we are seeing really i think northern africa is falling now, not just to al qaeda affiliates but now to isis. we are seeing more and more al qaeda affiliates pledging their allegiance now to isis. this is a very disturbing development, particularly against tunisia, which has been a beacon of hope in the region and it shows you how it's spreading like a wildfire now in northern africa as well as the middle east. i think that's our greatest concern with this latest development. >> chairman mccall, i was speaking earlier as this was happening before the gunmen these two gunmen had been killed i was talking to a journalist who is based there in tunis. she said that there was actually a report recently that came out that there was an isis training camp just 40 kilometers away from the tunisian border. how much of an issue is this that it's a porous border and how concerned are you that this sort of frontier of isis is spreading? >> well isis certainly has a presence in tunisia and just in the last month, hundreds of these militants have been rounded up and arrested in tunisia because the

we know they're all spread throughout northern africa. so i think the idea that he is talking about a united arab nations, makes a lot of sense to galvanize a sunni-arab support against isis in the region. but i think that has to be done under american leadership. i think that's what's lacking right now is the american leadership piece to this. bill: let me talk about the plan and leadership in a moment. but you mentioned the map here, okay? this is where boko haram basically operates in the western part of africa. you have affiliations between isis and boko haram that stretch all the way out to the philippines and indonesia. some congressman say, don't exaggerate this relationship. how do we understand or interpret what is happening now between the two? >> well they would say this in terms of connection between boko haram and directed attack on the united states. i would, to some extent i would agree with that. the problem with that is expansion of isis into northern africa, i think does threaten long term the homeland with respect to ex

are these individuals who came over to northern africa from syria from iraq or are these people just claiming that they have allegiance? >> it's a great question. it's a complicated one. it's highly unlikely this is isis directed from a central command. they sent out operatives the way we think of soviet intelligence agency or the cia, that's highly unlikely. what's more likely is these are local terrorists local jihadies who also want some attention and it's much more sexy and it gets you more attention if you say you're part of isis rather than some random jihadi in tunisia. that is the strength of isis that everybody now wants to affiliate with it. everyone wants to now associate themselves with it. they have become the big boys that every random stray jihadi wants to be part of. even though it's not a sign they have this massive international operation, it's a sign that their brand has become very appealing to put it in business terms. >> so many people want a piece of the brand whether they are isis core or not. let me pivot to general david petraeus who commanded troops in iraq

their neighbor in northern africa, libya. the two countries were part of arab spring, a time when they were toppled in both countries. look at your map in northern italy. it's causing a lot of concern on potential attacks there in the gateway to europe. a veteran and green beret who served three tours in afghanistan, sir, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much shannon. >> what do you make of it? the borders there in popular areas are very poor. we're hearing the alleged gunmen slipped into libya, got training and then came right back there and made an attack. >> the border has come to roost. if you look at a lot of countries like jordan, saudi arabia, the ue there was a lot of support certainly to kind of undermine the country of syria for assad. so they were facilitating not just with financial assistance but also with routes. so there have been, you know historical rat lines as we would call them that have been utilized for many years. it's a humongous border. we know it's pretty rampant. it costs maybe 20 to $35

> now across europe there's a risk for tornados across italy, the balkan peninsula as well as northern africa. we have a lingering low pressure system over the mediterranean countries. heavy rain and large hail is a possibility too. rain is not falling over france where the plane crash occurred. temperatures are going to be at 9 in paris with rainy weather for you. cooler than normal in madrid with a high of 12 degrees. and across the east 6 for the high with snowflakes on the menu for your thursday. now across asia the monsoon rain is still falling over the philippines, taiwan as well as vietnam and moisture is still hanging over southeastern portions of china. this system will likely move towards japan as we go into the weekend. but until then sunny weather will continue across japan, and temperatures will be on the rise. take a look. tokyo, 19 on friday and even going up to 22 degrees for the high. sapporo at 16 degrees on friday. so watch out for avalanches if you're living in hokkaido and across osaka, staying in the 20s over the weekend. here's your extended forecast around the globe. >

