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Caribbean . This is cnn breaking news. Were going to get to all those stories in a moment. We need to start with this breaking news. Good morning. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. The u. S. Is evacuating about 100 special forces from an air base in yemen. Sources tell cnn its due to the deteriorating security situation in that country. Cnns Senior International correspondent nic peyton walsh joining us by phone right now. Is this the last of the american troops stationed there if. That is said to be the case yes. Many of the u. S. Operations in yemen have been shrouded in secrecy to the nature of what they are, advanced Counter Terrorism operations using drone aircraft to attack al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leadership. Ever since the embassy was in closed in february a result of a deteriorating security situation in yemen, that Counterterror Mission has been severely in jeopardy. Pentagon officials suggested they would be able to condition much of what they could do remotely or from other locations but lacking an embassy was a significant blow to that operation. The remaining 100 special forces u. S. Special forces in yemen, have been or are in the process of being evacuated. We are told my colleague Barbara Starr is told that is because in the area where they were on thursday and friday two apparent possible prison breaks in which al qaeda prisoners may have left detention facilityies that may have tipped the balance. Special forces can only protect themselves so much in a hostile environment like that. It has been clear for some time that while the houthis are not overtly antiamerican in their behavior one of their slogans is death to america. The houthis are the movement that swept to power in that country taken over the capital of sanaa, the targets of the blast on friday that ripped through the two mosques in the Central Capital but i think the turmoil of their rise to power and collapse to the government as a result of that has made the pentagon have to reassess its ability to keep troops and personnel in the country and now appears theyve made a pretty finite decision. Victor christi . So the latest terror attacks in yemen, this country falling into chaos. It sounds like the narrative, nic, that we heard about libya a couple months ago. The civilians, u. S. Civilians, out closing the embassy there, and now this fer tile ground for terror in libya does it seem thats the path that yemen is taking as well . Yemen has been in chaos and a ground for terror for years now. Al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been heavily based there. The target of those u. S. Drone strikes. The question we face now, is whether this could be an even more significant worsening of the current crisis. Yemens had a faltering government for years but now it doesnt appear to have much of a government at all. Those in control of the capital or the houthi movements and the president still internationally recognized in the fallen city of aiden trying to kabul together what he can, retake his hand in the country. Hes severely compromised. The question now is given that isis claimed responsibility for that blast on friday we dont know if they did it but they say they did, and the other potential main suspect al qaeda said they didnt do it the balance lends toward the isis that makes a departure towards yemen. Isis never ought to have significant presence in that country. If they were behind that blast thats troubling, a more troubling player than al qaeda in yemen, but on top of that it does suggest there is an active agent now trying to ferment sectarian violence in yemen. These were shia worshippers targeted in the mosque and al qaeda and isis are sunni extremists. Yemen already racked by corruption anarchy, chaos, faltering government tribal warfare may have the worrying spector of sectarian violence sunni on shia violence seeing across the middle east replicating itself now in yemen. Victor christi . Nick paton walsh joining us with the breaking news this morning. Thank you so much. Lets bring in Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona military analyst, in syria. Colonelle, good to have you. Good morning. First, your reaction to the breaking news this morning, sources telling cnn that the military is pulling out the last 100 special forces out of yemen . Yeah. After that excellent rundown by nick its easy to see that we are fast losing any capability weve had on the ground in yemen. After the loss of the embassy, which was a severe blow we were able to at least keep these 100 special forces there. That was deeply shrouded in secrecy. They were still able it to do some operations and work very closely with their yemeni counter parts. That capability has gone and weve got zero presence on the ground. This really complicates our efforts to go after al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. As we all know this is one of the more capable al qaeda affiliates. Theyve actually mounted attacks against the United States fortunately none of them have succeeded, but they have the intent and capability to do that. So this really hurts our posture in the area. And hopefully well be able to replicate some of that maybe from ships, maybe from other facilities in the area but this is a serious blow and i think it underscores our lessening capabilities as isis seems it to grow as al qaeda seems to grow. You know Lieutenant Colonel, what we heard from the president was that yemen was a success. He held it up in that area that region of the world as a success. And its falling apart. We heard from secretary general ban ki moon yemen is collapsing before our eyes. What can be dup now . You bring up an excellent point