country ahead of parliamentary elections planned for the end of june the retired general backed by view army has pledged to rid libya of islamists. resilient police have reportedly fired tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters gathered in rio de janeiro demonstrators marched against the management of the ongoing fee for world cup games the high cost of the tournament has led to clashes in several brazilian cities and other cities around the globe. venture capital with katie pilbeam coming your way next hour to international stay with us . we'll told you my language and. react to situations. to the point with. no i will leave that to the states to comment on your. take on this on the job. thank you. what you need a direct question the proof for a change when you're. ready for. freedom of speech. and the freedom to. debating american foreign policy is there one any more traditionally the political left and right and clearly different positions on how washington should exert power in the world today it appears everyone in the establishment is a hawk. and we will be by the. garden of laws rule

army. frankly, many in the sunni community view the army as a she army protecting a shia regime. isis that ist fighting the government, but a coalition of sunni tribesmen, former insurgents during the years of american occupation. broad sunni most community and the administration has to be careful not to isolate them in any of their actions. there is also a message of inclusiveness, but again, many of the sunnis here will fade is for prime late minister maliki to change his policies and start acting as an effective leader. unrest in sunni communities are exactly because sunnis andizing putting the favor of power into the shia hands. >> prime minister nouri al-maliki has asked the u.s. to carry out airstrikes. is that the answer? it certainly seems they need them. and iraqi mp said today anonymously and has been widely quoted that without those airstrikes and will not be able to defeat isis. when those airstrikes were initially requested by the malik he -- maliki government, we to americabassador talking up -- about being in immediate danger because the isis forces can move so qui

sunni population many view the iraqi army as a shiite argue prime force from baghdad isis is also believed to receive financial support from sympathetic gulf monarchies and with iran backing the iraqi government there is fear the internal conflict could become a regional one all sides are bracing for the worst in the capital shiite militia men are responding to a call to arms from their religious leaders ready to defend their capital and their faith the iraqi army is also fighting back but this means airstrikes against sunni cities and that could make the already sectarian conflict go from bad to worse sitting out the fight at least for now are the americans which are hardest determined to press on the plus chain is for how long. lucy catherine of auntie. well the u.s. has already sent a hundred soldiers with almost twice as many set to arrive later but those are not combat troops washington's also received a warning from the any military intervention to prop up the iraqi government would effectively mean war on the entire sunni arab world and as we can see right now in the middle east is

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appropriate for them to adjust their thinking about what the path policy should be to their own view of how the armyevolve over time. every each of those that, discipline filling out the questionnaire has suitable it of uncertainty around their own individual forecast. >> the new york times. you have spoken about your sense that the recession is on permanent damage to the economic out the. you reduce your forecast of long-term growth. i'm curious to know to what extent you think fiscal policy .ould reverse those trends >> i think part of the reason we are seeing slower growth and potential output may reflect the has beental investment week during the long recovery we have experienced so it diminished contribution. as the economy picks up, i would certainly hope to see the contribution restored. so, i think that is one of the factors. unusually we have had long duration, unemployment, a very large fraction of those on them late who have an on them would more than its months. there is a fear that those individuals find it harder to gain employment, that their attachment to the labor force may diminish

view." the united states army has waited almost five years to act bowe bergdahl how and why he left his platoon in afghanistan and then ended up a taliban prisoner. and although he's now been back in american hands for three days, he has not yet been asked that question or any others. so says the man who engineered his release, the president of the united states, president obama. he says the only american service member held prisoner in the afghan war is still in the middle of getting his medical treatment at the military hospital in germany, and hasn't even yet seen his own family. it is still not clear what bowe bergdahl's health issues are. nor when he is going to return to the united states. but in another country, in poland today, first stop in a three-nation, four-day trip to europe, mr. obama gave a detailed defense of the prisoner swap that earned bergdahl his freedom, and i want you to hear some of it. >> the united states has always had a pretty sacred rule. and that is, we don't leave our men or women in uniform behind. and that dates back to the earliest days of our revolution. we h

