>> the debate continues online at cnn.com slash crossfire as well as on facebook and twir. >> join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> next, iraq asks the u.s. for air strikes. will president obama give the green light? plus an exclusive out front investigation. is one of america's biggest allies the country that helps secure the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl also a haven for terror funding? and the money and power of dr. oz. a celebrity doctor under fire tonight. should he be held responsible for how people use his name? let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight the u.s.

preparing options on iraq. military planners have assembled a draft list of terror targets in the country. officials say this list is constantly being revised, they haven't yet made final determinations. in iraq militants celebrating after attacking the country's biggest oil refinery. now both isis, the islamic terror group, and the iraqi government are saying they are in control of this crucial location. at the white house tonight the president just met with senior congressional leaders to talk about the violence on the ground and whether the united states will do anything about it. short of boots on the ground, an amorphous term to begin with, the administration says all options are on the table. joe johns has more on what happened at the meeting tonight. >> reporter: president obama in the oval office with senior congressional leadership briefing them about u.s. options in iraq. the big question -- possible military action already on the drawing board at the pentagon, cnn has learned. after the meeting senate minority leader mitch mcconnell warned the president must learn the lessons of iraq as troops

prepare to leave afghanistan, but publicly the white house continues to say the president does not want combat troops in iraq. >> we are not, as the president has made clear, contemplating a return of sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> reporter: key word there "combat." intelligence gathering, training, even targeting all could still be on the table with strikes from the air a distinct possibility. today sources say the u.s. ramped up its capabilities over iraq beginning to fly manned surveillance missions along with drone flights that began days ago. before the meeting, house speaker john boehner raised his concern that he sees no strategy for iraq from the administration. >> the president's been watching what we've been watching for over a year as the situation in iraq continued to deundbe under. nothing, nothing has happened to try to reverse it. >> reporter: with insurgents only 45 minutes from baghdad, the iraqi government of nuri al maliki officially requested u.s.

air strikes, acknowledged by the joint chiefs chairman on capitol hill wednesday. >> do you think it's in the national security interests to honor that requests? >> it is in our national security interests to counter isio wherever we find them. >> the president met for an hour with the top two leaders in the house and the senator to talk about iraq. the administration essentially said it wants shiites and sunnis to get along. they also talked about more security for iraq, and the president promised that he would consult closely with congress this time around. erin? >> joe johns, thank you. joining me now democratic senator jack reed. he graduated from west point, served in the army for over a deck aand now serves on the senate armed services committee. he was one of the few that voted against the iraq war. you voted against this war. what does the u.s. do now? >> well, first, i think the key issue is what maliki does. maliki has managed to militarize

the politics and politicize the military. unless he changes course dramatically, then there's serious danger ahead, even more serious danger ahead for iraq. but the key is what the iraqis do. and the key right now is in his hands. >> you know, you just heard a moment ago, senator, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey -- i'll quote him, it's in our national interests to counter isis wherever we find them. there's execution video coming out of iraq this week, members of isis executing iraqis in cold blood. can this be stopped without american intervention? >> it has to be stopped, but the key, again, i think is fundamental, it has to be stopped by the iraqis. the isis forces, isi forces that attacked mosul were 7,000 up against 15,000 equipped and

trained iraqi national security forces with armor, with artillery, and they just disintegrated. so an american involvement without real engagement on the ground by iraqi forces and real political leadership will not be decisive. we have an interest in protecting the united states. so if we can identify isis leaders, if we can go after them not on behalf of the iraqis but our own self-interests and take them out, that's a different story. but simply -- i think david petraeus said today in london, we can't be the air force for maliki's iraq. >> before your vote against the iraq war to begin with, the boston globe quoted you as saying preemption is the only viable strategy against terrorism. if isis is a terrorist group and you believe in preemption, how do you preempt isis now from possible attacks on america? they've obviously gained control

