Dubois good evening, scott is on assignment, im maurice dubois. The United States took both offensive and defensive action today in response to the worldwide terror threat. That threat had already caused the state department to put out an alert for americans traveling overseas and shut down 19 u. S. Embassies and consulates from east africa across the middle east and in bangladesh through saturday. Today the u. S. Began evacuating nonessential american personnel from the embassy in yemen and fired a drone at suspected al qaeda terrorists in that country. Homeland security correspondent bob orr has details tonight. Bob . Reporter maurice, while the threat remains vague tonight, u. S. Officials insist the danger has not passed. Intelligence analysts increasingly now believe the most likely target of an al qaeda strike is inside yemen. An air force c17 flew into the capital city of sanaa today to evacuate dozens of u. S. Workers from the american embassy. Staffers, including some describe
Skeptics and now is the time to punish the assad regime. And worlds leader of the catholic to get out the churchs message on syria pope francis leading a day of fasting for persons of all faiths and taking to twitter. And the moon, why does it glow. We are on a mission. I am harris faulkner, secretary of state john kerry picking right up where president obama left off in the g20 summit in russia with a heavy task of Building International support for American Action on syria kerry pressing his case for the members of the European Union. France is only one supporting the strike although they have backed off a bit. Secretary kerry said the impact of syrian chemical use goes beyond the countrys border. These are chemical weapons which for almost a hundred years, the world banned from usage. At a time of war, only people who used them are Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein until bashar al assad. If the weapons fall in their hands, everybody should be concerned. Fox news has obtained the vide
Hearing reports of clashes breaking out. Else where, angry mobs of supporters and ousted president Mohamed Morsi even attacking churches. It felt as if one was beginning to see the edges of egyptian society. People are so angry. So much anger out there. The Security Forces here not only having to deal with trying to clear those morsi supporters from the two main sitin sites but multiple front lines erupting across the capital. There were supporters of the ousted president trying to break through the ranks of the riot police to reach one of the main sit in sites and clashes in another location in cairo where morsi supporters actually managed to set up another sitin site. Hundreds of them are still that in that location. They have established a makeshift barricades around it. A field hospital. They have begun building a stage. They are saying they are going to stay there. The Security Forces are going to have to deal with that. It is not just the dynamic of Security Forces clashing with
Think once they get in port well see how they handle it. You could see why those moms are in hysterics. I would be there or close to that, too. Final word from you this morning . More to come with the dorner issue. The press conference last night was odd and what exactly happened and the cause of death. Did he take his own life . Was he burned out, was he burned alive . What happened . And very interesting. Lots to follow on that. We have to take a break, well see you back here tomorrow, cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com breaking overnight, the girlfriend of South African olympian Oscar Pistorius shot dead in his home. A 26yearold man has been arrested and charged with murder. Media reports during the course of the morning often alleged breakin or the young lady was allegedly mistaken to be a burglar. Were not sure where this report came from. It definitely didnt some from the South African Police service. Plus squalid, smelly and stea
Secretary of state, because let me take you back this morning in london. John kerry may have muddied the waters regarding the march toward an attack on syria. Take a listen to this, if you would. Is there anything at this point that his government could do or offer that would stop an attack . Sure. He could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the International Community in the next week. Turn it over. All of it. Without delay. And allow a full and total accounting for that. But he isnt about to do it. And it cant be done, obviously. That was john kerry this morning. Syria and its good buddy russia both seem to think it is an ocean worth exploring. Putting those weapons under International Control as a way to avert an attack. We have to talk about this more with Nick Peyton Walsh who is live with us from the United Nations. You have the secretary of state, he comes out and says, okay, syria can avoid an attack by putting its chemical weapons under International Control