his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? care of our family, take care of our children and to get 7.35 raise up to 12.35 or 15. next. o hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. [...] given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened. president obama has the legal authority to transfer many detainees out of guantanamo - but his critics say he has so far lacked the political will to do so. i'll be the first to acknowledge that the administrat

his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? "consider this" will be right back. in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. [...] given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened. president obama has the legal authority to transfer many detainees out of guantanamo - but his critics say he has so far lacked the political will to do so. i'll be the first to acknowledge that the administration could be doing more to close

his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? ç] in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. [...] given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened. president obama has the legal authority to transfer many detainees out of guantanamo - but his critics say he has so far lacked the political will to do so. i'll be the first to acknowledge that the administration could be doing more to close guantanamo. but congress has ena

and declared war against yemen's government. they appointed this man as their leader in the proof incident. they vowed to expand al-qaeda's reach across the country but were forced to retreat after air strik strikes and shelling by the army in the summer of 2012. the governor faces the delicate task of rebuilding what was destroyed. it's not the only challenge he faces. >> this is one of the poorest provinces in yemen. we need more infrastructure. al-qaeda took advantage and the problems plunged into crisis. we need investments. we need to look after the poor. >> that's the only way to defeat al-qaeda >> reporter: yemen's cash-strapped government cannot afford to rebuild the city. so international aid agencies are stepping in. the united nations development program representative in yemen, he always reminds his visitors of an encounter with a woman during a visit to abdian >> we are facing major, major humanitarian crisis. this woman i met, for instance, was sitting in front of her house, who was having -- her husband was killed

still posing a threat to yemen. and action has to be taken not only by the united states or by the yemeni government and action has to be taken by all neighboring countries such kind of corporation. between the yemeni government and old countries located next to yemen in addition to the united states because such a three to security is not only the yemeni military. any government i think all countries next to yemen will be affected in a bad week because we can understand yemen has been hosting many many members of al qaida has been training and have been. such a training and will be used not only in yemen i think saudi arabia might be on the right taking any time those members can move each different yemen because we know the. ease that it can move from one country to another this is why a thing security measures have to be tightened and corporation between countries have to be in a police otherwise i think such extremist. movement members of the would be able to to financing and take war not only. talking talking a

♪ coordinated attacks against military targets in yemen and al-qaeda is suspected. welcome, you are watching al jazeera and also on this program syria's prime minister said the war is stalemate and the government is ready to back a cease fire. and the death toll rises to 97 as a storm latches mexico and destroyed by landslides. and opposition groups boycott electioning as he is preparing to marry his 14th wife. ♪ we begin in yemen where 30 have been killed on two separate attacks on military attacks in the southern part of the country and al-qaeda is suspected to be behind two car bombs and ten soldiers were killed by gunmen on patrol. for more on this we have joined with someone who returned from yemen and what can you tell us about the attacks? >> eyewitnesses say besides the kabul over years the military installations using ak-47 weapons and also rpgs and casualty and we are talking about fighters who had intelligence about the movements of the army, knew about the areas to target and launched their attack. witnesses saw fighters with a different name for al-qa

ryano horns are smuggled into yemen. an old handle alone can go forum to a quarter of a million dollars in yemen. the. >> the rhino horn is special, it has a mir abling u louse -- miraculous healing power and protects you from poison. >> this man is in need of cash and wants to sell his dagger for $4,000 us. the handle is made from rhino horn and decc rated with rare -- decorated with rare gold pieces. this man has no option but to sell, to pay his debts. >> for the time being most yemenies prefer to keep their daggers tucked in their robes, paying tribute to an ancient tradition. >> let's just remind you, of course, to keep up to date with the stories we've been following. if you head to al jazeera.com you can see the front page and the lead story - the situation in syria. back with a full bulletin of news later. china's one child policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being blamed for a declining fertility rate and a major gender imbalance, w

