u.s., along with several other european countries have evacuated most of their diplomatic staff from sanaa. yemen has criticized the evacuation, saying that they were capable of protected -- protecting foreign diplomats as well as their own. >> we can handle any security threats in sanaa or elsewhere. we have been able to protect -- prevent this attack and can further plots anywhere else in the country. >> the u.s. has shut down 19 embassies and consulates in 16 the region.ross this could be in retaliation for the u.s.-backed military offensive and drawn strikes in the arabian peninsula against what is known as aqap. >> what we have seen time and again is killing a top leadership is not actually in a strategy -- not actually a strategy against al qaeda. meanwhile, tribal sources in yemen say u.s. drones strike killed seven al qaeda suspects earlier today. that is the fifth of its kind in 10 days. officials said they foiled a plot by al qaeda to attack and will facility and an eastern capital in yemen. an industry ministry officials as water contaminated with radiation has been leaking into

assume that this isn't a rat what's going on in sanaa no adam are dead as a family because they didn't stop at the roadblock it goes it's the chaos is getting bigger every day therefore it is not certain that the measures work. is that they wage war and while there are other factors such as dirty money laundering while the nato which is the organizations main source of funding. or are going to say don't attack rats. so it's obvious that the state does not apply the appropriate measures. to let me. live what defines a country's success live faceless figures of economic growth. or a factual standard of living live. live. live. that speech. live. at least. a. little. lists. and. a little. i wonder if you still think that the arab spring is. helpful and when it comes to the palestinian cause. without own problems so. impact on the palestinian cause because first. people are really taken up with the issues and the holes in the case i think it's time for palestinians to consider precisely what you've just said the arabs will not be able to help them not. be interviewed. a little to. play. a

we just talked to people a short while ago in sanaa. they describe massive security presence on the streets. they say they are observation planes over the old city of yemen. some foreigners, the ones who are still in the city, are largely staying inside their homes. so there is a major crackdown going under way in yemen right now, and i don't think you would see that level of crackdown if it wasn't a serious organization that had a real presence on the ground. >> kevin, is it your sense that the threat, this terror threat, is now subsided? >> i would be very careful about that. i mean, they may have decided to change their timing or the individuals planning this might have been killed in drone strikes. but aqap has proven to be a resilient branch of al qaeda. they've proven to be very determined to strike at strateg being targets and really offset the balance of power in this region. i think we have to be very careful not to underestimate them. this may not be over and may not be the extent of what they had planned. >> richard engel, ke

this was the tpwheafed sanaa last year under attack by an angry mob and the british government has also decided to close the embassy on sunday despite a threat. that develops from ethifment they are ready much? if i were going to the middle east, yes. i would cancel my flight. knot afterday, middle east, no. i wouldn't do it. >> it's been more than a year since the attack of den ghazi out anaheim angels. in the aftermath of the didn't, so out an imminent attack by closing its ambassadors and warning its citizens the united states may hope to avoid any possible repeat of these scenes. tom nick cain, al jazeera. >> more diplomatic efforts to try to controversial political crisis in egypt. secretary of state william burns is in cairo. burns is due meet the interim foreign minister. it comes as the gofer calls on protesters to lead a protest not city. >> in the meantime amnesty international is looking at allegations protesters were beaten and stabbed by morsi supporters during depen tration. they were told eight bodies have been found with signs of torture. >> this update from cairo. >> th

france and germany also closed onir embassies in sanaa sunday. >> we received information that high difference from al qaeda and the rio bn peninsula are talking about a major attack on a high level. >> washington has also warned u.s. citizens to check precautions while traveling, while interpol has issued a global alert after a string of jailbreaks in nine countries, senior al qaeda figures sprung from prison in recent weeks. >> a court in turkey has acquitted 21 suspects in the trial of 275 people accused of plotting to overthrow the government. the ergenekon trial is one of the most profile in the country's history, seem as a key test in the prime minister's showdown. defendants are said to be part of an antigovernment illegal aswork described by critics a state within a state. i am joined by jasper who is outside that prison courthouse outside instanbul. what is the latest? >> the heavyweight names in the trial, many of them have been sentenced now and they have received extremely long sentences. 129 years, and he is quite a popular general. he was applauded when he walked into the courtro

