you this hour. the state of california ravaged by wildfires, a vigil was held sunday for the victims. who died in those fires. at least 80 people have been killed. hundreds more still unaccounted for. the so-called camp fire in the north now about 65% contained. the woolsey fire in the south, almost 90% contained. in recent interview, the u.s. president indicated we may never know if the saudi crown prince was lying to him about his involvement in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. mr. trump also says that he won t listen to a recording of the murder because he called it violent and vicious. a houthi militant leader in yemen says his forces are ready for a cease-fire, this if the saudi-led coalition wants peace. mohammed houthi, i should say, says the iran-backed militants should end missile and drone attacks. u.s. officials said last month they wanted a cease-fire within 30 days.
to change this years long war? yes, george, i think it is. there is a glimmer of hope amid the misery yemen has been suffering, a war four years old. 400,000 children on the brink of starvation, according to the u.n. children s fund. tens of thousands of casualties and a proxy war that until the last couple of weeks was going nowhere from anybody s perspective. but now, more or less overnight, the houthi spokesman, the leader mohammed al houthi put out a statement saying the houthis would respect this call for a cease-fire and would offer some unilateral signs of good will by offering to end, for now, a long-range missile strikes and the use of drones against not just the saudi-led coalition inside the yemen, but perhaps more importantly outside of yemen.