where i am now. city, a look at today's top stories. amid escalating violence, president obama sends military advisers to help iraq, but insists troops will not follow. after the house majority leader steps down. and the youngest golfer to ever qualify for the u.s. open shows what she is made of, in the first round.

president obama lays out today how the u.s. will respond to the crisis in iraq. the president says u.s. troops will not return to combat. but he did not rule out air strikes. going forward we will be prepared to take targeted and precise action, if and when we determine the situation on the ground requires it. if we do, i will consult with congress, and leaders in iraq, and in the region. mike, the president says he tends to support forces but he drew a very clear line today, didn't he? >> the key phrase is if and when, and the when seems to be down the road. to try to turn back those advances. time and time again over the course of the last six days since the president first appears.

and talks about it, but first he is not going to take that step until the government, the prime minister brings in a more inclusive government until the political situation, and there are the prospects for the irocky government to stand back and fight these rebels. then the air strikes would go forward, but it is very clear, after the appearance in the briefing room behind me, that that date is now more distance. he annoyanced the 300 troops or i should say 300 special operators as officials said, will be sent into iraq, their tasked to eyeball the military close up, give an assessment of what they are capable of, and also give them advice as they work to fight against these gains now.

you know, mike, talking about those 300, is that the number that is going on? and is that the role they are going to play? because there are concern that perhaps, if this escalates and who knows what that can mean. they might be pushed into a combat role. >> he doesn't want that to happen, although officials allow that number could increase. they say these 300 will be stationed at iraqi headquarters and some of them at the brigade level, and of course they insist the officials on down the line, both on background and the record say they are not involved in combat. the united states is now involved in aerial surveillance from manned and unmanned aircraft. above the skies of iraq, trying to identify potential targets. and the other thing that was a surprise to many, those could include some

inside the country of syria. after all, this is where i.s.i.l. comes from. many of these where they base their operations if there's a threat against the united states, they are going to go after it, but again, air strikes somewhere down the road, somebody further down the road than they were just last friday when the president first talked about that. i know you will root it out, mike, appreciate it, thank you. that has been a huge debate over how much of a role the united states played in helping create the current crisis in iraq. i talked with former maine senator, and middle east peace negotiator. he shared his thoughts on how the crisis escalated and what the u.s. should do to help end the i.s.i.l. offensive. >> . >> the motion that conflict began with the united states i think is plainly false. now, we to have a problem, we should help.

but ultimately, it is the people of iraq who will decide the future of iraq. the people of syria that will decide the future of syria. we can help. we should encouraging, we should insist, especially those, and there are many, who want more open tolerant modern regimes. who want governments that provide basic opportunities, jobs, schools, healthcare that's what people want, and we can do what we can to help, but we cannot view this as it is the responsibility of the united states. to fix what is happening. we have to help the iraqis fix what has happened. >> the fighting in iraq has thousands of people looking for a safe haven, they include a group ovaries chans. as i.s.i.l. took over last week, al jazeera has more on how they are coping.

they feel vulnerable and abandoned. we with received indirect messages that they are nothing to to with us, and not to feel threatens, yet, the target is different, what does it mean? we don't know. that will happen next. we don't know. the syrian example does not promise anything good. many prefer to remain anonymous in fear of retaliation. and what happened there has a direct impact here. water and electricity were with cut off a few days ago. the only water available is salty and undrinkable. and during these hot days tempers are high. where are nori, where is

the world, take us out of here, every day we have to change location. what's the solution? people are on their own. >> here too the army pulled out, there is some local police, because they are from this area. the kurdish forces stepped in, but the presence of the rebels just a few kilometers away is worrying everybody. >> the fears are common among the many villages and towns of all sects and ethnicities the strad testimony border between the kurdish region and the rest of iraq. it's 1,000-kilometer long, formed ahead of the u.s. pull out in 2010. >> the iraqi army is only present on the last 50-kilometers. the sunni rebels have taken their positions all along the line. >> the town formed it's own protection a few years ago, a likely armed

force that worked along security forces to protect the town and it's churches. you know everybody here, we are 1500 strong, and we have to protect our homes. >> but the men admit, they could not fend off any outside attack, half of the community has already fled. is the fighting showing no signs of letting up, joins us now from baghdad, let's get back to the president. president obama's response today to the deteriorating security situation in the country, is it what iraqis were looking for? >> well, tony, there is a temptation, as you know, for the united states to think it can fix things. but iraqis don't have that expectation. they don't believe air strikes will fix this.

