against the security council paralysed and we ended up with the iraq war and the iraq aftermath. that still is haunting us in iraq. now, we have a bigger catastrophe which is syria. the syria war is bigger than any other displacement disaster of people. it's the biggest refugee disaster probably since the 1940 and '50s. we had nothing like it and still we have paralysis among the greatest powers and among the regional powers. >> do you think that at the time the resolutions passed the world community assumed that this was not going to be as long a conflict or comprehensive as it's ended up being. now we are looking at a situation where when the smoke clears millions of people will have no homes to go back to. >> i think it's correct that there was a misjudgment by so many quarters including the great powers in the security council. they didn't really understand how big and how bat it would become. it's not good the political climate between the west russia and china. russia and china vetoed repeatedly and did so at the time it was a smaller conflict and u.n. action would have been

the integrity of iraq. those will be disbanded or go home. the longer term issue your question, i think implies we're going to have to deal with hezbollah and those elements are directly supported by the iranians over time. i think that is a security issue that the iraqis are going to have to address. i think their time will come as this campaign continues to unfold. >> yes. i think some of this talk about iran being a very successful regional power long term if it does this nuclear deal, the choice of words here by the administration i think is concerning to others on the ground who don't -- who have noticed, you know, the iranians were bragging the other day about four arab capitals being under their control and talking about maybe taking a fifth you know? and this kind of rhetoric coming commensurate -- of course, i'm bothered by three days ago the death to america quote from the ayatollah. in the middle of all of this pushing the envelope and saying we control four arab capitals now and we're on our way

the ground attack. we'll have more on iraq after headlines. the obama administration has indicated it expects to reach a nuclear agreement with iran before next week's deadline. differences remain over the pace for ending u.n. sanctions, caps on centrifuges, and how long the deal would last. but according to "the new york times," a senior state department official gave the administration's most hopeful prognosis to date, saying "we very much believe we can get this done," in time. ahead of a new round of talks in switzerland, secretary of state john kerry said critics have offered no viable alternative. >> anybody standing up in opposition to this has an obligation to stand up and put a viable, realistic alternative on the table. and i have yet to see anybody do that. so we will see where we go. amy: the u.s. military has charged army sergeant bowe bergdahl with one count of desertion and one count of misbehavior before the enemy. bergdahl was held in taliban captivity for five years after leaving his army base in afghanistan in 2009. an earlie

so the sectarian divide in iraq is fundamentally at the root of the country's problems today. we talk about a government of national union in iraq. maliki left. i'll abbadi replaced him as prime minister but fundamentally nothing has changed. a body is iran's choice for the prime ministership. the u.s. has also fallen into a little bit of a trap which has further polarized sunnis in iraq starting with arab spring and 2012. the traditional allies of the u.s. in the gulf felt that we were too quick to throw hosni mubarak under the bus. we announced assad would go in syria and then we didn't enforce those warnings. we didn't enforce our red lines. with the recent nuclear negotiations with iran which essentially will preserve iran's nuclear program we have also seen in the sunni muslim world has the u.s. acquiescing to shiite demands. even today when we looked at the armed forces in iraq come, the battle which is going on right now for tikrit where there are 30,000 iraqi forces to retake the city from isis is dominated by suleimani the iranian revolutionary guard. he is not command

the al qaeda in 2004 and 2005. he is reportedly in u.s. custody in iraq2009. >> the now closed prison camp located in southeastern iraq was named after a new york city fire marshall killed on 9/11. >> consistent with the u.s. draw down forces and turn over authority to the iraqis. he was improperly let gout in 2009. >> details were sketchy. >> we know al qaeda has a great amount of autonomy within the camps. they kept their command structure and were still ordering and planning attacks from inside custody. >> in the years following his release he quickly climbed ranks of al qaeda in iraq. later the group rebranded itself. >> he clearly sort of leap frogged ahead of al qaeda by going ahead and declaring a territoryial state, something that has in many ways empowered isis the islamic state to really now lay claim to being chief islamic terrorist organization in the world. >> i'm back with the panel. why don't we know more about baghdadi. we know we want him and the information. >> three times he has been forecast to be killed. twice forecasted to be wounded

