positions between the opposing groups watching and waiting like the rest of us as the situation unfolds. let s look at other stories around the world and what s trending on social media like twitter right now. at number three, oh no. it is true. it s the end of the road for alternative rockers the white stripes. detroit duo say they re ending the 13-year run to mostly preserve what s beautiful and special about the band and they want it to stay that way. and then, at number two, asia welcomes the year of the rabbit today. it is the first day of the lunar new year and also the biggest annual migration in the world because millions of people are heading home to spend it with their families. on twitter, the new year greeting is a top trend. this photograph is actually from a celebration in singapore so lots of good food and lots of money, too, right? on this day for chinese new year. and at number one, the top google search term is yemen. there are pro and
domestic and international matter. in terms of fighting al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and fragile is that now because of these protests taking place? reporter: this is the issue that s gotten the u.s. and many of the allies of yemen and regional allies as well very, very concerned. already they were concerned because the government of yemen is a weak central government. they don t have a lot of control outside of the city of sanaa. because of that, they re then concerns already that the security forces here were not able to effectively combat al qaeda and why you have seen the u.s. and uk and other countries step in more and more with aid and training and sometimes air strikes to try to help with the problem of the resur gent and emboldened al qaeda and growing al qaeda threat here and they re seeing so much rage in the streets of yemen on the days like this, there s more concern
appoint his son to replace him but the opposition is keeping up the pressure. some protesters calling for the president to step down now. yemen s government is an ally of the united states against if the fight against al qaeda other terrorists. we have a correspondent in sanaa. mohammed, let s begin first of all, these protests are called the day of rage. if that name is to give any hint as to what to expect, describe for us what you re seeing today. reporter: well, monita, at the anti-government demonstration we went to this morning, we saw thousands of people, at least about 15,000 people gathered making it the largest gathering of anti-government demonstrations since the wave started to hit yemen a couple of weeking ago. we spoke to so many protesters there, many of them students, many of them youngsters who were saying they were fired of the way the government running the country, asking for the president to step down. they wanted to see regime change
afghanistan. and we re also fighting these sanctuaries in different countries. where wherever there is a political vacuum, shep, be it somalia, be it yemen, be it afghanistan, this is where al qaeda seeks to regroup and to recreate the networks that gave us so much trepidation the first time around. shepard: does this organization or do these organizations pay attention to our cycles here? for instance, four days until an election? you know, they really might. there is every indication that they watch us very closely. that they have been surveilling us just as we have been surveilling them. they also know the americans. they know that we have attention deficit disorder, that we get very spun up about things and then the caravan moves on, our attention goes to an election or to halloween or to christmas shopping, and our guard tends to be reduced. so, they we cannot assume
newsroom starts right now. . we begin with a cnn exclusive. we re learning new and unsettling details about the air strike that hit yemen earlier this month. that bomb that killed as many as 50 people, 40 of them children, was supplied by the united states. nima elbajir reports and we warn you this contains disturbing images. reporter: every day he visits the graveyard. today he brought their 5-year-old brother along. he is all the man has left. translator: people were screaming out the name of their children. i tried to tell the women it couldn t be true, but then a man ran through the crowd shouting that a plane had struck the