charlie: tell me more.eople can take this information, look at it, and i just so that they get a better night's sleep. james: yes. to optimize, but also see that things are going well. charlie: is it user friendly? james: very. when you look at the devices that are out at the moment technology itself evolved around sleep. it is very clinical or something you have to wear. we are like, technology needs to disappear. how do you make something that enables you to just fall asleep and not worry about this stuff? we wanted to build a very different type of device. we are not building computers for people to use. we are building computers around people. charlie: what did you do with the $2.4 million? james: we used it to build products. charlie: and you are going to ship them next week? so you have a company, a product, assembly line. you are all set to go. can you shop online only or anywhere else? james: at the moment, it is direct from our website. charlie: and it is what? james: $129. charlie: what do you nee

i'm pleased to have lynsey addario back at this table, welcome. >> thank you charlie. >> charlie: tell me about writing a memoir. why did you decide to do this? >> it was an interesting process. after we were released from captivity in libya i was approached by several literary agent and my first priority was to do a photobook. i've never done a buof of my photographs soy really wanted to focus on that. i was meeting with them and we had all my photos set out on the table and got a memo two people i knew had been killed in libya in that meeting. i was overwhelmed with not only what i had been through but the loss of friend and silva lost his legs in afghanistan and it hit me in that moment. i said, i don't want to spend the next year looking at the photos of the last decade and i wanted to write. it was something i wanted to do and i was meeting with lilt rare agent and it seemed right. >> charlie: tell me to the moment where you're lying face down in libya and the soldier says shoot them shoot them. >> we had been covering the front line and it was shifting. >> charlie: you and tiler

charlie: why?the musicians and the many good things that we did around the world, it was a big problem between me and the land. >> charlie: what was the friction? >> two different views. >> charlie: two different visions. >> two different visions and that brought then this fight in a political as sometimes happens in italy, it became political. you know, the fact that some workers were on the left some on the right, became a problem of unions and became another thing. instead of being artistic, became political. so when the politics come in a theater or an opera house or a concert hall it's better for the musician to go away. >> charlie: but, at the same time, you've also -- i've heard conductors say to me, you know, they tire of the sort of responsibilities of a conductor or the music director of a symphony because of fundraising, because of entertaining, because of all those other things that has to do with maintaining the orchestra, but not leading the orchestra. >> yes. depends very much on the

♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: mike morell is here.e was deputy director of the cia from 2010 to 2013. he also served twice as acting director during that time. egypt launched airstrikes in libya yesterday. the attack was in retaliation for the beheading of 21 christian egyptian hostages. the killings raised concern that isis is expanding its global footprint. in geneva, international powers have entered a decisive phase in nuclear negotiation. they are slated to reach a framework agreement in march and a final agreement in june. iran's supreme leader remarked last week that no deal is better than a bad deal. american politicians have said the same thing. i'm pleased to have mike morell back at this table. welcome. mike: good to be here. charlie: someone said to me, there is a sense that somebody's got to come together. the isis and the extent of their footprint is much more troubling than anybody ever imagined. tell me how you see isis today based on what we just saw in egypt, i mean in libya, paris, copenhagen, iraq, and syria. what

>> charlie: come on, louder. yelp! >> charlie: come on. yelp!d? a crazy man. >> charlie: you can do better than that. free your mind, use your imagination. use whatever pops in your head. >> a saw toothed mad man! >> charlie: there's a poet in you after all! close your eyes and describe what you see. >> i close my eyes. >> charlie: yes? a sweaty toothed mad man. excellent, make him do something. >> he's going to choke me. what's he saying. he's mumbling truth like a blanket that always leaves you feet cold. >> a blanket, tell me about the blanket! >> it will never be enough! kick at it, beat it, will never cover enough! from the home we answer crying and leave dying it will just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream. (applause) >> you won't forget. thisforget this.you remember that in what did it mean to you? >> everything. i mean, i just turned 18 a couple of days before and i really wanted to be an actor. i don't know why. and i didn't really know what it was, you know. i read about it. my mother gave me a book on laurence olivier and

