these are the key issues for yemen, and it is urgent that we help yemen, a dialogue to build consensus on these important questions. my team and i have regularly consulted with yemeni from across the political spectrum and from all corners of yemen. about two weeks ago, the member of the women pact for peace and security which is supported by the yemeni women met again. they come from different political affiliations and a diverse region of the country. their support for the national dialogue outcome and the basis for political progress, the meeting of the pact and other society events demonstrates that broad solution on each of the key areas of yemen features are within reach. but i do have to acknowledge that women participation in our dialogue remains pretty weak. we have still to work on that side. the secretaries have made yemen one of his top priorities. his first international visit outside of new york was to the gulf to discussion the situation in abu dhabi. he very much believes in a surge to overcome the current military stalemate as well as help yemen with a peaceful and ort

#m ai yemen. visitors to our website, also know we are planning to other events coming up in the next couple of weeks. on april 5, we are holding a panel discussion here on the other civil wars in the middle east, and on the 11th, we will have an expert conversation on turkey and the upcoming elections. we are particularly honored to host someone who we have had a great deal of admiration and respect for, for the work he has been doing, and that is special envoy of the united nations secretary-general for yemen. he has had a number of very interesting and important positions in his career with the un. he has been the deputy special representative of the secretary-general and deputy head of the united nations support mission in libya. he has worked at unicef in new york and nairobi and georgia and he is doing such important work, and we are thrilled to have him here today to share his wisdom and ideas on how to move forward to resolving a very difficult situation. please, look at your program book

policy on yemen. this is something i'm also coming here to learn about, but the perspective of the yemeni experts in the room, and we have many of them, and also your thoughts on how we collectively can help yemen find a peaceful resolution to the current conflict and help the yemenis to a peaceful and orderly transition. almost a year ago the united nations brought the conflict together for talks in kuwait. it was in april last year. this process lasted for over three months, during which time we saw significant progress towards compromise and comprehensive agreements. the parties in kuwait discussed at length the critical security and political measures that could form part of a comprehensive agreement to end the war and bring the state functioning. i presented the framework for a comprehensive settlement for the parties in kuwait. this framework included a political and security measures which were designed to ensure a rapid end to the war, withdraw of military installation and disarmament and a cr

special envoy for yemen. he has had a number of very interesting and important positions in his career with the un. he has been the deputy special representative of the secretary-general and deputy head of the united nations support missions in libya. he has worked in unicef in new york, nairobi and georgia. he is doing such important work for me. i'm thrilled to have him here today to share his wisdom and ideas on how to move forward to resolving a very difficult situation. please, look your program both for the files on the other panelist that will be speaking after we have our opening keynote remarks. again, thank you and join me in welcoming special representative. thank you. [applause] >>. [speaking in native tongue] good morning everybody. i would like of course to thank -- for inviting me and of course my dear friend -- it is a privilege for me to be here in this very prestigious institution. the fact that i am hereby itself is such a great honor and really thank you very much for inviting me. of cours

we wa nt to yemen is this general brigadier.be providing life—saving aid and fuel for the yemeni people have been sent back. we do not want the houthis to generate money by smuggling women. there is no starvation in the area controlled by the government will you should have the other international committee interest to see this war end. if we continue to sustain the militias with fuel and money and the women, they will not come to the table for negotiation. the saudi led coalition has been accused by human rights groups of using clustered —— cluster bombs. the uk side are treaty to stop the use of its cluster munitions. until recently, the saudi government had repeatedly denied using cluster bombs at all. i want to know why it took so long to tell the truth. let me tell you something. is it a chemical weapon? no, it me tell you something. is it a chemicalweapon? no, it isn't. it is manufactured by different countries. it is bound to use cluster munitions in civilian areas. it is bound by international law. you are giving the wro