after the iraq war, you know, things started to change. and the moment zarqawi finds a huge opportunity in that, and you know, there was a lot of differences between al-qaeda and zarqawi at the time. and although he pledged allegiance to osama bin laden, there was some tension between the two until al-qaeda kind of started to publicly admonish zarqawi to stop attacking shia civilians and focus on the government and on americans. and then -- but then zarqawi had his way later on slowly, you know? he destroyed or he helped bomb the afghani mosque which kind of triggered the iraq civil war. and, you know things started to become more sectarian. and now his vision combined with already you have a very dangerous mix between baathism and salafism, you have the triangle of, basically terror. and the triangle of, like very dangerous ingredients coming together emerging together to form this group that we have today, isis. that's why, you know, you have isis very violent, very fascist it's very sectarian, and it's very, you know, rigid and everythin

the country. speaking about iraq. can john kerry reassure them? t's very hard i think for the united states to assure them for the united states does not have control in iraq or yemen and iran has the upper hand and again it's the same old policy that created this the saudis for example and other gulf countries enabled the iranians but not supporting a unified government in iraq and that created concern for iranians. so to say they are alone in their expansion and aggressive policy is wrong. i think the gulf countries are also guilty of that themselves and americans and israelis as well. so this situation is really more complex than somebody would like. >> reporter: extremely complex, what do you think is the biggest concern for the saudis at this point, is it that growing influence in the region for iran or possiblyility of nuclear capability? >> these go hand in hand but if iran tomorrow says no nuclear weapon or nuclear program even the saudis will not stop there, they will say we don't want iranians even to have any power. we have to clip their

the first few months in iraq. we defeat them very well. e problem is, the enemy we were fighting did not choose to end the war. they chose to continue the fight in a style that suited them. very difficult to tell which guy is a farmer and which guy is an insurgent. it is the second war we were not well suited for. no one could say how long that lasted. moreover, guys like him, we were not as blunt as general shinseki was. instead, we always seem to think that just a little bit more, maybe a surge of troops would solve it. the reality was, it would not. they can only be defeated by an effort of decades. we never said that to the american people. the civilian leadership has rarely talked in terms of how long this effort will last. only recently with the effort to go back to a rock into with issa has the president started to say publicly, this is an effort of years that may last past my administration. -- two iraq -- to iraq with isis has the president started say publicly this is an effort of years that may last past my administration. our co

the north. he has been spotted in key locations in iraq, and now reported byly in tikrit. he is believed to be leading the fight against isil in the city. but his influence goes beyond the battlefield. many believe he's being used in propaganda as a general who never loses a battle. here he's giving advice to those battling isil. >> the shia need experts. if you see high expect expertise, you'll be able to help more people of yours. the iraqi people. >> they're relying on boots on the ground to take back areas but they have struggled against isil. iraq's sunni neighbors say that they are an extended arm of the iraq's military, and that he does not hide his gratitude for iran's support. >> the iraq must build a statue for what he has done for us. i must tell you that americans cannot liberate the village. they're giving us tank with our own money. the iranians are helping for exchange for nothing. >> they're trying to address the fierce of the sunni population but they want more than speeches. >> we hope that the words will be turned into actions and all those who attack civ

the growing battle of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >>> the problem with pot. law enforcement officials in and around colorado challenge the constitutionality of legalized marijuana. >>> and the right to work wisconsin decides whether private sector workers can be forced to join a union. we'll tackle both sides of this debate. ♪ >>> great to have you with us. it is day four of iraq's largest offensive yet against isil. tens of thousands of iraqi troops are working alongside shia militias to take back tikrit. now there's hope a unified force can loosen isil's grip on the city. >> reporter: the battle cry of this fighter. this is near the base of operations for iraq's shia militias on the eastern front of the battle for tikrit. the key players are iranian backed hezbollah. at a command center nearby the interior minister a leader of the militia confirms with the man given drol of the hezbollah brigades. they have combined with iraqi police, special forces and army units, for the biggest offensive since isil seized parts of iraq last june. the troops are backed by

proxies that are taking over the security sector, even the oil sector in iraq. ese are the real challenges here. at the u.s. is making this case on nuclear arms, a vacuum is being filled across the region and it's not just netanyahu that believes this. it's also the arab states that are making this complaint. that case as you said, is going to have to be answered, is the united states abdicating its role in this region which i think is part of the question. >> woodruff: so does this make it harder for the obama administration to get the deal it says it's working on some. >> i think the opposition is stiff and i think it's going to be tougher, judy. i think it's awfully tough to pay great heed to somebody who has been so consistently wrong as prime minister netanyahu has been about the region. he urged the congress of the united states and the people of the united states to go to war against saddam hussein on the grounds that it would bring a positive, affirmative reverberations in the entire region. he was making the case not simply against saddam in iraq but tha

