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>> several developments today in the crisis in iran. the u.s. military is flying armed drones over baghdad to protect u.s. troops and diplomats. human rights say it has evidence fighters of islamic state in iraq and the levant killed up to 190 men after taking tikrit this month. mike viqueira is live for us at the white house with more on these developments. mike, does the president's drones in the iraqi theater, let's call it that, represent a major escalation for the united states? >> we do know that the united states was flying drones as well as f-18 off the aircraft car carrier george h bush.

what they're doing is getting a better idea of those islamic state in iraq and the levant and trying to identify targets. today we do learn that some of those drones are armed. the pent makes no apologize for that, and they say that they're there as private contractors and some of those 300 or so advisers, about half who are in country can be protected if it comes to that. they described the mission this way. >> some of those aircraft are armed. the reason that some of those aircraft are armed is primarily for protection reasons. some military advisers who's objective will be to operate outside of the confines of the

embassy. >> those same drones could participate in airstrikes if in fact, president obama and the white house decide to go forward with those airstrikes further request the longstanding request of the iraqi government. >> it's hard to imagine what the iraqi reaction might be to drones flying above their heads, mike. >> it might be along the lines, it's about time. the iraqis have been pushing the united states military to engage in actual airstrikes to drive back those isil forces. they have been reluctant to do so, they want cohesive, they have yet to form a government. tuesday is a big day where the parliament meet. officials down the line have been putting pressure on the iraqis to come to an agreement to form a government in short order. that's not something that

they've done in the past. this would be the third go around as nouri al-maliki as prime minister. >> what is the reaction to the news of offering $500 million to help the so-called moderate opposition? >> reporter: this is the first time the administration has acknowledged that they're sending these types of arms and training to what they called the vetted operative. they see this more as a piece in what is happening there. as you know many of these isil forces, maybe all of them, have been trained in syria and battle hardened against the assad regime. people look at this as a regional conflict. now a public aid to train many of the so-called moderate getted opposite ration forces. this as the operation continues to reject requests to fully arm

them in surface to air missiles. >> mike viqueira for us, thank you. earlier today we spoke with with with the national security adviser to president jimmy carter. we asked him about the unrest that we're seeing in iraq and the debate whether it's fall out from the 2003 or the obama administration. >> a single event has to be linked to a lot of other subsequent events. but certainly the invasion including 2003 undermined iraq, pretty much destroyed it as an effective state, and that has contributed to the crisis we're seeing today. >> we asked him about dick cheney's criticism of the obama administration. >> i think he's trying to rehabilitate the damaging heavy

destructive decision that he and president bush, the second president bush in attacking iraq under false pre-tensions, discorrecting the united states in the world and launching the united states in a process that has cumulatively contributed to the destruction of iraq as a viability state. >> the iraqi military is trying to stop an offensive with fighters by isil. iraqi soldiers have lost defensive in tikrit hazard the divided political leaders work to form a new government. jane? >> reporter: tony, there is increasing pressure on prime minister nouri al-maliki to come up with that government. now he can send off pressure, but it's very hard to fend off pressure from one of the clerics

in the country. >> there is no doubt now this is war. the baghdad operations command center and iraq's commander in chief. >> we must remove weak officers and weak soldiers prime minister al maliki stays. friday prayers representative of iraq's most influence shia cleric relayed message. >> after presidential decree that call on members of the new parliament who were elected, what is required of the political blocks is to agree on throw presidencies within the remaining state. >> he's calling for an immediate government with the prime minister, presidential, and parliament speaker decided. something that maliki is unlikely going to be able to do. the prime minister has been under political attack from all

sides. including the kurds. kurdish forces secured the oil-rich city of kirkuk when the iraqi army came. they intend to stay. >> it was a necessity to go in and in order to provide protection and prevent these areas from falling in the hands of terrorists. >> article 140 was meant to decide the status of the disputed city. mill taylorly thimilitarily this is a battle that iraq is not prepared to fight. it relies on two cessna planes and attack helicopters. that's why iraq is desperate for fighter jets from the u.s. or anywhere else it can find them,