and i heard your conversation where you reference libya and the parallels we see there. When the president made those remarks yemen was fairly stable but there was so much internal turmoil in the country, that finally boiled over. So i suspect that were going to see this continued deterioration if not an allout civil war. This is, you know something we need to be watching. All right. Lieutenant colonel Rick Francona with us for the breaking news sources telling cnn the military is pulling out the last 100 special forces out of yemen. Thank you very much. Sure thing. Meanwhile, mayhem at the new Orleans Airport last night. Police were forced to shoot a man after he attacked tsa agents with a machete and bug spray. Now this is how a traveler described the scene. I heard he was coming with a machete and then somebody was loose and started shooting him. I just hear gunshots. Pow. Oh snap. You just heard it . I heard them shooting and heard people screaming. Like so many cops just started coming by. Crazy. Crazy friday at the airport. The suspect is a man you see on that gurney. He was taken to the local hospital we know. He underwent surgery. I want to bring in colonel john formado the Public Information officer for the Jefferson Parish sheriffs office. Thank you for being with us. What can you tell us one, about the suspect richard whites condition, and the condition of the tsa a agent, or perhaps maybe one of your agents, sorry, that was also hurt in that . Right. Thank you for having me this morning. Richard white, his condition was upgraded this morning around 8 00 to serious at University Hospital here in new orleans. The officer that was involved in the incident shes doing fine. She was treated and released as well as the tsa agent that sustained a gunshot wound to the arm, she also was treated and released at a local hospital. Have you gotten any information or indication as to motive . No we have yet to determine a motive. We just dont we cant determine at this point what mr. Whites intentions were but obviously he created quite a bit of a scare at Louis Armstrong last night. How is everybody doing after all of this . Everybody is, you know the airport was back to we had to shut the kunconcourse down for a per of time. The regular airport was back up and running 20 minutes later. This morning everything is fine and everybody is going about their regular travels. Colonel, we a appreciate so much you giving us an update and glad that everybody really at the end of the day is okay. Thank you so much. Meanwhile, other news this morning, that has really been hard to take in seven children ages 5 to 15 found dead in their bedrooms. Flames and smoke tore through their home and now authorities believe they know what caused that fire that killed all those kids. And its the time of year when people start to plan their vacations, maybe a cruise. Well a top u. S. General is sharing strong concerns about isis in the caribbean. Including tourist destinations like venezuela, jamaica, Trinidad And Tobago. Well talk about that in a moment. You know something that happened overnight its hard to take in for all of us and you can imagine how hard it is for First Responders were hearing too. Yeah. This morning seven children found dead in their bedrooms killed when a fire tore through their home this home is in brooklyn. Their mother and a teenager managed to escape but they are in critical condition. Cnn is in new york covering this for us. New yorks fire commissioner i understand spoke about the tragedy this morning and he was close to tears. Thats right, christi. I mean this was a tragic tragic accident and when firefighters rushed in to the family home here in brooklyn there were eight children who had lived in the home those who were still trapped in the house were between the ages of 7 and 15 5 and 15 and they hoped to carry them out alive. So in the end, when the commissioner came out to talk to journalists he said this was a tragedy not only for the family and the tight knit Jewish Community but for the entire city. Firefighters forced their way in extinguished fire on the first floor which had started in the kitchen. Pushed upstairs and found the children in their bedrooms in the back of the home. This is the largest tragedy by fire that this city has had in seven years. Its difficult to find one child in a room during a search. To find a house full of children that cant be revived im sure this will take its toll on our members for quite some time. Reporter now what we also learned from the commissioner is that the fire started in the kitchen. It was a malfunctioning hot plate which was used to keep food warm. It quickly spread to the second story. The mother and the teenage daughter were able to escape by jumping out of a window on the second story. The other children were killed by the blaze. One was declared dead right here on the scene. The other in the regional hospitals. The commissioner also said that so far they havent found any evidence of there being smoke key texters ersdetect terseers on the first or second floor of the house. They havent been able to reach the father. Many people this is an orthodox Jewish Community havent had their televisions on or looking at the computers, on the way to the synagogue theyre finding out. We spoke to one neighbor who says the mother has been living in the same house since se was a child. Oh, my goodness. 