the west. zarqawi was also targeting fellow muslims in iraq. the brutal tactics cause d them to p avoid the group. zarqawi was killed in 2006 and the group scattered. a few months later, they're rebranded as the islamic state in iraq. in 2011 the group names a secretive religious scholar as its leader. he claims to be a direct descendent of the prophet muhammad. his ambitions spread beyond iraq into the chaos of syria. by 2013, al baghdadi changes the name again, this time calling the islamic state in iraq and syria, and soon take the first syrian city. the black flag hanging in the eastern city of raqqa. comes the strong hold for their growing movement. president obama is asked about the threat in the interview with the "new yorker" in january of 2014. compared isis to a junior varsity sports team, saying, quote, the analogy we use around here sometimes that i think is accurate is that the jv teams puts on laker uniforms, it doesn't make them kobe bryant. those remarks come back to haunt him as isis launches a massive offensive. including mosul

the first few months in iraq. where we fight a uniformed army that has tanks and jet fighters and rings like that. we defeat them very well. the problem is, the enemy we were fighting did not choose to end the war. they chose to continue the fight in a style that suited them. which is to say, in in insurgent irregular terrorist style. in civilian clothing and mixed into civilian streets and towns and very difficult to tell which guy is a farmer and which guy is in insurgent. it is the second war we were not well suited for. secretary rumsfeld was exactly right. no one could say how long that lasted. moreover, guys like him, we were not as blunt as general shinseki was. he warned, hey, this is going to take hundreds of thousands of troops. it is going to take a decade to do. instead, we always seem to think that just a little bit more, maybe a surge of troops would solve it. the reality was, it would not. and -- an insurgent enemy like that can only be defeated by an effort of decades. we never said that to the amer

the use of u.s. ground troops in iraq to defeat isis? > like i said, i think the more, our ground troops, we have to be very careful. ground troops to assist local forces i think it is helpful, training coaching helping plan and there is a mushy line there. when we take the fight on unilateral that is when we make the fight about ourselves. that said. >> are you either way for boots on the ground? >> it looks like a u.s. fight that will feed their narrative. i know it is uncomfortable, this is the uncomfortable thing about it. >> take the shackles off. >> i'm not as, freaked out, ground forces for various things in general. i agree with audrey. if we're serious about one of our core values in the region which is, helping civilians who are, you know, massively displaced and hurting -- you have to put, you have to put people on the ground to help people and we have been hesitant to do that because there's risk involved. but i would take risk in order to do that. i would not be afraid to, put some forces on the ground to assist the actual co

in particular because the sectarian danger in iraq is the principle thing that can unravel the campaign against isis. >>reporter: but unless that campaign results in bridging the shiite/sunni divide, the gains against isil might not last long >>> at least 13 people have been killed in a series of car bombings in baghdad. 11 people died of a suicide attack. at least 30 people were injured. the attack happened just hours after another explosion in the area. and another blast in eastern baghdad killed two people. >>> the u.s. secretary of state has criticized a group of republican senators for trying to scuttle a nuclear deal with iran. john kerry said they were wrong to send a letter to at the ran. here's that story. >>reporter: republicans in the u.s. senate are on the defensive after sending an open letter to iran's leaders broadly seen as an attempt to kill the negotiations over its nuclear program. >> this letter is about nothing more than stopping iran from getting a nuclear bomb. >>reporter: but if the headlines are an indication it's backfired big time. >> this letter is a hard sla

the larger u.s. role across all of iraq. the question is an important one because it wants the operation unfold in tikrit we established a close relationship with, not established a continued our close relationship with the combined joint operations center center, our conversation with the iraqi electorate leaders and political leaders continued. as the operation unfolded prime minister abadi and members of iraqi security forces requested the u.s. and coalition support for the final phase of the operation ultimate deliberate the city of tikrit. that begin i do want to get into a lot of the operational detail to the benefit of the enemy is listening to what we are saying it began by the provision of information and key intelligence but as i think mr. dingell you saw last night a large number of well targeted and precise airstrikes went end and a beginning to support the iraqi security force operations that are unfolding right now. that i think is where we would leave the level of operational detail. the united states is deeply

