president obama hadi was forced to flee. saudi arabia led a coalition of over ten arab operations and operation decisive storm which consisted of air strikes only but very well could include ground forces in the near future. iran feels embolden in yemen because of the leverage they gained over the administration through the nuclear negotiations. but i commend the gulf countries, the gcc countries for taking a strong stance against iran and stepping up to the plate in yemen. despite their action they actually control more territory now than they did before the saudi response. our embassy is closed. our personnel are evacuated and there's no hadi government to speak of. and al qaeda and arabian peninsula has taken advantage of the fighting and has capitalized on the deteriorating situation in yemen and we have very little visibility into the movements or their actions. i'm concerned that the aqap has gained ground in eastern yemen and has been left virtually unchecked to recruit and train. let's not forget that it was aqap tha

president obama hadi was forced to flee. saudi arabia led a coalition of over ten arab operations and operation decisive storm which consisted of air strikes only but very well could include ground forces in the near future. iran feels embolden in yemen because of the leverage they gained over the administration through the nuclear negotiations. but i commend the gulf countries, the gcc countries for taking a strong stance against iran and stepping up to the plate in yemen. despite their action, they actually control more territory now than they did before the saudi response. our embassy is closed. our personnel are evacuated and there's no hadi government to speak of. and al qaeda and arabian peninsula has taken advantage of the fighting and has capitalized on the deteriorating situation in yemen and we have very little visibility into the movements or their actions. i'm concerned that the aqap has gained ground in eastern yemen and has been left virtually unchecked to recruit and train. let's not forget that it was aqap th

. >> reporter: ali and hadi say more than 100 million students have completed one "hour of code" even president obama. as boys in iran, hadi and ali programmed their own videogames. >> there was islamic revolution and, you know, totalitarian regime and then war with iraq. i remember being scared. our father brought home a computer, a commodore 64. we lived in a place with no hope and this was a place where we could immerse ourselves in a different world. >> reporter: later they graduated from harvard and each sold his own startup to microsoft. today ali is based in the bay area, hadi in seattle. the twins, who grew upside by -- to grew up side by side -->> we played piano as duets, i was always the left hand and he was the right hand. >> reporter: --still working in tandem sharing their childhood joy of coding. >> when they realize they can do it, you can see that lighted go off for people. that's the real joy in the work that we do. >> reporter: so for introducing millions of students to programming, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to ali and hadi partovi. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> ki

president obama meeting with hadi to discuss the fight against isis.$200 million in new humanitarian help and to offset their fight against the militants. this is his first trip to the us us since becoming prime minister. an la flight forced to return to seattle after an airport worker fell asleep and became trapped in the plane's cargo hold. fourteen minutes after takeoff, the pilots and first class passengers heard banging. you hear that? a little bit of banging from beneath the aircraft. pilot turns around. makes an emergency landing. lo and behold there's the guys. he said sheepishly i fell asleep. he was checked out by medics. found to be unhurt. breaking news. robert durst just pled not guilty to federal gun charges in louisiana. the feds are going head-to-head over robert durst and what he has done or is alleged to have done. he made his first federal court appearance on charges of gun possession. this is the real estate magnate, turned, you know, accused murderer here. the state of louisiana has charged durst on similar accounts. none of them i

took center stage as iraqi prime minister abd-rabbu mansour hadi met with president obama. the iraqi leader came to washington looking for help to stop i.s.i.l. but the end result fell short of what he hoped for. >> reporter: haider al-abadi arrived in washington. his staff in baghdad making it clear that he was coming for reentosment in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and levant. on his list, surveillance drones attack helicopters and fighter jets. they said they needed those. didn't get it. when asked. this is how president obama responded. >> this is why we are having the meeting. making sure that iraqi security forces are in a position to succeed. >> the press secretary went further. >> there were no requests made. >> the u.s. is pledging aid. >> the u.s. president was very specific on one point. when it comes to actability they would be responsible for any war crimes committed with that equipment. >> human rights groups complained the u.s. and iraqi officials are not doing enough on that front. >> there's no indication that the resources to know what is hap

. >> reporter: ali and hadi say more than 100 million students have completed one "hour of code" even president obaman, hadi and ali programmed their own videogames. >> there was islamic revolution and, you know, totalitarian regime and then war with iraq. i remember being scared. our father brought home a computer, a commodore 64. we lived in a place with no hope and this was a place where we could immerse ourselves in different world. >> reporter: later they graduated from harvard and each sold his own startup to microsoft. today ali is based in the bay area, hadi in seattle. the twins, who grew upside by side -- >> we played piano as duets, i was always the left hand and he was the right hand. >> reporter: -- still working in tandem sharing their childhood joy of coding. >> when they realize they can do it, you can see that lighted go off for people. that's the real joy in the work that we do. >> reporter: so for introducing millions of students to programming, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to ali and hadi partovi. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> 16 states changed graduation policies so