the partial eclipse or penumbra could be seen from northern africa to europe and parts of asia. by comparison, the umbrella, or total eclipse was a mere speck in the north atlantic. astronomer lfelix luning: they must have perceived solar eclipses as a terrible event. what we depend on for light and warmth but -- suddenly disappears. reporter: monstrous beasts swallowing the sun. that is how people try to describe the loss of light. now in anticipation, not fear. less than three minutes. that is how long it took for the sun to return to full brightness. another around this time next year. host: send us your best photos of the event on twitter. you will find us under dw-engl ish. host: a cafe that was at the center of the violent hostage taking three months ago is open to stores again. islamic sympathizers seized control of the cafe, resulting in a 16 hour siege. host: four people were killed and several wounded before people were able to enter and shoot the attacker dead. reporter: police stormed the building in december. there was a long line waiting for the refurbished premise

we are not seeing the kind of sophistication we are seeing en in northern africa or certainly not withs isil in terms of holding ground goverance, anything like that. this is really a very violent insurgency that targets nigerian officials as well as so many muslims and christians across the northeast. so, i think people in the northeast are desperate for any help and, of course they welcome their neighbors if they are coming in. but i would think they will argue that this is more than a military problem. the nigeria military has had some of their own success, i should mention, in the last month or so. they have brought in more weapons. there is much more political will in the last month leading up to the election, of course, in a couple of weeks to go after boko haram but a lot of the people will say that the problems are more indemic of poverty, a lack of education, the things that fuel the people to join boko haram, that make them susceptible to join boko haram that comes in and forces people to join or vins people to join. i think a lot of people here in northeastern nigeria want t

before heading to northern africa, southern europe, and finally back to obey da bee. >>> the cyclone roller coaster got stuck yesterday leaving 24 riders stranded. there you are watching passengers as they slowly climb out of the ride, make tear way down the wooden track. hopefully you're not afraid of heights. but operators of the park say the ride has been tested several times leading up to the season opener. they're still trying to figure out what went wrong. >> kind of scary for those riders. >> i would be scared and i like roller coasters. >>> the community, the police, the clergy all rallying together. it's a good family. >> officer moynihan was ranked one of the top cops. in the meantime today prosecutors are expected to wrap up the first phase of their case against dzhokhar tsarnaev. they will hear additional evidence during the trial's second phase to determine if he is convicted whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison. three people were killed and more than 260 injured. >>> the california highway patrol released dramatic video of a daring rescue at yosemite

you can't see it here in philly though, getting great view in europe, northern africa, part every asia, and as if that's not special enough, the sun is being covered by a super moon. gorgeous shot right there. yes, you are not going to see anything all that clear over hit here today. nothing but just big old mess with slushy snow. when is the last time, hey anchors, look on over here, common. when is the last time philadelphia received more than inch of snow on the first day of spring? was it back in 1996, b 1980, c, 1967, or d 1943 in i would like to collect your answers and then we will go through watch do you guys think? >> i go b 1808. >> i go with a 96. >> not fair. i was going to say b. >> so 2b's and an a? >> 2b's and an a. we try burst first. wrong one. let's try a. oh, all right. who is the winner? >> the winner is c 1967. on the first day of spring this that year, i know, so doesn't it make with the forecast we have out there today, i feel like this is like a joke to us pretty flowers, 6:45 p.m. p.m., when the first day every spring does begin tomorrow the first full day of t

this situation out of tunisia in northern africa.uding possibly seven foreign toifrts in tourists in the bardo museum next to parliament. what's your reaction? a difficult place to deal with as far as geography? >> right. tunisia is right in the middle of it and frankly their fledgling any democratic government has been fighting islamic extremism and sounds like this is a really coordinated and unfortunate incident where people have lost their lives, and the tunisian government seems to be taking it seriously and obviously has evacuated the parliament building and is responding and i understand they may have already captured one of the folks already. >> we hear they may have captured one and may be up to three armed people that went into this bardo museum. and tunisia, you know the smallest country in the maghreb region boardrdered by algeria and libya. an intense battle. we'll keep a close watch on that. congressman, i want to go back to the isis fight. seeing more and more help coming from iran, supporting iraqi forces as they figh

of a wedge in between morocco, libya and the egypt, when i think of the picture in my head of northern africa and a fairly solid government for this part of the world, correct, so when you talk about the economy, what would be the motivation for all these young people? are they lacking jobs? are they lacking direction? just trying to understand the why. >> tunisia was a very strag nant country before their longtime dictator was overthrown years ago. there's a very rural urban divide. tunis, capital, is incredibly cosmopolitan. there's cafes. you know, most people proudly speak french as well as arabic. >> looks beautiful. >> amazing and full of tourists. nearby there was a boatful of italian tourists from a cruise ship. >> right. >> right near where the attack occurred. condition tryside has had economic problems and that's where a lot of the young men come from that go off to syria. they are trying to exacerbate this divide which was a very clever attack unfortunately. >> interesting that you use the word clever. my question would be when you learn a little bit about the attack we know there