they are just hoping for the best case scenario, is that this country will not completely fall apart. what political leaders would like to see, is u.s. pressure to put political parties together to get prime minister mallky to reach out to some of those political players here. that he hasn't been. and they have high hopes but as for ordinary people, they are kind of disillusions about what to expect from the united states. jane, on in idea of being more inclusive, any signs of that happening in i know there was a meeting a day or so ago? of various groups but has that led to anything more? >> well, meetings are a start, because the situation here is so dire, and politics here are so bitter, that prime minister actually doesn't speak to a lot of key political leaders, and vice versa. so any time you get them together, and they are not shouting at each other, and walking out is a good thing, but not

huge amounts of progress. so it is a long long road. a busy day for house republicans. elect add new leader, and a new whip today, california congressman kevin mccarthy will succeed eric kanter as majority leader. from his post after losing his virginia primary. that happened last week. if you would, tell us more about these? >> he is part of the g.o.p. establishment, his first words today after winning this position, were about the economy, and helping americans giving them the opportunity to succeed.

stow who was going to take his job? that will be a conservative member. a remember, from louisiana, so the conservative members really wanted to get someone in the leadership, they wanted to put someone of their own in there. the president doesn't even want to engage, wants to sit in the oval office with a pen, people want to see them working together to solve real problems. i think what this message sends is the house is very united. >> now, he is talking about unity, of course, but there is this big division in the republican party, and already, after mccarthy was elect add tea party group, was denouncing that, saying it sends the wrong message. so tony, with ewill see

if these men can would recollect together. if only they could be the case. what is the fist issue that the new house majority leader -- he is talking about the economy, but my guess is, there's another pretty big issue for him to grapple with. >> there is indeed, and that is immigration. moments after he was elected all of the groups that are supporting comprehensive reform were blasting out emails urging him to try to bring this issue up for a vote. but mccarthy comes from a district that is more than a third latino. so we'll see. he is going to walk a very fine line. >> lisa, appreciate it. on capitol hill. a marine who fell on a grenade to save his fellow marine received the nation's highest military honor today. president obama presented the medal of honor to corporal carpenter. he was seriously injured

during an attack in 2010. he has undergone dozens of surgeries. anybody who has had a chance to get to know this young man, knows you aren't going to get a better example of what you want with in an american or a marine. >> carpenter is the youngest living recipient of the medal of honor. he retired last july, he is now a student at the university of north carolina. the cd c says 75 scientists at an atlanta headquarters were exposed to the disease. the agency says they failed to follow proper procedures to make the anthrax samples inactive. labs and hallway areas where are thoroughly tested and offense contaminated. israel search for three teenagers missing in the

west bank turned violent today. israeli soldiers clashed with hundreds during an arrest raid. the israeli military says about 30 people were arrested about 280 palestinians including 200 members of hamas have been detained. israel accuses of abducting the teens. some people say the arrests are aimed at dividing the newly formed unity government. al jazeera's charles stratford is there. >> but a movement that forms part of a unity government, which israel seems out to destroy. this majority, the palestinian youth here, was organized by hamas, as a show of unity for the member whose have been arrested by israel in the occupied west bank. now there are politicians here that say that unless the community does more, then the future of the unity government is in

serious jeopardy. israel's sweeping arrest is part of it's search for three israeli teenagers. have annoyed members of that government. but they seem fatherless to do anything about it. to be honest, i don't know where their mind is. we are a unity government, from the whole palestinian people, we with just came in this position to serve our people? that period of time, and after that -- he has condemned the disappearance, and has called for restraint along the factions. but city words must be evaluated according to the authorities efforts to find the teenagers. so such aggression on the palestinians in gaza, on

wednesday night, two rockets were launched into israel, this were with no casualties no one with claimed responsibility. israel responded with air strikes against hamas and the armed group islamic trading grounds. no one was hurt. gaza is bracingist for a possible escalation of attacks. there are fears of fuel shortages of israel closes the border again as it did last week. but there are no visibility signs of tension. after years of failed peace talks the international community has told israel to give a chance to palestinian reconciliation between hamas. it's been just over two weeks since the palestinian government was formed, as hamas rally support and israel continues it's arrests in

the occupied west bank, palestinian unity and any future break through in peace talks seems as remote as ever. al jazeera, gaza. >> kenya's interior ministry says security forces have killed five people suspected of being involved in this week's massacres, officials say more than 60 people were killed in attacks. on sunday, and again on monday, the interior ministry says of the suspected attackers escaped. the group claimed responsibility for the attacks. but the president says local police groups and others carried out the mass cowers. oil production in the united states, pass add big milestone, one with state alone, is producing a million barrel as day, ali velshi take as look at what that means. and gaby giffords throws ought the first pitch at the congressional women's softball team, but it is the smack she talked after that is getting all the buzz.

