this is what the governor of basra said and amara as well. so why do we push iraqis to taking such decisions? we have to be committed to implementing the law and the constitution. >> this gets us into a very interesting and important discussion. i think one of the great questions that a great many americans have about what is going on in iraq today, is the question of where do average iraqis stand? how do they see their situation? and in particular because of your status as one of the prince pill leaders of the iraq sunni community, and pardon me for using that confessional moniker but i think that is a fairway to put things, i think that would be helpful for our audience and americans in general to get a sense from you where do the people of nineveh see the situation in what is it they want? what is it they're looking for? how do they look at the current crisis? how do they feel about the government? how are they seeing their own lives and what would they like from it? if you could get i have us some sense where the people of these provinces

the second, alexandros peterson taught political science at that university and the third, basra hassan, was a nutrition specialist for the united nations. and today, hundreds of afghans protested against violence and terrorism and they placed flowers outside that restaurant. >>> as the bloody civil war in syria drags on, an international peace conference aimed at ending that conflict is finally set to begin this wednesday in switzerland with at least some of the rebel and opposition groups planning to attend, along with members of the syrian government. nbc's annabelle roberts has more on this tonight. >> reporter: in this destroyed suburb of damascus, these boxes of food may be the difference between life and death. this girl is savoring the taste of sugar and milk. people here are caught between the two sides of syria's bitter civil war and have been cut off from the rest of the city for months. the food boxes are a gesture, allowed through by the syrian government as the country's warring factions get ready to meet in switzerland later this week. some opposition groups have demanded

this is what the governor of basra said and another province as well. why do we push the iraqis into making such difficult decisions? we have to be committed to implementing the law and the constitution. >> this gets us into a very interesting and important discussion. one question is where do iraqis stand. as one of the principal leaders --the iraq's sunni community you will pardon me for using that moniker, but i think that is a fair way to put it. i think to hear a sense from you of how do they see the situation . how do they look at the current crisis. how do they feel about the government? seeing their own lives, and what would they like from it? if you can give some sense of how the people in the provinces are viewing the issues, i think that would be helpful to all of us. >> as i said, justice was not implemented as it should. authority of the states, the huge capability was used to systems, selective which is encouraging the supporters and punishing those who are opposing the government. there was a way of dealing with the citizens. this is some

. >> reporter: american basra hasan was also trying to make a difference in her work for unicef. afgh afghans held a rally. they laid flowers outside a restaurant where the bombing and shooting rampage kill 2d 1 people. the taliban said the attack was in revenge for an air strike. these are military handout pictures of the operation in question. the military's launched an investigation regretting that several civilians had been accidentally killed in app air strike that afghan and u.s. forces came under heavy gunfire from taliban, firefighters firing on the compound. the attack at the restaurant came two days later. whether they were able to coordinate that quickly or just used the air strike as an excuse doesn't matter to the families of the victims. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news," a new controversy involving new jersey governor chris christie and what president obama is saying about smoking pot. >>> plus, demonstrators clash with police in ukraine after they crack down on public protests. this is the "cbs morning news." >> announcer

the third, basra hasan, was a somali-born nutritionist from washington, d.c. she was in the country working for the aid group unicef. demonstrators say those killed will not be forgotten. >> such attack shows the taliban terrorists have no humanity or sympathy. they can attack and can kell anyone. >> reporter: most military forces are scheduled to leave afghanistan this year. however, thousands of u.s. civilians are expected to stay behind with various aid and security groups. >>> a bay-area man is now one of two marines have been awarded the distinguished navy cross this weekend. captain matthew manokan and staff sergeant sky mote were killed when an afghan police officer opened fire in an military outpost in 2012. the marine corps men's actions allowed others to escape. they both received the navy cross, the navy's highest honest and the military's second highest medal of valor in combat. >>> counting down to the winter games in sochi. still to come new controversy on the relay route as the olympic torch makes its way to the olympic games. first, the challen

. >> reporter: american basra hasan was also trying to make a difference in her work for unicef. afghans held a rally today denouncing terrorism. laying flowers outside the restaurant where the bombing and shooting rampage killed 21 people. the taliban said the attack was in revenge for an air strike. these are u.s. military hand-out pictures of the operation in question. the military has launched an investigation and today released early details. >> regretting that several civilians had been accidentally killed in an air strike that afghan and u.s. forces came under heavy gunfire from taliban fighters firing from civilian compounds. just two days later came the attack on the restaurant. but whether the taliban was able to coordinate such an attack that quickly or just used the air strike as an excuse, doesn't matter for the families of the victims. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> glor: later, controversy in japan over the fate of more than 200 dolphins. and with two seconds to go, the wild shot that won this high school game from an extraordinary athlete. when the "cbs eve

