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But first, in a matter of hours, united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting on yemen. it comes just as the u.s. pulls out its special operations forces following fridays mosque bombings that killed 137 people. joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, what do we know at this point? >> well patrick, good afternoon. we know that yemen continues to descend into chaos this afternoon. opposition fighters who drove the countrys president into hid...

Ceremony. after 13 years, u.s. troops officially completed their combat mission in afghanistan. nato military forces held that ceremony with u.s. officials a few days earlier than expected. but nearly 11,000 members of the u.s. military will remain in noncombat responsibilities. on christmas day president obama marked the beginning of the end of the marine corps, talking to the marines in hawaii. >> because of the extraordinary service the men and women in american armed forces afghanistan has a...

Talked about the necessity of a path forward. very important for cuba, since the closest ally, venezuela, their economy is tanking, oil prices drop. so you know a lot of people said this is a necessary pivot for the cuban economy. it also raised a lot of questions about what is fidel castros opinion of this? we havent heard from him in months, havent seen any new pictures of him. will he weigh in as he sometimes does on this historic agreement? you know our understanding is that he played no par...