Again. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im zain asher. Im john vause. Youre watching cnn newsroom. A strategic part of the middle east is on the brink of civil war, and the escalating violence is causing security concerns far beyond the countrys borders. Fighters loyal itto the president are fighting and are stationed around an army post to try to halt the rebels from taking aden. Yemens Prime Minister is calling on help to stop the rebels. Listen. Translator we are against Iranian Military interference because it is not to protect yemen from them. So can anyone support this aggression . How is it possible for anyone to be with this aggression . The rebels took over the Third Largest city taez over the weekend. Protesters surrounded a military camp. The houthis fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. U. S. Forces have now been withdrawn from yemen. The u. S. Plans to continue drone strikes on yemen, but how effective will that be withou
United states. And this change of environment has occurred. And today the United States government considers the government of afghanistan a really reliable partner. Commitments that are made are considerable. And the funding proposal of supporting Afghan Security forces by 2017 and it has reached to 4. 1 billion. Its nothing less. Its a significant issue. Its a very important issue. And also yesterday, there was a new framework for Economic Cooperation laid out. An 800 million commitment was made. That will be spent through the afghan budget. Most importantly is the flexibility that has been shown in the area of Security Cooperation. This flexibility is going to ensure and provide confidence to our Security Forces and our people and also is going to send a very strong message to the region that this cooperation is not short term but is enduring and long term. Our Strategic Partnership is based on a very simple principle. We want the Afghan People through their Security Forces directed
Know to get away of the taser. Was there a struggle over the taser that you saw . Were they fighting over it . No, he never grabbed the taser of the police. Dash cam video from Police Patrol cars may also provide answers about what happened. State police say theyll release the footage once they finish reviewing it. In the future every Patrol Officer in the city will have body cameras similar to these. The mayor says the city is purchasing 150 cameras in addition to the 100 already on order. South Carolina State Police say theyre reviewing videos from patrol cars of officers who responded to the deadly shooting. That could be key in determines what happened before the officer Michael Slager shot and killed walter scott. Lets go to christina, thanks very much for joining us. What are you hearing about when those dash camera videos will video will be released how crucial is it potentially based on your reporting in figuring out how all of this started, how it unfolded . Reporter thank you
Of it is on the way. Severe thunderstorms and very large hail possibly tornadoes. If youre in that zone southwest kansas western oklahoma parts of northern texas as well youll want to keep an eye on the sky for the next few hours through 9 00 p. M. Thats when the warning goes through. Even though the risk of destruction haslessened just a bit. This is norman oklahoma. Tornadoes touch down. Just a couple of days ago and its been nothing short of miserable since then. Heavy rain and flooding closed down the city streets. Even the interstates there is where we find our ryan young. Ive been looking around you. Devastation. The last thing this area needs is to be hit again. Reporter they are been trying to clear this building here. The storm hit here a few days ago. Well walk you over. You can see the power of the storm. It ripped the roof off this place. The folks who live on the inside said they had to make it into the bathroom and put a mattress over their head and brace for the impact.
Isis battle. Iraqi forces on the front lines as a firefight breaks out today. Our reporter was on the ground with rare access. The iraqis insisting a major offensive against isis is under way. But the u. S. Has major doubts about that. Just days after the u. S. Secretary of defense accuses iraqi forces of running from the fight. Nick payton walsh just returned from the firefight. He was with an elite group of iraqi soldiers who are part of the same division blamed for running from the fight in ramadi. Nick is in baghdad tonight. You were actually there, one of the people who could see what they could do see what theyre capable of. What did you actually witness . Well it was clear from what we saw that those Iraqi Special forces all of them actually american trained some trained here in iraq wanted to show us how keen they were to take the fight to isis. We saw them opening fire on isis positions. Quite sustained fire in fact. They wanted a very clear message for us and everyone in the