>> deep concern about isis pushing into baghdad. >> isis has been seizing territory in iraq. >> they were able to swiftly take over huge areas of iraq. it was shocking how the army didn't even fight, didn't even put a fight. >> and taking over mosul, the second largest city... >> i think washington was stunned when the second largest city in iraq, a city of two million people, fell in a day. to a terrorist organization that we had not imagined was in the first order of terrorist organizations. >> narrator: but these fighters were not new. they had been at war for more than a decade, ever since the american invasion of iraq. they have used beheadings, suicide bombings, and mass killings to implement a violent plan. a plan designed and carried out by this man: abu musab al-zarqawi, the founder of isis. >> narrator: the secret history of isis began at the cia in the aftermath of 9/11. there was an urgent question about abu musab al-zarqawi. >> i was an analyst working on the team that was charged with evaluating whether or not al-qaeda and iraq had conspired together to conduct 9/11 att

a young 12-year-old australian girl killed by a terroristin bag attack in baghdad. she was visiting baghdad with her family during ramadan.dfathe another innocent killed by this violent tendency and movement that is luring away seeking toga destroy one of the great religions of the world. now, are police officers center intelligence agencies are the frontline of keeping us safe from that battle.s, our allies are best collaborators, muslim leaders both at home and abroad like the president in indonesia who s remind us and said repeatedly in censoring islam that is moderate, tolerant and democratic. they are our best allies. in the forefront, send those police officers and intelligence agencies and we have given them and are given the more support word legislation and resources than ever before and we continue to do so to keep all australians and hands mania -- my questions to the minister of the defense industry representing, will the minister a line for the house by the largest military buildup in our peacetime history is vital to defeating our enemies abroad so we

and terror for the people left behind well thank you very much for giving us your take there from baghdad unicef representative in iraq peter hawkins. of the u.n. chemical weapons watch dog house confirmed that the victims of a chemical incident in syria is it province back in april were exposed to sarin gal's the latest statement from the o.p.c. w. also points i thought their fact finding missions monday does not include identifying the perpetrator the thirteen was on able to visit the actual site of the attack so the report's conclusions are based on post-mortems biomedical samples collected from victims who were moved to post a neighboring country the report hasn't been made public but was shared with countries party to the chemical weapons convention russia's foreign minister had

she was visiting baghdad with her family during ramadan to see her grandfather. another innocent killed by this violent hen hen hen den si, that this is -- tendency that is seeking to blaspheme one of the great religions of the world. now, our police officers and our intelligence agencies are in the front line of keep us safe in that battle, and our allies, our best collaborators, our muslim leaders, both at home and abroad, like the president in indonesia, who remind us and say repeatedly and stand for, an islam that is moderate, tolerant and democratic. they're our best allies inch forefront there are police officers and intelligence agencies and we have given them and are giving them more support both in law, legislation, and resources, than ever before, and we will continue to do so to keep all australians and all tasmanians safe. >> there was also a focus on the tragic case of a young australian girl killed during a visit to iraq. visiting a relative in an ice cream parlor when an explosion win off. >> my question is to the minister for the defense industry,

she was visiting baghdad with her family during ramadan. to see her grandfather. another innocent killed by this violent tendency, this violent terrorist movement that is gnawing away, seeking to estroy and pervert and blasphe me one of the great religions of the world. now, our police officers and our intelligence agencies are on the front line of keeping us safe in that battle. and our allies, our best collaborators, our muslim leaders, both at home and abroad, like the president in indonesia, who remind us and say repeat lid and stand for -- repeatedly and stand for an islam that is moderate, that is tolerant, that is democratic. that is their commitment. they are our best allies in this battle. but in the forefront stand those police officers and those intelligence agencies and we have given them and are giving them more support, both in law, legislation, and resources, than ever before. and we will continue to do so, to keep all australians and all tasmanians safe. tom: also a focus of a tragic case of a young us trailian girl killed during a visit to iraq. s

