with people demanding immediate resignation of president saleh. this is t square in capital sanaa. reaching up five kilometers away. in the heart of yemeni capital, tens of thousands of citizens have set up camp there to protest against the government. pictures of peopleho died in military are posted. more than 500 people have been killed in such track-downs by the government. mohamud ibrahim is a 25-year-old university student. he is member of the group, an anti-government demonstration. in may, mohammed lost his younger brother jalal in a crackdown by the government forces when they were taking part in demonstration. >> translator: it's very painful. we pledged to start a revolution together. >> reporter: anti-government demonstration began about eight months ago in egypt. yemen's protests have lasted a long time, and their future is unclear. >> translator: we've endured saleh's corrupt government for 33 years. we can hold out until we topple the government. we won't be discouraged after only half a year of protest. >> reporter: president saleh has been recuperating in saudi arab

the interest directed at president saleh, who is been in saudi arabia since june, recovering from an assassination attempt. let's get the story. >> the second day of deadly violence in the yemeni capital. the street battle is bringing to an end what is effectively a political stalemate lasted for months. the protesters have been trying to extend the area where they have been camping in thousands, demanding that these long time yemeni ruler, president saleh, leave office for good.

with people demanding the immediate resignation of president saleh. this is the square in capital sanaa. in the heart of yemeni capital, tens of thousands of citizens have set up camp there to protest against the government. pictures of people who died in military crackdowns are posted. more than 500 people have been killed in such crackdowns by the government. muhammad ibrahim is a university studen he i aember of the youth group and anti-government demonstration. in may, he lt his younger brother in a crackdn by the government forces when they were taking part in demonstrations. >> translator: it's very painful. we pledged to start a revolution together. >> reporter: anti-government demonstrations began about eight months ago. yemen's protests have lasted a long time and their future course is unclear. >> translator: we have endured saleh's corrupt government for 33 years. we can hold out until we topple the government. we won't be discouraged after only half a year of protests. >> reporter: president saleh has been recuperating in saudi arabia, but

. >>> yemen's state-run television reported friday that president ali abdullah saleh returned to the country after three months of medical treatment in saudi arabia. there are fears his homecoming will escalate tension and violence in the country. saleh left yemen in june after suffering serious injuries during a bomb attack on his presidential compound. this week, gunfights between saleh loyalists and anti-government forces, joined by military deserters, killed more than 100 people in the yemeni capital sanaa. protesters are calling for large rallies on friday after muslim prayers. the international terrorist network, al qaeda, is expanding its power in yemen by taking advantage of the country's political unrest. the united states and saudi arabia are aiming to resolve the situation through negotiations, but president saleh refuses to give up power. >>> japanese prime minister yoesh noda plans to push to relocate a u.s. military base. he made the comment thursday in a visit to new york for a series of u.n. meetings. he said he hopes to persuade the people of okinawa to accept a plan

the interest directed at president saleh, who is been in saudi arabia since june, recovering from anssassination attempt. let's get the story. >> the second day of deadly violence in the yemeni capital. the street battle is bringing to an end what is effectively a political stalemate lasted for months. the protesters have been trying to extend the area where they have been camping in thousands, demanding that these long time yemeni ruler, president saleh, leave office for good. and in this new confrontation between the demonstrators and the security forces, many more casualties today hastily remove to hospitals and makeshift clinics. it has forced yemen and fears of a greater escalation of the deadlock continues back into the international arena. >> we call on the government to end attacks against civilians and civilian targets. in full compliance with yemen's obligations under international human rights law. >> the government's will investigate and hold accountable all those responsible for these attacks. it is unfortunate that those events yesterday occurred at a time while some so

saleh has balked at signing the deal three times already, but the u.s. state department had said thursday that an agreement was nearly complete. it would give him immunity from prosecution for the deaths of hundreds of protestors since january. the yemeni president has been living in saudi arabia since the june attack on his compound left him seriously wounded. the u.s. once saw saleh as an ally in the fight against al qaeda's increasingly active branch in yemen. washington withdrew its support as the protests continued. and for more on the turmoil in yemen, we turn to christopher boucek of the carnegie endowment for international peace. these two sides have been in conflict all year. why this sudden upsurge in violence? why now? >> i think the key question, this has gone on for almost nine months. it only escalated into serious violence in the past weekend. there have been periodic outbreaks until now. it wasn't until this weekend when protestors left the area under the protection of the general, the defected commander of the first armored division, tha

