you have fights resistance across yemen, and people are fed up with negotiations that would give salah and the houthis legitimacy to legitimize their crimes against humanity. people came to a conclusion that they had to take the matters to their own hand and free their own cities and move forward and put an end. we see that happening in a lot of cities and polices in yemen where the resistance and the local people have taken over their own cities and pushed out the military that are loyal to the houthis. it's very clear to me that yemenis are determined to move forward with resistance to put an end to this and the crimes that have been committed by ali abdullah saleh and houthis against yemenis across the nation, and put an end - in order to put an end to the saudi-led strikes in yemen. houthis will need to stop and the only one that can stop them are the yemenis on the ground. >> i'm going to have to stop you there on that thought. joining me live from new york. thank you very much. >> coming up on the newshour the latest on india's scorching heatwave that's killed nearly 2,000 people

we knew there was influence behind the houthis, and salah was supporting them. something that we may be surprised to learn is the houthis and president ali abdullah saleh was on opposing sides. it looks like they were on opposing sides. they were trying to show they have more right to rule than the houthis and others in the north of yemen. now, today, with the shelling of the compound of ali abdullah saleh, he has come out clear to say "i'm siding with them", though everyone know especially over the past two years. he's very much now worried that this has shown that he may have been trying to sell them out over the past few weeks he was trying to get relief by selling them that he is the only one that can fight them. so i think now he's very much worried that he may be facing both streaks from the allied arab forces away from the dormant cells that could be working against him. i think he's worried about that that he may be cornered by both the allied forces and the houthis, were his allies but the thought that he was with them all the way through. >> it's a com

the ground and stop the militia, and their allies and how to understand the confrontation is against salah. like i said yesterday, the security the saudi citizens are equal, as important as the others but our thought is their safety and also our brothers yemenis, that have nothing to do with the operation in sadr. those militia were hiding in hospitals and in the government building and to stop them from leaving sadder. in aden we executed operations and the situation on the ground is unchangeable. they are still hiding in some area and the situation will improve soon. the target yesterday was aimed at ammunition storage, and they are hiding a big alt of ammunitions ammunitions. there's depots and storage areas inside hospitals and leadership buildings. it is a form of storage. these are all in leadership buildings, which have been targeted. which some of the storage contain. some ammunitions. and this one is near the borders of saudis and as you can see they - the amount of storage which has been hidden in the storage which aimed of targetting the saudi arabia area. and also they are hidi

the houthis and forces loyal to former president salah remain powerful here.the province the fight is equally hard. forces loyal to the president are putting on the fight. most of the city was destroyed. houthis and their allies. different areas were bombed. speaking from the saudi capital, the newly appointed team of staff, his priority is to organise the forces. >> the requirement is to unite and regroup the army. >> the houthis hit the equipment, cleared the bases and september the officers home. 80%. army is not doing the job. back in yemen, it's a battlefield. millions suffer. >> let's go live to the saudi capital. what sort of message are the saudies and the yemeni president extending to the islamic state. >> they have interesting messages to convoy. the update we have or the latest is a statement by the yemeni government, about discussions that took place between president abd-rabbu mansour hadi and secretary john kerry. they conveyed the condolences over the killing of civilians in aden and stressed u.s. support, full support for president hardy. and t

but for the time being they say the houthis and the former president, ali abdullah salah, should faceal. >> translator: there have been systemic crimes committed by the houthis. intentionally targeting civilians. it is a crime. >> reporter: reconciliation in yemen may be a long way. weeks of fighting have deepened the divide between the feuding factions. yemen's main political factions are expected to meet here in riyadh in the coming days to form a knew alliance against the houthis and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah salah. they hope to build international support for the new alliance that is likely to run the country in the near future. >>> the conflict in yemen will be high on the agenda as representatives from gulf nations meet with president barack obama at camp david in maryland. allan fisher is there. not all of the leaders expected to attend the meeting will actually do so alan what sort of message does that send to the obama administration? and how is it going to impact upon these talks? >> reporter: we think we have just heard barack obama's helicopter arriving

there are forces loyal to salah, who made it clear when their leader was targeted in a saudi air strike. that continues to defend the country with an aggression against yemen, it's a mounting tension. an issue facing the international community is to try to mend the tensions putting an end to the conflict so a genuine political settlement about a permanent solution that has been beset by decades of war, instability and poverty. >> decadesed in. hashem ahelbarra reporting for us. >>> a train accident in philadelphia killed at least five and injured more than 50 others. the passenger train derailed on its journey from washington d.c. to new york city. it shut down services in the region. >> reporter: the amtrak trail derailed minute after pulling out of philadelphia 36th station. all six passenger cars and the engine ran off the tracks, crashed into each other flipping on to its side. some overturned. >> i felt like the brakes were hit hard. our car, it started to go to the right. i raised my arm. we saw it go like that you could see it off the tracks. we rolled and rolled. next thing we

