also time playing time out on trade routes were pulled from the drone campaign divide in yemen and one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said. wiki leaks has already over a million dollar commands being paid to be released and julian assange promises during real secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his plan so plan for twenty four christmas address for his embassy cried out in a. new song russia and around the wall this is all she was me hello and welcome to the. pan continental energy issues are said to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation bloc but such a big partnership iran it comes without hurdles as an excess explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia e.u. summit in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the energy issues we know that russia has built already built several gas pipelines which will deliver the russian g

is sowing gaged in yemen's internal affairs. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terrorists getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint of vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble mendip straight most people have heard about the so west can now world war three almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of this west canal and is a similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes through babel mend up every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in the sense that it could have an adverse impact on economic interests at stake the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen

yemen is in for defense shake of the u.s. backed president tries to break away from the legacy of the country's ousted leader the former president following must protest almost a year ago under a power transfer brokered by washington and the country's gulf neighbors he's going to check on that explores why the u.s. and so engaged in yemen's internal affairs these days. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terry getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint a vast economic interest yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but the poorest country on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble manned up straight most people have heard about the southwest canal well of course we almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of the suez canal and is of similar strategic importance almost all of

of vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble may end up straight most people have heard about the southwest canal world war three almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of this west canal and it is a similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes through babel mendez every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in a sense that it could have an adverse impact on economic interests at stake the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen if it didn't hold very specific geo political and strategic you said city or the u.s. i think most importantly of course is access to the strait which is one of the highest trafficked waterways in the world. the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure a key oil shipping la

yemen's u.s. bank president has assumed control of the country's ballistic missile also after purging the military of rivals or his leadership it was feared that the army would refuse to go along with the move assuring him more turmoil in a country called between uprisings drone strikes and al qaeda. now and what's at stake in yemen. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terrorists getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint of vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble mendip straight most people have heard about the southwest canal world war three almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of this west canal and is a similar strategic importance almost all of europe's tra

terms of water that are available that we know of that if they had applied sensibly in context like yemen i don't know as much about yemenis situation as perhaps tony does but if they're applied sensibly or water of convince efficiencies and prove what is productive efficiencies improve porter's economic efficiencies produce is improved the specter of scarcity if you will becomes more and more distant the problem of water being out of water is a dramatic turn we've definitely sells and everybody it feels like there's like a posh desert out there and there's no water to be had i think it's a lot different than that if in yemen you want to have the kind of lifestyles the eating habits the consumption habits that the west has and has been espousing and selling all over the world look at us look at us we're so cool we're so great and you want to be like us now the rest of the world is trying to imitate precisely those sorts of lifestyles and eating habits which are inappropriate for the kind of context in which in which those people are living that's the fundamental disconnect that we need to

a whole set of things that can be done to make make more of what the resource water resources that yemen does have there are also so technologies that are available there are all sorts of governance systems in terms of water that are available that we know of that if they had applied sensibly in context like yemen i don't know as much about the yemeni situation as perhaps tony does but if that applied sensibly water of convince efficiencies and prove what is productive efficiencies improve water's economic efficiency is produce is improved the specter of scarcity if you will becomes more and more distant the problem of water being out of water is a dramatic then we definitely cells and everybody it feels like is like a patch there's a debate and there's no water to be had i think it's a lot different than that if in yemen you want to have the kind of lifestyles that eating habits the consumption habits that the west has and has been espousing and selling all over the world look at us look at us we are so cool we are so great and you want to be like us now the rest of the world is trying

similar political systems is yemen. what's going on here. good question christi and you know considering almost every every american almost nine and nine guns for ten americans in this country i mean it just it's just really mind boggling why does the united states need to have so many guns in private possession because yemen of course you know it comes in second but there's a huge huge difference in the numbers between yemen and the united states and yemen is a conflict torn country there is poverty going on there the united states is a democratic nation where you know most places are safe so why all of these people need to have all of these guns why they have to be so available why the united states has to sort of over arm itself by you know hands and teeth and guns everywhere and they're so easily accessible you know people go to a pharmacy they need to provide prescriptions in the u.s. in many states you barely need anything to get to be able to lay your hands on a gun and it's it's just it's really just shocking an

