there has been extreme whether from the mid west deep south to the north-east of the united states. cities where new lows have been met on friday morning. the cold was enough to break a 120 record low. an ice palace was created. ice caves have formed on lake michigan. the extreme cold is the result of a shift southwards part of the arctic weather, the polar vortex. researchers studying the effects say it may be linked. >> the challenge the polar ice cap of a planet to behave differently. >> snowy expanses are deceptive. this winter has been the sixth warmers since records in the u.s.a. began. as the east digs out of the snow. the western half is experiencing mild weather. some cities are on track >>> it's oscar times thousands are making their way to the biggest red carpet in hollywood. on the eve of the ceremony phil lavelle explains. >> reporter: you could say three file downloads starred it. you remember the industry. the down loads is the future. that teems to be giving hollywood a bit of a headache. here is something you do. you pay your monthly fee, download as much as you want. job

raise he and along with his mother i mean really it is amazing, that he is a mayor of a major united states city. >> that is right. >> so about incredible talking about your impressions of mayor hancock. >> you talk about someone we have had so many lined against him one thing i love about his story was he really had you know, almost a singular dissatisfaction of success definition of success you associate everything negative with hometown denver like an inherent flaw in the city you know even when i think about it. >> in community. >> blaming the community for what happened. and then so i think he told us to think now he is mayor of that city amazing what he did he took his greatest hurt and his greatet pains, and instead of spending time running away from them, he actually turned and did a 180, ran right into it. >> right. >> when goes to show not only personal internal vision that he thought the only way i'm going to conquer this is actually by facing it on instead of turning away from it but the other thing i think he realized was there is michael hancock coming up behind me there are right

really it's amazing that he is the mayor of a major united states city. it's really incredible. tell me about your impressions of the mayor. >> guest: you talk about someone who has had so many stacks lined up against him. one thing i loved about a story if he had almost a singular definition of success when he was growing up. he associated everything negative about his childhood with his hometown. he thought there was almost like an inherent flaw. >> host: he was blaming the community. guess what he was blaming the community and now that he is the mayor of the city, what he did was he took his greatest hurt and his greatest pains instead of spending his time running away from them he actually turned and did a 180 and ran right into it which goes to show not only the person the strength that he has and the vision he had the only way i will conquer this is by facing it head-on. the other thing he realized is there are michael hancox coming up behind me. there are thousands growing up in my city. who would i be to turn my back on them? who would i be to know that i could make an i

the businesses need to ante up, whether it's bonds, we're the best city in the united states, how can we afford to have senior citizens that lived their whole life here and not able to stay here any more. it's unacceptable. look at the homeless problem we have in the city, it's sad. you probably have more rich and wealth in this city than almost any city in the united states and we're having this conversation and just morally we have to do something about it and put a task force and work with the mayor and get the businesses, even if it's a bond. i mean i look out here and i see a lot of the san franciscoa th., even though the average age is 67, one day if you live, you will be an old person. there's something about the freedom to live in this city and we have to do something about it. i just wanted everybody who came out today, i appreciate you coming out. i get it. i'm a working class guy myself. i'm a union guy. i'm blessed. but if i didn't make what i make, i couldn't afford to live in this city. i came from tacoma, washington, where your house payment is like $800 a month. there'

but first, the president of these united states gave a speech about the economy in the motor city -- the next president of these united states give a speech about the economy in the motor city. john, how did jeb bush do? >> he did all right. not great. >> the prompter. >> it was a piece of symbolism going to detroit the inner area, talking about mobility being more inclusive. that's a good place to start. >> the last few presidents gave speeches that would wow the crowd. he was very loose during the q&a. i still say the strength of the messages it can be given during the general election. it takes a lot of guts to run for your party from nomination and say exactly what you would they if you were the nominee. he did that. >> he talked about immigration. he did not use the words common core, but he talked about education standards. he clearly said, i am not going to give an inch of those things. >> and once again, rand paul put out his previous policy positions and welcomes the debate. i think mr. bush did himself a lot of good today because he showed who he is and that it is the key --

