because yemen is a country we don't understand very well to yemen is a country that's in a state of crisis a different kind of crisis in the crises we saw in egypt the transitions we saw in tunisia or egypt or the civil war we see happening in libya today and we just give you a few statistics to give you sense of the kind of situation yemen's in right now thirty percent of the population is unemployed right forty percent of the population lives below the u.n. poverty line seventy percent of the population is twenty five or under there are nineteen or similar statistics that we see in a lot of their country and their egon educated populations very high levels of unemployment in yemen they're not educated there are nine point nine million small arms running around in a country of about twenty three million people and unlike these other countries yemen is in the middle of an ecological crisis their water table stalling their oil revenues have dropped through the floor and the regime doesn't have any more time and the regime perhaps doesn't have too much money left of course a lot of people ar

two reasons the first is yemen's popular. is extremely poor extremely young and extremely mobile and the second is the more unstable yemen becomes the more likely al qaeda is to take advantage of it unlike every other place in the world where al qaeda operates in yemen in saudi arabia they are operating on turf they have home field advantage that changes the game in terms of the saudis interest and it changes the game in terms of what the united states is able to do to change the situation and christiane thank you very much for joining us tonight and this is a situation that could be changing by the day some obviously continue to watch it thank you you thank. that's time for a quick break but coming up next violence and violence against the international community continued in afghanistan over the weekend that's right to a number of cities a look at insight from someone on the ground and then we'll ask if americans should a lose their rights to free speech during wartime senator lindsey graham puts up for the day that if he w

out of yemen.e they had that, that presented another major challenge to the regime. you lose the north, the south, the tribes, and the center and the south where al-qaeda's operating against you, and you really don't have much leg left to stand on. now, if you zoom forward to current events, the tunisia bug call it, the political tsunamis started with that, start in yemen next, even before egypt. just in yemen it was a slower more dangerous route than in egypt. once that spark started, you have the youth movement more or less, middle class, lower middle class, educated types who can organize civil society and use facebook, those people did what their brothers and sisters did in the other countries. small in number, they start off a larger movement, and it just came after that with everybody saying, yes, this is the time to change. we can't stand this situation anymore. with all of that, on top of it all ring -- all, the military split. we were on a panel and said if he goes against him, then it's r

rainer syria or yemen is actually a consistent u.s. policy of supporting ruthless and brutal dictators as long as they are doing the bidding of the united states and so while we see this military action that actually is a war against libya unfolding what we're seeing just a few hundred miles away across the red sea in yemen is that ali abdullah saleh is allowed to snipe or shoot his protesters in the head and is allowed to use u.s. weapons and training to fight his domestic political opponents aid and training that's been given to him sensibly to fight al qaeda forces in that country and you see the defense secretary robert gates saying that it's not the business of the united states to intervene in the internal affairs of yemen the fact is that the united states has been waging a covert war inside of yemen for the past ten years and it has been ratcheted up dramatically by the obama administration in december of two thousand and nine president obama authorized two very deadly airstrikes against yemen. in tomahawk cruise missiles with

has been involved is the republic of yemen. they have earned the country's reputation as a haven for the islamic militants. the third year old rule of america's allies has been threatened by the protests. he promised not to extend his rule beyond 2013, but the -- he is not trusted. and they are losing patience with the president. we managed to get into yemen to bring this report. >> for the united states, this country is all about the war on terror. the partner in yemen is in trouble. >> i am not going back to my tribe. go out. >> the president is holding on. the outcry is proving stronger expected.united states i both are dealing with a new force. the people. >> the stretches for miles and miles. all this began as a sit-in by a few students. representatives from all districts of yemen -- they are here. saleh said that this would never happen here. he said his country and would fight each other, and that this would end in chaos. protesters say that this proves that they can be organized and disciplined. >> this chicken symboliz

but it is our focus there misplaced thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of yemen today demanding an end to president saleh is rule that state is more than just his regime we're going to discuss america's covert war on yemen soil. let's give it a good look over these rebels let's give them a chance to fight and when the country goes to war so does the u.s. media we're going to take a look at how the conflict seems to be good business for cable news and how journalists may be leading the march to war. good evening it's friday april first eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy captain of any watching. now it's easy to forget how our actions may have unintended consequences until events like today's come along now on march twentieth a florida evangelical preacher decided to make a statement of burning the koran at a service and his church today people paid with their lives for that action at the end protestors furious over the burning stormed a u.n. compound in the normally peaceful city in mazar e sharif killing at least seven employees in the first ever attack on

