france. >> and in this interconnected world it's hard to fight that. robert good to see you, and thank you for joining us from paris, anne. >> thank you >>> now for more stories from around the world >>> we begin in in north-eastern nigeria, where people are fleeing after boko haram reportedly burnt some 16 villages to the ground killing at least 100 and leaving 2,000 unaccounted for. local officials say roads are covered in bodies after the day's long sault, which began when the terrorist group overran a military group. concerns are growing that boko haram will disrupt the upcoming presidential election set for february 14th >>> next to the u.s. - bone-chilling temperatures and biting winds numb the eastern part of the country. two were killed after white out caused a pile-up in western peninsula. windchills dipped below 47. with these temperatures you may as well h

in 1990 north and south yemen merged after years of clashes. since then poverty corruption and war has shaken the country. in 1994 the president suppressed a separatist up rising in the south. buttersbut southerners still demand the right to secede. >> every martyr we sacrifice is a torch of freedom and independence for our country. >> in 2011 protesters inspired by the arab spring in tunisia and egypt rallied against its president. he stepped down pavingty way for paving the way for the president to take his place. many people say war has made it harder to pay for their basic needs like food. >> this year is worse than the previous. this war has affected everything. >> in the meantime, al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula strengthen its hold in the south. a top u.s. security owe recently called the group the al-qaeda affiliate most likely to commit transnational attacks against the united states. it uses drone strikes against al-qaeda members. he had called for muslims to rise up against the west. >> muslims should object to what is going on ver

if you had ties in a conference zone in syria, yemen, north africa, it's not that challenging to getn illegal weapons. there is a black market for weapons across europe and because of the fact that the european union, i gist said earlier, i flew between zurich and france and back. no one ever checked my id. and that kind of gives you an idea that the border patrol around these areas are fairly course. >> after the charlie ebdo attack in france is it going to be considerably harder in france. we'll talk about that next. here we go, here we go here we go. ♪ fifty omaha set hut ♪ ♪ losing feeling in my toes ♪ ♪ nothing beats that new car smell ♪ ♪ chicken parm you taste so good ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm ♪ (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 36 mpg. i gotta break more toys. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. alright, so this tylenol arthritis las

they allowed drone strike and just to yemen's north is a place of unrest and saudi arabian king died there. he was a long-time u.s. ally who was used as a counter weight to iran around the entire region. we are seeing them step up and the question is what will the saudi arabians do and the new leader in terms of keeping stability in yemen where they gave funding and the second question is what happens to oil prices now the saudi arabian king is changing and lastly what is the cooperation going to look like for the united states from the new regime taking over. josh earnest is going to be asked how they say yemen was a success and now look what happened. >> you have great questions for our discussion. good to see you. thank you very much. that second or third question he asked is a great one a. relationship with all of the other countries in that region now that the saudi arabian king is gone. your thoughts? >> there are two lessons today. the first is the arab springs was the worst thing that could happen and that calls into question our strategy in syria which is to undermine their

a yemen in the north and the houthis extremist and we are going to see another there the south. and control of al quaida that will be the situation at least in the near future. >> you say that the international community failed yemen, what more do you think they could have done? we have been seeing it but everybody was busy with syria and iraq, so i don't think people to have passed the houthiss have taken over. i don't think it's something anybody can do, as soon as the game is over. i theater out of control. you just have to -- the sunnies are going to face you have to the houthies. it is going to be a civil war a failed estate. >> very good to talk to you. what is happening there in yemen. professor of political science at the united arab emritz university. he was saying that basically it is a dismal scenario. confirming what you are saying the potential for civil war what could put us up to that. >> i think the leader of the houthis movement, have to come forward and say to them that it is time to force a genuine partnership. not talking about the leader of the movement, the

remember this south of yemen was an independent state between 1967 and 1990. they became united with the north forming the present day yemen. the dreams of secession and independence have never gone away. what's happening in the north will give momentum for that sentiment and probably the politicians here will try to capitalize on what's happening in the capitol and push for a breakaway state in the south. >> terms of finding a political way forward where does this then leave the u.n. backed peace deal the draft of the new constitution? the houthis have rejected it, so what happens now? >> i think the actions taken by the houthis is the clearance. nobody seems to be caring about the and partnership agreement. what's interesting is that when you speak for example with the houthis, they tell you we are eager to implement the peace and partnership deal, saying the opponents are not adhering to the rules and paragraphs agreed to in that deal. when you speak to the government they accuse the houthis of not implementing it. i don't think anybody is taking that peace deal seriously. the u.n. worries