in today's power politics wisconsin governor scott walker who was with considering a run for the 2016 republican presidential nomination has suffer add pretty major set back.

al jazeera is here with with more. david. >> tony, for the past three years governor walker has been under criminal investigation for violating election laws. allies file add lawsuit to stop the investigation, and a junk granted the request last month for temporary halt. a sweeping criminal scheme. the prosecution says walk wither and his allies used this scheme to fend off recall elections. again, there have been no charges and the investigation is frozen pending the lawsuit.

healthcare premiums rose each year by 10%. so the 2015 increase is now expected to be below the trend, and far below conservative claims that premiums would skyrocket. in 20/20/04 teen, race as lot of democrats are trying to put republicans on the defensive over social issues. in colorado the senator is now delivering an attack add in his own voice against his republican challenger. because this really matters it is important you hear it from me. my opponent led a crusade that would make birth control illegal. sponsor add bill to make abortion a felony, even in cases of rape and insist. it is wrong. >> when he uses his own voice. in alaska it is dan sullivan who is on the attack.

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the 6th annual congressional team. the women of congress beat their rivals in the walter reed with walter reed press core, 10-5. proceeds. forms parter congresswoman and shooting survivor gaby giffords threw out the first pitch, and she did a pretty good job. she promised rapper 50-cent, my first pitch will be better than yours. and it was. here is a preplay of 50-cent, at the mets opener. >> this first pitch was not great. >> oh. >> just a bit outside. >> oh. that was awful. >> will ever have the distinction of throwing the worryings first pitch. >> ever, ever again. >> that's just a hot mess. all right, david appreciate it. power politics.

a fight over the largest oil refinery. ali velshi is keeping his eyes on oil production here. what's the latest. >> well, you brought pictures today because you have been reporting on it of a key oil refinery, with smoke coming out of it, so there's real tension of what is going on, and that's what with caused the price of oil to go up again. what i'm paying attention to is oil in america. let me show you this, i am talking about the relationship between oil and drinking water. we know oil and water doesn't mix. the news this week, while we have all been worrying everybody withrying about oil in iraq, and that the boom has produced another milestone. north dakota in april, produced 1 million barrels of oil a day for the fist time. now, tony, ten years ago, north dakota was producing 100,000-barrel as day. u.s. crude production is now at a 28 year high.

it tops 8 million a day, that is about four times what iraq puts up. with a lot of this is fracking as you know. and as you know, cracking creates problems including safety, environmental countries and one of the biggest areas of concern. is the need to transport all that oil. more than 400,000 carloads of crowd oil, that is a 40 fold increase. there have been spills and deaths, as a result of derailments of those, most experts say transporting by pipeline is far safer than by rail or by barge. and by the way, you know, we with keep carrying on about this -- the keystone exile pipeline. >> yeah. >> there are 186 miles of pipelines in america, carries oil and hazardous liquid withs through the country.

what i am going to talk about today, is communities around the country, that are fighting proposed pipelines that go through watersheds and areas that supply drinking water, not just about the keystone pipeline, 38 groups including the sierra club, are fighting a proposed pipeline from new york, to albany, to lindon new jersey. so i am talk about that. >> you hear those numbers and understand why analyst look at this, say that production here in the quite if it continues on this path will just remaining go million figurations all the over the globe. >> absolutely. but as we ramp up, until we with get to a point -- they always talk about the excess capacity. iraq, saudi arabia, canada. >> these are all countries that use the

oil they need, and export. >> ali velshi. the secret to preventing heart attacks may be inside a single gene. two different studies published in the new england journal of medicine, found low try police ride levels can decrease risks of. triglyceride is a gene in the blood. they are still not slur whether it's the triglyceride itself or something linked to it. that lowers heart attack risks. but the research continues. premiums rose says the united states is not interesting in regime change in iraq, but many critics blame prime minister for much of the unrest that is going on there right now, we will dig deep entire that angle of the story that's next. plus, flooding in the midwest, after days of heavy rain and more storms on the way.

able to push iraq to find a diplomatic solution. there are hopes that a unified iraq will be able to stop the advance. an inclusive government will make the country more stable. it is clear, though that only leaders that can gone with an inclusive agenda will be able to truly bring the iraqi people together and help them through this. and a member of the trueman national security projects defense council, it is good to talk to you.