with that safe-haven line the coalition with 3,000 airstrikes was 1600 and iraq. the strikes have occurred cereuses 2014 we have taken up fighters in commuters were the 1,000 vehicles, 200 oil and gas facilities with 20 trading camps and 2,000 positions checkpoints or barracks as a result the coalition has arrested the momentum degrading its ability and we put them on the defense and iraq. i would not be possible without will -- without retarders to support with the government to strengthen demand reconstitutes security forces by assisting with trading and advising iraqi security forces. and then we began trading security forces at four sites across iraq. recently i saw firsthand the partnership with the arab forces. with the hope of congress it will allow us to trade and the quip more brigades of nine iraqi brigades with the difference to the efforts in iraq we're working with coalition partners to build us capability partners set to begin next month in april the goal is to trade recruits to move power trade these to go on the offensive to promote the conditions t

if you know anything about iraq to hope -- the hope for iraq is for the seanies -- sunnis the shias and the kurds is to accommodate each others' interests and to work together. so when you see a shia-led effort against as you said, the sunni stronghold with iranian commander on the ground that was responsible for killing americans, and we think that's a good day for us, that's nuts. that's a bad day for america. now, let's just talk a little bit about the iranian nuclear negotiations. i did not sign senator cotton's letter until the president threatened to veto congressional legislation to make sure that we would have a say about relieving the sanctions we created. when president obama told the congress a bipartisan group was being formed, to make sure that congress would have a say about relieving the sanctions that we created that i will veto your efforts to have a say, then all bets were off at that point for me. so i want the iranians to know in case they're listening obama administration, the b 5 plus 1 the u.n., cannot relieve congressional sanctions without our approval. i don't

the shia militias are everywhere in iraq as people know. general sulayman who was head of the force for iran has now become a celebrity in iraq. and i have to say it feels very strange to be there knowing much of the activity we have under way while it is necessary is really to iran's benefit. and i know there is a lot of concerns that after this activity is completed, if we're successful with isis, which i know we will be, and in essence the next issue is going to be dealing with security of our forces there with the shia militias. i was happy to see that turkey has gone ahead and signed an agreement, to train and equip agreement, that's something you made happen and thank you for that. at the same time, i know there is a lot of concerns now about how we deal with assad's vero bombs as we train and equip these individuals, how do we protect them from the barrel bonds which cause them to diminish in greater numbers than they can be trained. i'm sure you'll talk about that. there is a lost discussion as you know on the ground there much of th

iran is in the midst of iraq. it's in the midst of syria. do we share mutual goals with iran? >> well, i'll say that our goals with respect to iraq is that we return iraq to the sovereign control of the people and the government. >> do you think the iranians share that view? >> i believe so. i believe the iranians would believe that their interests -- would consider their interests are best served -- >> because they have significant influence in iraq? >> they have regional interest and those interests are in iraq. that's not something that should surprise us or necessarily alarm us. >> i'm looking beyond. so if we think an accommodation with iran to fight isil is good, the aftermath of that in iraq, in syria, in yemen and elsewhere in my view is not so good. so times we look at the short game versus the long one and i'm concerned about what the long one is. >> i would not propose that we're accommodating iran and iraq at this moment. we're undertaking the measures that we're undertaking in iraq with the iraqis. but as you have pointed out and your question presupposed, the iran

forces are increasing daily. >> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the battalion comes under mortar fire as it leaves the base. and while the soldiers patrol, they hear sporadic gunfire. >> this area had been a troublesome area so bravo company was tasked out to go in and kind of flush people out. >> two apache helicopters are providing air support and cameras mounted on their gun sights are recording the mission. wikileaks added the subtitles on the video, but the audio you hear is the pilot's actual radio chatter. >> we got a target coming at you. >> the pilots spot a group of men they suspect are insurgents carrying weapons. >> have individuals with weapons. >> he's got a wea