>> absolutely. >> charlie: at all costs. absolutely charlie. that is the sacred, solemn commitment that the united states and the president of the united states deems unshakeable. >> charlie: so this is about ukraine, and don't even think about going anywhere else. >> don't think about any single member of n.a.t.o. >> charlie: do you wish that ukraine was a member of n.a.t.o.? >> i don't quick -- my job is better not to wish, it's better to take things as they are. but what i was trying to say charlie, with respect to our n.a.t.o. allies, the united states and our other nate to partners -- n.a.t.o. partners beefed up our presence in the eastern flank of n.a.t.o., and we're now there in larger numbers air, land and sea. >> charlie: it's humiliating to see the troops have to leave. >> what troops? >> charlie: the ukrainian troops when they moved. >> you're making a different point. you're trying to -- what are you trying to do? (laughter) >> charlie: go ahead. i'm trying to keep you on track. >> i'm on track. you're trying to get me off track. no

>> charlie: welcome to the program. tonight, mike flynn, former director of the defense intelligence agency, with a strategy to fight i.s.i.s. >> one of the things i think is an existential threat to this country is the loss of who we are, the idea about american values and what we cherish why we are the way we are, why we're so -- such a good, strong country. we have got to protect that. that's an existential threat that's not going to hit us today but over time if it erodes we have to be very careful of that and protect that. in terms of is there a one enemy out there? i've had these conversations. we enjoyed i guess, having the soviet union because it was one problem we could worry about. today we don't have that. we have ten problems we're worrying about is. one or the other existential? i think the economic system is an existential problem and i think we have to pay close attention to that. >> charlie: fund for charlie rose is provided by the following. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and informa

thank you, charlie. >> charlie: we'll be right back. stay with us. >> charlie: we begin with coverage of the cybersecurity coverage at stanford. president obama met with members of tech industry and law enforcement today. the conference takes place in the aftermath of the sony pictures hacking scandal which u.s. authorities blamed on north korea. also at a time of drift between silicon valley and the administration after the snowden leaks. the president spoke from stanford university earlier today. >> it's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. the same information technologies that help make our military the most advanced in the world are targeted by hackers from china and russia who go after our defense contractors and systems that are built for our troops, the same social media we use in government to advocate for democracy and heimen rights around the world can also be used by terrorists to spread hateful ideologies.

charlie: orson welles like.rs in and it would fall apart, someone would lose interest because we could not have contracts, you cannot contract somebody more than seven years so it was a handshake deal. the idea that the film company did not go out of business. miramax does not exist, they were the dominant when we started. but ifc is still fronting and they made this happen -- trucking and they made this happen. charlie: it does not have a plot. ethan: it substitutes time for plot. it is an architecture that i get a kick out of. people think that some actor is brilliant -- daniel day-lewis, he is brilliant in "lincoln." i take the opposite, what is really hard is it is hard to be good on an episode of "matlock." because when you have plot to sell, that is when you see that acting. "-- bad acting. " the russians will be here and we have to turn off the bo mb." what rick did is strictly movie of plot. -- strip the movie of plot. the goal is to not act at all, it is to be present and be creative. what makes that so

. >> charlie: bill burns for the hour next. >> charlie: >> charlie: funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. >> charlie: additional funding provided by. ed >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: few have held as many high level positions as bill burns. he was deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 201414, prior to that under secretary for it political affairs. u.s. ambassador to russia and jordan, holds highest ranking and is to become deputy secretary. retired from government last year and has become the president of carnegie endowment for international peace. i am pleased to have him at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thanks so much for having me. >> charlie: based on everything you know and as you see the world today, tell me what the threats are that you consider the most serious and immediate. >> well, there are some obvious immediate threats, i.s.i.l which gets a lot of attention which is a challenge for the united states and the coalition pa

