that's what prime minister abadi has tried to do. he's worked hard across sectarian lines to build diverse support for his government and for the effort to degrade and ultimately destroy isil and that's why the united states has found prime minister abadi and the iraqi central government to be effective partners and it's why we continue to stand with them as they confront this serious hreat. reporter: the brazilian nat is likely -- senate is likely to -- [inaudible] -- what are the implications of that likely action for u.s.-brazil relations? mr. earnest: you heard the president talk about this when he was in argentina. our view at this point has not changed. the president noted our confidence in the durability of brazil's democratic institutions to whether this political -- weather this political turmoil. brazil has a system of laws, it's a mature democracy, and it has an established system for resolving these political conflicts inside their country. so there's no denying that this is a challenging time for the nation of brazil and

abadi. >> well, prime minister abadi has been very much involved in the planning for the military assault on mosul. he has also been very involved in the planning for the humanitarian assistance for those people who have been pushed out of mosul because of the fighting, and also taking care of the needs of those who are left inside the city. so the united states has also played a significant role in both humanitarian assistance to the internally displaced, but we have also worked very closely as the leader of the international coalition against daesh to provide advice and assistance to the iraqi military, air strikes in coordination with the iraqi military and a significant amount of training for iraqi security forces. >> should isis be explungedplunm mosul what is being done to scastled the iraqi government and institution so it can hold and maintain isil wants that is a good question, there is a lot that is being done, first of all, in coordination with the united nations and specifically with the u.n. development program, the united states and other international partners have been wor

abadi has a different philosophy. when he was coming into office he told me and since said publicly that either iraq decentralizes or it will disintegrate. >> rose: not to the point of breaking up iraq into parts. >> no, federalism, which was called for in their constitution. he really believes in that and that gets to the sunni tribes. h he has been very supportive of getting local actors into the fight, and that's obviously central to our campaign strategy against i.s.i.l. so we've really seen it come to fruition is in anbar province. in anbar province, we have now working with the iraqi security forces and the tribes, people aren't paying as much attention to this but it's pretty important, about 15,000 tribal fighters are mobilized. they have now cleared from ramadi, marched up the you the euphrates valley, to the town of heat that i.s.i.l didn't want to give up. in the middle of the cry circumstances the tribes in anbar and iraqi security forces broke a siege of a how often called haditha, under siege by i.s.i.l

yet abadi felt he had no choice but to go along. >> abadi could not allow the shia militias to go ahead and mount a major military operation without his participation. it would completely undermine the sense that he was actually the man in charge of iraq. >> smith: abadi sent in a small force of iraqi army regulars. but the shia militia made up two thirds of the invading force. (artillery fire) >> iran providing weapons to fight isis. the u.s. is on the sidelines. >> smith: the u.s. decided to withhold all support. at the pentagon, ashton carter had taken over from secretary hagel just as the battle for tikrit was beginning. i asked him about the decision to stay out of the fight. >> we do not enable shia-backed militia at all. the hell of iraq has been sectarian violence. >> smith: it's what gave rise to isis in the first place. >> yes, so our approach has been to back abadi's government, realizing that that's decentralized, but in order to have a defeat that sticks, we can't fuel sectarianism. >> smith: at the white house, they were also worried about sectarianism. >> it was a huge co

that's because the white house leans on the iraqi prime minister al abadi in battling the terror group and his political viability could be a huge factor in whether our plans could succeed or fail. joining us to talk about it is ambassador john bolton and senior at the american enterprise institute and ambassador, it's good to see you. stated goal of the protesters is to bring down the government of the prime minister and that's a government, as we say, the united states supports. vice president biden was just there. where do you think this is heading? >> well, this is a clash among shia iraqis, the muqtada al sadr who leads essentially a populist group of militias against al abadi under the control of the ayatollahs in tehran so the impact of this really calls into question whether what steps iran will have to take to reassert control. middle eastern news sources today are reporting that other shia militia more supportive of iran are moving into the baghdad region, so we could see more activity later this week. >> yeah. >> as far as what we're doing against isis and how the turmoil in

