this comes out in conversation again and again with yemenis. their frustration they don't have adequate water and sanitation and any number of different kinds -- those things we take for granted and consider fundamentals of modern life. that is why the development aspect of our policy is so important. not just to lift people out of poverty which is an important goal in its own right but also because there is a sense they are partaking of the modern world as part of -- on = footing with others is vitally important. and corruption and poor governance are key drivers of radicalization. >> let me highlight one part of your testimony and ask one quick question. on page 2 you say that -- glad you have this in your testimony -- united states strongly urged and publicly called for the yemeni government to investigate and prosecute all acts of violence against protesters. you don't have to comment on that but i am commending you for putting that in. the point you make, so many you can make about the security situation. we don't have nearly enough time b

yet in late 2009 the task force decided to transfer seven yemeni detainees back to yemen. only one of him was ordered released by the court and his case was not appealed. now, my questions are common december 2009 did you personally believe that it was a good idea to transfer detainees to yemen and secondly you told us before that you were trying to test the system by sending a group of detainees back in december of 2009. do you think testing the system when the result of a failed test could be an attack on americans was a good idea? and lastly, in hindsight, in light of the fact that the government is winning all of its habeas appeals would you have changed any of of the task force transfer decisions and do you think dangerous detainees were transferred as a result of the task force process? >> senator, thank you and i do very much understand of force in our conversations both my conversation with you as well as the ongoing discussions i've had with members of the committee staff that the substantial concern about the detainees from yemen and the transfer decisions that w

inside the yemeni presidential palace a month ago. if this was an attempt by the yemeni government that he is still in control, that attempt might not have been successful. members of the opposition who are still out on the streets every day, they want him to step down and say what they saw today on television is a clear indication he is no longer fit to lead. brian? >> richard engel from his post in cairo tonight. >>> back in this country, the weather forecast for the stretch offense southern florida they call the space coast is pretty awful for tomorrow. something like a 70% chance that tomorrow's scheduled final unch of the space shuttle will be scrubbed. the up side is, u.s. space program gets to live another day or two as a weather channel meteorologist put it, the weather is starting to percolate. those storms may mean a false start or two, disappointing as well for the hundreds of thousands of americans who have travelled to the cape to see, to witness the last launch. when we come back here tonight, when a government budget cr

inside the yemeni presidential palace a month ago. if this was an attempt by the president or the yemeni government to show that he is still in full control and in command of his capacities, that attempt might not have been successful. in yemen itself, the reaction is largely one of disappointment. members of the opposition who are still out on the streets every day, they want him to step down and say what they saw today on television is a clear indication he's no longer fit to lead. brian? >> richard engel from his post in cairo tonight. >>> back in this country, the weather forecast for the stretch of southern florida they call the space coast is pretty awful for tomorrow. something like a 70% chance that tomorrow's scheduled final launch of the space shuttle will be scrubbed. the upside is, the u.s. space program gets to live another day or two. as a weather channel meteorologist put it today, the atlantic basin is starting to percolate this time of year. there was a lightning strike nearby the path today. those storms may mean a f

the yemenis are improving their capacity. they're making the progress toward being able to deal with the stress within their border. it is important to recognize that our engagement was interrupted for many years. yemens and not have the kind of mentoring programs that many of our other terrorism partners had. it is really when the obama and ms. trichet came into office that a review was done in march 2009. it was recognized that yemen was a major challenge. it was not until december, after many conversations, that we really felt that they were on board with the project. these are the first actions against it. this was just shortly before the december 25 bombing of the northwest flight. this is a military and -- a civilian unit is making the progress. it is important that we give back. they can take on the missions they. need. >> i am sure members will have questions for the record. thank you for your public service work that each of you do. we will move to our second panel. thank you very much. as we are transitioning, i wil

susan is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region.s is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is the part of the show that features lebanon, jordan. she is wearing traditional garb from damascus. i do not know if you can tell but there is a lot of handstitched detail at the top. lena is wearing a traditional jordanian start out with handstitched work. these stars represent different countries. this dress is more of a jordanian style. this is a palestinian dress with hand importers from the top to bottom. -- embroidery from the top to bottom. this is all handstitched. could the other models join the girls on the floor? [applause] >> let's have another round of applause for the models. thank you for participating and showing not only the diversity of our culture and region. through our clothing, it says a lot about how diverse the arab people are. thank you all for coming out tonight. ♪ again, thank you to everyone who has helped. everyone here, let's give them a round of applause for comi

