and others, and this coalition can bring the houthi advance to a close, to stablilize the situation and go back to a political process, the sooner you can begin to go back work. >> for those caught in the middle. whether foreign nationals or yemeni citizens, there's no easy end or early escape. >> i was lucky enough. firstly, as an american i escaped. if i escaped, i have no warships, airplanes, no agencies. i had a little boat and i did this by myself. the u.s. government should be act help the innocent >>> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar joins us. in your experience as an international correspondent. you have been in a lot of hot-spot situations. most of us would look and expect the u.s. embassy would bring together all of the u.s. citizens in the area and help them get out. >> yes, and i have seen it happen in places. i saw regional community officers go into communities and pull out u.s. citizens and bring them into an american embassy compound. this is not happening in yemen. one, the embassy is closed. there's no u.s. personnel on the ground. second, there is a view of some ana