i urge iraqi prime minister hyder al abadi to press on with flams to form an cabinet of democrats to fight despite political pressure, to desist. i want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure. >> corruption is eating into defendeling government finances in iraq suffering from the fall in the price of oil and the cost of the war against isil. he gave the prime minister 45 days to appoint the technocrats. >> nearly all 22 members supporting lebanon and iraq expressing reservations. they also took the same action last week. lebanon and hezbollah is a major political player. farmers saying they're worried about the impact of their livelihood. in. >> harvesting green onion is not easy. first they have to loosen the earth around the delicate crop so that when it is picked it is not damaged. the ground is rocky and the work is time-consuming. the owner said that growing crops like green onion which are destined for gulf countries are worth the care because they're usually profitable, but not any more. >> our industry has been badly affected. we can

abadi. they're saying we have to rid ourselves of isis. isis gained a foothold because two year ago, the iraqi government wasn't accepted in mosul so isis was an alternative. since they've been there, the citizens of mosul said this is not a good alternative. we have to free them. along with that, the iraqi government has changed from mr. maliki to mr. abadi. there is more faith in the central government of iraq. >> let me bring in arwa damon, our cnn international correspondent, as well. this is far from said and done. give us a reality check on what it will take for the iraqi government and iraqi forces to truly retake mosul. i mean, how long it took for fallujah, for example. what is ahead for these people? >> look, they have, first of all, a fairly -- potentially long way to get to the outskirts of the city in and of itself. some areas, yes, the front lines are closer than others, but they still have to clear a significant amount of territory. a number of villages from isis control befor

the support is for prime minister abadi. they are in the middle of a crisis. the prime minister has been trying to root out corruption in the government. not fast enough for some that particularly with the well known cleric who launched protests against his government. he is battling for his job right now. secretary kerry showing up in baghdad and show support for the government, but keep the message on do not let this political crisis divert from the fight against isis. the prime minister has had to divert some resources to protect the office and protect the capital from the protests. there is a concern that the political crisis will divert all of the attention from the fight against isis. we have a massive move on mosul coming up and u.s. wants to make sure the gains the iraqi army will be preserved. miguel. >> that's the question. is there anything else he is offering up as the iraqis and some american troops move on mosul? >> reporter: i think you will see a ramp up of u.s. military. i think that secretary kerry will be addressing the bad humanitarian situ

it's not listening to us and prime minister abadi. and those are the she whi'a mils that are controlled by the irgc. and people say that's not true but if you look at the two commanders, the first one is the badr core commander, the second is a designated terrorist who leads a tab hezbollah, a terrorist organization. then you have another leader of a designated terrorist organization called asaab al hall hack, or league of the righteous. they said the mosul isn't about liberating the sunni population from isis or daesh, it's an operation to revenge or avenge what happened 1400 years ago. so the biggest problem i have is the comparison that i'm able to make between 2007 surge and this isis strategy today i was on the ground during the surge and i just recently came back. at no time will we have allowed or been a part of -- meaning supporting -- a military force that flies sectarian flags towards a sunni town and that's what's happening today. and as you look at the next 80 days, what can happen in iraq, we should all be concerned that

al-abadi: ladies and gentlemen, we are having a huge talents and a rock. we have succeeded in combating daesh on the ground. the area we have liberated so far is more than half of what was expected by daesh before. now, we have almost all -- liberated from daesh, apart from two locations. we intend, this year, to make it the final year, and the last year for the existing of daesh iraq. the task which is facing us is cripple his asian and the reconstruction of the areas which have been damaged by daesh. this is a huge task, at a time when oil income has dropped drastically. it is, at the moment, -- [indiscernible] of what it was two years ago. which is a huge drop in a country where the budget relies 90% on oil. we have managed, during the 2015, where oil prices were also very low, they dropped to something like a third to what it was before, but we managed the country. we manage the most successful -- 2015. and ramadi, tikrit as well. some people say, ramadi was lost in 2015, and regained in 2015, and in actual fact, we lost a small area of ramadi, but we

>> abady: yes. the reports are that corrections officers were bringing aerosol cans from home because the stench was so bad coming from that cell. >> whitaker: here, an inmate who delivered a food tray pulled his shirt up over his nose. the report found the videotape indicated ballard's cell was "grossly unsanitary." finally, on the sixth day, medical workers were called. according to the report, an officer asked ballard if he could get up on his own. "i need help" ballard said. inmate workers carried him out of his cell and put him on a gurney. records showed ballard went into cardiac arrest soon after. he died hours later. >> abady: they watched him languish for seven days as he died. and they did nothing. of torture. they killed him. >> whitaker: the city's medical examiner declared ballard's death a homicide, according to the commission report. it called ballard's medical and custodial treatment from the time he entered rikers "so incompetent and inadequate as to shock the conscience." the depar

