there are new warnings about al qaeda s resurgence as it feeds on the chaos. a terrorist theft unfolding tonight. isis fighters have seized a camp in syria trapping palestinians including more than 3,000 children. our correspondents and analysts are standing by with all the new that s breaking right now. let s go to jim sciutto who has the latest. reporter: the clalhallenge is finding the bottom in yemen. it doesn t appear we have seen that yet. the situation continues to deteriorate deteriorate. no plans to evacuate. the houthi rebels they are trying to spread silence across the border into sound did i territory. this is yemen in collapse.
pakistanis and go down that path themselves. why isn t the u.s. able to help hundreds if not a few thousand american citizens who are stranded in yemen right now get out? because other countries are sending in emergency planes there s four-hour windows, the indian government for example. why isn t the u.s.? india, russia china. first thing is the number. the state department won t say how many americans in yemen have registered with the embassy there because they don t know what percentage that is. is it 10%, is it nearly 100%. they don t have a hard figure on the numbers. the airport is closed. the state department will say we have been telling americans there for some time now this is not a safe place to go we have limited ability to get you out. the best advice they are offering now is to shelter in place. but for the americans there, we saw the man killed yesterday, got to be frustrating advice. is there anything bob baer the u.s. can do to help u.s. citizens get out of there
homeland. it s a combination of two things. do you have the lack of capability now because giving up of embassy and having forces drown out of there. there s the factor of having the civil war between the forces of the houthis and the haiti government is distracting them from going after aqap itself. they are in a free roaming can be right now. they can cause a lot of damage without a lot of people paying attention. you add to that the fact that we now have an economy of force in that region where we put priority in helping the saudi arabians hit houthi targets. we have taken our eye off that ball ball. the u.s. has sold americans in yemen that they are on their own. now we re told india has offered to help. they are sending planes in. do you expect other countries to join the effort? why can t the u.s. send in a plane or two to try to get americans out of there?
their air defenses their command and control centers. it s moving according to plan and being very very effective. we have ten coalition countries operating with us and we have support from the united states which we very much appreciate. this campaign is having a huge impact in yemen and it is not over yet. for us, failure is not an option. we will destroy the houthis if they don t come to reason and go to the negotiating table and work this out. you have seen all the reports, though mr. ambassador that the prisoners, they busted open a prison nearly 300 al qaeda and other prisoners, terrorists, are now free. our reporter was there in sanaa, she flew in with an indian aircraft. they got people scrambling to get out. she says it s a disaster over there. well, wars are never orderly but we have taken every precaution to make sure that civilians are not damaged. we have taken every precaution to make sure the targets we hit are the targets that we intend to hit and we have done so. w