>> tonight a new response from the president to the crisis in iraq, mr. obam that is sending as many as 300 military advisors to iraq, and he said there could be targeted military action if necessary. but what impact will have it on the rebel defensive. and fighters are moving toward baghdad. there's been an intense battle in iraq's largest oil refinery, tonight, the government says it has finally taken control of that facility. jane, what's the reaction there. >> certainly not going to

be troops back here. something the prime minister has been seeking from the united states. here on the ground, though, there's a real feeling that whatever happens no matter how many air strikes there are, no matter how many missiles are dropped it is not going to solve the problem. they are not expecting it to solve the problem in rein way. >> the presence again, he wants the leader to govern inclusively, are we seeing any sign of that? well, i think the inclusiveness is that the prime minister would like to include people who support him. we are not seeing a lot of signs of this. now the prime minister is a survivor.

he started out with with somebody who didn't have a lot of broad base support, and now he is seeking a third term. he is under pressure, this is perhaps his last chance the big problem is thicks are so difficult here. a lot of the leaders don't even talk to each other, so that does not bode well. >> you said baghdad is intense tonight, what does tense look like. >> well, sevenly, it is quite a militarized city. sols with gun and armors vehicles. this is the city the country, essentially, is under a de facto state of emergency.

one of the really interesting things in the city in a regular day, there are up to a dozen car bombs. there haven't been that many explosions because fighters are busy in other cities. basically people here are very unsettled. and traditionally people would be out in the restaurant, having a good time, they are not. the streets are almost empty. >> in baghdad, thank you very much. now, this morning president obama met with his top advisers in the situation room, drafting a plan of action for iraq. the white house correspondent is here with more on that, mike? >> john, good evening. 2 1/2 years of the last of marry number left, american troops are going back into iraq, but president obama insists the numbers will be small. >> american forces will

not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as they take over two terrorists that threaten the american people. get a close up assessment, and advice them of the fight against the rebels. officials say the u.s. is now in the air over iraq, both man and unmanned aircraft. conducting around the clock surveillance, and identifying targets for mr. obama goes forward with air strikes. but officials say the pentagon is not preparing for eminent strikes. and that possibility now seemsless likely in the short term. why the hesitation? an unstable political climate in baghdad. and failure of the prime minister to form a more

inclusive government. >> whether he is the prime minister or any oh leader, aspires to lead the country, that it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia and kurds, all have the opportunity to advance their interests. in any event, an area that he says could be used to plan operations against the american homeland. >> so we have humanitarian interests in preventing bloodshed, we have strategic interests, and stability in the region, counter terrorism interests. those have to be first. >> and john, another indication that air strikes are going to be in the coming days president obama is sounding secretary of state to europe, and the middle east to consult with allies.

program minister's has some talking regime change. just a few weeks ago he was greeted at the white house, and tonight some in washington and in baghdad want him to go. jonathan bets is here with that. >> a lot of people have called for him to step down. now facing a choice of mr. to keep him, not only the prime minister fighting for his country, but also for his political future. >> as he face as rebellion, nori maliki is campaigning to keep his job as prime minister. his party won the most seats but not enough for a majority. and iraq's parliament husband decide whether maliki should serve a third term. >> political situation cannot be stabilized in my view, with maliki remaining. pressure is growing for him to go. >> president obama urged him to do more to smooth

relations. the test is before him, and other iraqi leaders. right now is a moment where is fate of iraq hangs in the balance. >> an influential tribal leader, on sunnies. >> hopes were high they could unify, but he encouragings troops to collapse, and as a country slid into even more violence, he began consolidating power, silencing rivals and targeting minorities. waymoves like arresting the sunni vice president. in the community, that can be layed at his door. >> called the unrest and

international conspiracy, and insists he will not step down. he did it with heavy support from american forces. now he must do it alen. as he fights for control. >> and, of course, the big question is who can take over. analysts aren't sure if there are any other candidate whose could win enough thank you, jonathan. joins us now, he is a fellow at nyu center. what is the possibility that maliki will no longer be the head of iraq? >> the obama administration is hoping that the territorial prospects of the country being broken into pieces and basically sunni extremists controlling northern iraq, only 40 miles away from back

dad. is going to finally concentrate the lines of attack's shia leadership. i don't know if that's true. it is conditional on those changes. that that leverage will concentrate those minds. he is the one with that is looked to, and i think they really need others to stay to maliki, you have to go. >> we can talk about iran in a second. >> i understand, but i'm also ins a conversation about the unity government, and occur sod many years ago, but just

didn't happen, why not? >> so this whole conversation, this is back to the future moment. it is very similar back to 2009. the last time iraq had an election, we should point out that iraq has had a parliamentary election, the last time they had one in 2010, he basically ran neck and neck the american leaders certainly would have preferred who is a shia. an attempt to work out a power sharing agreement, maliki blocked every possible path. needs to be said, so did others. that would have made alliances to make it possibility, so it showed even at a time when america had 50,000 troops they had leverage, it still wasn't really able to do all that much to shape the political mind, that in the end will be up to the iraqis.