ilfc was the owner of a yemeni air jet that crashed in the indian ocean in 2009, killing off but oneassenger. the suit against ilfc claims yemeni air had such a poor and well documented safety record that they were negligent in leasing them an aircraft. it is very similar to a land mark $165 million settlement sterns helped win of the families of the victims of this april 2002 air philippines crash. >> it averaged out $1.5 million per passenger. >> reporter: in that case, sterns and others did not go after the foreign company flying the plane, but aar, the american company leasing it to them. you see, after being flown for more than 30 years by southwest airlines, the boeing 737 had been retired to an arizona bone yard. a kind of airplane graveyard where old jets go to be picked over for parts or scrapped. but this plane didn't stay. it was bought by aar, then leased to the startup philippine carrier. the lawsuit even uncovered an inspection done of the plane and the inspector's conclusion, that the deal was risky. >> basically he said yeah, it can be flown. but it's going to ining b

yet in late 2009 the task force decided to transfer seven yemeni detainees back to yemen. only one of him was ordered released by the court and his case was not appealed. now, my questions are common december 2009 did you personally believe that it was a good idea to transfer detainees to yemen and secondly you told us before that you were trying to test the system by sending a group of detainees back in december of 2009. do you think testing the system when the result of a failed test could be an attack on americans was a good idea? and lastly, in hindsight, in light of the fact that the government is winning all of its habeas appeals would you have changed any of of the task force transfer decisions and do you think dangerous detainees were transferred as a result of the task force process? >> senator, thank you and i do very much understand of force in our conversations both my conversation with you as well as the ongoing discussions i've had with members of the committee staff that the substantial concern about the detainees from yemen and the transfer decisions that w

president of the country -- seven people were reportedly killed as armed protesters slashed with yemeni protesters in a southern city. top security officials were among the casualties. in the capital of sanaa, many demanded the resignation of the president. thousands of his supporters held counter demonstrations. the president is recovering from an assassination attempt. officials have denied rumors that the president would return to him and this weekend. to britain where the head of news international has resigned over the surveillance scandal that has engulfed the company's newspapers. rebekah brooks said she felt a deep sense of responsibility for the people who have been hurt. she was the editor of "the news of the world's," where some of the most egregious allegations were made. rupert murdoch has apologized to the thousands of victims of the hacking scandals. the apology will be carried in all of the rupert murdoch newspapers. the company has already lost millions in advertising revenues. more losses are expected. >> rupert murdoch came to london last weekend to take charge of the

. >> the yemeni president soehnlein has appeared on state has appearedsoehnleisaleh on state television. he underwent a successful operations to treat his burns. he hopes to open dialogue to resolve yemens problems. the americans did department said ambassador robert ford had toured the city to show solidarity with the citizens. watching news day on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, as south sudan prepares for independence, we spoke with one of the widows of the rebels. >> will the weather delay the final flight for shuttle atlantis? >> insurgents in -- surgeons in sweden have done the first transplant. >> this is how the world's first synthetic organ was made. take a glass mauldin to a liquid polymer which makes in the decoration of the patient's windpipe. it was made in london and flown to sweden. once in stockholm, the synthetic windpipe was bathed in a solution of stem cells taken from the patient's bone marrow. after two days, the millions of tiny holes in its surface were seated by cells -- seeded by cells. a synthetic body part has been made the patient's ow