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We need to point out cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the message but certainly most people say yes, it is troubling. Cnns phil black is in tunisia and phil just wondering what youve learned this morning about the new arrests . Christi as you says this is coming from reuters but citing the Tunisian Interior Ministry 0 arrests in total, ten of which said to be linked to the attack which took place here on wednesday, presumably the other ten more of an association with individuals or that particular group. According to the interior Ministry Part of a Wider Campaign against extremism in this country. Now the government heres has said that the two gunmen who took part in the attack received training across the border in libya, that fracturing country where isis affiliated groups are really gaining a foot hold. They havent said what sort of training they believe these men received but we spoke to a witness to the attacks, a man who watched one of these gunmen up close as he carried out this horrendous terror attack. His assessment is interesting. His view this is someone who has not received much training someone who has little experience in handling a weapon. Take a look. These are the panicked scenes Security Forces a arrived at the bardo museum. By that time the gunman had already killed many people and moved deeper inside the complex. Terrified. Reporter he witnessed the start of the massacre. The moment when they started to shoot everybody, with no mercy, blood and innocent people laying down. Reporter he was a tourist guide who had been waiting by a bus for his tour group to return to the museum when he saw a man that didnt look like a terrorist. Men. In civilian clothes. Civilian clothes. Not military uniform. Not at all. Civilian. Blue jeans, nike shoes, blue jacket and shaved. And he did not pronounce any words. Reporter he says the man then pulled what looked like a gun from his bag, but didnt know how to use it. At that moment i thought he was one of the guests one of the clients, one of the tourists, playing with a plastic gun. Reporter he got it working just as crowds were leaving the museum. Around 60 or 70 guests and he start to shoot everybody in front of him. Reporter he fled as Security Forces quickly arrived in bigger numbers. After killing the gunmen they were cheered as heros. One of the attackers you see lived here. His family is confused. Grieving and angry. His uncle abdel malik says its true you sane carried out this attack. He was killed. We dont have his body back. He was also a victim of terrorism. His if family says the morning of the attack he drank coffee with them like any other day. Families in tunisia and across the globe are struggling to understand why that normal ritual was followed hours later by horrific violence. That witness we spoke to almost lost his life but is now most concerned about losing his livelihood. He is a tour guide, relyies upon tourism. He and everyone else here believes the brutal simple attack was designed to damage the tunisian economy, its political stability, but destroying its tourism industry. They fear in the short term this attack will at least prove to be successful in that regard. All right. Phil black, thank you so much. Lets bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst and former cia Counter Terrorism official. Lets get your reaction to the breaking news from reuters, 20 arrests. Thursday we were reporting nine and now 20. Whats your take . When you look at a counterterrorism investigation you want to think of a few stages. Let me give you three. For the first few hours after the event theres almost an information vacuum. People like me in my old life at the fbi and cia are waiting for the initial information. Then you go into stage two which is i think where we are now, the aperture opens tons of information coming in people involved in the plot were arrested people at the periphery of the plot, youre getting cell phones hard drives from computers when youre raiding houses. What were seeing now at the initial stage of the investigation is the aperture of information and suspects is coming in. Its going to be a few days or maybe weeks before that aperture starts to close, you interrogate these suspects and start to get a clear picture of what actually happened here and what the extent of the conspiracy is. You expect that number to grow still sp . It might grow. I would expect some are at the far periphery, uninvolved. Security situations view this as an opportunity to pick up anybody and everybody, sort of the rules about who you pick up are out the window. They may be picking up people it might get smaller is what im saying because they may be picking up people because they have vague suspicions and theyll realize quickly some of these folks probably werent closely involved. Then narrow that down. Guys in the control room grab the foreign fighter map so we can put the numbers up while we talk about tunisia. It was seen as one of the successes of the arab spring. But if you look at the numbers, and i think we have them here the greatest number of foreign fighters traveling to iraq and syria, come from this tiny country, 3,000, from tunisia. How do you explain that phil some. I wish as an analyst im supposed to have an answer to everything i dont. This is a schizophrenic society. You have a country that is one about the only one thats transitioned well in the arab spring since 2011. Everybody else syria, yemen, egypt, libya, has undergone great problems. I think their transformation will continue pretty steadily. Why theyre 3,000 people going, this goes back at least ten years, not a new phenomenon i cant explain. There is one recent if phenomenon that worry that tunisians that will help explain this after the revolution the information explosion, open society, people allowed to preach whatever they want in mosques, i think there will be questions about whether open society means theres more information, more ability for extremists to radicalize and i think that will be a a question youll see come up in the coming weeks and months. The