he'd taken a yemeni police delegation on a tour of elaine's and other hotspots. was working them, trying to get unfettered access to al quso and what he knew. but then he was told he wouldn't be allowed to return to yemen. ambassador bodine denied his visa. >> i mean, john was not rational on the topic of ambassador barbara bodine. i mean, "livid" would be putting it mildly. i mean, one can't forget that... that john was... he was very american, but he was also very irish. >> interviewer: and that means? >> that means when he got hot, he got hot. and he was hot; there's no question about it. i think he felt that... that she was on the wrong side. >> narrator: ambassador bodine would not grant frontline's request for an interview. she was quoted in the "new yorker" magazine: "the idea that john or his people or the fbi were somehow barred from doing their job is insulting to the us government, which was working on al qaeda before john ever showed up. this is all my embassy did for ten months." for weeks, the ambassador had been making the case against o'neill, eve

the headline "200 yemenis perished in 9/11." now, that's not accurate, but at the time in yemen they were reporting that there were many yemenis who died as a result of that. i said "what do you think about that? 200 people,ll yemenis, all muslims." is this a crime or what? he said "absolutely it's a crime." so we start debating who did it. and then towards the end, after like five minutes of a very harsh debate i became very agitated-- or acting as if i'm very frustrated with him. i said "well, i know who did it anyway, bin laden did it." he said "he's not that crazy, he never would do anything like that. who told you?" i said "you did." and he got so furious because in that culture a lot of times when they go to these jails they put words in your mouth. you go and you sign a piece of paper and they fill in the confession and that's what so many people told us. that's why every time we read him even his miranda rights, every time we talked to him he refused to sign because he was scared we were going to have something. so he wa

the liberian president ellen johnson sullus and the woman right's activists and the yemeni journalist received the peace prize in oslo. the youngest person, 32, from yemeni is the first person and the first arab to win the award, campaigning against war and oppression. not unheard of for three winners but unprecedented they are all women. >>> the republican white house hopefuls are getting ready to face off in iowa. they will take the stage in just about 15 minutes. but before the debate begin, drew levinson explains newt gingrich is on the defensive about controversial comments he made about palestinians. >>> the new g.o.p. front runner newt gingrich spoke to iowa veterans this afternoon. he talked about peace in the middle east. >> when the president keeps talking about a peace process, well, hamas keeps firing missiles into israel. >>> the former speaker of the house is in the middle of a controversy regarding comments he made about the palestinians on the jewish channel. >> there was no palestine state. it is part of the ottoman empire. and i think we have invented palestinian peo

sends a message in its statement thanking the yemenis to that they remain with this utterly despised dictator that's ruled yemen for thirty years and i jam and i thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you. all right time for a quick break but we return we're going have an interview on vice president cheney's the latest media blitz and my fireside on the nine eleven generation. it are sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. download the official anti application to your i phone all i pod touch from the i choose ops to. what geology to life on the go. video on demand ati's a blindfold costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. former vice president dick cheney is known throughout the world as many things perhaps most infamously as a war criminal that here in the united states he's treated like a media star so i spoke with colonel lawren

sends a message in its statement thanking the yemenis to that they remain with this utterly despised dictator that's ruled yemen for thirty years and i jam and i thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you. it's time for a quick break but we return could have an. our view on vice president cheney is the latest media blitz and my fireside on the nine eleven generation. wealthy british style. that's not on the tireless money. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. world with. science technology innovation all the list of melanin spun around russia we've dumped a huge earth covered. it . former vice president dick cheney is known throughout the world as many things but perhaps most infamously as a war criminal that here in the united states he's treated like a media star so i spoke with colonel lawrence wilkerson the former chief of staff to colin powell to get his take on the fruits of the lead in unity one of the wars in afgha

sends a message in its statement thanking the yemenis to that they remain with this utterly despised dictator that's ruled yemen for thirty years and i jam and i thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you. i have time for a quick break but when we return you can have an interview on vice president cheney's the latest media blitz and my fly. on the nine eleven generation. this is. just history in the making. testability. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven. former vice president dick cheney is known throughout the world as many things perhaps most infamously as a war criminal yet here in the united states he's treated like a media star so i spoke with colonel lawrence wilkerson the former chief of staff to colin powell to get his take on the fruits of the lead in the unity. of the wars in afghanistan and iraq go on and as our military operations have spread from pakistan to yemen and somalia dick cheney is on a media blitz promoting his memoir entitled in my time a personal and political memoir and although it didn't hit shelves until today we've already heard a l