. >> in other news of the world, yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has appeared on state television just months after the rocket attack on his compound that nearly killed him. he has undergone eight successful operations to treat his burns. the european central bank has raised its main interest rate by one-quarter of a percent to try to keep the lid on inflation. the rate is now 1.5%. correspondents say the decision is controversial because the country is already struggling with the government debt crisis. greece, ireland and portugal will now face higher borrowing costs. when it comes to financial woes, the united states has a fair share of its sound. today, president obama met again with congressional leaders to try to hammer out a deal to prevent america from defaulting on its own debt. he described the discussions as frank and constructive but the admitted that democrats and republicans are still very far apart. they will meet again on sunday. for more on this stuf, i am trad by a correspondent from time magazine. you have described this as a game show. >> you have president oba

four yemeni nationals have been arrested. pakistan's un rights commissions has criticized -- for failing to stop organized killings. much of the violence is between organized games with more than 1000 people shot dead since january. the gang enjoyed the patronage of the political parties. un security forces are reported to have shot dead six anti- rs hrnment protestoresr in amas. more than 20 were arrested on monday. india's foreign minister arrived in the bangladeshi capital. he will be holding talks with senior officials to sort out differences along standing issues. success will pave the way for a high-profile visit by the prime minister singh in september. >> india and bangladesh are supposed to be neighbors, but they have the range of contentious issues, raning from sharing waterston demarcation of the boundary in the bay of bengal. the two neighbors share more than 50 rivers, but bangladesh believes it is not giving enough water, as india has a number of dams upstream. the two sides are hoping to reach an interim agreem

. >>> yemeni's president has spoken for the first time since an attempt on his life was made back inlevision saying he welcomed a power sharing agreement within the terms of the country's constitution. it is not the first time he has said that. >>> casey anthony will spend only six more days in a florida county jail before becoming a free woman next week. she was sentenced to four years of jail time by judge belvin perry earlier today for lying to police, but after time off for time served and good behavior, she will be released next wednesday. savannah guthrie is nbc's chief correspondent and joins us from new york. take us through this. how is she going to walk next wednesday? >> reporter: this is one of those times when i think people get really frustrated with the legal system because if they're home trying to do math on the back of the envelope, it's hard to put this together. even for me, i have been burning up the phones with all these florida attorneys who practice in these jurisdictions to ask how it is exactly that they may have gotten to this amount of time. bottom line is

the official site says four yemeni men have been arrested as presumed owners of the boat and only three survivors have been found. >> sudanese government says it's trying to defeat a rebellion made up of thousands of fighters. at least 70,000 civilians have been displaced. despite calls for a cease-fire, al bashir has vowed to fight on. >> the danger comes from above as planes fly over and others scramble to escape the bombs. sudanese government at war with its own people in the nubea mountains. children take extreme measures to avoid the flying shrapnel from the bombing raids. parents send them to the bomb shelters to hide. this family is mourning a mother killed by a bomb as she was planting seeds in the nearby field. cut off by road and air, it's hard to escape this isolated area attacks on the vge going on every day. >> the civilians they want now as victims. shelling and ground attacks. >> the sudanese government says it wants to cleanse the area of rebels. there are thousands of nuba fighters in this area that futh with the rebels during the north-south civil war. this area is hom

. >> in other news of the world, yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has appeared on state television just months after the rocket attack on his compound that nearly killed him. he has undergone eight successful operations to treat his burns. the european central bank has raised its main interest rate by one-quarter of a percent to try to keep the lid on inflation. the rate is now 1.5%. correspondents say the decision is controversial because the country is already struggling with the government debt crisis. greece, ireland and portugal will now face higher borrowing costs. when it comes to financial woes, the united states has a fair share of its sound. today, president obama met again with congressional leaders to try to hammer out a deal to prevent america from defaulting on its own debt. he described the discussions as frank and constructive but the admitted that democrats and republicans are still very far apart. they will meet again on sunday. for more on this stuf, i am trad by a correspondent from time magazine. you have described this as a game show. >> you have president oba

linen sheets, the contents of the nail, so together families interleaving boundaries we passed the yemeni coffee and the slices of watermelon >> which still grow from palestinian soil >> it is moments like these and the roundness of my father's smiling cheeks the line at my cousin's wedding is these moments that i have hope there is hope in the strength and beauty of our mothers the resilience of our children the belly laughs of our huddles >> there is hope in our joint -- joy >> extending god's blessings >> [speaking foreign language] >> because what goes around comes around [applause] thank you guys. that is it for us. [applause] >> thank you, ladies. give them another round of applause. [applause] when i first approached them with the idea of reading poetry, both of them look through some classic arabic poetry, but i told them they were both amazing goes, so we should hear their own original work. those are two women in our community that are amazing poets and will probably do amazing things with their lives. so thank you very much. our next thing on the program -- another very rich pa