the u.s. was worried before, so how surprising is it really, that the security situation in iraq is deteriorating along lines? thank you for having me, tony, it is not all that surprising. >> that the governances. we saw signs of that before we lest. in that time that we were there, to build an inclusive government for him. and we trained -- >> you are talking about the sons of iraq, the awakening. >> that's exactly right. it was sunni, shiite, curd, that's the partner that we were intending to build, but after we left iraq, m actionlaki started to dismantle

those partnership agreements and purged senior u.s. trained military commanders from the security forces simply because they were shiite -- or rather sunni or kurds, and replaced them with political crony whose had no political capacities youmen. the sunni population of iraq has started to call the army macky's militia. no ground troops military advisers coming in. to the region to talk to the regional actors. >> you know, there's real connections between what is happening today in iraq and what is happening in syria. in fact, from a sunni perspective, this is a spill over issue. >> right. >> but we can't do it for them, we can't do it alone, we need a reliable partner on the ground,

has to be a political solution, that addresses the underlying issues. iraq is not facing simply from isis. that are co lessing around. and what isis is doing, they are looking at this as a whole government. they have an aid office, and a consumer protection office. and the only way we can fight that is with a whole government encounter insurgency. two tours on iraq. >>ky hear that you care. can i ask you, given the lines lost, the treasure spent, why do you still care about what happens to that. because i was there, i worked with these people,

i was out and about outside the wires, they say, working with tribal leaders and i request tell you, tony, they don't want to live under some strict interpretation. but the mallky regime has given them little choice. where they have no mistake in their own governance. that gives them at least participation in the law. it is not a good choice, and i know there needs to be a third option, for that we need to have that partnership with iraqi government. do you three with with the president, or you have a different strew of this, when the president says that i.s.i.l.,

i.s.i.s. gaping wide control, of iraq would be a net to the united states. not just u.s. interest disbelieve seas but to the homeland? ultimately it would be. isis for now is a regional group. they are looking at the apeople of syria tates. but what happens next. as a military man you are always asking what next. in syria, and so forth. what is next would be a real threat, particularly because there are americans and europeans who have joined their cause, and they are going so go home some day. >> michael, appreciate it, good talking to you. >> and a member of the trueman national security projects defense council. there is commence fighting going on right now, and a prorussian

insurgent says the rebels are losing the battle, it comes as vladimir putin -- but as al jazeera reports for us now, it may be difficult to implement. for the president's peace plan is to work, it's places like here that he needs his message to be heard. but if this prorussian chien point, separatist 345 lish sha were not in the mood for listening. the men here, say they come from the local area, but their accents come from the russian side of the border. >> those who did choose here, need to decide whether he can be trusts. but he hasn't acted on any of them. it's understanding, because his actions are being controlled from outside of the ukraine.

offer of a cease fire by the army, and even his proposal for an amnesty for those fighters prepared to lay down their weapons. that information simply isn't getting through here. frankly, they don't trust the government, and they say that they are prepared to continue to fight to the death. >> and it's caused for a firm commitment from all sides in the conflict. is the local cease fire was then call pod allow a prisoner exchange in the evacuation of the wounded. few here believe the guns will stay silent. police chief is the only officer still turning up for work, his own brother

was abduct bedty separatist a week ago, there has been no word since. >> difficult, difficult. difficult. it is a hopeful side, but unless the separatist show similar willingness, this plan can just be one way traffic. al jazeera. >> the world health organization says 337 people have died since february. nearly 50 cases are reported in the last week alone. >> and uganda, the u.s. has imposed sangs over the antigay law, the president approved the

law in february, and it makes homosexuality punishable by life in prison. and imposing and in albania, a police raid on a small village is garnering a lot of attention. has been home to one of the largest growing operations in europe. every year. until now. lawrence lee has the story. >> destroyed by it's. >>ers as the police moved in. >> after years and years of this place being out of the grasp of the authorities it is now being held up of an example of how al banian with it's law less reputation may be turning a corner. over time, this entire village has been taking

over by gangs running a mas.sive cannabis population. the position in mountains near made eight perfect point from which to supply european drugs markets. but albania wants to join the union and it's new socialist government is eager to show it is serious, so just a few days before talks on al banian's chances of joining the club. this police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> we will bring normality. that will continue to go on. the police are working on it. this shows not only our will, but also our ability to continue the fight against drug smuggling. the value had -- produces every year. the authorities say they will be going after similar drugs factories in the coming days. lawrence lee, al jazeera.

