abdul barri is the commander. (loud gunfire) >> narrator: abdul barri's men have spent months trying to break the houthi's siege of taiz. (gunfire) >> narrator: with heavy cover fire, abdul barri sends a small team of men up to the houthi position. but the team is pinned down. >> narrator: he calls for help from the coalition forces. (phone ringing) >> al-ahmad: i was filming on the front line, i think, for over an hour or so, and then suddenly, this apc just drives right in to where i'm sitting, and the uae soldiers come out of it, and i just freeze because when i arrived, one of the first things i did is to go visit the uae forces and ask them officially for permission to film with them. they never gave such permission. and so i try to, you know, blend in so that nobody would notice me, and i zoom in on them and i start filming. >> al-ahmad: since the war started, and especially when the siege on taiz started, there were a lot of promises from the coalition of breaking the siege. but it was months and months, an

steve auditioned for paula abdul. >> i did. it was for a different show. >> it was. >> fairly enough. it wasn't on this show. >> we can't mention that. >> that's right. >> so what are we waiting for? what's the market -- it is just kind of holding here. >> we all know the headlines. >> what's the next catalyst? >> everyone wants to read into it's about the fed, which it is, of course. it's about the oil, which it is. it's about the dollar. and it's about brexit. i think the fed has a pretty inside track about the polling of brexit. >> right. >> i think they know whether brexit is going to happen. odds are it's not going to happen so it makes their job a little bit easier to deal with. saudis have been basically the fed of the crude market trying to thread that needle between production and supply and everything else. i think going into peak driving season you'd rather see oil if you're a bull above the $50 mark and we're into the seeing that. we're not really getting that overall bullishness behind oil for global growth. >> rig

and paula abdul joins us for so much more. >> i'm thrilled to be here. thank you. >> thank you.ou're at the white house in just one second but when i saw -- when you see the video for "straight up", you broke through in the '80s, that tap sequence, opening sequence is still one of my absolute favorite moments in music video history. >> it changed your life. >> it changed my life i think i can say. >> what was it about the '80s? why was it such a special era for music? you lived it. >> mtv was everything. i remember just being an avid fan of mtv and i'd stay home just to watch the world premieres of these incredible videos from michael jackson to you name it, prince. i was fortunate later in life to work with two of these legends, music videos were everything back then. >> you have to collaborate with just about everybody. name names now. i don't want you to be diplomatic about it. who was your absolute favorite? >> i have lots of favorites but i'm most grateful to janet jackson and the jacksons were basically discovering me. when i was humble little laker girl and i went on to c

we caught abdul, one of the few times he wasn't busy today.bdul owns a t-shirt shop on the atlantic city boardwalk. >> 70% of our annual business is -- will come in the next three months. >> reporter: seeing more foot traffic on the boardwalk isn't the only good news for atlantic city this weekend. new jersey governor chris christie signed reform legislation into law which will give atlantic city a boost from the state to help with its crippling debt. mayor don guardian says beginning tuesday his office will work on a financial recovery plan. he'll have monthly meetings to update taxpayers on what's happening so tonight there's a feeling of optimism. >> atlantic city this tame of year is absolutely fabulous. i encourage everyone to come down, take a stroll on the boardwalk. >> reporter: some families are ready to make the most of this long weekend. we spoke to the millers who made the trip from chatham, new jersey. how would you describe this year to last year? >> it's about the same. memorial day is the kick wraoff summer. >> reporter: a crow

if you're going to compete with ucla during the bill walton, kareem abdul-jabbar time. if you're going to compete with those times in teams, there's one conclusion you have to draw, i've got to get better. i think in today's coaching, we've lost that ability to go to the next level to dig deeper. i don't know if it's mental toughness or if there's things i could .2. i think we've lost a little bit of that mental toughness. i've got a son in athletics and i've often said that his generation is much more analytical than our generation but they're not nearly as driven to get to the mountaintop, but i think we all have within us, that ability, that special something to fight another day. >> i admit, when i was reading at night saw the title, you mentioned about dig deeper, i had a flashback when i first started dating my future wife, i had a phrase that i used to call it this is her dig deeper program because she was always pressing me to go deeper with questions. she was asking me calm plex questions. she didn't want to live on the surface of superficiality. that's what i