. >>> a yemeni national who pounded on a cockpit door will not immediately stand trial. a federal judge has ruled 28-year-old man mentally incompetent to stand trial. the san mateo county times reports he will spend four months in treatment, then his mental health will be reevaluated. passengers subdueed him on american flight 1561 fro chicago in may. authorities say he banged on the cockpit door and shouted god is great in arabic as the plane was landed at sfo. >>> a bunch of burglars went to a lot of trouble to steal 1 continue five ipads overnight at a best buy. how much are those ipads worth? >> reporter: you add them up, $100,000 worth of ipads. when you hear how these guys pulled off this job, it was well planned. to this point, very well executed. they've gotten away with it, to this point many look inside the store where the ipads are kept items that go between $500 and more than $800 each. investigators say shortly before midnight two men pride open the front doors of this best buy, then pried up the security roll-up door, using a floor jack they slid under that

many yemenis want to see saleh prosecuted for the death of anti-government protesters and the u.s.that treating hem here might be seen as harboring someone that might be responsible for those deaths. >>> the death toll from tropical storm washi continues in the philippines. 1,249 people are dead after heavy rains and flash floods wiped away entire villages. local fishermen have been enlisted to search the waters. at least 1,000 people are still believed to be missing. >>> high waves forcing evacuations in southern thailand, roughly 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes and leaving a few dozen tourists stranded. these kinds of heavy storms are uncommon this time of year. the rough weather is expected to last through wednesday. let's turn to russia now, just days after what's being called the largest protest in the past two decades over rigged elections, restoring vladimir putin to power. cnn's phil black takes a look at two generations of one russian family. one that recalls the stability of the soviet union, and the other their 212-year-old son who has no memory of commu

many yemenis want to see saleh prosecuted for the death of anti-government protesters and the u.s.hat treating hem here might be seen as harboring someone that might be responsible for those deaths. >>> the death toll from tropical storm washi continues in the philippines. 1,249 people are dead after heavy rains and flash floods wiped away entire villages. local fishermen have been enlisted to search the waters. at least 1,000 people are still believed to be missing. >>> high waves forcing evacuations in southern thailand, roughly 1,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes and leaving a few dozen tourists stranded. these kinds of heavy storms are uncommon this time of year. the rough weather is expected to last through wednesday. let's turn to russia now, just days after what's being called the largest protest in the past two decades over rigged elections, restoring vladimir putin to power. cnn's phil black takes a look at two generations of one russian family. one that recalls the stability of the soviet union, and the other their 212-year-old son who has no memory of commun

the yemeni women set up tents on their own and inspired many men and women as a result to overthrow the government. the liberrian activist basically went to the muslim and christian communities, women, and said our boys are fighting but let us talk. as a result they pushed the men to have a serious peace agreement. and then you have president surleif, of syria. i believed and continue to believe we are moving in a positive direction for more women to be included. >> mitchell: according to the united nations, women have signed fewer than 3% of the world's peace agreements. ahead, the story behind the choir that's touching heart and topping britain's pop charts. >> mitchell: finally this evening, they have an army of fans and a chart-topping holiday hit. what's unusual is that they're a choir. charlie d'agata in london has the story behind the song. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in a wind-swept corner of england, a group of military wives struggling with the stress of having husbands on the front lines, have found a novel way to deal with it-- they sing. samantha stephenson's husband is an army engine