four al qaeda militants were killed in the hotbed province of marib, east of sanaa. we've seen more activity just in the first six days of august than we have seen six different strikes. also, yemen taking it to the terrorists as well, posting in the past 24 hours a 25 most wanted terrorist list including some top officials, a former guantanamo prisoner who is a saudi and is now the spiritual leader of that group. they're offering reward money for any information about these. again, a credible threat i am told by the people on the ground that we talked to in yemen, at least through the end of this week, maybe through the end of this month. you can see everybody taking it have l very seriously. bill: you've been in the country of yemen, greg. you've been in pakistan extensively as well. what we're being told, or being reported anyway, ayman al-zawahiri who we believe was hiding out in pakistan now was communicating with a terrorist leader in yemen and that is the reason all of this stuff started to fall. how much can we report on that aspect of the story? >> reporter:

, in part of that multinational peacekeeping force in sanaa that's been in place quietly all these yearsince the israeliian peace treaty was signed in 1979, how concerned are you about the troops lightly armed in sanaa? >> i'm concerned about that. i'm concerned about the safety of american citizens. under mubarak there was a tremendous amount of anti-americanism and anti-israel fostered by the mubarak government. this government is fostering that to an incredible degree, pictures of president obama in the street, and our fine ambassador there, ann patterson. they accused me, the leading newspaper in cairo said that john mccain had hired muslim brotherhood on his staff. the intensity of the anti-americanism which is being stoked by the military junta makes a lot of our american citizens unsafe. >> although the u.s. has condetermined the bloodshed in egypt it has not decided to suspend the $1.6 million of aid to egypt. they're anot calling that a cou. that aid is typically used to buy tanks and aircraft produced in the u.s. so conduct aid would also impact american countries. and only fou

consulates in the middle east as well as in africa that happened earlier this month all but the embassy in sanaa yemen have opened now i was joined earlier by yemen analysts. who writes the yemeni eighteen dot com blog and kora courier from. and i started off by asking some ah if the increase in drone strikes has affected how yemenis view the us. absolutely i think in the past ten days there have been about drone strikes nine drone strikes right now and what's happening is i'm seeing yemenis hate america more and more and i'm talking about yemenis who actually went outside to know about america have studied america at some point we just don't understand why the country has to be droned eight times in ten days i think a lot of people are scared they're speaking out of fear they don't know what to expect next from the u.s. now cora what do we know about the thirty eight yemenis killed in these strikes they're called so suspected militants by the obama administration but what do we really know about their links to terrorism. well it's important to know that they're called suspected militants genera

we're just hearing that the yemeni prime minister escaped in assassination attempt in the capital sanaa gunmen opened fire on minister. motorcade before fleeing the scene according to one of his advisors that he was injured during the assault yemen is a hotbed of insurgent activity affiliated with al qaida. waves serve discontentedly are coming football world cup or continue to cause ripples in brazil hundreds of demonstrators flooded the streets of rio de janeiro protesting against corruption and income inequality demonstrators mocked the president dilma rousseff who is under pressure to boost spending brazil's largest cities are part of marches turn volunteers protesters attacked a major bank and a national media giant and was sponsored you know of a public transport rises and pouring money into high profile sporting events social services remain severely underfunded. also the world update this hour eight bus drivers and a woman have staged a crucifixion in protest of being fired from their jobs in paraguay their anger came in response to years of unpaid benefits for over fifty employ

which just hearing that the yemeni prime minister has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital sanaa the government open foreign minister was motorcade before fleeing the scene according to one of the advisers late but he was injured during the assault yemen is a hope that of insurgent activity affiliated with al qaida. afghanistan a suicide blast has claimed eighteen lies in the southern city of kandahar the attackers stormed a security checkpoint as people queued to enter a nearby bank of police and civilians were among the victims while according to military officials insurgents in the east killed a nato soldier the country's played by almost daily insurgent attacks. also the world update this hour eight bus drivers and a woman have staged a crucifixion in protest of being fired from their jobs in paraguay their anger came in response to years of unpaid benefits for over fifty employees of a bus company in asuncion it's really the third week of protest and it's planned to last another twenty two days. where you have discontent over the upcoming football world cup are continuing to