to yemen and met one of the families of those me are from yemen correspondent itwaby traveled to yemen and met one of the families of those men in yemen, the news obama had lifted the more to moratorium h raised hopes high. mithal told his family when he returned from gauuantanamo afte more than a decade, he wanted to get married. his brothers went so far to plan the role hihl would take the role on to help him reintegrate into society. then they learned hile was on the list of 46 indefinite detain easy, 46 from yemen. they want to know why, if at a time u.s. is convinced hile is a dangerous enemy combat ant and an al-qaeda operative, he won't be tried. >> >> that was correspondent rob connive conniveau. >>> take a look at this, dramatic footage of a driver in taiwan coming this close to being crushed by a boulder during a landslide. the couple inside escaped with only minor injuries. the landslide was triggered by days from rain from tropical storm konri. and here is what we have to look forward to. >>> it's going to be a scorching hot couple of days across texas into oklahoma, certai

for more on what is happening in yemen we are joined by ashtin who recently returned from yemen and al-qaeda thought to be behind the latest attacks and do tell us more about what happened. >> from sources under ground and also from the states issued by the army a while ago they say they were two bombing attacks targeting two military posts, one of army and police in the providence, an al-qaeda stronghold and dozens killed and many injuries and many weapons and military vehicles confiscated by al-qaeda and reports of soldiers kidnapped by al-qaeda in the peninsula. this is an area where al-qaeda has been very, very active. >> reporter: how powerful is al-qaeda in yemen now? >> al-qaeda emerged overnight and many fighters returned from afghanistan and formed it in the arabin peninsula and are considered by the americans as the most aggressive and active al-qaeda outside of afghanistan. they have many, many recruits. over the last two years they managed to send suicide bombers for attacks to target the americans in the united states of america, also to target military positions in yemen and al

daggers have existed for centuries in yemen. they've outlived dynasties and despite urban indication daggers, known as janbiya, refuse to disappear. coming from a family that has been making daggers for more than 1,000 years. he does not see it as a business but a passion passed on from one generation to the next. this isn't just a symbol of the old days when yemenis used daggers for self defense. now it is a social status. it doesn't matter the type of car or house you live in, but the type of knife you carry. show me your dagger, i'll tell you who you are. the carvings on the sheath reveal a religious or social rank the person belongs to. >> it's a symbol of manhood, it shows that you're a genuine yemen. with out a janbiya, i don't know who you are. >> it can be expensive. costing more than a million dollars. the handle is made mostly of rhinoceros horn. a handle can go up to a $250,000 in yemen. >> the horn is special. it has miraculous healing power. it protects you from poison. >> in desperate need of cash he wants to sell

rob kenu was recently in yemen. and he spent time with a detainee. >> in yemen, the news of a moratorium lift lifted hopes high. he told his family when he returned from guantanamo after more than a decade he wanted to get married. >> his brothers went so far as to plan how it would take on the advertising shot that they run as a family business to help him reintegrate in society. then they learned that he was on the list of 46 i indefinite detainees. 26 of them from yemen. >> they want to know why if the u.s. is condition vinceed that he is a dangerous enemy combatant and al-qaeda operative, why he won't be tried? >> here to talk about the status of indefinite detainees at guantanamo, professor of law at the university of new york who represents several guantanamo detainees. and here in the studio we're joined by max fisher, the foreign affairs blogger at the "washington post." let's start with you, randy kasim. how has the experience of the person we just met representative of those you represent. >> it doeall of

this is quite -- it's the capitol and it showed a very delicate situation in yemen. yes men is a transitional period. they have to finish a national dialog. they have to address issues and establish another system of government. the government coalition now and f are creating more tension. the promise has been attacked and former president is accused of trying to under mind the country. this is why they were targeted. they are expecting more tension and clashes in the future at least until they come together and come to a final agreement about moving it forward. >> still ahead, our torture chamber because here is where you've got your man. >> more than 50 bodice recovered as a reform school in the u.s. as tales of torture emerge. >>> we will tell you why environmentalists are cutting down trees in the indonesian rain forest. . same champs as english and arabic channels. >>> disorder in a mexico court. why this judge lost his cool. this is a statement not only from speaker boehner but from the unified republican house leadership including eric [[voiceover]] no doubt a