>> an alleged hit man confesses. martinez claims to have been a contract killer for multiple drug cartels. he says he killed dozens of people in several states but says he won't disclose who hired him. martinez was sentenced to 50 years in prison. lawyers the ever the boston marathon bombing suspect moved to d.c. they won't get an impartial jury in boston. in detroit, two more men plead guilty in the bomb driving of a driver. two others pleaded guilty earlier this week.

that cause add massive ash leak, back in 1986, they told the company the pipe was made of metal and needed to be monitored. it collapsed in february, causing a mass eufrasio spill that coated 70 miles of the dan river. and take a look at this video. it's a powerful tornado ripping through south dakota, the storm hit westington springs last night, leaving destruction in it's path, and initial tally reports 23 houses were severely damaged. tony, lucky nobody was killed. >> that gets us to more weather here. it was said to help the flooding and it threatens to destroy homes and just look at these pictures, you can see it for yourself. kevin is here with more on that.

this has been going on for several days. they have seen the wettest years seen through january all the way to now. so this is number one wettest year ever. 4.63, and we are not done yet. two flash flood warnings are still in effect, you can see wisconsin, minnesota, as well as iowa. a lot of this is seeing over ten-inches in excess just this week alone. tonight, nor heavy rain, tomorrow things get better, but that doesn't mean that rain that you saw that flood water you saw, will go down very quickly.

we with do expect the river valley to see quite a bit of rain as well. >> racing to save rainbow trout, why the drought is threatening the fish, and the last ditch effort to save them, look at her. we will check in with lucy lee after her first day of play, the youngest u.s. women's open player in history.

real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. drought has gotten so bad that the government is staging an intervention to save the rainbow trout. six months earlier than usual. another consequence of california's historic

drought. two water isn't cold enough, and water temperatures will threaten these rainbow trout. >> come august and sent, the water may become he that will, all together. to survive. >> novaking says it is unprecedented for the american river hatcheries here, to evacuate all of their fish before they have more time to grow. in february, we release fish that are this large. now here in june, the fish that we with have are this size. >> from here, these young fought will have to fend for themselves in the wild. it will take three to five years until scientists know how many will survive.

so you are not worried in is. >> we are not worries about losses, no. >> each fish is tagged by hand. >> very long, very time consuming. take as while. >> the hatchery stap clip one of the fins, and acceptable to keep. fish without a clipped fin must be thrown back. the clip will also help the biologists keep track of how many survive this early evacuation. so the weirdest part is a fish hatchery with no fish. now that the fish are out of here, and on their way down the river. al jazeera, gold river, california. >> so i have been waiting for this story. >> a history made on the golf course today by a 6th grader, are you kidding me? >> michael eaves joins us. she did okay today?

>> she did very well, especially considering how young she is. when 11-year-old lucy lee won her sectional by seven strokes, she became not only the youngest player to ever qualify, but the youngest player to ever qualify for a golf major championship male or female. and today with much fanfare, the native dressed in a spirited red, white, and blue outfit teed off at pinehurst number two, and after a double bogie on her first hole, she went on to cart an eight overpar, which is quite impressive considering she also recorded another double bogie and a triple bogie on her scorecard. she is trying to become the youngest player to make the cut since thin teen-year-old michelle wee did it. she is already 11 shots behind stacy lewis but lee was one with shot better than previous winner and jessica court that who has already won with two times this year. but for lee, even though she was disappointed in

her score, it is all about the experience. it was a lot of fun, i struggled today, but it was great. i am happy with how i played. i was seven over in three holes. so that's one over in 15 holes. so, yeah. i just need to get rid of the big numbers. i learned that you have to be patient, one shot at a time, just try to get rid of the big numbers. and yeah. i learned a lot, it was her attitude and poise. >> her perspective. >> she is 11? >> . >> she isn't 11 in the terms of how she plays the game, the ice cream. >> she is a kid. >> absolutely. >> here is the thing. she is young, but there have been other youngsters to qualify for the u.s. women's hope open, and i wonder how her scores today stacks up with those other youngsters. >> if you go back and compare the numbers.

