we'll bring you that live. >>> we begin with breaking news from kenya where at least 70 students were killed by al shabaab gunmen in the northeast of kenya. hundreds of students were held captive after fighters from the somolia-based group stormed the capital near the border with somolia. dozens have been rushed to hospital but police say large numbers of students remain unaccounted for. there's human life lost. as it stands now, we are able to rescue the 500 students, 500 students accounted for as i speak to you now. but unfortunately, we also -- are going to have -- we have not confirmed fully but it's in the region of 70. >> once student who managed to escape spoke of the moment gunmen stormed his dormitory. >> we were praying and were about to finish when some people came in from the main door and started shooting. there was one gunman firing from the doorway so i had to jump out of the window and that's when i was hit by a bullet in the leg. >> kenya's president expresses his condolences to the victim's families when he addressed the country. >> i also take this opportunity to urge kenyans to stay calm as we resolve this ma

. >> reporter: this is a full camp in northeast kenya. omplex for refugees near the kenya-somalia border. 25 years accommodating refugees fleeing the civil war in somalia. the continued existence of this camp now remains in doubt. the kenyan government wants all refugees relocated within three months. it's a position supported by leaders from northeast kenya who themselves are ethnic somalis. >> today our security forces can not enter the refugee camp. gangs are formed. so what you have we are good enough, we want them to relocated 30-kilometers on the other side of somalia. >> reporter: the refugees deny actionaccusation that his al show bob cells operate in their camps. these camps were initially meant for 90,000 but have received waves of refugees fleeing conflict and drought pushing the population in the camps to almost a half a million people. despite the it have conditions here most refugees see it as a better alternative to life in so ma i can't. we meet people in a crisis meeting. >> translator: going back to somalia is not an opti

it's been terrorizing northeast kenya for years. the army has cross somalia to respond. key leader was killed, a master mind of the westgate kenya mall attacks in 2013. that attack killed 67 people. at a mall that was used by american expatriates in nairobi. a week ago al-shabaab vowed revenge of the assassination of a leader and took hostages in a hotel in mogadishu. that siege left 24 people dead. today is the day before good friday, easter is on sunday, expose islamist groups want to get as much attention for these terror attacks as possible. they know that hunting christians on a university campus will give them maximum attention. >> do we have an idea if they had any warnings about this? >> well, fox news has obtained a security memo that was posted at the university of nairobi on march 25th. suggesting the authorities had received a warning about a possible attack on a university campus. the memo asked students to be vigilant. it's not clear whether security was increased at the university campuses across the country. the university where today's attack occurred is

the campus is located in northeast kenya near the somali border. at least two people were killed and 29 wounded. no group claimed responsibility for the raid. a somali islamist group,al shah bad carried out these at a nairobi shopping mall. >>> there's a chance of thunderstorms from texas to southwest minnesota. large hail and damaging winds are expected. in california the trouble is water, the lack of water, following years of extreme drought. governor jerry brown imposed the first mandatory water restrictions. snow supplies a third of the state's water. there's new that is california's snow level is at the lowest in 65 years. danielle nottingham reports. >> the sierra valley snowpack is usually at its high right now. the snow drought is apparent. >> we are standing on grass and should be standing on snow. >> reporter: there is no snow to measure at this key survey sight. >> this is the first year in measurements going back to 1942 where the snow course has been bare. >> reporter: water officials say 60% to 70% of the survey sites have no snow. th

islamist group known to attack in neighboring kenya opening fire in dorms at garissa university in northeast kenya. according to an eyewitness the attackers separating christians from muslims shooting christians on the spot. >> jumping up and down, running for their lives. reporter: a tweet from kenya's red cross reading update three ical casualties being evacuated. at least 15 victims are confirmed dead. 65 wounded. kenya's president is urging the country to stay calm. >> we continue to pay for the quick recovery of the injured and the safe rescue of those being held hostage. reporter: the rescue effort is ongoing. a massive manhunt under way. kenya's interior ministry releasing this wanted poster of the alleged mastermind offering a $215,000 reward. over a week ago intelligence reports warned al-shabab was targeting a major university in nairobi. police say security measures were taken. somalia's al-shabab is linked to al-qaida. a recent u.n. report cites 25,000 foreign fighters tied to aek and -- al-qaida and isis. the biggest attack was when 68 people were killed at a popular shopping mall. ju