last year they launched their worst attack in yemen. a suicide bomber designated his explosives killing more than 100. after which the government launched a murder offensive to recapture areas controlled by al qaeda. the u.s. stepped in intensifying attacks against the group, using unmanned drones. al qaeda is considered by the u.s. and its allies in the region to be the most dangerous al qaeda shoot. it is lead by this man, a yemenian who had sighs to the former leader of al qaeda, osama bin laden. but many think this is the group's most powerful man. he is considered the military leader. >> you were telling me earlier the u.s. strategy of increasing drone strikes against al qaeda have actually been backfiring. >> absolutely. because many are saying this should not happen anymore in our country. even accusing the president of selling the retaliation to the us. we know this is quite sophisticated weaponry that the americans are now going to give a stable government, which leaves them with only one other option, [ inaudible ] the [ techn

drone strike two years ago in yemen. the second is adam gudon, who's always been a built of a sad sack, i thought. raised on a goat farm in california. he decided the future of the world was death metal, became an obsessive death metal fan, started his own adam on the goat farm death metal band. eventually, he left that behind and found his way to islamic fundamentalist extremism and al qaeda. as an on again-off again al qaeda spokesperson and propagandist, he was indicted for treason and material support of terrorism, and now the u.s. government says it will pay a $1 million reward for information leading to him. so, awlaki is dead, adam the goat farm kid is in the wind with a $1 million price on his head. the only other american who has become arguably famous, arguably well known as an al qaeda guy is this one from alabama, omar hamami. he's from daphne, alabama, originally. he was a pretty successful student, a popular kid growing up, president of his sophomore class in high school, but he became radicalized, eventual

twenty four been known causes during his all too short yet remarkable life to him fought for a better yemen by leading the crusade against an illegal and a horrifying u.s. drone war that has killed as many as four thousand four hundred people to date according to bureau of investigative journalism his words from a two thousand and twelve op ed in new york times still resonate with the exact same power and today and he writes quote drone strikes are causing more and more yemenis to hate america and join radical militants they're not driven by ideology but rather by a sense of revenge and despair rather than winning the hearts and minds of yemeni civilians america's alienating them by killing their relatives and friends unfortunately before even it's even had the chance to be buried the u.s. launched a brand new drone strike on pakistan today that's killed at least six people. rest in peace you know him and know that your words and actions have shed a grand light on a policy of covert global murder tired yet of america's sick game of drones and join me and let's break this at. the least it wa

drone strike two years ago in yemen. the second is adam gudon, who's always been a built of a sad sack, i thought. raised on a goat farm in california. he decided the future of the world was death metal, became an obsessive death metal fan, started his own adam on the goat farm death metal band. eventually, he left that behind and found his way to islamic fundamentalist extremism and al qaeda. as an on again-off again al qaeda spokesperson and propagandist, he was indicted for treason and material support of terrorism, and now the u.s. government says it will pay a $1 million reward for information leading to him. so, awlaki is dead, adam the goat farm kid is in the wind with a $1 million price on his head. the only other american who has become arguably famous, arguably well known as an al qaeda guy is this one from alabama, omar hamammi. he's from daphne, alabama, originally. he was a pretty successful student, a popular kid growing up, president of his sophomore class in high school, but he became radicalized, eventua

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates reassembly into into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists would have journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorized the daily bases and also the people who are a lot. prison being assimilated back into society after being decimated te

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists we've had journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that the. men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorize our daily bases and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after being decimate

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists would have journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorized the daily bases and also the people who are let out of prison by. assimilated back into society after being decimated h

it's not to invade yemen and because such extremists a group. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe. and coming up after this short break we're driving relations between iran and the yuan president there were many calls on obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east takes a thorough lucca just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a really future for europe twenty five million people living in poverty in a dozen years and a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by new report which blames the aggressive financial cuts supposed to assure of the e.u. economy that's next. caracas has declared american citizen to deny as space to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican aspace more than that venezuela says its delegates could potentially be denied american visas ahead of red major u.n. meeting next week she's more important has the details. venezuela

iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is a possible i'm not good at predicting the future but i can see is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the u.s. economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war in the petro dollars so if the u.s. backs down here won't could be the beginning of the end for the world's on. a hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations and in russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see if there is no resistance in syria then one by one all resistance to the un ending hunger of nato will be smashed out one by one the reason syria is so important and so scary is that you have one massive