the point of dispute is the future president the future of the president basra were shot the united states and syria no position saying he has to go to the syrian government is adamant the state. that's caused him down is that any long term political solution the much anticipated talks costs onto a stool me stocked with bitter exchanges between the two sides. the syrian opposition accused the assad regime of committing was crimes in the regime during the second world war. what is on syria's foreign minister wanted more of them called the rebels traitors to the city and nation. mum said reports released on tuesday a man store to buy the asset regime. when nothing but liable. he also earned a rebuke from un secretary general ban ki moon. speaking to nome. you have to stick to the open source and is hoping to get on with it its own wanna mess on the regime's position that the rebels and nothing but islamist terrorists and the stakes like any other has the right to stamp amounts the opposition is divided but sold its groups agree that can all be content to any interim government. hmm it. ty al

maliki will, as a result of these -- of all this violence, begin to do what he did when he went down to basra and took on the shia extremists. he'll reach out to the sunnis and give them a reason to believe that the success of the baghdad government is important to them. but as far as we've we're concerned, i believe we accomplished our mission in stabilizing the country and handing over a fragile democracy. what they do with it is really up to them in the long run. >> i mean i suppose if you're living in iraq and you're an iraqi you're saying are we really any better off now than we were under saddam hussein, brutal though he was and despotic though he was. when he got 61 iraqis killed in a single day, this follows an ugly pattern that's been going on for quite some time, do you not think there is an argument to say that the americans should never have gone into iraq in the first place? that it was an issue that the iraqis should have resolved themselves? >> there's no doubt in my mind there is a certain percentage of iraqis who always considered us to be occupiers and were against our being

on the right, basra hasan, an american unicef worker. and it happened in one of the most heavily guarded areas of that country. >>> and a 17-year-old russian boy, now believed to be the main developer, one kid, 17 years old of the software that allowed those hackers to steal information on millions of target customers over the holiday season. the cyber security firm intel crawler, it's called, says that the same software affected six other retailers' information and the boy reportedly sold his creation for roughly $2,000 with discounts offered to buyers who agreed to share any ill gotten profit gained by using the software and they are looking for him. >>> fox news extreme weather alert, another deep freeze is on the way. according to forecasters, another blast of arctic air is making its way across part of the midwest, the great lakes, ohio valley and the northeast over the next few days. as many of these same areas continue with conditions. at least a lot of those folks in the hundred eggs of thousands got their party back. >> we talk

and basra hassan who worked for unicef. president carzai wants to pan ban. >>> al qaeda is threatening to take over three key cities. parts of romadiment. they are teaming up to try to take back the territory. violence has escalated in iraq over the last year and particularly last month when the al qaeda-linked groups began to move in. >>> where is david berg? a little over a week ago the wall street journal reporter went for a walk and vanished. now the fbi is looking into his appearance. brian lasston on his own is a boy scout and a hiker, which is why his disappearance eight days ago, is such a mystery. eight yearing as at 4:00 p.m., david put on his red jacket and told her she wanted to take a quick walk before it would rain. now there's no sign of david. hundreds of people are out there and they are using atv, tvers, and they are focusing on a fixed track, track. >> i suspect this individual went on the edge and fell through. so using the camera, we are looking to see if he got launched underneath it. >> he takes medic

. >>> basra hassan came to michigan for higher education and became a u.s. citizen.the united nations. american university was the first coed higher education institution in afghanistan. yesterday hundreds of afghans protested against violence and terrorism and placed flowers outside that popular restaurant. this is a sad day indeed. we'll be right back. good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. two full servings of vegetables it treats me with respect.tage. it may seem strange, but people really can love their laxative. especially when it's miralax. unlike other laxatives, miralax activates water to work in 3 ways - hydrating, easing, and softening, to unblock your system naturally. so you have peace of mind from start to finish. what's not to love. it's also the #1 doctor recommended brand. love your laxative. miralax. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. t

qaeda and joined us in defeated al qaeda and al maliki had taken the extremists and the shiites in basranto bagdad as he was a nationalist and not just a sectarian and we needed an agreement and presence and obama liquidated it and as a result he has created a vacuum in which al qaeda has come in and is strong not only in iraq and in syria and it is a catastrophe. >> a lot of activity on bing, in agreement there with you, charles, and as you look at questions, will militants take over forces of iraq, yes 98% across the board. will militants erase gains across the board, yes. and your feeling about the u.s. involvement in iraq war, it was a mistake, 41%, it was worth the cost, 51%, no feeling at all, 8%. it is a tough question, elise, and one that lawmakers obviously deal with as they look towards now afghanistan and the dealings with the karzai government in setting up a status of forces agreement there. >> that is exactly right. and in fact senator john mccain who is one of our leading voices on these issues was in afghanistan this week meeting with karzai to talk about the potential ag

victories and abandonment by this administration of everything we did in iraq, in fallujah, ramadi, basra, baghdad, all these places where we fought, killed terrorists, set the people free, got the people on our side in the sunni triangle, fallujah, after the surge in 2007, i was there in 2004 in april 2004, after the big surge, fallujah was a relatively peaceful place, so was ramadi, it transformed because people had freedom, they were able to vote. what you had going-forward to 2010 when president obama refused to get a status of forces agreement with the iraqis, this is point b, that is point a, what he did, his abandonment of iraq led directly to al qaeda, taking over what the marines and army had cleared and what we had set up, and what we had helped with the iraqis, the president by failing to get a status of forces agreement, because it was the bad war, he didn't want anything to do with it, for probably purely political reasons, i think, he abandoned it, and here's what we have, this is a direct correlation, point a, point b, here's where we are, al qaeda now controls what we foug

