i sat a few feet away from her at the robin toner dinner. look, this is a politician who is on. she does not have a primary challenger of any significance. she is poised in her confrontation with the press. there is a confidence there and an ability to almost already start playing to the general election that i don't see on the republican side. i don't think she cares if the press thinks this or that. she is moving towards the white house quickly and aggressively. >> it's important to note that she does best in these events that are very structured, where they have control or she knows what she's going to say. >> she mingled. she stayed for 30 minutes. she was sending a signal to the press there, i don't just run away from these events. she stayed. she shook hands. >> for now is the interesting part. she was part of that. at times they were very open to the press, they mingled and chatted. other times they pulled back. depended to be hot and cold. we'll watch. we know as part of her rollout, her team is trying to get her into more intimate settings. forget about reporters. we sh

going to be speaking actually at a journalism found razor in honor of our friend and late colleague robin tonerf the "new york times." then what, timing? >> in terms of her announcement? i think it's coming next month. i think the e-mail furor has reinforced a point that her supporters have made that she needs a infrastructure in place to respond. these stories are not going away as with the latest round of benghazi e-mails. >> suggesting some of her senate colleagues were using their private e-mails rather than having government e-mails so it would have been captured. to be continued for sure. susan page great to see you, chris cillizza and kasie hunt, thank you so much. over overseas, shiite rebels battle the ousted sunni government in what is becoming a proxy war between iran and neighboring saudi arabia. all of this creating an opening for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and isis. richard engel on home base joining me from new york. you know yemen, been there so often. this is the worst we have seen in a number of years. >> yemen has been a fragile country for the 20 years or so i've been