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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 friday's 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 country's president into hiding months ago seized the third largest city overnight. the u.n. security council, as you pointed ...

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 chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it's not going to be a source of terrorist attacks...

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 castro's opinion of this? we haven't heard from him in months, haven't 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 part in it. but fidel castro usually likes to wait a few days and write an editorial, weigh in, almo...