Mike cairns are not. Mariannas aremariners aremalasians are not. Fighting apparently between the army and the houthi fighters who took control of part of the country last summer. First of all can you confirm that there is quiet now on the streets surrounding the president ial palace because state tv is reporting there is a ceasefire. There is a ceasefire here but there are also clashes heard every now and then and even sometimes have explosions. So i do believe that there is a ceasefire intact but it would take aat least an hour for all the field fighters to know that or that would reach them. There are still clashes as of now but it is most likely earlier in the day and a ceasefire is taking place and political powers are negotiating with the government and with the houthis that are trying to solve the problem. It is possible a military council will be formed where all parties will be taking place. Later today. U. N. Brokered deal being broken what do they mean by that . The houthis k
And trading hacks turns out the u. S. Hacked north korea before the Sony Pictures attack. We begin with a look at the president s state of the Union Address. Mr. Obama is expected to call tomorrow for a like in taxes for wealthy. Hes also expected to propose tripling the childcare tax credit and lowering College Tuition all by the economy. Tom harken has more. The Silver Lining with the gdp poomg the fastest growth since 1999. The gas prices dropping to 2 a gallon as an average across the country. An extraordinary economic story but what is that black cloud . Job and income growth. Incomes have stagnated. Have not seen the benefits of a growing economy many workers 60 to 70 of workers so youre going to see the president really hitting on that. Proposing new ideas and you are going to see republicans seizing on that over the course of the next couple of weeks. Weve seen the president over the past few weeks touring the country talking about his ideas to share the wealth of the country,
And protests held in chechnya for Charlie Hebdo its and a basic education. Hello there thank you for joining us. We begin the program in yemen where a crucial ceasefire appears to be holding in the capital sanaa after hours of fighting between shia rebels and government forces. Earlier the houthis seized an army base near the president ial palace killing nine people. They also took control of state media and fired on a convoy carrying the Prime Minister. Well its the biggest challenge yet to the u. S. Backed government of president who has accused the houthis of trying to lead an attempted coup. Making them yemens de facto top power and raising tensions across the political spectrum. Omar al saleh reports. The building is a imol symbol of who wields power in yemen. Something lard to know at the moment. The information hard to know at the moment. The situation is described as a state of flux. There are places where state ask in control houthis are in control, some of the yemeni army are
Government. The united arab emirates, qatar have sent fighter jets to saudi arabia. Several hours into the bombing the u. S. Revealed its role in the together. It announced the creation of a joint planning cell with the saudis to word u. S. Military and intelligence support. The u. S. Said its policy in yemen is working. I have explained that it is a success and has been for many years because of our efforts to push back and counter alqaeda in yemen. Thats something weve been doing for sometime now. Iran supports the houthis which has triggered fears in saudi arabia and the majority sunni gulf nations that iran might be trying to spread its influence throughout the region. Iran has strongly criticized the airstrikes, saying civilians were among the casualties. The houthis have taken control of Yemen Holding the president in sanna until he fled to aden last month. There have been protests against the houthis enrecent days, including in taiz city. Al jazeera. A spokesman for the houthis
And taking Thai Children on a unique journey. The Saudi Led Coalition has been hitting houthis in yemen. Saudi officials are beginning to evacuate western the port in al salif. Troops are heading to aden with Armored Vehicles and tanks. Ahmed al saleh reports. The drup group was diverse. Now the air base is under control of the yemeni army. We will continue to target their movement, their concentration of forces. No. We clarify all the areas until we clarify all the areas they are controlling now. Reporter meanwhile president abd Rabbu Mansour hadi arrived for the arab summit. He will probably request more help from the arab leaders. The houthis took over the capital in october. The houthis say hadi is illetting. They want to form pooh president ial party then form elections. Long time president of yemen Ali Abdalla Saleh is considered the main orchestrator of the issues in yemen. But he released a statement through one of his aides. Translator we propose that the honest return to the