abadi is maliki circa 2005. maliki was a compromised weak candidate. prime minister abadi is him. >> mr. ambassador, do you agree with that assessment? >> no. the prime minister is weak. he is weak. it is true. i think in distinction with al maliki, al abadi has his heart in the right place. he came in as a compromised candidate when the united states was pushing for other individuals who were unacceptable to parties outside the shia alliance, including kurds and allawi, so it settled on prime minister abadi. this is a real problem. what maliki did when he first took over was to sort of expel from the secretary-generalship of the party. abadi should have done something like that to maliki with respect to the state of law and he didn't. that was a political mistake. a lot of kerfuffle going on, the beginning at least engineered by maliki. it's a real problem. i think it's part of the iranian game again to keep the state of iraq weak. to keep the politics of the state of iraq weak. this is fundamentally, i think, i'm going to go broader than your questio

there are reprisal attacks. >> assuming that aassuming that aassuming that al abadi cannot be blamed for it, is there anything that they can do to improve the situation? >> yes, they should bring back--there are 90,000 u.s.-trained forces. prime minister al abadi could bring back trained sunnies and bring them back into the divisions and within six months isis could be defeated but instead he's relying on others. there is not much i can do. >> if it was that simple one might say why hasn't he done that? >> well, because we haven't put pressure on al baghdadi to do it. the international community--the international community gets to spend two hours a week with prime minister al abadi when iran's lieutenants can spend as many hours of the day with prime minister aled a guyy. they have supremacy and leverage. we should tell baghdad that we will no longer provide u.s. aid until you bring back the sunnies who were originally purged by prime minister maliki. the second iraqi division, the third iraqi army division could be filled with those individuals today and they have responsibility fo

abadi had asked for added resources, said no, we never got that. specifically to go back to where we started to conversation, he was saying as far as mosul is concerned, we are now in the shaping phase of what will happen there and we have to prioritize and come up with our priorities as we move forward so that effort to take mosul away from isil. >>> two boats carrying pakistani migrants have arrived from the greek island of lesbos as part of the deal to stem the refugees reaching europe. >> from what was once the most popular landing spot for small boats bringing refugees, those who made that short but dangerous journey are being sent back to turkey. one by one, each escorted by an officer from the e.u.'s external border protection agency front techs, the migrants and refugees made their way to the ferry. taken from a detention center, they arrived in the port of lesbos where there was a heavy police presence. as with the first deport is as, e.u. officials said these people, the majority pakistanis didn't want to apply for asylum. they didn't app

prime minister arc abadi dislikes the cabinet members and it's no secret and when he was sworn in hed these are not the ministers i chose so iraq is not the kind of country where the prime minister dictates and ministers fall in line and they are loyal to the parties that appointed them and who appointed them are loyal to their sect or ethnic group but parties and political players have a lot to lose and are in a phase of bargaining which ones are changed, who will replace them. abadi said he will have a new cabinet or nine new ministers perhaps in the next few days and then the next move falls to muqtada al-sadr does he call off followers and leave the green zone, fascinating array of options here but one thing is clear that something has to change in the next few days. >> reporting from baghdad thank you. families and villages to the south of mosul in iraq have been fleeing homes in advance by iraqi forces and government troops picking them up on the roads leading south and offensive of i.s.i.l. began on thursday and peshmerga have u.s. led air support. prisoner swap between houthi

the government right now, abady is falling apart. there have been huge demonstrations and al-sadr, this is the radical shiite militia leader who killed a lot of americans during the car, who is an instrument of iran. is he now back. he disappeared for several years. he is back. is he leading demonstrations against the green zone. and the fear is that the government is going to collapse or that somebody like him is going to inherit the same. what you weep about is to see the vice president there. he had been given the iraq portfolio in 2009 when obama came. in his job was to manage the elections at the time. to end up that are there was a pro-american candidate. he failed. and his other job was to work out the balance of forces agreement. he failed again. and now he is back. doesn't look good. >> yeah. and he was last there, julie, 2011, i was, and a lot had transpired since then. you mentioned the protest. abadie tried to do some things, changing around the cabinet members and those kind of things there have been all kinds of protest