yemen. could you talk about that secessionist movement in the current form? >> yes, the sudden movement has been around for many years technically, since 2007. north and south yemen, we unified in 1990. then there was a brief civil war in 1994. this course of succession has been increasing rapidly over the last two years, honestly since 2011 but the international community has failed to really engage with the dust the particularly reached out to the u.k. because they had control of aden, the southern city for many years. they reached out to the international community and the international community has engaged with them, mainly because they feel if they engage with them, then it is recognizing the course of succession and they don't want yemen to break up because they think will impact the security situation. in that void it is iran that has stepped in and has engaged with the southerners because nobody else will. they have increasingly been engaged -- engaging with them and supporting them. but we also have a situation now in the south of the last 24 hours since things have happened in sanaa, where they are now taking action. there is a big prot

yemen. increasingly unstable. the houthis pushing out the government that saudi arabia supported there. to the northhey see iraq now as really being very much in the mold of iran. iran for saudi arabia essentially an enemy. then they see iran as backing the houthis in the south in yemen. so this is going to absorb a lot of the time and effort and energy of king salman. again, not in the best of health. there is within saudi arabia a very big question looming. when the succession drop to the next generation. the next generation educated by and large, abroad. a very different generation to this older generation that's in power right now. that's not happening. what should we expect? we should expect king salman very much to continue power in the same vein as king abdullah. don't expect any big changes initially at least. nick robertson, cnn, london. >> nick, thank you for that. when those changes do come to saudi arabia they could affect the united states as well. keep in mind, saudi arabia is the one who really controls the global price of oil since they are such a big producer. also they are a u.s. a

isis-controlled territory, whether it's in what used to be the country of libya, whether it's in yemen or elsewhere around north africa and the middle east, gives the terrorist the chance to provide training get organized and conduct attacks like we've just seen in paris. we either have to recognize we're hat war because we've been attacked as we were back on september 11 and treat it that way, or whether we're going to continue to treat it as if it's something we can respond to after the terrorist strike by arresting them and giving them a constitutional due process criminal trial. >> it's been going on 25 years now this year. thank you as always. >> dozens of world leaders and more than a million people marching together against terrorism. is nothing done on our shores to combat the growing threat of terrorism? >> there is an international war. it's a global war. we don't have a strategy. i hope that congress will do a global risk assessment about how many groups are out there and what we can come up with to defeat them. stuff, like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure ac

fighters in the north >>> ochl fax says fighting in yemen has brought the country at risk of a humanitarian party. 15 million will require aid. 8 million don't have enough to eat >>> >>> attacks in donetsk mariupol >>> a day after being appointed. king salman is expected to meet more heads of state. david cameron, and french president francis hollande are among those due to visit >>> the dignitaries came to pay their respects to a leader who died, and a half brother who took his place. in keeping with tradition, there was no formal swearing in ceremony. it was during the funeral of king abdullah that regional heads of state from qatar, bahrain and others were able to meet the man that leads one of the richest and influential nations. shortly after ascending the thrown the new copying said he'd maintain the same policies as piss predecessors. >> translation: we are going to condition about the approach of father who but the state and is followed by his sons. we'll continue to implement the koran and the character of prophet muhammad no our legislation. >> reporter: one of his first acts was

there are thousands who have trained with al qaeda, whether it's in north africa or yemen, that therebeen this danger and we're lucky it hasn't happened earlier. but once you've had a sequence of events like this, it triggers a chain of actions and reactions. so i think we're headed for tough times. >> very quickly, there's maybe a couple hundred americans there, as well. >> right. and also wolf not a lot has been said about asia. we know they've traveled to join isis and al qaeda from malaysia philippines, other countries. so this is a worldwide group of fighters that have gone there to become capable, efficient terrorists. >> i'm going to have you stand by. we'll continue following the breaking news. much more coming up in "the situation room." three riftterrorists are dead. also new chilling information from the police raids. and what we're learning about the gunmen's ties to al qaeda. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? an apron is hard work. an apron is pride in what you do. an apron is not quitting until you've made something a little better. what does an apron hav