it's swept through the middle east, now making its way into northern africa as we as western africa.ntinue to watch. >> that ideology would seem to be spreading although france was pretty successful in mali. you have the leader, baghdadi, abu bakr has been trying to imitate the leader of the islamic state. what has he been doing? how successful is this and can this encourage converts to boko haram like weave've seen those other foreign fighters go to join isis. >> the thing i'm concerned about is the broader ideology of isis. it's al qaeda on steroids. it's a more radical brand than before. although i think at the end of the day you are still talking about a distinction without much of a difference, because it is still islamic radicalism. it is jihadism, whatever you'd like to call it. and these two individuals seem to embody it. they have this very this, radical personality that they have devoted to the ideology. and so you can see how they're potentially a good match. but now what i'm watching that i'm perhaps even more concerned about is the amount of money, the networks and the r

. >> and boko haram pledged allegiance with isis and now northern africa in cahoots with the isis fightersis interesting. boko haram was on the back part of nigeria and they gained legitimacy by isis. and in the audio was come and join us in iraq and syria and spread the caliphate in nigeria. it is an eastern city in libya and across the sea from the mediterranean that is controlled by isis. >> and you do dangerous work. hads off to you for willing to take. it >> you can see his work in a special presentation of fox news reporting. unholy war. bret baier is the anchor and airs saturday night at ten and sunday. >> and incredible surveillance footage and giving new mean to the phrase "drive in". everybody knows the first man on the moon. but can you name the last one. a story to share with the whole new generation. roven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. okay...listen up. i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. ohhhh. okay veggies you're cool. mayo, corn dogs you are so out of

. >> and northern africa. and that's true. and that's not a plus. it's also not a plus to help expand the power of the government in baghdad, which is a proxy for iran right now. >> never dull. >> more good news. >> more good news. yes. thank you, ambassador. and up next, senator lindsey graham. what does he think now about the letter he signed iranian leaders? does he stand by it or does he want a do-over? senator graham goes "on the record" next. and we are monitoring the breaking news, the hunt for suspects in the ambush shooting of two police officers. a live report from ferguson is now with the xfinity tv go app, you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go. enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> republican sneartsz are standing by. their letter to iran's leade

is that boko haram will reach out to groups like i.s.i.l., such assist al qaeda, to operate in northern africa for training, and ideology. what people on the ground tell me this is about the failure to defeat boko haram when it could have been defeated or the failure to go after boko haram with enough weapons that nigerian soldiers said they didn't have. which army ofacials admitted there wasn't. and with a heavy-duty strategy that the nigerian military brought in. you see a lot of people asking why did it take so long. nonetheless, the effort is very much larger than it has been against boko haram, within nigeria, and niger, chad and cameroon - all trying to provide a hammer and anveil against boko haram, in the corner where all these countries are >>> some iraqi army units are showing up for the u.s.-led training sessions unprepared, according to general mitchell dempsey, his comment made in response to criticism that the u.s. is not providing enough support to iraq. general temp si says the iraqi -- dempsey says the iraqi government can may improvements without u.s.'s help >>> mohamed fadel

is that boko haram will reach out to groups such as i.s.i.l., such is al qaeda, to operate in northern africa, for weapons, for training and ideology. what people on the ground tell me this is about the failure to defeat boko haram, when it could have been defeated or the failure to go after boko haram with enough weapons that nigeria soldiers tell me we didn't have, with political will. which officials admit there the wasn't, and with enough heavy-duty strategy weapons that the military brought in in the last few months. you see a lot asking why did it take so long. nonetheless, the effort is still larger than it has been against boko haram. both within nigeria, as well as with the niger, chad and cameroon all of them trying to provide a buffer >>> nick schifrin reporting. the new offensive follows a rash of deadly attacks many died hundreds injured. we have more from abuja, nigeria. fighting against boko haram. the objective is to push the fighters into a corner ahead of elections. so far more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated from the fighters, since chad and niger joined effo