saleh plays us fools. actually g f.o the wikileaks documents, they tell you without any equivocation, he says if you americans want to use drones and kill people of al qaeda, go ahead, we will pretend it's us who are doing it. so it's saleh and thank god for the favor he's done that but we must also understand the kind of customer we're dealing with here. >> let's talk about that. you've got the arab spring, the dictators who the united states supported egypt, and egypt, libya. they're all gone. they were big fighters against al qaeda. now that they're gone, has the u.s. actually lost perhaps its greatest allies in going after al qaeda? >> well, that's a subject we can have really a very long discussion on because these dictators were both our allies and they're also our enemies in many ways. and the gift of these dictators, if you will, was really 9/11. because at the same time that they put down rebellion in their own country and killed jihadists in their own country, they channeled the furies on their own society and

tens of thousands yemenis protesting against president ali abdullah saleh is thirty three year old who fled the mounting discontent over his repeated refusal to hand over power those of us who've spoken with him know that he knows the commitment is yes mate and he should chance to. we should sign the agreement on top of a beleaguered regime yemen is faced with a host of complex internal challenges even vallium in the north a growing secessionist movement in the south accompanied by deep tribal divides dire economic conditions and fierce competition and on the political elites. while experts warn that the protests can push the country to the brink yemen still seems to be too dangerous a case to interfere and primarily because it is believed to house one of the world's most dangerous branches of all kinds. we are obviously concerned about the instability in yemen we consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which is largely located in yemen to be perhaps the most dangerous of all of franchises of al qaida right now the uprising in yemen presents a predicament for the u.s. replacing the

president saleh had been targeted three months ago in an assassination attempt.m saudi arabia, where he had been recovering from his wounds. his return to a yemen on the verge of civil war, al qaeda has taken control of three provinces. saleh wants u.s. backing to shore up his failing 30-year leadership, helping the u.s. bring down al qaeda is how his supporters hope he'll get it. >> now, let's bring in cnn senior international correspondent, nic robertson. nic, in terms of operations, what does this mean for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula? >> well, it certainly means a psychological blow. al awlaki was hugely influential in recruitment, if you will, his sort of dvd sales, thousands upon thousands, his online sort of peaspeeches also very popula will mean it will be harder for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to get the same levels of money flowing to them, funds they need to continue with their operations. so it will hurt them in that way, though he is has played a role in recruitment, recruited the underpants bomb, tried to bring down that airliner over det

is firmly in bed and remains firmly in bed with ali abdullah saleh who just returned from from exile in saudi arabia where he was getting medical treatment after he was very nearly killed the u.s. sends a message in its statement thanking the yemenis to that they remain with this out or leave despised dictator that's ruled yemen for thirty years and i can i thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you. and so to come tonight we often highlight way through spending by the defense department here that's now a few more examples of questionable. pentagon spending and should the department of homeland security be a polish that's not a consistent. first number given that we had an apartheid regime right here in the lead i think iraq is beatable and one well. we never got the book says the confucius say for get ready because you get your freedom. to get up sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like sleep is that you understand it and then a glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big pictur

the president of yemen, ali abdullah saleh, has returned to the country after three months in saudi arabia where he was treated for injuries after an assassination attempt. mr. saleh called for cease-fire to end several days of violence in sanaa, but there are renewed clashes between those loyal to the president and tribesmen opposed to his rule. unconfirmed reports say 13 have been killed. the funeral of the assassinated former afghan president has taken place in kabul amidst strict security. he was killed on tuesday by a bomb hidden in a turban worn by a man claiming to be a taliban envoy. aid workers in pakistan say it's taking too long to get emergency supplies to parts of the country swamped by flooding. the disaster has killed more than 350 people and around eight million more are affected. our correspondent has traveled to the southern province where there's a desperate shortage of food, shelter and medicine. >> camped out alongside stagnant flood waters, more than a month into this disaster, here's what many flood victims call home. though millions are destitute, there are few aid