. >>> a yemeni national who pounded on a cockpit door will not immediately stand trial. a federal judge has ruled 28-year-old man mentally incompetent to stand trial. the san mateo county times reports he will spend four months in treatment, then his mental health will be reevaluated. passengers subdueed him on american flight 1561 from chicago in may. authorities say he banged on the cockpit door and shouted god is great in arabic as the plane was landed at sfo. >>> a bunch of burglars went to a lot of trouble to steal 1 continue five ipads overnight at a best buy. how much are those ipads worth? >> reporter: you add them up, $100,000 worth of ipads. when you hear how these guys pulled off this job, it was well planned. to this point, very well executed. they've gotten away with it, to this point many look inside the store where the ipads are kept items that go between $500 and more than $800 each. investigators say shortly before midnight two men pride open the front doors of this best buy, then pried up the security roll-up door, using a floor jack they slid under tha

leading into tires were blocked by the fierce fighting that has left outlying districts isolated the yemeni government accuses the main opposition party of being behind the unrest now the spike in violence comes in the wake of a power transfer deal to an interim government that will be ahead of an early election next year. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said there will be no immediate end to american sanctions on me and in a meeting with the country's president clinton urged the nation to continue making reforms in order to have the restrictions lifted included in the list of requests was the release of political prisoners and the promotion of internal peace clinton said to me and must prove reforms will last report any action is taken. the trial of former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is due to reopen on friday in milan seventy five year old is accused of paying an underage prostitute for sex in two thousand and ten he's also charged with the abuse of power for getting the moroccan born girl released from custody after she was arrested for theft but both deny th

both admitted that there has been no risk to national some of their own and embarrassing for the yemeni president faces if you should at the hands of all right gentlemen gentlemen ok just your hand is embarrassing for james in oklahoma city you want to jump in they're going to have about one hundred thousand people have been killed due to the illegal war there i would gentlemen i'd like to go to james we have all james is also a guest on the program james go ahead that's. the fundamental one of the issues that keeps coming up scene keeps arguing that is a private first class at least in this matter what gives him the right to a leak this the truth is that every soldier every rake has not just a right but a duty to stop work crimes whenever possible nuremberg principles and make this very clear it doesn't matter what his rank is certainly it's been at the top the generals know so someday if you choose generation it's very very likely that high ranking officers possibly presidents could stand to stand trial for war crimes trials that future may come but right now the one guy that will not

. >>> american officials are looking in to claims that yemeni forces captured six members of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. among those is sate to be one high value target. al barbari who executed attack on the airport in 2009. iran will refuse to return the u.s. surveillance drone that went down in his territory. leon panetta talked about the drone issue in a trip to afghanistan. >> the downed american drone now in iranian hands revealed not only that the u.s. was spying on iran, but also that the program was being run from a base in western afghanistan. in an excuseive interview with fox news, leon panetta was asked about the future of the drone campaign to iran. >> will the operations continue since they are flown out of afghanistan? >> absolutely. >> on wednesday, in kabul, panetta meets president hamid karzai who is coming under pressure from tehran to close the base. but the defense secretary says the afghan leader has not asked them to halt the program. panetta would not speculate about whether the u.s. u.s. sentinel drone had been failed by cyber attack or high-tech jammin

in the yemeni city of tights officials say at least twelve have been killed in violent clashes between forces loyal to the president and dissident tribesmen the violence erupted early thursday morning as a loyalist troops stormed the tribesmen stronghold in the city center the opposition that want an end to president saleh thirty three year rule barring a class use of killed hundreds in the country since the un back to power transfer deal signed by the president fail to halt the violence. the mexican military has reportedly just mantled a huge telecommunication network used by drug cartels in the country's northern provinces the operation uncovered thousands of electrical devices that gangs used to communicate and monitor military movements this comes after six men were found gunned down in monterey on wednesday suspected victim to the cartel attacks drug related violence is on the increase in northern mexico and is it estimated to. killed forty thousand people in the last few years. to china now where hundreds of described old workers gathered outside a shanghai factory in protest of