kron four's philippe djegal was in mountain view where the hero was honored. >>"the army keeps very good track of your mistakes, but they dont always get the good stuff, haha." >>well, in this case, thanks to a little help from congresswoman anna eshoo of palo alto. >>"this is a longtime coming. this is something that he earned." >>seven decades after being wounded twice during world war two fighting in norhter france and central europe. retired u-s army corporal john indergand is awarded the purple heart and oak leaf cluster for his bravery at a wednesday ceremony at moffet federal airfield. awards he was promised while bedridden in the hosptal during the war. >> "a three-star general came in and awarded us verbally the oak leaf cluster but then he said unfortunately we're out of clusters. so, they gave use a little piece of paper like the top of a laundry list and of course, i eventually lost the little piece of paper." >>last november, congresswoman eshoo overheard indergand telling that story during an event. she then contacted the u-s army and after submitting the pr

in fact, from a military point of view, the iraqi army today said it was trying to retake tikrit and twhen did so it had one of its helicopters shot down. it's struggled to get a military foothold to deploy soldiers in some of these small towns, let alone trying to make it ultimately to mosul in the northwest part of the country. even in the small towns and strategic cities on the outskirts of baghdad, they are struggling to advance on to those and to hold them. at the same time as you were saying, politically, there's a huge vacuum still in the country. the country is scheduled to convene its first parliamentary session on july 1st and ultimately try to put together a cabinet. there's no indication that prime minister maliki is going to be able to meet some of the demands of sunni arab leaders and the kurdish leaders and try to form a new national unity government. so far that's been pretty much shunned by him and those around him. >> what do you see happening with the leaders such as the saudis and the qataris and kuwaitis whom kerry has been trying to bring into the fold. pressure

. >>> 40 on the ground, working the army widely viewed as an effective. in u.s.t is growing and in support of the central government that needs to unify but has not. after meeting with leaders john kerry was cautiously optimistic. >> words are cheap, i am not taking anything i hear to the bank and saying it is going to be solved. i am hearing things that indicate to me that if they follow through on the things they are saying there is the capacity to have a new government that could be a unity government, could reflect a great capacity for success. >> a lot to talk about with nic robertson and former deputy assistant secretary of state. the 90 military advisors, on the ground, you've been talking to pentagon officials, what do we know about what they are going to be doing and where? >> 90 came today, a total of 130 now anderson. they will start off in baghdad and stay in that area because the big concern right now is could baghdad fall to isis? unlikely at the moment, but that's what they want to figure out. the word we hear, assess. they are there to assess the

also online view at the moment the u.k. army may be getting too fat to fight the country's defense ministry has revealed shocking figures of those failing basic fitness tests and being at risk of grave health problems because more details on report online for you that is just a click away. also that a flight of fancy a pizzeria and one of russia in one russian city turns to drones to get its deliveries and on time to find out how it's being carried out watch the video on our web site. right to see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters. i. am. on. now austria's pushing to speed up the stacked stream pipeline project aimed as you curing russian gas deliveries to europe bypassing ukraine it was earlier frozen by brussels citing possible violations of the brocks regulations but austria is urging to make exceptions for gazprom the contract maybe see all of this week as artie's pour scott reports now from vienna. well russia hoping that later on tuesday the agreement can be set in stone the signing of the contract t

90 american military advisors arriving there today joining 40 on the groundworking with an army widely viewed as ineffective and a new estimate says is growing and support of a central government that needs to unify but so far has not. after meeting with top iraqi leaders, secretary of state john kerry was optimistic. he spoke with jim shutto. >> i'm not taking anything i hear from the bank and saying wow, it's going to be solved but i'm hearing things that indicate to me if they follow through on the things they are saying, there is a capacity to have a new government that could be a unity government, that could reflect a great erica pasty for success. >> a lot to talk about with nic robertson and former deputy assistant secretary of state. the 90 military advisors, on the ground, you've been talking to pentagon officials, what do we know about what they are going to be doing and where? >> 90 came today, a total of 130 now anderson. they will start off in baghdad and stay in that area because the big concern right now is could baghdad fall to isis? unlikely at the moment, but that's what the