abdul kadr: you have to look at the rate saudi was burning through reserves.through $146 billion in no time at all. i think that sort of scared a lot of people, including the rating agencies. that has slowed down significantly now, and i think that has stabilized. oil is stable, subsidies have kicked in. the reduction of subsidies kicked in. i think the rating agencies are feeling a little better now. manus: they action got ahead of the curve? dr: they have, at least one of them. i think we are probably stable as far as ratings are concerned in the short-term. it will depend, i think, because a lot of this vision 2030 stuff, how it is starting to get executed, i think some of this will determine the direction of of ratings going forward, as will obviously oil prices. manus: the s&p cuts three levels. moody's goes negative on qatar. bahrain is already junk. my question is, where do i want to be in the region in terms of a little security and a moderately good deal? kadr: the one country you did not mention is the uae, so obviously -- manus: i will get e-mails o

abdul has come along peacefully. he is a longtime user. >> i do not do a job and that is why i do drugs. i have seven children. >> it is a dangerous undertaking that incurs the wrath of drug dealers who are hardened criminals. they are trying to give addicts a fighting chance to get clean. >> as more people become addicted throughout the country, we do the best we can to collect users and bringing them to the hospital. >> they are easy to find and many of them are under the bridg es. sum due on jobs and spend all of their earnings on drugs. -- some do oddjobs and spend all of their earnings on drugs. more than 1 in 10 cannot shake the habit. the overwhelming majority are men. 800 of them are undergoing therapy here. the government has converted an army base into a center. after a few days, he is finally keeping this down. the conditions here are not what they expected. >> it is difficult here. i do not have a toothbrush or toothpaste. the is no soap, and towel -- there is no soap or handtowel. >> the doctors say that

ahmad-- is it abdul or ahmad? hooper: ahmad. buttermaker: whatever it is. you in tight, all right? so i want you to lean into it and take the hit. i-- i can't. but see, here's the thing. if you get on, we're loaded, and kelly's up next. so come on. let's do it. but i-- i just wanna hit the ball. well, sometimes it's better if the ball hits you. it's called takin' one for the team. now, let's go. come on, garo! let's go, buddy! let's go. be alert, guys! announcer: now batting from the left side of the plate, number 10, garo daragebrigadian. oh! ball! take your base. that's the way, buddy! that's what i'm talking about, right there. that's what i'm talking about. way to take it, buddy. next batter for the bears, number five, kelly leak. tanner: come on, kelly! kick some ass! hey, buttocks! watch this. yeah. ( bizet's "march of the toreadors" playing ) ( crowd cheering ) man: what're you guys doin'? strike two! that's okay, joey. it's all right. focus. just relax. relax! engelberg: your old man help you pee too? "shake it a little more, joey. don't wanna get a

reporter: the program pairs up schools with famous mentors like bernie williams,little buck and paula abdul fully part of my school discover having alignment with passion. it only fueled me to do better in school. i had you know, the ability to see other kids who shared the same passion as i did. >> reporter: when you talk to these kids, you've been working with them for a while, what is the one thing you're really hearing from them. >> the fact that they're loving what they're doing. they're excited to be there. >> reporter: excitement not the only goal. the administration points to findings that found improvements in math and reading as well as higher attendance and reduced suspensions by a staggering 90%. >> me drawing and being like overwhelmed and one dancing. like it encouraged me. i can do this, i can do that. i can do all of this. i can just rise. >> reporter: rising in their dancing, singing and poetry. >> when i watch tv, i build materials out of cardboard, plarveg and twine. >> i know i'm meant to do this. if i could, i would my other home. >> reporter: performing for the first l