the news headlines but is our focus there are misplaced with thousands marching on the streets of yemen and we're going to examine what's at stake there there's huma that country's president and america's kovar a war on yemen soil. let's get it done over these rebels let's give them a chance to fight and when the country goes to war so does the u.s. media we're going to take a look at how wars are good for business and for the press and how journalists seem to be leading the march to war. good evening it's friday april first four pm here in washington d.c. and lucy coffin of any watching arcade. now it's easy to forget that our actions can have unintended consequences and so days like today come along now on march twentieth a florida evangelical preacher decided to make a political statement by burning the koran during a service in his church and today nearly twenty people paid a heavy price for that action they paid with their lives afghan protesters furious over the koran burning stormed a u.n. compound in the normally pieces. the city of mazar e sharif telling up to twenty people in

ambassador to yemen from 1997 through 2001.cturer and diplomat-in-residence at princeton's woodrow wilson school. welcome to you both. ambassador bodine, so what is going on in yemen? is president saleh on his way out in the short term or isn't he? >> i think he is. he has fully accepted the gcc proposal. we know, as you had your set-up, the gmp, the opposition has accepted it. and the united states has endorsed it. i would even say that his remarks demanding that, you know, he would turn over power by election and referendum was actually a reference to the gcc proposal which has a number of steps political process steps. so, yes we are very much now at the end game. >> warner: is that how you see it, chris boucek, this is the end game? >> i think eventually. >> warner: a short one though. >> i think this process can go on for some time but eventually there will be a negotiated settlement between the regime and the opposition and president saleh will leave. he can't stay in power. >> warner: what happened this weekend? how do y

and essentially that has been the -- >> where is in yemen exactly? which part of southern yemen? two provinces. i'm not sure to tell you the truth the dimensions of exactly where it is but the significant part of it is that this is the -- [ audio difficulty ] -- if in fact i'm not in power. the united states i believe and others are very concerned about the opposition there. they don't know if the president leaves who will emerge and what, whether they can be counted on in the fight against al qaeda. the president was a fairly reliable ally but again, it's just a very difficult situation and as i was saying of all these various regional conflicts and pro democracy movements and so forth, that's perhaps the most worrying and the most unstable situation right now. >> all right. our thanks to our colleague ron allen and of course richard will be back. if moammar gadhafi's turn coat foreign minister moussa koussa helps the coalition take down the regime should he be forgiven for involvement he may have had with the terrorist bombing of pan am flight 103? you'll meet a man at the cent

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is a huge threat for us obviously we give a lot of military aid to yemen something that the pentagon has said so far that they're not willing to cut off despite the situation there but bias turning our back on does not mean that instead of counterterrorism we're actually trying to choose these ideals and choose the people's movement or do you bet that we're going to be very much involved in who in this transition and whoever might be a successor. i don't give a damn about ideals honestly we go we need to act like you do and by the way i would argue that president obama has been hypocritical on this issue as president bush will get very same thing was true of clinton and bush sr and basically and everybody else that we have a white house for the last thirty forty fifty years so what we're going to see the americans doing everything that you have to try to a big next person what were the stability and again as i just spoke about that's the short term solution which causes the long term cash that we're now dealing with so what are the big things and you know we're also seeing the result

yemen is not libya. yemen is the poorest country in the region. the solution to yemen is a strong government that supports all parts of that country. and the most significant development in yemen recently has been the split between president ali abdullah saleh and his military leader. they come from the same tribe but have a different vision about the future. jenna: we use these determines democracy and freedom as if they apply the same way wherever we say them around the world. it's a important reminder a democracy could elect a fundamental religious leader. do you think that the united states has to be stronger with our message to the arab world about what type of democracy, what type of nations we'd like to see emerge there and be stronger with our message not only there but also to our own people here at home? >> i think our messages have been real strong. these are indigenous phofplts. we will be able to influence wapbs in tunisia, egypt, other countries we will not be able to control it. what the united states can do together with other euro