other breaking news at the top of the hour was the report sources telling cnn the u. S. Military pulling out 100 special forces out of yemen. We reported not too long ago we saw the same thing out of libya and the closing of the embassy there. Whats the significance of what were seeing in yemen now . This is hugely significant. When you are running Counterterrorism Operations you need an idea of whats going on on the ground in very difficult societies for a westerner to understand. You want to have a pulse of the tribes. You want to have a pulse of the countryside where people like me cant reach. That pulse is provided by the local Security Service and the liaison with that Security Service gets a the lot tougher when youre not on the ground talking to them. You can continue Counterterrorism Operations. The u. S. Government operates all the time in areas inaccessible like somalia, but the ability to build a partnership with a sister Security Service who has access in the remote areas where al qaeda and isis can operate is critical. When you lose that Human Interaction it makes life a lot tougher. One more quickly before we go. Yeah. What weve heard this week was that two of the attackers in tunis actually got training in libya and were hearing from the libyan army chief there, that if isis is not stopped in libya, theyre going to move on to europe. Is that just rhetoric from this army chief or do you believe if they could now move into creating some strongholds in europe . The way you understand terror groups is pretty basic. Let me look at two characteristics in particular that were seeing in libya. In short, i agree with what shes saying. The two characteristics you need to focus on is what is the leadership of the organization and what do they want to do . In this case the leadership of al qaeda and isis said we want to go to the west make them hurt, for intervening in the islamic world, for intervene in afghanistan, intervening in iraq. We know what intent is for people in the extremist circles in libya and know what capability is. Theyve shown in paris, new york what they want to do. If you give that leadership with the stated intent of going and attacking the west enough safe haven, time to organize they will come after us. Theyve told us theyll do it and theyll i think if we give them time and space to do it theyll be here. Counterterrorism analyst philip mudd sobering analysis this morning. Thank you so much. Thank you. Take care. So with this weeks deadly terror attacks there are strong concerns about isis in the caribbean. You havent heard that before have you . Were talking about tourist destinations like jamaica, venezuela, Trinidad And Tobago. A closer look with you at the dangers of traveling to those areas. Next. Get fastacting, longlasting relief from heartburn with it neutralizes stomach acid and is the only product that forms a protective barrier that helps keep stomach acid in the stomach where it belongs. For fastacting, longlasting relief. Try gaviscon®. 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Facebook cruises wrote theyre canceling all remaining summer 2015 calls in tunisia and Costa Cruises owned by carnival said all next calls in tunisia for the upcoming cruises in 2015 will be suspended. Talk more about this. Joining me maritime lawyer and expert in this industry jim walker walker. Good to have you with us. This is not the first time there has been a concern about safety especially for cruise travelers in the mediterranean region. No. Im a history major. Go back over the past 20 or 30 years you see a trend of violence against cruise passengers. Two years ago cnn did a really good story in which they uncovered a captive al qaeda operative and the information once deciphered indicated al qaeda had a plan to hijack a cruise ship so seizes the passengers hopefully american passengers and wanted to put them in orange jump suits, execute them in front of video cameras. This would be similar to the achille lara attack back in the 1980s. There are a number of anecdotal stories i could tell you about cruise ships being targeted. The threat is there. Tunis was a likely place for Something Like this to break out. U ube, you know, weve heard it was the model state from the arab spring but thats a relative concept. To its east in libya, libya is in chaos, so the threat is there and unfortunately weve seen cruise passengers killed. Lets talk about a different area of the world where many people would consider thinking Something Like that could happen we head from top u. S. General talk about isis recruiting roughly 100 people in the caribbean and he named jamaica, he named Trinidad And Tobago and south america and he had questions about the governments there, inability to monitor them once they return. Lets listen to what he said. Take it back to some of these countries that have described as pretty easy for them to move around. 100 certainly doesnt seem like a lot, and its not, but the little countries that they come from, with a total inability to really deal with it. Should people who are listening to the news and they say well im not going to the mediterranean, but Trinidad And Tobago is safe should they be concerned when they go off into some of the excursions there might be people there who the government is not aware of . Absolutely. First of all if you cruise to jamaica or go to any caribbean port theres dangers there that most cruise passengers arent aware of. I mean the homicide rate in the United States is five per 100,000. In the caribbean the bahamas is 30 people per 100,000. In honduras 90 per 100,000. Criminals targeting bus loads of passengers. Weve seen busses of passengers. Yeah. Attacked in mass. People so, you know have to do that research. Hate to cut you off there. 