. >> the weaponry against them is formidable drop the army point of view. >> paul, thank you very much, reporting live from eastern ukraine. >> police maintaining a victory over drug gangs, breaking up a ring that is the largest marijuana producer, coming just before talks on whether the country will be able to join the e.u. >> the smoke rising over the little village in southern albania is clouds of burnt marijuana, destroyed by its manufacturers as the police moved in. after years and years of this place allegedly being out of the grasp of the authorities, it's now held up as an example of how albania with it's lawless reputation may be turning a corner. over time, this entire village has been taken over by drug gangs running a massive can cannabis operation. this police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> we will bring normality and law and order to that region. this action will continue to go on. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants. this shows our will, also our ability to continue the fight against drug smuggling. >> so big was this abrasi

with shrapnel attack occurred as self-defense forces in eastern ukraine clash with the army the military said to views mortar fire which then hit the checkpoint it happened when refugees were crossing the border as we heard from a witness. you know i want to help people who are suffering from ukraine so i went to the buddhist to offer my sister you know look at the children in the refugee camp and i brought them sweets to cheer them up i had become far as i was coming up to the border people were screaming and running machine it was several gunshots it was very scary to see women and children growing for some time and when i came back to the checkpoint was on fire. so a bus carrying ukrainian refugees most of them children also came under fire at another crossing point cautious has more now on the growing tension along the russia ukraine border moscow has demanded an explanation and investigation from the authorities in kiev over the shelling of the russian border point overnight meanwhile the key of defense ministry denies any such thing has ever taken place but we have the russian border guard their

the ukrainian army ceasefire appeared to be holding from the army point of view, but the downing of ukrainian army helicopter outside the separatist strong hold, there is no doubt it came down deliberately with a missile fired from separatist lines. it puts a challenge on the table of president poroshenko in kiev as to his authority now. his decision is whether to end the ceasefire early and perhaps go into all out conflict with the pro-russian separatists and they're fighters on the ground. he's going to have a teleconference with the french president, german chancellor and russian president all on the telephone together wednesday, and he's met his national security chief and the prime minister in kiev today to formulate some kind of plan which may stop short of calling off the ceasefire, but make no mistake, the problems that we're having and the conflict is really in a very critical juncture here in eastern on you crane today. >> nato's foreign ministers are now meeting to discuss the unrest in ukraine in brussels. the military alliance blames moscow for aggression fueling fighting in the

. >> thank you, in the crossfire tonight, guests with different views of the crisis in iraq. disbanning the iraqi army set the sunnis against the shiites, caution cannot become disengagement. as we just heard, isis fighters are capturing more and more iraqi cities. we have no choice at this point. the united states must quickly begin air strikes. the alternative is to accept that iran will come marching in and dominate iraq and syria. we need a new strategy that is not benign neglect. >> you know what else is wrong is the fact that we went to the war in iraq in the first place. can you finally admit it's a mistake? >> no, it wasn't a mistake. >> i think a world without saddam hussein is better. >> yes, but there is better ways to do that. adam smith of washington state and rick santorum, he is the author of "blue collar conservatives" what would a president santorum be doing today to change the situation and avoid some of the mistakes that newt pointed to 11 years ago. >> i say the problems that we're confronting right now is the fact that we exited without an exit strategy, no stable government in pl

it was removal of the trainers and mentors that left the iraqi army vulnerable as it is now. my view is that nouri al-maliki is part of the problem, not the solution. he is going on about wnting to have further executive power. that, or a lack there of is not the problem. nouri al-maliki has plenty of power and has shown a penchant for seizing it. the problem is he has alienated the sunni community and made a base of support for the extremists. they don't want them and in the future they will not want to live under them. they've been driven into the arms of extremists. they don't see a place for themselves. >>> ukraine is accusing russia of helping separatists by moving tanks into eastern ukraine. violence is jeff callating in the -- escalating in the region. from donetsk kim vinnell sent this report. >> reporter: this video can't be independently verified but claims to show a tank in the ukranian si. this tank crossed over from russia. all up, three russians tanks are on ukranian territory, two are under attack by ukranian troops. separatists say they seized the tanks from a warehou