the situation in yemen is increasingly desperate.ts civil war now features other countries. and just as in syria, civilians are paying a heavy price. there are 25.6 million people in yemen. it gives you an idea of the extent of the conflict. almost 19 million are in urgent need of assistance. two million of them are children who are acutely malnourished. this is the latest plea from the un. on average, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes in yemen every ten minutes. and this means 50 children in yemen will die during today's conference, and all those deaths could have been prevented. many of the children who survive will be affected by stunting and poor health for their entire lives. we are witnessing the starving and the crippling of an entire generation. we must act now, to save lives. that's antonio guterres speaking at a donor conference for yemen in geneva. the problem here is not just about funding — it's about the war making it hard to get aid to people. these are the two factions fighting for control the i

that is what they need in yemen. thank you very much. kill his wife with a hammer has been given a suspended jail sentence. liverpool crown court heard that denver beddows attacked his 88—year—old wife, olive, after she had begged him to kill her because she didn‘t want to die in a care home. she‘s now recovering in hospital. dave guest has the story. denver beddows emerged from court looking bewildered. he‘d admitted trying to beat his beloved wife, olive, to death. but a judge had decided he could now go home. denver and olive beddows were totally devoted to one another. her mental health deteriorated, and he suffered depression. olive became convinced she‘d be forced into a hospital. she begged her husband to take her life. liverpool crown court was told that in february, at their home in warrington, he tried to do that by hitting her with a pan and then a hammer. he immediately phoned his son to say what he‘d done. the 95—year—old then told police... "she begged me to kill her because she didn‘t want to go into a mental hospital wher

these are the faces of yemen's starving children.nd houthi rebels rebels slowing down the distribution of aid has meant the hungry here have seen no relief. the city of hodeidah is home to yemen's busiest port. with all five cranes destroyed, food is trickling in. new cranes for the port have been blocked. leading the government campaign in yemen is this general brigadier. we want to know why cranes that could be providing life—saving aid and fuel for the yemeni people have been sent back. we do not want to continue to enhance the capabilities of the houthis to generate money by smuggling women. even at the expense of starving the yemeni people? no, no, there is no starvation in aden, in the area controlled by the government. you should have, and the other international community, should have interest to see this war end. if we continue to sustain the militias with fuel and money and the women, they will not stop, they will not come to the table for negotiation. the saudi—led coalition has been accused by human rights groups of using

reporter: since the war in yemen began, u.k. has sold over 3 billion pounds worth of arms to saudi arabia. pressure on the bush government -- pressure on the british government is building, and human rights groups are calling for the transfers to be suspended. >> when people say "arming the saudi," no, we sign contracts country to country. we pay money. and we enhance our military capabilities. the perception that people have that the u.k. gives us free weapons -- no, we pay those. if the u.k. decides tomorrow to stop sending weapons to the kingdom, we will find another supplier. reporter: two years into this war, neither side has made any concessions and for the people of yemen, the suffering continues. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the joy of parenthood with a bit of help from science. embryos frozen are fueling a baby boom in china. the huge task of sifting through ferry hasage of the begun in south korea. the ship sank three years ago, killing more than 300 people. it is hoped that the search

brent: yemen is facing the world's biggest hunger crisis. donors have pledged one billion euros to save a starving people. i'm brent goff, good to have you with us. the trump name that she carries with her everywhere. ivanka trump is here in berlin on her first international trip since becoming a white house advisor. daughter of the u.s. president donald trump was invited by angela merkel to sit on a g 20 panel to talk about women's empowerment. but it was not all smooth sailing. ivanka trump got an awkward response when she prays what she called her father's advocacy for women. reporter: officially, she was in berlin to join angela merkel in her bid to empower women. at the almost exclusively female audience didn't appreciate her praise of trump senior on that field. microphones failed to pick up the hisses and grumbling that followed this comment. ivanka: i am very proud of my father's advocacy. he's been a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive. >> you hear the reaction from the audience. reporter: from the

a quick follow-up on yemen. the ongoingnt as fighter there enhanced or aqa's power and reach and do you envision a long-term andence for the emirates saudis in yemen and if so, do long-term objectives in yemen align with our own? >> i think we have before the civil war started it was my estimate that we had a very good focus on al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the civil war changed our posture there and in the -- ongoing civil war right there, i do believe al qaeda had an opportunity to prosper and to become stronger and to be resilient and continue pursue their objectives so what you have seen us do here most recently is renew our focus on that and we are doing that our partnersy of in the region. the u.a.e. and saudi arabia among the principal partners that we're working with with respect to that. respect to their long-term presence, that's probably a better question for them. insight intoany what their strategic calculations might be there but most ofas we see in these areas, long-term commitment is usually

