Global economy Business Leaders will be seeking to stop the slow down. Yemens former president is calling for early president ial and parliamentary elections to resolve the political turmoil. Houthi rebels issued a demand for greater political inclusion a day after taking over the president ial palace. Take us through exactly what the houthis are demanding. We understand that the president has met with one of his advisers who met with the houthi group and the demand came as afrom in a meeting. The president is weak and has no other option but to meet demands made by the houthis. The former president has also made demands calling on the president to hold early elections. All of this is happening after a day of heavy fighting, which left the president weaker. Yemen tases an uncertain future. Its capitol is a battleground after some Government Troops loyal to the president fought with shia houthis. The rebels attacked the president s residence and stormed the president ial palace, which i
Fighters attack the compound of an influential tribal leader. And World Leaders in business moguls come together for the worlds economic forum. Hello, it has been a turbulent and fastmoving day in yemen. The leader of the shia rebels, Abdul Malik Al houthi address the on television. After fighting in which two soldiers were killed. He blamed president hoodie for instability by failing to honor peace deals with the houthis and for corruption in his government. U. S. Backed leader is currently thought to be trapped inside the palace itself. Planned talks to did views the tensions have been canceled with al houthi, blaming the government to stalling what he calls a critical moment of change in the country. Translator at this defining time in the history of our homeland, we are going through a critical moment, which is made worse by the negative approach of many internal forces. Especially those holding the reins of power and those holding the reins of decision making. This is led by the p
Plus. Im from the World Buskers Festival in new zealand, where artists are searching for weird and wonderful ways to entertain the crowds we begin in Northern Iraq where the Kurdish Peshmerga are launching a major offensive against i. S. I. L. Cutting off a route. Supplies from its base in araka, in syria, to mosul the second largest city of iraq which is under the armed groups control. The i. S. I. L. Stronghold is one of the towns along the route. Peshmerga forces which control the dam. What they are trying to do is take those another to the area and cut off the supply routes. Zeina khodr is there for us. Reporter we have been talking to commanders they say theyve pushed approximately 25km south of mosul dam, and have taken over a number of towns and villages. We saw for hour how the Islamic State of iraq and levant is fighting back, using heavy weapons. They are firing rockets landing close to peshmerga positions. Peshmerga commanders said this will take some time. The way i. S. I.
Tragedy in livermore this evening. At least two people were killed. A woman and a 14monthold baby girl when a car plowed into a Backyard Party at an apartment complex. It happened just before 7 00 tonight. The speeding vehicle missed a turn before ramming into the people at the party. The Police Arrested the driver on suspicion of drunk driving. Well have more later in the newscast. Now to tonights other top story. It doesnt make any sense. We did not do as good of a job as we should have. Tough words in oakland after one of the most destructive marches in recent history and today crews began to clean up the damage. Abc 7 reporter Jonathan Bloom spend the weekend among the wreckage. Businesses on auto row arent taking chance. There were boards on it and damage done. Reporter this is one of the many buildings that were damaged. A very small group of people with rocks in their pockets and malice in their hearts disturbed what was otherwise a positive day in oakland. Reporter the mayor an
Concussion. Reporter [ inaudible ]. I think that none of us are real proud of our performance. They are a good football team. And give them a lot of credit, they played very well tonight in all phases. Reporter what specifically did seattle do to make you lose the job . I think i addressed everything. They played very well, and we did not play good enough. Thats what took place. Pardon . Reporter do you have an issue with the fumble . Why would i have an issue with that . No, its football. Reporter [ inaudible ]. Well, i am going to look at it and were going to bounce back. How long did richard yeah, he came up. He was just moving the other direction, and yeah, he came up and patted me on the back, and congratulated him, and that was it. I congratulate the seahawks, they played a hell of a game. And that was jim harbaugh saying that was not their finest hour. We want to hear from you. 49erstalk. We will scroll it across the bottom of the screen, and we love to hear from you. We will co