what does iran have under maliki? >> if i can point out some irony, the thing that the president said he would do today, is send 300 advisers is exactly what president ragan did 30 years ago when iraq was with fighting a war against iran, at that time the u.s. was on the side of osama bin laden against the itoll la, now it is on the side of the people who overthrew sudan, and possibly working with the iranians. so it is a delicious little piece of historical irony, now to go back to your question, the irarians have far more influence over iraq than the united states. and of course, maliki is very close to them. whether they are convinced that he has to go through this, i think they would be reluctant

to do that, but honestly, i don't know the answer to that question. i don't know whether or not american policy makers can answer that question. >> the united states likes to support good guys. and often it is just not as similar as the good guys and the bad guys. as i look as the sunni groups that are behind, and then look at the shia groups, it is very and hard to follow. >> well with, it is a good question to which there is no good answer, the short answer is this. the united states rightly recognizes, that the only way that iraq is going to stay together, as opposed to break up the pieces which is all now too probable, which is to have a government which is on all sized of being at least minimally inclusive. not so much, let's find a good balance, it is not going to happen, iraq is a poisoned political cull sure. can you find someone though who thinks it is

in his own interest, to be sufficiently inclusive that sunni's feel like they have a better deal with the government. that's not impossible, but so far history is not at all ebb couraging. >> interesting conversation. good to have you with us, thank you. >> thank you. >> now to atlanta, as many as 75 scientists may have been exposed to the deadly anthrax virus. the bacteria, the cd c says property safety procedures were not followed. live anthrax was with accidentally put into a lab. the misfake was only discovered died later. an infectious disease specialist. >> anthrax that was stilt live, and laboratory workers were exposed.

so it is really limited to those who were working in the lab, and exposed in the lab. again, not something that's transmitted like other infections like the flu, where the general public can be exposed. >> . >> but coming up next, guns around the world, we go north of the border where a nationwide effort at gun control is largely failed. and ukraine's peace plan, a reporter that looks at whether a cease fire would cork.

tonight on our series gunnings around the world, we look at canada. while canada is our neighbor to the north, the as world away in terms of gun laws. allen.

>> john, good evening, yeah, we are just a couple of dozen miles north, but things are very different here. take it to the most basic level, you won't find the word gun or firearm in the charter of rights and freedoms. now, there are sadly shooting sprees that take place, the most recent the murder of three police officers in new brunswick, just a couple of weeks ago. but there are far fewer. a day on the firing range, a weekend routine of competition. >> i thought you had more bullets than that? >> in this case it is mother and son bonding over bull ets. >> oh, if i didn't have that, it would be crushed. >> that's my little boy. >> it is a social event for donald and tracy. two of the 2 million or so canadians the government licenses as legal gun owners. but how many gun and gun owners there are, is a matter of debate.

the royal canadian mounted police say 1.96 million people hold legal firearms licenses. and put the gun total at just under 10 million. it is a passion. those of us are in it are passionate about it. >> but the gun rights lobbying organization stops at those numbers saying there could be twice with that number guns here, maybe more. >> there are tens of millions of firearm fireart will never be registered that will never be in the hands of individuals with firearms licenses. >> an expensive federal effort to register all long guns rifles and shotguns was abandoned two years ago. the eventual cost more than $1 billion. 500 times the 2 million government originally predicted.

cgi was the same company that handled the healthcare. >> a defeat for gun control groups. >> we have no way to praise long guns in canada now, and all of the data we already had on those weapon withs has been destroyed outside of quebec, and that's very disturbing to me. >> guns fall into three classes. nonrestricted, the long guns for hunting and sports shooting. restricted, handguns and semiautomatic webs, and prohibited. two short barreled handguns and fully automatic guns. these three here are all prohibited and the rest are restricted. special license, cannot get that license any more, you had to own them when the law was passed. >> but types of guns used in some of the worst mass shootings, in montreal, 25 years ago, and more recently in 2006, are still legal to own. like semiautomatic rifles

popular amon target shooters and hungers. if you want with to own a gun, you first have to go through a training course, about 12 hours worth, but at no point, will you actually load and fire an operating gun. >> for safety, dummy ammunition is used and the guns won't shoot. albert wood has taught firearm safety courses for 40 years, they include written and practical tests. licenses to carry concealed weapons are almost never issued. >> this is canada, sir. we are not permitted. we have authorization to transport, handguns but strictly from your home to the range. >> then the law -- there's a separate license just for transportation. and you need a license to buy ammunition. gun homicide totals here have remained fairly stable for the last 15 years.