and james mathis mentioned yemen. tillerson accusing iran of undermining u.s. interests in yemen.e's referring to the iranian support of rebels in yemen. so far as to claim iran is trying to create a hezbollah style mandal shot -- militia examined. that theree reports is a very little hard evidence of any iranian military support to the rebels in yemen. we can put the remarks in the context of james mathis visit.ist and --'s mathis's visit. to makehaps helps strong statements about iran's regional role. the u.s. and south korean air force is held joint in south exercises korea. about 100 aircraft took part. the drills are aimed at checking the air force's surgical strike capabilities. also meant to serve as a deterrent as tensions with north korea are on the rise. the media world in the u.s. is buzzing as fox news has finally decided to get rid of its biggest and most controversial host. bill o'reilly. alexander hearst has the details. pressure from advertisers, protesters and even employees finally hit a tipping point at fox news. the o'reilly, host of channel's highest-rated sho

cias own strikes in yemen.f course, u.s. support for the saudi order and dominance in the region and for their violence goes back for many decades. it is also the case that clinton would probably have done this strike on the syrian airfield just as trump did. in fact, a day or so before, she gave an interview to "the new york times" were she was recommending strikes on the syrian airfield. amy: actually, the interview that hillary clinton did was with nicholas kristof in the women in the world conference. it was several hours before this took place. that video clip of her saying, why doesn't he bomb and airfield or, i would bomb and airfield was played before the attack took place. >> in fact, come to think of it, the way trump operates -- if that was publicly available, maybe trump saw that clip. that is the kind of thing that would set him off the set, oh, my god, i have to at least match her and maybe top her. but this gets back to the more fundamental point that it is really important to understand, which i

but under trump, it is full speed ahead in yemen.f you look at the press, including outlets like msnbc and various press outlets considered to be liberal, one of the main arguments they make is a u.s. action is good when it pleases the saudis. line of this constant criticism, which has been going on for decades. criticism against u.s. presidents who are considered to be too soft at a given moment. and that criticism is, you're letting down our middle eastern allies. i.e., you're letting on the saudis. journalists will say, i've been in the middle east and talking to our allies there, i.e.,s the saudi, the gulf states, and they're unhappy because they think the u.s. is not showing enough credibility. we are letting them down. i.e., the u.s. is not being violent enough. that is the context in which this attack on yemen by the special forces took place. as to why trump authorized it in very importantnk motivating factor that is really underestimated by people, especially scholars, is the extent to which when you have power and you are t

this means 50 children in yemen will die during today's conference. are witnessing the starving and crippling of an entire generation. >> the union is hoping to raise just under 2 billion euros for yemen. so far, only 15% of the target has been reached. years of conflict have devastated what was already one of the arab world's poorest nations. the u.n. says almost 19 million people are in need of humanitarian support. humans crisis began spiraling out of control in 2014 when shiite -- the human crisis began in 2014. at first they put the country's president under house arrest in february 2015, he fled, and a month later they began launching airstrikes against the rebels. what was once a civil war has now become a proxy war. saudi arabia's airstrikes aimed to restore yemen's ousted government. caught in the million -- caught in the middle, millions of starving people in a country on the brink of famine. laura: an investigation is still underway in afghanistan after scores of government troops were killed in a taliban attack on an army base. saying the

if we want to be involved in yemen, we give £103 million in aid to the situation in yemen each year,o do other international communities. how do you engage? you have to talk to the countries involved. moving on, we will look at the business pages of the telegraph. jp morgan saying that it is not going to move anyjobs out of britain because of brexit for the next two years. yes, the two years. there is that time limit, that caveat. it is notjust london. the biggest private employer in one of the smaller cos, dorset, here in the uk. reading between the lines, there is less about the impact on the uk. nobody was going to move too much before a deal was agreed. at the ceo ofjp morgan, jamie diamond, talking about how this was an opportunity for europe to sort itself out and come an attractive place for other people to work, ridding itself of bureaucracy. i suspect that other countries, hong kong and singapore and america, they will be thinking that if people are leaving they can ta ke that if people are leaving they can take those jobs as well. but will europe do that? is that wishful th