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists we've had journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking for in the p.t.s.d. you just these communities being terrorism a daily basis and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after be

twenty four been known causes during his all too short yet remarkable life about him fought for a better yemen by leading the crusade against an illegal and a horrifying us drone war that has killed as many as four thousand four hundred people to date according to bureau of investigative journalism his words from a two thousand and twelve op ed in new york times still resonate with the exact same power and truth today and he writes quote drone strikes are causing more and more yemenis to hate america and join radical militants they're not driven by ideology but rather by a sense of revenge and despair rather than winning the hearts and minds of yemeni civilians americans alienating them by killing their relatives and friends unfortunately before even it's even had the chance to be buried the u.s. launched a brand new drone strike on pakistan today that's killed at least six people. rest in peace you know him and know that your words and actions have shed a great light on a policy of covert lobel murder tired yet of america's sick game of drones and join me and let's break this at. the least it

twenty four been known causes during his all too short yet remarkable life to him fought for a better yemen by leading the crusade against an illegal and a horrifying u.s. drone war that has killed as many as four thousand four hundred people to date according to bureau of investigative journalism his words from a two thousand and twelve op ed in new york times still resonate with the exact same power and today in it he writes quote drone strikes are causing more and more yemenis to hate america and join radical militants they're not driven by ideology but rather by a sense of revenge and despair rather than winning the hearts and minds of yemeni civilians america's alienating them by killing their relatives and friends unfortunately before even even had the chance to be buried the u.s. launched a brand new drone strike on pakistan today that's killed at least six people. rest in peace you know him and know that your words and actions have shed a great light on a policy of covert global murder tired yet of america's sick game of drones and join me and let's break this at. the least it was a

. >> i was in yemen. >> yemen. >> >> yes. >> you know yemen is a hot bed of terrorism? >> um, i don't know. i never seen anything like that. [taps] >> on the anniversary of 9/11, jesse watters talks to some muslim americans gathered for a congress. >> you have a lot of explaining it to do bill o'reilly. you have got to step up your game. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. did president obama change american's opinion on syria last night. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. immediately after the president's speech, cnn conducted a phone poll of 361 americans who watched the address. the big question: what was your overall reaction to the speech? 35% very positive. 34% somewhat positive. 22% somewhat negative. 8% very negative. so the speech was a hit at least somewhat. second question in general do you favor or oppose the president's approach to syria. 61% favor. 37% oppose. 2% no opinion. now, that means, that means that the president's st

and we take you to yemen where a dagger is much more than just a knife. >> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. the u.s.-led war in iraq lasted eight years and devastated that country's infrastructure. today the group that is in charge of iraq's reconstruction is releasing it's final report. it's previous reports detail cost mismanagement and contract abuses. roslyn is in washington with the a findings. given the increasing sectarian violence in iraq over the past few months. what are the reports of how the u.s. has spent millions of taxpayer dollars. >> it's not just millions of dollars. we're talking nearly $60 billion that were spent to stabilize and then to rebuild iraq after the invasion ten years ago. however, the report goes on to say that what needed to be done from the very beginning was very close oversight of those dollars, mostly u.s.-taxpayer dollars, in order to make certain that that money was not wasted. $2.8 billion to this date cannot be accounted for. they're recommending that there be a strengthening of u.s. laws where any time the u.s. government is trying

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists we've had journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their family. and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorizing the daily bases and also the people are allowed out of prison being assimilated back into society after being indef

the problem if only there was more cooperation between the governments i think all carla members in yemen is still functioning up to now despite the attacks on their leaders by the united states army by the yemeni government i think the us involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states. for an in between. if there have been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in yemen it's not to invade your man because such extremists a group. would keep their on a. r.t. live here in moscow coming up reviving relations between iran and the u.s. president rouhani calls all obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a for a look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty in a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by the new reports which claims the aggressive financial cards s

gaza, yemen, 19 years old. so, it's very difficult to get to a democratic transition with such a young population, and when you add that in with poverty levels, egypt, 40% before the revolution, below $2 a day, syria 32%. gaza, yemen, much higher rights. tunisia is the best case scenario and most optimistic, it's a country that might make it through a democratic transition throughout this arab spring, it's most likely to. here we are struggling against we'll see. it's in the balance right now. >> the problem is that symbolically, tunisia is important, but has 11,000 people. egypt is the cornerstone of the middle east, so really how goes egypt, so goes the middle east in many respects. >> there is a little tradition of democracy in that part of the world. egypt had a monarchy. >> unlike the early days of egyptian monarchic democracy, good way of describing it. egypt was weirdly cut off from everything. tourists came, but basically it was cut off. now everybody in egypt, poor, rich, educated, uneducated, they're