other groups that were not talking about the al qaeda affiliate groups in yemen and north africa. there was i avisit by the minister of defense from france to washington a couple of months ago where he was expressing concern about increased coordination and communication between groups that were based in africa and outreach to isis and mimicry of isis. that was one of the things. he tried to raise an alert level here in washington and invite a number of journalists including myself to talk about that. this has been on the french radar screen for some time. there is an awful lot of analysis and constant churning of the social media can activity going on as a way to do something. once you see that map, what do you do with it? >> as an accomplished journalist of decades, how do you feel about this? this is to me a new wave of terror and sets up a whole new three a ter theater of possibilities that could take place on freedom of speech and those that were involved industry. >> you have hit it on the head. it is very disconcerting. a short while ago, somebody asked me what should the u

it is threatened from the south by al qaeda in yemen and in the north from an insurgency in iraq and syria. the kingdom is a key part of the military coalition against isis, but saudi arabia is also critical of president obama's perceived lack of leadership in syria and his decision to negotiate with longtime foe iran about its nuclear program. ambassador smith said the two will still remain allies. >> some people have often described our relationship as a catholic marriage in a muslim world. we desperately need each other, can't imagine a divorce but disagree on a lot of things. >> reporter: for its part, the u.s. is critical of restrictions on women and human rights abuses like public beheadings. part of the austere version of islam practiced in the kingdom, but, scott regardless it's oil and security that bind these two powers. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the state department for us tonight. margaret, thank you. sloimic extremeists killed an american security contractor and eight others today at a luxury hotel in libya's capital. the attackers set off a car bomb and then ran in

north africa. they've got a huge area of responsibility. syria, iraq and yemen, that's all sart of centcome right? >> it's a very big deal the fact that they were able to get in there and take over centkom's twitter account. it's unclear if this is unrelated. but you might remember early we reported that isis the big concern is that isis was pulling together information from u.s. soldiers and their families meshl media accounts to try to figure out where they live. again it's unclear if that's related at all. but it's very concerning no matter how you cut it. >> clearly somebody got the passwords for centkom's twitter and youtube account. we'll continue to stay on top of the story. >>> still ahead, we're waiting for what's liking to be a pretty contentious white house briefing. they're under fire for not attending yesterday's unity march in paris. tough questions coming up for the white house press secretary. >>> also we're going to look at the possible ties between kouachi brothers, isis al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. stay with us. lots going on. you're dr

we don't know yet and it's hard to speculate whether it's isis al qaeda groups in north africa aq in yemenact they didn't commit suicide. they went in to this building a mission taking out certain lives and then leaving. there was not, for example, going back to london when that soldier was massacred by those individuals. they stood in the streets recording it. wanting the world to see the disgusting and deplorable images. here they know cameras are wherever around that area. they go in and don't commit suicide. they go off somewhere and that makes you wonder to a support system. how do you get out of paris if they are able to at all. >> it's very difficult but remember not every terrorist organization utilizes suicide attacks. who knows who the people really are. but these guys say they are professionals. they're not guys who want to make a one-way trip to the magazine. they want to hit this thing and they want to get away. maybe to strike again, maybe to exfiltrate themselves out of paris or france. they're not suicide attackers which are often the lowest hanging fruit in the terrorist w

as you saw, the iranians in the north, iraq, syria and yemen, and lebanon to the south and west.cared to death. this is a loss of an ally against al qaeda and a huge geopolitical gain for iran. sentencing the influence over arab states. >> it seems like iran has had a good run. >> i was going to say, this has to factor into our position in these ongoing negotiations and the fight on capitol hill by partisan sanctions. this has to be part of it. the influence in syria and iraq in yemen now and what that means to us. forget what al qaeda and the peninsula means to us, and isis. we have to deal with iran. not only on these negotiations but in the influence in the region and this is not a part of the conversation but it has to be. >> next up, the abortion debate takes center stage in washington. test test. test test. test test.rd of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number,