i remember watching magic johnson play and larry bird play, and bill russell and kareem abdul-jabbar, you know, jerry west, some of the things -- these guys were around, most of them when i was in junior high and high school and they would make it look so easy but it's not easy. those men and women are challenged every day. as i said, university of connecticut, their women's basketball team, the university of connecticut, their women's basketball team, they won five championships. i remember when ucla back during the john wooden days had an 88-game-winning streak. >> host: back in the days of jabbar, still lew alcindor. >> guest: keith willings, back in those days of college basketball. an 88-game-winning streak doesn't tell me that those men at the university of connecticut they're just on a winning streak. it tells me they have paid a pretty special price. and if i don't like losing to them, it tells me one thing, i'm got to get better if i will compete with the university of connecticut. if you're going to compete with ucla back during the bill walton, kareem abdul-jabbar, lew alci

. >>> on the court, kareem abdul-jabbar on hand for game two between the raptors and cavaliers. cleveland 9-0 to start the playoffs. lebron james with the steal here. on the break, lebron -- i'm sorry, that is kyrie irving. game high 26 points for him them star as we talk about lebron. james coming up with the steal and he's on the break. just showing off. doug i know you know this feeling. >> oh, yeah. >> tell me about that. > that's the key. >> so your head doesn't hit. lebron on the drive. 23 points and 11 rebound and 11 assists for lebron james. cavs 10-0 in the playoffs. 108-89. >> on fire. >> the cavs may have a chance in the finals. >> just maybe. >> a chance. >> a chance, introducing the completely redesigned mercedes-benz c-coupe, >> a chance, with its athletic prowess and sleek new body. it doesn't just raise the bar... the all-new c-class coupe. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> prince georges county staff in an award ceremony in greenbelt tonight. the winners included a fort washington teacher kill

abdul owns a t-shirt shop there and he tells us he and others are pleased to see the crowds back at the shore. >> like 70% of our annual business is -- will come in the next three months. >> atlantic city this time of the year is fabulous. i encourage everyone to come down and stroll on the board walk. >> memorial day is the kickoff to summer. >> i have been waiting for it. >>> visitors and the businesses they'll patronize are expected to give take a look city an economic boost after a slow spring. ♪ >>> yeah. you know who that is. if you're staying in philly this holiday weekend. summer fest is open for the season. you saw dj jazzy jeff. the ice rink has been transformed into the city's only outdoor roller skating rink. the creators of summer fest call it an urban beach front where you can play mini golf, enjoy craft beer or check out the crab shack. >>> in chester county the 120th horse show and country fair is under way. this year's show and fair grounds got a $1 million makeover including improvements to the rings and space for vendors. this weekend take the free nbc10 app with you

abdul rufh owns a t-shirt shop on the board walk and he tells us they're please to see people returning to the shops on the shores. >> 70% of our business will come in the next three months. >> atlantic city this time of the year is fabulous. i encourage everyone to come down. >> memorial day day is the kickoff to summer. >> i have been waiting for it. >>> visitors and businesses they'll patronize are expected to give atlantic city an economic boost after a slow spring. remember it rained for a good bit of the month of may. we'll have a live report from the shore later in the news cast. >>> this weekend extra bomb screening dogs and screeners will help people get more quickly through the airport. the dogs allow travelers to leave their shoes on going through security. >>> today burlington county will honor our nation's heroes with a memorial day weekend tribute at the william doyle veterans cemetery in rightstown, at the cemetery yesterday. boy scouts, girl scouts, clubs and brownies placed american flags on the graves. each child will receive a patch for their work honoring the vets an

industry's annual trade show, where we'll be talking to authors of forthcoming books such as kareem abdul-jabbar and bill ayers as well as publishers and booksellers. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> crystal wright, your new book, "con job, requests who's being conned and who's doing the conning? >> guest: well, i think democrats are doing the conning particularly of black americans and women. i argue in my book, "con job," because they're kind of like -- the democrat party, in my view, is kind of like a used car salesman. it peddles all these promises and pledges to black americans, we're going to make things better since lbj, we're going to make you smarter, richer, more educated. fast forward to today, black americans are none of those things. in fact, i talk about in "con job" how the head of the congressional black caucus last year said that blacks were, in quote, a state of emergency. under the first black president, mind you. so it's -- i