making international headlines yemen's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt in the capital sanaa gunmen opened fire on my. motorcade before fleeing the scene according to one of his advisors no one was injured during the assault struggling against deadly violence from militants affiliated with al qaeda. in china at least fifteen people died after a leak of liquid ammonia a cold storage place in shanghai twenty five others injured the incident was some reported in serious condition authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the leak and thus truck settings common in china because of poor work safety standards. in paraguay a bus drivers and a woman now themselves to crosses after they were fired from their jobs demonstrators say they were sacked as they asked their employers for better wages and conditions already their third week of protest that's planned at least another three weeks. however some thrills and spills from the world's finest pilots russia's max aviation show the biggest daredevils don't need an injector a scene or a supersonic engine or he's losing frie

headlines across the globe yemen's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt in the capital sanaa armed gunmen opened fire on mahmoud abbas in why does motorcade before fleeing the scene according to one of his advisors no one was injured during the assault you have been struggling against a wave of deadly violence from militants affiliated with al qaeda. in china at least fifteen people died following a leak of liquid ammonia at a cold storage plan to shanghai twenty five others injured in the incident with some reported in serious condition authorities launching an investigation into the cause of the leak just relax and it's common in china because of poor work safety standards. in paraguay bus drivers and a woman nailed themselves to crosses after being fired from their jobs demonstrators say they were sacked as they asked their employers for better wages and conditions already the third week of protests and planned at least another three weeks. in a german city of portland anti fascist bloc food of a far right schedule to march through the area police dispersed the improvised

an air force c-17 flew into the capital city of sanaa today to evacuate dozens of u.s. workers from the american embassy. staffers, including some described as emergency personnel were ordered to the airport and put on a flight to an air force base in germany. british and french authorities also ordered diplomats out, drawing a stinging rebuke from the yemen ministry of foreign affairs. while the government of yemen appreciates foreign governments' concern for the safety of their citizens, the evacuation of embassy staff serves the interest of extremists. as the evacuations unfolded in the capital, a u.s. drone strike took out four al qaeda militants as they road in a car just to the southeast. sources say no top operatives were killed, but sources say no top operatives were killed, but it was the fourth drone strike inside yemen in less than two weeks. an obvious effort to disrupt planning and potential plots by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a.q.a.p. is under pressure from al qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri to step up operations against the u.s. sources say in commu

wanted terrorists that they feel might be looking to target not just targets inside the capital of sanaaross the country, u.s. and other foreign targets. late today, yemen saying they do seem to have this thing under control or do have a handle on it. they're suggesting maybe these evacuations play into the hands of the terrorists' interests, but the u.s. again in that state department briefing say they are responding to a very specific, a very serious threat. one last point, greg. we've been hearing rumblings about this throughout the day, our own jennifer griffin confirming off the coast of yemen, 1400 u.s. marines and three naval vessels. they are there on a pre-planned mission but according to our contacts in the pentagon, they could be used if the situation warrants. back to you. >> greg palkot, thanks very much. >>> it seems to be all hands on deck with these threats and one person intimately involved is u.s. congressman peter king, a member of the u.s. house intelligence committee and worked on security as well. thank you. good to see you this afternoon. >> thanks as always. >> fi

the explosion happened in the capital city of sanaa.so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> and influential voice in the african-american community is now calling hillary clinton a war criminal. dr. cornell west made the remarks on talk al jazeera. david schuster is the host. >> dr. cornell west has repeatedly called president obama a war criminal because of the administration's use of drone strikes, and then later we shifted to other topics, including the 2016 campaign and asked dr. west about hillary clinton. >> would hillary clinton be a good president? >> in some ways i would think hillary clinton as i do with barack obama, they're both brilliant. they're both charismatic. they would be head of an empire and both involved with war crimes. of course hillary was right there-- >> is dr. car nell west calling hillary clinton-- >> absolutely. very much. how could she be secretary of state, the same way henry kissinger was. >> that's quite a bit different than-- >> anything that mosts and breathes, that's genocidal, s