. >> president obama met with abd-rabbu mansour hadi in the oval office are saying the u.s. would provide $200 million in humanitarian aid for the country, falling short of what the country hoped for - asking for weapons and fighter jets. the president says the funding will help those displaced in the battle against i.s.i.l. >> for a partner like iraq, it is very important for us to coordinate our activities so the impression is not that the united states can move back into iraq but rather the united states is doing what is ultimately best for the iraqi people, even as we join in fighting a common enemy. >>> after the meeting president obama avoided questions about future military aid adding we are discussing. patty culhane has the latest. >> reporter: as iraq prime minister abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrived in washington his staff in baghdad made it clear to reporters he was coming here for reinforcements in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and levant. on his list surveillance drones attack helicopters and fighter jets, saying they needed them to take back mosul and

hadi corrupted. meanwhile, the obama and administration us facing criticism for failing to evacuate its citizens from yemen despite lacking the saudi-led bombing campaign will stop we will be speaking with a citizen who evacuated himself back to the united states, later in the broadcast. iran has asked pakistan to reject involvement in the saudi arabia-led military campaign in yemen. the saudi government sought pakistan's help this week in what was seen as a prelude to a potential ground invasion. the comments, secretary of state john kerry has called out iran for what he says is tehran's heavy backing up houthi rebels. he said the u.s. will not tolerate entries "that engage in over or fair cross boundaries and other countries." >> we're concerned about what is going on there. it is just not a fact. they happen, there are obviously supplies that up and coming from iran. there are a number of flights every single week that of an flying in. we traced those flights. we are well aware of the support iran has been giving yemen. iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while

hadi is in washington d.c. to ask the u.s. president obama to ask for more weapons to help fight i.s.i.l.ave 300 mine resistant vehicles 12000 sets of body armor helmets and first aid kits and 21,000 rifles and more than 2000 hell fire missiles america has trained thousands of iraqi troops at five bases in the u.s. and we have a senior fellow at the institute at the american university in beirut and joins us now live from the lebanese capitol and doesn't sound there has been shortage of u.s. weapons flowing in iraq over the resent years and why does the prime minister feel he needs more, is there a battle changing now he is confronting i.s.i.l.? >> well certainly confronting i.s.i.l. is requiring new forms of equipment that the iraq doesn't have like surveillance drones and helicopters and other things and also it's the situation with the attacks that the iraqi armed forces are going to launch or in the process of launching to reclaim anbar providence and go north to mosul and other places. so the nature of the battle that has to be won require more sophisticated equipment. the problem is

hadi. the government - the country has two rival parties too. u.s. president obama has shaken hands with the raul castro the latest sign of thawing between the two country they are expected to hold a private meeting. james bays is in panama city. >> reporter: arriving for a summit he hopes can change relations with its neighbours president obama started a process of normalization with the government of raul castro months ago. a cell phone camera took pictures of the two chatting and shaking hands. in a matter of hours they are expected to have a proper construction the first time it happened since mr castro's brother fidel seized power in 1959. >> as the united states begins a new chapter in the relationship with cuba we hope it creates an environment improving the lives of the cuban people. >> reporter: the u.s. is key to show the summit that it's a change in the region. there's a cloud on the horizon. protesters are angry about an ord by president obama, placing sanctions on senior venezuelan officials and condemning the government of president nicolas maduro. he

say they mean to restore to office yemen's president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, who's also backed by the united states. president obama today released military aid to egypt, as the cairo government moves to form an arab alliance against terror. the aid had been on hold since the egyptian military overthrew islamist president mohammed morsi in 2013. it includes 12 f-16 fighter jets, plus missiles and other weaponry. in iraq, government forces fought their way into the center of the city of tikrit, against islamic state militants. military officials said troops attacking from the south and west have recaptured at least 75% of the city. the interior ministry reported street-to-street fighting, with at least 40 islamic state fighters killed. prime minister haidar al-abadi spoke in baghdad. transtransi'd like to present to you the good news we've raised the iraqi flag. they are now purging other parts of the city from the islamic state militants. >> woodruff: the operation to retake tikrit began earlier this month, with iranian support, but it stalled. last week, the iraqis called in u.s. air strikes, and the ground offens

hadi. the saudi led coalition is pounding houthi fighters from the air. president obama said he'll visit this summer despite an attack on a kenyan university killing 148 people. many of the bodies have been sent to nairobi for identification. and iran has agreed with a deal with the six world powers so long as they do the same. >>> the fighters of the islamic state in iraq and the levant have fought their way back to the yarmouk camp in syria capital, and are said to be in control of most of it. the group made significant gains on wednesday but were expelled. it's the closest that the group has come to damascus. president assad place of power. >>> some 15,000 antiquityies being stored in idlib are now at risk of being sold on on the black market. they fear that statues and pottery may be sold, and the al nusra and other armed groups seized idleb on saturday. . >> the man who ran the country's powerful internal security agency has been arrested and charged with bribery abuse of power and leaking state secrets. zhou yongkang is the highest rank official in these charges. >

