>> well, thank you, shepard. within the last hour i spoke with a senior yemeni official who has been briefed on the security situation. he says the takeover took everyone by surprise, quote: the situation all over the country is chaotic, he said, the yemeni government as a whole is losing control of the opposition and those loyal to president are arguing and bickering while the country burns. fighters with rocket propelled grenades and rifles pushed into several points over the weekend and raising al qaeda's black banner over the city's mosque. the prison breaks have been game change gears in the past. in the past a long time aid to usama bin laden was freed and became the leader of al qaeda in yemen. a really transient point between the capital and south where u.s. officials tell fox al qaeda and yemen has been trying to create a safe haven kind of like we saw in afghanistan, shepard. >> shepard: now word that another american is in the mix here? >> that's right. fox news was able to obtain this bulletin from the fbi and