and yemen, however. the two countries are in this one together. >> reporter: it is a huge problem right now what's going on with al qaeda in yemen. yemen cheerily needs help from the u.s. a lot of people have speculated that the u.s. is giving more help than they have disclosed. >> reporter: there are numerous reports that the u.s. has september in droeps and air power, but the u.s. has not corn confirmed that. another footnote, general petraeus was in yemen in july, yet that visit got a lot less coverage. this time, though, he was bringing a message directly from the president. this message. >> the investigation mr. to the christmas day incident continues. and we're learning more about the suspect. we know that he travelled to yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies. it appeared he joined and affiliate of al qaeda and they trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: those words the strongest yet f

embassy in yemen. the suspect in the christmas day plane bombing attempts as he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen. an emerging front in the war on terror. all 500 u.s. embassy employees in yemen have been instructed to stay away from their job until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. >> there are indications that al qaeda's planning to carry out an attack in the capital of yemen. >> we know they're tarpthing our embassy personnel and we want to safeguard our diplomats and others down there. it was the prudent step to take. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house. mike, fill in some of the gaps about what the administration is saying. >> reporter: david, it was the president himself who yesterday in his weekly internet and radio address who confirmed what many suspected and that it was al qaeda that was behind that aborted christmas day attack in the skies over detroit. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, a new strong hold for an old en

we are not unwelcomew3 helpers n yemen. we're not trying to recall a nice yemen.discussion about yemen, we are having this discussion because of al qaeda. would it not be instructive of the government to produce a document or hold a london conference and invite international partners to talk about the international strategy to talk about -- against al qaeda before we have the other countries where al qaeda is offered -- operating but not necessarily in the news at the moment? >> i think he would be one of the first to recognize that simply to talk about al qaeda and not distinguish between its senior leadership based in afghanistan and pakistan, the al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, al qaeda and in other areas, there are distinctive issues related to this senior leadership and the franchises on the other. there shouldç be a steady to debate and the more the better as far as i'm concerned. there was our recent meeting with parliamentarians on the situation in yemen before the christmas incident. there is a thrivingç all-party parliamentary group, chaired by my h

government of yemen. however, the government of yemen must also do more. this must be a partnership it is to have a successful outcome. the united states along with many other countries along with international institutions gathered here today are committed to working with the yemeni leaders to secure the country's borders, deny safe haven to terrorists, promote unity, protect human rights, advance and gender equity, build space institutions and will fall and implement space and political reform. united states signed a three year umbrella assistance agreement with the government of yemen that will augment yemen's capacity to make progress. this package includes initiatives that will cover a range of programs of the overarching goal of our work is to increase the capacity in the governance of yemen and give the people the opportunity to better meet choices in their lives. the president outlined a ten-point plan for economic reform. along with the country's national reform agenda. those are encouraging sign

yemen. the new directives in effect tomorrow. >> these are dramatic, brooke. starting tomorrow, tsa is mandating every person flying into the u.s. from or through a country that's a state sponsor of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through a hand screening or secondary screening. that can include body scans, patdowns and other regulations. and this is sure to slow down the boarding process but it also comes after the u.s. government stepping up counterterrorism efforts in yemen which is emerging as a more serious front in the war on terror. on the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where the red sea meets the indian ocean is yemen. that's where a strike just last month killed three al qaeda members suspected of targeting the u.s. embassy for attack. cnn has learned a fourth was captured with his suicide vest on. according to his senior u.s. military official. now the u.s. and british embassies have been closed because of continued threats in the area. >> the

is providing to yemen and the special forces in yemen, it is creating a situation that is not the safestor diplomats. i think they're expecting al qaeda to strike back. host: you are appearing on fox, and abc. when news came out of this? guest: we had and administration officials saying on the record saying they are still interested in sending the guantanamo detainees to yemen. there was special confidence in some of the officials -- janet napolitano, dhs secretary. they had trouble explaining why the suspect was going to be treated as a criminal suspect as opposed to an enemy combatants. he did not explain why it not an enemy combatants. host: we will listen to what his comments were. on the decision by the state department to close the embassy in yemen. john brennan's response this morning. guest: there indications that they are targeting our embassy and our personnel. we will not take chances with the lives of our diplomats and others overseas. we made a decision overnight. i spoke with ambassador sessions last night and this morning to make sure we are doing everything possible to pr