>> axelrod: abdul rashid nbdullah runs a scout den in northern virginia for 125 muslim boys and girlsthe national anthem, we did the pledge of allegiance, but at the same time, we opened up with the al-fatiha, the opening prayer. >> axelrod: this roman catholic turned muslim and u.s. aymy veteran says muslim scouting has been around for decades. even so, kids like mohammed kodree says he often has to explain that muslim scouts aren't any different. >> when you see a muslim as a boy scout, people don't really know how to react and everything. >> axelrod: abdullah says there is a natural overlap between scouting and islam. >> look at the last point of the scout laws. the scout is reverent, someone who gives homage to god, anspects god, but also respects others. and that's what islam says. >> you're not muslim or american. you're muslim and american. >> axelrod: earlier this year, president obama met a group of young muslim cub scouts on a visit to a u.s. mosque. >> you're right where you erlong. you're part of america, too. 6 axelrod: a recent poll found 61% of americans view islam unfa

. >> backs there abdul, where ali lived until 2013. >> people back here won't believe the stories, justor them. >> the dining that's ali and his family face in the kabul are almost unfathomable to most american teenagers in my sister, tried kidnap her, but she like ran away. >> my dad, there was an attack on him, he got injured, too. i remember once me and my mom, we were in the taxi and we were going somewhere, and there was like a suicide attack which broke like every window. that was the >> ali speaks so matter of factually about kidnapping, and suicide bombers. because those terrors are just a part of every day life in afghanistan everyone in afghanistan when they get out of their house, they are not sure they can make it back to the house. >> ali appreciates everything that's been afforded him in america. down to the fresh felton the practice balls. >> here you see thousands of balls, and hundreds of the balls, in every academy and we used to wait like weeks i remember, and to get like new balls from iran and pakistan, like, you didn't have tennis balls inside of afghanistan. we ha

. >> reporter: abdul montin's smile defies the struggles of his homeland. >> excellent. >> reporter:or 400 years, his ancestors have stunning pottery. his father, a potter. his grandfather, his great grandfather. back five generations. >> it's a real honor for me to be able to continue that. it's like my inheritance from them. >> reporter: an inheritance, almost lost. his family had just three hours to escape when the taliban took over his village. the extremist destroyed almost everything. >> just to think about how difficult those times were. not just for me. of course it makes me emotional. >> reporter: montin returned to his hometown after the u.s. and its allies drove out the taliban. >> i find great pride in making something that afghan people use in daily lives in their own home. >> reporter: his hands, almost magic. pulling a delicate form from the raw clay in min. >> yeah. very important center. and after. >> each piece, glazed in the distinctive turquoise of east alive, from -- aliff. from bowls. he has built a resting place. a caravan to showcase the work of some of afghan

industry's annual trade show where we will be talking to authors of forthcoming books such as kareem abdul jabbar and marcia clark as well as publishers and book sellers. that's a look at some of the program's book tv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2. >> i'm david johnson, full-time coordinator. my connection to architecture comes only by way of a philosopher who is our case project written from 1927 - 1940. it completely sketches out the parisian city life in the 19th century, especially the covered pathogens that extended idle watching and people watching when inclement weather made it infeasible. in some ways, this book is a probing detective story of architecture and it has an intimate view into jerusalem like paris of the moment, unfortunately, is one of the world's most beloved and troubled cities. this book shows how the aesthetic and political mingle and almost collide in a place of almost constant conflict. hoffman effectively brings out jerusalem's diversity. they work in a period of

industry's annual trade show, where we'll be talking to authors of forthcoming books such as kareem abdul-jabbar and bill ayers as well as publishers and booksellers. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2.