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And visit our website to learn how you may be able to get every month free. The controversy over Hillary Clintons email is heating up again. The House Committee investigating the deadly attacks in benghazi wants clinton to turn over her private email server to the state departments Inspector General or another neutral third party. Lets bring in commentator and strategist Maria Cardona and joining us republican strategist and black Rock Group Senior director lisa booth. Thank you so much for being with us. Hi christi. Before this request came in, clinton said she would not turn over her private email server. She has said i will turn over all emails that are work related. But beyond that no. Why is it so important, maria, do you think, for them or maybe i should ask this of lisa why do you think its so important for them to try to get i mean who decides whats private and whats not . Well exactly. Look all the Benghazi Committee is asking is for her to turn over the server so a Third Party Group like a former judge or Inspector General cal can review the server to make sure its within compliance of open record laws. Its congress job to provide oversight. The reality with the rise of isis in the middle east and north africa and across the world i think its Congress Duty to determine what went wrong with benghazi and how we can prevent future attacks like ta. The reality is there are several months of an email train thats missing from state Department Records that have been turned over. We know that Hillary Clinton has deleted tens of thousands of emails for her convenience. We also know that the Obama Administration six weeks before the 2012 president ial election went to Great Lengths to convince the American Public that the terrorist attack with benghazi resulted from an internet video rather than a terrorist attack which it was. Maria, is there anything politically damaging to clinton if she does not turn these over . I dont think so christi. In fact the damage could reflect on republicans. Lets keep a couple things in mind. Chairman gowdy himself said a couple days ago, that he doesnt have the authority to demand the private email server. So clearly this is a naked political move to try to pin something on secretary clinton that ten committees christi, have not been able to do. There have been no less than ten investigations investigating the benghazi doesnt and she and the state department have been cleared of everything. I think the republicans really need to be careful here because going back to what kum, comings said he was investigating a email scandal under the Bush Administration with rnc emails he essentially worked with the rnc and republicans to get all of the emails that they said were all work related, and were a part of the investigation, turned over. They didnt demand any servers. They dont have the ability to demand any servers. What its looking at is a complete overreach by republicans that frankly their obsession with hillary is bordering on the creepy. But a lot of people do wonder if it would hurt her politically in some fashion and, in fact lets listen to this clip from jimmy fallon. Rumors that former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley may enter the race and challenge hilarly for the democratic nomination. Whos going to go from totally unknown to beating her for the presidency. How would that ever happen . Maria, you have to chuckle, yes . Yeah. Absolutely. And you know what right now if anybody else wants to get into the race by all means. Go ahead and do it. But i dont really see anybody right now who is going to challenge her to be a viable challenger for this for the democratic nomination. Look at the recent cnn poll that just came out, christi. She has an overwhelming number of supporters. This was after the whole email issue had come out and after her press conference. 89 of democrats support her. 57 of the American People over all christi, said they would be proud to see her as president of the United States. I think those are numbers, frankly, that are scaring the republicans into desperate acts like this one. Lisa you have the last word here. Well theres no desperate acts in the sense that Hillary Clinton went to Great Lengths to deceive the American People by using a private server. That is unprecedented. That shows not only a lack of judgment by Hillary Clinton but also shows, you know, a question of can we trust Hillary Clinton . The fact of the matter democrats are having a real problem with Hillary Clinton because this coronation that was expected to happen they will have problems with. David axelrod put it best in his memoir when he pointed out the flaws with Hillary Clinton. Not only was she a polarizing figure but pointed out the fact she has a real problem representing the future when she represents the past. Those problems that democrats had with Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton had in 2008 are starting to come to fruition again. Why is she heads and shoulders above any other republican . Because people know Hillary Clinton, the name Hillary Clinton. Its also very early in the cycle. They know her and they support her. But i honestly think that Hillary Clinton entitlement. Let you all keep talking during the break. Thank you, christi. Thank you, both ladies, so much. We love having you here. Well be right back. Each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. Well somewhere along the way emily went right on living. But you see, with the help of her Raymond James financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. Which meant she continued to have the means to live on. Even at the ripe old age of 187. Life well planned. 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