out now syria there is there are some changes happening right now in syria does he is out of the yemeni president is out and therefore we are witnessing a new era in the arab world and i think that israel is confused as in a dilemma with to launch a new genocidal war against the palestinians of gaza and the gardeners of the reaction of the new world order just to stay and and wait. test the waters of the world without launching a massive war against gaza so following on what you say you're telling me basically how much may have been bullied by what's been happening elsewhere in the arab world and it could began during support to counter a major israeli attack now it's more strength than it was back in two thousand and eight well as we speak right now myself and you mean the prime minister of the hamas government in gaza is on a tour in the arab world he has been received by the secretary general of the arab league dr nabil lobby he has been received by ministers and the prime minister even of egypt and he is he was in sudan yesterday received by the sudanese president and he would be on

leading into thai it's blocked by the fierce fighting that has left outlying districts isolated the yemeni government accuses the main opposition party of being behind the unrest a spike in violence comes in the wake of a power transfer deal to an interim government and head of an early election next year. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said there will be no immediate end to american sanctions on libya and a meeting with the country's president clinton urged the nation to continue making reforms in order to have instructions lifted by included in the list of requests towards the release of political prisoners and the promotion of internal. prison said to me and must prove reforms will last before any action is taken. but a fresh wave of concerns being raised over a controversial key u.s. military base is going to stand so after the country underwent its first peaceful transfer of power in the republic's history when you president expressed his desire to see its closure fearing the facility makes the country a target these are sort of reports. they call it operation endurin

in the yemeni city of tell us government troops shelled residential areas for the fourth straight killing three residents a shell fire came from tanks positioned in the hills around the city as well as a clash between government troops and dissident tribesmen in the city center early on friday morning the opposition wants an end to president sunday's thirty three year reign. hundreds of survivors of one of the world's worst industrial disasters have the protests in india angry at the chemical sponsorship of the london olympic games the company was responsible for a lethal gas leak that killed an estimated fifteen thousand people in the pile in nineteen eighty-four just as if it is a two members of the mint the committee now abandoned signs of the disaster activists accuse the chemical company of failing to clear the contamination caused by the tragedy. but to bring you up to date for the moment with the some of our main news stories in six minutes from now as promised dimitris next with a business. thanks bill russia goes to the polls on sunday to choose who sits and part of it the electi

in the yemeni city of taiz officials say at least twelve people are being killed in violent clashes between forces loyal to the president and dissident tribesmen violence erupted early thursday morning as loyalist troops stormed the tribesmen stronghold in the city center the opposition want an end to present salaries thirty three year reign of violent clashes have killed hundreds in the country since a un backed car transfer deal signed by the president failed to halt the violence. hundreds of survivors of one of the world's worst industrial disaster held a protest in india angry chemical sponsorship of the london games company was responsible for a lethal gas leak that killed an estimated fifteen thousand people in bhopal in one nine hundred eighty four protest as burn effigies of two members of the olympic committee on the now abandoned site of the disaster activists accuse the chemical company of failing to clear the contamination caused by the tragedy. also in our world update the mexican military reportedly dismantled a huge telecommunication network used by drug cartels in the countr

president of yemen said he would leave his country for the united states, making the promise after yemeni forces shot and killed nine protesters taking part in an anti- government march. gunmen opened fire on the protesters as they reached the capital of sana. of following the incident president saleh says he will allow the country's unity government to prepare for february elections to replace him elf did not say when he would leave. >>> damning words from iraq's vice president, accusing the government of orchestrating thursday's bowlings that killed almost 70 nem baghdad. vice president al-hashemi said such attacks could note have happened without government help. he is in kurdish iraq after prime minister accused him of issuing the death of protesters. >>> a 15-year-old girl showed up saying she is the long lost daughter swept away from her family in the 2004 tsunami. meri yulanda was 8 years old when the tsunami struck and says she was forced by a woman who forced her to beg, but when she no longer brought in money, the woman kicked her out. the mother lost two girls when the big wave

