took over the city. they started attacking security forces there, security forces initially withdrew then came back. there were fierce clashes throughout the day. we have some video purporting to show some of those clashes as well. now, one of the reasons this is so worrying is because this province is a real hot bed for extremism, for al qaeda in that country. there s a huge al qaeda problem in yemen. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has been able to try to launch very spectacular attacks against the west, against the u.s. from their base in yemen. you have a peaceful protest movement that s been going on now, people that are emboldnd by the arab spring movement these past few months that have been coming out by the hundreds of thousands in major cities across yemen these past several months. they are committed to trying to make sure that the president of yemen steps aside. there have been times they ve been met with violence. ed to peaceful protesters and eyewitnesses are telling us