these forces were not controlled by the government of iraq. they did not have a coherent scheme of maneuver, command, or control. they did not have precision fires to support this effort. trying to go about the difficult task of clearing a place like to -- tikrit caused them to stall. what we have done is number one highlighted a number of preconditions that must be present before we promote isr or employ fires. once those conditions were met which included the shia militia not being involved, we could proceed. i would like to highlight, three tours in iraq commanding forces , who were brutalized by these militias, i hope we never coordinate or cooperate with shia militias. senator reed: part of the operation in tikrit will be a prelude to operations in mosul which have always been contemplated to be conducted by iraqi forces. with our support is that , accurate? commander austin: yes. senator reid: commander votel. do you have any views about establishing operation policies? do you work with the council what is your relationship with , the cou

the u.s. leads from behind in iraq, iran is filling the power vacuum. what it means for the fight against isis and american interests in the middle east. >>> and just in time for 2016, the justice department announces a crackdown on coordination between candidates and the outside groups that support them. should conservatives expect the same treatment they got from the irs? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm paul gigot. hillary clinton broke her silence this week on the scandal surrounding her use of a private e-mail address while serving as secretary of state. calling it a matter of convenience and claiming she complied with all state department rules. take a look at some of the highlights from her tuesday press conference. >> when i got to work as secretary of state i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account which was allowed by the state department because i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two. we went through a thorough process to identify all of my

this is yesterday, sunday in iraq. the new prime minister of iraq announcing the surprise early reopening of the iraqi national museum. first time it has been open in 12 years. he showed up personally to cut the ribbon and allow the public in for the first time since the invasion of iraq. he said at the opening the reason the museum was reopening is because of isis. because of what those savages did to the museum in mosul and iraq's cultural heritage there. he then did part two. yes, this is all yesterday. he goes to the reopening of the museum. announces it is because of isis. he cuts the ribbon and leaves the museum in baghdad. drives an hour and a half north to the city of samarra and personally with all of his commanders launches a new war on isis. we do not know if the timing of this ground operation was also moved up in response to the anger about this video from mosul, but the prime minister of iraq yesterday personally launched a very, very large iraqi military offensive against the city of tikrit. last summer, you

you cannot get rid of all of the sunnis in iraq. they are part of iraq. t average iraqis don't want to see the country split up. i think it is a huge problem but politically and -- amy: use of u.s. military did not give weapons to some groups -- at least they said that to you. matt, you write in the piece the obama administration is our is argue they should be exemption from arms control laws. >> that's right. they're worried about the weapons there now transferring to iraq [indiscernible] i think it is ironic that having flooded the country once with weapons by destroying saddam hussein's army and flooding it again with weapons by arming [indiscernible] their solution is to flood more weapons and of the country. it just shows a lack of imagination that exist on the part of the policymakers who are responsible. amy: matt, president obama is meeting with the new afghan president ghani today in washington. you have lived in afghanistan for years. the significance for this meeting -- the significance of this meeting and what president ghani will be calling fo

plenty of time when we get home love and recovery in the aftermath of war. >> i'm a combat veteran of the iraq war and the combat wounded veteran. my second book plenty of time when we get home of the recovery in the aftermath of war calls my family's journey after my husband sustained dramatic brain injury and subsequently develop posttraumatic stress disorder so it is with personal and professional interest i'm pleased to sit down today with david morris to have a conversation about his book the evil hour a biography of posttraumatic stress disorder. i was wondering if you could start off by telling me a little bit about your self and why you wanted to write this book. >> guest: in some ways i had always lived in the shadows most of my early adult life because my first adult years were in ten years in uniform including rotc so i was aware of the idea of ptsd that it was something that soldiers were associated with and my dad was a vietnam veteran and i grew up in suburban san diego. so i felt like i grew up in the shadow of the vietnam. i was always part of the conversation into this lingeri

so it may not be the size of afghanistan or iraq so that's part of our challenge. secretary kerry, the -- one of the criticisms of the president's proposed aumf is it does not make clear that it is in fact this aumf and not the 2001 aumf that governs this conflict. if we passed a isil specific aumf would the administration have any objection to specifically saying that the isil aumf supersedes any authorization for the use of force in this engagement? >> senator, only if it was absolutely clear that there was no limitation whatsoever with respect to the other activities authorized by the 2001 aumf because that's the principle authorization with respect to al-qaeda and other efforts. so the president has made it clear that if the congress passes an authorization specifically that is what he will rely on with respect to isis. >> so there's no reason to have language that says -- >> as long as it's clear -- as long as it's clear it doesn't reach any of the other activities authorized by the 2001, correct. >> secretary carter over the weekend boko haram in nigeria decla

