>> saleh: of course. >> logan: and they don't? >> saleh: they don't.hat's why i say the surge is not addressing the fundamental question: what do you do with sanctuaries in pakistan? >> congressman mike rogers: amrullah is actually a friend of mine. >> logan: congressman mike rogers is chairman of the house intelligence committee that helps oversee all of america's intelligence agencies. he echoed what president obama has said, and told us that pakistan has arrested hundreds of terrorists in cities across the country over the last ten years. rogers also confirmed what amrullah saleh said about the taliban's senior leaders operating from quetta, pakistan. >> rogers: no doubt about it, for far too long. it was one of those, i think, arranged tradeoffs for other bits of cooperation. and remember, this is... >> logan: so the u.s. knew that and accepted it? >> rogers: well, they knew that they weren't being aggressive there. it didn't stop c.i.a.'s interest in trying to determine exactly who, what, when, where in quetta, which is-- you've been there, i've b

involvement in yemen and support for saleh.ring, after government forces began killing protesters, the u.s. began working with the saudis to ease him out. last week, after missing two agreed-upon deadlines to sign the agreement, saleh balked a third time. >> ( translated ): we do not want any foreign intervention or solution from outside of yemen. it is a yemeni issue. we should go into a dialogue with all political sides. a solution will come from us and not from the outside. >> warner: a day later, speaking in paris, secretary of state hillary clinton made her toughest statement yet on saleh's status. >> we continue to support the departure of president saleh, who has consistently agreed that he would be stepping down from power, and then consistently reneged on those agreements, turning his back on the commitments that he made, and disregarding the legitimate aspirations of the yemeni people. >> warner: now, in a country awash in weapons, those aspirations are on hold. instead, fears abound that this nation of 22 million cou

saleh has a very savvy organization. there are tribes that still support him and people that still support him. but his support has been deteriorating and the fact that this tribe has gone from his camp, even those he's a member of this tribe, the fact that they've turned their back on him, they're fighting him now is a big development to show you how the mood has soured. zain? >>> let's take a look at what up ins around the world are saying about this. the uk's guardian, president refuses to go as gun fights raise fears of war. it goes on to say the conflict appears to be the climax of long souring relations between the president and the ahmar clan, which are believed to be bankrolling the opposition. and this headline in "the scotsman --" the conflict, sharply increased chances yemen's three-month uprising could turn into a militia-led revolt. finally gulf news has 48 dead as fighting rages between tribesmen and government troops. it says in a country where the tribal system is well established, influential and deep-ro

to go after these individuals in a more aggressive way ali abdullah saleh staying in power means they can continue to hit these guys ali abdullah saleh leaving power could open the door even wider for the u.s. to go in and it's very very dangerous i think for the u.s. to consider boots on the ground in a more extensive way than they already exist all dangerous and of course absurdly expensive and lord knows if we have the budget to sustain that journey thank you so much for your time and i look forward to having again the programs as jeremy scahill author of black blotter. all right moving on from yemen roughly to in roughly two months president brought obama is expected to announce the beginning of the end of america's longest war now afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires and with one hundred thousand u.s. troops on the ground at a cost of more than one hundred twenty billion dollars per year the war in afghanistan has taken a serious toll on the united states but what about the people of afghanistan those afghan voices who are hardly ever heard amid the shouting of th

saleh said that this would never happen here. he said his country and would fight each other, and that this would end in chaos. protesters say that this proves that they can be organized and disciplined. >> this chicken symbolizes yemen, and he says, we will merge this like the revolution. >> the president has fought back. this is his latest crackdown. a demonstrator was shot here, and at least one dozen were killed. 150 people have died across the country. hong >> they are killing the people. >> he has been here from the beginning. he has had his friends killed, the marchers to the cost. -- cause. >> other people do these revolutions. >> yemen is very dangerous. this may fall apart. in the west, they are scared of yemen. >> they do not know what is happening. >> like everyone here, they accuse the president of threatening the threat of -- of exaggerating the threat of al qaeda. >> because al qaeda, we do not see this. >> the president says that al qaeda has infiltrated the camp and extremists are willing to take over. this is fe