. >> al-shabab known to attack in kenya, opening fire in dorms at the university in northeast kenya, according to an eyewitness, the attackers separating christians from muslims, shooting christians on the spot. update three critical casualties being evacuated. kenyan's president is urging the company to stay calm. we continue to pray for the quick recovery of the injured and the safe rescue of those still being held hostage. >> the rescue effort is still going, they released this wanted poster of the alleged master find offering a $115,000 reward over a week ago intelligence reports warned they were targeting a campus in nairobi, and security measures were taken. >> al-shabab is from syria and linked to al qaeda they say that 40,000 foreign fighters are linked to al qaeda and isis it's linked to the attack in a popular mall where 68 people were killed. at least 70 have been killed and over 70 wounded. alicia this is gloria riviera, for channel 6 "action news." >> we are following another developing story out of new york authorities there have identified two women arrested for planni

has launched air strikes against islamic militants in somalia after an attack at a college in northeast kenya last week that killed almost 150 people. the kenyan president had warned of the severest possible response by militants. our correspondent reports from nairobi. correspondent: the families of those killed now a reality. among those that died is a second-year business student. his family has been searching for the past five days not knowing if he is dead or alive. >> it's been a really slow process. we looked through the list of all of those who were alive. his name wasn't there. we asked everywhere and we were told to go to the mortuary where we found his name among the dead. correspondent: other families are experiencing the same opportunity. this mortuary has been full of relatives since saturday, many angry that it's taken so long for them to be able to view the bodies. so far only 80 victims have been identified. the government insists it is doing all it can. >> some of the bodies are badly damaged, so it's taken a little longer for our for ensticks people to get i.d.s. the famili

. >> in northeast kenya an uneasy relationship between locals and government officials has made it difficult to fatal shabab in the region. some kenyans of somalia are accusing government forces of racial profiling. we report now from garissa when gunman killed 147 people at a university last week. >> muslim clerics in garissa condemning last thursday's massacre at the university. they talk about peace and the need to work with the government to expose any al shabab fighters hiding here as well as those to helped them. here's the problem. many people are too afraid to give any information to the government. >> i met some clan elders who told me why. >> i want to give information to police. they arrested me, saying i'm al shabab. how do you expect people to give information if they feel they'll be victimized? the military is accused of in discriminately targeting them in crackdowns. >> this is garissa's main market. in 2012, when three soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen just outside there was a government crackdown and this market was burned to the ground by soldiers. they believe th

more than 70 dead and hundreds still unaccounted for after al shabaab gunmen attack a college in northeast kenya>> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up iran nuclear talks reach a climax. a joint statement is expected soon, but is it a deal? we'll bring you that

witness all refugees rez located within three months, it's a position supported by leaders from northeast kenyas are ethnic somalis. >> today all security forces cannot enter the camp. guns are formed, al shabab cells are there what we say to this, we have had enough. we want them to be relocated 30-kilometer on his the onside of somalia. >> reporter: the refugees deny accusations, al-shabab cells operate in their camps. over the years the camps were meant for 9,000 people have received waves of refugees fleeing conflict and drought pushing the population in the camp to his almost a half a million people. despite the tough conditions here most refugees see them as a better alternative to life in somalia. we mel ellingers from the community in a crisis meet. >> translator: going back to somalia is not an option for us even the leader of so knowledge that are not safe they have to travel to camps belong to go the peacekeepers. if kenya is tired of hosting us then we request to be sent to a third country reu6789 it's not the first time the kenyan government has called for the repatriot action of t

dormitory at least 15 people are dead 60 are injured and this attack happened on a college campus and northeast kenya. it happened early this morning in the town of gris up. the gunmen were shooting inside campus dorms and opened fire on the guards on campus. right now are partnered cnn is reporting that five and 50 people are unaccounted for. three of the dorms on campus were evacuated and the gunmen were holed up in the fourth investigators believe the attack was carried out by and says some molly islamic extremist group. this is a breaking news story and we will bring more information as it comes into our newsroom. >> reporter: governor brown is calling for new water restrictions will breakdown which need to know plus the city of los angeles is playing milk millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit with occupied protesters will tell you what police did wrong ♪♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪♪ >> reporter: us get back to the cover