. >> abdul, these are the beacons sending out these pings, right? >> yes, they are. a censor activated by water. once activated, they will send up a ping signal picked up by tracking devices that will look for these specific pings. >> i'm seeing these are simple screws here, that the beacon isn't connected to the black box, that they're in different plac places. >> yes. first and foremost, the beacon is self-contained. it has its own power. so it is running on its own and if dislodged, it will still send out its signal and hopefully that's close to where the rest of the unit is. but these are put in the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft, it's typically the last part of an aircraft to impact whatever it's impacting. typically these are very close if not still april attached to the aircraft. >> do you think it's time to rethink the concept of the black box, maybe during the flight transmit via satellite or radio transmission, just a basic information about the flight and to store it somewhere on land? >> i think it definitely should happen. i think the challenge is w

that would be paula abdul's "cold hearted snake" that you're listening to. exciting. in fact, kelly and i plan to audition for the new season of "so you think you can dance." we do a mean tango. >> it feels like that. >> yes, it does. >> apple is getting a bump. apple getting a bump up

publishing industry's national trade show where we will talk to others of forthcoming books such as kareem abdul-jabbar, marcia clark and bill ayers as well as publishers and booksellers. that's a look at some of the author programs book tv covers this week with many of the events open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span 2. >> joining us on book tv as trials kessler the editor of claremont review of books. professor kessler, what is that? >> guest: that is the country's leading and possibly only journal, it's only conservative book review, essentially. it's a quarterly and so you don't see it that often, but it is on news stands and you can find it at www.claremont.org. you may subscribe and is a publication of the claremont institute, which is a conservative think tank in claremont california. >> host: how did the review of books begin? >> guest: it began about 16 years ago because of a self-assessment, really ..

this footage shows the jihadist with the nom de guerre abdul hakim just before he was killed in a battle with kenyan troops. >> it's just such a tragic waste of life. you know, people just out enjoying their night were cut down for nothing. it's so sad to be here. i don't understand how someone who is my own flesh and blood could think like this. i just don't understand. >> reporter: canadian christianne boudreau wants deradicalization programs to make the most of the experiences of families like these, by using them as educators, helpers, and guides. she's campaigning in memory of her convert son damian, killed in fighting near aleppo in syria. >> it could easily have been my son that had been walking into here. it could easily have been me having to deal with what he had done. it's one thing when he's over in syria and we don't see it. but here, we're faced with it. and the parents that lose a loved one in this way, in a violent way, not only do they lose their son or their daughter to something horrific, but they also carry the guilt of what their child has done to others and it's a h

we have paula abdul performing with some students. i'm not giving it away. you have to watch it.avid in rochester, new york. good morning. caller: i wanted to mention another area that the arts help is the teaching of history. learned from c-span that the -- the "hamilton" children are listening to the soundtrack and there are lesson plans sent to the schools to help students learn about how our country was formed. it is a good way to learn about history. host: jenny, a parent. good morning. you are on the air. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just have a,. few comments. a fantastic idea. it sounds promising. down tothat it comes the implication. and my own experience as a parent, i feel that there is a -- [indiscernible] to that end, some of the good ideas were lost. host: so implementation. how do you go about making sure there is follow through? megan beyer: it is a vigorous process to become a turnaround arts school. they are not getting a big grant or anything, they are getting the ability to be part of the program. and what comes with the program is all about musical

in 1995, paula abdul was topping the charts with "forever your girl." remember that? help me! (doorbell) mom, check this out. wow. swiffer sweeper, and dusters. this is what i'm talking about. look at that. sticks to this better than it sticks to lulu. that's your hair lulu! mom, can we have another dog? (laughing) trap and lock up to 4x more dirt, dust and hair than the store brand stop cleaning. start swiffer ing shoshow me more like this.e. show me "previously watched." what's recommended for me. x1 makes it easy to find what you love. call or go online and switch to x1. only with xfinity. >>> it is national water safety month, but that does not mean you can't have fun in the pool as well, so how can you throw the best pool party this summer? here are some tips. life tile expert tracy tomm. thank you for being with us. let's start with ambience. you did such a good job. >> thank you so much. make a creative, relaxing area to sit and just be together. >> what do you recommend? >> start with a neutral. you can add color with pillows and throws and these drum stools a

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