at the terror group's so-called military council officials are still verifying the reports about baghdad these deaths as yet there's been no official confirmation. of course i heard reports on the elimination of all baghdad but i still have no one hundred percent confirmation of this. what the u.s. says it's not been able to confirm either the death of the head of the terror group either. joined kevin own earlier with more details. at the end of may the russian army got hold of intelligence pointing to a big get together of islamic state managers to discuss plans how they can retreat how can the fleet the city we've got a look at rocket here this is the de facto islamic state capital that's been under the sea by the coalition forces for a while now and the only way to retreat from that city for the jihad is to the cells now out and after using drones to examine the location the russian air force carried out a major air strike in which they say thirty eisel commanders were destroyed and also as many as three hundred fighters killed now if it is proved three weeks almost since that album d

syria pakistan saudi arabia you see tweaks in baghdad last week, muslims at midnight eating ice cream were bombed in kabul afghanistan we saw bombs after bombs with hundreds being killed, they see are muslims that are trying to create democratic secular society islamists are trying to prevent that indonesia thought to be more moderate is almost a democracy seeing only christian governor in prison blasphemy laws, slides into theyocracy away from democracy so this is a global battle i hope as lobbeders wake up as we in the west trying to figure out what do we do next we realize we can do things to combat the underbelly of nonviolent ideology of political islam you can't do in baghdad and syria muslim majority unnecessary. >> other headlines -- describing her son's urgent efforts to safe comrades abureaued a doomed navy destroyer kept diving into the flooded compartments of the uss fitzgerald after colliding with cargo ship near japan kept going until areas ran out of air pockets all seven sailors killed in the collision have been identified most of the crew were sleeping, when the incid

that is what mattis was doing, essentially, going to his commanders and saying go, get to baghdad as fast as possible and take the regime down. >> congressman chuck fleischmann, the actor sam elliott and the reporter dexter filkins when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: bank of america, life better connected. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> we begin this evening with today's shotting in alexandria congressman steve scalise the majority whip of the house of representatives is in critical condition after gunman opened fire at gop congressional baseball practice on wednesday morning. four other people have been hospitalized. president trump confirmed that the shooter, 66 year old james hodgkinson of illinois was killed after a shootout with the d.c. capital police. the president responded to the shooting in a tell viezed statement from the white house characterizing the attack as a very, very brut

for we can cross live now to baghdad to speak to unicef's representative in iraq peter hall conspiratory welcome to the program and before we get on to today a statement coming from you and your group about the number of children who have been trapped in areas still held by us just on what their rights are correspondent i believe you could hear what he was saying in terms of the civilian cost that the loss of lives in the operation to to free mosul is there any clarification as to how many lives were lost. now it's very difficult to say at the moment and i'm delighted last we still haven't got the full facts yet but all will children of the innocent victims of any war and in this particular war to those children trying to still trapped in west mosul are in dire need of protection and this is what we're calling for will civilians be able to return to their homes considering the devastation of the city the pictures we're looking at just look absolutely grotesque i suppose to put it simply is it livable nonetheless allowed all. well we said the same thing about ramadi and mosul is is the we

get to baghdad, take the iraqi regime down. which they did. and of course, you know, chaos.ie: he is interesting because he seemed to be prepared to say exactly what he thinks, even if it is not what his boss says or even believes. mr. filkins: when you go back and look at the career of general mattis, it is 40 years in the military. you know, it is just, you know, one after the other, these extraordinary things. -- quotations. you read something he said to people and you are like " wow, people in public life don't talk that way." he is standing up and addressing a graduating class at the naval academy and saying "your job is to go out and kill people, and keep killing them until they give up." the midshipmen are all cheering, but who says that? charlie: they have said he has more integrity in his little finger than almost anyone in washington. it is said by michelle, a woman who was a possible secretary of defense if hillary clinton had won. so she knows generals. mr. filkins: yes. i think what is interesting about michelle is that she is a democrat, a deputy secretary of d

officials have so far been able to confirm the reports of baghdad baghdad his death either the extremist leader hasn't been heard of since november last year when he released an ordeal recording he's been the leader of ice and since twenty ten and previously been pronounced dead on several occasions we are several experts for their take on the reports now of his demise it depends also not only on what that is only the leader with the baghdadi was eliminated but how many of the strategic brains were with him because he was not alone in this talking about about twenty or thirty leaders how many of them sort of wired who's left but in general we'll have more on blow on isis and what they can and cannot do in the near future actually the timing of the strike against the. leader in iraq it's very important this will. help crumbling the headquarters and the communication system and the connection between the leadership and the fighters in iraq are just is for sure if he is there but on the long term liberal this would not eliminate defeat i mean our terrorism in in syria and also in india enti