it's it really is a relative term to back up a donnish i mean let's face it look at a country like yemen there's very little water there but then look at a country like say china there's a lot of water in some parts of the country and in some of the western portions where you have a lot of agriculture it's very close to scarcity if you use the one thousand cubic metres per capita as the threshold so it's a relative term very much sell ok tony we're going to go ahead please you look at on that please. think singapore singapore only has five percent of the water that it needs therefore it doesn't have the ten percent it needs for use at home and in jobs and it doesn't have any for the food. so for the half million people living in an area about the size of london or a small island. it is in fact a very prosperous country it proves that water and the absence of water and the scarcity of water doesn't determine outcomes poverty and poverty which normally derives from poor governance and organization of economies is the explanation for people's. being unable to gain access to the water they n

a posh desert out there and there's no water to be had i think it's a lot different than that if in yemen you want to have the kind of lifestyles the eating habits the consumption habits that the west has and has been espousing and selling all over the world look at us look at us we're so cool we're so great and you want to be like us now the rest of the world is trying to imitate precisely those sorts of lifestyles and eating habits which are inappropriate for the kind of context in which in which those people are living that's the fundamental disconnect that we need to focus on and not just. i would go so far as to forgive me for saying this sort of a banal statement about the about disappearance of water because that is very specific political interests if you will in the specific political interests oh they're out of water what do we do let's do a multimillion dollar investment in desalination they're out of water what do we do let's build a dam or you know what let's sell this technology and that's the sort of interest that that sort of conversation helps and that's very unfortunate

this whole what they need for jobs for what they need for food ok dan if i got to go to you i mean yemen is out of water is it the world's responsibility to make sure the country has water. is it the world's responsibility that that goes into the realm of ethics. that's why i'm asking it and while there's a fair enough but fair enough and while if you ask me yes absolutely it is our responsibility to make sure that people do but even when we're talking about human being out of water there's a whole set of things that can be done to make make more of what the recent water resources that yemen does have there are also technologies that are available there are all sorts of government systems in terms of water that are available that we know of that if they had applied sensibly in context like yemen i don't know as much about yemenis situation as perhaps tony does but if they're applied sensibly water of convince efficiencies and prove what is productive efficiencies improve porter's economic efficiency is produce is improved the specter of scarcity if you will becomes more and more distant

and there's no question anti-american sentiment in yemen is running high. in september, an angry mob stormed the u.s. embassy, enraged by the controversial youtube video about the prophet muhammad. >> it's not going to change the reality. this ambassador is one of the many brave americans in the region who is in danger all the time whether there's a bounty on his head or not. muhammad lila, abc news, washington. >>> from india, mourners at a somber vigil in the capital. mourners gathering to remember a young woman who died after being sexually attacked by several men on a bus. she died in a singapore hospital. her body was returned home today. the incident has sparked anger and rare protests in that country over the treatment of women. police say they'll charge the attackers with murder. >>> back here in new york, and another horrific case. this evening an arrest after a man was pushed in front of an oncoming subway train. the woman in custody facing hate crime charges after telling police she pushed a man to his death because she thought he was a muslim. h

and who has no problem at all i'm sure the elites in yemen or elites in pakistan the water scarcity or even elites in southern california compared to the kinds of water scarcity that farmers there. is nothing compared to the kind of scarcity that people in the cities are experiencing if you were so the point is that why doesn't the pakistani government invest attend to it i would disagree i think it is it is a huge priority for the pakistan government to. have water for themselves because that is politically uncomfort to technology cells national level aggregate so you know calling names if you will to you know this government of that government is is relatively easy but eventually those governments need to be called to task but the eventual issue is that it is a question of equity it is a question of people having access to water with regard without regard to their social power and that's a sort of dynamic that the global system at the moment is not willing to confront generally we're going to a short break and after that chopper can continue our discussion on what is your state. of t