for a lot of yemen's history, i think that yemen has not been a very coherent country.t's only unified as we know it now for 20 years. when we are talking about yemen's role in all of this whether it's terrorism or radicalization as a failed state or crisis state. something we need to keep in mind it's still very new. and yemen has never been ruled as one coherent entity, it's a work in place. host: as we look at this photo, tell us about the head of government, who is he and what has he been saying about al-qaeda, the activity and the fight? guest: president sala has ruled yemen since it was unified and before that. and against all the criticism, the president has maintained things and keeping it together. and keeping yemen together hasn't proved to be an easy task. after september 11, he came to washington regarding this. and there was initial cooperation of fighting al-qaeda. one of the things that more recently president sala has tried to maintain all competing interest inside yemen. whether tribal or islamic or others. . . >> that's a process that will be starting

forcing in yemen. several hundred al qaeda members there. from the first day of this administration we focused on yemen. i traveled to yemen twice. i spoke with the president this week. we're concerned about al qaeda's continued growth there. they're not just focusing on yemen, it was evidenced by abdulmutallab's effort to bring down that plane. they're getting to the west. we have to get to the problem in yemen now. >> should we be more concerned today than we were three weeks ago? >> it's showing there's a culmination of the effort of al qaeda to carry out attacks. we stop a lot of attacks and plans before they get to the execution phase. what is clear, whether al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or others are continuing to press and continue their attempts. >> the answer to that is yes? >> we see continued attempts. al qaeda is determined to carry out attacks. they keep pressing. >> the director of national intelligence dennis blair sent a memo to employees. in it he said, i'm quoting here, that al qa

forces in yemen. there are several hundred al qaeda members there, and from the very first day of this administration, i traveled out there twice. we've concerned about al qaeda's continued growth, but they're not just focusing on yemen as was evidenced by abdulmutallab's efforts. to bring down the plane. they're looking to the west. so that's why we have to get to this problem in yemen now. >> is this ramped up? should we be more concerned today than we were three weeks ago? >> i think what it is is showing that there's a culmination of the effort here of al qaeda to carry out these attacks. we stop a lot of these attacks and a lot of these plans long before they get to the execution phase. but what is clear is that al qaeda, whether it's al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or other, they're continuing pressing and continuing their attempts. >> so the answer to that is yes. >> i think we see attempts. al qaeda is determined to be successful. we keep thwarts their attacks, but they keep pressing. >> the

troops on the ground in yemen? >> we're not talking about that at this point at all. >> woodruff: in the meantime, the u.s. government is trying to make it tougher to get a bomb on a plane. as of today, travelers bound for the u.s. from 14 countries will face full body patdowns and increase luggage screening. no exception. the list includes countries accused of sponsoring terror: cuba, iran, sudan, and syria, as well as yemen and nigeria plus afghanistan , algeria, iraq, lebanon, libya, pakistan, saudi arabia, and somalia. secretary clinton said today her department was reviewing its own security. >> we're looking to see whether those procedures need to be changed, upgraded, and that is, you know, my goal as secretary to do everything i can to make sure that not only american citizens but, you know, all people traveling on airlines of any nationality can arrive at their destination safely. >> woodruff: but a number of reports from europe said many airports were not yet following the new rules. and flights in and ou

they are ready to battle in somalia and yemen. yemen is tightening security along its coast. earlier i discussed the situation in yemen with ken robinson. i asked him if he thinks the general's trip could be a precursor to wider u.s. action in yemen. >> reporter: i think it is. because what we have right now is really good diplomacy going on, because they're trying to establish legitimacy with the government of yemen and the arab streak about these bombings are going to happen, and legitimacy is going to be half the battle. the other part of it will be private target selections that have had to do with giving sanctuary of al qaeda or threatening the survival of the state of yaem emen. and we have to avoid collateral damage in the process. we're getting a link between the christmas day terror attack and november massacre at ft. hood, texas. umar farouk abdulmutallab had direct contact with anwar al-maki. shades of the old west, probasketball players accused of drawing guns. the offcourt action the law enforcement officials are stepping in to take care of. >>> and american airl