then today, saleh's troops bombed the town. yemen's opposition accuses saleh of letting al qaeda in to prove he's fighting islamic militants, not pro-democracy demonstrators. >> the u.s. embassy called the crackdown both unprovoked and unjustified, kate. >> richard engle, thank you so much. >>> back here at home, it's now official. president obama chose this memorial day holiday to announce his new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he's army general martin dempsey, a west point veteran and iraq war veteran who describes himself as an irish kid from new jersey. the next step, confirmation by the senate. >>> still ahead, americans at war far from home. a young soldier and his platoon in one of the most remote places you can imagine. >>> and later, they're brave, smart, and they never complain about the food. meet america's dogs of war, as "nightly news" continues on this memorial day. >>> we're back now with our special series "far from home." jim maceda has been profiling the men and women of the u.s. military who are doing

sensitive training to gruel and murderous forces controlled by yemen's president so you know ali abdullah saleh is is famous for a number of things in yemen not the least of which is his ability to get around the resigning once he's done not resigning so you know the u.s. response is it's almost laughable if it wasn't so deadly right now and what's your sense of whether the focus is only going to intensify on counterterrorism efforts in yemen in light of the fact that not gotten was killed and now they're sort of

to go after these individuals in a more aggressive way ali abdullah saleh is staying in power means they can continue to hit these guys ali ability leaving power could open the door even wider for the u.s. to go in and it's very very dangerous i think for the u.s. to consider boots on the ground in a more extensive way than they already exist and i was jeremy scahill the national security correspondent for the nation magazine and also author of proc black. now after the resignation of its managing director dominic struck on the international monetary fund has been racing to find his replacement and many say that french finance minister christine lagarde is the front runner and she's been described by many as a financial rock star of. orts but perhaps more importantly she's a european but leaders of the brics countries of course that is brazil russia india china and south africa they want to do away with all of that they want to scrap what they call obsolete unwritten conventions and they say that it's time for the world's largest developed developing economies to see one of their own at

but saleh accused his opponents of fomenting civil war. and he insisted he won't step down, despite international pressure. >> ( translated ): we do not want any foreign intervention or solution from outside of yemen. it is a yemeni issue, we should go into a dialogue with all political sides, a solution will come from us and not from the outside. >> sreenivasan: as the fighting continued, hundreds of yemenis fled the capital. the eruption of the grimsvotn volcano in iceland appeared to be winding down today and just in time for air travelers in europe. a drifting cloud of ash closed four airports across northern germany for several hours, and forced some 700 flight cancellations. but europe's air traffic agency was hopeful. >> there are very few eruptions from the volcano over the last 6-12 hours so the volcano is in a reasonably calm state at the moment and assuming that continues we would expect that european aviation would be able to return to almost a normal situation within the next 24 hours. >> sreenivasan: the flight disruptions th

more than 100 have died since monday, and the militias today warned saleh to step down or face civil. speaking in paris, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said again, saleh must go. >> we continue to support the departure of president saleh who has consistently agreed that he would be stepping down from power and then consistently reneged on those agreements, turning his back on commitments that he made and disregarding the legitimate aspirations of the yemeni people. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. and britain also ordered non- essential diplomats and their families to leave yemen. tensions over the bombing of libya dominated the agenda, as world economic powers gathered in deauville, france. president obama and seven other leaders discussed the nato campaign in libya, something russia has opposed. but french president nicolas sarkozy insisted again that moammar qaddafi cannot remain in power. >> we're not saying that qaddafi has to go into exile. that's not our problem. we're saying that a man who's used artillery and aviation to shoot at innocent and unarmed people after 40 years o