state of our city is now better, safer, and stronger. (crowd applause) >> for all the talk of declining crime rates, baltimore is still one of the deadliest cities in the united states. >> are they still talking about it? >> it's 1:45 pm and a man has been shot. >> we've just heard about another shooting incident in the city baltimore so we're on our way to the crime scene now. we've been listening to the police scanner to find out exactly where it took place and there's also messages sent out on twitter by the baltimore police department. police photographers, forensic officers and detectives work to investigate the scene. the bullet casings are marked. the victim here was shot in the back. those are his clothes that the paramedics cut off him before he was taken away to hospital. they've been taken away as evidence. the pace of violence in baltimore can feel relentless. almost every day offers up another shooting. today there's more. >> a couple of minutes before then, the police did come out but they left. and then after they left, they come running down murray street, start shooting. and two bullets hit the victim and he fell in front of the chinese store

. >> we take booktv and american history tv on the road travelling to united states cities and too learn about their life. we partner with comcast to learn about galveston, texas. >> the opening of the canal in 1869 ships were dealt a death blow. coal ships had a shorter route to the far east and india and those markets. so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living. so instead of high value cargo they started carry coil cotton oil and other things. so the niche was in carrying any kind of cargo that didn't require getting to market at a fast pace. the connection to galveston is unique from melissa. she sailed and arrived about a hundred yards from where we are standing in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas and came in 1886 again and it was really important for galveston historic administration to find a vessel that had a connection. and the fact she was a sailing vessel was more important. >> watch this on sunday on booktv and on sunday on c-span3. >> now a conversation on policing practices and policy. the task force was created by the whitehouse to examine to re

[applause] philadelphia is a city with the strongest lgbt protection laws and united states of america and we continue to strive to make sure that every but he understands that who you love and whose in your life is your business and there's no credit moment for me than when finally the doma law was struck on a pennsylvania. as mayor, i get a merry couples. now i say when i married a same-sex couples, and now with the authority vested in me, finally, i pronounce you wife and wife, husband and husband, coupling couple, whoever it is you want to be, because everybody should have the rights and privileges in the united states of america. [applause] and so lastly, we have an incredible history lesson given to us this morning, the black caucus breakfast. chairman butterfield really needs to take what he did this morning and every child, black, white, green, yellow purple should see and hear what chairman butterfield said. i will be nowhere near as eloquent as him. i will repeat the one thing i did say this morning. if you have not seen the movie, selma, you want to see the movie selma. this

really it is amazing that he's a mayor of a united states major city. as the talk of the public about your impressions of the mayor. >> guest: what i love about his story he had almost a singular definition of success when he was growing up because he associated everything negative about his childhood with his hometown. he thought there was almost like an inherent flaw in the city. >> host: blaming of the community. >> guest: so as he then gets older, to think that he's the mayor of the city is amazing because what he did as he took his greatest hurt and pain and instead of spending all that time running away from them he actually turned into and did a 180 and ran right into it which goes to show not only the personal internal strength that he has has into the vision that he thought the only way i'm going to conquer this is by facing it on instead of turning away from it but the other thing i think that he realized is there are right now thousands growing up in my city. who would i be to turn my back on them. who would i be to know that i could make an

united states and the loningal. state governments here and the city's government. if i may. i can suggest two of them. one of them of course is the issue of jobs. and programs adjusting to the united states. particularly when most of the people are coming from backgrounds where there is little education capacity. investment in the social infrastructure of the communities to train them and make them understand the history and the ways and the ethics and dlit in the united states of their new country, it is important. it's important, i think, for us in the united states here and in the country also to not light up on the issue of security and deepening the issues of security and making sure that there are few places for people like that to go. and at the same time keeping an eye on the trampling on the right of new citizens. there's an element that is not done. it's not discussed. there's a lot of support. we in the united states for the government in washington and only what they can do in minnesota. there's a battle going on inside society. somali americans here in the states or here in minnesota, or o

as extreme cold temperatures the last eastern third of the united states, 100 cities could break records for the cold. the fossil fuel industry has seen a series of disasters in less than a week, including an explosion at an exxon plan in los angeles, the derailment of a crude oil train in ontario, canada, and the explosion of a so-called oil bomb train in west virginia. >> i made it about 10 feet and heard the house caving in behind me. i ran out of the house in my sock feet in the snow. the house was engulfed in flames . >> was it murder or suicide? as many as 400,000 people march in argentina demanding answers to the mysterious death of the state prosecutor who was investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a jewish community center in buenos aires. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. pro-russian rebels are now fully in control of the town following a pullout by ukrainian troops. heavy clashes continue their over the past several days despite the cease-fire agreement that went into effect sunday will sto

. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. ltiple reading events are happening every night of the year competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for free michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪ >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco

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much more centralized than the united states. our cities have too little power, too little ability to set spending goals in line with the priorities of their electorates and we need -- i think we've got a great deal more deaf lution to the local -- more deevolution to the local level, starting with cities to set their own agendas, to spend more locally of the taxes they raise locally. london currently spends only 7%, london government, local and city, spend only 7% of the taxes london generates. new york spends about 50%. i think that would go, if we had the taxes, i think that that is the answer. not the entire answer but one of the answers. i do think british politics is in need of a serious galvanizing change like that. i think devolution, giving local communities more say, making people feel actively engaged in what their cities are doing, i think that would be a help. that's not a complete answer, but it would be a help. >> tim shipman of the "sunday times" has a question. >> we're all looking forward to the great american press corps

it was in switzerland that the trains from crystal city -- not really, from the united states but hadrystal city people in it -- landed at a train station in this village in switzerland. the train coming out of germany was at the same train station, and they switch. >> the war was still going on. >> the war was still going on. i began to wonder, who was on the train to freedom when ingrid and her brother and sister were on the train in the war? by that time, there weren't that many americans still left in germany. there were some prisoners of war that were freed. by this astonishing thing, i learned through the national holocaust museum that germany did not have enough americans to give. they gave about 100 jews who were not americans, obviously. they were from amsterdam, and they were from germany. there were 100 jews that made it out. one of those jews was named irene hassan berg, who is exactly the same age as ingrid. i tell the story in the book of irene making it out when ingrid went marching straight into hell. >> where did you find irene? >> irene lives in ann arbor, michigan.

we recently announced where the 45th president of the united states will be nominated. in the cityf brotherly love and sisterly affection. the selection of philadelphia to host our convention is the culmination of a long process. all three finalists cities put in strong bids but philadelphia stood out. based on our security, logistics and research criteria. i'm sure our delegates and attendees will have a fantastic experience that will launch us into the general campaign united and excited. with the rich history, philadelphia offers an ideal stage. it was there that our founding fathers had the courage to declare independence by observing adherence to self evident truths. the belief that all men and women are created equal is embedded in the fundamental values of the democratic party. we are the party of inclusion and expanded opportunities to -- we are fighting to ensure that all americans have their fair shot and a chance to get ahead. why am i a democrat? i know what being a democrat means to me. i know that every person here has their own reasons as well. over the coming months

locked them up around the united states, thousands of them in crystal city. daily life in crystal city this is a map of the camp that was withdrawn -- this is a map and a german child in the camp has noted where all the houses and bungalows are so that if you were a child in the camp you can find your bungalow here on this beautiful map. this is an aerial view of the camp that you guys will remember that and daily life in crystal city was highly regimented. every morning the american flag was raised in ceremony. since they were fluent in german and japanese and spanish come read the incoming mail of attorneys and cut out portions that were related anyway to the war effort. they were allowed to write to letters and one postcard per week. these two was sisters border patrol agents patrolled the can. they were guard towers at six different locations around the 10-foot barbed wire fence, and those are also manned by armed border patrol agents. roll call seemed endless. three times a day a whistle blew in the camp and everyone had to run back to the cottage is an

and i looked in the united states and it says that 7% of united states muslims muslims living here believe that jihad is sometimes justified. that's a small citythe united states alone. >> it's nothing like the numbers in the middle east. >> it's still 7% sometimes justifying jihad. that's crazy. >> you would get a crazy number about that if you ask americans about a fringe group. >> but we didn't ask every americans, we asked the president of the united states. >> and even you who is a huge fan of president obama? >> i'm not a huge fan. how the study was conducted, number one, is always an issue. >> but that's pretty reliable. >> it is but you have to look at each region and see -- >> i don't dispute it. i think it's accurate. in fact, it came away very moderate. >> and that number has gone down in places -- >> they don't like it when it's in front of their eyes. >> exactly. >> and there are angry people there in the palestinian territories. and i want to focus on president obama because he's the leader of this nation and if he has an unrealistic view of the war on tear and i believe he does, we should be worried. >> i think he has a very rea