army officials say they are investigating his disappearance but won't enter view bergdahl until dicalerts say it's okay. >>> russian presid v inhe ukrainconflirot sides a çcompromise. in moscow yesterday, putin said the compromise must guarantee the rights of russian-speaking people in ukraine. ppraine accusesof suhegenc >>> three men who were captured after escaping from a canadian prison are due in cn new chartoday. authorities arrested the men in an upscale condo in montreal ea morning. the fugitives had been on the run since june 7th when a helicopter pulled them from a prison courtyard. the men were on trial on charges of drug trafficking and murder at the time of their escape. >>> a new report shows the investigation in a missing malaysia airlines flight is focusing on one pe. according to britain's "sunday times"ice s thein o e flitlann a lan a remote island on his fli simulator at home. investigat this is dot leut terrori o chanical fai >>> 26eople ad and 3 of heavy rain l f hu of thous peoe schin more t8,000es have been th wer has rmland and es oro unbl the minil ofairs sa t

army shelling earlier this week. and allegations of be made that clear views banned weapons in its air assault on slavia and locals claimed they were attacked by incendiary bombs which included white phosphorus broadcaster neil clark believes that the violence will continue with the president using the troops to buy time so he can press on with the offensive later things haven't gone to plan for the ukrainian authorities here they launched their offensive against the so-called terrorists in the east several weeks ago it has launched a plan the fact is they haven't been able to regain control of parts of the country as we know the people in the east are still there they're fighting back even to casualties on the crazy forces and i should fear that what we could be seeing here is playing for time he might be calling for the cease fire to kind of low people into a false sense of security. and then a free launch this offensive and so i think we could be very cynical we've got to wait to see the actual details. well you may have heard spain is crowning a new king today and later on we will take a look at what the change of thr

view should face military justice. ambassador, thanks very much. >>> egypt's former army chief taking the ost office as the new president. the inauguration of al sisi coming less than a year after he ousted the country's first freely elected president, islamist mohamed morsi but the new leader faces monumental problems, including ongoing violence and a broken economy. in his speech today he stressed the importance of developing freedom away from chaos but didn't mention human rights or democracy. >> now to actor/comedian tracy morgan who remains in critical condition in a new jersey hospital one day after he was involved in that deadly six-vehicle crash that occurred on the new jersey turnpike. police charging a walmart truck driver with death by auto in the accident. he may have fallen asleep when he smashed into the cars. morgan was on his way back from a show in delaware and police say that truck hit the limousine bus he was in. the limo flipped over and killed morgan's close friend and mentor comedian james mcnair who is known as jimmy mac. two other women riding in that limo are also now in critical condition. >> w

main targets of the military's campaign a former british army intelligence officer whose return from the country told us that the evidence in his view points to the use of banned phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video of looks at it closely it does indeed tally with what one might hope signs the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light but in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an f. weapon it's been used such as a multitude of props and craft and then of course again the talent still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very. white a gray smoke white phosphorus being used as an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the usage of consent and that's exactly why of course and indeed other people even from the west should be even if i haven't should be calling for pumping for an investigation of this incident to prevent a escalating. meanwhile two employees of a russian t.v. channel currently being held by ukrainian authorities in the city of night there operated saturday in the most recent incident in a string of detentions o

view generally. our military is unbelievable. volunteer army. they do what they're order today do within moral grounds. they are incredibly courageous and they are in the worst places in the world like the outposts in afghanistan, they've been in iraq. my wife said this, kathleen said to me, that puts more and more onus on the political leaders to get it right. if these guys are going to fwiefight a good fight, make sure they're fighting a good fight. did it ever make sense to you, when we go into iraq. >> i was a major general -- >> we overthrough -- overthrew a government. >> indeed. when secretary powell said smoking -- >> nuclear weapons. >> yeah. that -- i said, all right. perhaps we have a problem here, but it is proven to be utterly disastrous. >> that was con effected for the european allies. they admitted that. >> and executed badly at the senior leadership level. this has been a disaster from the very beginning. >> that's what i think. i'm looking at the politics. thank you for your service, general. thank you for all the military peop