. >>> and un delegates will be meeting to discuss the situation in yemen. u.s. drone strokes have played a big role in that region. but that strategy isn't sitting well with everyone on american soil. >> reporter: this town in michigan spans a little over two miles. over the years this area has seen an influx of arab americans, many of them with deep ties to yemen. thousands of yemeny americans call michigan home. many arrived in search of work in the auto industry decades ago. and for some that meant leaving family behind. >> right now, yemen i's are more afraid than ever. >> reporter: i sat down with this man and his friend at a yem yemeni/american restaurant. more than ten years ago the u.s. government began launching drone attacks. as missile strikes have increased so have the concern of these people. there were 22 drone strikes last year, compared to 42 last year. and 80 civilians have either been killed or wounded in drone attacks in 2009. >> they are saying now they are afraid of just going out to do their daily life. >> i can ask this question to you? wh

more news now from across the globe yemen's prime minister has and has escaped in assassination attempt after unidentified gunmen opened fire on his convoy no one was hurt in the attack in the capital of sanaa which happened as the official returned home yemen is home to one of the most aggressive branches of al qaeda and is struggling to deal with a wave of violence from militants thousands of people marched through the mexican capital in protest of the president's energy reform plans in an e.x.o. wants to allow private companies to explore mexico's vast oil and gas reserves but those employers opposing the move say the president is just seeking to sell off the nation's assets mexican leader has relatively low approval ratings now and will speak to the nation on monday. it takes quite a bit of luck to avoid something like this a dashboard camera captured the moment a car on a coastal road in taiwan was hit by a landslide and just narrowly avoided being crushed by a giant boulder the massive rock stopped just a few meters from the car with the driver suffering minor injuries taiwan is b

have journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking. we have plenty more stories on our website too including. lying to lie detector says it's as easy as counting to three according to an instructor who's taught his techniques to hundreds of people and has been given a jail sentence for his trouble you can find out how it's done on our web site at r.t. dot com also there joins there way giving ash and smoke over southwest improve after years of silence check out the fall you know forty in motion. more news today violence flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. down protecting a city in russia's far east has given way after more than a month of severe flooding forcing five hundred people to abandon their homes

for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorized the daily basis and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after being indefinitely detained for so long many and so it's a travesty and also it's not so black and white where it's either you're guilty or not there's layers of association with al qaeda there it's almost like a gang force. a look now at mall of the world the main news of this hour clash of europe today in the egyptian you of alexandria between muslim brotherhood activists and supporters of the army backed interim government at least two people have died thousands of members of the islamist movement have been rallying across the country demanding the reinstatement of the us of president mohamed morsi earlier reported a state run newspaper claimed the leaders

iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is impossible i am not good at predicting the future but i can see is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the us economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war and the petro dollar so if the us backs down here would could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations. and in russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see if there is no resistance in syria then one by one all resistance to the un ending hunger of nato will be smashed out one by one the reason syria is so important and so scary is that you have one massive mi

for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with it here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates reassembly into the society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we've covered this on the show in the past we've had activists would have journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorize our daily bases and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after being indefinitely detained for so long. and so it's a travesty and

for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking. more about that in ten minutes more of this now she found looking online and out sido called got lined up for you lying to lie detector as it says easy apparently is counting the straight according to one instructor he's been teaching his techniques to hundreds of people and if you give him a jail sentence for his trouble find out how it's plus. and a giant awake she would want to be in the path of this speeling ash and smoke over southwestern peru off the years of silence check out the spectacular volcano video that we've got lined up in our motion age. adown protect he says he rushes far east has given way after more than a month of severe flooding there it's forced five hundred people to abandon the homes rescue crews are helping trying to help the families get to dry land where buses are taken away from the flood zo