united states. the people of this country need to recapture our capital city of washington from lobbyists and registeredgents of foreign powers hired to look out for everybody and everything except the national interest of the united states. it is time also to take a hard look at the welfare state. over a quarter century we have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into great society programs. whatever the motives of those who built this mammoth state enterprise, our financial loss has been exceeded only by the social catastrophe it created. high school test scores drop every year, as the levels of violent crime reach new heights. narcotics have ravaged a generation. our popular culture of books movies and films is as polluted as lake eerie once was. the welfare state has bred a generation of children and youth with no fathers, no faith and no dreams -- other than the lure of the streets. to our economic crisis, however, we americans know the answer. it is to end the steadily rising drain of wealth and resources to washington; to ease up on -- not add to, mr. president -- the tax burden on american bu

united states. >> reporter: this is the city ballet in central florida, a small dance company with big ambitions.tistic director wants to bring ballet to the masses. he defected from cuba more than ten years ago and is keen to notice the talents of others who have been through similar experiences. dancers like ricardo who has only been here for four months. he came here alone, most of his family is still on the island and like many in his situation he is nervous talking about u.s. cuban relations, he tells us he hopes any changes are positive for both countries, but specialsly wants change for cuba, its people and his family. like ricardo, andy diaz made the difficult decision to defect to the u.s. she has a cleared goal in mind for the future. >> translator: my ultimate hope and dream is that my family joins me here in the united states. even if the situation were to get better in cuba. but i realize it's a personal decision, and i would understand if they didn't want to leave their country. >> reporter: in all the ballet is home to three cuban defectors who came to the u.s. for a better life bu

that description is any number of hundreds of cities across the united states.have been impacted by this arctic air that has really moved pretty far to the south. we have seen those temperatures that are unlike what we are typically, or would typically see. in dallas 27 degrees fahrenheit which is kwif tloent minus three degrees celsius. single digit temperatures across the northern tier to the great lakes. not to be outdone, it is bitterly cold in the northeast and new england. that has been kind of the summation of what the entire winter season has been like. this is a view across texas. right now in dallas just to the north of the metroplex area they are seeing a little snow. there's been some freezing rain. look at what it did to the city during early friday morning. yeah. these people had some fun, even the animals did, as well. on the roadways it was slow going. the traffic was snarled. there was one 15-car pileup with some injuries reported there. at the airport, numerous cancellations having been reported. a lot of that was thanks to the black ice on the

city. build some buildings, plants and trees, don't pave the streets don't put in a water system. washington d.c., is controlled as a colony by the congress of the united states. congress does nothing for the city of washington unless the president takes leadership. washington, adams, jefferson jackson was actually a supporter of doing something. the great hero is going to be ulysses s. grant. but in our own times, lady bird johnson, the kennedys, bringing an expanded smithsonian, all the landscaping to the city. only presidential leadership. jefferson provided leadership. the plan is in the trash. that is the way it is going to stay until s grant -- ulysses s. grant. washington is unpaved dirty. the canal become so polluted methane gas is bubbling out of it. immediately, the new englanders said we only agree to come here, we did not agree we could not leave. in 1804-1809, at temps were made in congress to leave, to go to philadelphia baltimore, or new jersey. they all failed. but in 1814, the new englanders were handed a wonderful gift by an englishman made -- named robert ross who burned most of the public buildings. one of the most important events in wash