people thought was a willingness to crackdown on his shia colleagues when he sent troops down into basra. that sent a message which we hope showed that he would be even handed, that he would not tolerate oppression by the shia or radical action by sunnis. but over the last several months, it's become clear that they have been tone deaf to the sunni community in iraq. >> jack reed, member of the armed services committee and of course the co-sponsor of today's key vote on unemployment, extending unemployment compensation. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrea. >> and pope francis is planning a pilgrimage to the holy land in may. the announcement came as secretary of state kerry ended his three days of talks with israeli and palestinian leaders in the bid for peace. the pope said he'll visit bethlehem and jerusalem. [ bottle ] okay, listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies -- you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! 'cause i'm re-workin' the menu, keeping her healthy and you on your toes. [ female announcer ] the comple

we have one sunni shiite conflict that stretches from southern parts of iraq from basra and goes all of the way to beirut in lebanon. weapons are movie ining very ea. mostly what fighters are armed with are light weapons. they made improvised explosives. they set up booby traps in case the iraqi army decides to penetrate the city. they set up things that militants had experience planting when u.s. troops, mostly marines, were stationed in anbar were still in iraq. >> so real quickly before we let you go. "the wall street journal"/nbc news conducted this poll last year. it talked about what people felt about the war itself. according to this poll, six out of ten americans think the iraq war wasn't worth it. 35% say it was worth it. the reason for that is thousands of americans who died fighting in the war. many of them in these very cities in fallujah and ramadi and now that we are discussing these very same cities and we see secretary kerry saying that american troops are not going to go back on the ground there, how does the iraqi army have the needed strength to be able to push int

creek pointing the finger at the french who seem caught in the middle like in the northern city of basra go up to report. in fact happened yet the sambal and essential african republic's second largest city in france and has deployed around nine weeks old is to reinforce the african troops on the ground. the past two months the city has been divided into christians and one sign muslims any of their friends and then say they're easier to assess the situation. thirty thousand christians live in a scant seven or eight people to attend. children have not attended school for awhile accompanied by the head of the french forces in the central african republic the ambassador met with the religious leaders side by side cpm on and they said since the outbreak of violence the two men had been trying to build bridges between their communities the so called curse is starting to come back. so some people have begun returning to their neighborhood was to go. with most of the house tearing down walls and bella's like a ghost town. since the arrival of french troops might steal by mainstream christians a

the third american basra hassan worked for unicef. >>> delivering the state of the union address. reporter: good morning, charlie, norah and carissa. another moment as a sailor attacking back and forth to reach a distant spot. the president describes as overblown surveillance fears and the new reality of raising teen daughters in a country where at least in some states there's legalized marijuana. amid the struggle to gain momentum, the president opened up to a new yorker on a surprising range of topics. i don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol, the president said about marijuana, which he smoked frequently in his youth. it's not something i encourage and i've told my daughters i think it's a bad idea. fresh off the speech that outlined new rules for counterterrorism surveillance. >> the standards must be higher. >> reporter: nevertheless he condemned edward snowden, whose unauthorized leaks sent mr. obama on his reformist path. it was not worth the damage done, the president said of snow ls den. five years from now, when i'm a private citizen, i'm going to feel pretty conf

forced the showing of the island literally under an hour after i had flown over it with ambassador basraon our way to china to talk about the north's revelation of the enrichment program. the three lessons emerged from these two years. first of all on the security side, when you think about the nuclear test missile launch, thinking of the iraq navy vessel shelling of an island, the alliance demonstrated its resilience and it grew stronger to determine what is secured, the deterrent security. and in the process, koreans, south koreans and people strongly because of the relationship salles the washington cooperation and responding to these events. and the lesson on the diplomacy side just began to emerge for the first time in many years the traditional cycle of provoke and rushed back to the table, provoke, gain concessions from the nuclear is asian dialogue that gained the appearance but in retrospect it was only an appearance, that cycle was broken. pyongyang was caught in the 29-2010 period that would receive nothing from the threats of provocations. only further diplomatic and economic

graham: as to the future of how to move forward, prime minister maliki, with all faults, did go to basra and take on the shia militia. i believe he is an iraqi nationalist. i would urge the sunnis to reach back out, too. the political gains we have made in iraq are being lost by lack of security. if we had had a residual force, the political momentum toward reconciling iraq would have continued. without security, people go back to their sectarian corners, and i would argue that the sunnis need to up their game, too. but the immediate problem is how do you repel al qaeda from fallujah and ramadi. the way it worked before is you had the sunni awakening where the tribal leaders in anbar, the sunni tribal leaders, had a taste of the iraqi -- excuse me, the al qaeda agenda and said no thank you. they were literally killing children in front of their parents for smoking. the stories coming out of an bar province -- be abar province about the abuse the people of anbar suffered under al qaeda control would break your heart. so the sunni leaders married up with american military personnel to driv