charlie: meeting what? bill: meaning that the regime will my be able to sustain itself the way it is right now. whether the principal backers can see more clearly if they want to see a stable syria a syria that is not a platform for all sorts of extra missed groups -- extremist groups. it you have to see progress towards that kind of transition. charlie: you really are as good a diplomat as we can find. what you have to do is you have to meet the challenge and support moderate ranks and whatever you can do to make them the primary focus of your attention. and you have to deal with it in a diplomatic way. are the russians and the iranians prepared to do that? and what do you have to do to encourage them to do that. bill: they are vulnerable. charlie: to have an ally in power in the middle east, it is a place to communicate. charlie: and he might lose and he had to think about what his options were. bill: there was a point in the winter of 2012 or 2013 where the russians were a little bit nervous about the fu

charlie: thank you again. we will be right back. ♪ charlie: chris uses here.e is the cofounder of facebook and the publisher of "the new republic." he plans to try transformant to a vertically integrated platform. they were followed by dozens of staffers and correspondence to left. the event points to a broader shift of a new era of of technology and business. nasser:what i want to understand here is your side of what happened. there was a great institution. it may become, it may be on its way to be a greater institution or something else. tell me what happened. and why. chris: so when i bought "the new republic" i bought it because i believe in the qualities. journalism that goes past the headlines and gets details. that has been a sustaining value of the institution and the reason i showed up in the first place three years ago. over the course of the past three years one of the key learnings i have had is that the media environment and landscape is shifting. it is a key way that we sit down and leaned back, and the reach that we can have is broader than it h

charlie: why build it? larry: the question i would raise, we have witnessed over the last few years some very horrific accidents with trains transporting oil. if you want to talk about the risk of these oil tankers going through towns, don't you think a pipeline is safer? i'm not going to get into a political debate. i did not understand why we vetoed it originally. it to me, it is now more political. do we need it, today? no. my strong view is that north america is the best place to be in the world today. xcode, canada, and the united states, the fact that we cannot create a regional, cooperative energy system is a shame. keystone became a symbol more than a fact. mexico is going to produce a huge amount of pipelines. i don't hear any backlash on their proposed pipeline. texas has many pipelines now because they are piping oil and natural gas to mexico. this became a political symbol more than a fact. charlie: u.s. growth. what would help u.s. growth? the first question is, if we see it at 2.8%, could you

charlie: take a look at this.aying james bevel in "selma." >> ♪ singing, lord, singing ♪ common: selma is the place. a lot of groundwork has been laid by the people here. charlie: this is what they are going to take a stand in selma. common: james bevel was one of the strategists, a brilliant human being, a person that was a salt of the earth gentlemen, which is why you see him wearing overalls and the yamulka. i was honored to play this person. charlie: because he was who he was? common: because he was who he was and i felt these people have contributed so much to american history that it is an honor to carry their tradition. charlie: how did you get the role? common: the director had a film at sundance. both of our films were selected and she won best director. she saw my work and she reached out and set up a meeting, a skype meeting, and she told me the character she wanted to play, the person she wanted me to be and the vision she had. i immediately started to find out about james bevel. he lived in chicago wh

charlie: political inclusiveness. nasser: yes. charlie: specifically in iraq. nasser: in iraq, certainly, and in the future we talk about the solution in syria, there has to be a political inclusiveness. for the longest time they felt they were marginalized and completely ignored. it is important to have a political process back on track in iraq. we are seeing elements of that where the sunnis feel that their rights are guaranteed but they are an essential part. charlie: in syria? nasser: the political solution eludes us still. and this is not totally divorced from what is happening in terms of the rise of extremism and terror but we are convinced and in agreement that we have to come back with clear ideas on how to restore the political process and ensure a smooth transition. charlie: thank you again. we will be right back. ♪ charlie: chris hughes is here. he is the cofounder of facebook and the owner and publisher of "the new republic." he bought the magazine in 2012. he planned to try to transform it to a vertically integrated digital media platform. his vis