is that boko haram will reach out to groups such as i.s.i.l, such as al qaeda who operate in northern africaing in fact even for ideology. what people on the ground tell me is that this is about the failure to defeat boko haram when it could have been defeated or the failure to actually go after boko haram with enough weapons which nigerian soldiers have personally told me they didn't have with enough political will which army officials in nigeria admitted there weren't any of heavy duty strategy that the nigerian military has brought in in the last few months. people are asking, why did it take so long? nonetheless, the effort is larger than it has been against boko haram both within nigeria chad and cameroon. all of them providing a hammer and anvil against boko haram where the countries meet. >> our conversation with nick schifrin earlier this evening. >>> middle east to join i.s.i.l 16 and 17-year-old brothers were caught at sydney international airport. the authorities have handed the boys back to their parents and no charges have been files against them. >> i.s.i.l. is a cancer. knows

in northern africa. eight people are dead in a tourist museum. of the victims are americans. but a government spokesman said only one of the people killed was from tunisia. reports say the attack may not be over. special forces have gone into the museum which is a leading tourist attraction. it chronicles the history there and houses one of the largest collections of roman mosaics. it's believed terrorists may still be inside the museum with hostages. this national museum is jeast to the parliament building -- it adjacent to the parliament building. we're following this story. and we'll have an update when more information becomes available. >>> back here at home, some parents in fairfield, they are pushing the city to improve security in parks around baseball fields after a recent shooting and kids went scrambling. the gunfire was last friday afternoon at the skate park next to a baseball field at alan whit park. parents of the little league, they packed a city council meeting last night. they want the city to improve fencing around the park and

the health worker had been volunteering in sierra leone and was transported from northern africa in isolation> cnn's new series "finding jesus" examines the life and death of jesus. this week's episode takes a look at his disciple judas, his betrayal and how it began at the last supper. >> when jesus had the disciples meet at the last supper, the tension is really building up. through the week that they've been in jerusalem there have been increasing conflicts with authorities. something big was about to happen. >> i think there's a real sense of foreboding at the last supper the way that it's portrayed in the gospels. >> there is that moment at the meal this intimacy. to eat a meal with somebody is to be family with them. jesus announces that one of you, one of the 12 will betray me. >> co-author of "finding jesus faith, fact forgery" david gibson joins me to talk about this. i cannot wait to watch this episode. >> this is a terrific topic. this is the greatest traitor in all of history. being a judas is synonymous with being a traitor. what happened 2000 years ago. jesus came to earth to di

the family armies combined to conquer territories in europe and northern africa. some of the generals became very powerful. returning home after battle, even victorious generals had to petition the state for money and land to pay their armies. rewards for the troops were always uncertain. as the armies became more successful, they began to fight among themselves. finally, in 31 b.c., one general defeated his rivals to centralize rulership. augustus caesar became the first true emperor of rome. classics scholar mary beard inspects the house of augustus on rome's palatine hill. she believes that his genius lay not so much in the way he won power but in how he maintained it. augustus broke the ties of loyalty between the soldiers and their individual general. he did this first of all by establishing standard rules for army service. the soldiers knew how long they would serve for, what they would be paid, and they also knew that at the end of their service they would receive a bounty that was roughly the equivalent of fourteen years' pay. this had the effect of focusi

and you have in africa sub saharan africa and in northern africa radical islam. >> on the rise. >> islamisterrorist groups. they're all fighting among themselves. but they all agree once they destroy vanquish their muslim moderates who are there who don't share their views and they behead them and do horrible things to them and then they have to get to israel, which is the western country in the region. >> always hear wipe israel off the map. >> always. but for all of them you're the great satan. the radical shiites are backed by iran. the radical sunnis have various backers and so on. and these peopleight among themselves who will be the king of the hill. one thing they will agree on >>> puts women as chattel. all minorities are eliminated. it is area tibl, terrible world view with these competing sects who want to enforce it on the rest of humanity. those of humanity that is left alive. you have 21 century weapons with early medieval doctrines here and this is a danger for the world. we're you're the target. they attack us because they believe we are you and you are us. and in one sense o

the eastern part of the country are going to further expand creating more havoc and chaos in northern africa thank you so much hashem. there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. a victory against boko haram. solders retake a town in northeastern nigeria. >>> plus brazil's president reveals a crackdown on corruption. >>> and india in their world cup quarter final against bangladesh in melbourne those highlights coming up in sports. ♪ >>> first, the yags human rights office says the islamic state of iraq and the levant fighters have committed genocide. the case is being referred to the international criminal court for prosecution, the u.n. alleges isil committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. cases of killings torture, rape and sexual slavery carried out by isil fighters. isil fighterings forced people to convert to islam, and forced children to fight for them. the genocide comes from attempts to wipe out the yazidis in iraq. the chief investigator on the report says many minority groups were targeted inside of iraq. >> with the yazidis in particular, we are finding the info

