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Archery record in india. the youngest indian to score more 200 points at an event firing at targets 20 feet away. big news day going on today so i appreciate you being part of "the real story." now lets head over to shep. >> terrifies passengers scream as the copilot set a course for the mountain and arizona the pilot tried to break down the cockpit door. what we know about the copilot who trained in arizona. youll hear from somebody who knew him personally. we look at how the locking system w...

Saudi soil. is that correct? >> we are preparing for all eventualities inside the kingdom as well as outside the kingdom. we are determined to defend yemen, defend the legitimate government of yemen, degrade and destroy the capabilities of the houthis. >> are they in saudi arabia though right now, based on the last information you have received? >> we have almost four million yemenis in the kingdom of saudi arabia. we have to assume that most of them are innocent. so i dont want to prejudge any ...

The president who was just ousted, and all the powerful su in i tribes in yemen, who make up the other major political force in that country, those groups are supported by saudi arabia. so saudi arabia today responded to these events in yemen by amazing its troops on the saudi border with yemen. then there was more breaking news tonight. officially now turned into an international conflict. in addition to just mapping your troops on the border, tonight saudi arabia has announced that the saudi a...

So, a new international war in the middle east. and, yeah yemen has clearly politically collapsed. yemen has collapsed into civil war. in addition, tonight it appears that yemen is exploding into a proxy war, that may involve other big, powerful countries, with big modern militaries who hate heech other and who are now facing off against each other in a territory that has already descended into chaos. and the special surprise cream filling for american concerns in all of this is that there is th...

Southeastern portions. but so far this march, only seven tornadoes. we still have a few days left. this is highly unusual to have this low amount of tornado. back to you. >> yeah. one minute there were none, now look at it. unbelievable. >> powerful. thank. >> thank you very much. are you watching "cnn newsroom." im rosemary church. >> im errol barnett. we will be right back with much more in our two big breaking stories. saudi military strikes inside yemen. could this be the beginning some la...

Other sunni arab nations. the u.s. military at the orders of the white house jumping in with some assistance. intelligence sharing from satellites offering assistance on aerial refueling. even offering assistance on mission planning to plan those aerial strike missions. youre seeing a lot of damage on the ground inside of yemen. the potential for large numbers of civilian casualties but the saudis are very nervous. this has put iran right on their doorstep and is posing a real problem in the reg...

Our control. the minute we pulled out human intelligence capability out of yemen, over the last couple days we have no boots or eyes and ears on the ground and you cannot run a foreign policy or intelligence operation blind which is what we are doing. the upshot of all of this is going to be what we are seeing now which is a proxy war in yemen between you know the iranian backed shiite and the sunni backed by the sunni willing and i am certain conflict will spread throughout the region. and with...

Iran have swept across the country. they kicked the president out of sanaa, the capital, he fled to the south, to aden. there are reports he may have fled the country. the saudis have taken upon themselves to militarily intervene, worried about a pro iranian group taking control of a country along their southern borders. their airstrikes involve 100 war planes three or four nations in the gulf suggestions the egyptians may militarily be involved as well. its a stark moment there are suggestions ...

Egypt is politically and militarily supporting the efforts taking place in yemen. they said that the ground troops could be deployed if possible. also theyre saying their navy could be used to battle the houthis now. egypts navy not big in world terms, but when you talk about middle east, they do have one of the largest navies in the region. and they are the largest military in the region. they have always been strong supporters of the saudi government. saudi gets egypt a lot of money. egypt has...

Aircraft available as well. the general says he doesnt know if it will all work. >> i dont currently know the specific goals and objectives of the saudi campaign and i would have to know that to be able to assess the likelihood of success. >> reporter: the u.s. military involvement as sensitive as it gets. saudi arabia is backing beleaguered yemeni president hadi who has pled miss country. the rebels are backed by iran. the u.s. worries terror groups will exploit the chaos. >> theres a lot at st...