other founder of aqap, whose communications with ayman al-zawahiri, broke free in a prison break in sanaa, forming the most recent branch. most prominently, afghanistan, iraq, syria, libya. the first on july 21st at abu ghraib where harden the prisoners have been held since the u.s. military detained them during the war. 500 convicts escaped. six days later, july 27th, more than 1,000 escaped from a benghazi prison. july 30, taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke some out of a pakistani jail. >> al qaeda finds a tactic that works. when they set on a tactic, they go back until they perfect it again and again. >> reporter: they say the prison breaks worried them, not because prisoners are expected to participate in any current al qaeda plots they're watching but because they often serve as core recruits for the next al qaeda affiliate. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. >>> the army psychiatrist charged in the fort hood shootings appears intent on getting a death sentence, so says the stand by attorney for major nidal malik hasan who is representing him

americans and other foreigners streamed to the airport in sanaa after the state department warned of"extremely high" threat level. and at the fortified u.s. embassy, nonessential staffers were ordered to leave, flown out by the u.s. military. but in washington, state department spokeswoman jen psaki would not call it an evacuation. >> let me just make clear what this is and what this is not. this is a reduction in staffing. this is... we still have a presence in yemen. we are continue to evaluate. we don't have any updates on when staff may return. >> warner: it was reported that today's order to leave, coming after widespread embassy closings and a worldwide travel alert, was triggered by a communication between al qaeda's leader, ayman al zawahiri, and nasser al wuhayshi, the chief of its affiliate, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or a.q.a.p. the yemeni government objected to today's u.s. order but did cite specific intercepted threats. >> ( translated ): there were attempts to control key cities in yemen. the plot was planned by al qaeda for the 27th day of ramadan. the aim was

some stability in the sanaa. some stability with israel. for that meratter, the saudis, o are backing this, because they feel we threw mubarak under the bus to begin with and are not about to be thrown under along with him. we have to think about these consequences. my own view i suppose is the egyptians do respect the fact that they want our particular weapons. they want the maintenance of that. there is the possibility, therefore, for us to have access. the question is, does access mean influence? perhaps. 17 calls between chuck hagel and -- >> doesn't get much. >> well, nevertheless, they stayed on the line to receive 17 messages back and forth, maybe even more as we're speaking today. >> the russians have come down clearly on the side of assad. you can't help but wonder, are they practicing their own version of the golden rule, do unto other autocrats. how should the united states treat the russians? as they watered down a resolution apparently last night. >> it's clear russia is not going to make a major contribution to resolving the s

embassy in sanaa as they evacuate 100 nonessential personnel from the country. americans living there were told to leave immediately. the state department is concerned about the threat stream indicating potential for terror attacks. nbc news has learned the u.s. intercepted a message from al qaeda chief ayman al zhu war her -- zawahiri. republican congressman peter king who is a member of the homeland security committee and intelligence committee was on "morning joe" today. while he wouldn't get into the specifics of the plot he said it was very real. >> this one was so precise to the nature of the attack. dates given in there. the sources so credible that to me no doubt -- >> all of the attacks overseas, right? all of the threats overseas? no domestic threats? >> no. the threat could be anywhere in the world. >> richard engel is joining me now. what do we know about al zawahiri's role in all of this? it's a name we have heard a lot of before. >> reporter: multiple sources have told nbc news that ayman zawahiri took over from osama bin laden gave the order for a

embassy in sanaa, yemen, as well. the u.s.a planned meeting between president barack obama and russian president vladimir putin over russia giving edward snowden political asylum. this is said to have happened before the g-20 gathering in russia. the leaker is staying with some americans he apparently met online and we're told he even has a job waiting for him if he wants it. >>> here in new york city an awful story to tell you about a a woman on a first date plunged to her death after the railing on her 17th floor balcony gave way. >> i was in bed and i heard the thud. i didn't know, i couldn't imagine it was what it was. >> reporter: a frightening tragedy, new york city advertising executive 35-year-old jennifer rossoff plummets to her death falling from the 17th floor balcony of her midtown manhattan apartment early thursday morning. she was on a first date according to police. she had gone out to the balcony about 1:00 in the morning to talk and share a cigarette with her date. the date says he heard popping sounds accordi