in fact, we did not republish charlie hebdo's cartoons in my newspaper.ial saying, “violence works.” because that was not a journalistic judgment. it was a security judgment. and i think that there's been some confusion among editors both in western europe and here about what's the real motivation? is its because we want to be nice, or is it because of fear? and i mean, publication does not mean enforcement. we have things in my newspaper that offends me and with which i disagree every day. so you think -- i think it would be justified to publish charlie hebdo's cartoons because they're news. it's not -- and i mean everything that is news, i mean, you have -- >> but again you're saying. >> i just want to give you one example. the new york times and those american newspapers, some american newspapers, published a photograph from paris by a french police officer lying on the ground, a split-second away from being killed. he was lying like this. i think that was a very offensive photograph, to that man and to his family. but nevertheless, it was published. >

traditional charlie haters if you will. >> the head of publication of charlie hebdo has given -- >> he was wounded in the january 7 attack on charlie hebdo and today, he addresses the critics and tries to set things straight. we have never declared war on muslims. on the other hand, charlie has always fought against them and will continue to fight against religious intolerance. he writes an editorial where he addresses such religious intolerance. he says charlie hebdo will considered -- will continue to criticize those who let themselves get locked up and provides them with an excuse to stop doubting for themselves. >> let's look at the front page of --. the show goes on. they have an exclusive look behind the scenes. after the attack on charlie hebdo's office, they have reached out to surviving staff members and gave them the top four had orders for the makeshift homes. it has been very hard and emotional for the survivors. they talk about a long tunnel of down and also projects. there seems to be hoped among the remaining staff members. a lot of people are still in shock. we all almo

[whistling] [laughter] liz: charlie, thanks. charlie, gas, check out foxbusiness.com.t story is up there right now. charlie: up any minute right now. liz: go on fox business and read it. from the west coast port stand off labor to the fcc's vote, "countdown" had you covered on everything that happened. here's what's worth repeating. (?) >> we've got to end this dispute. we have to end it now because there are way too many innocent victims. my message was very clear. we either solve this challenge and bring it across the end zone this week in san francisco or next week we continue the discussion in washington. >> there are two big parts to the housing market. existing homes and new homes. existing homes look very nice. we measure with the s&p home price index. up 4.5% in the last 12 months. twice the rate of inflation. >> the system that we're working on, what it will do, it will allow, you know, regulators, authorities, even private citizens to be able to set up areas which we would call no-fly zones. >> the internet was what we call innovation without permission. mean

and mandy was white and charlie was native.nd you had the split down the center, essentially, that the white community had felt charlie was involved and the native community felt that he was not involved. >> charlie smithart's trial began in 1993, two years after the crime. mandy's parents and her two little brothers sat in the first row every day of the trial. smithart insisted he was innocent. >> mr. smithart, you are going to have to be quiet at this time. >> gonna throw me in jail? gonna throw me in jail? i've been in jail, 20 [ bleep ] i've been in jail 20 [ bleep ] months falsely arrested for a crime i did not commit. >> mr. smithart, i'm going to have to have you removed from the courtroom. >> that's fine. >> i don't want to do that. >> throw me in jail. i've been in there 20 [ bleep ] months falsely arrested for a crime i did not commit. >> prosecutors believe that molten steel from smithart's metalwork formed the tiny spheres that were attached to his shirt. smithart was wearing that same shirt when he saw mandy walkin

charlie," and we found out that a lot of people in france did not feel that they were charlie. we will come back to this later. another positive element in this terrible rise of anti-semitism that we have witnessed lately is that french jewish organizations have broken with and the positive element is not that they have broken but that is the step they have taken, they have traditionally stuck to israeli policy. they have broken with this line by saying no to prime minister netanyahu's call for mass immigration. people have been shocked by this. and french jews, most of them, those who have expressed themselves have been shocked by this call and have very openly said they feel their place is in france and they do not want to -- they should not leave. another positive element was much smaller. it is a sign. a spontaneous demonstration yesterday by high school students in sarre union, the town where a jewish cemetery was vandalized. by teenagers, 15 and 16-year-olds. we do not know the extent of their motivations but this morning they were charged with -- i am not sure what the n