iranians, they are trying to undermine stability in all middle east, in yemen in iraq syria, lebanon, and of course the activity against israel. we were sharing the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able toover come all these threats and of course to bring peace and stability to this part of the region. we appreciate your success your operations against terror, in mosul in -- it's a great step forward to overcome the terror all around the world. on behalf of myself and the people of israel, i would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to the american administration let by the president, donald trump, we're happy to see the first member of cabinet visit israel, and of course we hope to see during this year president donald trump in jerusalem also. thank you. >> thank you, minister liberman, my friend. and good morning, everyone. i'm honored to return to israel again to show my respect for this country and for the israeli people. i am keenly aware that we stand together this morning, just a week before the holocaust remembrance day, and we share a common d

that's essentially al qaeda in yemen. tell us more about them and how they developed this expertise. >> al qaeda in yemen are at the center of the concern when it comes to this threat. they are significantly ahead of isis when it comes to developing sophisticated devices, concealing bombs inside electronics. they have a master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri, a saudi who's very good at building these kind of devices. and for years has been developing underwear bombs, shoe bombs, even the group has experimented with surgically implanting devices inside people so that they can get them on planes. there's intelligence that's come out on that. and this is a group which is believed to have shared this technology with a number of other al qaeda affiliates in the region, including al qaeda's affiliate in syria, the so-called khorasan group, a group that western intelligence learned in the summer of 2014 were plotting to get a bomb inside electronics in some kind of laptop or other device onto a plane. and actually, that plotting led

the war in yemen a few hundred miles south of here. official position from the trump administration, they want to accelerate u.n. brokered talks. they see a peace brokered agreement through the u.n. also on the agenda, the fight against isis. on the plane we spoke with the secretary of defense and he said the de-confliction line -- didn't necessarily say it was open but he said they're de-conflicting. there are conversations taking place between russian and u.s. pilots to make sure there are no mishaps in the air. also, shadowing this entire trip, what's happening in north korea. we heard from mattis what seemed to be a ratcheting up of rhetoric, talking about a reckless act, provocation. >> you are aware that the leader in north korea again, recklessly, tried to provoke something by launching a missile, was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. it failed on launch. and it shows why we are working so closely right now with the chinese. >> after saudi arabia, the secretary heads to egypt, then israel. stop in djibouti and doa, qata

let's speak to meritxell relano from unicef who joins us now from yemen.pledges? it is very important that the international community contributes to the humanitarian response plan in yemen, the situation in the country is currently terrible because these two yea rs of currently terrible because these two years of war have destroyed the economy and social fabric of the country. families are coping with extreme measures at the moment. the basic social services are plunging into total collapse in many parts of the country. the government does not have money to pay salaries or operate health facilities in schools and water supplies, this is a dramatic situation for most families, especially children. are we talking about many lives being at risk at the moment? indeed. if we are considering nutrition, for example, we have 2.2 million children currently malnourished. 0ut of those, nearly 500,000 are acutely malnourished. severe and acute mulcher shown is the greatest in the world, it has increased to 100% since 2014 —— malnutrition. half of the children are in

. -- iranian -- they are trying to undermine the stability in yemen and iraq. their efforts to create more concern.it is a big iran is the biggest sponsor in the world of terror. it is crucial to place more pressure and more sanctions on the iranian regime. >> in. >> -- next question. israeld you confirm that estimates the syrians retain between one time and three tons of credit -- chemical weapons. what would be the implications for this large quantity of chemical weapons still being in syria and can you say whether the remaining syrian air force has moved its combat aircraft to a russian base and what that might imply for future u.s. options to act against another example of syrian use of chemical weapons? min. lieberman: i hope you do not expect us to share with you our intelligence information. 100%imes, we have information that the assad regime used chemical weapons. i think it was a very clear position and we strongly support the last u.s. action in syria. it was very strong and a new message to this region. sec. mattis: the bottom line, there can be no d