and fourteen mosul a city of nearly two million people failed to isis and its leader abu bakr of baghdad he declared a caliphate from the mosque the grand mosque of el nori in those old city and late yesterday as iraqi security forces closed in on that mosque about a hundred meters away. isis blew it up while the terrorist group released a statement online blaming the destruction of the mosque on the u.s. this incident took place during one of the holiest nights of the year for muslims also known as the night of power well that does it for now for more on the story as we cover to go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america also check out our web site r t dot com forward slash america you can also follow me on twitter at actually banks underscore our team and don't forget to question him or. your wanting to our team america special report that it. has but that's. basically everything that you think you know about civil society have broken down. there's always going to be somebody else one step ahead of the game. we should not be. normalizing. we don't need people that think like this on our

library and by cultural center in baghdad on the lower right, and those of us with a sense of humor will note that those who have come to washington for training are eing met by vice president richard nixon at the time. through the 1950's, the global south, what we will soon be calling the third world, proved its relevance on exactly these kinds of claims. so you have a kind of burgeoning, a kind of coalescence of activity in this area, having won the attention of american and soviet diplomats. that is where the unintended consequence starts o creep up. with this back tory, i want to proceed to the main case studies . they are gathered around the early 1960's. this is the back story, the pre-story of it. i want to how how the thing that animates the project really coalesce and combine in these years and do so in ways that leave the usia facing a whole different landscape than it thought it was engaging when it opened for business in 1953. that explosion of competition for lack of a better term is, i think, the real story and the reason for the unintended consequence. we're going to fix t

and they were attacked in a sectarian act of violence in baghdad.dan by jihadists because the biggest threat to them is moderate muslims. so we need to, i think, ultimately begin to look at what their long-term strategy -- are we going to take each one of these events in a whack-a-mole fashion and battle acts of terror between different groups or steel our resolve and look for solutions against a global ideology. the fight of this ideology. we are able to do things in places like london and america that you can't do in saudi arabia and iraq. so it's easy to say these are small scattered attacks. the solution has to start here in the west because we have the tools to do things they can't do in syria or baghdad. gregg: mr. jaser, try as many americans and parent throughout the world to explain these events to their children. it makes no sense to children nor adults because violence in the name of religion is anathema to ridge teachings. but this is what we are seeing. the abuse of the muslim faith and the teachings in the quran don't bear any resembla

helping the baghdad government is equivalent, sad to say they are helping the iatolas in iran.liance on some of the dubious syrian groups. >> by the way, it's not just the middle east, there was confrontation over the baltic sea in which a russian fighter jet came within 5 feet of a u.s. plane. that's pretty damn close. >> it's extraordinarily dangerous and they have done this in numerous instances with respect to plane and our ships and the ball ticks, the russians are pushing for, let's not mistake vladimir putin here for somebody warm and fussy, he's tough as iron, cynical, he's still push to go see how far he can get as of yet he is still to see any material pushback from the administration. >> meanwhile the shake-up in the middle east to kind of realignment continues with the saudi king appointing his 31-year-old son as the crown prince kind of taking out an older guy, a cousin that was in there before. i'm just wondering, any connection between the trump visit a few weeks ago and this move? >> well, it's possible but i think this is also been in the making for a while. i

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a native of baghdad, iraq, he became a naturalized u.s. citizen in 2015. he was participating in a youth program, youth exchange program, that transferred him to west vincent town he was participating in a youth program shn where he attend high school and ultimately graduated high school from west town school. he came face to face with al qaeda before his move. in the causm 2009, a journalist remembered reading his college essay. he wrote, in striking detail amar recalled the day in june, 2007, where he sat in the glass room at the gifted student school in his native baghdad and the teacher came in-to-lounsnouns simply that, they are here, al qaeda. he wrote in his journal, at that time i felt that i was a few minutes away from death getting closer every second. i was scared not because i thought i was going to dy, i was scared because i was thinking about what might happen to my family when they heard i got called. my father told me don't go to school your life is more important than education. i never listened because i believe the education was importan

