. >> elizabeth harris, you are next. >> elizabeth harris here? >> okay. >> all right, we will move on, kerri shinder? >> next is amira tuby. >> much of what i had planned to say has been said, and i am grateful to project what and to the public defenders and others for their statistics. what i would like to share with you very briefly is three sentences about my background, first of all i work inside california state prisons as a volunteer facilitator as the alternative to the violence project which is internationally known for reducing recidivism and one of the things that they speak of is their pain in being separated from their children. some of whose children are now in their 20s or 30s. i also work on the outside with children of incarcerated parents and as a person who has worked as a resource teacher both at the elementary school level and also in the community college level, i see, the ripple effect of what happens when families are split. and so that is part of my background. and because of time, there are several things that i am asking

elizabeth fran begins our news. what are lawmakers saying at this hour on capitol hill? >> harris, as the instability intensify in the middle east, so does the reaction from lawmakers here. some say isis does not pose an immediate threat, others would certainly disagree and those critical disagree with how they're handling iraq and foreign policy in general. they say more needs to be on the table. >> i leave everything on the table right now. >> including boots on the ground? >> i'd put everything on the table but most people when you talk to them don't think boots on the ground will work right now. that you don't need it. if you don't have a strategy, what would the boots on the ground even do? that's the question you have to have. >> one of the reasons we're in the position we are right now is because the president did not get the forces agreement. by pulling troops out, we lost the leverage we had and allowed maliki to fall into this. by not taking significant action in syria, we've allowed -- the border is forest between syria and iraq. they're going back and forth. this isn't

harry is in the water canoe. league being led by 51 year old stroke patient. >> also queen elizabeth, she was in ireland, and she first-hand look at the set of hbo's hit series game of thrones. the queen, along with her husband, prince philip, visited the set, titanic studios, and also some of the show's creators, stars, the queen pretty close to the iron thrown, but unlike the other visitors decided not to take a seat. the only one that actually sits on a real thrown. >> big daddy graham driving in of course and he loves the show. haven't seen it yet. >> all right, people living near peru most active volcano on edge because of continuous erruptions. take a look at the ash clouds, billowing into the sky, in southern peru, authorities say the volcanic activity has been affecting air quality in april, continued erruptions led to the evacuation of more than 400,000 people from their homes. >>> topping our national headlines, congressional leaders stop to honor pivotal achieve n civil rights, the civil rights movement. july 2nd marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act. which helped end legal