than 70 dead and hundreds still unaccounted more after al shabaab gunmen attack a college in northeast kenya. >>> we begin this news hour by listening to the iranian foreign minister zarif who is now answering questions at that press conference. today you have achieved a lot. it was a huge achievement. we witnessed it was a very long process. if it's possible to -- have you thought about the future of it is the translation available. >> today, what we have found solutions after reaching a come prehencive agreement in reality, it was based on a vision based on -- situation in international politics. based on all sanctions against islamic republic of iran will be lift lifted and meanwhile, the iranian nuclear program will continue but we will take actions and measures for the satisfaction of the international community. the framework which activities -- that will continue. including the research and development in the domain of the cooperation of the international community. the hydroreacter will stay at a place considering the current development different countries in this regard including p

. >> reporter: into the bad lands of northeast kenya, the porous go border of somalia just 90 miles awayy have nothing to do now except look over the grim task of loading the dead. helen titus said she had hid in a wardrobe but the terrorists found her. >> shoot them, shoot them. then after that, they give us a lecture. >> reporter: she said the gunman spoke swahili and wore no shoes. they gave them a religious sermon. she said they shot them in the head one by one, she survived by smearing the blood of her friend on her face. helen was rescued after ten hours but most of her friends were not. >> many of the students say that they fled with just the clothes on their back. escaping through a hail of gunfire and explosions. this was a thriving university with students from out there kenya. now they're being scattered like refugees. >> there were bullets everywhere. and students were running out. >> reporter: this man fled with his 4-month-old son. he said the gunman asked students to recite the koran. if they couldn't, they were killed. the survivors still reliving the trauma she lost her

he is amazingly, the son of we believe a kenyan official from northeast kenya, who it seems was a graduate from nairobi law school which is close by my location here and then disappeared into somalia, this really fits into the pattern of recruitment from kenya that i have seen over the years, that somali kenyans and kenyan muslims are susceptible to being recruited by al-shabaab and returning to their home countries. >>> the latest finding in yemen has now claimed the life of an american citizen for the first time. jahmahl al abani. that sectarian conflict has claimed more than 500 lives in the last two weeks alone. nick valencia has more on the american killed and the circumstances that found him in yemen. >> reporter: that's right. people may be wondering what he did there in the first place, he has a pregnant wife and 2-year-old daughter who live in yemen. just a few months ago he secured that passport for that 2-year-old daughter. but leading up to his death, he was voicing concerns to his family his cousin told me jahmahl al abani, was hit by a shrapnel from a mortar strike and he die

starting to see the end of the back up here with the rest omri. >> reporter: breaking news out of northeast kenyading hostages at this moment end of the very latest information the two of those hostage-takers have been killed by police now the president has directed the police treat the fast- track the training of 10,000 recruits recruit so the thinking it to the scene and help out the situation. silas 15 people were killed 60 others were injured. one suspect fixed pizzas suspected extremists was arrested while fleeing the same. the witnesses say he saw five gunmen a total on campus the shooting inside campus dorms firing on guards. 550 people are still unaccounted for. it was carried out by the somali islamic so extreme group al- sabah up. >> reporter: the mcdonnell's employees that are fighting for the $15 and our movement is increased their increasing the pay but not the $15 an hour and protesters are still protest thing. the workers say it was a publicity stunt and they're demanding that the company across the board rates weighed raise the minimum wage for all workers and what the right to st