airliner and al qaeda based in yemen. the president said that the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has targeted the u.s. before and the u.s. is fighting back, he vows. >> as president, i made ate priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government, and sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al qaeda terrorists. before christmas day, we had seen the results and training camps struck and leaders killed, and you, too, must know, you will be held in account. >> there is another development we want to tell you about yemen. president barack obama has been briefed on the meeting today between the president of yemen and the commander of u.s. central command general david pe tray yas, and yemen's president offered his thanks for the help in the battle against the extremists. ed henry is traveling with the president. i want to start with the president's remarks tying the christmas day attack with yemen. >> well, he had not gone there yet, don, in remarks throughout the past week or, so and that is impor

embassy in yemen? >> actually, the white house homeland security adviser here at the white house john brennan is making the rounds, appearing on "meet the press" first and foremost, saying there is a threat from al qaeda that has resulted in the temporary closure of the american embassy in yemen. the capital there sana, we learned that british embassy is being closed. a nonspecific threat, but out of an abundance of caution, embassy employees are being told to stay in their home. all told, there are about 500 employees of the u.s. embassy there. this comes after a number of developments over the weekend. of course, david, you mentioned, that the president specifically confirmed what many had suspected yesterday in his radio and internet address, he said that it was an al qaeda connection. aqap, they call it. al qaeda on the arabian peninsula where the suspect in the detroit bombing had spent time. he received training and had contact with al qaeda members there. general david petraeus, he is the top u.

petraeus has been to yemen and wit government.we have had close contact with the british, so this is a determined and concerted effort. we are not going to let al-qaeda make gains in yemen, because we need to take whatever steps necessary to protect our citizens there and abroad. >> what is the difference between yemen and afghanistan? >> the geography and they have passages in the mountains that the u.s. doesn't know. it's a tough terrain to fight and we have many pressuring that area. and there is no indication that the u.s. will deploy troops there. but you have this desert area governed like pakistan and afghanistan by tribes and don't provide government there and give safe harbor. it's a different fight geographically and a different fight because there is less fire power. in some ways it's easier and in other ways it's harder. >> from your reporting, how do we gain intelligence in the country and how do we know who to trust? >> one advantage that the u.s. may have in yemen, we're not installing a government. their government

connection, yes there is a yemen connection to this nigerian but also a yemen connection in the names doct s -- in the person o cleric awlaki who had a connection to hassan, the major that went on the shooting rampage at ft. hood, texas, and a third connection this other african-american convert to islam in little rock who went on a shooting rampage at a recruiting station in little rock, arkansas, who had been to yemen and changed his name while he was there apparently. should this have come as a huge surprise to the administration, to the intelligence community, that there was this yemen connection? >> i completely agree with paula. i was shocked when brennan said that. it is -- it has to be a shock to the american people that this is the first time apparently intelligence community has at least thought of the possibility that al qaeda might in yemen might be focused on the homeland. general jones, the president's national security adviser, said there would be shocking details in the report. perhaps this is one of the things he had in mind when he said that. >> jeanne, you wanted to

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he a month later, he goes to yemen, says he's in yemen.e is in yemen and he's in a cleric who we're monitoring in yemen, al-awlaki. he goes to an airport using his own name. no disguise. buys with cash a one-way ticket to the u.s. >> no luggage. >> he is the smoking gun. for mr. brennan to say no smoking gun, that assumption is the kind of not serious about the war mentality. i'd add one last thing. closing the embassy in yemen last night -- i don't know, i don't want state department officials put at risk and all that, but that's a sign of weakness. closing the embassy? we can't protect our own embassy, in a place we say we're working with the government on the front line on the war on terror and there is a terror threat and we close the embassy? that's a victory for al-qaeda. the last week has been a victory for al-qaeda in that region, i'm afraid. >> i disagree. i don't think there was a smoking gun. what mr. brennan was talking about was a specific failure you can back track and say here is the moment when there was derogatory informat

we've been watching yemen. as pressure increased in pakistan we always look to yemen and somalia as a place where the senior leadership could slip to. the senior leadership has not gone there but we've seen a steady growth in al qaeda since 2006, there was a massive jail break in yemen, about two dozen al qaeda members incarcerated escaped, from that point on we've seen the steady growth of al qaeda and their use of yemen as a safe haven. >> should there be accountability on the part of bush national security officials like yourself at a time when there were detainees from guantanamo released back to yemen at a time when yemen and al qaeda there was becoming more robust, that the administration did not do more to specifically target the al qaeda threat? >> no. we worked very hard on this. john pointed throughout is a continuum of action between president bush''s administration and president obama's administration with regard to these threats. we did release some folks from guantanamo despite our best efforts ma