and the curds are in that fight. they are fighting with isil fighters, entire towns have been emptied as people move further north for safety. >> jane, thought here, how likely is it that we see a new government in place by next tuesday, and what are the chan chances that nouri al-maliki will be leading that government? >> he has priced us before. he was kind of the default candidate largely due to the united states. they decided they weren't happy with the current prime minister, found a replacement, and essentially here he is. he has managed to be an amazing political survivor. that's how he survived the last two terms. he has maintained some popularity. it is not a sure thing that his time is done as prime minister. having said that he is under intense pressure to share power

and he's not really good at sharing. there are a lot of negotiations going on whether there might be other shia candidates who are more acceptable. it's clear that it will be a shia candidate the way this comes down. there could be a government. not impossible, but very, very difficult by tuesday. >> gain for news baghdad. thank you. the u.s. special envoy to the middle east are resigning after less than a year on the job. he's leave to go return to his job at a washington think tank. his resignation comes two months after the latest effort to forge a deal. it was a seemingly straightforward trade deal that caused a bloody up rising. today ukraine signed a landmark agreement with the european union. refusing to sign it is what got the last president run out of the country and started a

rebellion. paul brennan reports now from ukraine. >> reporter: it came down to the simple flourish of a pen. a signature on a page. but this will fund mentally alter the economic prospects of millions of people. it has brought ukraine to the brink of civil war. president poroshenko said that his country had paid the highest price for her to bring her dreams come true. >> you the external aggression faced by ukraine, but signing this agreement ukraine makes enormous commitment. but it is a document of joint ownership and responsibility.

>> in the ukrainian capitol of kiev, the treaty was welcomed by bole lones and singing. but this is not without cost. it must make significant reforms to con fly with regulations. >> the ultimately ukrainian goal is fault membership in the european union. i think we'll achieve that in about ten years. >> reporter: and russia continues to express its anger, the kremlin suffering grave consequences. in positive copresident president said he has created a riff between the people. >> the attempts to artificially oppose a choice push society towards a split and painful confrontation. >> more than 100,000 people have

fled from ukraine to russia this year. fear of the conflict and perhaps the future. but there have been positive signals in the early hours of friday, in the eastern city of donetsk released a the oce. the men have been seized and held for the past month. dozen more remain in captivity. a possible prisoner swap was one of the talking points of the contact group separators still demand the withdrawal of all ukrainian soldiers. the fact that this contact group has been able to meet at all is certainly a positive sign. the question now is whether the proposal put forward are realistic and genuine.

>> the united states announced it will no longer make or buy landmines that target people. it kills thousands of people a year, many of them children. landmines are left all over the globe. >> tony, the obama administration made the announcement in a conference in mozambique. human rights crops say they're pleased with the announcement but feel the u.s. should do more. >> every day people die or lose limits by standing on a landmine. those are found in mozambique, afghanistan, or colombia. >> people fear they are near them. >> the u.s. has not made landmines since 1 1997.

the u.s. announced it will no longer make or buy them. they announced a treaty banning such monies. activist praise the announcement but say it does not go far enough. >> there is no time frame in joining the treaty. we hope that snowed of a time frame to do so, particularly before president obama leaves office. >> reporter: three fourths of the world's countries have joined the treaty. >> the u.s. china and russia have not signed it. >> we feel it's only a matter of time that it brings these countries into the fold. >> reporter: activists also want the u.s. to get rid of its stocks pile. the bent gone said that the u.s. has stored 359 land minds.

>> tony today, the day's announcement does not include tank landmines. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. a politician taking on oil companies. wall street, details in power politics. and one man's story of a dangerous mission across the border. their 15-year-old son is smuggled from honduras to mexico, but he gets caught at the border.

