I know it is the middle of the night there. Well get to you in a moment. Also well talk about the iranu. S. Nuclear negotiations what is the latest erin mcpike will join us from the white house with that. We are live in baghdad with more on this seems like a sudden u. S. Troop withdrawal from yemen. We have seen this pairing down over the past few months because of security concerns there, embassy closing, et cetera but what is it that led to this sort of final evacuation of all of the rest of the u. S. Troops on the ground there . Reporter well sources in the region poppy, familiar with the situation say that the u. S. Is now in the process of evacuating these hundred members of these special Operations Force from the alan anad air base. Its not a specific threat that led to the decision but overall security situation. The security has been deteriorating over the past few months. We saw evacuation shutdown of the u. S. Embassy last month. Theres been a lot of concern about how this is
First, im joined by jake tapper our chief washington correspondent, anchor of the lead. Tough talk has been going back and forth between the Prime Minister of israel president of the United States and yesterday the president said netanyahu was wrong in his dire predictions about what would happen earlier as far as Irans Nuclear program. Thats right. Lets take a look at this from 30,000 feet. Beyond the showdown between president obama and Prime Minister netanyahu, which is really quite remarkable in the history of relationships between the United States and israel weve never really seen anything like this. The degree of animosity between the to countrys leaders. Most importantly, behind all of the drama is the fact that this is about a potential deal preventing a Nuclear Weapons program with iran. So when president obama takes a shot at Benjamin Netanyahus credibility pointing out that all of the dire predictions netanyahu made in 2013 about this interim deal none of them came true. On
Me. Nuclear stakes and allies straining to be civil. This morning israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rachets up tensions with the white house when he addresses both houses of congress. He will also face plenty of empty seats. More than 50 democrats now boycotting his offensive. Netanyahu wants to turn lawmakers against these Ongoing Nuclear talks with iran a country that has vowed to destroy israel but the longtime u. S. Israeli Alliance showing its own strain. The white house warning netanyahu to not reveal sensitive details of those talks now unfolding in switzerland. And the president says netanyahus dire warnings on talks two years ago have proved to be baseless. When we first announced this interim deal Prime Minister netanyahu made all sorts of claims. This was going to be a terrible deal. This was going to result in iran getting 50 billion worth of relief. Iran would not abide by the agreement. None of that has come true. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren is one of the
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