yemen. the british embassy has also been closed. the suspect in the christmas day plane bomb attempt said that he got his marching orders from al qaeda operatives in yemen and today all 500 u.s. embassy employees there have been instructed to stay away until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. new details were revealed this morning on nbc's "meet the press." >> there are indications that al qaeda's planned to carry out an attack in sana, the capital. yemen. we know they are targeting or embassy personnel and we want to safeguard our diplomats and others down there so it was the prudent step to take. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house. the administration's trying to portray this as out of an abundance of caution. but anything more specific about what prompted them to do this? >> we're told there is no specific threat but a number of factors picked up in intelligence over the last several days, including the revelation that the presid

yemen is an interesting case.has actually been working with the obama administration, orchestrating attacks on al qaeda. so that effort has to be strengthened and, you know, nobody wants to talk about nation building, but one of the best-selling books is, of course, you know, "four cups of tea" and wanting to -- and turning stones into schools. it's that kind of aid, i think, that has a much better payoff than dropping more bombs. >> eleanor clifts, contributing editor for "newsweek" magazine, thanks for coming in this morning. >> thank you, david. >> you're welcome. >>> holiday vacationers in northern california are getting an extra attraction along the coastline. big waves pounded the coast of pacific ka, california, with locals seeing waves as tall as 20 feet. surfers heeded for the most part the national weather service warnings and stayed clear of these walls of water. locals are expecting another day of at least head high surf. >>> still ahead, the frigid temperatures gripping much of the nation. how even fl

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a third front in yemen? >> well, i'm like -- unlike a lot of americans, i've been in yemen, the capital of yemen. it's only nine years old as a republic. at the time i was there it was a divided country. that was in north yemen. south yemen was under the control and influence of the soviet union. this is a country which was almost a feudal state. you had men who walked around with rhinocerus horns hanging from their belt and sword. you have people that were accustomed to chewing khat. >> make sure they're high. >> as in somalia. >> and you try walking through with people with ak-47's and rhinocerus horns high on khat, that is not the kind of place like we're talking about baghdad or afghanistan. this is a real feudal society. >> it's primitive, wide and it's almost ungoverned. and before talking about americans direct involvement in that, we ought to think about how we are contributing to the problems in yemen. the two leaders of al-qaeda in yemen are are ex-graduates of guantanemo. the bush administration t

the connections with yemen. the differences between this administration and myself have been substantive. i've been trying to drive this administration in a policy direction that keeps america safe. if you listen to the language from this morning, where the guests you have had on the program, we're at a point where we have come bac we have some political -- excuse me, policy disagreements. we have recognition that the threat is real, it's imminent. we need to come together to fix it. i'm proud of the role that i have played in making sure that this country stays safe. >> we'll see how that bipartisanship goes. welcome and thank you all for joining us. >>> "the roundtable" is next. and we'll have george will, cynthia tucker, ron brownstein and david sanger. >>> and later. "the sunday funnies." however you picture your retirement, pacific life can help... using 401k savings, life insurance, and annuities to provide a dependable income for the rest of your life. with more than 140 years of experience, pacific life

-yemen operations al qaeda against in december headed off planned terrorist attacks in yemen's capital. >> in one case fordisawling an attack of four suicide bombers. >> reporter: it's believed that attack was aimed at the u.s. embassy. advisers say the president has combined fun and work during his hawaiian vacation. notion family time and golf, he's spending hours every day, they say, reading reports and getting briefed on the investigation. administration officials say they're not ready to put yemen on a level with afghanistan or pakistan in the war on terror, but they clearly are upping the ante significantly. jeff. >> glor: chip reid in honolulu tonight. chip, thank you. as we noted earlier, cbs news has learned u.s. forces are playing a lead role in assaults on al qaeda norsz yemen, which is on the southern-most part of the arabian peninsula. kimberly dozier in washington has more on that part of the story. story. >> reporter: this is yemeni government video of its u.s.-trained counter-terrorist teams at work. but cbs news has lshed exclusively that recent combined air and ground

the first in her series of exclusive reports inside yemen. on "good morning america." >>> that does it for "world news" on this sunday. i'm dan harris. for all of us here at abc thursday, thank you for watching, and good night.