charlie chap plan's home in switzerland opening up for visitors. but first to belgium where three men have just been arrested suspected of having links to islamist militants. reportedly they provide more jihadist fighters to syria than any other european country, leaving belgium as one of the greatest security risks. these fighters are now coming back possibly to carry out terror attacks in europe. how did things get this bad? to find out we've been to meet young belgium muslims, the men extremists are trying to win over. >> these teenagers mostly come from muslim families north of brussells they feel united as a group and it's on a football pitch that they feel at home. >> hey stop talking to the journalist. they only make us look bad. >> stop filming right now. >> but eventually some of them did speak to us. they told us how their group feels torn apart as recently nearly 30 teenagers left for syria, enlisted by extremists. >> that's terrible. i know some of them. it's really sad. they could come back dead. >> i'm against them going to syria. tha

welcome. >> charlie, thanks so much for having me. i know we've been trying to do this for a while. >> we have indeed. i met you as i mentioned in this top colleague of stanley mcchrystal in afghanistan. >> remains a great friend of mine today. >> the man knows something about leadership. >> big time. and he's an exceptional leader across the board and doing some amazing things today for a lot of organizations. and i think that that is going to carry on to a while. >> we want to talk about isis. and we had one more example today. when there is on the internet video of the burning, in a cage -- >> uh-huh. >> of the jordanian pilot who lost his plane and had to parachute out. and was captured by isis. and then was the subject of an attempted exchange. >> uh-huh. >> which the jordanians were prepared to do. with a woman who's on death row. in jordan. we don't know why that failed. that exchange. >> right. >> but we do know today with this video -- >> it was -- they put him inside a cage and they probably doused him in gasoline. and they

>> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." lieutenant general mike flynn is here. he retired as director of the defense intelligence agency this fall. his career spans three decades includes every level of command in military intelligence. he previously served as top intelligence advisor to general stanley mcchrystal in iraq and afghanistan. he is credited with revolutionizing how intelligence is done inside the military. in 2010, you wrote a similar report called "fixing intel, a blueprint for making intelligence relevant in the military." it examines the military's inability to understand fundamental questions driving extremists. that paper proves relevant today. i'm pleased to have mike flynn at this table for the first time. welcome. >> charlie, thanks so much for having me. i know we've been trying to do this for a while. >> we have indeed. i met you as i mentioned in this top colleague of stanley mcchrystal in afghanistan. >> remains a great friend of mine today. >> the man knows something about leadership. >> big time.

the second issue since the deadly charlie attacks. you can see a drawing by one of charlie's cartoonists. you can see this dog with charlie hebdo in its mouth running away from a pack of rabid dogs. you can see the pope, a jihadist and a caption -- here we go again. its editorial, he addresses religious intolerance quite the finally. he says charlie hebdo will continue to criticize those who allow themselves to get locked up in the comfort of religion that supposedly has all the answers and provides them with an excuse to stop that can -- stop thinking for themselves. >> looking back at the paris attacks in january and taking an exclusive look at how the shooters plotted their rampage. >> how they prepared their attack. these are screenshots of video surveillance. an incredible investigation into the 12 days that led up to the attack on charlie hebdo. they used video surveillance to track down the shooters. these 12 days, the chilling countdown. the official investigation is just begun. one thing is for sure, the brothers -- the shoot

rose: thank you for coming. >> thank you, charlie. rose: anthony foxx the secretary of transportation for this government. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ rose: we begin with mexico and what marks the first foreign visit to the white house this year. president obama hosted president jorge castaneda. sweeping structural reforms have earned him the support of the international community, outrage over the disappearance of 43 students has threaten toddy rail his economic platform. joining me, some mexican observers, francisco goldman from the new yorker magazine, shan shannon o 'neil and from abu dabu dhabi. how would you characterize the meeting between the two presidents and the state of the relationship today between mexico and the united states? before we turn to some of the problems within mexico. >> sure. the meeting went very well. it was very scripted, very organized. so there were no surprises. and many things were continuing works in progress. little changes little announcements of progress on transportation on air rights and