>> in the last eight months some 250,000 children have entered the united states through mexico. for many it was the final stop of probably a long journey. traveling thousands of miles to get here. why do they do it? morgan radford is here with one family's story. this is terrific. >> reporter: a long story and a

long journey, indeed. i met manuel earlier on this week, and his son was sitting in texas in detention. manuel got teary eyed just describing the gang violence that prompted his son to travel all alone from the honduras to getting caught at the border. >> he stands there rating. preparing more a poem that they have not scene in eighth years. >> reporter: from hon docto honduras he only had enough money to bring his wife or his son. >> why did you leave your son? >> base i knew he could live with his grandmother and she

would raise him christian. the gangs force children to do their dirty work. for those who don't want to be in a gang, well, who knows what happens to them. >> so manuel hired a coyote to smuggle his son in. >> a few days of suffering is better than suffering every day because something happened to him. >> but after traveling, he was stopped at the border, and there he said children were abused. >> he told me that if the immigration officers called them, and the kids didn't come fast enough, the immigration officers would kick them. >> after nine days of wearing the same clothes and sleeping on anything but a traffi plastic

sheet he was taken to an area where he was given clothes. >> they don't get a free pass. they have to appear in court. >> reporter: the system is overwhelmed. in new york state there are 50,000 pending cases including 6,000 minors and only 28 judges. but for now manuel is happy because just days after we left this happened. [applause] >> immigration authorities put manuel on a plane to be reunited with his parents. [ sobbing ] >> manuel hopes his son is home for good. with a chance to live the

american dream legally. >> well, needless to say, tony, there was not a dry eye in the building. manuel said he hopes the story shows u.s. lawmakers that not every immigrant is bad, and when it comes to kids, they're not usually coming here to work but fleeing unthinkable violence in their home country. >> how good were those moments? >> i was crying. >> what's next for manuel? >> he has to appear in court, and hopefully with a good lawyer he will be able to make the case for asylum. >> i wonder if these guys ever get scared. immigration official puts your son on a plane, and now everyone knows where you are. and in some cases some of these parents are here. >> that's true. but the lawyer we spoke to said look, the authorities are looking for drug mugglers, and

not for those who are trying to work hard in this country. >> thank you. in today's power policies the attention. >> vermont senator is going where few thinking of running for president even dare to go. he's trashing markets speculators for causing gas prices to urge. surge. >> it's controlled by speculators who infer use the end product, they want a huge profit, and that's exactly what they do. >> sanders is not alone. goldman sanction stated that

it's costing american consumers $0.56. sanders made several trips to iowa and new hampshire, and he said he does expect to run for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination. when asked about hillary clinton, the presumptive democrat frontrunner, sanders said that clinton is not progressive enough. >> senator al franken from minnesota has been criticized as being too close to president obama. >> in alaska where democratic senator mark begich is facing a top re-election, a political action committee led by republican strategist karl rove

is accusing begich of hiding behind his own television ads. >> pegich takes all the credit on tv put votes president obama 97% of the time in washington. that's just no alaska. >> and in tennessee a tea party candidate is lumping together republican senator lamar alexander and president obama. >> there is a crisis in america. thousands of illegal aliens are overrunning our border. president obama created this crisis only after lamar. >> he never got a vote in the house. democrats are run be ads for what democrats call a criminal

scheme. >> wisconsin ranking 37th in the country for job creation. >> here in the midwest we're dead last. so what does politician scott walker do? he launches attack ads. >> finally to oklahoma for a republican who ran in a congressional primary and lost is challenging the outcome claiming that the winner is actually dead, and that a body double ran in his place. tim murray who wants to represent oklahoma's third congressional district published a letter and said its widely known representative frank lucas is no longer alive and has been di displayed a look-alike. in any case, congressman lucas said that he's very much alive.