>>justine: new this morning, a yemeni national who pounded on the cockpit door of a san francisco flight has been ruled competent to stand trial. and this all started in may. it was just yesterday that the judge ordered the 20 year-old spend the next four months in treatment before his mental state is re- evaluated. witnesses on the plane reported seeing him walked quickly to the front of the plane and the banging on the cockpit door and shouting god is great in arabic. flight attendants and passengers were able to subdue him. he pled not guilty to a charge of interfering with a flight crew. >>mark: in world news this morning, the family of a retired fbi agent who disappeared in a brought almost five years ago issued a xi to his kidnappers early this morning. here is video of robert levenson, his son and wife asking for the kidnappers to at least give demands. the problem is in the u.s. has no idea who has them. for the first time there released the hostages video that they receive all last year. in the 54 second video that was sent in november of 2010, levenson pleaded for help and said

that is according to a yemeni political spokesperson. it is not clear where he plans on coming to the u.s. but salei wants to get away from the media attention and will olu the elections continue. he promised to step aside and hand over power to his vice-president. >>> a fire kills five people in a connecticut home. broke out shortly after 5:00 in the morning. two adults and three children died. >> our heart and prayers go out to the family and the fire and emergency personnel on the scene. >> the cause of that fire is now under investigation. police in virginia are looking for a man who stole a vehicle with a young boy in the seat. >> they killed a man and woman. and then jumped into an an suv with a 2-year-old child inside. they probably didn't know the boy was inside the car. police have not said if the child belonged to the couple who had been shot. >> an are army soldier is spending christmas in a san bernardino hospital during his welcome home party. >> i am mad. >> i am really mad. because he is a good boy. he is an excellent boy.

intelligence community and the yemenis. one arab diplomats says the two are really like bffs now if you can use the term in the appropriate way. jenna: we'll take it the way you say it. interesting to see the future of this country under new leadership. this is significant under multiple reasons. >> you're welcome. jenna: we appreciate the breaking news. we'll turn to this story closer to home. three college students are accused of hazing after a brutal beating of a fellow band member. this is incident following death of a drum major, robert champion. the same band is in focus. rick has more on the story coming up. jon: a bloody attack leaves four dead, more than 50 injured, many of them young people. we'll tell you what police are saying in this attack. jenna: former new jersey governor jon corzine back on capitol hill answering more questions about his now bankrupt company, mf global where is the $1.3 billion? that is big question. we have a live report coming up. ♪ . ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is

officials have reached out to yemeni officials.telephoned yemen's vice president, according to a white house spokesman, brennan quote emphasized strongly the need for yemeni security forces to show maximum restraint when dealing with demonstrations and refrain from provocative acts that could spur further violence. they said they would their up most to prevent further bloodshed. as for saleh, he has made a ask of the united states to seek medical treatment here. the white house says that request is under consideration, but it will only be granted if his medical needs are deemed to be true, so they are still looking into this. they are considering allowing him into the country, but no decision yet. >> reporter: this is after all a vacation, how is the president spending his time in hawaii? >> reporter: well, very early in the morning today, obviously, but yesterday the president and the first family kind of fell into for what for them has become a christmas routine. they visited the local marine base here to attend church, all four

quickly, kristen, i want to get to yemen, the yemeni president is requesting permission to come to the united states to seek medical treatment. do we know the latest on that story? >> well, according to the white house and they just released a statement about this and i believe we have it if we could put the graphic up, the white house is saying that u.s. officials are continuing to consider president saleh's request to enter the country for the sole purpose of seeking medical treatment but initial reports that permission has already been granted are not true. now, sal lay was injured in an attack during june r bottom line is the united states has a number of condition these would like to see saleh meet. yemen is one of the arab spring nation, they started to rise up and protest saleh's rule, the government retaliated with a really brutal crackdown, accused of killing hundreds of protesters. right now the united states really has to walk a pretty fine line. the one hand they don't want to be seen as providing a refuge for someone who is accused of killing hundreds of his own people. on