it was a kenyan man named abdul haji.of four had received a text message from his brother earlier that morning. >> the message was very brief. it just read at westgate terrorists, pray for me. >> reporter: abdul bolted to the mall and was stunned by what he saw when he got there. carnage everywhere. he was terrified for his brother who works for the kenyan intelligence service and had received death threats from the same terror group that was now attacking the mall, al shabaab. >> at this point in time the magnitude of the whole situation dawned on my. >> reporter: security forces were just arriving and abdul who is licensed to carry a gun decided in an instant to join them. they entered the mall from the parking garage on the top floor. abdul's brother was still in the mall and not far from catherine walton and her girls on the main floor. he was hiding in a bathroom. abdul worked his way down to the main floor, and as he did, his brother managed to escape. >> i reached my phone, tried to call him and i see this message

what doith abdul-ahad, yoyou see happenining now?ou have the french foreign ministry saying we have woken up to or more dangerous morning in britain. jeremy corbyn has condemned the assassination. one democratic leader after another in the united states. the democrats are saying the u.s. did not approve of this. what do you see happening at this point? >> for the past decade, there's the a kind off we both irananians and amemericans were confronting each other come there were rules of the game i in which each trieded to avoid an open confrorontation of war. i think these rules have collapsed. i don't see how another round of how iraraq i don't see will prosper in peace. savedtt see iranians being . this is very maddening and dangerous. dangerous is an underestimation. this is criminal. on thebeen reporting last 16 years of war in iraq. i am flying back to baghdadd to cover the next round of fighting in iraq. this is not assumptions or theories, this is the reality. tens of thousands of proactivive-iranian mililitias,s iraniansands of

tonight dwayne johnson, from "watchmen", yahya abdul-mateen ii and music from she & him. and now, get ready, jimmy kimmel! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. very nice. hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for coming. listen, i don't know about you, but we, at my house, we deep in the holiday spirit. the elf has been moving from shelf to shelf. the tree is decorated. the kids are excited. last night i got home from work last night, and my wife whose name is molly, brain freeze. anyway, molly's sitting down with our daughter jane, who's 5, to write a letter to santa claus, which jane did not want to do. she wanted us to refer santa to our amazon wish list that i'd made. but we insisted on a letter because we want to have it. so my wife got a pen and paper and asked jane why should santa bring you presents, and jane thought about it, and she said because i want them, that's why. and we're like, no. what good things have you done to deserve presents. you have to tell santa. and she says i don't know. so i start giving examples, do yo

we'll get an update from guardian correspondent ghaith abdul ahad. and we go to syria, where a quarter of a million people have fled the russian-backed syrian offensive e in idlib. >> we didid not know whwhere the bombing cacame from. eveverywhereasas bombed. he ran awawawith her clothes on us. we wanant everythingng we n nee. food and some drink. we need everything. amy: aid groups warn syria could face the worst humanitarian crisis in syria's nine-year war. we will get an update. then to india, where protests against a new anti-muslim citizenship law continue despite a government crackdown with more than 1000 people arrested and at least 27 killed. >> enacted by hitler. it is a steppingstone for holocaust. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in iraq, members of an iranian-backed militia and its supporters have withdrawn from the green zone after a two-day standoff outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad. the militia members broke into a gatehouse at thehe perimeter o

and israel both think were behind this clearly spoke also to iraqi prime minister abdul abdul mahdi on wednesday as well where he the secretary of state stressed to the prime minister of iraq that the u.s. still strongly believes that it's the iraqi government's responsibility to make sure that no such attack happens again on an american diplomatic mission inside iraq and then he also spoke to the qatari foreign minister mohammad to bin abdul rahman al bani qatar is important because it's a key strategic ally in the region for the united states according the state department to the 2 foreign ministers spoke about their joint commitment to see peace and security in the region and how to work together to make that happen again qatar very critical the u.s. has about $10000.00 troops stationed in a big airbase just about a half an hour outside the capital of the hot and qatar while a key ally of the united states also speaks with its neighbor iran. people are being rescued and relief supplies of arrive to thousands of australians stranded in towns by bushfires thousands more being told to