this people from the drop the door from their from the crime from a cyber crime with treason by a yemeni sure scored which would varies by us the two sticks romantic that computers actually were abortion in this world but we are not in touch with the well who are the people when you think about it are those just lunatics or is this a well organized criminal society or will in the past there were just do you still need us there cyber windles which many terrorists are made cyber attacks and they.

we are concerned with al qaeda, but this is the time we make sure we do not abandon the yemeni people, whether government is under siege -- when their government is under siege. we need to make sure that we bring together that diplomacy, the development assistance, and the counter-terrorism efforts. the same is true in somalia. looking in all the refugees and the people who are miller stands start, we need to find ways for the non-criminal organizations to get in there and bring relief supplies. a lot of the means we have, we say, okay, we want to make sure that these ngo's have the licensing approvals to operate their. -- to operate there. i have said that i do not want the counter terrorism tail to wag the dog. we should not be doing things in yemen or somalia solely because we have a counter terrorism agenda there. one of the things about president obama and president bush before him is making sure that we do things that will benefit in the long term these people in these areas. because these groups strive off of the instability. there are very legitimate grievances. we need to be

the yemeni government is so busy fighting an armed protesters that they have done little to stop theihad. ou guest: >>t guest: well, one of thef emerging threat hubs.li it may become afghanistan on c steroids. theis nearly a failed state right now. the president was seriously injured in a mortar attack by the opposition.ion. this is only a unified country over the past 20 years.rsome ar has a history of breaking apart, if you will. what we have seen in the last 45 months is that al qaeda and anher extremists have been a will to develop a firmer hold of a southern part of the country.l that is important. i wish we had a map. fir you can see the proximity.on already a failed state. we also have a big hub.soma it is pretty well understood a that we are starting to see a migration. whenever words you want to use. the reason that happens is theym understand that with the power vacuum there is opportunity for them. the great thing about a failed state is that it is hard to operate.s no it is a little bit of a double-edged sword. i believe that human is at the center. this one final point.

. >>> now to supporters of yemeni president rallying at his empty palace today after their leader appearedate tv on the left side for the first time since the june 3rd attack. he went to saudi arabia for treatment says he has undergone eight operations and it is visible. very visible. his complexion significantly darker than before and his hands and arms were covered with bandages. he made no mention of when he would return to the country. >>> it was the end of an era for the space shuttle program. something else is coming to an end. after 14 years the harry potter movie franchise. plus prince william and kate they're heading to hollywood. why the royal couple puts a plastic surgeon on call. we'll talk to the doctor who was summoned by the palace there. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. you get nothing for driving safely. truth: at allstate, you get a check in the mail twice a year, every year you don't have an accident. the safe driving bonus check. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >>> any just hours the royal newlyweds will arrive in

help to keep yemeni president in power that intelligence allowed u.s.ials to attempt a dangerous raid to assassinate al awlaki in yemen. he is the terrorist as you mentioned wanted for dispatching the christmas underwear bomber among orioles. problems with the jet sent on the mission, they were running low on fuel i'm told by two defense sources with knowledge of the mission and problems with the new missiles being used, griffin missiles which are essentially new and improved hell fire missiles that were attached to a special operations fixed wing plane caused the mission to fail. in fact, those griffin missiles struck the vehicle in which awlaki was traveling, i'm told. because they didn't detonate properly, he had time to get out, change vehicles, and he managed to escape. these griffin missiles are in the testing phase, i'm told. they have been used on other special operations missions but a series of mistakes really made it so they narrowly missed getting one of the world's most wanted terrorists, shepard. >> shepard: jennifer, thanks. either somebo