line purse number two, is one of the tough nest the world. >> no joke. >> when the men play there, they said it was pretty good. lexi thompson was 12 when she shot a 76 in her first round. she follows that up with an 82. back in 20/01/2001. also in pine need eights at 13, she missed the cut. she was actually older than morgan at the time she played in the women's open, she did make the cut, but those three lucy lee's is trying to now make it. >> tell me about the number one female golfer is stacy lewis? >> correct. >> and she had some commenting heading into the tournament -- >> there's a distinction, we mentioned the youngest people that have played stacy lewis plays four years of collegiate golf, before turning professional. she said. >> the tournament started this weekend that she shout it was too young for an 11-year-old to be

on this stage playing against grown women with. because her comment then was, what's next for her. at 11 she started playing here, what is next. granted stacy lewis was not good enough to make the u.s. women's open, so her perspective may be different. and we with have also seen young players to go on and have successful careers. and stacy is is the number one with female golfner the world, i think she is leading the tournament. >> yes, she shot three under 67. >> so her game is tight. >> one with distinction, lee is not the youngest player to ever play, there was a ten-year-old back in 1967 who played but she didn't have to qualify, she was just given a spot in the tournament. but she didn't make the cut. >> very good. good story, iraq questions around the world, say no to the sectarian fighting in their country, the social media response is next, and that it is real money with alley i have she. >> coming up, oil and water on a collision course, both sides on the

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since a part of theyear defensive marriage act was struck down. now one couple in alabama is hoping their lawsuit will change the climate for gays and lesbians in the south. the story now. >> in a suburb of birmingham alabama rivered federal employee and schoolteacher ginger aaron. >> we have been together for 17 years but two years ago, we decided to legalize our marriage. >> the alabama natives knew that when they returned there would be prejudice. >> we are every day people. woe are your neighbors, we are your friends, we

are your coworkers and way with may be sitting beside you at church as well. get to know us, and who we are. >> alabama does not allow same-sex marriages to be performed in the state, and does not recognize same-sex marriages from other states, but after years of feeling civil and social discrimination, the couple decided to take action. >> we are seeking to have our marriage recognized, from that point forward, people won't have to deal with what we have had to deal with with. >> april and ginger have turned to federal court. the couple has sue substitute filed on their behalf by the american civil liberties union. i think the best case outcome would be for the court to declare that alabama's constitutional amendment regarding marriage, violates the u.s. constitution. and therefore is unenforcement. >> the state of alabama will review this case some point in july that's

according to the acla. at that time they will begin in the autumn, and we are told this could last up to a year. >> but stiff opposition is likely, a defendant on the lawsuit, alabama attorney general lutedder strange, recently said as tone general,ly sprig rousely defend the definition of marriage, as between one ma'am and one woman. that maz been the definition of marriage since the history of western civilization. unfortunately, i think we have a history of religion being used to try and allow discrimination. it certainly happened with race, and is now happening with regard to gay marriage. >> perhaps most important to the couple, their seven-year-old daughter, april legally adopted her when she was a baby, but unlike hetero sexual couples ginger is not a legal parent under alabama law. >> well, it gives you almost a sense of a second class citizen that

you aren't good enough, that you can't legally be a parent to the child that you have raised since day one. that you don't have that right. >> the couple knows this is a uphill battle they feel the time for acceptance of gay marriage in the south, a region that has resisted is now. >> this is a civil right. and that's what we are seeking. robert ray, al jazeera, montgomery alabama. >> some worldwide are taking part in a social media campaign to reject sectarianism, maynez is back with with that. >> i want to show you this imimagine that has gone viral, and you will get the point right away. this mother writing i am sunni, the father writes i am s helicoptersia, and the little girl writing i am sushi. have you ever fried iraqi sushi, the national cuisine that united us all. iraqis have been taking part in a campaign. they are taking selfies

with a #. yes to iraq, and this has nothing to do with religion. and everything to do with humanity. take a look at these two friends and they are here together, and she writes she is shi action and she is my best friend, i spoke to one person that is taking part in this, take a listen. >> our message is to try to unite all iraqis. there are obviously, some people that will try their best to make this into a sectarian issue, try to make it out like it is a shiites led government, killing off sunnies or the other way around. and so what we are frying to say is it isn't on shiites being killed it is not only sunnies it is not only churches being destroyed not only christian graveyards that are being attacked. it is the whole of iraq under attack by this terrorist group. >> he says he has seen some tweets using the

#yet to isis in response to this campaign, he says those have only helped bring attention to this campaign. >> that's correct terrific. >> real money with ali velshi is next. iraq pushing for u.s. air strikes as insurgents push toward bagdad. i'm looking at what america could do to quell the chaos. also oil versus water, i'm looking at both sides of a battle over a pipeline set to run right through a watershed that millions of people depend on. plus, you just got your diploma, now you need a job. i'll tell you the fields that are hiring. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." ♪