they said there is a threat for civil unrest and terrorism. they are ordering all nonessential diplomats and their families out of the country. president barack obama said yemens leader should honor an earlier promise to leave office. president saleh has tens of thousand frz suppos of supporte yemen. cnn is following the developments from yemen from abu dhabi. there's been a significant development just moments ago. what happened? >> reporter: that's right, zain. we got confirmation from the attorney general's office in sanaa, that -- the president is also a member.