al qaeda in yemen has a different philosophy. they're encouraging people all over the world to go onto the internet, to download explosives, and to carry out many, many smaller kinds of attacks. so it's a different approach and one that seems to be coming out of yemen. >> the last eight years we've been accustomed when we hear a place referred to as a front in the war on terror, we think u.s. combat boots on the ground. why won't that likely happen here? >> oh, i don't think you're going to be seeing any american divisions going to yemen. what we have in yemen is a friendly government that wants to cooperate. and the reason that general petraeus was there, to try and increase this cooperation. so you'll see more intelligence sharing, maybe some more equipment, potentially even some firepower lent to the fight. but you're not going to see american forces invading yemen, but just trying to beef up their cooperation and support. >> chuck todd, let me turn to you. when the president left on this vacation, it s hlth care, health care,

we are not unwelcomew3 helpers n yemen. we're not trying to recall a nice yemen.lcome a short discussion about yemen, we are having this discussion because of al qaeda. would it not be instructive of the government to produce a document or hold a london conference and invite international partners to talk about the international strategy to talk about -- against al qaeda before we have the other countries where al qaeda is offered -- operating but not necessarily in the news at the moment? >> i think he would be one of the first to recognize that simply to talk about al qaeda and not distinguish between its senior leadership based in afghanistan and pakistan, the al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, al qaeda and in other areas, there are distinctive issues related to this senior leadership and the franchises on the other. there shouldç be a steady to debate and the more the better as far as i'm concerned. there was our recent meeting with parliamentarians on the situation in yemen before the e is a thrivingç all-party parliamentary group, chaired by my hon. friend

has already defeated once in yemen. it defeated it really in '01 to '03, and al qaeda came back after a prison break in february of 2006. so if the u.s. continues to go down the same road, it's going to get the same results, fighting difficult incarnations of al qaeda in yemen every few years. >> general david petraeus met with yemen's president yesterday. a senior u.s. government official says they discussed the latest intelligence on al qaeda in that country. >>> the man accused of trying to set off a bomb on a northwest airlines flight 253 got aboard the plane because of lapses in security. now that's the assessment of a top counterterrorism official. umar farouk abdulmutallab boarded the flight for detroit, despite several indications that he might pose a threat. the white house adviser leading a review says there was no warning sign pointing to an eminent attack. republicans, however, continue to attack president obama's response to that attempted bombing. >> clearly, the system didn't work. we had a problem in ter

they described as yemen as fragile. widely supported is the government of yemen of cross all the people, bearing in mind the tribal conflicts in the north and the separatist movements in the south? >>çç far be it from me it to a lawyer for the right hon. gentleman, but i thinkç he said that yemen is fragile, rather than the government is for agile. in his defense, or at least an explanation of his position -- the government is fragile. the president is currently in his second term of office. the constitution prohibits him running for a third term. parliamentary elections are due in 2011, in yemen, and they will clearly be a massive challenge. one of the issues that will need to be addressed our democratic elections and the ability of people to express their opinions. the number of citizens committed to violence, whether through the movement in the north of the separatist movement in the south, with links to al qaeda, is a small minority. >> all over the world, our armed forces and our aid budgets are stretched, in af

now yemen. yemen number two in the amount of money it was given in the pentagon's counterterrorism program. but, $67 million just in the big picture, that doesn't sound like a lot. where do you think the united states needs to be focusing those counterterrorism dollars? >> well, i think most importantly, we have to look at yemen and we have to understand why al qaeda has managed to flourish there. the two main reasons, obviously number one the arrival of a group of ex-saudi guantanamo bay detainees who were released in 2007, who have really given a big jump-start to this organization. we have to try to go after those folks. but number two, most importantly, why has al qaeda managed to achieve a base there? the reason is because they've established relationships with local people. with local tribesmen who are sympathetic to this. who are opposed to the yemeni government. if we really wanted to see al qaeda in yemen, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the solution is trying to drive a wedge betwee

about yemen. first of all with all due respect with the president you can't break bread with people that want to kill us. bring on the, bush, you can't get along with people that want to kill us. see my point? and also the fact that i mean this president has done nothing. like you just came out with the "washington post". i was just on-line reading same thing. this is linked before obama commented? host: actually the incident happened on friday and he made the first comments on monday. caller: i'm not being part son. but thank you very much and have a good day. host: david, thanks for the call. "newsweek" outweighing a new cover story. christopher dickings thousand points of hate. terrorist on the run. it's where they're running to is the problem. more about al qaeda. it tried to take up the next step over the skies of michigan and there's a quote saying in the piece available on-line at "newsweek".com. when you have an affiliate projecting in the u.s. environment that's a big deal. it had very cl