of cities, towns, possibly a country. >> well, the same technique that we've used in places like yemen, in other places around the world where we're not committing ground forces and we're not trying to be a surrogate for the local government. we've identified individuals with good intelligence that pose an intimate threat to the united states and we use every resource possible. >> talking about drone strikes and things like that. >> drone strikes, yes. just within hours ago we seized the purported ring leader of the attack on our benghazi, libya. we did that because that is a teary group and obviously they conduct an operation against us. so we have to be very careful. preemption is the way to go with respect to terrorist group, but preemption in support of a government that's chosen or proven itself to be not inclusive. not effective, that's not the

right strategy. >> you've been to iraq multiple time. you traveled with then-candidate barack obama and chuck hagel. you said that saddam is a secular thug not a messianic leader. when you look back, would iraq be in a better place right now if u.s. hadn't invaded. yes, saddam was a bad guy but the middle east was in balance. >> it would be a very different place. very hard to what if, et cetera. but clear that the invasion of iraq triggered repercussion, some predictable, some unpredictable. but the notion that it would cause turmoil and generate this sectarian rivalry is something that became evident very quickly. in the chaos in the wake of our invasion, sectarian groups rose up. and this would be different now, again, it's hard to replay history, but i know it would be a different situation not to justify anything that saddam

did. he was a secular thug. but there was a balance between the shia/sunni communities and that was completely thrown out of balance by our invasion of iraq. >> you know, there's been a lot of criticism over the past few days, criticism of the bush administration and the president. former vice president dick cheney, one of the architects of the war wrote an op-ed about president obama and said rarely has a u.s. president been so wrong at the expense of so many. your reaction? >> he could say much the same thing about himself and president bush, so wrong about the reaction to iraq and saddam in 2003, 2002 based upon the assumption that they were developing or had weapons of mass destruction which proved to be absolutely inaccurate. so i think ironic enough it's probably a good commentary on his own performance. >> thank you very much, senator reed.

>> thank you. up next, new information about sergeant bowe bergdahl's recovery. he's been free for weeks. why has he still not seen his parents? plus dr. oz under fire. our special investigation is one of america's biggest allies a haven for terror funding? >> how big of a player is qatar? >> qatar is at the center of this.

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new outrage and blame over bowe bergdahl's capture and release. today some of his former platoon members testified before congress. what they said is he deserted his post five years ago. they say that as a result six soldiers died searching for him. >> the facts tell me that bergdahl desertion was premeditated. he had a plan and was trying to justify it in his head. how long he had planned this, i do not know. but it is clear to me that he had a plan and executed it. countless people looked for him when he went missing, putting their own lives on the line for his. >> tonight we know that bergdahl is being exposed to some of the media coverage about him. this is part of the recovery process. 18 days since his release. he's 28. you remember his father, who grew that beard to wait for his son. they were waiting for him so eagerly. but he has yet to even speak

about his family. ed lavandera is out front. >> reporter: after taliban captors handed sergeant bowe bergdahl over to a u.s. special forces team in afghanistan, it seemed is like an emotional reunion five years in the making would happen quickly between bergdahl and his parents. >> i love you, bowe. >> reporter: looking back on the day of his release when his parents spoke publicly for the last time there were clues that bergdahl's homecoming might be a bumpy ride. >> the recovery and reintegration of bowe bergdahl is a work in progress. i want to really convey that. because it isn't over for us. in many ways just beginning for jani and i and our family. >> give yourself all of the time you need to recover and decompress. there is no hurry. you have your life ahead of you. >> reporter: shortly after sergeant bergdahl was freed,

various military officials suggested that a reunion with his parents would happen relatively quickly, but almost three weeks later, it still hasn't happened. >> five years for sergeant bergdahl he's been in captivity. a lot has changed in his life and his mind. a lot has changed in his family's lives. we need o give them time where they can all come together. >> reporter: the medical team treating bergdahl says he can call his parents at any moment and it's been his choice to delay the reunion, but those around him aren't saying exactly why. according to a "washington post" report, bergdahl picked a family friend to receive his remains if he were killed in afghanistan, not his parents. after bergdahl's release, "the washington post" reported on a collection of journal entries bergdahl wrote before his capture and sent to a friend. bergdahl wrote that he was in an odd place like i'm pulling away from the human world. i want to pull my mind out and dropkick it into a deep geororg.

