Of deteriorating security situations in that country. Cnn correspondent ja mana joins us from baghdad with more on this. These marines being pulled out, does this mean there will be no more u. S. Personnel in that country . Well according to u. S. Officials, fred, these are the last of u. S. Troops these 100 special forces are the last of u. S. Troops in the country, but, of course, it is a counterterrorism operation and it has been surrounded with mystery. At least publicly these are thought to be the last of u. S. Forces there. Theres been a lot of concern about the impact of the chaos and deteriorating security situation weve been seeing in that country over the last few months and what impact this has on u. S. Counterterrorism operations there. We know the u. S. Military there has been targeting the leadership of al qaeda in the a Arabian Peninsula, aqap that has used yemen as its base. We saw last month the u. S. Embassy there, shutting down and pulling out the staff. That has als
Get the establishments horns . The buried lead. He gets mobbed like hes a one direction drummer, if they had one. The pope spent the weekend touring through naples grabbing a slice, lecturing the mafia and oh you know, performing a miracle. Welcome to the lead. Im john berman pinch hitting for jake tapper today. We do begin with the world lead. In yemen, which just might be the most dangerous strip of land on this planet right now. Today, the west has all but abandoned that middle eastern country. Cnn confirmed hours ago that British Special forces departed yemen in just the last few days. This after u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S and Army Delta Force troops pulled out over the weekend. This flurry of Movement Comes hours after isis suicide bombers sent shrapnel scattering through two mosques. The twin bombings there killed 137. Isis was quick to stamp its brand on these attacks, something that did not seem to sit well with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the other terror group in yemen,
Good evening. And here we are on capitol hill in washington to cover the president s state of the Union Address later this evening, while at this hour the real urgency is being felt across a huge stretch of our country in the deep south. A rare and unusual snow and ice event. Some bad Winter Weather in cities and towns not equipped to handle it, from east texas on up through louisiana, including new orleans, through mississippi and alabama, where the National Guards been called out. And georgia, including atlanta right on up into the carolinas. Put another way, 140 million americans are living under some sort of weather watch or warning tonight. And while snowfall is one thing, some cities are icing over this evening. Its where we begin our coverage with our meteorologist dylan dreyer. Reporter these subfreezing, icy and dangerous Road Conditions are wreaking havoc tonight, particularly in atlanta. And theyre only expected to get worse. Police and emergency crews have already responded
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