pressure is building on yemen's president ali abdullah saleh after the war the two million people all over the country rallied against his regime the protesters were calling for revolutionary forces to take decisive action after several months of unrest in the country president saleh has fled to saudi arabia after an attack promised earlier this month but his vow to return. now it's almost a decade since the nine eleven attacks on american soil that shook the country to its very core it led to the so-called war on terror and the invasion of afghanistan and iraq the president nor how often people in new york and they feel they're living in a safer world. the so-called war on terror that launched after the tragic nine eleven attacks on the us has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars by some estimates so ten years later has the effort been worth it let's talk about that i think it's more secure now i think that i believe that yes is it trillions of dollars safer. and i don't know i could say that i don't know the war actually inside of mortar but it's that's my op

pressure is building on yemen's president ali abdullah saleh after more than two million people all over the country rallied against his regime approaching ass were calling for revolutionary forces to take decisive action after several months of unrest in the country president saleh has fled to saudi arabia after an attack on his palace earlier this year has bowed to return. as fresh caught of versity facing italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi has been reported using the use of words to describe the country which he said sick of him recording came and wiretap transcripts used in the investigation into these. parties berlusconi's political opponents have criticized him for the report of remarks. absent a decade since the nine eleven attacks on american soil that shook the country to its very core it led to the so-called war on terror and the invasions of ghana stan and iraq the residents laurie harvest asks people in new york if they feel they're living in a safer world. the so-called war on terror that launched after the tragic nine eleven attacks on the us has cost hundreds of thou

instead, saleh's reappearance added fuel to the protests.usands gathered in sanaa the capital chanting and carrying coffins in honor of those killed by government forces. in pakistan, top officials dismissed u.s. allegations that their spy agency actively aided militants who attacked the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs admiral mike mullen said yesterday the haqqani militant group is a virtual arm of pakistani intelligence. in karachi, pakistani prime minister yousuf raza gilani insisted his country is not some rogue sponsor of terror. >> ( translated ): we are not isolated. we have good relations with the whole world. we have good relations in our region and with our neighbors. we want to strengthen ourselves economically, but in response to these kind of american messages, "they can't live with us and they can't live without us." so, i would say to them that if they can't live without us, they should increase contacts with us to remove misunderstandings. >> holman: despite that protest, a white house spoke

state department reported that a deal for saleh to transfer power could be signed within a week.deo showed thousands of protesters in the capital of sanaa, and other major cities, demanding saleh's resignation. in libya today, rebels advanced on two remaining strongholds of deposed leader moammar qaddafi. dozens of armed vehicles in bani walid made their way into the city center, exchanging gunfire with pro-qaddafi loyalists. the fighters also faced resistance from sniper fire. a convoy of rebel tanks mounted with anti-aircraft guns also made its way into gadhafi's hometown, sirte, before retreating from rocket fire by qaddafi loyalists. the fighting comes amid a visit from turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. he urged gadhafi's forces to lay down their arms. >> ( translated ): right now, we have a very difficult situation and fighting going on in sirte. i urge all the people, all our brothers there, to join the people of benghazi and stop the bloodshed. give your hand to each other. no need to have more people dead, more blood. do not resist. this is the end. this is the

. >>> ali abdullah saleh returned. he spent nearly three months in saudi arabia after being badly injured in an attack on his palace. his capital city gripped and fighting in shelling the past week that reportedly left dozens more dead over frustration that he won't step down. mohammed jamjoom has more from oman. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, alina, and we're seeing live pictures now on yemeni state television of tens of thousands of saleh supporters in central sanaa. reports that are tanks rolling through the streets and celebratory gunfire. members of different army factions shooting into the air celebrating the news of the arrival of president ali abdullah saleh and word from activists and politicians over there they are dismayed and extremely worried at what this means. many activists telling me they didn't think saleh would return. concerns he might try to install his son in power. yemen is a country, hundreds of thousands of yemenis throughout the country day after day pours out into the streets

president saleh remains in office. protesters are back on the streets on thursday under the watchful eye of soldiers to switch to the opposition, repeated their calls for the president to step down. >> we support the legitimacy of the revolution and to bring down the corrupt regime. >> we took to the street to the capital in order to try the president to shed the blood of our brothers. >> the president refuses to go after more than three decades in office. in june, he left for saudi arabia after being injured. many thought he had left for good. this coincided with an upsurge in the fighting between his supporters and opponents. he is now facing multiple challenges. demonstrators, local tribes, and militants. his top soldiers have deserted him and yet he hangs on. the international community is trying to organize a peaceful transition but so far there has been no breakthrough. there is still no sign of how or when this crisis will end. >> of course, for more on all of our stories, visit the bbc website for a full analys