from the syrian army position overlooking the city the soldiers had a clear view of the area so the armedmilitants down below had to find a way to keep out of sight. inside the wreckage, a syrian sergeant showed me how they did it. the militants dug 40 miles of tunnels. they got hold of the power drill and everywhere you can see the stacked bags and barrels full of the dirt they dug out. >> it's a position very well concealed and the sniper inside could shoot in three directions without being exposed at all. the syrian army's response was months of fierce bombardment, but it wasn't enough. instead there was a u.n.-brokered cease fire in may and more than 2,000 islamic militants got safe passage out. tas syrian government starts the massive cleanup here, the fighting with extremists has moved just a few miles north to the outskirts of the city. the sergeant knows he will be fighting them again, probably soon. are the people of mosul facing this kind of destruction? i asked? if the iraqi army takes on isis there? isis is much better armed, he says. it will be worse in mosul. for those searc

in the last view areas, there has been facts of the army taking from here to the refinery.hey took off the airfield. they hovered over the refinery, there was thick black smoke where the iraqi army bombed. they landed for a few minutes, got back into the helicopter and left. this shows that the iraqis are wanting to win the war against the i.s.i.l. rebels. we have to assume that they are in control of at least part of the oil refinery. >> that's our correspondent. >>> well, thousands of iranians have been demonstrating against sunni arms groups. many of the protesters who gathered say they are ready to take up arms, and want to defend the shia cities located near the iraqi capital baghdad. >>> on to other news. libyans are voting in parliamentary elections. it's the third poll since the top rule of muammar gaddafi in 2011. more than 1.5 million are voting, electing 200 members of parliament of it's a dangerous time in libya. hundreds of turks have been returning home after a retired general gave them 48 hours to get out. general khalifa haftar accuses both countries. we go

view about this thing generalry. our military is unbelievable. they're a volunteer army, they do what they're ordered to do. they're the worst in the world, these outposts and afghanistan. so that to me, my wife said this to me, it puts more and more onus on the political leaders to get it right. if these guys are going to fight a good fight, make sure they're fighting the right fight. and my question to you is did it ever make sense to you going into iraq? what are we doing in there? who govr view a government. >> endeed. i was a major general watching this unfold. i was not part of the invasion force. when secretary powell said, you know, smoking -- >> nuclear weapon. >> i said all right, perhaps we have a problem. but it is proven to be utterly disastrous. >> and also that was confected for the european allies. >> and executed badly, at the senior leadership level. so this has been a disaster for the very beginning. >> thank you for your service, general. and thank you to all the military people watching. and thank you for the regional look at this thing. coming up, americans say the war in iraq, was it

story, just like that cell phone, are what give us that whole view of the soldier and can better understand the history of the united states army. you can see a piece right there a section of improvised explosive device. of course one of the main concerns of most soldiers in iraq and afghanistan was the i.e.d. we have an exhibit over here put together by one of our staff members who actually was on an e.o.d. team in iraq. he was wounded by a sniper during a mission, but now he is one of our exhibit designers. and he put together this exhibit right here. this is different views of what he saw as an explosive ordinance disposal soldier in iraq. you can see different ways that insurgents might build an improvised explosive device. for those of us who are veterans of this war, these pieces right here really bring out a visceral reaction. these are the sorts of things we dealt with every single day. we show off a lot veterans materials here. we allow the american public to understand the soldier's experience and what it was like to be a soldier. and of course for us to be able to do that, we utilize the veterans materials. so if you

army. >> how would you evaluate them and how was it viewed by the public and the command as somebody that was successful or not very successful? stomach medicine was one of those few that left the presidency highly regarded by all of the countrymen. it was regarded by americans as evidence that we should be recognized on the world stage. they deserve to be recognized on the world stage and the rest of the world began to do that especially as you pointed out after andrew jackson got beat the heck out of the british by the battle of new orleans. one of the most intriguing aspects of the research that you came up with was. i think it is a major contribution from the historical standpoint. he had an affliction that was running throughout his life and yet he was able to achieve both anomalous check this debate coke -- phenomenal objectives as one of the most important founders. can you tell us about that. people call madison shy, which he wasn't. he was simply reserved. between the episodes of whatever it was was enormously energetic taking the trips by horseback or carriage and jefferson trav