. -- saleh has said he will not step down from power. we report on the latest developments. >> yemen is sliding toward open warfare. these are anti-government forces in the capital today. dozens of people have been killed or wounded this week. presidential forces battled their opponents. tonight, the foreign office said it is pulling out all inessential staff. it has warned britons in yemen to get out while they can. washington, once a staunch ally of yemen's president, is not telling him it is time to go. >> weakened -- is now telling him it is time to go. >> we continue to support the departure of president saleh, who has agreed he would step down from power but consistently reneged on those agreements. >> the president does not want to leave. he is warning of civil war and an al qaeda takeover if he goes now. but opponents say it could be civil war if he stays. parts of the capital look like a war zone today as opposition tribesman rushed to defend their leaders from presidential forces looking to arrest them. >> any mediation will no

. >> does he -- i am abdo saleh. >> does he understand this is not his case. >> that's the next case. >> if he wants to speak during public comment for this case, he -- that's not it. ok. ok. >> i don't know if i understood him properly that i'm not willing to be responsible, i am. i am willing to be 100% responsible for my operations, but all i was saying is the way it happened, you know, just the dropping of the license and the -- just the commotion that was going on, my employee going and having his charges dropped and all that is all i'm saying. i'm not saying i'm not trying to, you know, get out of responsibility whatsoever. not at all. thank you. >> thank you. >> dr. ocho anything further? then commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> commissioners, comments? >> i'll start. i'm disinclined to grant the appeal and modify the 25 days in this case for some of the reasons stated by dr. ocho. the decoy not presenting the i.d. in a particular way i did not find persuasive and the allegation -- or the suggestion that they had been challenged or a decoy operation had been run many, ma

it is the second biggest group of anti-president saleh protests. their sit-in has been ongoing for four months and has now come under attack from government forces. here in sana'a, people are angry. they have gathered in the center of the capital to show their support for those whose lives have been lost. the protests have turned into a march of mourning, marching for the soul of their fellows killed in taiz. they say the killing is intended to drive the youth into violence, the very thing they want to distance themselves from. for four months, protestors have been insisting it's a peaceful revolution. >> the regime is running out of solutions, running out of excuses. our plan is to continue our peaceful struggle. we are not moving out of the square. they with burn the square. they can burn us with the square. we're not moving. >> the authority says the protests were not peaceful, saying protestors have taken over government offices. >> what happened in taiz, it was agreed that all strikes of all kind of demonstrations should be peaceful. when peop

>> president saleh is blaming the opposition. in the past several weeks, ef we've seen many attempts, the u.s. is helping this, the u.k. is helping this, other countries trying to help in this, trying to make sure yemen can get to a place things proceed peacefully. every time they've been close president saleh has found one way or another to not sign that deal. yesterday, the opposition, five members of the opposition in yemen, actually signed that deal. the president promised today he would do so. this morning he said he wasn't happy with how the opposition signed the deal. he wanted them to do it publicly in his presence. the opposition refused, said it was another delay tactic everything went downhill after that. >> all right. mow mam mad, thanks so much. >>> the european union's foreign policy and security chief is in libya in the opposition controlled west. katherine ashton arrived to oversee the opening of an eu office, creating an office shows the eu support for the libyan people and for the rebel movement fighting to over

i would argue in the long-term if there can be a successful transition from president saleh to a more popular government, that transceivers to the united states and al qaeda. al qaeda is subject to although has little to do with the kind of value for the kind of demand that the protests elsewhere in yemen are making. al qaeda solution, the recourse to sharia is not really the answer at all to the kind of aspirations of the revolutionaries in yemen or elsewhere in the middle east. rather, those values are very close to the values the united states is comfortable with. so the challenge is getting through. a vulnerability in helping the yemenis build a kind of society and government they acquire to have. >> and answer questions please? >> michael kozicki at george washington university. in the area of lessons learned and so forth, are there any -- would she say there's a very valuable lesson that has been learned or might be learned from the foreign services of other countries in the middle east, especially of the u.k.? >> adverts or expanded a little bit and not only talk about the fore