. >> reporter: the bad lands of northeast kenya. just 90 miles away. eat to kenya's security. kenya special forces little to do now except look over the task of loading the dead. just charged from hospital said she hid in a wardrobe when the shooting started and the terrorists found her. >> shoot them. shoot them. and then after that they give us a lecture. >> reporter: the gunman spoke swahili and wore no shoes. they gave them a religious sermon and said shot them in the head one by one, 20 women and 20 men. she survived by smearing the friend of her face. >> wiped with the blood. >> reporter: helen was rescued after ten hours. but most of her friends were not. many of the students say they fled with just the clothes on their back. escaping through a hail of gunfire and explosions. this was a thriving university with students from throughout kenya. now they're being scattered like refugees. >> there are bullets everywhere but students troubling out. >> reporter: fled with his former son, marura. gunman asked students to recite the koran. if they couldn

. >> this is the camp in northeast kenya, part of a camp near the border. they fled the civil war in somalia. the continue existence of this camp now remains in doubt. the kenyan government wants all refugees located within three months. it's a position supported by leaders from kenya who are ethnic somalias. >> today our security forces cannot enter the refugee camps. gangs are formed. al shabab is there. we've had enough. we want them to relocate on the other side of somalia. >> the refugees deny accusations al shabab operates in their camps. >> camps were meant for just 90,000 people received waves of refugees fleeing conflict and drought, pushing population to almost half a million people. despite tough sentence here, most see them as a better alternative to life in somalia. >> we met elders from the refugee community in a crisis meeting. >> going back to somalia i also not an option for us. even the leaders of the somalia he government are not safe and have to travel in tanks blocking to the peacekeepers. if kenya is tired of hosting us, we request the

what we know is this is a planned operation by al shabaab storming into that university in northeast kenyathey are doing their classic and horrifying style of attack they have been doing in recent years. most notably in the westgate mall attack that garnered attention in 2013. this is the nightmare scenario for the forces. attackers appeared to cornered hostages and they can prolong their terror operation. they can prolong it and get more attention. this is clearly their goal to strike terror into kenya and garner world attention. al shabaab used to be a more powerful force. it controlled large parts of somalia and trying to set up islamic state there. due to african union troops in the region they have been beaten beaten back. with the ability to strike this terror and this is not the first attack in recent months, they have been doing a number of grenade and gun attacks, they are showing the forces as well as the terror they can strike into civilians. >> david, stay can us. we have new information we are following every development in the university attack. "early start" continues next.

. >> one community leader in northeast kenya reacting to what happened at garissa university.to the bbc's moira who joins us live from the kenyan capital. if we can talk about these aidr raids, what more do we know? >> i just spoke to the spokesman of the kenyan defense forces and he told me that two al shabaab operational bases were destroyed in air strikes that started last night and that then carried on until this morning. now, those bases are located in a region that's between 50 and 100 kilometers from the kenyan border. the army spokesman told me. and in this zone there are no african union troops. and it's thought that al shabaab is using these operational bases or was using these operational bases to plan attacks inside kenya. the army spokesman also told me that one of the gunmen who's behind the garissa attacks in which nearly 150 people died is from the town of mandera, near the kenyan border and it's thought that he could have also used that route to go into somalia and then to train, possibly plan the attack, and back into kenya. >> and we've also learned that one

. >> reporter: this is a camp in northeast kenya and part of a complex for refugees near the kenya, somaliarefugees fleeing from civil war in somalia, and continued existence of these camps now remains in doubt. kenya government wants all refugees located within three months. opposition supported by leaders of kenya call themselves ethnic somalis. >> security forces cannot enter the camp and what we have said is we had enough and want them to look at 7 kilometers on the other side of somalia. >> reporter: deny accusations that al-shabab is in the camp and meant for just 90,000 people received waves of refugees fleeing conflict and drought and pushing the populations in camps to half a million people and top conditions here most refugees see them as a better alternative to life in somalia and met the refugee community at a crisis. >> translator: going back to somalia is not an option for us. even leaders of the somali government are not safe and have to travel belonging to peace keepers, if kenya is sick of us we ask the community to say to us in their country. >> reporter: not the first tim

amy: the militant group al-shabab has carried out of a shooting rampage at a college in northeast kenya, killing at least 15 people, wounding at least 65, and taking dozens hostage. the gunmen say they've divided the students between muslims and non-muslims and let the muslims walk free. kenyan police are on the scene in a standoff. al-shabab says it carried out the attack in response to kenya's military operations inside somalia, the group's home base. republican governor asa hutchinson of arkansas has rejected a so-called "religious freedom" law that could sanction anti-lgbt discrimination. hutchinson had said he would sign the measure follow its passage in the state legislature last week. but a public outcry that included several protests, corporate leaders, and a backlash over a similar in indiana led hutchinson to back down. the governor said he's asked lawmakers to revise the measure. governor hutchison: i have asked that changes be made in the legislation, and i have asked the leaders of the general assembly to recall the bill so that it can be amended to reflect the terms of the