if you don't know charlie, you opened charlie palmer's stake, you are participating in this. i have to ask you, are you the beneficiary of low gasoline prices right now? >> i hope so, people are eating out more, as you say, the restaurant business is booming. new york city restaurant week, it's something that's really expanded. we've been doing it for ten years on 42nd street and charlie palmer steak. this is our first year participating. 340 restaurants participating in restaurant week. $25 prefixed lunch is amazing deal, and $38 prefixed deal gives people a chance to go to restaurants they may not think of going to otherwise. liz: a regular ticket at oriole is not that cheap, it's not that inexpensive. i was looking at dinner menu, you could choose between a wedge salad, celery root purrie and stake tar tar, crisp brussels is that brussel sprouts. >> brussel sprouts. liz: i love the crispy ones, and the dessert, cheesecake pudding! >> i want some! >> i want that. what is cheesecake puding? >> attempt at making a light cheesecake, it's aerated, you can get the toasted graham

when the coach calls for charlie hall to take to the floor.u in charlie has been the team manager for the last four years. he's a senior. he's graduating. charlie has learning difficulties. he has speech difficulties. but the team loves him. they got together come on final game you've got to send him in. coach does it. and hand him the ball. and then -- >> oh. >> nothing but net! a three-pointer! absolutely nails it. >> charlie's not done yet, guys get the ball again, takes another shot. off the rim. quickly recycle it to charlie and -- another three-pointer. >> at that point you drop the mike right, walk out? >> you want to make sure the game's over. you can't celebrate too soon. >> the buzzer goes. and place goes wild. whole team comes out, everybody gathers around. grandma nancy says there wasn't a dry eye in the house. a great story. i love things like this. >> that's our show. we'll see you for the next "rtm." lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man. wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the

you, charlie? >> charlie's busy. >> what a class act. >> when they say what jon stewart do snekt anything he what's amazing. >> steve carell is here. do you think he knew? >> i was wondering. >>> opening statements begin today in the murder trial. eddie ray routh is accused of killing chris kyle. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. everybody in this rural part of texas has heard of chris kyle but the judge in this case has asked them to set aside his notoriety in order to be fair. prosecutors say among the first witnesses to be called will be kyle's widow. in the stephensville courthouse in texas, ten men and two women will decide the fate of 27-year-old eddie ray routh. he's charged with killing chris kyle, the deadliest sniper in history and the focus of the hit move "american sniper." after the war in iraq kyle counseled troubled vets like routh who suffers from ptsd. prosecutors say routh shot and killed kyle and his friend chad littlefield at this gun range two years ago. routh conf

he is not happy about charlie sheen's sudden demise. actor and my bridge partner posted a letter on twitter writing "dear mr. williams, sorry to bother you during this surreal and unjust moment in your mercurial life. thank you for your professionalism and top shelf brilliance as a perfectly fact-based journalist. you are clearly the victim of a transparent and vile witch hunt. they relied for almost three decades. now and forever you are a true patriot and hero of mine until the day i leave this imperfect rock we call earth. high five's and refuge if you need it. i remain humblely and dangerous on stand by at your service. what in god's name is wrong with charlie sheen? what has happened to him? williams is under scrutiny now for many reasons. do you agree with charlie sheen? are we piling on him? >> we should all b52h lucky to have a coke head with a prostitution addition come to ra. and i think i will because i am friends with joe makey. we can't take anything brian williams says seriously now. i met brian williams years ago at a roa

charlie? >> i think it works for you. >> what a beautiful shot of the sun. >> dean looks good. . >>> good morning. >> good morning. why don't we get right to the idea of exactly what's going on. we hear subzero windchills out there. it's all about getting this arctic air into the eastern half of the country. you do that. it's the jet stream. when you get the big ridge in the jet stream think about this. the iditarod in alaska not enough snow. had to mievt to fairbanks. then in eastern u.s. from maine all the way to california we have windchill advisories windchill warnings. i'm talking anywhere east of the mississippi and there's a hard freeze warning. you're below freezing in west palm beach florida. we'll be establishing records for this date all around the country. new york city, we're at 2 degrees. it will drop to one. atlanta, 16 charlotte, 13. then it's about the weekend storm that's going to develop. five weeks in a row now we've had some kind of a storm on the eastern coast of the unit