the streets of that city for the last four months asking for resignation of president ali abdullah saleh burning tents, shooting at protester. i spoke to a medical official a short while ago. he said he saw personally 11 people killed since- night. over 160 injured from bullet wounds. many members of the youth revolutionary movement in yemen asking why is this happening? they're saying their movement is a peaceful one, they're not about violence, clashes. they don't understand why security forces are attacking them. they're very angry but they maintain they'll continue to come out into the streets not just of taiz but of other cities in yemen. they say they want the president to resign. they are committed to this movement despite any violence they might face from government forces. monit snarks. >> you mentioned other cities. also talking about not only dealing with opposition foreces but al qaeda launching attacks against them. >> >> this is another worrying development in a country so full of strife right now. we got reports that early morning saturday islamic militant basically seized

but it is clearly now in president saleh's hands. he has done this several times now, and we urge him to take action to resolve the situation. >> are you still need the meeting between president saleh and the opposition? >> we remain in regular conversation with the yemeni government, which includes both and civil society. >> [inaudible] >> i imagine today there was additional contact. it was just yesterday, obviously. >> saudi arabia -- an activist arrested, and a ban on female drivers in the conservative kingdom. you have any reaction on that? >> we understand that the woman was detained under she posted a video on youtube in which she is shown driving in a saudi arabian city. we're seeking more information at this point about her status. we understand there is an active debate on a lot of these social issues in saudi arabia, and we trust these -- the government of saudi arabia to give careful consideration to these voices of the citizens this big about issues of concern. >> how come the president did not mention saudi arabia in hi

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in april saleh expressed his intention to accept a proposal by neighboring countries and step down within a month. later that month he retracted the decision. >>> welcome back to "newsline business." japanese consumers have cut back on spending. how long will this trend continue? our market reporter spoke with the chief market economist on his outlook for personal consumption. >> ever since the march 11th disaster, personal consumption has remained very weak. in fact, household spending showed a record drop in march. what is your analysis of people's spending behavior? >> yes, of course, we had very bad numbers, especially in the consumption area. in march we saw household spending was down 8.5%. we saw minus 51% plans of nuclear. after the earthquake struck, japanese consumption was pushed down strongly. however, i think there was i'd say a sporadic direct point on the need of obtaining water or bread or milk. when we see convenience store sales in march, then it was up 7.7%. in supermarket sales we see plus 0.3%. so generally the sentiment of consumers are very bad after the earthquake

clings to power. >> ( translated ): we will not allow president saleh to lead yemen to civil war. he attacked our houses and we are steadfast. there are initiatives to stop this war. if he agrees to it, we will agree. if not, we are ready to face the consequences. >> brown: tribal leaders reported at least 18 people were killed today to the south of the capital sanaa as fighters tried to gain control of three military posts. in the capital, though, an apparent cease-fire took hold. thousands of people staged a relatively peaceful street protest after days of fighting that left more than 100 dead. meanwhile, an estimated 10,000 egyptians filled tahrir square in cairo after friday prayers in what was billed as the "second revolution rally." they called for the country's temporary military rulers to pick up the pace on making reforms. >> ( translated ): we came here to assure the people of egypt that this revolution still exists, it has not ended yet. it will only end when it achieves its goals. we want them to speed up trials of corrupt officials. we need a new constitution, and we

the protesters have demanded that president ali abdullah saleh step down. instead, saleh increasingly has used force to crush the three- month-old uprising. protesters in syria have begun fighting back with guns and grenades. activists reported armed resistance today in two towns in the central part of the country. government troops had attacked the towns on sunday. the reports today said at least 14 people have been killed in the fighting. and, hundreds have been arrested. northern sudan warned southern sudan today to withdraw from a disputed border region, but the south refused. the standoff raised new fears of a wider conflict, with thousands of people already displaced. i spoke earlier with rebecca hamilton of the pulitzer center, who's in the southern city of juba. rebecca hamilton, thank you for joining us. where are you now and what's happening there on the ground? >> you haveto go back to juba from several days further north up toward the north-south border of sudan. yesterday i flew over the place that the sudanese government attacked last weekend.

