Connections. u.s. facing some tough choices regarding the war torn nation of yemen. should we try rescue americans or american assets, or would that make other americans targets for armed groups like al-qaeda? the wall street journal reports that a state department official has said a mission to recover government assets would be too risky. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more now from washington. hi jennifer. reporter: hi. at least eight other countries including russia, china and india, have rescued their citizens in yemen but the united states refused to launch an evacuation effort. there are more than 700 u.s. citizens trapped in war torn yemen. the u.s. state department says it has no plans to evacuate them because they say it is too dangerous. state department officials are not planning an evacuation like it did from egypt after the arab spring or lebanon in 2006 when 15,000 americans were evacuated by sea and helicopter when war
We know what to do, but part of the recipe for us succeeding and growing is making sure that we write trade rules that benefit u.s. companies and u.s. workers, and that s exactly what this trade deal does. thank you, mr. president. thank you. up next, my exclusive one-on-one interview with the president as those u.s. navy warships try to block iran from delivering weapons to war-torn yemen. we ll hear from the commander in chief himself. this is hardball, the place for politics.
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House announced the president would be making his first visit to kenya later this year. we ll see how that unfolds as well. barbara, thank you. meanwhile, there has been a bold attack by an al qaeda group half a world away and it may increase the threat for americans even here at home. the terror group has taken advantage of the chaos and violence in war-torn yemen, targeting a prison there and freeing hundreds apparently including one of its own leaders. let s bring in our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. he s got the details for us and the enormous implications. no question. i spoke to a u.s. counter terrorism official today who called the situation in yemen dire and says there s no indication things are going to get better soon. keep in mind yemen, home to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which along with the khorasan group considered the two most threatening terror groups to americans, including the u.s. homeland and now dozens of their fighters are free. as