your investigation focuses on the yazidis in iraq. tell us more about your findings and how you came to the conclusion that genocide had been committed against the yazidis. >> thank you our report is actually based on an investigation that we carried out inside iraq, and with he basically say that crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes may have been committed in iraq against many ethnic and religious groups not just the yazidi, but with the yazidi in particular, we are finding that the information we gathered points strongly to genocide, because the yazidi were specifically targeted. they were -- the intention to destroy the group was very, very clear from the onset. we were able to document a consistent pattern where yazidis, isil fighters came into yazidi villages and areas and separated men and boys over the age of 14, took to locations such as ditches and nearby villages and then basically shot them, shot them dead. we were able to interview survivors. >> i understand that you didn't just investigate isil,

the iranians are helping us in exchange for nothing. >> iraq's government has been trying to address the fears of the sunni population, but they want more than speeches. >> we hope that the words will turn into actions and all those who attack civilians and properties shall be punished severely. >> as militia men celebrate taking back areas of tikrit, the battle to overtake the sectarian divisions is still far from over. al jazeera. >> >> those people live on the remote pacific islands have spent a second night in emergency shelters after struck by one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded. they say people died when cyclone pam hilted idol. aid agencies say entire villages have been destroyed. it made landfall on friday, winds at 270 kilometers an air. in the days ahead, it is expected to continue heading towards new zealand losing strength as it does so. the aid agencies believe this will be a serious humanitarian crazy, and with communications largely down, it is difficult to know the true extent of the damage. here's richard martin. >> it's more than 24 hours since psych loan

led by saddam hussein was seen as the kind of buffer to stop iraq. everything changed after the 2003 and iran is the rising power in the region and they are making all the gains here. what would iran want from that influence. i think it's to have strengthening its position in negotiations in the west and mainly to the u.s. and saying look, we are a power of the party here. you need to take us seriously, and, therefore, we - you need to give us the right influence, the right exercising their own will and to be taken as regional powers in - in this area. that's why i think the arabs are worried. >> to take them seriously, basically. >> now omar we are talking about the rise and rise of iran shall we say. we had seen last year the new king in saudi arabia and there's no doubt that saudi arabia is a major player in this region. when he ascended to the throne he said it was time for muslim brothers to reach out, come together and put aside their differences. we are not seeing that in yemen, are we. we are seeing the sunni shia proxy war played out. >> we a

finally intelligence we have to make end roads to the sunni tribes in iraq and syria. re. we need to show them we are mitted and stay the course. for heaven sakes don't do some deal with iranians that tells everybody on the sunni side of the world we are on their side. >> i was going to say isn't this the big picture question here? the cancer is in syria. but it seems to me every policy decision right now in the white house is driven by their desire to get a deal with iran and this effects how they are responding to the problem in syria. because they don't want to upset that apple cart because syria is alive with tehran. >> the intelligence community's moral is what at this point? big zero from -- >> it is terrible. >> i think people who have been on this issue and i hesitate to speak on their behalf but they are dedicated to the issue but they are frustrated that when the information has been presented in a very clear way, there has been a denial of the facts on the ground and that means you cannot tackle the problem. >> at the end of the day we are talking about unand

we have a pro iranian regime in iraq. >> this is what the end of the iraq war pulling those troops outr the deal wasn't signed to get u.s. troops out quickly. >> in 2009 joined the surge. the malaki government went to war against the same shiite militias that are now attacking tikrit and that killed so many americans and defeated them utterly. at the end of the search it was handed over to the new president barack obama. that was not an ally. the withdrawal is what caused the complete change of allegiances. the vacuum that obama created. so it is simply not true that it is a result of the iraq war. it's a result of the liquidation of the war and of our influence in the region. >> next up, an update on the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. u get in the know. and when you're in the know about your credit, you feel confident, ready for anything. at transunion.com you get instant credit alerts to keep you in sync. you can even lock and unlock your transunion report with the swipe of a finger. come to transunion.com. and get in the know. test test. test test test. test test test. relook. reth