and a critical time for prime minister haider al-abadi. tumbling price of oil and thousands of citizens have been protesting. analysts say after investing years ago and billions of dollars in iraq the obama administration is nervous. >> i think there's a very clear understanding in washington that we need baghdad to essentially be healthy. that the iraqi government is a very critical component to our counterinsurgency success within iraq. and so right now, the fact that there is a bit of domestic turmoil going on is not just a domestic issue but is very much an international one that kerry is certainly aware of and concerned about. >> reporter: so kerry bought abadi some relief, $150 million for food and shelter for iraqis displaced by i.s.i.l. and a word of caution, this is not the time for partisan infighting. >> it is important the have stability, a functioning government as rapidly as possible in order to move forward so that all of these operation is are not affected. >> reporter: but there is little the u.s. can do to ensure that pol

abadi. he is going to work on these names with the parliament. until now we don't know what the parliament going to say. what are the positions of the blocks of the political blocks about inside the parliament and outside the parliament. still it's a problem that it has been sofd in solved in a way te demonstration will be withdrawn. >> at least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured at air strikes in syria. the strikes hit the only hospital in the eastern damascus country side. other air strikes hit a school and two civil defense buildings in the area. >>> a serbian ultranationalist accused of war crimes in the balkans conflict of 1990s has been found not guilty at the rnl war crimes tribunal at the hague. al jazeera's paul brennan reports. >> scandal master, whose ultr ultranationalist many view, after a marathon trial spanning 13 years of legal ran wranglinge verdict, not guilty. >> vislav sheshel was killing for ethnic cleansing eve cleans. be vislav sheshel was just participating. >> at his political headquarters in belgrade, he had e

the government right now, abady is falling apart.here have been huge demonstrations and al-sadr, this is the radical shiite militia leader who killed a lot of americans during the car, who is an instrument of iran. is he now back. he disappeared for several years. he is back. is he leading demonstrations against the green zone. and the fear is that the government is going to collapse or that somebody like him is going to inherit the same. what you weep about is to see the vice president there. he had been given the iraq portfolio in 2009 when obama came. in his job was to manage the elections at the time. to end up that are there was a pro-american candidate. he failed. and his other job was to work out the balance of forces agreement. he failed again. and now he is back. doesn't look good. >> yeah. and he was last there, julie, 2011, i believe it was, and a lot had transpired since then. you mentioned the protest. abadie tried to do some things, changing around the cabinet members and those kind of things there have been all kinds o

what's more, prime minister abadi has said he does not want u.s. combat troops on the ground. again, ambassador faily: >> we don't think we need that. we think might be easier for us to say yes at this moment but it will be cost more. there's a cost: political, regional and domestic for us. and we're very wary about that and we're very clear on the nuances of it. >> warner: reclaiming the whole of iraq also hinges on whether the country's shiite-dominated government can bring together its rival ethnic groups: the majority shiites, the sunnis, the kurds and minorities like the turkmen, and the christians. to that point, barham salih, iraq's kurdish former deputy prime minister, tweeted this tuesday: "ramadi serious defeat to daesh, staging for liberating mosul; all reversible without fundamental settlement to iraq's failing political system." jim jeffrey says it's critical that iraq's shiite-led government heed that warning. so if you could say one thing to prime minster abadi about what he needs to do if he can take this success and multiply it, what would it be? >> isis will

the problem at the moment is the iranians are supporting, they abadi tryinggainst to make reforms to make iraq a more stablean, state, more like lebanon instead tehran and that requires our influence and we had it until we withdrew. to see ifi'm waiting this will be an issue in the november elections because the clinton has the reputation of being more hawkish than president obama and trump in that direction of being more dovish, at least me to anything. eleanor: he's saying he would dispatch with isis real quick, like that. clarence: how he's going to, we don't know. pat: obama has been gradually building up american forces in iraq, i think we're up to 4,000 or 5,000 there. kane from virginia has demanded the congress of the united states speak to the fact, war, if so, authorize the president to fight a war and this.e refused to do the constitutionist party, republican party, will not tohorize the president to go war. eleanor: it's a wonderful diversion to argue about it. how security battle describes iraq's against isis. "the current descriptor is, quote, country-wise strategic sta

not necessarily enough to overthrow al abadi. and if he is replaced, will he be replaced with someone who can deal with the problems that you have outlined? >> in the end we need a person with a road map, barbara. we have so many crisis in so many sectors. that means if al abadi didn't go in a way that you're going to solve all these problems in one cabinet in thursday, he will be definitely have difficult moments that at the end maybe he will be replaced. and maybe this is the intention of the political blocs. then the political blocs get advantage of his weakness. we need him to do something in a way that it will not destroy political process in iraq. >> well, it will be very interesting days in iraq. for the moment director of the house of iraqi expertise foundation in baghdad, sir, thank you. >>> now the campaign manager of republican presidential hopeful donald trump has been arrested and charged over an incident where he allegedly grabbed the female reporter. he has been charged with simple battery for intentionally grabbin