has been supporting the government of yemen in their efforts to go after the extremists in yemen.g to continue those efforts, continuing to focus probably dramatically increasing our focus on the tensions there, the problems with al-qaeda in yemen. >> i guess any time the president visits a specific location and we know he has a very close relationship to hawaii, the tourist officials there, i'm sure, hope other people -- i have to tell you, the picture behind you is looking really good. it's freezing here, steve. so what are they planning -- >> beautiful here. >> i know. but it has been very serious time as well. but do you think they'll try to capitalize on it? >> right. they hope the visit of president obama and his family will improve the situation here. it looked beautiful, but there is trouble in paradise, so to speak. this state hit hard by budget cuts. hit hard by the economic down turn. and officials here are hoping -- they're pinning their hopes now on the tourist in chief, president obama. with luxury hotels lining white sandy beaches, the islands of hawaii have long be

forces in yemen. there are several hundred carried members there and from the very first day of this admin strarks sfrags, i traveled out there twice. we've concerned about al qaeda's continued growth, but they're not just focused on yemen as was evidenced by abdulmutallab's efforts. they are looking to the west. so that's why we have to get to this problem now. >> should we be more concerned today than we were three weeks ago? >> i think what it is is showing that there's a cull main nation of the effort here of al qaeda to carry out these attacks. we stop a lot of these attacks and a lot of these plans long before they get to the execution phase. but what is clear is that al qaeda, whether it's al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or other, they're continuing their attempts abo attempts. >> so the answer is yes? >> al qaeda is determined to be successful. we keep thwarts their attacks, but they keep pressing. >> the director of national intel againin-fell against memo a met mow and said efforts aredy m

we are told yemen pledged more support for u.s. counter terrorism strikes inside yemen. it is also offering assistance with the investigation into the attempted bombing. >>> and in florida, police are arrested a suspect in the thanksgiving murders. paul marriage seen in this surveillance tape you see here was taken into custody at a motel about 200 miles from the crime scene last night after a tip from someone who saw the story on "america's most wanted." marriage is accused of killing four family members, including his own 6-year-old cousin. relatives were relieved when they heard the news of his arrest. >> it means i'll be able to sleep a little better tonight and i won't be patrolling the inside of my house with my shotgun thinking that the monster is right around the corner. i've been in protective mode. and now that he's captured, at least my family, we can even begin the healing process. >> marriage faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. >>> the deadly mudslides in brazil, crews hoping to find survivors yesterday fo

gave yemen $70 million to fight terrorism.al petraeus announced that amount will double, more likely than not this year. >>> more than 160 people have been arrested in a cock fighting ring raid in texas. they seized drugs, cash, and more than 100 roosters. child protective services took into custody as many as 15 children, some as young as 7 years of age. >>> rick warren says that donations to his southern california megachurch total $2.4 million. he had asked for donations to meet a $900,000 shortfall. >>> in lorado, dogs can travel in style now. a pet boarding facility bought a hearse and dressed it up as a pet traveler. cheaper than a cab. now to j.c. monahan with the weather. >> we're looking at the warm places in the country. we have to go out west. 78 degrees in los angeles. that's about 10 degrees above average. normally you would be about 68. phoenix, 70. minneapolis, 6 degrees. and a storm backing into the northeast coastline. the winds are the big issue there. >> this weather report has been brought to you by kellogg

he said he went to yemen. said he got explosives there and said he trained on the arabian peninsula there. he told one thing that's very haunting. he was training in yemen with a number of other people. he didn't know how much. he called them his brothers. he said though we were segregated. he felt (garbled audio) you have to assume there.... >> schieffer: chip reid, i take it the president was briefed. we begin every news cycle getting word that the president has been briefed. what else is going on out there? >> well, they're talking a lot about what is going to happen when the president gets back to washington. i think what you're going to see beginning on tuesday when the president has this meeting in the situation room with the heads of all the various agencies related to homeland security is kind of another version of the afghanistan review. it's going to be very methodical. it's going to be very comprehensive. governmentwide. the president is going to sit down at that table and go around the room and fin

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