at about 178 a year, as population grows. by comparison, the annual u.s. gun homicide average is about 11,500. nearbily eight times the canadian rate based on population. meanwhile, back on this range, shooting is just a normal weekend get away. >> that's what the firearm is for. in the canadian charter of rights and freedoms guns are never mentioned. leaving some to call gun ownership an earned privilege, not a specifically guaranteed right. prief limb or right, back to new brunswick shooting, the gun rights advocates in this country, say that is proof that all the -- what they call excess eufrasio regulations currently in place, and in place in recent decades just aren't working. they should be completely removed and that money spent on healthcare.

that kind of thing let's talk a little bit with rights and privileges. step in here, tony, long time safety instructor. what do you think of it as a right or privilege for someone to own and use a gun. >> from my understanding of it without looked at our constitution, i believe it's a privilege. and as we all know, privileges can be revoked. >> what about self-defense? is there a right to self-defense with a gun in the country of canada? >> in canada, just like any other country, everybody has the right to defend themselves and their property. no uh the gray area is whether you can legally do that with a firearm, because it falls under the improper storage concept. i guess they look at it

as someone is breaking into your home, everything is happening to fast, if you have a chance to get it out of the safe, get the ammunition, it could be questionable whether you had that firearm readily available, or whether or not you were soaring it which states in this country that firearms need to be locked up. unloaded. >> in the house and as we saw in transport. >> in transport and in your home. >> so there's a legal right to self-defense, but it isn't very practical. >> that's right. because lit take time to get to that gun. >> that's right. >> >> well, firearms in this country are always a political issue. there's always big talk, because we always have the old group, that

doesn't believe that the new system is working. and we believe there's a few groups that shouldn't have to comply to the new system. it is a system. it isn't the great nest the world, like we with talked about. but it's better than no system at all i suppose. >> and the kind of training you have been doing for so many years it helps tremendously with gun safety, but the criminals aren't showing up, and asking for you to train them on how to use a firearm. >> yeah, and you see that's where the gray area comes in or the confusion, because there's two sides to it. the criminal side, and there's the legitimate side. the legitimate gun owner is going to come and take the course, go through all the hoops, make the application, go through the background check, get his firearm and then do thicks ethically, now the criminal that doesn't matter whether you have firearm safety course, whether you have no guns at all, it isn't going to chain his ability to get access to a firearm.

people that are taking the firearm safety course, are more apt to be ethical, and it is proving to be a good thing tony, thank you very much. and that's it from here in vancouver, john, back to you. >> yeah, fascinating discussion. tomorrow, a look at how so many guns get into the hands of the innocently ill. >> a lot of people will say well this is a mental health problem, not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. >> tomorrow we will explore the link between mental illness and guns and look at what other countries are doing to keep guns out of the wrong hands. and a little inspiration tonight from the congresswoman who was nearly killed by a gunman.

the former democrat from arizona was among 19 shot in arizona in january of 2011. now to u.s. politics and a change in leadership on capitol hill. california congressman kevin mccarthy was elected today as house majority leader, he replaces eric kanter, who is stepping down for the leadership role after unexpectedly losing his virginia primary. up next, targeted and precise, president obama warns of air strikes in iraq if necessary. we get reaction from our reporter in baghdad, and a fighting chance the father's new push to help children with cancer, their battle is personal. uhvé

the marine, who threw health on a live grenade to save a buddy, receives the military's highest honor. tonight, we know what president obama plans to do next, he says the u.s. is sending as many as 300 military advisers to that country. and the president has a message for iraq's prime minister. >> whether he is prime minister, or any other leader, ray spires to lead the country. that it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia, and curd, all feel that they have the opportunity to advance their interests.