al-abadi says the aim of the battle for mosul should only be freeing the citizens from isis. theunited states military agrees. colonel brett sylvia is commander of the second brigade of the u.s. army's 101st airborne division, from fort campbell, kentucky. he says it's a balancing act between former rivals, but it's working. >> you've got the peshmerga camp, you got the kurdish flag flying there. and when you look on the other side of that wall, you got the iraqi camp with the iraqis flying their flags. and so, really, it could kind of symbolic of what we're doing here. we're advising each one of these guys, and they are working together. we're working with them in order to bring this whole thing together. >> reporter: his troops are in northern iraq to provide advice and assistance to the kurdish peshmerga and iraqi army during the assault on mosul. they're part of the 5,000 american troops still deployed in iraq. >> the peshmerga have played a very helpful role in this mosul counterattack. they had formed a kurdish defensive line that they manned, that they maintained, that

than 48 hours after vice president joe biden visited the iraqi capitol in a show of support for al abadi who the u.s. regards as a stable partner in the war on isis. but there is concern isis is feeding off this political instability. this afternoon the group carried out twin car bombings that rocked the southern iraqi city of samawah. more than 30 people were killed. it is the latest in a recent wave of attacks. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >> glor: the cleanup continues following a train derailment and d.c. this morning. a frailt train went off the tracks flipping 14 cars on their side. the train was carrying sodium hydroxide used in household cleaning products but no evacuations were ordered and the spill has been contained. >> last night's white house correspondent dinner president obama made his final appearance while in office. and jamie yuccas has details. >> the end of the republic has never looked better. >> reporter: this year marks president barack obama's last correspondent's bash which may have been his finest performance. >> i know i was a little late tonight. i wa

. >> reporter: christine, prime minister abadi as faced so many protests calling for his removal.e well known cleric. for his efforts to combat corruption is not enough for the people in the country despite holding a lot of oil. and the prime minister's reform is not coming fast enough. the protests surrounding his office made him divert some of the special forces fighting isis to shore up the capital. washington is concerned of the political gridlock which could jeopardize the fight after the fears of more violence. iraqi armies have ywon a number of victories of isis. still isis controls mosul, the country's largest city. and kerry is making sure the government does not lose focus against isis and especially in the upcoming campaign to take mosul. >> an internal political battle at the same time fighting isis. elise labott in baghdad. thank you. >>> now a battle of the nba titans. golden state warriors looking to set the all-time mark for wins in a season. taking on the red hot san antonio spurs. coy wire or chad. we will see you in a second. mau you can apply to wet skin. a wri

and europe, i am joined by cameron abadi, a senior editor of "foreign policy" magazine. what are the implications for u.s. companies that use the u.k. as a base, and an entry point to business in europe? >> well, you know, a lot of companies use britain precisely that way. so you cited how important an economic partner that is. but it's hard to disentangle how much of that partnership is about britain and how much of that is about europe. and i think it's safe to say a lot of that is about using britain to get access to the much bigger market in europe. now that britain has decided it's not part of that market-- or at least temporarily won't be part of that market-- a lot of companies are going to have to calculate whether it makes sense to stay in britain. and a lot of companies have said that in the run-up to the vote and we'll see in the weeks ahead whether they start to move their operations away from britain and move it elsewhere on the european continent. >> stewart: let's talk about trade, what the impact will be on trades, especially with president obama's transa

and the visit came at a critical time from the prime minister hyder al abadi. the thousands of residents have been protesting what they call corruption and political favoritism in abadi's government. and analysts say after investing years and billions of dollars in iraq the obama administration is nervous. >> i think there is a very clear understanding in washington that we need baghdad to essentially be healthy. that the iraqi government is a very critical component to our counter insurgency success within iraq. so right now the fact that there is a bit of domestic turmoil going on is not just a domestic issue but is very much an international one that kerry is certainly aware of and concerned about. >> kerry brought abady some financial relief. $155million to buy food, medicine and shelter for iraqis displaced by isil and a word of caution for all sides. this is not the time for partisan infighting. >> it is important to have political statement, and it is important to have an unified and functions government as rapidly as possible in order to move forward so