war across the border against rebels in yemen is being led by a saudi coalition. billion in the first year of the fighting up to last march. planes, arms and target training — britain's contribution to the yemen war effort. there's famine, mounting civilian casualties. britain joins the aid effort while supporting its saudi ally. mrs may spelled out her new mission. what is the may doctrine of foreign policy? well, the may doctrine of foreign policy is that everything we do is in our british national interest. it is in our british national interest to have good relations around the world, so we can trade around the world, that brings jobs and prosperity to the uk. it's also in our national interest to ensure that we are working with others around the world to maintain our safety and security and, yes, it is in our national interest to ensure that the values that underpin us as britons are values that we promote around the world, and that's what we do. so today she was a house guest at a saudi palace, meeting the crown prince, the kind of relationship she's keen to

they've been used in attacks on rebel forces in yemen.alks with prime minister may? saudi arabia is the major strategic ally of the united kingdom. they are big trading partner and they are also a security partner. they have very close corporation on counter—terrorism and the saudi arabians have particular skills and information that is extremely useful to us, which has saved lives in britain in the past. there is a defence, security and trade relationship and we will also, iam sure trade relationship and we will also, i am sure the prime minister will raise human rights as all her predecessors have done before her. is the raising of human rights done ina way, according one critic earlier today, which is something that needs to be ticked off michael the list before they get onto trade and other things 01’ they get onto trade and other things or is it more important than that? it usually comes after the discussions of trade in my experience. when she sees the king and the prince, she will have a list of things you want to discuss and human

i'm with a group of people focused on yemen.e're looking at the poorest country in the arab world and it is being subjected to seize, what kind of image does this communicate about the united states all around the world? i think we're looked upon as a fearful, menacing group of the warlords, thepped most expensive horrific weapons. it seems to me, we are sort of living for the doorway, toward a nuclear exchange when we cancel cavalierly drop this bomb in an area of the world where i suppose the military is chasing, as they would, because of the death of one united states military person -- a might be over a week now, but are we to say the life of one u.s. soldier is so much more than the lives of poor people? it costs $2 million to keep one u.s. soldier in afghanistan at the height of the war. the cost to put i diced salt into the diet of a child would have been five cents per child per year. i think about the tunnels they say that destroyed. how are we to know? we were told we had to go to 2003with our masks and because of weap

looking at pictures of children, children starving in yemen.re arming and allied with and supporting as they bomb civilians taking place against the backdrop of increased escalation in syria. >> we'll see iran condemn the strikes and saudis hail them. going to get worse in yemen and also syrian, we'll see barrel bombs in syria. assad will react. >> retaliation will be against the people of syria? >> yeah. barrel bombs. >> thanks for sticking with me in this special coverage of this hour. going to continue next hour. stay with msnbc. is to always keep track of your employees.r micromanage them. make sure they're producing. woo! employee of the month! you really shouldn't leave their side. vita coco coconut water, hydration comes naturally. working on my feet all day gave me pain here. in my knees. so i stepped on this machine and got my number, which matched my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts. so i get immediate relief from my foot pain. my knee pain. find a machine at drscholls.com. >>> it's 2:00 a.m. here on the east coast. breaking n

to include its support of the war in yemen thanks to their support. or what they're doing in syria to keep us out in power and continue the mayhem in the chaos in the murder that's going on there and the refugees those are separate issues the agreement on nuclear issues still stands and that's all i can say about it. on the move of the embassy that something you'd had to take up with the secretary of state. is not under my purview i cannot speak to that. we are happy to see the egyptian military forces is more active and more efficient in their fight against isis and of course they are very successful. [inaudible] mister secretary. by taking strikes against the u.s. it comes after vice president mike pence has made statements as well. i will point is there a tipping point where words just won't do it. the second question is did her issue come up. when they were meeting with president ceci and how significant is that release to setting egyptian american relations. the trump administration has obviously have some very strong statements against iran but