al qaeda terror plot, the plan called for missile strikes against foreign sites in the capital city sanaa as well as shipping in the red sea. >> officials say they did foil a plot to capture oil and gas facilities in southern yemen and they believe it might have been part of the larger plot we've been talking about. u.s. officials say they're not so sure. they point out rather sensitively that oil and gas facilities in yemen often do come under attack especially by al qaeda element, not yet ready to say whether this one was connected. >> making a lot of headlines and getting a lot of attention this week "the daily beast" reports there was a conference call of sorts described as something like a planning and what do you make of the article? >> the article was blunt saying it was a conference call between al qaeda leaders around the world. conference call most interpret those words to be a cell phone or telephone conference call. cnn has interviewed both authors of the article and they significantly have walked back from that, in fact they say it was not a conference call. they are describi

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the embassy in sanaa, yemen, remains closed. they're keeping the one in lahore pakistan shut down. >> thousands in cairo are staging sit-ins. they are demanding the reinstatement of ousted mohamed morsi. they say they're not going anywhere despite a 24-hour ultimatum. >>> analysts are analyzing the president's reaction. i sat down with former secretary of state and cbs contributor condoleezza rice. >> a democrat who overthrows someone elected, do you call it a coup. >> whether you call it a coup or not, we cannot sank what the military did. we have to recognize where we are with egypt and move forward. >> or is it if you call it a coup, it means you have to restrict the aid and therefore that's something you believe it shouldn't happen? >> it's because i will wait to see whether the egyptian military lives up to its promise to return as quickly as possible to civilian leadership. if it does that then whatever we have labeled it will have been a step in the right direction. but i will tell you, i'm very worry thad in fact that's

sanaa, yemen staying closed. and in pakistan also remaining closed.get more for you as it comes in. >>> let's move back to our "crossfire" debate. some harsh criticism of president obama's new moves to make government surveillance more transparent. listen to what the president said in his news conference today and the response from republican congressman peter king on cnn's "the lead." >> what makes us different from other countries is not simply our ability to secure our nation, it's the way we do it. with open debate and democratic process. in other words, it's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs. the american people need to have confidence in them as well. >> this is a terrible failure of leadership. this is the nsa version of the obama apology tour. this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and yet the president is allowing edward snowden the traitor to pull the puppet strings. he's been indicted for espionage and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. >> we're back with van jones and

an indication of the growing rise of the militancy in the sanaa. obviously a very disturbing piece of information late last night, that involves the ministry of interior. that again, according to security sources, say at least 35 people were killed. 35 prisoners as they were being transferred from a police station to a security prison here. the muslim brotherhood said they were not trying to escape. that's the line out of the police force. these people were trying to escape and the police had to put them down leading to their deaths. the muslim brotherhood say these people were tortured and killed deliberately by the police. a lot of developing stories this morning here, brian. >> amman, please be safe. ayman mohyeldin in cairo. i want to throw to senator lindsey graham bite and richard, i want to get your take on the potential downside of this whole situation. have a listen. >> he had new elections, the brotherhood would get creamed at the ballot box, but they're going to be a very formidable force on the streets. they're going to get a line with

many of the embassies that have been closed today have been not just the one in sanaa, yemen, but alsoa, saudi arabia, you know. there have been multiple attacks on these embassies in the past. so, a state of alertness at these embassies is quite usual. >> can you tell us the level of confidence that this is confined to these 17 countries? i mean, how concerned should people here stateside be about an attack? >> i wouldn't be that concerned about it at all stateside. this is a kind of general alert. you know, in a sense, this is unusual, because usually when you have a specific alert, a specific embassy might close in a specific country. this kind of generalized alert, we had one a couple of years ago in europe where there was some kind of notional plan by an al qaeda affiliate to do some kind of mumbai-style attack that came out of an interrogation of somebody in afghanistan, the information, and nothing happened. so, you know, in the post-benghazi era, the u.s. state department isn't taking any risks. no one wants to testify, you know, a year from now at some congressional hearing in