Spreading across the country where houthi s, who control the capital and areas of the north are advancing south into the Third Largest city taiz. The unrest pushing the u. S. Military to pull out following the evacuation last month. Isis claiming responsibility for this Suicide Attack on two mosques on friday. More than 130 killed hundreds more injured. We are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. Reporter the nation now in an especially perilous position caught between the houthi violent rivalry with the sunni terrorists al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Now, growing concerns the u. S. Withdrawal is a serious blow to the counterterrorism mission. Without the good intelligence starts plots, against the homeland without that intelligence we cannot effectively stop it. This region home to offshoots. The terrorist organizations, responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2,000 attack on t
We have cnns anna coren in hong kong and we have tom fuentes. How seriously is the white house treating these threats, michelle . Reporter we know theyre treating it seriously as they have any threats concerning ambassadors over the last few months with the other incidents weve seen most recently the attack of the u. S. Ambassador to south korea earlier this month, but on this case i mean its interesting because these Death Threats happened by phone from an englishspeaking man to the embassy in tokyo happened last month allegedly. Were only now hearing about this starting in the asian press. So the white house is not confirming these threats. Neither is the National Security council. Neither is the u. S. Embassy although we are expecting to hear something soon from the u. S. State department. These threats by this man allegedly were threatening the life of Carolyn Kennedy as well as a u. S. Consul general also in japan although based in okinawa. We dont expect the threats to affect the
Killed, most european, about 50 wounded. Theres no word of any americans hurt, the two terrorists were also killed. The Prime Minister called in a direct attack on the economy which is so dependent on tourism. The u. S. Of course condemned it. Secretary of state john kerry said america would continue to support tunisias efforts to advance democracy. Allen pizzey is in tunis. Reporter hundreds of panicked tourists clung to loved ones and ran for their lives. Gunmen wearing military fatigues and armed with assault rifles opened fire on tour busses at the bardo museum in the heart of the capital. Eight were killed when they got off a bus, at least ten werere taken hostage and later killed. As Tunisia Special forces flooded the area, visitorsin scrambled to find places to hide. Many couldnt make it out of the building and holed up wherever they could. I came out of the museum, thisss eyewitness said, and there wasen this guy who was about tenme meters away from me, then he started shooting
Learn why he killed . And the world lead. A holiday turned lethal. Tourists from europe and elsewhere fired upon in a museum. Gunmen on the loose right now in a country where 3,000 people have already pledged their lives to isis. Is the terror group behind this latest attack . Plus the politics lead. They call her husband the comeback kid but you might want to call her secretary shake it off. Our new cnn poll would make you think that Hillary Clintons email controversy never even happened. Welcome to the lead. Im Brianna Keilar. Jake tapper is off. We begin today with breaking news in our National Lead. Police just collared a gunman they were scrambling around mesa to get. This is in arizona. This has been going on as we speak. Trying to nab him before he could kill again and they managed to. Mesa police s. W. A. T. Teams from phoenix, officers from tempe and scottsdale the fbi, the atf, all of them pitching in to catch this man who left a bloody trail across that town. I want to get r
Jihadi john as a hero and a reason to join the terror group . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. An urgent man hunt is under way for the gunmen who attacked a museum and killed 19 people in tunisias capital. Thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers were in the city of tunis at the time. Security forces killed two attackers, described by the interior minister as islamists. The search is now under way for three others while tunisia is a moderate nation and the first country where the arab spring took hold, it may also have provided more foreign fighters to isis than any other country. I will talk to senator Corey Gardner of the Foreign Relations committee coming up. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by with full coverage. But lets begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Barbara . Reporter wolf this lovely north african capital, the city the site of bloodshed earlier today when gunmen opened up in a complex that involved