do you think that the president can hang on in yemen? reporter: following mass defection, some think his prospects are grim, he s also been losing territory outside of the capitol to rebels in the northern province of sadaa of sanaa. martha: if he falls, jeb, what is the feeling about what that will mean for yemen, for the snuns. the united states is a close ally with saleh, he s been working closely with the u.s. government, the u.s. is definitely worried about the prospects but they want peace in yemen and would want to avoid violence between the two groups, so above all, i think right now the u.s. is worried about maintaining a state of peace in yemen. martha: jeb, thank you very much. we re going to be following this cloavment we thank you for your reporting from the ground there, a volatile
america s newsroom . gregg: i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. the latest unrest is playing out in yemen now, the biggest demonstrations we ve seen in weeks, opposition groups calling for 1 million protestors to fill the streets. martha: that s right, gregg. right now protestors are holding black cards and they are chanting that their leader must go. and this is being called, we ve heard lots of names for these different protests across the middle east, friday of salvation is what they ve named this. jeb boon with global radio news is reporting live for us from sunaa. reporter: how are you? it looks like today we saw hundreds of thousands of protestors on both sides of this conflict for thwarting the president, they ve been actually demonstrating for almost two months and built a tented city in front of the university, calling for his ouster. martha: how are things going for them, jeb? each one of these situations, we know has similarities and also, differences.