the houthis for causing the crisis ingz#ç yemen and recognizing president hadi's legitimate leader of yemen and president obamauote of logistical support of military-led operations and the administration claimed that while u.s. forces are not taking direct military action in yemen in support of this effort we are establishing a joint station with saudi arabia to coordinate intelligent support. we can speculate that we're in support of what's going on and there's a lot of concern, perhaps that the longer that this persists the greater the chance for terrorists on the ground to become empowered. i'm glad that i woke up at 5:00 a.m. to prepare for this today because had i not i wouldn't have checked the news cycle and seen that there was actually a major operation and mccalla last night where aqap terrorists in what seems like a major operation attacked certain facilities and then while one group is attacking the facilities another group attacked a jail and broke it open and several hundred aqaps escaped including a high level regional commander and we know from history and from yemen's history that the central s

hadi might not be able to commandeer the support needed in yemen and likely will be replaced by the vice president and prime minister. >>> u.s. president barack obama says the conflict can only be resolved through dialogue. he made the comments during an interview with msnbc. >> that's always been an fractious country with a lot of problems. it's very poor. and right now, there are a lot of people inside of yemen suffering. we need to bring the parties together and find a political arrangement. it's not solved by having another proxy war fought inside of yemen and we've indicated they need to be part of the solution not the problem. >> we have more now from washington d.c. >>reporter: the obama administration says it welcomes the decision of the saudis to end the air war against houthi targets in yemen. officials at the white house and pentagon say they're very supportive of efforts now underway to try to deal with the humanitarian suffering of yemeni citizens. they also say that they're very supportive of efforts to try to negotiate a political settlement between those who support president hadi and those who support the houthis as well as those w

obama has discussed developments in yemen on the phone with saudi king salman. they agreed, the for the lasting disability elsewhere the ground fighting between houthis and forces loyal to president abd rabbu mansour hadi has made an opportunity for al qaeda to have gains. abdullah al-shami has more. >> three weeks into saudi led coalition war against houthi rebels it's been a similar story every day. on friday, columns of smoke rose over an arms depo over the capital of sanaa. the republican guard remains loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh. strikes have also targeted presidential palace in ta'izz. >> we are the sons of mohamed we reject the houthis. we are willing to sacrifice our money and all of our belongings to defend our land. >> amid the violence are the singles who pay the price. 150,000 people have been driven from their homes and 750 have been killed. 17 educational institutions have also been destroyed.. the country's efforts and main power station have also been destroyed, as well as bridge factories farm lands and modification. mosques. abdullah al-shami, al jazeera. >>> italy is struggling to coach with a new wave of migrants arriving in makeshift boats. as paul brennan report

blaming the houthis for causing the crises in yemen, recognizing president hadi's legitimate leader of yemen and president obama authorized the provisions of support to gcc led military operations. the administration claimed that while u.s. forces are not taking direct military action in yemen in support of this effort where established a joint planning in so doing to coordinate military and intelligence support. so that's one aspect of the policy and certainly one that is being played out in public. now, privately we can sort of speculate that yes, we are definitely in support of what's going on but there's a lot of concern perhaps that the longer that this persists, the greater the chance for terrorists on the ground to become empowered. i'm really glad that i woke up at 5 a.m. to prepare for this today because had i not i would not have checked the news cycle and seeing that there was actually a major operation last night where aqap terrorists in what seemed like a major operation at a certain facilities and then while one group is attacking the facility to another group attacked a jail and broke it open and

hadi in saudi arabia. rebel leaders also called for peace talks. and the state department said the obamaistration has told the saudis it supports negotiations as well. >> the saudis make their own decisions certainly in conjunction with their coalition partners, but we have been having a conversations the saudis understand that the path forward here needs to be dialogue. >> woodruff: meanwhile, in shiite iran, the parliament speaker challenged the saudis to defend killing hundreds of people in yemen. >> ( translated ): what has happened in yemen over the last 27 days? the saudi government should be asked: what have you achieved, after all this fuss, when you said in your statement that you have achieved your goals? >> woodruff: iran supports the houthi rebels, but has denied supplying them with weapons. we take a closer look at iran's role in yemen, and its nuclear negotiations with the u.s. joining me is thomas erdbrink, the "new york times'" tehran bureau chief, some of whose video reports we've aired on the newshour. he's in new york this week. thomas erdbrink thank you for joining us

president obama hadi was forced to flee. saudi arabia led a coalition of over ten arab operations and operation decisive storm which consisted of air strikes only but very well could include ground forces in the near future. iran feels embolden in yemen because of the leverage they gained over the administration through the nuclear negotiations. but i commend the gulf countries, the gcc countries for taking a strong stance against iran and stepping up to the plate in yemen. despite their action they actually control more territory now than they did before the saudi response. our embassy is closed. our personnel are evacuated and there's no hadi government to speak of. and al qaeda and arabian peninsula has taken advantage of the fighting and has capitalized on the deteriorating situation in yemen and we have very little visibility into the movements or their actions. i'm concerned that the aqap has gained ground in eastern yemen and has been left virtually unchecked to recruit and train. let's not forget that it was aqap tha