>> but tonight, there is still conflict. iraq's largest oil refinery is still shut down. forces have been in a battle with the rebels for control of that oil refinery. omar reports from baghdad. >> fight err froms the islamic state, as well as others withdrew from that installation. two government says they have killed dozens of people, however, that refinery remains shut, and there is shortage of fuel, and gasoline in the town of beirut, which is still under the control of the rebels and they may attack any time now. moving on, up north to a town fighting there is still fierce. the government only controlled three areas so far. but the rest of the town is under the control of the rebels. agents understand that those fighters are surrounding iraqi forces in the towns military.

so it is not a total victory yet. >> families are losing hope for the safe return of the missing school girls. it's been 66 days. in spite of u.s. help to find the girls the planes and drones still no word on where they are. a pentagon spokes man says the search continues day and night.

>> but unfortunately, it took too long. and two months in, we still see no signs of the girls being recovered. >> has the world forgotten? i know there are people in nigeria, the families that are terribly concerned but it is almost as if there was this rush of publicity, and now -- and now almost nothing. >> it is all too familiar a story. the would is outraged but very quickly moved on, and i think it is the responsibility of news channels and ordinary people.

what are the most difficult -- >> disnot a good time to be a young girl in the developing world. connect, culture, these are all things that place an undue burden. >> intense, or makeshift homes. frequently subject to violence, and it is something we are seeing over and again in one country after another. >> do you think it is being reported more nowen that it was before we had seen more of these. >> well, there's more girls, i think we are

more aware. i think there's conflict that are being covered. and i think we are at a time when we as the human civilization, say you know what, this is unacceptable. it's unacceptable that malala was attacked. as a 15-year-old wanted to go to school, it is unacceptable that almost 200 girls are missing. and that's a positive shift in human attitude, but what we have to do from here is say we are going to counter this. by long term investment in the future of girls. >> you can see the outrage when there have been rapes and hangings in india, or pakistan, or sexual assaults in egypt, or africa, the question is how do you change it. >> i think you empower the groups on the ground. who are fighting the hard fight. girls, education, and at the same time you exert pressure at the top, pushing the leaders, the

government, the advocates, to really make systemic change. and that's not something that happens overnight. education. >> education. >> so can we just go back for a second. you knew malal before she was hurt, right. >> yes, i have known her since she was 11. >> what led you start start this charity and to get involved? i grew up in pakistan, and i had the good porch of getting an education, and that changed my life, and i believe the only way we will transform pakistan and other countries in conflict, in violence, in a difficult situation, is by investing in the future of the girls. >> are there still people around the world who are angry at malala for speaking out? >> i think there is fear and confusion around what happened. and i think that is interpreted in many ways. be uh the support has

always been greater than those who are frightened by her. and i think that's what we have to focus on. >> fascinating story. great to have you. >> thank you. >> in afghanistan today, taliban suicide bombers they targeted fuel trucks, which set off explosions, dozens of trucks, and other supplies were destroyed the outpostis an essential border crossing. it used to resupply troops. a new russian military build up that's achording to nato, if true that casts new doubt on whether the cease fire proposed by the president request work. we have more from paul brennen on the eastern ukraine border. >> if the president's peace plan is to work, it's places like here, that he needs his message to be heard. but at this check point,

on thursday, separatist militia were not in the mood for listening. the then here say they come from a local area, but their accents come from the russian side of the border. >> since his immigration, the beaches were beautiful and eloquent, but he hasn't acted on any of them. it's understandable because his actions are in control, from outside of ukraine. the off of a unilateral cease fire, and even his proposal for an amnesty, prepare to lay down their inspection, that information is simply not getting through here. on the front lines of the separatist militia, frankly, they don't trust the government, and they say they are prepared to continue to fight to the death if necessary.

the 14-point peace plan include pros pose sals with i the ukrainian army, and amnesty for fighter whose give up their weapons. but it also requires the border to be secured and it's caused for a firm commitment from all sides. >> there is an eerie calm, there was a fierce battle near here on wednesday. is a local cease fire was then called. but few here, believe that guns will stay silent. >> police chief is the only officer still turning up for work. his own brother was abducted be i the separatist a week ago, there has been no word since. can there really be a peace after all that has happened? can he forgive? difficult, difficult. difficult. but maybe. it is a hopeful sign,

this peace plan could just be one way traffic. fault brennen, al jazeera. >> the president obama presented the medal of honor today to a marine for an extraordinary act of heroism in afghanistan. corporal william kyle carpenter used his own body to shield a fellow marine. when the grenade landed other marines looked up and saw it happen. kyle tried to stand and lunged forward towards that grenade. and then he disappeared into the blast. keep in mind at the time, he was just 21 years old, but in that instance he fulfilled those words of scripture, greater love have no man than this, than the man that lay down his life for his friends. let's go to washington, d.c., joey chen standing