it's a snapshot into the mind of a young soldier. bergdahl will have even more to deal with now that his psychologists are beginning to tell him about the media fire storm surrounding his release and comments from cody full who served in his unit. >> from what i heard it was leave no honorable man behind, not leave no man behind. >> reporter: the reality is any hope of a storybook homecoming evaporated long before bowe bergdahl set foot in the united states. >> an american contractor who was kidnapped in iraq in 2004 spent 411 days in captivity, much of it in the dark in a small space in chains. roy, let me start by asking you this issue that bowe bergdahl may not want to -- has chosen not to speak to his parents. he asked to have his remains, if

he were to die, sent to a family friend, not to his parents. what do you make of that, of his decision to not want to talk to them now? >> well, that's completely different from what i wanted. i wanted to be home with my family as soon as i could be. i suppose everyone is different, and meeting your family for the first time after you get out of that situation is really, really emotional. and maybe there's something bothering him about that. >> perhaps. of course, we don't know what the situation was. even if they were estranged, as some said may have been the case before he was captured, some people would thing, well, gosh, in those five years you would still want your parents. >> yes, i mean, i'm sure he's thought about the reunion while he was being held. i mean, when i was being held, i would thing about things to get me out of that situation. one of the things i thought

about was when i would be able to be back with my family again, so i'm sure he's gone over that in his mind many, many times. but i guess actually doing it is difficult for him. >> and you know, one of the things this reintegration process, they now say that he's able to hold a press conference, subject him to the media coverage. a lot of it regarding bowe bergdahl is negative and scathing. it would be hard to read. in your situation a psychologist had you google yourself as part of the reintegration process. what was that like? >> yes. the second day i was -- after my rescue, the psychiatrist knew i'd be coming back to the states the next day. and he took me and told me to sit down in front of a computer and google it because i didn't know anything about the news for the previous year or anything about what had been said about me. and so he had me start reading

because he said when you get back, there's going to be a lot of news coverage, there's going to be a lot of questions, and you need to look at this so you're familiar with what people have been saying while you've been gone. >> and what was that like? can you imagine, i guess, in the situation of bowe bergdahl when he googles and you hear things like that young man that he served with that you just heard the sound bite that he said today in congress, i thought the maxim was no honorable man left behind, not no man left behind? >> well, i'm sure hearing that kind of thing would be difficult for anybody, but for me reading it, it was -- i was never in the news, never had anything about me in the news. so it was strange for me to sit down and start reading stories from my local paper here in memphis plus the national news about covering my story, especially the story -- the

video that was made -- that i was forced to make. so just sitting there reading the news and trying to catch up on the news was a surprise to me. i'm sure it will be to him. >> well, thank you very much, roy. always good to talk to you. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and still to come, the money and power of dr. oz. did his endorsements really help conartists help sell phony products? one of america's biggest allies the center of the terror funding world? ouncer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪

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effort. tonight, dr. oz is under fire for pushing those words on his popular tv show. the celebrity doctor fighting back against claim ks he promoted so-called miracle weight loss course. senators say scammers use his endorsements to help sell product. how much will this hurt his business? the money and power of dr. oz. >> this little bean -- and i've got the number one miracle. how can i burn fat? >> reporter: he's the tv doctor who knows how to sell america on what he prescribes. >> it's like my son grew up. >> reporter: oprah called dr. oz america's doctor. his empire and wealth have flourished. the daily tv show bringing in millions making dr. mehmet oz a household name. he's the author of nine books including seven best sellers over a million sold. his website dedicated to good health has no shortage of advertisers. >> these are fat cells.