iran is trying to form what they call their crescent running everything from lebanon all the way to yemen. they are a direct threat when t they move into syria and a right next to israel. if you want to be with the stabilize the democracy and the eight area like israel and stay with allies there keep living unstable, stable as was happening. you've got to be able to stabilize what's happening in syria. >> tucker: up next, lansing, michigan, just made itself a sanctuary city besides mornings, they will lose federal funds. they've accidentally been breaking the water in flint. went from senator to the president very fast with very little vetting from the press.y a new biography coming out next month, talks about his life before the senate. got new details on that. stay tuned. senate. stay tuned. senate. got new details on that. it's the simple things in life that mean the most. boost® simply complete™. no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners, plus 10 grams of protein and 25 vitamins & minerals. it doesn't get better than this. boost® simply complete™. i'm vern, the orange money retireme

not just isis and iraq, it is al qaeda and yemen, all the intelligence is pointing to all of these groupseally stepping up their efforts to try and attack commercial aviation, even aviation coming into the united states. al qaeda in yemen, the underwear bomber came very close as an airport landed in detroit to someone detonating a bomb on their body. so this is all part of the reason you're seeing the growing concern, all of this contributing to the ban on consumer electronics when you fly. anderson? >> and evan, the tsa limited the ban to direct flights only to specific countries. so with this new information the government still, they're not widening the laptop ban? >> not just yet. and that is a big question, the explanation that was given when the ban was introduced, anderson, was that the u.s. and european countries had layered security that greatly protects the chance of detecting explosiv explosives. beyond just the screening. we heard from homeland security tonight saying that the u.s. government continually reassesses intelligence and collects new intelligence, allowing dhs and o

. >> it's serious because these terrorist groups including al qaeda and yemen are developing new ways to try to get bombs on to airplanes, including by concealing them inside laptops. that perfecting some of those techniques the intelligence suggests, they are obtaining detection systems to try to probe their weaknesses. so, there is significant concern that they may stage future attempts to try to get a bomb on to a western passenger jet. but at the same time, the state of the art systems, which are deployed in airports in the united states and europe and certain other parts of the world, including places like dubai and abu dhabi, those state of the art systems are actually very good at detecting the kind of explosives that al qaeda and yemen are developing. even when they're concealing them inside laptop. >> more now on the story from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: u.s. officials have grown increasingly concerned about the threats against aviation that they are seeing, not just from isis, but also al qaeda and syria and al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence and la

war across the border against rebels in yemen is being led by a saudi coalition.ere worth over £3 billion in the first year of the fighting up to last march. planes, arms and target training — britain's contribution to the yemen war effort. there's famine, mounting civilian casualties. britain joins the aid effort while supporting its saudi ally. mrs may spelled out her new mission. what is the may doctrine of foreign policy? well, the may doctrine of foreign policy is that everything we do is in our british national interest. it is in our british national interest to have good relations around the world, so we can trade around the world, that brings jobs and prosperity to the uk. it's also in our national interest to ensure that we are working with others around the world to maintain our safety and security and, yes, it is in our national interest to ensure that the values that underpin us as britons are values that we promote around the world, and that's what we do. so today she was a house guest at a saudi palace, meeting the crown prince, the kind of relations

>> there is evidence that al qaeda in yemen has been sharing intelligence with al qaeda in syria. remember in the summer of 2014, there was that float from the cora son group, there was electronics, smuggling them on to planes and that led to new security requirements at overseas airport including having to power up your develop. now they're looking at devices that you don't need to power up, that you can hide in the dvd drive some explosives and we understand that that's what happened in that case in 2014 in that somali airline bomb attempt. this comes from our colleague, that that device was put on an export device by two airport insiders and actually got through the x-ray machine and almost blew that plane out of the sky. the investigators actually went back to that x ray machine, they reviewed the scanned image and on that review of the saved scanned image, they were able to determine the possibility of explosives. so even with a x-ray machine, which is the least effective at detecting these kinds of explosives, that should have been caught in mogadishu. but with these more ad

interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon.d continuing to support attacks against israel. an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea. and take the world along with it. >> all right, so many rowigue nations, iran, the latest on the part of the administration not only for violating numerous agreements and trouble in the middle east and throughout the middle east, but another north korea in the making, this, of course, a little after two weeks after the administration decided to crack down the tomahawk missile attacks. we'll talk about sending a strong message, i guess with iran, colonel, what is that message? >> well, they're obviously on the receiving send of some of that message that was sent weeks ago. that's essentially that you perhaps, if you, you know, mess with us in iraq, mess with us at the harmoos, mess with us elsewhere, you'll receive some of the same thing. but you know, neil, here, i don't believe that north korea and iran are in the same mold. north korea is incredibly close, and y

talking about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and yemen. tell us more about what we know about them and any connections to whether they are responsible for this new kind of bombing that could be -- that could be fairly undetectable in these small devices, electronic devices? >> yeah. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has a bomb maker who has developed sophisticated techniques to try to evade as we just heard there evade normal airport screening. he created, was the developer of the underpants bomber, tried to bring down a plane over detroit christmas day 2009. he developed and sent out from yemen two printer bombs that were addressed to the united states. they were intercepted, thanks to the help of saudi intelligence, but they were so sophisticated. one was intercepted in the uk. the police here had it in their hands and they couldn't figure out if it was a bomb it was so sophisticated. so the concern is -- and there's intelligence that emerged in 2014 that al qaeda was sharing this kind of information and technology with their associates,

started a campaign that killed 1,000 civilians in the month of march alone, ratcheting up somalia and yemen and the liberal, economic war around the world. all of that was foretold in the analysis of dr. king. it's under both democrats and republicans. obama was a very militaristic president despite the fact he was the first black president and campaigned that they was going to be transparent. he started multiple wars. dr. king's speech should be viewed in how we have allowed this complex to become the single most entity in american society. >> before i go to the speeches, a couple quotes i want to share with the audience and get your take on them, 50 years later. since you made this reference to obama and how wretched he was, in many ways on war and foreign policy, you recall nine years ago when obama got elected there were people everywhere wearing t-shirts with obama and dr. king's face. obama is a politician, king is a prophet. we will see how obama stacked up on the score card, racism and poverty. we could have a full show on where obama stood on racism, poverty and militarism. you hav

mark: the war in yemen has killed over 10,000 civilians and pushed the arab world's poorest nation to the brink of famine. u.s. fighter jets arrived in estonia today to take part in nato drills. it is the aircraft's first operation of deployment in continental europe your earlier this month u.s. air force deployed a fleet of f-35's, it's newest and most powerful fighters to britain, to reassure u.s. allies in the face of russian aggression. they will remain for a period of time in estonia to conduct air drills in a realistic training environment. president trump will sign an executive order on the antiquities act tomorrow to review national monument designations is three predecessors have made over the last 24 years. trump the authority to great match national monuments from federal land. republicans have criticized two designations by president obama and clinton. dayal news 24 hours a powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: live from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york, i'm scarlet fu peere

the military alliance has carried out an intense spamming campaign in yemen where the houthis, a shia rebel group backed by iran, overthrew the sunni government. - that look like to them that now, the iranians were actually trying to establish a beach hut on the peninsula itself and it also appeared to saudis that iran had started with lebanon, and then syria and then iraq and now, it was expanding and they had to draw a line in the sand. i also think that they probably exaggerated iran's ruling in yemen, largely because the saudis wanted to make a show of force. - we're really seeing unprecedented assertiveness from the saudis and other gulf states in their willingness to use military force and military intervention to check iranian influence. - [narrator] the us-gulf relationship recently grew more complicated when the us signed the nuclear deal with iran. the agreement aims to stop iran from building nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. - it's no secret that a lot of our regional allies and partners are not happy about the iran nuclear deal. so, in their view,

somollia, iraq, afghanistan, and yemen. host: i wonder, how does this hange president trump's calculus moving forward? does he order a missile strike assad uses brute force against his own people now? >> that's the question. one knows. in a white house briefing, trump as moved by images he had seen of dead children in syria during his presidential daily brief on tuesday, and things moved quickly. options for how to respond. secretary ofs, the defense wanted several options less is seemed to be the intense option, is how it's been characterized to me. there are other options that in more r more hits areas but the united states wanted to be careful not to hit or chemical ts weapons storage areas that then spread chemicals to civilian there's really no indication this is going to be a campaign. host: earlier, we talked about the news story about russia to the region s with the u.s. a potential u.s. could be drawn boconflict with russia over this? warships go, this is not unlike what happened during the cold war where the russi