a d-day veteran a better than average view of the french coastline from above, 90-year-old retired command sergeant major first came to these shores with the army'snfantry 70 years ago today, and we sincerely hope you can join us tonight for our hour-long special, profiling d-day veterans who came back here, two of them for the first time since 1944. it area at 8:00, 7:00 central. >>> president obama thanked the french for the beauty and dignity and remembrance of this resting place and back home in the u.s., france gave its thanks in another way for america's help in world war ii. in new york harbor today, three helicopters dropped one million rose pedals on the statute of liberty was a gift of friendship from france to the united states. world war ii veterans and active duty military members were on hand for the event. we'll take a break, more of the day's other news still ahead when we continue, including a another episode of violence on. >> college campus and the student credited with saving lives. college campus and the stt credited with saving lives. coll credited with saving lives. coll credited with saving lives. on.c student credited wit

being viewed as community members america's police forces tragically are being increasingly viewed as an occupying army and that needs to change community policing needs to be a priority in our country once again with the changes shouldn't stop there we also need to put weapons of war back in the hands of real military forces like the national guard and pay or cops better while holding them to higher stand. it's only then can we make sure that no more one year old. are hanging on to life by a thread because a flash bang grenade went off in their crib. and that's the way it is tonight monday june second two thousand and fourteen and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your. i marinate join me on boom bust into impartial and financial reporting commentary interviews and much much. only on bombast and only. place. playing. lead. player. play. play. lists. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. it's far worse. than the finish line of the marathon. coming up on our t.v. violence still rages on in eastern ukraine while government forces clashed

we keep treating it like this is a big army we have to fight when it is a point of view. a political point of view which we ignite every time we go into those countries and start shooting arabs. my question to you, are we going to win by slaughtering arabs by air power, droneses on international television? >> we are not going to succeed if that's all we do. we are not going to succeed if we try to do this by ourselves. they were able to plot, train. >> could they have done it in germany? >> i don't think so. that's part of the reason why they have not. that supports them as openly as in afghanistan. >> that sense of security. >> guys who got the flight training are aviation experts in florida were identified by the aviation teacher down there who was teaching them to fly planes once they were in the air as being german. he said, i think they're german. what a joke. they were operating out of germany. let me go to the governor. do you think the people want another war? >> no. absolutely not. malaki always danced. he blew it when he kicked us out. brought troops in and he

volunteer soldiers on sunday part of army of men who answered urgent call to join a iraqi security forces fighting vish us enemy. a group of fierce battled fighters killers viewed to take baghdad. on the march to iraq's capital, they have left behind a trail of mass murder. photos from accounts that can be -- prisoners were bound, knocked trucks and laid out on the ground and killed. images strike terror across iraq and heightened to those pushing back against the extremist group. prime minister saying there is no place to hide and rhawnching rockets at massive terrorism. despite billions of dollars to train them they are limited capabilities. she home are for an shot. >> three u.s. warships including aircraft carrier are deployed to persian gulf ready to engage the army of jihadists. and abc's terri moran is in northern iraq close to the rebelon. >> there's word he may -- >> dead or alive the u.s. is taking nothing for granted reducing staff at baghdad enemy as a precaution. "abc news," new york. >> "good morning america" will have the latest own grow crisis in iraq. tune in tomorrow morning 7 a.m. after "action news" in the morning. >> tragedy struck a family

let's start with a new video showing the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl after five years in captivity. it's a rare view of the taliban and american special forces. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr takes us through the highlights. >> reporter: chanting "praise for their leader" 18 armed taliban militants seen standing in wait, perched on grassy hills in the valley, guns and rocket launchers at the ready. the narration says this meeting took place at 4:00 in the afternoon in khost province, eastern afghanistan. at the center of the action, a silver pickup truck. bow bergdahl seen inside, sitting in the back seat. bergdahl, dressed all in white. he appeared to be nervous, blinking, shakiy. bergdahl seen talking with one of his alleged captors. at one point, the army sergeant even cracks what looks to be a smile while talking. and then wipes his eyes. seen flying overhead, a twin engine plane approaching the meeting point. and then suddenly, like a seen out of the movies, the special forces blackhawk helicopter descends. two taliban militants immediately escort bergdahl towards the chopper, waving

