agreed to a deal, since we haven t seen enforcement, we re going to start ratcheting up the pressure in order to make certain that we see some results from moscow. chairman ed royce of the house foreign affairs committee, thank you so much for joining us. stay safe. thank you. let s turn now to some other developing headlines this morning. u.s. counterterrorism officials say air strikes in yemen have killed more than 60 al qaeda militants. according to richard engle, the strikes were row tetaliation af al qaeda video embarrassed the government. it was part of a sustained campaign against al qaeda by the yemeni government. the drone strike was reportedly backed by the u.s. the rash of violence let s turn to the united states, in chicago over the weekend that left at least nine people dead and another 35 wounded has prompted the creation of a new unit aimed to reduce the city s violent crime. the violent crime section
this operation? reporter: well, first of all, we have been focused on apqe and we have gone after these targets. the yemene have imposed it on the aqep and they have stepped up to the challenge of going after al qaeda within their borders. there are many different types of support. suffice to say, we re standing shoulder to shoulder with the yemenese in these actions. thank you, ben rhodes. thank you. on the ground in kiev is congressman royce. you know the situation on the ground. do you think the white house is
community is going to isolate you in a way with sanctions, they are just going to implode your economy. that s the most effective leverage we have to deploy if we can combine energy security for the region with that, we ll give the europeans a lot more confidence to stand, you know, in unison on this front and we will further undercut russia s control in ukraine. congressman ed royce, thank you very much. coming up next, two brother s lives changed in an instant by the marathon bombings. next, li will talk to these two men. plus, new transcripts detailing the horror on the confusion of the ferry. more crew members have been arrested as the captain is labeled a murderer by the president. scott: okay, neighbors, here s the top-drawer skinny.
that 2/3 of the people wanted a western style democracy, and you had hyper inflation, you have mass unemployment in, you have a situation where iran was having a hard time funding the type of instability it likes to create throughout the region. one of the reasons that other regimes throughout the middle east are concerned about our approach is that they feel that in letting up on iran and loi t lifting sanctions in iran, to take that money and continue to support hezbollah, hamas, attempts to overthrow saudi arabia, their match nations in other governments arounda region. they re still a sponsor of terrorism. they are a state sponsor of terrorism trying to get a bomb. thank you so much, ed royce,
the type of instability they like to create throughout the region. one of the reasons that other regimes throughout the middle east are concerned about our approach is that they feel in letting up on iran and lifting sanctions we re going to reempower iran to be the head of the middle east, to take that money and continue to support hezbollah, hadmas, attempts to overthrow saudi arabia and other governments around that region. they re still a sponsor of terrorism. they are a state sponsor of terrorism trying to get a bomb. thank you so much, chairman ed royce, ranking member elliott engel, both of the foreign affairs committee. i appreciate your time today. when we return, should the iran deal spark an arms race in the region? could it? house intelligence commit mike roth serz next.