yemen's neighbors saudi arabia, has offered to mediate between the sides. in the meantime, with many here hoped would be a peaceful revolution is turning bloody. bbc news, yemen. >> the nigerian president has said delaying last saturday's general election was the best option. the votes were postponed for a second time when staff and paperwork failed to appear at polling stations. the president told the bbc the voters must not be put off by the problems and should go to the polls. >> there are regrets what happened and the money spent. the sacrifice will show. but let me assure them the elections will be credible and i plead to them to go out in numbers to decide who should be members of their house of the president, who should be a senator on saturday. come out for the parliamentary elections. if you have a bad parliament you can't have a good government. you must elect a good parliament so you'll have a good government. >> the president telling the voters they shouldn't be deterred by a second postponement of the elections in nigeria. president barack obam

plaza to show their solidarity with the people of yemen. demonstrators called for democracy andity for the citizens and a peaceful transdiscussion of power. members from all over california marched to demand an to end the united states military aid to the regime. >> people of yemen are being killed for nothing more than standing up and speaking out against injustice. we demands the u.s. end any military aid. >> alan: the rally was endorsed by amnesty international, and some other local groups. >>> wal-mart is testing out a new grocery delivery service in san jose. the service is called, wal-mart to go. customers can order groceries, health and beauty products, medicines and household spies from the web site, and wal-mart will drive the goods to your home at the time of your choisms -- of your choice. there's no word yet if and when it will broaden into other areas. >> united continental is doing away with the discount for passengers who planned ahead. travelers used to get 2 to $3 off if they paid the fees for their checked in bags online i

said here we're talking about what happened in egypt we're now looking at tripoli we're looking at yemen where else are we next are our heads on the block next and that's really what they want to see robert gates say no no no we really like you well maybe so it probably is a little bit of a kiss up trip then i can imagine what do you make of this focus that they're putting on iran is that just you know is that just a way to kind of detract from what they're really talking about is that they tell people this is going on and this is about iran of the fact that they think that iran is taking advantage of the protests me does not also in a way deal it get in line is these people's movements that are going on in these countries. of course it does i mean he absolutely does the problem is obviously you know i think about this in terms of my experience working in the middle east again in cairo and even in turkey in jordan in the. territories iraq way everywhere i go in and i've talked to a lot of people about this probably is it was a credibility gap on the americans eat when they say one and th

yes , yemen to various parties and that's the way in yemen. can i prove this? no, but it's the chatter in yemen, so saudi arabia must have played a role in that, and i think the other states probably did have a distinct view on yemen and went along, but look at the way the qatar plays their role in libya versus all the other gcc states. if there's a common policy, how come it's not playing itself out in very important arab case like libya but plays out well in yemen? i think it's because the case of yemen, the stakes were low for the other gcc states, and yet, there's a common threat perception and the iranian leadership pulled it off. we don't see that repeat itself elsewhere, most notably in libya. >> okay, somebody else over? no, all the way to the back there. >> one of the things that is interesting to us is with the impact on teheran's domestic situation. there's large minority populations within teheran, kurdish and so on, but there's no mention of how the grass roots movement in the world could impact the minority groups and how they re

. >>> and tonight, a warning from yemen's president. yemen has been a crucial ally for the u.s.the war on terror. there is a huge al qaeda presence in that country. facing huge protests, the president says he will step down, but warned today, in so many words, you'll be sorry. 24 hours after agreeing to hand over power in his increasingly embattled country, yemen's president took aim at the opposition, warning that the dangers of al qaeda, saying support from the west for protesters could come at a cost. "they are ignoring what al qaeda is doing in yemen," the president said, "and they will pay the price." he's now agreed to hand over power to his deputy within 30 days, in exchange for immunity from prosecution. today, thousands of demonstrators were still at it, saying the deal falls short of their demands. they want him out now and they want him tried. he warns al qaeda has found its way into the sea of protesters. "i think this will escalate the crisis," the president said. "it won't solve it." >> a warning from yemen tonight. >>> meanwhile, in washington, president obama and