and you have in africa sub saharan africa and in northern africa radical islam. >> on the rise. >> islamistgroups. they're all fighting among themselves. but they all agree once they destroy, vanquish their muslim moderates who are there who don't share their views and they behead them and do horrible things to them and then they have to get to israel, which is the western country in the region. >> always hear wipe israel off the map. >> always. but for all of them you're the great satan. the radical shiites are backed by iran. the radical sunnis have various backers and so on. and these people fight among themselves who will be the king of the hill. one thing they will agree on it's going to be an islamist hill. and it's going to be a world dominated by their unforgiving creed, their violent ideology which rejects human rights, rejects -- puts women as chattel. all minorities subjugated. all minorities are eliminated. you have 21 century weapons with early, medieval doctrines here and this is a danger for the world. you're the target. they attack us because they believe we are you and you

or mali or northern africa.as much more rhetorical as a bit of propaganda to try and boost boko haram when it's struggling, a tide has turned against boko haram for the first time in four or five years. >> nick schifrin reporting from northeastern nigeria, thank you. author of the modern mercenaries, what they mean for world order sean, what do you think of mercenaries winning against boko haram, is it a good idea? >> well, i'm not surprised. %mercenaries are very effective . is it a good idea? it can be questionable. dangerous development for the security of africa. >> do you call what you did in the past mercenary work? >> no, i do not. i was a private military contractor in africa for many years but the work i did and what many private military workers do is defensive. what we see in nigeria is offensive. that's the difference between mercenaries and private defense contractors. >> what you're saying is if you are defending people you're not a mercenary but if you are on the offense you are? >> that is simple

. >> again, it gives an example of the presence in northern africa which we've seen before with the beheadings of the christian in egypt, libya. the follow-up would be i mean why. when you look at libya, this is a small country and northern of a just next door to tunisia. i think of arab spring and hope an though it's tough economically speaking warnings that be motivation for people looking for direction, jobless? >> they have had free elections. there's a secular president and majority in parliament and an islamic belief of economic principles and a lot of economic problems still in tunisia a lot of unemployment and that's created a significant frustration among young people and some have looked for answers in radical islam, and those that have, many have seen isis as something they should support, this call fate something that supports their religious duty so you've seen all these thousands of young men and also young women leave tunisia to go to syria in iraq. 500 have come back. also tunisians who trained in libya and a significant number of tunisians will be heading back and then the sal

all of northern africa seems to be falling to this power vacuum being filled by the terrorists. >> and isis joining with al qaeda. i seemthink it all seems to be blurred anymore. >> it is. aqap seems to fight bow boko haram seems to back isis. the elements in yemen greatly disturb me because of their potential to take the united states. >> let's talk about what is going on in iraq. i was in baghdad a couple of weeks ago. people seemed confident that the iraqi security forces would be able to retake tikrit. we're seeing that stalled. >> i think it's -- it's matter of leadership and policy. i think that we're not letting the military do their job here. it's a policy of not a policy to degrade and destroy and defeat. when the president launched the air strikes in syria, he touted yemen as a 340dle for terrorist negotiations. we have no intelligence in syria. that's a major problem. we have to get more aggressive in taking out isis where they exist. and the head of the snake is in iraq and syria. >> you saw the threats against the u.s. military and the hit list with 100 names on it. they p

. >>> this is the bardo museum, located in the capital city of tunisia in northern africa.d oldest collections of mosaics anywhere in the world. this is one of the most important museums in that entire part of the planet. at around noon local time, as tourists were getting off tour buss into enter and explore that site, there was an ambush. two gunmen wearing military style uniforms and carrying assault weapons launched an attack on the museum. they appeared to single out the groups of foreign tourists who were there to see the art. the attack began when the gunmen getting out of a vehicle and opening fire on people who were getting off their tour buses. the gunmen then ran into the museum itself. they initially took hostages inside. that set off about a three-hour standoff with security forces who brushed us around the building. the security forces entered the museum. they killed both gunmen during the firefight and set the hostages free. so far a total of 19 people have been confirmed dead in the attack. most of them european tourists. this is the single deadliest attack

