yet another disaster in yemen. some 1200 prisoners have been freed after militants stormed a prison in the southern city of taiz. the majority of the escapees were foreign fighters. taiz has been the scene of fighting between the rebels. the transasia airways plane that crashed in february shut off the work engine after the other lost power. that according to a source with a new report in the investigation. the crash which was captured on dash board videos compelling unbelievable video there, killed 43 people on board. the latest report is set to be released on thursday. soon after the crash aviation
takeoff. they suspect engine trouble might be to blame, though it was cleared before takeoff. oo al qaeda suspects are running free in yemen. more than 12,000 1200 escaped. rebels from advancing on the city of taiz. prison guards abandoned their posts as the fighting began. will you be scorching or soaking your fourth of july weekend? hi, good morning heather and ainsley. hello at home. we are going to be tracking some severe thunderstorms through out the day today. we are watching them this morning. there are concerns for flash flooding. across missouri and illinois and western kentucky out there. a number of watches are in
of the contention between the saudi arabian factor and their increasing defenses along their southern border with yemen and what iran might do because they are backing the houthi s. this has become a civil war and it s going to get worse, especially last night with the indication that the houthi rebels have overtaken the city of taiz which is halfway between the capital and aidan where the president is hiding out right now. philip mudd even if syria, at least there you have the regime that has power and wants an infrastructure set up to maintain power in assad s regime. you don t have that in yemen. have you the houthi s. who knows what they want and why they re there. what could that mean? yeah i think there is a contrast here yemen doesn t have the geographic proximity. i think syria and iraq were
the country. where houthi s who control the capital of areas of the north are advancing south into taiz from sa na a. the mounting unrest pushing the u.s. military to pull out following the evacuation last month. isis claiming responsibility for this suicide attack on two mosques on friday. more than 130 killed. hundreds more vurd. we are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the chaos and instability to carry out thing as of violence. the nation now in an especially perilous organization caught between the houthi rivalry with the terrorists al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, now, growing concerns the u.s. withdrawal is a serious blow to the counterterrorism mission.
we have complete could have beenage starting with nic robertson in london. whatt the latest? reporter: chris, good morning the real concern here is as the acquisition de situation deteriorates they will use the civil war to build strength build camps and plan attacks against the west. all of this is happening as yemen edges towards civil war. shiite houthi rebels now in control of the international airport in the southwestern city of taiz. the u.n. envoy warn tack yes, ma am isn t at quote the edge of civil war. this sectarian violence between shiite rebels spreadling across