. >>> security is tight at a college campus in northeast kenya one day after a militant attack left nearly 150 people dead. today crews collected the bodies of the 147 people killed. hospitals are treating dozens of wounded. at least four gunmen in suicide vests attacked students in their dorms before dawn. survivors say the gunmen shot anyone who said they were christian. they were part of the somali-based al shabab group which murdered dozens at a mall two years ago. the attack left kenya's president visibly shaken. >> this is a moment for everyone throughout the country to be village important as we confront and defeat our enemies. >> it took kenyan troops hour to corner the attackers after the day-long siege. they believe they killed them all. >>> a second black box found near the wreckage of germanwings flight 9525 shows a rapid acceleration before the plane's crash landing. investigators say a cockpit voice recorder captured a banging noise appearing to be the captain working to gain entry. this coincide was allegations that copilot andreas lubitz intentionally crashed the plane. ger

. >> reporter: the college is in the northeast of kenya. it took two hours for ken yan reinforcements to arrive. u.s. counterterrorism officials tell us once the ken yans did arrive, they were descythe siesive, moving in and fighting. the president took to the air waves to try to calm his nation. >> we continue to pray for the quick recovery of the injured. >> reporter: al shabaab claimed responsibility almost immediately. the militant group carried out a similar attack on a shopping mall in 2013. >> you competing terror groupsed in world. they have to attack on the larger scale. >> reporter: the kenya government accused a man that is an elite leader of the al shabaab group. >> it is the result of a officials looking up what lubitz searched on his ipad in his final days. officials are hoping a key discovery at the crash site helps solve some of the many unanswered questions. katie terr has the latest. >> in the french alps recovery workers say they've recovered smashed cell phones larger pieces of wreckage and finally in a ravine the normal

al-shabab gunmen say they were behind attack that killed 147 people at a university in the northeast of kenyadliest attack on kenya soil by the group there has been. and masked gunman stormed the campus in the city taking hundreds hostage. am siege is finished but a dusk to dawn curfew in the region and we will hear from the correspondent on the ground but first from emma. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a place of learning but instead became a battleground and kenya troops tried to flush out al-shabab fighters up in the university college. they stormed the building in the early hours of the morning while students were sleeping. security forces were deployed. and it is close to kenya's border with somalia and targeted before by al-shabab, a somali based group linked to al-qaeda and some students were taken hostage and others managed to escape. >> they started jumping up and down running for their lives but unfortunate where they were going to is where they were coming from. >> reporter: within hours al-shabab said it was behind the assault. many of the injured suffered gunshot wounds and i

northeast in kenya it does seem that al shabab fighters are fairly free to move in and out of pour rouse borders. the most security and most vulnerable spot would certainly be a more plausible way of going about it, rather than manage to go completely close off and complete this very long and fairly remote border. >> many thanks. malcolm webb, live in garissa. >> still to come, going home at last after years of being forced to work at fishermen without pay. >> i'm tim friend in what's been described as the most desperate town in poland, where the best prosecutors spect for many is the road out of town. >> there's been intense street fighting in aden, at least 12 houthi fighters have been killed in an attack on aden's airport. earlier, saudi-led airstrikes forts houthis to retreat from a strategic hill top in the city. >> a deal over iran's nuclear program is said to be a win-win. barack obama says the deal will make the world safer. >> the u.n. wants swift justice for those behind an al shabab attack on a university in kenya that killed 147 people. penalty kenyatta said he will crack dow