helping the baghdad government is equivalent, sad to say they are helping the iatolas in iran. dubious syrian groups. >> by the way, it's not just the middle east, there was confrontation over the baltic sea in which a russian fighter jet came within 5 feet of a u.s. plane. that's pretty damn close. >> it's extraordinarily dangerous and they have done this in numerous instances with respect to plane and our ships and the ball ticks, the russians are pushing for, let's not mistake vladimir putin here for somebody warm and fussy, he's tough as iron, cynical, he's still push to go see how far he can get as of yet he is still to see any material pushback from the administration. >> meanwhile the shake-up in the middle east to kind of realignment continues with the saudi king appointing his 31-year-old son as the crown prince kind of taking out an older guy, a cousin that was in there before. i'm just wondering, any connection between the trump visit a few weeks ago and this move? >> well, it's possible but i think this is also been in the making for a while. i have to say, i am wor

our assistance for the baghdad government is facilitating that. and i think that's a big problem. we do not appear to have a strategy to handle it. rick: why u.s. forces are having to defend themselves from attacks, why wouldn't they take it to the enemy. >> i don't think we have the capability unless news reports about our level of strength in syria are inaccurate. we are supposed to have a couple thousand primarily advisory troops in the region. i think that's why we do need a reconceptualization of what our anti-isis strategy ought to be. i don't think we should be relying on iraqi forces or shiia militia or anyone associated with him. even though our objective today quit properly is the speediest destruction of isis possible, the next conflict is waiting in the wings and being orchestrated by the iranians including the militias attacking our forces now. rick: president trump said he want to take a tougher stance on iran. wouldn't this be the way to do that? >> if this report is correct, that would be tough to do if the secretary of defense opposes it. i don't think we should g

i was driving in a rental car through iraq, trying to find my way to baghdad, and i happened to be theres one day when this helicopter came down and general mattis got off and i remember he had apparently been gone and a helmet. even then, on the marines were whispering and saying "there is general mattis." if you remember that time, the entire plan of the invasion was speed. go fast. that is what mattis was doing, essentially, going around to his commanders and saying "go, get to baghdad as fast as possible." i am not sure, in retrospect, it was not his strategy. i am not sure that was the wisest thing. charlie: what was his strategy? mr. filkins: to go as fast as possible. he was essentially ordered to do that by secretary rumsfeld and the bush administration. take the iraqi regime down. which they did. and of course, you know, chaos. charlie: he is interesting because he seemed to be prepared to say exactly what he thinks, even if it is not what his box set -- his boss says or even believe. mr. filkins: when you go back and look at the career of general mattis, it is 40 years in the m

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and london, baghdad, the former executive vice president of the bush haiti fund and deputy assistant in dealing with trade and nafta. our phone lines are open at (202)-748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. we have a line for independents, 6 -- at a tweet at @cspanwj. caller: how do you feel about the mayor being sworn in and this happening? it doesn't make sense, this big democratic lie. they have been feeding it to the people for so long, they want everyone on the government, but is sayingo swore everything is ok. nothing is ok over there. host: we will get guest: a response. i think you are referring to the mayor of london, who is a muslim. i think his statement today was strong and in parallel with that of theresa may. by all accounts, coming this apology of london and its emergency services have been extremely professional and fast in responding to this. there has been no indication of any softness on the part of the london mayor or the london municipality in his response to these security threats. host: in parts, there is a response to this tweeps, including th

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. >>> we have breaking news from overseas, russia is claiming to have killed be a about backer al baghdad di. he's a wanted man world wide. the official news agency said the country killed al bag daddy. he claimed that was meeting with other isis leaders, a u.s. led anti-islamic state coalition cannot confirm. >>> officials say 43-year-old donnie russell row and 24-year-old ricky debows killed two guards tuesday. the men were captured at shell beeville tennessee after firing multiple rounds at authorities >> they came across a home, the homeowner stepped out, and held the people there by gunpoint until another neighbor came to assist him. >> the pair face state and federal charges in tennessee, they will eventually be returned to georgia. >>> a trump administration official said the pennsauken will send 4,000 additional american forces to afghanistan. decision by james mattis could be announced next week. the bulk will train advise afgan forces with a smaller number assigned to counter terrorism operation. >>> later, president trump is expected to announce a revised cuba policy from miami