start a chain reaction war civil wars in the region especially what we're seeing now in syria and yemen do you think he's got a point there. i think there is a danger yes we saw in the balkans control years of. camillus for a focus group more trouble we would draw in nato as nato is gone and. now logically be the government but you're not certain you population entirely on your side if you. get up a lot of media then as a chance to lean. into. you know some states are more concerned going to be in places where it may be super was also. the chances are that you might have to stewing over and truth but of course people may not realize they're going to risk their. example that nato has been so quickly into libya. reacted very quickly when in fact the result so far has been very slow on its actions. should we just talk about what the situation is at the moment we've just heard obviously in the last twenty four hours there's been an attack on tripoli and indeed don't get that compound by nato forces can that be seen as a. erect a temple on get at his life and if so is that not a preacher of

and not radical islam however this may change the military intervention in libya and the violence in yemen could be an opportunity for al qaida. to. start. discussing al qaeda in the arab world today i'm joined by an old abbas like he's in washington he's a senior political scientist at the rand corporation also in washington we have graham rami he is a human and civil rights program director at the muslim american society freedom and in austin we go to derrick roe he is a political director at the brave new foundation in another member of our cross talking on the hunger or i guarantee in austin you got up the earliest for this program so i'm going to go you first. is that we've thanks you know during the day we look at the. transformation of the arab world the him the embrace of democracy and getting rid of these vicious dictators have been around for for decades the dictators and some of people on the right wing of said be careful al qaeda is out there to take advantage of it but we've seen successful growing successes in the arab middle east but now we have the intervention in libya and

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anti-government protests continued in yemen. thousands turned out in the capital for another demonstration to call for the immediate resignation of president saleh. he is refusing to step down. at a rival. as government demonstration, his supporters said he would sacrifice his blood for the people. we will have more on the unrest in the arab world later on in this half hour. the u.n., u.s., and france have demanded that the longtime ivory coast leader relinquish power. fierce fighting continues near his headquarters. fierce fighting was reported around the television station. military leaders have called on his forces to surrender. 50,000 have reportedly defected. he vows to fight until the end. the u.n. has condemned what it calls a cowardly attack on u.n. compound in northern afghanistan. at least seven u.n. workers have been confirmed dead after an angry mob stormed the compound. five rioters were reported killed along with dozens injured. they took to the streets to protest the burning of a koran by u.s. pastor. others say i

we will keep watching what is happening in syria and in yemen through the day. his wedding date is drawing near'and prince s knees are beginning to tremble. they get married and 1 billion people around the world are expected to be watching. the prince says he is nervous and excited and just a little bit relieved, too, after he managed to keep the media away from his stag party. this report does contain some. flash. or prince day job f william. this is a training exercise. a real rescue, could range from many things. the work is now a welcome distraction from letting the nerves -- from the wedding nerves. >> it's a daunting prospect, but quite exciting. i'm looking forward to it. >> there was a touch of smugness about the secret stag meeting. >> it was a military operation and my brother and i were very proud of how it went. >> there was much teasing from colleagues. >> we always throw in the kate and will embroidered pillow on his bed. >> something pretty unusual by royal standards, a relatively normal life. >> prince william says his job has made him feel proud

we are not naming her for security reasons. >> a fire after another clash in yemen. the scenes are repeated across the country. violence seems to follow the same pattern. security forces moved in to break up anti-government protesters. there is teargas and bullets. around 150 people have died in yemen since the uprising began. they show no sign of giving up. this is growing. every day, there are new tents here. new people joining the revolution. he recently welcomed gulf arab states to hand over his power to the vice-president. many are skeptical. >> the gulf initiative was not clear. when they talk about transformation of authority, they mean that the president stays in power. we do not accept that. >> that would keep him in his place until 2013. nobody here would accept that. the opposition has the details of the proposal before they decide whether it is worth it. this process and the violence seemed to be escalating. >> our top story. a group of countries opposing colonel gaddafi says that they will consider ways to provide money for the libyan rebels. state media