abdul, taught me about the place wa nt to abdul, taught me about the place want to talk about?lk about? libya. again, ten years ago more than 1000 european and american journalists we re european and american journalists were in libya. celebrating the colla pse were in libya. celebrating the collapse of the gaddafi regime. wicked man of the middle east. the man who abused his own people, the dictator. after ten years now we are going again to the war in libya. our arms are pouring into libya. half of the libyan population actually ran away from the country because it is away from the country because it is a failed state, it is unsafe. they went to tunisia, egypt... now we have two governments and two parliaments and about 20 militia running libya there. so how can we actually get out of this mess in that part of the world? i can see there will be a war in libya. now you have egypt, the united arab emirates, france, italy, cyprus, they are in one camp and on the other camp you have turkey, qatar... turkey is just approving an intervention of its own. yes. we could have again a p

ghaith abdul-ahad is a correspondent for the guardian newspaper.nly come back from break, we will hear the response from congress member ao alexandria ocasio-cortez. we will hear from a man who is trying to stop war with iranan o feels he was instrumental in leading to the war in iraq, the chief of staff of colin powell, colonel lawrence wilkerson. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. over the weekend, i caught up with congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez. she had come to the showing of a film that has just been shortlisted for the oscar which chronicled her race, her unlikely victory in queens and the bronx to become a congressmember from new york. i asked her for her response e o the assassinion of the iraninian commander qassim suleimani. >> we have been looking at how w'reoingng t respond bause it is no enougto just say n wain i ira need toe tactical about how wean a actelyy r resisfurtrthe escation on an alady unprecedented lel l of cacalati andnd aggressn by the president, thefofore, the unit statate

mahdi prime minister he was long a member of a shiite party based in iran abdul mahdi resigned after mass and to government protests at the end of 2019 he remains acting prime minister but with the government on the verge of collapse protesters have been calling for a new political order one without corruption and sectarianism and without u.s. and iranian interference and merican soldiers ready to deploy to the middle east the position of the us in iraq has been shifting over the past decade in 2011 former u.s. president barack obama pulled u.s. troops out of the country declaring that the war in iraq was over 3 years later they were back to fight i.a.s. this time on the invitation of the iraqi government but now iraq's shiite majority parliament wants u.s. troops out washington says that's not happening iraqis know that if the americans leave so-called islamic state could take advantage of the resulting power vacuum and resurge and that's a situation no one wants. for more on the story we have middle east analyst nothing's name from the north council with us that's a research and co

you will have seen the acting prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi, has said this egregious violation oft with a response and he supports the parliamentary vote to expel us troops from iraqi soil. do you think that's going to happen? it's a very good question and i honestly do not know yet. i will also note when the iraqi parliament took its vote, theoretically there were 170 votes to zero, but nearly that many members of the parliament, mostly kurdish and sunni members, but also some shia members, boycotted the session because they did not agree with the vote that was being taken. i also heard many allegations of threats of physical harm to mps who did not come and vote for the resolution to ask the prime minister to ask coalition forces to leave. what you have seen since that vote is statements by prominent politicians in the kurdistan, a number of sunnis and a couple of fears in support of a continued coalition military presence, focused on fighting isis and focused on training and professionalising the mainline iraqi security forces, i.e the air force and the counterterrorism forces.

abdul mahdi has condemned the attack and pledged to bring the culprits to justice at least 5 on guided rockets have landed in the heavily fortified area over the past 24 hours according to security sources the green zone is home to iraqi government buildings and diplomatic missions and the latest instance come at a time of mass on rest in baghdad with thousands taking to the streets in recent days over the u.s. troops calling for u.s. troops to leave the country but it is your update for now will be back here in the stop of the hour with another roundup of the stories that shaped the past 7 days see that. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need me to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. and. my uncle with a kid saying compensate the boy deny it but a. simple no prove nothing because. it's

kareem abdul—jabbar, who played for the la la kers kareem abdul—jabbar, who played for the la lakersoved his wife and daughters and he was an incredible athlete and a leader in many ways. he inspired a whole generation of young athletes. he was 1of generation of young athletes. he was 1 of the 1st ones to leave high school and come to the nba and do so well, dominating the game in becoming 1 of the best score is that the la la kers becoming 1 of the best score is that the la lakers has ever seen. kobe brian's long—time leaders teammate wrote that there are no words to express the pain i am going through with this tragedy. the us president donald trump tweeted to say the report of kobe bryant's rep death we re report of kobe bryant's rep death were terrible news. former president barack 0bama said that kobe bryant was a legend on the court and said the death of his daughter made the news eve n the death of his daughter made the news even more heartbreaking, calling it an unthinkable day. the american actress will be goldberg called kobe brand a hero. the us chat show host ellen the ge