the latest demonstration come after president saleh refused to sign a deal agreed to go. these protesters did not like this deal either. they would like to present to go unconditionally. today, they sent a message that they would not be leading the country into civil war. this time, there was a tax on public buildings and the government upon is gaining control of the buildings that included the news agency and the national airline. inside the presidential palace, the president was as calm as he has been throughout this crisis. speaking to the media, he seemed to be rejecting the mediation effort led by the arab neighbors that some nearly brought a deal at the weekend. he insisted this was an internal crisis to be solved by yemen along. >> we don't want this to be international. this is an internal affair. all political parties in yemen should engage in dialogue. the solution is in their hands. this is not from the outside. >> with the upsurge in violence in the capital, yet many citizens have been fleeing their homes. -- yemenis have been fleeing their homes. there is no

sheikh said if president saleh wants war, he would have war. the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, says there is no evidence that senior officials in pakistan knew of osama bin laden's whereabouts before he was killed. but, she also said that pakistan needs to do more to battle islamist militancy. she was speaking in an unannounced visit to islamabad. >> secretary clinton said the c.i.a.'s been allowed access to bin laden's compound and behind the scenes she will have asked for more. there are many who wanted her to be even tougher. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the pakistani government knew that osama bin laden was living just miles from where we are today. >> over the recent years, america has given the pakistani army billions of dollars and the al qaeda leader was found here, those in washington said aid had to stop. but many pakistanis are angry, too. they say they don't want the money. of>> our country has so many problems, america is the cause. the if they damage our country or kill our people, we

saleh has already pulled out of a deal to step down three different times. >>> dominique strauss-kahn, the former head of the international monetary fund, is under house arrest. but apparently still living in high style. today, strauss-kahn is at a $14 million luxury townhouse in downtown manhattan. he was moved there yesterday, awaiting trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. >>> nine years after her kidnapping ordeal, elizabeth smart saw her tormenter sentenced to life in prison yesterday. but not before she delivered her final message to him in court. cbs news correspondent john blackstone reports on that. >> reporter: with cameras and cell phones banned from the courthouse, the first news came in handwritten notes. >> here we go. there it is. right there. life in prison. >> reporter: the life sentence for brian david mitchell is exactly what elizabeth smart and her family had been waiting for for years. >> i am so thrilled with the results that came out today. the life sentence. i couldn't be happier. today is the ending of a very long chapter, and the beginning

saleh is hanging on and the president for 33 years, and he is not -- i mean, everybody, everybody inoing to say that the guy has to step down, and he not doing it. in fact, it is escalating in many ways, because plenty of demonstrators were killed. and this is the place, taiz, and this is a huge demonstration that went on and 20 anti-government protesters shot in this southern city according to the organizers, and meanwhile in the south of the country, a place where you have government jets bombing protesters there, but those protesters are said to be al qaeda-linked and have taken over government buildings. so what is interesting is that you have two things happening. you have a popular revolution, and you have as well now this tribal power struggle between saleh and the tribes that are turning against him, and yemen is an exceeding tribal place and there are areas of the country where tribal law rules and the country's law does not count. so you have to appreciate the power of the tribe. so saleh is battling with one other major tribe in particular that he does not want to see take

violence broke out in yemen last week after saleh refused to follow through on the promise to resign. >>> defense contractor lockheed martin now admits it was the target of a significant and tenacious cyber attack. both lockheed and department of security insist the attack was thwarted -- their word -- before critical data was stolen. in a statement, lockheed martin said it detected the may 21 attack almost immediately and took counter measures. the company says no customer program or employee personal data was compromised. >>> authorities in joplin, missouri, are still trying to identify victims and volunteers are coming through neighborhoods. one week after the deadliest tornado to strike the u.s. in decades. president obama consoled the community in a sunday memorial service. abc stephanie cy has more. >> reporter: president obama got the first hand look at the tornado that ripped through joplin, missouri, a week ago. he assured victims, some that lost everything, the country was behind them. >> this is not just your tragedy. this is a national tragedy. and that means there will be