millions of people across northern europe africa and asia have been witnessing a solar eclipse. and the last time it happened was in 1999. now, sky watchers have flocked to the arctic where a full solar eclipse was on offer. there we are in svalbard in norway. the moon's shadow drawing an ark from the norwegian arkchipelago to the faroe islands. it happened a less than an hour ago, these pictures coming out. this was the spectacular sight also for you, from a plane above the faroe islands. incredible that the sun's corona corona, the ring of rays surrounding the moon taking on that very rosy hugh there. it's . this is the scene from moscow now, still enjoying at least a partial eclipse. never going to get totality but that's the view there. it will gradually move and wend its way on in the course of the next hour or so. we've got a few still pictures to bring you as well. wow, look at that an airplane flying across the eclipse. that was taken by david cook in blackburn here in england. a view of the eclipse behind a cross on the church of st. nickolay in sophia. and also student

around morocco, northern africa,al, that's where the storm -- aljeeria that's where the storm will moveth the altitudes, a lot coming down in the way of winter weather. clearing on floodsthursday. more clouds on friday. sitting at the rain/snow line. freezing rain possible. not to mention gusty winds. the mountains and of course we know mountains can really help increase the wind speeds. that is a possible at times could get to 40 to 50 miles per hour heading into wednesday and thursday. watch this here the next couple of days. >> all right. we'll be watching that closely. thank you very much pedram. appreciate it. >>> thousands of protesters took to the streets of kabul demanding justice for an afghan woman brusdsy killed by a mob of men. coming up what the woman was accused of doing. >>> recovery efforts have resumed this morning at the site of the plane crash in the french alps. rain and snow may soon complicate an even difficult task. the airbus killed all 150 on board after going down wednesday. >> the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage on tuesday is damaged. but th

sorry, for example, great view of it though in europe, northern africa, and parts of asia. >> not special by a superman, when the moon is closest to the earth. view not quite as spectacular with other super moons because it is a new moon tiny sliver in the sky. >> a lot going on. >> yes, so we take you out right now guys, to our eyewitness weather watchers, nicole mentioned we won't be able to see that eclipse here in our area because we have a storm moving in. will block a chance of seeing any monday moving in. temperatures all flirting with or at or below freezing, i will take you out to handful 32 degrees sent in from one. new be's to the program gary, not even going to attempt last. your last nature name. generally just clouds right now. another one, we go on out to 33 here, sent in from jack, finding generally clouds, we would love to see your profile picture. up load it when you get a chance. one more, 33 degrees also sent into us from dawn. she is the winner of this set of observations, the only one thus far that is finding any flurries and right now out in downingtown, we are fina

all of northern africa seems to be falling to this power vacuum that is being filled by the terrorists. >> and isis joining with al qaeda. i think it all seems to be blurred anymore. >> it is getting more blurry. i know that aqap very much fights isis. on the other hand, boko haram recently pledged to isis. i think you'll see more and more going over to isis because they are the game in town. the elements in yemen greatly disturb me because of their potential to attack the united states. >> let's talk about what is going on in iraq. i was in baghdad a couple of weeks ago. people seemed confident that the iraqi security forces would be able to retake tikrit. which then they could go on and do mosul. we're seeing that stalled. >> i think it's -- it's a matter of leadership and policy. i think that we're not letting the military do their job here. it's a policy of containment, not a policy to degrade and destroy and defeat isis in the region. when the president launched the air strikes in syria, he touted yemen as a model for terrorist -- counterterrorism operations. we can't let the same

. >> and northern africa. and that's true. and that's not a plus. it's also not a plus to help expand the power of the government in baghdad, which is a proxy for iran right now. >> never dull. >> more good news. >> more good news. yes. thank you, ambassador. and up next, senator lindsey graham. what does he think now about the letter he signed iranian leaders? does he stand by it or does he want a do-over? senator graham goes "on the record" next. and we are monitoring the breaking news, the hunt for suspects in the ambush shooting of two police officers. a live report from ferguson is ahead. let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] [laughs] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro you just don't know. find a certified financial planner professional who's th