>> reporter: and let's not forget, he's still a heart surgeon, a very successful one. his power and influence now a tempting target in washington. >> dr. oz, i will have in tough questions for you today about your role. >> did the deceptive practices then coming out of that change how you have conducted your shows? >> why would you say that something is a miracle in a bottle? >> my job on the hshow is to bea cheerleader for the audience. >> do you believe there's a magic weight loss cure out there? >> the word -- if you're selling something because it's magical, no. >> reporter: senators questioning why he calls some weight loss supplements miracles despite no evidence that they're effective. he says he derives no money from the supplements industry and describes the language he uses to describe products on his show. >> i'm very respectful. i've heard the message. i told my colleagues i get it. >> reporter: some say dr. oz in

representing supplements as effective has crossed an ethical line. is it so wrong that dr. oz takes a different look at some of these products? >> i think his defense is let's look at the extreme, let's look outside the mainstream. >> but you're saying it's how he does it? >> how he does it is wrong because he winds up blessing it, endorsing it, making it seem as if there's evidence for it. >> reporter: america's doctor, his practice and empire now on the exam table. >> a lot of the concern is about these weight loss products. some you have here in this bag. green coffee beans. he's called these a miracle weight loss cure. >> yes, this got him in trouble a couple of years ago. the question is whether he's a charlatan or a shammen. he's toned down his rhetoric. he takes it more seriously and understands when he says things like this he has to tone it down. he's gibbing that up and using more reasonable language. >> some people watch this and

say, he's a tv doctor, he must just be a charlatan. but the guy is incredibly gifted. he's a serious surgeon. he holds patents. this is not just some guy that parades out on tv. >> this is the exact problem people have with him. he's so serious, he makes the claims whether coffee beans or whatever it is -- >> people believe it. >> he's trading on all that great will that he's built up in the medical field and then he's selling stuff on television. although he does say he doesn't get any money from this industry, but he says they take advantage of what he says on the show. >> watching the testimony that you were playing. i get the message. he's not trying to be confrontati confrontational, trying to be conciliatory, is a that he's sorry. how much damage could this do to him? >> it could do damage to his career. he's backing off of that. he realizes every word he utters, about green coffee beans or anything else, will be taken out of context. he now wants to perhaps have a

more balanced approach. a little weight loss for the flowery language he uses. >> right. although you think he would have realized a long time ago people will buy what he says. didn't need this to realize. >> a big business he's running. >> still to come, new details about the alleged benghazi mastermind now on his way back to the united states. the chairman of the homeland security is out front with the latest details from his briefings. and our exclusive "outfront" investigation, is the country that was key in negotiating sergeant bowe bergdahl's release a major haven for terror funding? how big of a player is qatar? >> qatar's at the center of this. ♪ here's to the man who truly is the best of us. (crowd cheers)

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the terror group isis is committing atrocities in iraq. the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki blames saudi arabia and qatar for providing isis militants with money and weapons. isis is one of the many groups loyal to the cause of islam that are growing in influence right now. growing because someone is paying the bills. big bills. and some of those financial backers are welcome one of

america's biggest allies in the middle east. our special report. ♪ the richest country on earth sitting on the third largest reserves of natural gas. only 250 th,000 qatars making i the largest concentration of millionaires. >> qatar has emerged from under the previous emir from being a relatively obscure minor player to a position of preeminence. >> reporter: doha's skyline is proof of qatar's ambition, big, modern, new. 15 years ago almost none of this was here. that growth attracts some of america's biggest companies, energy giants like exxon but also companies like boeing.