they have to fight for their very existence in the face of what they view as being a shia fighting force. and that is the iraqi armyd by shia prime minister nuri al maliki. we're also hearing about various calls from shia militia leaders trying to reactivate their militias so deadly during the previous civil war, the most famous cleric here, putting out a call to people to volunteer and join the iraqi security forces. so when it comes to any sort of option with regards to what the u.s. may have, even if it they do decide to get involved with air strike, it will be very difficult to figure out who to st strike and where. isis has embedded itself within the civilian population. there are no clear confined front line. add to that the dynamic of the iranians being involved on the ground and those various shia militias that also waged a brutal battle against u.s. forces bein reactivated, as well. >> cleary stakes for everyone are enormous. stand by. michael holmes is joining us. as we a wait the president of the united states, the microphones have already been set up in front of marine one, he's leaving town with the fi

the army has expressed disquiet about the former chief of staff being hauled through the courts. the former general's opponents if in theirpy, viewescapes justice. his fate is back in the hands of the prime minister. abc news, karachi -- bbc news, karachi. today actress angelina jolie and the british foreign secretary joined forces to host a landmark summit in london, ending sexual violence in conflict zones. among the countries under scrutiny is south sudan on. inre has been a sharp rise sexual assault since fighting between two ethnic tribes erupted last december. the u.n. says up to 24,000 south sudanese women are at risk. karen allen has this report. >> conflict has made this woman a refugee in her own land. beneath the surface, we find another sinister threat, rape on a massive scale not seen here before. women here are being sexually abused, singled out because of their tribe. tens of thousands are now packed into camps. jane is breaking a taboo by speaking about sexual assault. she cowered in the grass, clutching her nine-year-old son, as her sister-in-law was gang-raped and shot dead right in front of her. >> four of them

in my view, it's one of hope and assumption, we're assuming an afghan army can hold its ground. we're assuming there will be no ethnic violence as a part of the transition. we're assuming reconciliation talks will resume in our favor. and most importantly, we are assuming that al qaeda can't reconstitute like it has in iraq and in syria. i would just leave you with a word of caution. if that scares us and what's going on right now with isis in iraq and syria should, what's going to happen when we're dealing with a nuclear arsenal in pakistan? i have other views that i'm happy to answer in questions on aumf and on future gitmo releases but i am out of time. with that, i will stop, sir. >> thank you, mr. walsh. dr. jacobson for five minutes, please, sir. >> mr. chairman, madam chairman, ranking members and distinguished members of the joint subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i should first note that i, too, extend my gratitude to the andrews family for the sacrifice they have made. i would like to have known their son. from what i have read and

viewed as a massive victory. it's clear the fight is out of lee's army. if there had only been more daylight or more troops here, the confederate army could have been brought to its knees thrand would have been a break through. that's the thinking at headquarters. that night both lee and the union commanders start pouring more troops into this area. abonn donning the line of the creek. on the union side general has been cook is ordered to march his second corp down and tack on to the lower end of the line getting ready for a massive assault to take place on june 2, the next day. on this side lee orders his men to shift south. brecken individual to shift below hoke. and a.p. hill third core are to shift down behind them and tack on to the lower end of the confederate line. these lines are expanding. the entire battle is shifting down here to cold harbor. grant wanted to make his big attack here. he had several reasons for wanting to do it. he realized of course first that steal mate was not going to sell very well. he was wetted to the idea of a mobile cam

being viewed as community members america's police forces tragically are being increasingly viewed as an occupying army and that needs to change community policing needs to be a priority in our country once again with the changes shouldn't stop there we also need to put weapons of war back in the hands of real military forces like the national guard and pay our cops better while holding them to higher standards only then can we make sure that no more one year old workers are hanging on to life by a thread because a flash bang grenade went off in their crib. and that's the way it is tonight monday june second two thousand and fourteen and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active during. the day in washington well as a miss. is being suggested to the list isn't the media handling ocracy of our. issues actually back to you and doesn't do too much for ad revenue my new tech agriculture giant teeth on a seventy six year old american farmer based in india is fallout do you think this is going to create for the cia do you think this is what's triggering a race america's the largest econ