>> many things have been said to me, said to me in the course of all my campaigns. this is the first time i've been accused. >> it was accused by murray who received 3,000 votes on tuesday. murray has not returned any phone calls, gee, i wonder why. >> you can't make it up. david schuster. general motors recalling more than 400 vehicles for safety reasons. chevrolet cruise da nances because the driver's airbag may not inflate as it should. anand a recall that effects 2014 effects 2014, 2015 chevrolets suburbans, uconns and uconns xl.

still ahead. dozens of iraqi citizens flown to the united states to testify against americans. we'll look at the trial seven years after the i want that put blackwater in the headlines. and how taming wild mustangs is healingeths with post traumatic stress disorder.

>> it took a decade to get there, citizens are testifying against them about an incident in 2007 while they were on contract with the u.s. government. now the blackwater men open fired on a busy intersection and killing 17 people. they claim it was self defense. another former blackwater worker has already pleaded guilty in the case. let's bring in jeffrey corn, a

judge advocate, general and professor at the south texas school of law in houston. indictments were handed up in 2008. why has it taken this much time. >> he felt that the government improperly used testimony. the government appealed that dismissal and th the appellate court reinstated the indictment.

that took a couple of years to sort itself out. that explains a good church of the delay. >> could these men have been tried in a military court where the rules of evidence are different? >> well, it's possible. it's not that the rules of evidence is different but this is a significant case because the government really has two mechanisms to deal with misconduct of civilian who is are working along side the military in an operational environment. one is this law that congress enacted in 2000 called the military military extradition act which is a misnomer. it's not intended to cover the military but civilian who is are working along with the military. the other is a resurrection over civilians accompanies the military that congress enacted

in 2006. i think we ought to be very cautious and reticent to try a military court. i think from an optics perspective it's much better that we allow the federal prosecutors and federal district court to deal with these kinds of cases. congress has enabled that, and this is the first big, big case where this law is being tested. so it's very important. >> professor, the prosecutors have expended a lot of resources to bring iraqis in to testify. how difficult of a case do you think this is going to be? >> i think it's always a difficult case to prove a criminal homicide in a chaotic battle situation. not that much different when we charge a police officer with excessive use of force. the reality is the standard of

proof is the same in any criminal trial, proof beyond a reasonable doubt. that means any reasonable doubt operates to the benefit of the defendants. it's a real challenge to try to prove that in battle there was homicide. having said that, you have to try these cases. they have to know if they use excessive force. if they use unlawful force they will be held accountable. even if they're ultimately found not guilty, if they're acquitted because the proof does not meet the evidentiary standard, the government is doing the right thing here and i admire these u.s. attorneys who have been so determined to get this case to trial. i think we should let the system work and whatever the outcome this is a positive development.

>> jeffy corn is a former military prosecutor and professor at the south texas college of law in houston. good to see you, and appreciate the conversation. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> the sudan niece woman who was originally sentenced to death for converting from islam tot to christianity is now at the embassy for her own safety. they repealed her death sentence, but then rearrested her as she tried to leave for the united states. they said she falsified her documents. in nigeria a bomb blast at a shopping mall, and boko haram is being blamed for the explosion that killed 22 people.

>> reporter: they're still clearing up and people are still in shock. the president came to the scene. he gave this warning. >> nigeria's military has been put on red alert tha after attacks in abuja. now people are afraid to go shopping at the city center. this center may be open for business, but no one is buying. >> nobody knows.

>> we are not safe. we don't feel safe. we are scared. >> nobody is safe. >> security say they're in the front line. checks and searches have been increased but no one is confident. many of the owners of private security firms say too much is expected of their unarmed staff. they say it's the army and the police who should be doing more to provide protection for the people but what can they do? they say they should consider

negotiating. >> we have to deal with this some how. >> as the president visited survivors in the hospital, he said earlier that people should stop criticizing the security forces but help them instead. this comes at a time when public confidence in the army, police and government appears to be at an all-time low. andrew simmons, al jazeera, abujo. >> in afghanistan abdullah abdullah and thousands of his supporters protest against alleged fraud. they're demanding officials separate fraudulent votes from legal ones. they faced off nearly two weeks ago. and in central africa republic the two main groups responsible