. ♪ scarlet: we have breaking news out of northern africa. let's head over to julie hyman.ttack in tunisian capital has left at least 19 people dead. julie: we're getting more information from the premier in tunisian who says 17 tourists are among the dead will stop a total of 19 people were killed. he says victims were from poland, spain, italy and germany have been visiting the country. gunmen entered the parliament and then a museum. that's where they took the hostages. the premier also saying two of the attackers had been killed and three others may be involved. he says the country is boosting security at this time as it does appear more of these attackers are potentially at large. we should mention it looks like the death toll has climbed again with a total of 19 dead. there were reports of lower numbers. we have seen some violence in tunisia. it has largely avoided the violence we have seen in other areas of north africa and the middle east throughout the arab spring. the latest is 19, according to the tunisian premier, 19 people have been killed in this attack. 17 of

there is where andy green and blood hound will try to break the record the dessert in south africa's northerne. this hi-tech challenge relies on old fashion sweat and toil. more than 300 people have carries more than 80 teen thousand tons of rock off the pan with their bare hands. to create this perfectly flat surface this car will eventually consistent of 3 1/2 thousand hand made pieces put together to create one very unique machine. but to what purpose? the engineers here insist that although this project is certainly fun, it is far from frivolous. >> they hope it will inspire a new generation of school children in the u.k. and across the world. >> we don't need thefection 20 years a lot of car designs but for the low carbon world we need to work towards we need people to go into those sciences technology, that those technologies that can solve the problems of the future, and that won't happen if people are excited enough to stick with it. >> at full speed blood hound will travel the equivalent of 4 1/2 football pitches in just one second. much faster than the speed of sound the blood hound

the problems that are going in in syria and in so many other countries in the middle east, and northern africa, the tentacles that you see in every one of these countries come from iran. >> reporter: there is a wider struggle for dominance in the middle east right now. between the sunni world, primarily saudi arabia and iran representing the shia world. you see that struggle playing out in syria, where sunni factions and sunni governments have been backing certain rebel groups and iran has been backing the government's bashar al assad. you see that struggle taking place in iraq where there is a u.s.-led coalition to try and fight isis and just on the other side of the border you have iran fighting with its own coalition against isis, but also so that iran can establish its presence deeper into iraq. so if you look at what iran is doing, and has been successfully able to do just in the last couple of years. it has spread its influence dramatically in iraq. some people say it is the real king maker in iraq these days. it has managed to keep the government of bashar al assad alive, also spreading

. >> then you have the iranian situation, and in the middle east in northern africa. yemen specifically. you have a situation where the saudis feel they've not only they not only have to bomb the area there, into the border but possibly in the future use ground troops? >> well the saudis have been saying for some time through different means they see a void that's been built in the middle east that the united states isn't playing its traditional role in the region and that what has happened is that iran's interests have risen everywhere. everywhere around saudi arabia and this both the deal and what we've seen unfold in yemen is a punctuation point, i think, for the saudis to say, we're going to show muscle here. this is -- what we see unfolding with potential ground invasion of yemen, the bombing of yemen, kwordingation of the gcc countries is essentially a note that this is training the saudis to play a much more active role throughout the middle east. >> talk to me about the arab league. in the past pretty ineffective. they've had no role in syria. actually based i

. >> you mentioned your recent travel to northern africa. and i know the international guard has a special relationship with folks there in morocco. can you talk to the value of such relationships and what is going on there, with what you learned while you were there. >> that's such a great question and a great example of where u.s. involvement can have a positive effect. and bring peace and stability to the region. and -- or to a nation that is looking to us for help. that is the state department set up the special partnerships between various states, national guards and nations that could use their training or their leadership or input. utah national guard was teamed with morocco my brother-in-law he was involved with instituting that. general burton now is carrying -- >> we'll leave this discussion and go live now to today's white house briefing with spokesman josh earnest. >> before we get into my part of the briefing, i have brought with me the president's senior adviser brian deas who will talk about the climate change announcement tha

racism - you know, the just ifghts for the colon -- justification for the colonisation for africa and northern americans was profound racism that people could not adapt to the future, you were almost doing them a favour, you know, to eliminate them. >> what role does religion have in it? >> usually bad. not always. >> can you expand on that? >> i'm differentiating religion and spirituality when i say that. what happened historically is the original spiritual systems in which god was seen as all living things gradually changed so god was withdrawn from nature to make it okay to conquer nature, and withdrawn from women women. >> in other words god was used as a method to control. >> well, god looked suspiciously like the ruling class. man. >> that's what i mean. i mean jesus with blond hair and blue eyes in the middle of the middle east, please. >> didn't resonate with you? >> no. >> yet there are billions who are religious. i want to talk about pope francis. you and he had a couple of issues in common - immigration reform, human trafficking, poverty. do you have hopes that women will be less ma