who was involved with us and helping to fight the domestic terror in yemen has been exposed for parts of his relationship with the united states that could be very damaging to our efforts there there are many similar kinds of efforts through. but here's another interesting twist involves john kiriakou a former cia analyst who was the first official to confirm the us use of the technique of waterboarding on al qaeda prisoners kiriakou was later charged with leaking classified information to journalists but between two thousand and nine and two thousand and eleven he worked under senator kerry a senior investigator for the senate relations foreign relations committee senator kerry is the chair of that committee so what does this all say about the man likely to be the next secretary of state and case kerry sails through the questioning wiki leaks ironically enough gives a nice picture of what kind of diplomat kerry has been in the senate foreign policy magazine shows that wiki leaks cables paints a picture of kerry as a negotiator interested in climate change and engaging with the arab w

>> logan: just over a year ago in yemen, a u.s. drone operated by the cia unleashed a hellfire missile killing one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, anwar al-awlaki. the american-born cleric had been waging holy war against his own country. because he was a u.s. citizen, it was one of the most controversial drone strikes in the campaign against al qaeda. to this day, the question of how the cia zeroed in on awlaki in that distant desert land remains a mystery. some of that will be answered tonight, and you'll learn how an unlikely danish spy named morten storm managed to get inside awlaki's world and become one of his most trusted friends. and how, storm says, he helped lead that fatal missile to its target. >> anwar al-awlaki: as you send us your bombs, we will send you ours. >> logan: by the time of his death, anwar al-awlaki was at the top of the u.s. terrorist kill list. the muslim cleric had become notorious for his fiery internet sermons that incited attacks against america. >> awlaki: jihad against america is bindi

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and there's no question anti-american sentiment in yemen is running high. in september, an angry mob stormed the u.s. embassy, enraged by the controversial youtube video about the prophet muhammad. >> he's one of the people in danger all the time whether their a bounty on his head or not. >>> from india, mourners gathering to remember a young woman who died after being attacked by several men on a bus. she died in a singapore hospital. the incident has smarked anger and rare protests in that country over the treatment of women. police say they'll charge the attackers with murder. >>> back here in new york city, an arrest in what every subway rider's night would be. the woman in custody facing hate crime charges after telling police she pushed a man to his death because she thought he was a muslim. >> reporter: it was a bizarre ending to a crime that has shocked this city. the woman accused of pushing a man onto the train tracks, screaming and smiling as cameras captured here arrest. this surveillance video led police to erica menendez. investigators say tha

. >> al qaeda in yemen is offering a reward for killing a u.s. ambassador. >> reporter: it's a country racked with lawlessness. now a new threat. the associated press first reported this video, claiming to be from al qaeda's yemen branch, announcing a new bounty. roughly $160,000, three kilograms of gold, for the killing of an american in yemen. abc has not verified authenticity of a video. if true, the threat comes at a critical time, just four months after al qaeda-linked militants stormed u.s. embassy compound in libya, killing ambassador chris stevens and three other american personnel. after the attack, security levels were raised at american embassies around the world. >> i think the security detail for the ambassador himself is not doing anything differently. they already knew he had to be froe protected very, very carically. >> reporter: anti-american sentiment is very, very high. >> this ambassador is one of the many brave americaning in the region who is in danger all the time. >> reporter: muhammad lila, abc news, washington. >>> the p

yemen is a u.s. ally however, it's frying -- >> the senate homeland security committee will release a new report criticizing the state department for the u.s. consulate attack in libya. nbc news obtained an advanced copy. in it, it found that bad security allowed militants to essentially walk into the compound. the report criticizes the state department for failing to sufficiently respond to requests for additional security. >>> good morning everyone. 6:07 is the time. right now, people are already gathering in times square and it's cold out there. like 15 to 20 degrees colder than last year. more than a million people are expected to ring in the new year there. a look at the last minute preps coming up ahead. >>> 2012 is ending on a cold night. we check weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> the major secret spilled about kim kardashianment [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my k