for months of violence as have set up an economy to settle their differences. at least 50 were killed just this week in the latest round of fighting. a man plead guilty to federal terrorism charges. michael wolf admitted that he planned to travel to turkey and then enter syria and fight there. wolf faces up to 15 years in jail. in georgia school leaders are turning down the option to arming teachers. they say it does not make students safer. georgia is one of the states

that recently passed new laws allowing teachers to carry guns. arizona boy scout troops are facing a wildfire. after scouts were headed out on a week-long camp until this fire crept up on them and quickly. they were told to pack up what they could and to leave in a half hour. they had to leave behind their food and supplies, but escaped unharmed. more earthquakes rattled oklahoma. it was a 3.4 magnitude. the state has seen an unprecedented number of tremors lately. hundreds of residents gathered at a town hall meeting looking for answers. they heard from experts who said that there could be a correlation between fracking and waste water wells and the increase in earthquakes. ms. delaware has been stripped from her crown because she is too old for the title.

she said she was shocked when she found out. pageant rules say contestants must be 17 to 24 years old. they also say you can't turn 25 before the end of the year. well,s, her birthday is in october. >> i provide made birth certificate, my license, my bitter was even written on the contract that the board signed off on. it really hurts because when your peers vote you ms. o ms. congeniality. >> lawmakers say that she is consulting an attorney. >> okay. see you later. >> yes. >> taming a wild horse takes patience, communication, and

above all mutual acceptance. in texas veterans are learning those skills as they train wild mustangs, part of a problem to help vets reintegrate into society after returning back from war. heidi zhou castro has more. >> on a texas ranch there is flying hooves these mustangs have rarely been touched by humans, and humans have rarely made themselves vulnerable beyond the scars of war. >> i'm on medication for depression and ptsd. pretty much since i've been out for the past year i've been a couch poe today yes. >> heather kurtz volunteered to be a helicopter gun center afghanistan. she has seen bombings and carnage that is hard to put in

words. >> you see it on tv, oh, wow, i see a car go off, a car bomb, you know, a building that blew up. but seeing it for real, um. >> those memories are far away as 900 pounds of muscle and spirit suddenly dropped playfully at her feet. >> i believe when my horse finally, when he laid down, it dropped my angl anxiety levels from a six to a three. >> wild horses captured by the bureau of land management, the veterans have 100 days to tame the animals and prepare them for adoption. >> the horses constantly position himself to survive.

his position is no different than the veterans. he's trying to find security and peace. >> kurtz will train the horse three days a week. >> for the vet who has anchor, sadness, remorse and guilt, so you work through the issues with that horse, because it doesn't judge you. it doesn't care it you hav if you have one arm, one leg, what clothes you wear. >> that transcends to the family, friends, coworkers. >> when his head came around, i was just--i was in awe. i was like, wow. >> and the veteran returns the trust, the healing begins. >> georgetown, texas.

>> still ahead on al jazeera america, warned about every bump on the road, techno's contributor gets behind the wheel of a smart car designed to help keep you safe.

>> the borderland marathon only at al jazeera america >> you know, the age of the driverless car is almost certainly in our future, but when it will arrive many can guess. in the meantime engineers are working on smart technology. we have more. >> reporter: a particularly drearily day at general motors in michigan gave me the added bonus of reality.

at a driver when you can't see, you inch forward. >> that's one of the advantages. it works even if the driver isn't paying attention. >> general motors is one of the nine major car makers working together to make it a reality. and it's a enormously competitive industry. >> they all need to be sending the same types of messages. that can't happen if we go independent. >> the director of g.m. also had a hand in building g.m.'s crash and void system. >> what about the alert system that already exist in the higher end cars. what's different.