evironmental focus fragile planet >> al shabab is holding students hostage in the university northeast in kenya. gunmen from the armed group stormed the camp in garissa before dawn. some students have been freed. sources told al jazeera that 15 are dead and almost 70 others injured. >> the associated press is reporting that houthi rebels captured the yemeni presidential palace in aden. president hadi has been in saudi arabia since the air assaults began last week. saudi arabia is reporting its first casualties. a border guard was killed and 10 others injured by gunfire from across the border. >> iran's foreign minister told al jazeera he and six word powers are very close to reaching a nuclear deal in switzerland. he said the joint draft statement sometime needs to be written after a marathon overnight session. >> returning notch to the situation in yemen joining us now is muhammed kabati, advisor to the past three yemeni ministers. let's start with the latest news we're hearing from the associated press that houthi rebels have captured the presidential palace in aden. tell us about the signifi

. >> reporter: garissa university college is in the northeast of kenya not far from the border with somalia. it took two hours for kenyan reinforcements to arrive. u.s. counterterrorism officials tell nbc news that once the kenyans did arrive, they were decisive, moving in and fighting. kenya's president took to the air waves to try to calm his nation. >> we continue to pray for a quick recovery of the injured. >> reporter: the somalia-based terror group al shabaab claimed responsibility almost immediately. the militant group carried out a very similar attack on a kenyan shopping mall in 2013. then, like today, with four gunmen. >> you have now competing terror groups in the world, so they have to show that they're relevant and they have to attack on a larger scale. >> reporter: the kenyan government accused this man, mohamed kuno, also known by other names. leader of elite al shabaab unit. this may be the deadliest attack on a university ever. and it appears to have been long-planned. over a week ago another kenyan university warned its students that al shabaab was plotting an attack. offi

gunmen have stormed the university in kenya's northeast near its border with somalia.say two guards were killed in the attackers are now hold up in student hostiles. the red cross says 32 people have been injured. saudi-led air strikes are forcing houthi rebels to pull back from the yemeni southern city of aden. the sought i-left coalition wants the rebels to vendor and for president hadi to be reinstated. >>> marathon talks over iran's nuclear future are continuing in switzerland two days past their deadline. france's foreign minister says negotiations are close to the finishing line, but the final steps are the most difficult. world powers are trying to reach a ground-breaking deal aimed at blocking iran's capacity to build a nuclear bomb in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. our diplomatic editor james bays joining us from lausanne where the talks have been taking place. so when france's foreign minister james says that the final steps are the most difficult. what are the final steps that are not allowing them to come out and make the announcement of some sort o

>> there are several attacks that have happened in the northeast part of kenya. and including some parts of mandera which is in the same area. and several al shabaab attacks have happened. if you remember the 36 people who were killed at the quarry at mandera the border attacks because it borders somalia on the other side of kenya. >> joyce stick close as we'll be calling on you for more reports on the shooting in kenya. >>> despite being hit by saudi air strikes into aden's central districts, bringing aden's death toll to 122 in the past five days. >>> further west, an attack on a dairy, the houthis say saudis are responsible but saudis say the houthi military are responsible. hashem ahelbarra ahelbarra has the latest. >> areas controlled by the houthis. the saudis say houthi rebels have acquired a huge number of weapons over the past few months. they worry that these weapons may be used in revenge attacks against saudi arabia. all the targets are destroyed. the dairy factory became an inferno in the western port city of hedada, dozens were killed. on monday a s

al shabaab gunmen had taken hostage several students inside the campus located northeast of kenya. many managed to escape but many more remained inside. we'll bring you more information on this breaking news story out of kenya if and when we have it. right now we're going to take a short break. short break. >>> i'm thinking that -- it wasn't really their fault because the decision was -- at a time where really the fear was real because at the time the decision was being made don't forget that up to 300 to 400 people a day were dying because of the disease. there were lots of flights being canceled from west africa and considering that the african league of nations was going to have a lot of west african countries i'm sure -- making that decision. >> the fine of $1 million to just 50,000 is a big reduction. does this embarrass -- >> well it's a huge embarrassment. because, you see, you've seen them reduce the sentence given for one other incident. they have also for some weird reason -- they vice president given to eastboundingorial >>> tennis now. a third seat has booked his place