carter spoke with iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi and u.s. commanders, but al-abadi turned down carter's request to let coalition partner turkey take part in the offensive. turkish troops in northern iraq have been training kurdish and sunni muslim fighters, but the shiite-led iraqi government wants them out. iraqi and kurdish officials said today their forces have advanced to within three miles of mosul. isis has been occupying the country's second largest city for the past two years. 100 miles away, in the oil-rich city of kirkuk, iraqi officials say their troops have repelled isis militants who killed at least 80 people in an attack yesterday to retaliate for the mosul offensive. air strikes by russian or syrian warplanes on the divided city of aleppo in northern syria resumed today after only a two-day pause in fighting. that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. in a unilateral cease-fire, russia and the syrian government had not carried out any attacks on the rebel-held eastern half of the city. during that time, few r

the nominal command of the iraqi government and the battle near samara last week and prime minister abadi operations are a step to driving i.s.i.l. out of the much wider territory in the west and the north. >> translator: these forces are fighting the enemy, they are moving thousands of kilometers from areas where hundreds of i.s.i.l. fighters gather to launch offenses and salah and areas of baghdad. >> reporter: assault on mosul is still likely months away the white house says they started preparing the ground for an offensive. >> mosul will be very complicated. it will be a mix of forces and it will be very important to ensure it is well planned, it is well planned from a military perspective and from a humanitarian perspective and well planned from a political perspective. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. is not the only threat to the iraqi government and shia cleric threatened to withdraw support in government from the abadi government if they don't make the sweeping reforms he promised last year. and the followers claim officials in the zone which is home to iraqi government ministries and dipl

prime minister abadi is beset on all side. muqtadaer, the shiite cleric, has been leading street protests against him. the kurds, of course, have been talking about if not full-fledged autonomy, independence. so you have a country that's breaking apart at the seams and is not in the interest, i think, of the united states to promote a partition of iraq and to -- into two or three states because, if we did that, it would be a major roll of the dice, what would be the impact on the syrians. would that country then split? what would be the impact on lebanon? these countries were put together a century ago by the british and french with collapse of the ottoman empire. some of these borders are official, but if you begin to partition these countries, i think it's uncertain if that will fuel further warfare and further division. >> rose: the interesting irani is joe biden was once associated with the idea. >> that's right, but biden is a good soldier, so he's there tidying the administration's line. what i think is interesting about

now, to get to maliki and abadi, again, maliki had a lot of traits that contributed to the the rise ofisis and the alienation of the sunni arabs and, to some degree, the kurds. but as a relatively strong leader, he would at times stand up to the iranians. and i always got the feeling -- and it was a good feeling, ironically -- that he was trying to play us americans and the iranians off and balance each other. prime minister abadi is a man who is sympathetic to the united states, sympathetic to the west but also an iraqi patriot, and he has to be aware of what's happening in his coalition, the shia coalition, and what's happening in his country. and he's in a different position than maliki was five years ago. >> could i just add something to that? >> yeah, of course. >> to be a little provocative here, jim touched on the iran/iraq war, something little remembered in this country never to be forgotten in either iran or iraq. you look at key figures in iran today like sulemani, he was commissioned just before the war started and went through the whole eight years of it, seven of them on

are actually backing the abadi government in iraq although you can make the argument, the motives couldn't be more dissimilar. we heard from secretary kerry today. he said he did not discuss with the prime minister this notion of sending more american troops into iraq as the coalition tries to make the move on mosul. we know the pentagon has made it clear them feel like there should be a lot more. >> thank you. >>> some changes tonight in the catholic church potentially affecting millions of americans. pope france i is modifying the spirit of the rules if not the rules themselves. here's religion correspondent lauren green. >> reporter: pope francis is calling for a more welcoming church. one that won't condemn but would steer the faithful toward living out its truths. the more than 250 page document is the culmination of two controversial gatherings of bishops from around the world where they grappled with a wide array of challenges. divorce, sex outside of marriage and homosexuality. >> translator: we must have mercy and patience when we accompany the people and the possibility of growth