today, caretaker minister adil abdul-mahdi asked washington to send a delegation to baghd details. departure the state department dismissed the request, saying u.s. troops are a "force for good" in iraq. we'll focus on this in detail, after the news summary. in syria, air strikes n t a pro-iranlitia today, killing at least eight fightersc vists said unidentified warplanes struck in the al bukamal area, near the aqi border, hitting weapons depots and vehicles. the militia claimed thplanes were from israel. the israelis did not comment, but they have repeatedly hit targets linked to iran in syria in recent years. nearly a quarter of a million people in southeastern australia were urged to leave their homes today, as extreme wildfire conditions returned. people in new south wales and victoria states faced triple- digit temperatures and winds up to 60 miles an hour. in victoria, planes dropped fire retardant chemicals and water. leaders called for patience in the long days ahead. >> with so much fire in thend ape, we're just going to continue to see fires getting a run on, fires flarin

at is at asiye abdul the top of china's most wanted list.h she has decided that publicity and hiding in plain sight are her best prottion, we met at a secret location in the netherlands to maximize her security. asiye: one day, i received death threats via facebook messenger.t message, this pern said: if you don't stop what you are doing right now, people will find your dismembered body inside the black trash can inyo front o house. we will you and chop you into pieces and throw you in the trash. malcolm: these top-secret documents are the ason asiye is in peril. the documents reveal how uighur inmates of the camps are locked up, brainwashed and punished. they contain instructions to step up disc there are no escapes. the papers were leaked to a consortium of investigative journalists and published in numerous media outlets, including the new york times in november. for human rights campaigners, the so-called china cables were confirmation that the camps werr effectively ons conducting psychological torture. asiye has lost contact with her s

abdul, tell me about the place want to talk about? libya.ebrating the collapse of the gaddafi regime. the wicked man of the middle east. the dictator. the man who abused his own people. after ten years now, we are going again to the war in libya. arms are pouring into libya. half of the libyan population actually ran away from the country because it is a failed state, it is unsafe. they went to tunisia, they went to egypt, some of them tried to come here. now we have two governments and two parliaments and about 20 militia running libya there. so how can we actually get out of this mess in that part of the world? i can see there will be a war in libya. now, you have egypt, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, france, italy, cyprus, they are in one camp. and on the other camp, you have turkey, qatar... turkey is just approving an intervention of its own. yes. i think, you know, we could have, again, a proxy war. now we have a proxy war in libya, but we can have also a third war in libya. libya are the closest to the mediterranean. libya ar

abdul mahdi according to the readout from that call pompei 0 expressed to the iraqi prime minister the importance that iraqi security forces do whatever they can to not see a repeat of what we saw on tuesday with the protesters coming up to the gates of the u.s. embassy there and he also said it's the iraqi government's obligation to protect a diplomatic facilities of the united states in iraq he also spoke pump a on the phone to the qatari amir tom ambit how many out thought any qatar is a very critical ally of the united states in the region qatar and the united states have very important commercial political and security ties and even any given time there are about 10000 u.s. troops in qatar to one of the largest military bases for the u.s. in the entire middle east the 2 leaders discussed. ongoing situation in the region into the readout from the state department didn't get into a lot more details other than that but clearly qatar is a very important country because it's not only an ally of the united states of course but also qatar being a neighbor to iran also has relations with

go to the national political reporter for "the new york times" and a political analyst for us and abduld for the governor of michigan who supports bernie sanders. okay. look, obviously huge money for bernie sanders and i mean, look, in politics, this is being nasty. he's going straight for it. he's got baggage. doesn't have energy and excitement and his record is so weak and can't create energy? >> wow. it's a direct attack from senator sanders and one, he's making that closing argument in iowa, as we see the last month approach before votes and he's going after the front-runner and trying to hit him and the areas that he sees as beneficial and particularly nafta and the iraq war and some of the votes in joe biden's past. >> right. >> it signals what senator sanders thinks about the rest of the field. he is looking up at joe biden saying i don't have to look behind me at senator warren. i don't have to look behind me at put buttigieg, the former mayor of south bend. i think that's an interesting window into the sanders' strategy. buttigieg and sanders think they're strong in iowa. what

