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President trumps speech is likely t likely to drive up security costs but hasnt paid for his last address to a massive crowd, his inauguration in 2017. according to federal and city financial records, the trump administration and congress owe $17 million in expenses from his four day inaugural celebration, the total cost was $27.3 million. d.c. has been forced to dip into a special fund that covers security costs in the case of a terrorist threat or other events such as demonstrations, state fun...

Two new orleans police officers who happen to be brothers are using their love of music to help people in their community. theyre going beyond the call of duty by enforcing the law by day and volunteers by night as high school marching band instructors. cnns nick valencia has this really good story. >> reporter: the beginning of the day for officer james care and detective sergeant gregory johnson usually starts the same way. both say being police officers in new orleans has been a lifelong pass...

>> and we know that the jcc association of north america met with fbi director james comey. what came of that? >> reporter: brianna, they wanted to say we have your back. but remember law enforcement says there is possibly a person or a group of people possibly from overseas that are behind these bomb threats specifically. so, they also sort of reassured members of the jewish religious community that, you know, what were going to continue this investigation and were going to hopefully make more ...

Defeated in yemen. it wasnt until a prison break, recently weve seen prison breaks in iraq, libya, pakistan. there was a prison break in 2006 that was the genesis of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they tunnelled out into a neighboring mosque, brushed themselves out and into freedom. al qaeda was back. that was the group that was so dangerous. as president obama has said on numerous times, thats the group thats the most active. >> theyre in yemen. >> theyre in yemen. theyre based in yemen. on...

This week the u.s. is claiming a fight against terror. the state department has opened all of the embassies. the one in yemen has remained closed. that underscores how volatile the fight on terrorism is. with 63% of them under the age of 25. over the past 30 weeks the u.s. is now on nine drone strikes in the country. the aim is to take down suspected al qaeda operatives who are allegedly linked to the new plot and that christmas day bombing. theres wide support for them to disrupt imminent attac...

0 are viewing this situation because as matt was talking about, the way that we were able to get away with not calling this a coup was because there was public support behind removing morsi when the military did decide to take control. they did have some popular support to start with. how are they viewing this current situation? do you have a sense of public sentiment on the street changing? >> the word that is being used to describe egypt these days is polarized. theres no doubt about it. many ...

0 section of its arrivals area destroyed after a massive fire. take a look at the scene in nairobi. kenyas capital city is home to one of east africas important transportation hubs. were told the fire began in the morning, the time of day, of course, when many flights from europe were scheduled to arrive. there is no word of any serious injuries. late today -- their time, of course -- the airports reopened to domestic and cargo flights. now, this fire comes 15 years to the day after al-qaeda ter...

There is a new government in yemen now. might be what is making this previously undoable thing suddenly maybe doable. quote, of the 866 prisoners approved by presidential task force four years ago for prance fer out of guantanamo, 59 are yemen and there is the important part, their new government wants them back. citing the emergence of a more collaborative leadership under yemens flu president, the countrys officials have been lobbying washington to return their countrymen. so we dont necessari...

Happen? joining us now is gregory johnson. hes the author of "the last refuge, yemen and americas war." why would the new government in yemen want these people back? >> the old government wanted them back. abdi ali abdullah wanted them back. he knew how important closing guantanamo bay was to president obama, and he played politics with it. he essentially held the prisoners ransom a second time, trying to get as much from the obama administration as he possibly could. the new government, preside...