why is now the right time for charlie ergen to take the reins?> in the press release dish came out and said "we think the time is right for charlie to take over as the company transitions into a new company." we don't know what that means. alix: a buying t-mobile company? alex: it might. we heard rumblings. dish had talks with t-mobile and in the report we said that the likely repression -- likely repression of this would be after the wireless spectrum auctions are complete. they just finished. march would be around the time theoretically, when we have heard that dish could move on t-mobile. even if it does, can't get a deal that --cannot get a deal done. stephanie: that doesn't change the fact that it has lost subscribers because people don't like this. alex: charlie ergen has said -- this is unique -- "our business is in fundamental decline." he has said that he wants out of the satellite tv business, or at least that is not where the growth is. at&t bought directv. but cap verizon buy dish? verizon is the most likely other player to buy us sat

>> so let's charlie, first start in iraq itself. we've been-- we've been at this now-- "we" being the united states and the coalition-- we've been at this now for six months, six months of air strikes. so in iraq, what we've done in those six months is basically stopped their expansion, stopped their blitzkrieg. we've put an end to that. we the coalition, have put an end to that, and the iranians have put an end to that. the iranians have built very effective shi'a militia that are taking on isis on the ground while we do a lot from the air. but we've stopped the expansion of them in iraq. >> rose: on the iran element just for a moment. these were militias already in place, shi'a militias that had been engaged in iraq before-- >> many of them but not all of them. some of them are new. >> rose: so they're new. >> some of them are new, not all of them. >> and how is iran contributing to their effort? >> they are funding training, equipping, providing strategic guidance and tactical guidance on the ground as well. so we've basically st

, very good to get your insight on this charlie winter with the foundation live from london.o ukraine where government troops and separatists both say they won't pull back until a full ceasefire is implemented, the next step in the peace plan is for heavy weaponry and troops to be removed from the front line add midnight on monday. but shelling and mortar fire have been heard in the rail way hub and the government says five soldiers have been killed in the last 48 hours. >> translator: we would like to stress our military open fire only in response. the enemy continues to conduct active aerials during the last 24 hours, 6 drones were register ed ed. >> reporter: al jazeera's charlie stratford is in donetsk and charles good to have you with us. this was going to be a very difficult plan to implement in the first place, a very fragile ceasefire ceasefire. >> reporter: that's right, yes. ukrainian military spokesperson saying it was impossible to envision this stage ukrainian military calling back the troops as this ongoing fighting continues. it's important however to say that

but i should point out that charlie hebdo has been in court even more than this comedian. in fact they have been in court some 48 times convicted nine times. so can you really say there is a double standard or is there a perception of a double standard? >> i mean i think there is definitely a double standard. while charlie hebdo is is an example, we shouldn't be offended by portraits of our prophet that are offensive that to other communities it is not being applied across the way look at the way the french government about head scarf bands, the freedom of being who you are. >> is the real issue in france that french justice protects secularism more than it does religion? >> and that might be what it is. it might be about secularism. but if you want to be a western country and we want to talk about democracy and want to lead the world in democracy jews should be able to wear yarmulkes and muslim women should be able to wear the hajab. >> linda thank you so much for your insights this evening. antonio. >> thanks stephanie. and dialing for an education. coming up on al jazee

charlie. but first, do you have some bizarre obsession with vodka.ve the pernod guy, and suddenly it's all you can talk about? >> i tweeted something. twitter is insane. right? >> you're insane. >> i like dipping my chocolate chip cookies in vodka. oscar meyer liked chocolate chip cookies in ketchup. >> that was a television show and fake. >> that's my favorite dessert. anyway, we should point out a greenberg trade. if he wins the trade on aig saying the government took -- that that ruling will set a precedent that the aig shareholders now could basically say, listen, the government has to return all the profits back to -- to fannie mae shareholders -- the government has to turn all the profits back to fannie mae. remember, they were taking all the profits out. going to the federal treasury. not to the housing gses, and that that will be beneficial for shareholders. liz: why did they believe it the last three days and now not so much? >> because people are starting to realize the stock popped. and i told people this. this is a penny stock. straigtrad