and these groups belonging to the islamic state in iraq and the levant, they have taken control of many governmental facilities. >> mahmood, thank you for that update reporting from libya. >>> yemen's houthi rebels who have taken over the capitol say they've reached an agreement with iran for a new economy. and the president and his klose aids remain in the city of aden after escaping house arrest last month. we have reports on the political stand off. >> there is a power vacuum in yemen, and iran appears to be capitalizing on it. since the shia houthies forced the president from the capitol iran has found a willing partner partner. aftera houthi spokesman said that iran is pledging to expand a port, help built power plants and provide yemen with enough oil to last a year. the houthies say that will boost the economy and bilateral relations. a spokesman for the exiled government said that the only ones getting a boost from this deal are the houthis. >> the iranian interference is merely about military support to some militias and militia groups. iran has never supported any country econ

was on the verge of independence. iraq was falling apart. it couldn't control its territory. when isis turned and attacked iraqi kurdistan, that changed the whole dynamic within iraq. two elements for independence are are security and economic viability. security has been restored in iraqi kurdistan, but it hasn't been restored as a result of u.s. weapons provided to the peshmerga. the first country to actually land and deliver weapon during the crisis was not the united states, it was iran. and the heavy weapons that the kurds need in order to deal with the isis armor are not being provided by the pentagon. milan missiles are coming from germany, france is providing 20 millimeter armor-piercing munitions. when i was in iraqi kurdistan a month ago, i spoke with senior kurdish officials and they explained the problems they had with the pentagon in getting the equipment that they need, their desire for heavy weapons including offensive heavy weapons like tanks and artillery. they said that the training has been sluggish. whe

communities that will remove support for both the shia islamic militias and al qaeda in iraq and its associates. then everything was subordinated to that. the military strategy was then to go after the so-called irreconcilables. and those if you take the negotiation mediation theory, the best alternative to a negotiated agreement, you know, was we're going to kick your ass militarily. so it would help move communities toward that political accommodation, and then of course the other element of the military strategy was to get people to stop shooting each other because it's tough to come to an accommodation when you're shooting at each other. so it was to break the cycle of violence, to work on local cease-fires, and so then it also drove our security force assistant efforts, how we're going to do development, our information and communications efforts were all subordinated to a political strategy. so i think that was one of the key lessons, to get back to eliot's question earlier, and i would say that we did make mistakes early in the iraq war that in many ways made it as har

james bays, al jazeera at the united nations. >> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have started destroying one of iraq's most important archaeological sites the government says bulldozers were used on the antiquities during the assaults. this latest destruction follows an i.s.i.l. video of antiquities being destroyed by fighters. >>> representatives from libya's rival government are meeting in morocco. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> they are not willing to talk together about a way out of the conflict. this is the go-between. united nations representative ber nar doe debernardo de leon,. >> they continue to bomb our city but we want this round of talks to succeed. >> the u.n. envoy moves to another room to talk to members of the internationally recognized government of tobruk. libya has two governments and two armies.. they have been fighting each other for categorical. control. >> the fact that we are here means we have been building trust, which hasn't been the case in the past. all parties want to appoint an be international government. >> each laying claim as the

i'm a combat veteran of the iraq war and the spouse of a wounded veteran. my second book chronicles my family's journey after my husband sustained a traumatic brain injury in iraq and develop post-traumatic stress disorder. so it is both with personal and professional interest that i'm tremendously pleased to sit down today with david morris and have a conversation about his new book "the evil hours" a biography of post-traumatic stress disorder. thanks so much for joining me today. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: i wonder if he could start about the telling me about yourself and why he wanted to write this book. >> guest: it's difficult to answer. in some ways i had always lived in the shadow of ptsd most of my early adult life because my first adult years were in uniform. i spent 10 years in uniform including rotc so i was vaguely aware of the idea of ptsd that it was something soldiers were associated with and furthermore my dad was a vietnam veteran. i grew up in suburban san diego. i felt like i really grew up in the shadow of vietnam. it was p

over the past year was out with conflicts in iraq and syria. the transition from combat operations to a train, advise and assist in ct mission focus in afghanistan. at the same time, we dealt with a number of difficult challenges in yemen egypt and lebanon and a host of other locations throughout our area of response biloxi. we actively violent extremist groups and took measures to counter the radical ideologies espoused by these group. we also dealt with the rand which acts as a destabilizing force in the region primarily through its code forces and support to proxy actors such as lebanese hezbollah. and while we are hopeful and acceptable agreement will be reached with the rain with respect to its nuclear program either way whether we reach an agreement or don't reach an agreement, it ran will present a challenge going forward. we are faced with a number of difficult issues in our region. however, i firmly believe challengechallenge s present opportunities and we make our primarily by the business opportunities and we do pursue them. i am conf