the company just told 50 777s to a consortium. this man opened an office in doha. it isn't just corporate america benefiting. >> one of the largest bases that the u.s. has is here in doha. it's huge. >> reporter: it's so huge defense secretary chuck hagel signed a ten-year agreement to keep u.s. forces here. qatar also was a key part of the negotiations with the taliban to free bowe bergdahl. >> earlier this week i was able to personally thank the emir of qatar for his leadership in helping us get t done. >> reporter: the five prisoners from guantanamo bay were welcomed in doha with open arms. a local qatari told me he has no problem with them. this isn't a surprise. qatar prides itself on its clout with the u.s. and extremists. this youtube video is one of

several showing those thanking qatar for funds. this campaign contributes to humanitarian relief in syria, but this tweet last august if an al qaeda-linked militia is one of several from al qaeda supporters directing followers to donate to the campaign. the former deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism -- >> what you have is the resurrection of charitable networks that had been suppressed post 9/11 but are being reborn in the context of syria. >> reporter: how big of a player is qatar? >> qatar is at the center of this. qatar has taken its place in the lead of countries that are supporting al qaeda and al qaeda-related groups. >> reporter: in april a kuwaiti cleric said he was heading to qatar to raise money for jihad. just last week the cleric tweeted this, qatar is financial

jihad. is this something you can conceal and be very difficult? if you give a dollar to you and you want to help somebody then you also want to buy a gun, how do i know? >> that's an issue. that's an issue worldwide when you're talking money laundering with cash. >> reporter: a fund-raise are for the campaign in doha. his current profile on facebook's social media platform requests donations equal to 1500 u.s. dollars to prepare a fighter by arming and feeding and treating him. he denied the poster solicited money for weapons. >> there was no mention of weapons. >> it's on there right now. >> translator: he says he lass no knowledge. >> when we asked why he used a picture of the planes hitting

the world trade center on 9/11 in a tweet, he replied the picture is all over the internet. >> he said that photo is all over the internet. >> he told us we couldn't give to his campaign right now but would have to give to another charity approved by the qatari government. he wouldn't tell us how much he raised but he asked a-ha to bless the people of qatar for the equivalent of $1.4 million. we don't know where these funds went but according to the qatari newspaper at one point the campaign worked with qatar's volunteer work center to raise money to help syrian refugees. the work center was supervised by the qatari ministry of culture. the minister declined our request for an interview. high up up in the government in qatar does the support for islamic extremism for these al qaeda-linked groups go? >> these are decisions made at the top. qatar operates as a monarchy. its officials, its activities

follow the orders of the government. to the extent that there's a policy of supporting extremists in the region, that's a policy that comes from the top. >> this is the taliban office in doha behind me. now it just opened last year. no one responded to our many attempts to reach them. so it may just be a storefront. but the fact is this -- qatar is the only country in the region with a diplomatic taliban presence. and the emir, the ruler of this country personally negotiated the release of five taliban prisoners in exchange for american p.o.w. bowe bergdahl. the emir, shake thani, is 34 years old. >> he's the emir, he's very powerful. >> the al-thani family has ruled qatar for 150 years. they're celebrated internationally. and appearing with the social elite at events like britain's royal wedding. the emir was unable to meet with

us when we were in doha, but we spoke with his sister who is on the "time t" 100 list of most influential people. >> i was living in america when katrina happened and qatar was one of the first countries to donate $100 million to the u.s. so it's definitely something that's embedded our engraved in our national strategy and development. >> that generosity is part of why world leaders eagerly embrace the qatari royal family. >> i just want to welcome the emir of qatar and thank him and the people of his country for the friendship they've shown towards the united states. >> reporter: general jim jones says qatar has passed some laws against terror finance, but it's not enough. >> they probably are a little bit more towards, you know, supporting people that we are a little bit less than thrilled