they have begun an operation between mosul and baghdad and they continue to say victory is imminent,the border with syria. >>> president trump is back at the white house after spending another weekend at his golf course in new jersey. this week is expected to be another political rollercoaster in washington with the congress at testimony of attorney general jeff sessions. the topic of course, russia's efforts to influence the presidential election. john dickerson of "face the nation" spoke to two members of the senate judiciary community, lindsey graham and chuck schumer. >> he doesn't believe he did anything wrong with the russians, and i tend to believe him. he can't collude with his own government, why do you think he's colluding with the russians. so there's a part of this that genuinely frustrates the president. mr. president, don't make a circus out of your presidency. if you want to come to the judiciary committee and testify under oath, we'll put comey right by you. it will be the highest-rated tv show in the world but it's not good for the democracy. >> isn't the challenge n

a second explosion in baghdad tuesday targeted iraq's pension office, killing 11 people and wounding 41 others. in washington, d.c., president donald trump reportedly plans to pull thehe u.s. ouout of the landmark paris climate accord, a decision environmentalists warn will be a crime against the future of the planet and humanity. in a tweet, president trump said he would announce his decision at 3:00 p.m. at the white house rose garden. in 2015, nearly 200 nations agreed in paris to the global accord to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions blamed for warming the planet. on wednesdsday in brussels, belgium, members of the european parliament booed reports that trump will likely pull the u.s. out of the deal. european commission president jean-claude juncker said the administration will have a hard time withdrawing. >> that is not how it works. the americans can't just leave the climate protection agreement. esther trump believes because he does not get close enough to the dossiers to fully understand them, it would take three to four years after the agreement came into force in novem

i also spent time in baghdad, and the malign activities that were going on were striking to me at the time. and then in my most recent military assignment as the deputy commander at central command, and there is a consistent theme. in fact for those of us who have studied this and watched it closely since the '79 revolution, we've seen these spasms of increased tension, with decreased tension, kind of an ebb and flow. and from a western mindset, it seems like it's a very difficult thing to either anticipate or predict. from a navy perspective, they are very much focused on the asymmetric. they like mines, they like small boats, they like a lot of different small -- small submarines. and so the main thing in my mind as a former fleet commander is how do you prevent miscalculation. nobody wants to go to war with iran. nobody wants to have miscalculation. how do you prevent that, at the same time not taking the first strike? when i was a strike group commander a few years ago, when i was in the gulf, the then fifth thrfleet commander said, okay, i don't want you to take the first punch a

authorities have now declared a curfew in the region between mosul and baghdad and they intinue to say victory in mosul is imminent however the militants continue to control pockets south and west of the city, as well as swaths of territory near the border with syria. elaine. >> quijano: jonathan vigliotti in london, thanks. gtesident trump returns to washington tonight following a mostly quiet weekend at the trump national golf club in bedminster new jersey. here is errol barnett. >> reporter: president trump is wrapping up another weekend at his new jersey golf club. he stayed out of the public eye for the most part aside from a brief cameo at a wedding. but sunday morning mr. trump was back to criticizing james comey, calling the former fbi director cowardly. en you are your own worst enemy mr. president, knock it off. >> appearing on "face the nation" republican senator lindsey graham said the president's sweets are doing more harm than good. >> there is a lynch mob mentality about the trump administration in the press but these tweets that he does, feeds that lynch mob. >> reporte

in the report about this they mention the fact that american media has in the past reported baghdad's death and it turned out not to be true. so i think the russians are working to caveat any announcement by saying, you know, this is still unconfirmed. but if it is true, it would, of course, be a very significant event that the leader of isis was killed and it would, of course, also be a major propaganda victory for the russians. now what state media are saying is that there was a meeting of so-called isis military council south of the city of raqqah to try and organize an escape route for isis fighters out of raqqah. the city which used to be the stronghold of isis in syria, has been squeezed by coalition troops, also by russian and syrian troops in the last few months, and isis are very much on the backfoot there. so the reporting is that there was this council meeting which the russians hit and that al baghdadi may have been one of those who were killed. and this may just be a case, if it is, indeed, confirmed, that the russians are getting lucky, that they may never have known tha