by, joey. >> good evening, john. tonight on our program, the threat in the palm of your hand, they say it is all fun and games until someone gets hurt, but this time kids have been. the source of their pain, the nasty comment circulated through an app called quick yak. school officials tells us it is spinning the rumor mill out of control. >> it is tough for them to move on, knowing that someone in the hallway, is thinking these things about them, even if it is not true, the fact that someone read it about you is so embarrassing as a high schooler. >> our report on yik yak and why kids are saying it is yuck. coming up at the top of the hour. >> well, on to brazil now, for the biggest world cup match of the day, a do or die game between uruguay and england. both needed a win to stay

alive, and gabriel is in san palo to tell us about it, gabriel. >> that's right. it was a huge win, and they defeated england as you said, it was a billed as a do or die match, and billed at a real classic as well. so the english fans more than 10,000, clearly left very disappointed. uruguay, on the other hand, clearly very happy. this has not only become a fifa word cup, but really a south america world cup, with columbia now qualifying for the next round as well. chile knocking out spain yesterday, and of course the host brazil still very much in this tournament.

so world cup into full gear. >> some fans got out of hand, and there was security concerns how is brazil handling security. >> you are right. yesterday, in rio there were about over 80 chilean fans that stormed into the stadium, broke security, that was a fifa embarrassment, because fifa is in charge of security around the stadiums. the brazilians said they will step in, they will be providing more security. they say that was clearly very embarrassing. and now the brazilians say they will be raching up security about those 85 chillyians, the brazilian federal police said today that they must leave the country, by saturday, and they will not be allowed back in brazil until the end of the world cup.

how are the games going so far. >> most of those problems have not materialized. there have not been any mas-transit strikes like we saw right before. there have not been major security breeches other than what we just spoke about at the stadium. and everyone nor the most part is working pretty well here. there is also concerns about airports as well, so farther holding up, and the stadiums while all of them already were delayed the stadium also has not had any major problems. so brazilian officials breathing a huge sigh of relief, but we still have a couple more weeks to go. >> you do, be uh the excitement continues.

thank you, gabriel. well, spain has a new king tonight, failed peace leap the 6th was proclaimed monarch in front of his family and the spanish parliament. the proclamation lacked the pop of a full core nation. he spoke of unifying spain, and overcoming adversity. coming up next, how two dads are making a difference, a big difference, for children with cancer. and no cames. why scientists are exposing themselves to danger by swimming with sharks. by kids. >> i think that at sixteen it's a little too early to write him off for life. >> should they be locked away

for good? >> he had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong.

>> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> we are looking at a very very wet etching here. across much of the northern planes. this is all due to the same system that brought us tornadoes several days ago. now, we are seeing tornadoes this evening, but not at the same numbers, so the big problem this evening is going to be the amount of rain and the flooding going on here. is for the whole year, this already ranked as their wettest year that they have been recording. ten let's take a look at other numbers here, in terms of rain. new hamilton iowa over seven inches of rain there. a little over 5 1/2,

sweat castle rock wisconsin. just in the last three days, now, flood warnings obviously are in effect, flood watches in effect for parts of southern minnesota. at this evening we are looking at severe weather across much of delaware, maryland, and also into north carolina, and virginia, you also saw severe weather as well, that is going to be pushing off over the next couple of hours. that is a look at your national weather, your news is coming up after this.

diving with sharks, dangerous, and some say crazy, but some say it is the best way to truly understand them. techno's phil torres gets up close and personal, with some of the word's

did hiest sharks. >> shark on. >> sharks, their name inentired wonder and fear. vilified at the world's kill machine. >> i haven't had a single aggressive shark in over 35 years of swimming with them, on a daily basis. >> jim abernathy owned a scuba diving business. if this is a shark around, you are likely to find him in the water with a camera. >> that was fun. >> we have 400 billion years of sharks shaping our oceans health, and in the last 50 years, in my watch, we have literally destroyed it.