the opposition wants saleh to step down immediately. he offered to negotiate if the protests stopped. the opposition believes this is another attempt to hold onto power. the case has been closed on the lockerbie bombing. that is the libyan response to the british government. one libyan was convicted of bringing down a pan am airliner in scotland in 1998. investigators asked libyan rulers to find new evidence on monday. the request has been refused. scottish prosecutors are looking into bring further charges, including against gaddafi. gaddafi still has not been caught. interim government fighters are in battles in two cities remaining loyal to the former leader. our report begins in sirte. >> anti-gaddafi forces are again trying to take the former leader's hometown. the town has been under siege for weeks. they have bombarded targets with all they have in an attempt to subdue defenders. anyone who can get out of the city is doing so. hundreds of families fled the fighting on the weekend. conditions inside part deteriorating. fresh water

saleh alib came to pray over his son. they are from benghazi, and festering rage helped iguodala night the rebellion that now has gadhafi on the run. the last inmates were freed when they took over a month ago. the abu salim neighborhood is seen as a nest of supporters. the soldiers got rattled when someone called on the radio ready to kill hem if they hung around. crimes against humanity wants the national council here to declare a moratorium on the x hugh nation of mass graves until forensic experts can be brought into support them. she believes her son mohammed is among the victims. [ foreign language ] >> reporter: i feel like a mother who has just lost her son, she says. i ask god to bless me with patience. libya's new leaders will need that too, along with more help, because no one knows how many more of these places are still to be found. >>> it's the end of an era for a centuries old spanish sport in one region of that country. an estimated 20,000 spectators gathered to witness one final fight. the red-caped matt

that has been renewed clashes between forces loyal to president saleh and armed tribesmen opposed to his rule. the funeral of the former afghan president has taken place amid strict security. the ceremony was held inside of the presidential compound. he was killed by a bomb hidden in a turban. aid workers in pakistan say it is taking far too long to get emergency supplies to parts of the country swamped by recent flooding. it has already killed 350 people and 8 million more are affected. there is a desperate shortage of food, shelter, and medicine. >> camped out alongside stagnant floodwaters. more than a month into this disaster, here is what many flood victims call home. millions are destitute, there are few 8 agencies to be seen. these families have been reached by a save the children mobile clinic. -- there are few aid agencies to be seen. this family lost everything. this woman has borne the brunt. there is evidence of malnutrition, a constant menace in pakistan's poor south. her grandmother says that they have had no money for food or medicine. they don't even have the strength

in yemen, at least six people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of president saleh. by nightfall, there were reports a ceasefire had been negotiated by the vice president of yemen and western ambassadors. "we will stand with you." that was the pledge from president obama to the libyan people, as he announced that the american ambassador is on his way back to tripoli to reopen the embassy there. >> on the ground, fighting continued. fighters loyal to the interim council prepare to launch fresh assaults in an attempt to finally captured sirte. we are on the road to sirte and filed this report. >> that are well drilled civilians, and certainly have the firepower. their shells are bombarding the gates of sirte, striking the pro-gaddafi position. up at the front lines, they have taken control of another village on the long road. we pushed ahead to the edge of the fighting. >> they down. get down. stay down. >> the national transitional council forces here have been fighting just over this hill. a few minutes ago, a couple of rockets came in. everybody is nervous. we are

in yemen thousands of protesters are demanding that president saleh's resignation after the u.s.f signing a deal to transfer power. today a saudi official said saleh would not return to yemen but remain in saudi arabia where he's been since june. >>> the u.n. general assembly has approved giving libya's u.n. seat to the transitional council even as rebel forces try to break the backs of gadhafi supporters in their last major strongholds. nbc's mike taibbi is live in tripoli. mike? >> reporter: hello, andrea. how are you? if you hear gunfire in the course of this report it's celebratory gunfire in tripoli in martyr's square. in the city it's hard to tell there's a war going on but there is as you say in two significant fronts. [ gunfire ] in the city of bani walid and gadhafi's hometown of sirte, southeast along the coast of the mediterranean. in both of those places anti-gadhafi forces which used to be called rebel forces have been waiting for two weeks for the order to go in, hoping they can negotiate a surrender in both of the towns as has happened so easily on the march to tri