so, the trend lines in yemen are not good. we've invested a lot of work in yemen.ut it's -- it's a disturbing trend for the future. and this is -- again, one of the things that i feel strongly about is that when you look at what's going on in this part of the world and you look at the potential, there's reason to be op mystic in some areas and there's reason to be very concerned in others. it's a tremendous tectonic shift. in terms of the world as we know it, in this part of the world for the last 80 years. >> general jones, thank you very much indeed for joining us. >>> what do you think the u.s. should do next in libya? tweet me. >>> meanwhile, the costs of the new war are already piling up. more than $500 million so far. all this as congress and the white house remain at logger heads over a federal budget and a government shut down looming. the deadline just five days off. will lawmakers beat the clock? we'll hear from senator chuck schumer and the top republican on the budget committee, jeff sessions. that's in a moment. nt. i needed a coach. our doctor was gre

because bishop was started in yemen and we are also so well again i didn't want to start it because the forms have not been seriously by hand and i believe that that machine guns i mean and i think in bahrain we are pushing for reform through dialogue and i hope people for any government when live up to his commitment to start a dialogue with the opposition so you think in yemen that saleh is on his way out you think in bahrain things are going to change in a more diplomatic than shin is that what i'm hearing i think so what is what do you think is next i mean certainly there's talk we've heard days not weeks weeks not months and you know we've also had some guests here on our team who say the u.s. the last nato could be in libya for twenty years what's your take on how this played out and how it ends i was not released so i don't think i think billions is going to regime should be in science i have a more senior people like me i have the energy and i see benjy he is seeing border senior people are abandoning it i think that the end should be inside and so is the game in yemen i think t

. >> the president of yemen has rejected opposition calls to resign quickly.or more people died in anti- government protests. he accuses his opponents of conspiracies and coups. >> the temperature in yemen continues to rise and boil over. security forces again confronted protesters in the capital. thousands of mainly young people have been on the streets demanding the immediate resignation of the president. he has offered to go when his presidential term ends in two- years time. but that is not good enough for the protesters. the security forces responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades and opening fire on the crowds with water cannons. >> if the government continues its systematic repression, the young people should consider occupying public enterprises, such as oil companies, the ministry of foreign affairs, and other institutions. the regime is to know that young people have limits to their patients. they will not turn to violence. but they know how to stop the regime. >> when the anti-government movement begin -- began in january, the protesting stree

. >> was there any contract conditions on the aid to yemen about using it against yemen -- >> to suggest that the they are abusing protesters is a leap of faith for which there is no evidence to support. yeah, go ahead. >> any update on the teams dispatched to japan to help out with the nuclear? >> the management guys? >> right. secondly, the uss reagan carrier strike group is repositioning. can you tell us about that and why they are repositioning? >> i have heard -- i heard that just before i went out today that it was repositioning. we have the george washington still in japan, so there is another carrier there. we've had two carriers there for the past several weeks to be on hand, to help with the humanitarian disaster relief. i got to go double check that that has been the decision that's been made to actually pull the reagan out and reassign it to another mission, but regardless, if that is the decision, we have a number of ships that will remain off the coast of japan including the carrier jornlings washington, and we'll retain that capability. i noticed that the minister visited

plaza in san francisco today in support of the demonstrators in yemen. some of the activists we spoke with say that the president's resignation announcement is not enough. they insist he be tried for what they consider is despotic 33 year rule and call upon the u.s. to stop military aid to his regime. >>> in other news of the world tonight... [ applause ] >> in syria government security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of people marching in a funeral processions. at least 120 people have been killed in the last two days during protests. the bloodshed prompted two syrian lawmakers and several religious leaders to resign in protest. demonstrators have been calling for the president of syria's resignation for the last month. >>> and in thailand thai and cambodian troops exchanged artillery fire in the second day of border clashes over control of two temples. six cambodian and four thai troops have been killed. thousands of civilians have fled. the cambodian government accuses thailand of firing mortar shells with chemical gas something the thai gover

. >> leading to tunisia and yemen. >> if our foreign policy rests on falsehoods to the public and secrecy with dictators, it's going to be vulnerable. >> but how about this notion that diplomats should have a right to cable back home, what they think of a leader or point out that the leader's family is corrupt. what do you think, adam, do you think julian assange, who describes himself as a reporter is, in fact, functioning is a