toward the future of the last night transportation and san francisco is one the premier cities in the united states and possibly the world we think it's time the transportation reflect that. >> thank you very much. >> hello tom one the co-owners of the decreeing bar i want to share one of the employees conferees actually rode up on her bicycle and was saying this is one of the reasons she's concerning leaving the bay area she has to cut her shift early not able to spend time with 0 her friends in san francisco no safe reliable way to get home safe at night i conserved have you ever taken the muni home from work at virgil's and laughed she said she'd wait for 45 minutes at chevrolet and mission street and take another bus and wait on van ness and market street to catch the bus as a woman kaiser cash at three and four hours in the more than shes she laughed many of the bar owners in the room this is an issue of safety for our employees and workers we have a responsibility to make sure that the works from 9 to 5 are able to get home safely and a as others who work at different hours also from the pros

affordable unit in the mid market area i want to thank the supervisors for the controls and courage we need to pause so the city asking can fourth how best to balance the growth with its stated deserve to maintain the affordable units in this city i encourage you to vote yes thank you very much. >> hi, i'm carl hass i'm an effected tenant living in the market area in a building that turns out is commercial this would have been more to speak but my landlord serviced e south side of is with a retaliatory retaliatory lawsuit that proclamations, resolutions, recognitions and awards proclamations, resolutions, recognitions and awards patterson is the attorney we've lived in here since 1985 in the interim worked as a morph as an activist, as well, now a small business owner in the mid-market area as well if anyone tells us we're not losing our workers i can't hire people because my amount of money they can't afford the time and the commuter expenses to come to san francisco they don't need to come here symone of the reasons is because when i got to san francisco i moved spent my first year in a renovated warehouse hospital and moved into another commercial space and eventually rai

united states. >> uc berkeley says cities across california are criminalizing homelessness with the report saying that local laws are increasingly designed to drive the homeless from their communities and make them "someone else's problem." the study looked at 2358 california cities including san francisco. many enforce laws that ban sitting, sleeping or standing in public politicians rather than focusing on behavior like drunkenness and disorderly conduct. >> routine status hearing is extended today. on tuesday his attorney tried to but back the trial from june to ought saying he needs time because he is about to begin another trial for another client. he was indicted on charge of accepting $62,000 in campaign contributions and he is accused of offering to arrange the sale of machine guns and missiles to an undercover f.b.i. agent. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> today we welcome in a new lunar new year but new weather or the same old thing? >> we have fog. that is different from yesterday. the temperatures should be the same this afternoon. we will start to see changes on sunday with cooler weat

you are inspiring an entire world, not just brownsville, not just brooklyn, not new york city, not the united states, the entire world. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 from target. >> they're outfitting every classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state of the art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> number nbc bay area news begins right now. >> three armed suspects stormed into a tiffany store and rushed out with the jewels, thank you for joining us. >>> i'm jessica aguirre, straight out, three armed robbers rushed into a store in san francisco ordering everybody inside the store

thanks to companies like amazon and microsoft ranged at one of the fastest growing major cities in the united states, but is also the fifth whitest major city in the nation. the block population is shrinking. tanya looks at what this means for black families moving to seattle in search of opportunity and a sense of belonging. >> angelique has been thinking about the meaning of the word community. she and her family proofed from washington d.c. to seattle where she works for amazon. looking back, they remember someone making a joke as they boarded the plane to lee d.c., a city where half the population is black. >> they said to me it was pretty much wave bye-bye to black people this is the last you're going to see them. >> they knew what they were getting into but weren't prepared for how isolating it would feel to live in a city where one could go for days without seeing another person of color. >> it's not easy to do, i happen to be in seattle and i'll know exactly where to go to church, where i can get my hair done, where i can go for whatever, african-american movie theater books, and other cultu

world stresses but many of the city's trees we have a lack of green trees as the supervisor mentioned we have one the lowest canopies of street trees in the united states in addition the trees are not disabled city council throughout the city there are neighborhoods with less neighborhoods the dictate end neighbors neighborhood there's an interesting greening equality in planting new trees so with all those things we're working on the urban forest plan this is a partnership between the planning department public works and we've been in talks with the rec and park depth and the urban forest council meeting and with the support from if the friends of the urban forest plans take place in 3 phases i've focused on street trees and next issues recommended to the parks and open spaces and the third trees on approve property we're talking about the first phase we completed last year, i wanted to invite carla from public works to talk about why we're focusing on street trees. >> good afternoon carli short specifies i gave both our presentations. >> we've been working together for a long time carla. >> we're focusing now on street trees because of the current po