and the rest of the northern europe we see africa we see a partial eclipse which is happening right nowthe moon goes around the eronce a month, it's inevitable now and again it's going to get in the way of the sun, why do people get so excited about the solar eclipse? >> most of the time the moon when it comes to new moon we pass above or below the sun but when alignment is such that it brings to this event we see a solar eclipse and that happens on average every six months. >> it's an amazing sight for anyone lucky to be in the path of the total eclipse, as far as science is concerned what can we learn from these events? >> well eclipse has modern technology and eclipse are very cheap and effective way of studying the sun and you can see the picture of sun of coronna which people say in five minutes they will see something like this if the skies clear and the atmosphere of the sun the sun coronna is very hot and not clear why it gets this very high temperature but certainly we are emersed in the solar coronna and it's the way the sun has to communicate with the storms and all then guy

all of northern africa seems to be falling to this power vacuum that is being filled by the terroristlly. it's a far cry from proclamations you may remember in september when the president was saying the strategy was working in yemen. it doesn't look so good right now. >> it does not. kevin corke north lawn of the white house. thank you very much. we understand the united kingdom pulling out their special operators there. >>> eight minutes after top of the hour. time for headlines. >> remember the messed up rolling stone article, that is in the news right now. ibjust a few hours, police in virginia will release the results of an investigation into that explosive alleged sexual assault case at the university of virginia. the controversial case was featured in rolling stone magazine last year. that magazine coming under major fire for publishing details that could not be confirmed. we'll watch that story throughout the day. >>> some terrifying moments to show you when a helicopter falls out of the sky and plunged into a house. that helicopter bursting into flames when it smashed into th

you mentioned your recent travel to northern africa.now the national guard has a special relationship with folks there in morocco. can you talk to the value of such relationships and what is going on there and what you learned while you were there? guest: that is a great question and a great example of where u.s. involvement can have a positive effect and it brings peace and stability to the region, or to a nation looking to us for help. the state department said of the special partnerships between various states, national guards, and these nations that could use their training or their leadership or their input, the utah national guard teamed with morocco, it was asked in my brother-in-law at the time who was involved with instituting that. general burton is carrying that forward now. we have had an enormously positive impact with the military and be on the military as well. we have been able to train f-16 pilots. i think they're having something like 35 joint exercises or activities together this year. we have really made a difference

out of northern africa seven tourists killed in a shooting in the capitol.luding the museum where hostages are being held. we'll follow this for you throughout the program and bring you the very latest. right now at least apparently according to the associated press, at least eight people have been killed. other hostages in an attack on the tunisian parliament and a very popular museum that is adjacent to or part of the parliament building in this small north african nation of tunisia. >>> now to israel. benjamin netanyahu's stunning comeback to win his fourth term at prime minister jubilant netanyahu rallied supporters in tel aviv telling them they achieve add great victory, despite all the odds. just yesterday exit polls indicated the vote would be down to the wire, but in the end, netanyahu's likud party

three most dangerous terror organizations in the world working together training recruits in northern africa. americans are believed to be among the trainees at the isis, al qaeda, and boko haram camps. then back here at home, the pentagon still investigating the isis hitlist targeting military families. the families say they've been notified by the government but haven't received any guidance on how to protect themselves. >>> robert durst is being held without bail in new orleans. the millionaire murder suspect is said to be dangerous and also a flight risk. the defense wanted durst released so he could be tried for murder in california before facing weapons charges in louisiana. fox news's judge jeanine pirro has been following that case for decades. she was at the front row of that courtroom until the judge asked her to leave. listen. >> he had convinced the judge for a while he wanted me out of thethe courtroom because they w going to call me for a witness. clearly he cannot remove me from the courtroom. the judge had to make a decision. >> judge pirro will join us live at 8:15 a.m. east

the moon casting its shadow over northern and southern upand south africa. certain locations seeing 85 to 95% totality of coverage of that sun. unfortunately the i-beern peninsula not looking favorable. than. landfall occurring at about 4:00 a.m. local time. ess for spring. seat that was more than some could stand. >> look at this guy. look at this he is totally showing off. >> some thought the biker took a selfie but close off it looked like a rude gesture to pursuing police. weak. >> police had guns drawn has he lay spread eagled. the 23-year-old was arrested for felony evading. >> what do you mean you didn't endaing danger anybody? you were standing on your bike going 100 miles an hour. >> and he had the nerve to say did he seriously have to try to kick me off of my bike? it was a chase that had hearts pumping and all this woman wanted to pump was gas. >> look at this guy! look at this. >> where is the pothole when you need it. >> see you in a minute. k in tonesia. >> the governor of virginia is calling for an investigation after an african-american colle