. >>> an uneasy relationship between locals and authorities in kenya's northeast has been making for a difficult fight between al shabaab rebels the group accused of killing 147 students just a week ago. >>reporter: muslim clerics and the people meet to condemn thursday's massacre. they talk about peace. here's the problem. many people are too afraid to give any information to the government. i met some elders who told me why. >> i once give information to the police. they arrested me saying i'm al shabaab. how do you expect people to give you information if they feel they'll be victimize. >>reporter: somalis from this region accuse the police and military from targeting them in regular government crackdowns. this is garissa's main market. in 2012 three soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen just outside there was a government crackdown. this market was -- they believe the gunmen had passed through here and blamed the traders for it. she was shot in that raid. it took two months and the help of relatives to rebuild her store but much longer for her wounds to heal. >> she shot me

so, certainly, very raw emotions here in northeast kenya.ces an extremely interesting proposition to stamp out the threat. >> terribly sad situation. thank you so much. meantime the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting. russia called the meeting to push for break in fighting to let workers and the country into the country, and the international red cross also called for 24-hour halt in the fighting. all of this as new pictures appear to show an al qaeda leader in one of the presidential palaces. cnn cannot confirm authenticity of the photos and more than 200 others were freed from prison by al qaeda militants earlier in the week. the u.n. estimates that at least 519 people have been killed since the saudi-led air strikes began last month. they are trying to remove rebels from yemen backed by saudi arabia's chief rival, iran. >>> the last investigators left the crash site in the french alps. they are focusing on analysis of the flight data recorder which now shows the co-pilot lubitz purposely used the controls to speed up th

the terrorist siege is happening at the garissa university college in northeast kenya.for this attack. terrorists entered a dorm and began shooting. witnesses say the attackers were targeting christians. >> this morning california's governor is imposing the state's first ever required limits on water use. the new rules target businesses and consumers in cities and towns. they do not directly affect the farms that use most of california's water. the snow pack in the sierra nevada is at a record low level this year because of the worst drought ever measured there. the state relies on snow melt for one-third of its water. cbs news contributor michio kaku is with us. he's a physics professor at the city college of new york. professor, good morning. >> morning. >> these are unprecedented. do you think it's going to be enough? >> this is huge. you know the song "california dreamin'"? the people of california are dreaming about one thing, rain. when is it going to rain? 25% mandatory, across-the-board cuts. this is unprecedented. i was born, i was raised in california. i've ne

>>reporter: the town is in the northeast of kenya. it's fairly remote. it's one of the largest towns that exists near the kenyan somali border. so perhaps one of the reasons this could be chosen is out of pure ease. the town itself is very somali-kenyan. now if you can imagine somolia and kenya simply divided lie a line making them different, however, they're still the same tribe. >> is there a sense that there will be changes in security in kenya as a result of this attack? >>reporter: we've heard that they are deploying at least 10,000 police officers. that's what we've heard. we're not sure if that's an exaggeration to garissa to try and secure it in the future. there does need to be better security. there needs to be better intelligence. the government also needs to avoid creating rifts between the muslim and christian population of kenya because really that would be the biggest, i believe, travesty of all. >> robin, thank you very much >> now to yemen. houthi rebels seized a district in the heart of the southern city of aden. the shia group has repo

. >> hello, al shabab said it's holding students hostage in a university in kenya's northeast. gunman from the somalia based armed group stormed the campus and sources have told al jazeera that at least 15 people are dead including two guards and a policeman. witnesses have been describing how they reacted when the shooting began. >> we were not even trying to know what is happening. >> we heard gunshots and we were sleeping. it was around five and they started jumping up and down and ran for their lives. it's unfortunate where they were going to is where the gunshots were coming from. this meant the guys to, ok, find some out in the field. we went there. we went to the field the gunshot continued. this meant us to run to the fence so you can get away out from the school. >> we'll have more live later on al jazeera. >> there are reports that troops are disembarking ships at a port in aden. there have been fierce battles in the southern city between houthi fighters and loyalists to president adou rabbo mansour hadi. houthis have been trying to take control of the city but retrea