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ally for years, particularly in yemen's role in fighting al qaeda. two american soldiers were killed in afghanistan today by a man dressed as an afghan police officer. the incident happened inside a compound in the north, as they were training security forces. witnesses said the shooter fled the scene, but it was unclear if he was an actual police officer or dressed in disguise. meanwhile, hundreds of people across the country protested for a fourth day against a recent koran burning in florida. u.n. helicopters fired on forces loyal to the entrenched president of ivory coast today.

when i was in yemen i was told huge sums of money over $100 million annually shot in yemen to variousies, that's how they play in yemen. can i prove this? no but it is a chapter in yemen saudi arabia must have played a role in that and i think the other states probably didn't have a distinct view and went along but look at the way they played their role in libya verses of the other states? if you have some sort of a common foreign policy how come it's not playing itself of an air of cases like libya but it plays of william and? i think it is in the case of human is relatively low for the other and we have this common thread perception and the saudi arabia leadership to put off most notably elsewhere in libya. >> we will go to the back. >> this question is one of the things that is interesting to us is with the impact on tehran's domestic situation there is a large minority populations with iran, arab, kurdish, so on and so forth. there has been no mention of the reporting of how the grassroots movement could impact these minority groups, and what they can do politically to mobilize ag

yemen. well obviously we're talking here about a country smack in the middle of a transition and in the headlines every day but to put things in perspective let me back up a bit. the gravity of the aqap threat was clear to the obama administration from day one and we've been focused on yemen since the outset. in the spring of 2009 the administration initiated a full-scale review of yemen policy that led to a new whole of government approach to yemen that led to re-engagement with the government of sanaa and counterterrorism after several years of a cool relationship. our approach also aims to coordinate our efforts with those of other international actors. our strategy seeks to deal with imminent and developing threats. at the same time it addresses the root causes of instability in yemen and to improve governance there. central to the approach is building capacity of yemen's government to exercise its authority and deliver security and services to its people. given the interlinked nature of

our martha raddatz reminded us that diplomats in yemen always say watch what yemen does not what he says. >>> egypt's former president will be held another 15 days in prison for questioning about killings of civilians. a court this week ordered that his name be removed from all public buildings. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news" tonight. a whale of a tale. why are so many people gathering on shore on cape cod? we're on board with our cameras. we'll reveal it. >>> there's also the royal reveal. the official invite list for the royal wedding. here's the twist. who has to sit next to whom? >>> it's the weekend of easter bonnets in this country. these hats are being taken to an entirely new level. does this one work for our correspondent? hi, dad. we need to talk. [ male announcer ] this intervention brought to you by niaspan. no, it's not about boys. it's about you. mom and i are worried about your health. yes, you're exercising, eating right, but the doctor said it's not enough. he's concerned about the plaque clogging your arteries. the doctor said you have coronary artery dise

in yemen, some of the biggest demonstrations yet. hundreds of thousands turned out to demonstrate against the government, which has been an important ally of the united states in the war against terror. and in syria, bashir assad is trying to form a new government in an effort to end another wave of protests that took at least seven lives there. to get more on all this, we go to cbs news correspondent liz palmer in tripoli. so, liz, first, what are you hearing about yemen and syria? >> well, essentially, bob, it's turned into a game of chicken between president assad and the reform-minded demonstrators. today, he appointed a new prime minister, but the demonstrators think that's just cosmetic. they're hitting the streets again in the thousands. the catalyst is funerals for people who were killed by his security forces yesterday. and so it looks as if the confrontation, if not the violence, is going to continue. in yemen, the president is hanging on to power by his fingertips. we've got competing demonstrations, pro- and anti- governm

the country's president to lead his position immediately ali abdullah saleh has been in charge of yemen for more than thirty years earlier agreed to step down in a month's time but his announcement failed to extinguish protests. for the world update this out of a five hundred taliban members including some field commanders of escaping the prison southern afghanistan places breakout was made through a tunnel to the militants began digging five months ago some of the pages it's already been recaptured by security forces three years ago about a thousand prisoners escape from the same jail to the accomplices used truck bomb to destroy the prison break gets. to thailand and the country's foreign minister talked with cambodia after three days of border fighting saw twelve soldiers killed and thirty thousand people evacuated the sides continue to exchange gunfire and artillery shells both countries are laying claim to be on their border territory the site of three ancient indian temple. has promised to reach is next with business news. thanks very much bill hello and welcome to businesses a ri