ambassador to yemen has a bounty on his head. does any american soldier in that country every american soldier in that country does, as well, with the details from a dangerous offshoot of al qaeda, coming up. >>trace: this is "studio b," the syrian military today locked in a violent battle with rebels in several major suburbs of the capital of damascus. women and children are fleeing the gunfire in this video. at least five died in a rocket attack. damascus is the center of the syrian government. the battle for its control has been particularly bloody. keep in mind the country's civil war has already been raging for 21 months. human rights activistses say the death toll is more than 45,000. the chief correspondent is live with more. jonathan, the syrian regime says it is interested in dialogue. is that hopeful? >>jonathan: better than saying they are not interested in any sort of dialogue but not a lot better. we have her similar things for 18 months now from the syrian regime. the comments coming from the syrian prime minister w

ambassadors and soldiers in yemen. and a tour bus crash in oregon so devastating the injured are being treated in three states. and the deep freeze gripping a huge stretch of the country. a look at the coldest winter weather this season. and there is certainly a chill in the air here in the bay area. meteorologist leigh glaser says some rain is heading our way. find out if your new year's eve will be a wet one. >>> good evening. i'm ama dates. in tonight's headline a 15-year-old girl has been shot near the coliseum bart station. oakland police believe she was killed by another teen. a 14-year-old boy is expected to survive after he was also shot. a boy between the ages of 13 and 16 opened fire on a group of people while they walked along lyon way. >>> a little girl and her grandparents died when a fire swept through their apartment in san jose. the fire broke out on bridgeport court just after 11:00. three other people needed treatment for smoke inhalation. it included a san jose police officer who tried to rescue peop

ambassadors and soldiers in yemen. and a tour bus crash in oregon so devastating the injured are being treated in three states. and the deep freeze gripping a huge stretch of the country. a look at the coldest winter weather this season. and there is certainly a chill in the air here in the bay area. meteorologist leigh glaser says some rain is heading our way. find out if your new year's eve will be a wet one. >>> good evening. i'm ama dates. in tonight's headline a 15-year-old girl has been shot near the coliseum bart station. oakland police believe she was killed by another teen. a 14-year-old boy is expected to survive after he was also shot. a boy between the ages of 13 and 16 opened fire on a group of people while they walked along lyon way. >>> a little girl and her grandparents died when a fire swept through their apartment in san jose. the fire broke out on bridgeport court just after 11:00. three other people needed treatment for smoke inhalation. it included a san jose police officer who tried to rescue peop

ambassador to yemen and $23,000 for any american soldier. an expert contends the money does not make a dangerous country any more threatening. >> not going to change the reality. this ambassador is in danger all the time whether a bounty is on his head or not. >> yemen is considered a breeding ground for militants in september an angry mob stormed the u.s. embassy there. >>> venezuela's president chavez suffered new complications after his cancer surgery he has a respiratory infection and is in delicate condition. chavez first announced he was battling cancer in june 2011. >>> former president george h.w. bush in a regular room. the healing power of song is given some credit. ♪ ♪ amazing grace ♪ ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >> mrs. bush got family friends the observingridge -- the oakridge boys to sing to the president, his favorite group. mrs. bush is certain the singers are lifting his spirits. >> said we should cheer the president up if the oakridge boys could get together to sing him a song or two. >> when the call came from mrs. bu

yemen, when we think of yemen it's a tribal land. we usually talk about yemen being a hotbed of terrorist activities and we outpace them in gun ownership 2 to 1. what do you think is the logical approach here because it seems there's great resistance on the right especially coming from the nra that we're still waiting to hear from, but there's great resistance it to any type of common-sense approach to getting assault weapons off the street. >> i hope we can separate the issue. hunters should be able to have their weapons. people should be able to have weapons for their own self-defense. what i'm talking about is preventing access to those weapons that really are used primarily in the military or by our police forces around the country who are defending us either abroad or at home. i don't believe there's a place for those, for people to have access to those across the country for other than those purposes. so i think we have to go do what we did in 1994 which was to eliminate the availability of these weapons and also, as i said bef