security is tight at a college campus in northeast kenya a day after a militant attack there left nearlyple dead. the attack was carried out by the islamist militant group al shabab which has been linked to al qaeda. this was the worst attack on kenyan soil since the u.s. embassy was bombed back in 1998. >>> the other big story this morning, iran and global powers agreeing to an initial framework to curb iran's nuclear program. michael singh is from the washington institute. thanks for being here. >> good to be here. >> a lot of skepticism about the deal. some says it's stronger than we thought. historically, though the big issue is that iran always has cheated before. what do you think of this deal and will it actually get done and will they stick to it? >> well look. i mean the first thing to point out is it's not clear there actually is a deal. you have sort of duelling statements out there. even the united states and european statements are a bit different. iran is sort of making their own decisions about the ordeal. and their decision maker has been silent about the parameters that

. ♪ ♪ >>> the top stories on al jazerra, gunmen have stormed a university in kenya's northeast and are students hostage. police say two guards have been killed and the attackers are hiding in the student accommodations. the red cross says 32 people have been injured. >>> saudi-led air strikes are forcing houthi rebel to his pull back from the yemeni southern city of aden. the sowed saudi-led coalition wants the rebels to vender and president hadi to be reinstated. >>> isil fight versa taxed a palestinian refugees camp in syria but have been pushed back by other rebel forces. aid agencies say those living in the we signinged camp are struggling to survive. >>> world leaders have been hailing nigeria's democrat i think spirit following the peaceful presidential poll. goodluck jonathan has been the first pred to succeed there. he wants this to be part of his legacy. we take a look back at jonathan's time in power and what may have caused his defeat. >> reporter: when goodluck jonathan was elected president in 2011, people people were convinced he could fix nigeria's problems. he was the f

in the past few minutes, community leaders in the northeast of kenya have condemned the massacre at the university. >> we are confident of the fact that murderous criminals, purporting to profess our faith of islam have committed this hideous act. we want to disassociate ourselves with and our islamic faith with the actions of these demented muslims. they are not muslims and do not represent us. we will do everything in our power to expose and eliminate them from our midsts. >> let's speak to the bbc's maud julien. maud, there is no surprise that there is condemnation of course of that raid. not clear how effective bombing runs are going to be against these militants. >> well, there's always been criticism of these raids, actually. you can see on social networks people are saying it took 150 dead for kenya to finally start these air strikes in somalia. now, what we're hearing is that the militant's bases, the shabab bases in somalia were destroyed by these strikes that started last night and that went on until this morning. i spoke to a kenyan army spokesman earlier today, and he told m

she ran into that closet when heavily armed al shabab militants stormed the college in northeast kenya 19 years old. her name is cynthia. for others this is a day of mourning, the attackers gunned down 147 people, most of them students, before they were killed by security forces. >> al shabab says it's not done. new warnings of more attacks and vows that kenya's cities will, quote, run red with blood. we want the latest on this. christian is in nairobi. first of all, tell us more about this woman who hid. she had no food, no water, what is she telling you? >> reporter: christi, it's a remarkable story. she is 19 years old and she described to us how when the gun men came in she hid on top of a cup board, a small space. he pulled the blankets over her head. she could hear on the other side of that flimsy door her friends trying to hide under the beds, the gun men came in and cleared everybody out of the room and she said that they separated the muslims from the non-muslims. she could hear the muslim girls made to recite certain phrases while the christians were made to lie down. she say

garissa is located in the north of kenya and the northeast province. s a region of kenya largely populated by ethnic somali kenyans of somali descent. small-scale attacks previously. what we've seen over the past couple of years is a dramatic intensification in the size and scale of the attacks launched by a shabab in kenya. these largely date back to 2011 when the kenyan military deployed in somalia and out shabab warned that deployment would have an impact in kenya and the would try to mount attacks. so far, they have mounted a number of very serious attacks. there was the attack on westgate mall, very affluent shopping mall in nairobi in 2013. and there were two attacks about six month ago come also in the northeast region that killed more than 60 people in an attack on a bus and an attack on corey workers -- quarry workers. we're seeing an increase in the number and scale of the attacks and the numbers of civilians killed. i think that is another part of the pattern that needs to be pointed out. these attacks are clearly targeting civilians. this at