much more centralized than the united states. our citieshave too little power, too little ability to set spending goals in line with the priorities of their electorates and we need -- i think we've got a great deal more deaf lution to the local -- more deevolution to the local level, starting with cities to set their own agendas, to spend more locally of the taxes they raise locally. london currently spends only 7%, london government, local and city, spend only 7% of the taxes london generates. new york spends about 50%. i think that would go, if we had the taxes, i think that that is the answer. not the entire answer but one of the answers. i do think british politics is in need of a serious galvanizing change like that. i think devolution, giving local communities more say making people feel actively engaged in what their cities are doing, i think that would be a help. that's not a complete answer but it would be a help. >> tim shipman of the "sunday times" has a question. >> we're all looking forward to the great american press corps tak

united states. and i can guarantee you new y k york, chicago and every city in the united states plus the fbi listen leaning forward in their saddle today trying to get as much information as they can. >> cliff, thank you for talking to us. and we've been following the story of a new shooting in copenhagen hat a synagogue. three shot. one in the head. two of them were police officers. keep it here on msnbc as we continue to follow this story out of copenhagen. ♪ the nissan rogue, with safety shield technologies. the only thing left to fear is your imagination. now get 0% financing or up to $1,000 back on the 2015 nissan rogue. nissan. innovation that excites. with big aspiratio. an advanced degree could help you get where you want to go. but sometimes your career can feel like it's getting in the way of your career. now capella university offers flexpath, a revolutionary program that puts you on the most direct path, leveraging what you've learned on the job and focusing on what you need to know so you can earn a degree at your pace and graduate at the speed of you. flexpath from capella university.

professional services we've got 60 percent of jobs in the local industries in the city that are a size typically in the united states the sector of our economy is the weakest performing we're losing jobs in a typical city of our size would have the relative performances that is a key finding i think in the study goes a long way for the demographics of san francisco the way it does that the type of jobs it supports in job i apologize for the jair in the corner what we wanted to look at was for each industries how do the jobs line up in terms of the education that you need to work in the industry or the employees in that industry typically have and how much do necessary pay one the key finding the industries that are doing well in san francisco the creativity cluster and the other clusters either provides high paying scombrobz for people or provide low paying jobs generally important people that don't have formal education i don't remember the exact number somewhere in the area of 70 to 75 this is quite a low wage creative industries wells the financial and professional service industries tend to offer more medium and

united states and also on the global stage. today vice president biden chairing a panel looking at some of the domestic issues. looking at what cities in the united states like los angeles, boston and minneapolis are doing to try to counter counter counter extreme counter extremism on their turf and look at what city officials are doing to encourage young people not to join in with extremist causes and that big picture. what comes next for the coalition. a lot of talk again as there always is about ground troops. don't look for president obama to commit ground combat forces to this. even as we see isis evolving expanding to libya, afghanistan, pakistan yemen, it's only making the issue of ground troops less and less likely than it even was. this is going to be a very difficult problem. every official says this is the real lesson of countering extremism. it's not a military problem alone. it's a problem for everybody to address on so many different levels. carol? >> all right. barbara starr reporting live for us this morning. thank you. >>> americans do seem ever more willing to engage in a ground war to take on isis. it seems like t

. >>> speaking of these failed states the united nations city council now calling on huth -- securitycouncil now calling on houthi rebels to withdraw from yemen's government buildings. the council unanimously passed a resolution urging all sides to end armed hostilities. >> the shia muslim rebels surrournded the presidential palace last month. the u.s.-backed president and cabinet resigned days later. last week houthi rebels seized all vehicles as the ambassador and diplomats left the country. >>> we want to get you this information just in to cnn. turkey and japan now suspending operations at their embassies in yemen. the turkish foreign ministry says fighting between the rival faction poses a serious security risk. says when public order and security is restored in sanaa and the rest of the country, a legitimate -- and a legitimate government authority is established there, the embassy will reopen. the american british, and french embassies suspended operations in yemen last week. >>> a 22-year-old danish man with ties to gangs and a criminal background is thought to be the only sho

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