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view. ♪ introducing the world's first curved ultra high definition television from samsung. >>> the former armyhat took office on sunday is the fifth egyptian leader drawn from the armed forces. as well as exercising it the military is a key player in the economy and with the presidency his vast business interests are also expected to grow. >> reporter: on duty in cairo, safe guarding the main road to the capitol, but as well as protecting the nation, the egyptian army is also protecting this. a vast business empire built with conscript labor. it's commercial interests stretch from petro stations and shopping malls to hotels and spas and even grocery shops where you can buy the army's own products including it's brand of pasta. >> super markets like this are just one small part of the army's economic activities. these days, some say the military is less of a fighting force and more of a trading company. some see how much profit it makes or how much of the company it controls but estimates range from 5% to 40% and beyond. it's keen to show off it's major infrastructure projects delivered with mi

was only expressing his personal views journalist john white to says even for the alliance the words of the secretary general to extreme well. one of the chief of army is probably in the secretary general of need who is that you have to be a lunatic that either there's a crisis we've been through the shift in the hierarchy or they realize that mr rasmussen screams stream but they have to distance themselves i think it's a combination of. mr rasmussen strain as secretary general of nato is no sure i can see him being able to continue in a position. seventy two barely because i don't think he suitable for the job but i think this research and the sentiment she expressed street. cred not really going to watch the t.v. exploded on to members of a right wing a vigilante group go on trial in france today charged with making death threats against a journalist but they're not ultranationalist on you not is there from jewish defense league which claims to be battling anti semitism arenacross of our reports . they have a strong following and a clear message as only we are here present with jews no burning cruel way of well trained well equipped when not afrai

so that is very much the view that people are out of touch and it time for sort of direct action and he calls his armyhe people's army for his troops and his party. he calls it the people's army and that is very much over the hill coming and saying they've had enough. >> host: do you think that your party can learn from you? is it going to be about trying to bring them into the tank? >> guest: this is a 54,000-dollar question. i think and suspect that the center-right -- this is my own private view the center-right of britain needs to have an accommodation at some point because it's very difficult given the parliamentary system to see how the conservative party can get an overall majority without a lot of those voters coming back. and voting conservative. because they are generally in the disposition. i know people argue about this, but if you look at the counselors and the activists, a lot of them have come from the conservative party. >> host: what we are seeing at the moment is the u.s. 2014 primary has a lot of tea party challenges losing but that he party ideas being the narrative is about the es

revolution, but ultimately, the real question is why is it that his army collapsed so quickly, and the answer lies probably and certainly in the view of many people in baghdad with two things. collaboration and corruption. and there is already evidence emerging quite rapidly from isis itself that members of the former bath party administration of saddam hussein, senior officers are actually orchestrating the isis campaign, and that may explain its meticulous planning that's emerged in the recent report, the annual report published by isis, which looks like the brochure for large multi-national. in many ways, this is an intended brochure to recruit people internationally, try and drive funds towards them, but also reveals that they do have strategic intent. >> sam kiley in baghdad. while the crisis appears to be getting more serious every day, president obama met with congressional leaders in washington earlier this afternoon to discuss possible u.s. involvement. ed henry is standing by with the details of that meeting. 100 special forces. is it too little too late? ed. >> reporter: that is one of the options the president is weighi

army. >> how would you evaluate him overall? how was he looked upon, was he viewed by the public by the day of his command when somebody was successful or not very successful? >> contemporaries, madison was one of those who viewed left the presidency, we don't pay much attention to the board 1812. it was regarded by americans, and we deserve to be recognized by the world stage. and andrew jackson beat the heck out of the battle of new orleans. >> one of the most intriguing aspects of the research that came up was having to do with madison's health. it was a major contribution from a historical standpoint. he had an affliction that was with him throughout his entire life and yet he was able to achieve these phenomenal objectives under extraordinary circumstances, one of the most important founders. can you tell us about that, what his problem was and how he dealt with it? >> was one of those puzzles to me in the beginning. people called madison shot. to the simply reserved. you could see that he was sick from time to time. between the episodes of whatever was. and an