for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking. much more about in five. minutes time here and i'll tell you tonight if right now i want to check it will be gold there for you in these stories lying to the light it is easy counting to three according to an instructor who's taught his techniques to hundreds of people has been given a jail sentence for his trouble find out what got him in hot water a web site. you wouldn't want to be in the face of this a joy away spewing ash and smoke over southwest in peru after years of silence check out this spectacular footage of it motion. i. owe a damn protecting a city of russia's far east has given way after more than a month of severe flooding is for five hundred people to abandon their homes big rescue crews are helping families to try to get to dry land where buses are taking them away from that flood water levels and comes

al qaeda has carried out coordinated bomb and gun attacks on several army bases yemen has been in open war with al qaeda since two thousand and ten with the fighting claiming hundreds of lives and displacing tens of thousands of people political analyst dr hani alba believes the u.s. involvement could help solve the problem if only there was more cooperation between the governments i think all karla members in yemen is still functioning up to now despite. their leaders by the united states army by the yemeni government i think you us involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states as foreign in between. if there had been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in your money to invade your man because such extremists. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe it's no secret that europe is in trouble with inequality unemployment and soaring debt alone spending a protracted crisis to combat european

iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is impossible i am not good at predicting the future but i can see is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the us economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war and the petro dollar so if the us backs down here would could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed. nato has been trying to encircled these nations and had russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see if there is no resistance in syria then one by one all resistance to the un ending hunger of nato will be smashed out one by one the reason syria is so important and so scary is that you have one massive m

iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is a possible i'm not good at predicting the future but i can see is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the u.s. economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war and the petro dollar so if the u.s. backs down here what could be the beginning of the end. for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations and had russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see if there is no resistance in syria then one by one all resistance to the un ending hunger of nato will be smashed out one by one the reason syria is so important and so scary is that you have one massive

they have been for the most part been cleared for release in the vast majority of them are yemen and the problem is that there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists we've had journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there is the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking and the p.t.s.d. of just these communities being terrorized by daily basis and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after being in dea

yemen's prime minister has a stake in the fascination attempt after on to unidentified gunman opened fire on his convoy no one was hurt in the attack in the capital sanaa which happened as the official returned home yemen is home to one of the most aggressive branches of al qaeda and is struggling to deal with a wave of violence from militants this is r t i'll be back with more updates in just a few minutes. ok . david crockett welcome you to take virginia it's a little while in the middle of the chesapeake bay on the virginia. and i come back . around to pay you all of your speech a probably one of the best diaries of all right. there's an old picture of ted your island before the chad always good oh here. gone way up there. has gone. right here are some of the headstones from the graves that for here this is a fruit that's that's what we don't want happen to tangier all and we want to get some protection and make sure that we don't go into the chesapeake bay like uppers did in other communities. dramas that can't be ignored. to. stories others refuse to notice. the faces changing t

gaza yemen, 19 years old. it's very difficult to get to a democratic transition with such i don't think people. syria was about 32%, gaza, yemen much higher rate. now tunisia is the best case scenario and it's the most optimistic. it's a country that might make it to a democratic transition throughout this arab spring. it's most likely to. eerie struggling with it's in the balance now. >> symbolically, tunisia is very important. it doesn't have much weight, it is 11 million people. but syria has 85 million people. how goes syria goes the middle east, in fact. >> egypt had a monarchic democracy the first half of the 20th century but is that one of the issues here that with everything that joshua just said? >> you know the thing i would come back to that i think is really important is that unlike the early days of egypt monarc monarchic democracy, good way to describe it, everybody has a sense of the outside world, i moved to egypt 25 years ago and i lived there for six years. it was weirdly cut off, there were

for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking right in the p.t.s.d. of just these communities been terrorizing the daily bases and also the people who are let out of prison being assimilated back into society after being indefinite detained for so long. and so it's a travesty and also it's not so black and white where it's either you're guilty or not there's layers of you know association with al qaeda there it's almost like a gang force it's not like they're in al qaeda and they're terrorists so it's just such a convoluted issue thank you for breaking it down and shedding some light on this really important military crisis that we need to hold our politicians accountable for and all right appreciate it thanks have a happy birthday thank you so if you guys are wondering what i'm doing when i'm not on air check me out on twitter abby martin did i but you see you can