with. >> qatar continues to be a haven for financing extremists. the treasury department says qatar is one the most permissive countries in the world when it comes to allowing funding for things like al qaeda. your family is so powerful here. do you think there's more that you can do? >> qatar is doing a lot, but the networks that you are discussing requires a group effort. and i think one country, whichever country it is, can't do it alone. >> it's no secret the government allows people to live freely in qatar. he was the president of the qatar soccer association which controversially won the bid for the 2022 world cup. the united states treasury designated him a terrorist last year saying he raised millions to fund terror. then there's this man, a cleric who lived in orange county, california. the u.s. suspected him of fund-raising tiffs that could support activity. he left the u.s. and lives in

doha, where earlier this year he appeared in a youtube video appealing for money for syria. why does the united states have to accept qatar providing harbor to people the united states says are terrorists? >> because go beyond that in the strategic sense, qatar is a key ally of the united states. >> an ally martin riordan says, the u.s. can't afford to lose. >> that maxim that you keep your friends close but your enemies closer, it's very relevant to qatar. >> will the trade-offs cost america? >> there's no question that money going to al qaeda affiliates and groups hurts the united states. money coming out of qatar not only allows these groups to grow in strength on the battlefield in syria but allows them the possibility, the budget to imagine plotting and to actually attack the united states in the west. >> out front next, the chairman of the house committee on american security michael mccall in response the our investigation. we'll be right back. what they get from alaska,

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moments ago in our exclusive report we showed you one place where terror groups in the middle east are going to raise money. qatar. a major american aplip the same

country that helped negotiate sergeant bowe bergdahl's release. a country now a haven for terror fund-raising? joining me michael mccaul chairman of the house committee. great to have you with us. >> thanks, erin. >> what do you think? >> a very significant piece that you did. i think it's well known in national security circles, but not by the american people. the fact is when i ask, you know, follow the money is the old adage. when asked about terrorist financing where is the money coming from funding these sunni extremists, every time it's the gulf. the worst offender is qatar. they give money indiscriminately. i think it's a real problem. i just returned from the region. i was in the uae and also saudi, visited with the crown prince. they threatened to pull their diplomats out of qatar because of the money that they're throwing into the syrian rebels which in turn are fund iing al

nosera and isis which are the very enemies we should be fighting in iraq. >> what i'm trying to understand -- and i wonder if you can help me a bit -- we talked about the u.s. companies that have significant exposure in qatar. there's also an air base there which is a very significant air base for this country. you heard our guest talk about it in the piece, but the number one supply location for the military. 6,000 u.s. air force members are located there. there's a $400 million annual budget. even saudi arabia, an ally of the united states does not allow such a base to be in the country. is this why the united states finds it okay to have these funding activities going on in an ally? >> well, it's a very strange relationship. i think we want to keep them in the tent as much as we can. they do allow intelligence sharing like the saudis do, but at the same time you have these wealthy donors, these families that give money. if you go back to the time of

bin laden and 9/11, the qataris were giving to al qaeda and khalid sheikh mohammed directly. this concerns me when you look at the prisoner swap of the taliban five, one of whom was involved with 9/11 with bin laden and the other of the top five cabinets of mullah omar. we're going to send them to qatar? that raises some really serious questions in terms of our national security. >> i want to play just a piece here because one of the people that we talked about in the piece, people of the united states has dubbed terror financers that are now living openly in doha. then there are some of the fund-raisers that we talked about in this piece. let me just play the exchange with one of them. >> there was no mention of -- >> that's on there right now. >> he says he has no knowledge

of that. >> when we asked why he used a picture of the planes hitting the world trade center on 9/11 in the tweet, he said that photo is all over the internet. >> he said that photo's all over the internet. >> the question that i have for you, one of our other guests in the piece, juan, zarate was in charge of terrorism finance. he said that money out of qatar could be used to fuel the ambition of the dream of attacks against the united states directly. do you agree? >> well, i do agree with that, because if you look at number one threat to the homeland, it's isis in syria and iraq. the biggest training ground surpassing afghanistan and pakistan, and who is funding isis? who is funding al nosra, or more importantly isis? the reason why the saudis and the uae cracked down on qatar is