a day after president saleh returned from saudi arabia, after three months of treatment for wounds suffered in an assassination attempt. government soldiers fired rifles and mortar shells at the unarmed protesters, killing at least 40, raising the death toll since last week to some 140. ahead, should california school kids be kept out of class because they haven't been vaccinated. that story when the cbs evening news continues. >> mitchell: treasury secretary timothy geithner called today for bolder action to resolve the european debt crisis which he called the most serious risk facing the world economy. this follows fed chairman ben bernanke's warning earlier this week of "signature downside risks to the economy" which triggered a huge plunge for the week on wall street. for more perspectives on the market and the economy we're joined by jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com. good evening. >> good to be here. >> mitchell: ben bernanke makes a statement a warning and the market goes in a tailspin. what happened? >> he told us what we know-- growth is slow across the globe

president saleh keeps vowing to return to yemen even though so many countries and groups are callingeve if he does return the situation will get even more chaotic. but just yesterday we saw president saleh meeting with saudi king abdullah, thanking the king for his help in his recovery and the saudi king was calling on all the different yemeni factions to try to sign some sort of mediation agreement so the political crisis would come to an end. that being said, though, not a lot of hope that even if some kind of deal is signed it will resolve the crisis. it's gotten so bad, so many people on the streets vowing to keep continuing to come out on the streets. they don't believe president saleh signing any piece of paper will resolve this anytime soon. >> mohammed jamjoom, thank you. >>> coming up, a hot button legal issue makes its way to a broadway stage. with an all-had star a-list cast, one of those stars, rob ry ryaner, joins us to talk about the play called "8." [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in

violent pushback yet against pro democracy demonstrators there between soldiers loyal to president saleh and those who defected. >>> and the stage is set for a showdown tonight at the u.n. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he is not backing down from his plan to formally request u.n. membership later this week in new york when he addresses the security council, a move the u.s. is fiercely lobbying against. >>> now we turn to a story from health news tonight and the investigation into this fascinating connection between diabetes and alzheimer's disease. the relationship between these two major health crises in this country, the new research released today is just the latest batch to suggest there is a link between them. our report from our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: the evidence linking type 2 diabetes and the risk for alzheimer's has been growing for years. and today's study makes the case even stronger. for 11 years japanese researchers followed more than a thousand people aged 60 and older. those with diabetes at the outset were 35% more likely to de

once again demanded the resignation of president saleh, and again security forces responded with force, firing into the crowd. there are also reports of profit -- rocket-propelled grenades being used. scores have been wounded and the death toll continues to rise. among the dead are a child and a 14-year-old boy. medics try their best to attend to the wounded in an improvised a field hospital. memo we call on all the relevant parties come aid organizations, the u.n., eu, and all the agencies to carry out their humanitarian role. this means intervening to stop these massacres and killings. where are carried out today's aggression has lost all values. -- whoever carried out today's aggression loss of values. >> the study -- southern city has seen clashes. activists say several people were killed and dozens wounded. this image of the deal was released by a group calling itself the freedom tahid. it is not clear when it was recorded. yemen's president is still receiving care in saudi arabia after an assassination attempt in june. he shows no sign of stepping down. >> the battle continues in

two women in the central square, or activists of and holding months of protests against president saleh. pope benedict has celebrated mass on his first state visit to his homeland since becoming pope. he addressed parliamentarians, warning them not to sacrifice ethics for power. while some members boycotted the speech, must give him polite applause. scientists at the world's largest physics lab say they have tracked subatomic particles traveling faster than light, which would break a fundamental pillar of science. this has astonished researchers at cern. they are asking others to independently verify the measurements before climbing an actual discovery. in libya, rebel forces say they have taken control of the town of sabha. the military spokesman for the transitional council told a news conference that several key supporters of gaddafi have fled to niger. he says the town, 750 kilometers south of tripoli, was under the complete control of revolutionary forces. a brief time ago, i spoke to a bbc correspondent in sabha. >> what you are hearing from the military spokesman in tripoli is ex