of tikrit from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. the u.s. secretary of state warn further consequences much roar if the cease-fire is not fully put in place within the next few hours. and name about leader of namibia receive the african award and prize. >>> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists relations with the united states are strong. he's visiting washington, where he's giving a speech at a lobby. on tuesday the prime minister will address the u.s. congress. he's expected to make his case about the nuclear are iran. he was inviteed to make his address without obama's knowledge. >> the united states and israel will continue to stand together. because america and israel are more than friends. we're like a family. we're practically--now disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable. but we must always remember that we are family. [applause] rooted in a common heritage, up holding common values, sharing a common destiny. that's the message i came to tell you today. our alliances are sound. our friendship is stro

and that's the kind of sectarian division and hatred at the heart of the conflict in iraq. minority ruled by eye sunni majority government. some sunni fighters are part of the offensive but much of the force is made up of shia militias. and iran's influence also concerns the sunni residents. this is the general a commander of the powerful iranian force seen here near the tikrit battle front. many iraqis resents iranian involvement in the conflict. >> translator: some countrys trying to get involved in iraq's fares. not to protection the country but because they don't agree with the iraqi government. so if we don't stop the militia iraq will be divided. >> reporter: but iran says it's playing a crucial role in fighting isil. >> translator: if we hadn't helped them the day the iraqi government requested our assistance, even though most of the burden is on the shoulders of iraqi people who are standing up to the islamic state then the group would have attacked many regional countries. >> reporter: some blame foreign intervention in iraq for creating an unending cycle of violenc

it stretches from afghanistan all the way over to iraq. senator mccain: senator manchin and following senator manchin at the request secretary carter he would like to take a 15 minute rake in the committee will stand in recess for 15 minutes following senator manchin's western. senator manchin: thank you and there is not a person in my state does not work all that you do. -- does not support all that you do. but they still ask questions like why do you spend so much on military and why do you spend as much as the next eight countries put together. i know procurement -- we are not the best in procurement and we are not the best in developing weapons. i think we are all in tune with all of this. i know how sequestering is. you talk about flexibility looks ability by itself will not do that. secretary carter, you and i had a nice conversation and i think secretary hagel talking about budgets and reducing them by 20%, but it all comes down to -- knowing where we are. i talked about contracts and the effectiveness of our national guard and i eve

so they're going to the museum in iraq. they destroy a few of the statues to show how islamic they are, you know, because pure islam, you don't have any kind of idol worship. but quietly, they're selling most of them. they take hostages, but yet they want money for the hostages. >> there's a lot more we're going to get to, a lot more to talk about, including recruitment. also, a major yoefrsive getting started to take back tikrit. we'll look at what it will take to defeat isis and what that means and whether the countries in the region are willing and able to do it and what role if any the united states should be playing. stay with us. with my android from tracfone, i can... order more shaving cream. pay the electric bill. keep towels piping hot. get kids to sit still. play beard styling tunes. learn new razor tricks. hire a pro waxer. post before and after pics. i can do all that with my android from tracfone. 90-day plans start as low as $20. unbeatable nationwide coverage. no contract. for a limited time save $20 on any t

in order to achieve the vote they strains of iraq and afghanistan -- the experience of iraq and afghanistan created a sufficient cloud over the potential of this note that i think -- i think that is the commitment we need. that gets us the stronger but to do that. >> i appreciate your response. i think the enduring presence gives you a chance to revisit and expand. thank you for your time and service. >> i want to start by taking general dempsey and secretary carter and carry for your service and engagement with us today. we recently heard credit news of 11 service numbers missing and lost. i think it is worth a moment of reflection on the enormous sacrifice that they have made and that there families are facing. i think all of us were best authorize -- i think his will involve a great deal of -- the question i want to raise is who bears the cost. we did put on the table and in our discussion the financial cost. general dempsey was right to raise the concerns about the budget. the need to pay for this war is essential concern. president eisenhower said america could choke itself to death. w