military fighting on the same side as al qaeda and isis in yemen and syria.top hype and coverups. does he have a point? is this in effect something that will help isis? >> i don't think it does really. technically this is a limited strike. it did not change the balance of power inside syria. the bigger picture for iran is really much like russia that syria is the most important ally it has. it's a strategic center. iran put an enormous investment and lost over 1,000 troops. i counted eight generals that died. his ally in lebanon has thousands and thousands of troops inside syria. its lost more than 2,000, 10,000 injured. the stakes really are not just president assad for iran as well as russia. the really bigger picture is do you have some influence on this important strategic property so one friend isn't becomeing and that russia loses and iran losing access to other nearby countries. there is a lot at stake for iran and so it's going to be making a lot of noise about the u.s. military strike. >> so does this now place the united states in active opposition

interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon and continuing to stage attacks against israel. an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea. nicole: meanwhile, defense secretary jim mattis isn't saudi arabia isn't saudi arabia saying the destabilizing influence must be overcome to win the conflict in yemen. saudi arabia supporting the government while i read this back in the rubble grow. lauren: russian bombers flew close. two russian jets were well within the area known as the alaskan air defense element tuesday. this comes just a day after the russian bombers flew southwest of the air force base in alaska. the u.s. military said two fighter jets and they flew alongside the russian jets for 12 minutes. officials say the planes reversed course and headed back to their base. nicole: a soyuz space capsule blasted off from kazakhstan just a few hours ago. the first two-person spaceflight in 14 years because the russian space agency decided to send one cosmonaut instead of two. yet the third seat is being for cargo. astronaut jack fisher and th

of threats against aviation from isis, from al qaeda in syria, and in particular, also al qaeda in yemen, that has a long, long history of being able to do this. it's raising a lot of questions about where the threat goes from here and how the federal government responds, will they need to do more? anderson. >> they have limited a direct ban of flights of specific countries, why does the fbi not have a wider ban? >> the u.s. and the europeans have layered security that have greatly improved the chance of detenting explosives beyond just the screening equipment. the u.s. government continue wally reassesses existing intelligence and it creates new intelligence and that allows our government to con stachbt ly i valuate aviation security processes and policies to make enhancements when they are deemed necessary to keep passengers safe. there's a lot that we don't know they're doing behind the scenes to keep aircraft safe. >> appreciate the investigation. want to bring in our security experts, juliette, what's your reaction to all of this? because you and i were just talking about the lap to

interests in syria, yemen, iran and lebanon and continuing to support attacks against israel. an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. >> tillerson's comments came a day after he certified to congress that iran is complying with the deal. questioned whether sanctions shouldn't be reimposed because of the sponsorship of terrorists for iran. >> you heard rex tillerson mentioning north korea which has sky high tensions with the neighbors and the u.s. today, american and south korean forces are conducting the max thunder drill. the second biggest aviation exercise on the korean peninsula. we have cnn's paula hancocks in seoul with the up close look. >> reporter: dave and alison, this is a massive air operation with the united states and south korea here in south korea. there are more than 80 aircraft involved and more than 1,500

syria, yemen, it's a disaster. the most important thing, though, they are a close ally of north korea. what type of support are they providing to north korea as the united states and china might be trying to put the screws to the north korean regime? >> martha: the idea was they wanted to change their place in the world, to some extent, and they were willing to curb their nuclear ambitions in order to get that in exchange, david. we've seen no evidence for that. isn't that the bigger issue here? >> well, i disagree with the congressman and a couple of different ways. this is confusing. president trump said he was going to rip up the iran deal on day one. that hasn't happened. we have to be honest about that. secretary speed 21 certification of congress shows he doesn't intend to do that and he's not going to do that. he's broken the campaign promise. second of all, nobody at the time of the iran deal thought that it was going to be a positive force or a stabilizing force in the middle east. nobody thought that. we