richard martin. al jazeera >>> the scandal-plagued secret service is set to hire 1,100 new agents in stafford. reuters is reporting that the hirings would take place over the next five years. this comes amid accusations that it cannot adequately protect the white house. the agency has faced scandals and security lapses. last year you probably remember when a private security guard with a loaded gun boarded an elevator with president barack obama. >>> the u.s. territory having problem paying interest on their debt to the u.s. is also facing a severe drought. >>reporter: with water cut off to his house, antonio must go find it. and then haul it back home to his waiting wife. the government has cut off tap water to 400,000 homes. >> this is almost getting close to the most extreme drought event that puerto rico has ever experienced. from the air, you can see the full effects of the drought. less than two inches of rain fell last month. rivers are now barely streams and san juan's main river source is do

richard martin, al jazeera. >> there is much more still to come for you on the al jazeera newshour. commemorations marking 70 years since the end of the second world war. we will be speaking to one veteran who was awarded france's highest honor. being red, anger spilled out on the streets in guatemala. we will have that story for you. how a wounded tiger couldn't be saved from another major exit. we will have the full story for you a bit later on. >>> now, fighters loyal to the exiled yemeni president hadi have made gains against howe ho houthi rebels. government forces have taken control in the third largest city, taiz. loyalist fighters say they fully control the shabwa prove incident in the country's south. >> means pro-government forces control 5 provinces overall in the south of yemen. >> reporter: taking control. pro-government fighters recapture the main security buildings in the city of taiz. it's yet another victory for president hadi's fighters. they have been able to defeat houthi rebels in several other cities across yemen in recent days. on saturday, they announced that

it is worth noting, richard, as you mentioned, that bernie sanders, martin o'malley, they haven't hadattacks on hillary clinton's e-mails, and i do think that's a telling sign, because the democratic party isn't willing to confront her on this. >> mark murray, as always, thank you, my friend. >> thanks, richard. >>> let's take you back to the big board. two hours into trading. what has been said is that we are about 200 points away from a correction. now down 317 points, joining us now on the phone is cnbc contributor ron ensana. you said to me, look out, there is china to worry about. we also have the hiking of interest rates you also told me a month ago. >> yeah, i would worry a little less about a rate hike from the fed given the turmoil we've seen since then. thank you for recognizing that statement, by the way. we're in a period where global growth is certainly being called into question, particularly in china with the stock market again falling another 4.25%. shanghai shares are down 30%, hong kong down 20%. they're really in disarray in these worries about global growth. to me

kaplan, who is currently the martin marshall professor of management practice at harvard, senior associate dean at the harvard business school, being named to replace richardisher. among the items in his resume, he's written a bunch of books about leadership, but also former vice chairman of the goldman sachs group. that was in 2006. i pent a number of years at goldman sachs price to leaving to go to harvard, and served on the board of state street, harvard management, and bed bath and beyond. he will be stepping down from all those boards. by the way, richard fisher was also one of the few fed members with investment banking experience. so the dallas fed continuing that trend there. >> a gentleman well know to cnbc viewers as well, right? i mean, mr. kaplan has been on the network many, many times, yes. >> a person we now from that, scott. >> steve, thanks so much. interesting news there. >>> let's do a trade update. pete is seeing some unusual activity in strategic hotels last week, the stock is up 1.5%. >> it doesn't sound like a lot. a little more than 5,000, the december 15 strike calls here, paying about 15 cents for those. then it was disclosed that

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martin o'malley speak at the urban league convention. live at 7 a.m. your calls and comments on washington journal. on newsmakers, alabama senator richarde export import bank, the dod d-frank banking law and other topics. newsmakers, 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the only pilot in history to ever fight the british navy to a standstill. >> this is unheard of. >> he actually fired the first shot. >> this sunday night author robert kersin on the search for the pirate ship the golden fleece and its captain joseph bannister. >> he started off his life as a noble english sea captain who was trusted by very wealthy shipowners to sail their ship between london and jamaica which was known as the wickedest port on earth. for years, he did that responsibly and nobly. one day in 1684 for reasons no one could determine joseph bannister stole his own ship, recruited a pirate crew and turned into a pirate. >> sunday night at eight 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> on monday, secretary of state john kerry announced the release of the state department's 2015 human trafficking report. it assesses efforts around the world to fight slavery. the secretary's remar