and israel both think were behind this clearly spoke also to iraqi prime minister abdul abdul mahdi on wednesday as well where he the secretary of state stressed to the prime minister of iraq that the u.s. still strongly believes that it's that you iraqi government's responsibility to make sure that no such attack happens again on an american diplomatic mission inside iraq and then he also spoke to the qatari foreign minister mohammad to bin abdul rahman al thought any qatar is important because it's a key strategic ally in the region for the united states according the state department to the foreign ministers spoke about their joint commitment to see peace and security in the region and how to work together to make that happen again qatar very critical the u.s. has about $10000.00 troops stationed in a big airbase just about a half an hour outside the capital of doha and qatar well a key ally of the united states also speaks with its neighbor iran as well and when it comes to the the hostilities between iran and the united states qatar is has very much a neutral attitude towards it t

abdul mahdi urging the country to take urgent measures to end the presence of foreign troops in the country. now meanwhile hundreds of thousands of boarders have gathered in iran to welcome on the body of customs although bonnie so the money's body has now arrived in the holy city of mashad after an early a procession the was and would later be flown to tehran. in an interview with the hizbollah through the television channel saw the bodies daughters said that she has no doubt there will be retaliation for father's day. clinton could move to before anything i'd like to send my greetings to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and also to the leader of the resistance uncle hasan nasrallah whom i know for sure will avenge my father's blood the entire world must marry the harsh assassination will not break us and america must marry the his blood is so precious. to us and joins us live now from on the phone so much happening door saw 1st i want to get what you've seen today with people paying their respects to customs all the money. one day here in my side of the indonesian provinc

biggest brands on the planet he then walked into the place where legends like magic johnson and kareem abdul-jabbar built a legend and then he made these on he had those huge shoes to fill and he picked up that mantle on the back of the michael jordan era he became the superstar of that era in los angeles and it wasn't just his skill but it was his temperament he was known as being clutch when the game was on the lawn when the championship was on the lawn he wanted that ball and that's where he got i think this aura of infallibility i think it speaks to the. action from like his fans who say they can't believe he's gone because they thought he would never be gone he was so the or on the court translite so i think into what we're experiencing from fans to that you know such a such a massive loss way does he rank among the old time greats of basketball comfortably inside the top 10 by anyone's estimations spaceballs estimations he was 3rd all time on the scoring shots and till just yesterday when he was passed by le bron james the man who walked into the like is after he left to be the next ilyse sup

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franchises on the planet he walked into a building where legends are made like magic johnson and kareem abdul-jabbar and he walked in to fill those shoes of these legends with pride in the stayman he didn't shrink in that moment he did he won 5 championships he won invade pays he went on to win gold medals with the with the usa national team if he did it all he was respected on the court not just for those the skill that took him to those occasions but then how he performed under the broadest of lots what did he do in a moment where he was called missed a clutch by some people because he was the man that wanted the ball when the game was on the lawn when the championship was on the lawn so the reaction is for beginning the boss the ball of that we've lost he's been retired since 2016 but fans are really mourning the loss of the play. i knew that this month i mean it was incredible but yet it gives me even goosebumps just even thinking about his sporting prowess let alone what we are now learning in this moment he's a giant of the game and legendary figure what do you think the impact of this tragic

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it was aimed at abdul reza shahlai but he was not killed. he is a key commander of the force. he has planned assassinations of u.s. forces in iraq. >> given his track record , we remain gravely concerned by his presence in yemen. >>> texas's become the first state to publicly reject the refugees. this is after trump signed an executive order giving the state permission. it takes and thousands of refugees a year and has done more than its share extract the senate is expected to receive the articles of impeachment against trump next week. nancy pelosi made the announcement today. house democrats say they support her strategy. republicans say it is about time. >>> nasa just graduated its newest cause of astronauts with a pretty lofty goal. >> we are going to take not only the next man but the first woman to the surface of the moon . >> a teenager just found a new planet on his third day as a nassau intern. we tried to get the politicians to deal with the problem. but they wouldn't. so we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought

had he gone on, he might've threatened the records of those above him kareem abdul-jabbar, but i think what i will remember also, is when doctor neil ella triage operated on him when he tore his achilles. the he did not want that to be the last impression of him and his basketball career. that would have been devastating in would have ended careers for 99% of other people he worked really hard the surgery was a huge success. they found a way to put in the proper treatment and kobe not only dedicate himself came back and flourish. came back from the torrent key ladies but also had some other ailments that sidelined him what three seasons ago? >> and nobody beats father time as muhammad ali said. just catches up. from the time he came out of a high school, he didn't get to play those 2224 game seasons in college he went right to 82 games. even adele harris did not play him he played all these games place you and all those games in the postseason does add up to miles on your legs as well as extra seasons. so he may have retired at 38, but guess what, the mileage on his legs was like 46. s