he met with prime minister abadi.den will be in rome to give remarks on cancer research at the vatican conference. the vice president is expected to meet with pope francis. >>> time to an early start on your money. american's confidence is lowest all year. gallops index fell the lowest since august. 60% say the economy is getting worse. back in august, stocks were crashing. fears over china were crushing confidence. why are americans down about the economy? the presidential election may be to blame with donald trump bashing the economy. gdp rose 0.5%. it was a tough day for stocks. dow down 200 points. >> as were you reading that, it has to do with the political issue. >> you hear so much about how people can't get ahead. the job numbers look good, but don't feel good. people are starting to really believe that. >> there does seem to be a trans anything the country. >> i would say so. >> i call it one america and two economies. >>> new information about the prescription painkillers found in prince's possession when he

i urge iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi to press on with plans to form an independent cabinet of technocrats, to fight graft despite political pressure to desist. i want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure. >> reporter: corruption is eating into dwindling government finances in iraq suffering from the fall of the cost of oil. al sadr gave the prime minister 45 days to replace the technocrats or face a no confidence vote in parliament. bernard smith, al jazeera. >>> we're in afghanistan, we'll tell you why the city's most famous blue glass make are is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted. >> welcome back to al jazeera america i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news the european union commits to closer ties to cuba. but first in denmark an activist has been fined $3,000 for giving a ride to a syrian refugee family. danish authorities say elizabeth zornig drove the refugees to copenhagen. her husband was fined for feeding them. , under a danish law it is a crime to transport people who do not have passp

prime minister abadi backed by al sader. are trying to arrest control away.or prime minister abadi to declare victory is good for his political cache. >> we heard this from the president. if the administration claimed that fallujah is on its back foot in iraq, they are losing ground, they are squeezing them both in syria and in iraq. it's a matter of time before they are out. do you think that's an accurate assessment? >> it is a matter of time before they are out of iraq or syria as a traditional military force. we are already seeing the transition into a gorilla force where they sink back into the population just as they did when u.s. forces were inside of iraq. that's what the c.i.a. director predicted. he said they would turn into a terrorist group for funding. we see them building up 5,000 to 8,000 fighters. they would continue to train fighters who would try to attack in europe and beyond. >> does it matter if they don't have their punitive islamic state and they go back to being old school insurgency terror groups. does it matter? >> i think it matters

there have been protests before that have head to abadi urging for reforms and trying to cut down onruption, this is an indication of the ongoing rifts. >>> the syrian opposition says it will attend talks in geneva on monday aimed at bringing the five-year war in syria to an end. but it is down playing the chances of reaching an agreement. the u.n. special envoy says talks will address presidential and parliamentary elections next year. he says he thinks the elections will happen in 18-month's time. >> reporter: you said finding peace in syria was almost mission impossible. what do you think of the chances of peace now? >> certainly higher than ever before. for three reasons. the first one we do have momentum, and we can see it in the syrian people are detecting it themselves. you can ask them and they will tell you that. both on the human inside, not enough momentum, and then a reduction of violence, not enough, but moving in that direction. think about what it used to be three weeks ago. the second reason is we do have something that both of the previous envoys who tried very hard

now, these reforms that were promised by prime minister abadi have really stalled.hing has happened over the months since that summer, since the protests we saw. and it is because really essentially of parliament. this political system, this quota system, they have -- these politicians have blocked every attempt by prime minister abadi to present these changes to give people what they have been asking for to an extent. and what we saw happen after that in late last year, early this year, is the protests started again. what used to be mostly a grat roots movement, a secularist movement to an extent was taken over by she ate cleric muqtada. we saw saw thousands of his protesters taking to the streets in recent weeks. he's issued ultimatum after ult mate imto parliament, to politicians to give people the changes they're looking for, but nothing has happened. then again, of course, it seems that the final straw, rosemary, was on saturday when nothing happened. when there was no quorum in parliament. the prime minister couldn't present his cabinet that people have been a

president obama holding a bilateral meeting with iraqi prime minister abadi in prime minister. >> the bombs had been planted in the new york and new jersey area as everybody is now aware, that individual has been apprehended and i just want to start by commenting on the extraordinary work and coordination that has taken place between the fbi and local law enforcement. for us to be able to apprehend a suspect in just a little over 24 hours after an event takes place like this. it is outstanding police work, outstanding law enforcement work. i in particular want to give a hard-felt thanks to the new jersey police officers who were able to apprehend this individual. i had a chance to talk to them briefly before i came down to my meetings here. they are going to be fine. they have sustained some modest injuries but ones that they will rapidly recover from. they were in good spirits. i communicated to them how appreciative the american people were as well as people in the region. it is just one more reminder of the extraordinary skill and sacrifice and courage of our law enforcement office