from the provinces of salah and others. they have been accused of human rights abuses and many have not returned to their homes. in ramadi the regular army and local police were no match for i.s.i.l., many seen escaping from the city. many blame the government for the fall of the city. >> translation: right now we have few options on the ground. the best is to train and arm local tribes, because they are the only group operating under the command of the prime minister is the shia coalition. unfortunately reluctance in bringing local sunni tribes on board played a factor, and iraqi forces retreating. >> translation: that decision will alienate many sunni tribes. some leaders said it would consider their involvement an iranian occupation of their province, there's concern. >> it's a sunni area, there's an ethnic dispute before - it's gone about 10 years, and there'll be a clash, definitely, between the tribes and the shia militia. secondly, it's more weakening the central government. why, because it's not the army. >> ramadi

losses for hezbollah, and syrian troops how much land have they been able to take control of omar salah? >> well both the syrian government as well as hezbollah in lebanon declared they had made significant gains on wednesday, when they captured one of the highest point in the calais mun mountain range, over looking a wide area. that is used by the rebels to move around, bring in supplies and is not far from a main highway connecting damascus as well as the city of homs. it's a very important achievement for both sides. however, we know that rebels from the coalition of rebels fighting there are relying on hit and run tactics. it's a mountain house terrain, they know the area well. they'll probably fry to deplete the -- try to deplete the forces of hezbollah, and the government. the death toll from yesterday's fighting stands at 8 bringing it up to 25 since the fighting between hezbollah, and the rebels. hezbollah is losing people. there's 22 people killed in the last two weeks. >> what is happening inside lebanon. we know there was a verdict issued against a former lebanese minister wh

we'll talk to omar salah in beirut in lebanon, there's fighting. what is the situation there why has it increased. >> well, hezbollah is trying to push on three fronts and make gains. it's a mountain range. hezbollah is trying to push in three areas. they are considered to be strategic for hezbollah, the mountains, so they are trying to get the top of the hills to give them a vantage point. however, the other side is claiming to have repelled hezbollah's advances and they are talking of regaining areas they lost in the last few days of fighting this will not be easy for hezbollah >>> and the battle elsewhere? >> well a town is considered to be the gate way for the syrian course that is where bashar al-assad's stronghold is located. basically you have the coalition of rebels taking control of that town about two weeks ago. however sh around 200 - up to 250 fighters from the regime some are senior officers are holed up in the hospital. we understand they are taking shelter in the bunker. the rebels manage to infiltrate the compound. however, it remai

the hewitt jes and salah are in control of as much or more territory than when it began. i think there's frustration in the part of many people in many countries as to what is the exit strategy. i'm not the first person to point this out. it seems as though it's hard to imagine how do you pull out once you have committed to a major air campaign like this. it's hard to tell. the alliances are shifting. nothing is permanent. i do, however, thinks that the key to this is less houthis. he is the king maker, has been for a very long time and we'll have to watch how he reacts to all of this. back to the point that we were making about the humanitarian situation, because apt the riyadh conference we heard the u.n. envoy come out and speak, and he called for an extension of a truce in place, relatively shaky, in place for the past five days. what is the likelihood that an extension will actually take place? i'm looking at a reuters wire now, which says the vice president told reuters that the extension depends on the situation on the ground. >> the situation on the ground is comp

omar salah reports. >> reporter: another gain for syria rebels in northern idlib.ers a coalition of rebels including al nusra front fighters allied to al qaeda. they control the town. it is thought to be the last major stronghold in the province. >> thank god we liberated a town in a few hours. i swear, they ran like rats. >> after days of ongoing battles, regime soldiers left. the state's newsagency says government forces pulled out to the outskirts. tens of families are fleeing. >> some people are scared that the regime will destroy the town using barrel bombs. rebels have also moved on to the village in the western countryside, killing a number of government soldiers. days earlier, rebels captured the town. last month they took control of idlib city the province capital. the next major battle for the fighters could be president bashar al-assad's stronghold of lat abbingy on the coast. syria's palmyra. the islamic state of iraq and levant is widening its control. these photos show a glimpse of one of series notorious prisons. tens of inmates were moved by governm

the minister of the minister of finance is called abu salah. if he's the minister of finance, how does this guy become the cfo? i think the act pekt to focus on apart -- aspect to focus on apart from the idea of black population, that's how we have to play it against isis because they played against us in a direct fashion. the real value, i'm told and it's been reported by abc news as well as my colleague at "the daily beast," this guy played an integral role in the capture of hostages particularly kayla mueller, confirmed killed by isis. there's an emotional payback element of this too. the president authorized this mission. he wanted to capture abu sayyaf alive, bring him back to the united states and probably have him stand trial, sort of a public reckoning with the fact that these guys have gone after american civilians. it's an important step in this coalition effort. raids against the mid-level target that result in the collection and confiscation of silence that lead to higher targets, we did this in iraq imnew mexicoim-- in iraq innumer