he runs the r.j. dunlap marine conservation lab at the university of miami. and his primary missions studying sharks in the wild, so policy makers can make good decisions based on science. >> i reallyn't can express in words the value of that jim brings to a project like this. >> he relied on jim. >> he can get us to the shark, he can figure out what the best conditions are, and help us design an analyze the results of our study based on his knowledge. this is where you are likely to find neil when he is in the field. making sure the shark, and his team, are safe while they gather data. they are getting ready for a five day expedition off the shores of the bahamas, the goal, to tag and track up to 20 tiger sharks. the largest predatory sharks in the tropics. and techno had inviting

on for the mission. >> and for more now, we turn to techknow's phil torres, phil, welcome. so before we get to your personal experience, what exactly are these sciences looking for? >> you know, as much as sharks are talked about in poplar media, we still know so little about them. >> huge number of females are there years round, they were trying to figure out why they are there, what they are going, all these basics from which they can make really important conservation decisions. what was it like to get in the water with these sharks? any fear? i mean it was amazing. these guys absolutely changed my mind on what sharks were like. and it was such an honor to work with them, and by day two, i have jumping on these sharks as i got them on the platform. >> oh, come on. >> it was -- crazy.

>> so you are telling me you got in the watt we a shark for the first time and you weren't worried. >> i wasn't worried. so i didn't get in the watt we the shark, got in the water next to their equipment, but i did jump on a shark -- >> that's pretty close there, phil. >> that's right up close and personal. so how explain how the team gets sharks to the boat safely without putting the animal or the humans at risk. >> they call it controlled chaos. it looked like madness but they have been doing it for a long time, they really prioritize safety, one thing they do is they have these drum lines out there with baits when the shark gets hooked it goes in big circles so it can still keep breathing, and when they pull them in, they literally do it by hand, and ten minutes later they have a big shark on the platform, and the team gets to work. >> this this is a great story, and one to watch.

be sure to check out techknow this saturday 7:30 eastern time, 4:00 them pacific time. this year, there will be 175,000 children diagnosed with cancer around the world. here in the united states, two fathers are fighting a very personal battle against the disease. they each lost a child to cancer. now, their efforts are helping other children with the same form of cancer. randall pinkston has their story. >> amy and nine-year-old brook are at children's hospital in philadelphia. >> to treat one of the deadliest childhood cancers. neuroblast toma. unfortunately, brook is a veteran. first diagnosed just after her fourth birthday. >> she couldn't straighten her legs and couldn't walk. she started burning one a fever, and was diagnosed the next day. with stage four high risk neuroblast toma. >> stage four meant it had spread throughout her

body. after nine monos of chemotherapy, radiation, and two stem cell treatments, fantastic news, scans show no evidence of cancer. but 39 months later, the cancer was back. at this point, there is no cure. a relapse with neuroblahs toma is considered terminal. and what happens if she doesn't make it, she is my world. she is everything that i have, and i can't fathom a day without her. brook sunni rebels no in a clinical trial. in addition to standard chemotherapy, she taked dfmo and celebrex. >> i think the decision to continue with this treatment reg min is the right decision. >> brook's oncologies heads a research labbing looing for better treatments for the many children who need help. >> there is a stunning lack of access to clinical trials.

clinical trials represent her best hope for long term survival. but it was the lack of clinical trials that inspired two fathers to create solving kids cancer. an organize that funds clinical trials for children. >> our goal and to get them a menu of really viable less toxic or nontoxic hopefully treatment options. >> the organizers creators john london want to find better alternatives to conventional chemotherapy and radiation. >> it isn't prioritized in the research way that we would expect it to be. >> both men speak from experience. each lost a child to neuroblast toma. john's daughter died just shy of her fifth birthday. she was the most amazing human being i had ever met. >> the word cancer buzz

presented to us, and it shattered our universes. >> to date, invested $5.6 million in new clinical trials. >> we can be a part of cure in some of these very difficult to cure diseases, and knowing with ewill have dope our job. amy is now looking into two more. >> all the hope that i have is that somewhere in some lab, or some brand new clinical trial, that's out there, is a miracle that we are looking for. >> for now, she is taking comfort in the results of the latest scans. brooks tumors are shortage riching. randall pinkston, al jazeera. coming up all new tonight, a new prescription for treating mental illness, trained psychologists prescribing drugs. plus, facing extinction,

face africa's elephants could soon be wiped out because of ivory poaching. animal activist kristen bower talks to me about her efforts to save the elephants. tonight's freeze frame is the u.s. women's open, where 11-year-ol 11 year le played a historic round of golf. she says she is looking forward to eating more ice cream tomorrow. america tonight, is coming up next, we are see you back here at 11:00 o'clock.

on america tonight, raising the anti. but also increasing the pressure on the country's prime minister, as he tries to save an iraq in turmoil. also tonight, we look at online cruelty, making its way across campus. digital insulteds so nasty, it nearly sent the principal packing. >> i left at the end of the day, drained emotionally drained