Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Just minutes from now, well hear from republican senator ted cruz on the president ial campaign he formally launched overnight. Hes about to speak at Liberty University the conservative Christian School in lynchburg, virginia. He began his campaign with a simple tweet announcing im running for president. Cruz is the First Official candidate for next years race and will face long odds and a crowded field. Heres the Campaign Video he unveiled overnight. Its a time for truth. A time to rise to the challenge as americans have always done. I believe in america and her people. I believe we can stand up and restore our promise. Its going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America Great again. Im ready to stand with you to lead the fight. Our senior washington correspondent is in liberty to join us with more. Why wouldnt cruz announce his campaign in his home state of texas . Reporter carol, there
Spreading across the country where houthi s, who control the capital and areas of the north are advancing south into the Third Largest city taiz. The unrest pushing the u. S. Military to pull out following the evacuation last month. Isis claiming responsibility for this Suicide Attack on two mosques on friday. More than 130 killed hundreds more injured. We are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. Reporter the nation now in an especially perilous position caught between the houthi violent rivalry with the sunni terrorists al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Now, growing concerns the u. S. Withdrawal is a serious blow to the counterterrorism mission. Without the good intelligence starts plots, against the homeland without that intelligence we cannot effectively stop it. This region home to offshoots. The terrorist organizations, responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2,000 attack on t
The founding father. He died monday at age 91. President obama said he valued lis wisdom. Li served as singapores Prime Minister for more than 30 years ushering the city state from colonial hub to vibrant economic power. He later worked as an elder statesman throughout asia. Jonathan mann on his life and legacy. Reporter a gleaming modern city state a city with a reputation for a Clean Environment with a wealthy population. This is the legacy ofly ku of lee kuan you yew. It is his son who rules today. What is it im trying to do . Im trying to create in a third world situation a first world oasis. Reporter born in singapore in 1923 lee of fourth generation ethnic chinese. After studying law at Cambridge University in england, he rushed returned home and entered politics. In the 1960s he led his small island from its status as a british colony to brief uniop and qck independence. Overcoming pressures at home and communist instability among neighbors, the city state underwent a remarkable
A texas freeway in an apparent case of road rage. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone thank you for joining us. The last u. S. Special Operations Forces are now out of yemen. The evacuation involved about 100 members. Last month the u. S. Embassy was closed who took over the strategic city but is seen as strategically important because it lies just south of the capitol of were also hearing of an apparent threat by a group claiming affiliation by isis. It called for attacks on american soldiers on u. S. Soil. More on that in just a moment. The United Nations is also raising concerns over the deteriorating concerns in yemen, coming up in about one hour from now eastern time the Security Council is holding a meeting to discuss concerns. So this meeting apparently came at the request of yemens president , what is he hoping will come out of this . Hes hoping for some dramatic action from the u. N. Security council, which im not sure hes going to get. This is a beleaguered presid
Eight of Donald Trumps a cabinet nominees and threatening to dragout the confirmation process for months. But is it a losing fight . Federal help . Chicago suffers its highest murder rate in two decades with 762 homicides in the year that just ended. President elect trump warns the citys mayor that, if he cant fix the crime problem, he must ask for federal help. What does trump have in mind . I am wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. President elect trump is digging in his heels, casting fresh doubt on the u. S. Intelligence assessment that russia directed Cyber Attacks on the Democratic National committee in order to sway the election. But tonight, digital fingerprints tracing the Election Hacking directly back to russia are giving intelligence officials fresh confidence that they have got it right. Trumps spokesman insists the Intelligence Report is not final and trump claims he knows things about hacking that others dont know and that hell reveal his inside information this