kareem abdul-jabbar knows this game, knows this man, he knew him as a boy.em, as i said before it is always a pleasure to speak with you but i'm really sorry to be speaking with you under these circumstances tonight. >> yes, it's been a very tough several hours now, chris. you know, it's very hard to deal with this, to see someone that had so much more to share with us gone so suddenly and so needlessly. it's really tough. >> to those who get to know you, you are a very deep thinker. you believe things deeply. you take a lot of time to figure out what things mean to you. where are you with trying to have any sense of how something like this could happen? >> you can't make sense out of it, chris. you know, things like this don't make sense. to have someone that had so much more to share with us that would have been a leader, look how kobe made it possible for a lot of young athletes to leave high school and come into professional basketball and do well and succeed because he was the exception that proved the rule. he had that type of leadership quality, and h

abdul mahdi the station manager tries to maintain some order the help of a policeman a little asshole but i mean this is what i was going to do and going to live up and say. i'm going to get on the plane here in. the gulf coast to the us economy and everything they did they did it in a selfish interest it was also tell you to do it you should see that that's only. become an amazing question. well you know the trader has to leave his bottles behind but eventually gets through with the rest of his like. at durham ana is frustrated he will be held accountable for this unlike at the port which you are in charge at the station the chinese run the show. the railway line will be under chinese control until 2024 the offices they call it working in partnership even. the. us for some of the international team and the supreme i think. for a while she was hostile to the commission has happened. you know for something. you want to get right in. with you some of us. i think by this. time. you know that. chinese workers tend to occupy positions of higher responsibility which are better paid. mohamed

a person on top of that list is kareem abdul jabar, he posted this today. >> kobe bryant was an incredible athlete and an incredible husband and father. he inspired a generation of athletes. >> kobe bryant inspired a lot of players all across the world. live in los gatos, marianne favro. >> reporter: sports camp is going on right now here at l los gatos. i had a chance to talk to some of their parents and they were so sad to learn that a basketball legend is gone. as anderson enjoys working on basketball with his four years old son, cooper, hremembering k plans to talk his son all about the basketball legend. >> i know when i was younger, everybody knew about kobe bryant. i knew he was the one player that i looked up to and seeking to practice my skills and at home and homework, kobe bryant was known for all the hard work he did. she said she respected bryant forgiving back. she attended kocosta mesa and bryant would come in and help the girls' team working on their skills. others credit bryant increasing the popularity of the game internationally. they say he did so much for the sport. >>

abdul was among those who attended services for hamid at the greater sacramento muslim cemetery on sunday. >> it was good. some celebration at the grave. >> hamid was 33 and studied communication science at american river. we send our hearts and thoughts to the family and loved ones during this difficult time. for those who knew hamid, they want the u.s. government to pursue justice and find some comfort for the family he left behind. >> to protect their family, to protect their children. >> a protest is expected to get underway at powell and market streets in san francisco. we will have the latest coming up on abc 7 news at five. >>> a moving tribute today to a san francisco great grandmother who died last week nearly a year after she was beaten at a visitation valley plague. family, friends and community leaders paid tribute. she was attacked while exercising and left to die. the woman known as grandma wong spent weeks in a coma, and after suffering a stroke. families say thanks to an all out effort, the tragedy has changed the community for the better. >> i think the past mentality is

kareem abdul-jabbar, who posted this video earlier today. >> kobe was an incredible family man. he loved his wife and daughters. he was an incredible athlete and a leader in a lot of ways. he inspired a whole generation of young athletes. >> well, it goes without saying that kobe bryant accomplished so much in the game of basketball. very little he didn't give during his playing year. in his 20 years of the nba, he was an all star 18 times, led the lakers to 5 nba championships. 4th all-time in scoring and won two olympic gold medals. we will continue to follow this breaking story throughout this newscast and all night long. you can check our digital platforms for more information as well. kobe bryant dead at the age of 41. other news now, there are five confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the u.s., two in california. today new cases of the deadly pneumonia-like virus from china confirmed in orange county and l.a. county. patients had traveled to wuhan, the center of that outbreak. passengers say the risk to the public all five people with the virus in the u.s. are being kept

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