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Nors. a third of them have direct ties to al qaeda and other terror groups. the gunshots started going like fireworks, thats how one witness describes the assault in kenya. gunmen stormed the campus during morning prayers opening fire taking hostages. authorities now say at least 70 people are dead. four terrorists they say have been killed. were joined now from nairobi. bring us up to speed as the operation against the terrorists as far as we know still going on right now? >> reporter: indeed, ...

Ive been going there for years. people are desperate for this kind of change. its why they elected the president. >> thats why they made the concessions they made. billions of dollars will flow into the iranian economy if all those sanctions are removed, presumably will be if the iranians live up to their part of the bargain. let me shift gears. a disturbing development in yemen. al qaeda, the forces there, they went into a prison. they freed almost 300 prisoners, many al qaeda terrorists. tell ...

Be wearing military combat and some even say a few were wearing black, so it really depends on who you ask but gunmen entered the university and shot sporadically starting with the guard, the security guard who was guarding the main gate of the school. they were able to access the school and however swift the police response was, it was not sufficient. the kenyan security forces joined them and later when the same situation took place, at least 270 students were unaccounted for, but police were ...

Peninsula is capitalizing on the chaos. attacking a prison freeing an estimated 270 inmates. one-third of those prisoners believed linked to the terror group. a senior aqap figure is believed to be one of them. u.s. officials consider the group linked to the "charlie hebdo" attack and the underwear bomber as one of the biggest terror threats to the u.s. now these escaped prisoners are poised to strengthen the group just after u.s. special forces tracking them were evacuated from the country last...

U.s. has staged several raids inside somalia. to kill al shabab leaders. today they are showing their strength again. alisyn? >> barbara, thanks so much. to our other breaking news al qaeda-linked militants storming a prison in southeastern yemen, freeing hundreds of inmates with terror ties including a senior al qaeda leader. this was part of a larger assault on a port city targeting government and other key buildings. cnns ian lee has breaking details for us from cairo. what do we know ian. >>...

You cath just drop the hammer on this guy, because there is no prosecution. and yet his answers are almost -- laughable. >> yes or no? >> so you want to laugh, but you cant laugh because its too serious a subject matter. i have to have sex with them. >> no its the other way. what does that mean they have sex with him? he was assaulted? >> that is one intriguing story, its going to continue alisyn said there are going to be trials upcoming. but theres a lot of news this morning breaking right now...

News out of yemen. 270 prisoners many linked to al qaeda have been turned loose in yemen by we believe al qaeda terrorists. it does feel as though yemen is completely unraveling in these past weeks. >> well it actually is completely unraveling. the u.n. special envoy says that. its not just on the brink of civil war. i mean it is in civil war but it is on the brick of total collapse and failure, and you have to remember from american point of view and an american perspective, yemen was the place...

And nic robertson to tell us more. hi nic. >> reporter: hi carol. well an estimated 270 al qaeda prisoners are among them a senior al qaeda leader in yemen whos been in prison for about four years were sprung from jail bli by al qaeda operatives. this is a coastal town. it is a town that is perhaps the strong hold of the southern separatist movement who are fighting on the side of the ousted president, president hati. what were seeing is by al qaeda breaking their comrades out of jail it appears...

Take cover outside the university. ky hear heavy gun fire and explosions hundreds of students run out, some crawling. these are your pictures that were looking at right now, dennis we appreciate that youre on the ground for us there and we will check back in with you throughout the hour to see what is happening with that hostage. the terrible hostage situation at the kenyan university. thank you, dennis. the situation in yemen is also deteriorating. hundreds of inmates, many with links to al q...

Change a global security as we know it. thats why i believe despite the pressure that netanyahu has exerted on the obama administration in the united states, the obama administration is basically relos angeles tonight to cut the umbilical cord. it wants to establish limits on iranian compass 270 build a nuclear bomb at least in a year. and basically change the nature, the institutionalized nature of hostility between iran and the united states. remember, we have an institutionalized hostility in...