because they're the ones throwing the money indiscriminately not caring who it goes to as long as it funds sunni extremists fighting assad in syria. so they really didn't care where the money and the weapons went to, and so the big debate was the saudis said we're going to pull our diplomats out until you better vet and send it to the moderates. it's very confusing relationship. i think that we need to, i think, work with the saudis to make sure that qatar stops doing this. if we fund rebel forces, which

is a risky proposition. >> right. >> we are doing to vet moderates in the region and don't forget kuwait, either. their banking laws are set so money coming out of qatar is routed through kuwait is a number one enemy. >> cbs news is alleging the mastermind behind the attack is being somewhat cooperative, has not been read his miranda rights. can you tell us anything? >> yeah, he's on a navy ship at sea. they can interrogate him for up to a month. i would argue they should do so before he's read his rights. we want to find out who he is working with to kill our ambassador, who was responsible. there is a lot of intelligence

inside of his head that we need to get into. >> all right. thank you very much. appreciate your time tonight. >> thanks, erin, appreciate it. >> let's check in with anderson with a look on what is coming up in "ac 360", anderson? >> hey, we'll have the latest from iraq, the latest from the situation in baghdad with isis forces and sunni supporters from 40 miles or so outside the capitol and also a major battle for one of the largest oil refineries in iraq up in the town battles apparently continuing from all we can ascertain between iraqi anti-terror forces who still maintain the position inside the refinery and isis forces who control the area outside. we'll have the latest throughout the hour. >> look forward to seeing you in a few minutes. >> a big game in washington tonight, the women's softball

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so have you ever noticed your fast food order never matches the picture? you order, salivate and it comes. one man tried to do something about it. >> have you ever gazed as your bacon cheese burger dell lex and doesn't add up to its own ad? >> this looks small compared to

the bacon. >> reporter: does your quarter pounder tend to look like an 1/8th of a pounder? greg benson put on his hidden glasses and order from half a dozen fast food restaurants in la. >> i'm just getting a big mac today. >> reporter: when his order didn't stack up to the image. ô> i'm looking at this picture of the big mac and it looks kind of sad and dry and can you make one that looks like the picture? >> yes, not a problem. >> reporter: what do you know? they did it. >> look at that. that's better, isn't it? >> reporter: two pathetic tacos from jack in the box. >> can you make them look like that? >> sure, no problem. >> thank you. >> reporter: a half pound double with cheese from wendy's. >> not very high, flat, not attractive. can you make one that looks like the picture? >> reporter: there was not a single place that said get out of here buddy, we're not redoing it. >> nobody turned me away.

they were all willing to make it right and i was impressed by that. >> reporter: and greg didn't have to act like a madman like michael douglas in falling down. >> look at this sorry, miserable squashed thing. can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture? >> reporter: mcdonalds of canada gave the public a peak how they took their pictures. a regular quarter pounder takes a minute or so to make. a food stylist spends an hour and a half prepping one for a closeup. >> if i'm just heating dun the cheese. >> reporter: same ingredients, just primped with missing poppy seeds retouched. >> we took all the ingredients hidden under the bun and pulled them to the foreground so you can see them. >> reporter: greg got a whopper of a surprise when he unwrapped his whopper. >> that looks good. >> reporter: for the fast food from the whopper to the big mac to the bacon cheese burger dell

lex. >> did you see me eat any of that? >> reporter: greg gave it all away because he was on a juice fast, a guy on a fast running a fast food experiment? don't expect your quarter pounder to be blow dried, cnn, new york. >> so many things to say including if you're on a juice diet, well, i guess i just would never be capable of going on a juice diet. juice diet. "ac 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening. it's 3:00 a.m. here in baghdad going to some of the most challenging days yet for this country and the united states. we've just gotten word from the white house that voice president joseph biden called iraq's prim minister, nuri al-maliki. sunni extremist ed have a choke hold