>> the cadillacs today have six radars on them, and you can see several car lengths ahead of you or around the country. the technology fills in those gaps and you have more information in those driving situations that are challenging. >> joining me now with more is techno contributor, there she is, good to see you. >> hi, tony. >> let me--what is it behind these cars, and how were they able to speak with each other, come on? >> well, essentially the technology i kind of works like a wireless network. a bit like two-way radio exchanging the information between the cars. >> the car we saw in the piece, your car alerted you to a pas

passing car that you didn't see because of the hedge, what kind of information do these cars relay to the driver? >> you get warnings about cars emergency or pani panic panic braking, environmental issues, and g.m. are working on an app for pedestrians to warn cars that they're stepping out in the road. there is a wealth of information that you can get from this technology. what i love the most is that a car ahead that i was test driving with was able to warn me of a massive pothole ahead. it was kind of nice to get the experience of the driver in front telling you about information that could protect you and keep your car safe. >> so in the technology that is available your car will stop automatically if you're about to back into something, but can the

smart car prevent an consistent by moving itself away from another vehicle? >> that's an interesting question, a lot of people get this technology confused with autonomous driving. this is different technology. this is all about the warning system. it provides information to make sure that the drivers are always in charge of the car and always fully safe and always fully protected. >> check out "techknow." we love the show. it's 7:30 eastern time and 4:30 in the west. and coming up on the program the man bitten by ugh's lui uruguay 's luis suarez says his

punishment was too harsh. and a basketball player learns that he cannot play basketball. >> coming to a theater near you, more estrogen and less testosterone more on that on "real money."

>> so it was a quiet day on the fitch i pitch in brazil. but that doesn't mean that there isn't circle news. michael yves. can we start with suarez. a lot of people feel the punishment he is receiving for biting is too harsh.

>> even if you haven't been consistently watching the world cup coverage, the bite we're talking about not only was it clear in the game, but that bite has been rebroadcast every day since. it's been in the papers, all over the internet. it's the third time that he has bitten an opponent. after an incident in the dutch and english league he was banned for seven and ten matches. he will miss 12 games from liverpool in the english premiere league. but both chielinni feel that it was too severe because it

infringes on his right to work. and a huge crowd showed up to give him a hero's work. some of those fans accuse fifa from stealing from uruguay and calling it a persecution. but the support is not confined to his home country or england, an argentinians soccer legend wore a t-shirt that says, luis, we support you. >> can we go back to the pitch?

>> altidore strained his left ham strange, and it's been 11 days. today the coach said he's extremely optimistic that altidore will be able to play against belgium. but they feel that the entire team has yet to play to its full ability and delivered a very pointed message to his players today. >> now prove it. this is what you worked for so long, so hard for, take it one game at a time. just focus on this one game, and after that game is done, to the next game, and make it happen. is it doable? absolutely. #-z it' it's.

>> they play tuesday. it will be 4:30 start here but it will be nighttime in utah. >> isaiah austin from baylor university was expected to be a high pick, but early this week he was diagnosed with a rare disorder that affects his heart. but the nba commissioner honored him. >> like other young men here tonight isaiah committed himself to hard work and dedication to a potential career as a professional basketball player. we wanted to make sure that he fulfilled at least this part of his dream. it gives me great pleasure to say that with the next pick in the 2014 nba draft, the nba

selects isaiah austin from baylor university. >> fierce and a standing ovation for a talented young man. >> that's so beautiful. so well done. >> chris paul saying, this was the best draft pick ever. and chris bosh, you're a well spoken talented guy. i hope you continue achieving your dreams. >> we like him. we like him for the way that he handled the donald sterling matter. we like the way he handled this, this adam silver, the new nba commissioner, five stars for that guy. he really nailed this. >> a classy move, a very classy move. >> very classy move, indeed. where is he at? we got to end the week the way we start the week. and that is all of our time for this news hour.

i'm tony harris in new york city. "real money" is next. if you have any questions about any stories this news hour head to our website. have a great weekend. >> ukraine takes a big defiant step to the west and away from russia by signing a trade deal with the european union. we'll look at what the agreement means to both sides and our global economy. middle class families squeezed by the cost of childcare. we show you how mums and dads are coping as part of our year-long focus on the middle class of america what could be the deal of a life-time. if you are looking to buy land to build a home