the yemeni branch of al qaeda reportedly will roll out an animated film teaching the history of the terroristroduced on an arabic jihadist website this past weekend as i quote, an alternative to the poison broadcast by other tv channels to our children and youth. one analyst described it as a disney-like film trying to make terrorism exciting to young people. terrorism analyst evan coleman joins me. the question is, will it be effective? >> look, the idea of this sounds chilling to people but the reality is this is not an original idea. there have been others that have done this before, created cartoons to try to espouse extremist ideals. someone was arrested for encouraging children to carry out suicide bombings. if you're really worried about children being involved in terrorism and extremism, i would be far more concerned with the videos out there on the internet of training camps in pakistan, where little kids, 4 and 5 years old, are actually there. cartoons on the internet is not what we need to be worried about. >> it seems like it's the parents that would need to be targeted in marketi

in these efforts is abraham sairi a bomb maker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which is the yemeniest iteration or the evolution of what terrorist groups are trying to do to circumvent our security later and defeat our societal norms. >>> >>> a terrifying story in yellowstone. a hiker mauled and killed by a grizzly bear. a hiker and his wife surprised a female bear and her cubs and' taked. they heard the wife screaming for help and called 911. the woman reportedly told park officials she survived despite chased by the bear and lifted in the air by her backpack. the first deadly bear attack on these park grounds since 1986. >>> out of the gate, we have injuries at the running of the bulls. the annual festival started a few hours ago ago in pamplona, spain. one was hospitalized and several others took hard falls and were trampled. one programming note. coming up in about 20 minutes we will be talking to engineer ashton, lead prosecutor in the casey anthony trial, what went wrong. the juror who said i'm not saying she is innocent, yet still made that verdict, that not guilty verdict.

al-shabaab a spragens a malida in support of aqap and to the yemeni government this year as well as flying the battle of al qaeda and iraq. finally, and al-shabaab bombing in neighboring ugonda of one year ago targeted killed 74 people including one american. james clapper, president obama's director of national intelligence said, quote, vigilance that al-shabaab -- vigilant al-shabaab means focus fighting to control somalia to protect the u.s. homeland. that convinced me of the necessity to launch a careful examination of the threat. does to -- doesn't agree that it's real and al-shabaab's leaders called for attacks against american including the retaliation of killing bin laden must be taken seriously. just yesterday macules of what president's nominee to to cover the counterterrorism center focused on all chabad and said with a major threat they are to the world and the country. a large group of muslim americans willing to die as martyrs and strong operational partnership with al qaeda leaders in pakistan and yemen al-shabaab has more capability than ever to strike the u.s. homeland. we

he apparently was in a pick up truck riding across a yemeni desert.. but the bad news is, we didn't get him. >> alisyn: this is just like a scene out of jaws. or this scene out of jaws. look at this. okay. that was the scene out of "jaws." next we'll show you a marine research team chumming the waters off the coast of south after contaminate they were caught completely offguard when this nine foot shark landed right on the deck of their boat thrashing about, destroying equipment. it took several attempts. a crane was used to lift the 1,000-pound shark back into the water. everyone on board was okay. thankfully they had a crane on board. >> brian: that's the danger of crumbing. >> steve: let's be chummy with the weather and it is sticky across much of the land today. currently as you can see, widely scattered showers through portions of the great lakes. scattered shower activity down through portions of dixieland. it will be a warm one today. already at 34 minutes after the top of the hour, it's 80 now in raleigh and atlanta. about the same for kansas

it has the reach and it provides the facility if you will to the yemenis and other al qaeda groups, weare in for serious trouble. >> address that. religious ideology, some strange nationalism we're not able to identify with, or something else convenience? when you are talking about it's spreading to the diaspora, i assume it's based on primarily religious ideology. >> it's a mixture on religion and nationalism. the ideology is there. the leadership of shabaab, most of them are veterans of jihad in south asia. they have been to kashmir, pakistan, afghanistan, some of the middle commanders are actually foreigners. so they are -- international do you have the idea of magnitude, size of this problem? >> well, the side of al shabaab shifts. you have the core group and clan militias that switch allegiances depending on circumstances. the number of most analyst at least play around with and it's only a guess. because it's probably in the low thousands, maybe up to five. but at times, they can capture the loyalty of certain clans or subclans. each subclan has it's own armed force. those can be