this war was playing out we're under way right now is one of the front lines of the village and some abdulla up until about five days ago when isis insurgents leave the country but entire territory the village that's on a strategic road from mosul the next several of the provinces so they really want to insist to a benchmark lost soldiers have been able to clear bits of it but they're still clashes ongoing and that's what we're getting right now. at the base commanders take us to. an outpost overlooking an area controlled by militants this is the very first offensive position against the isis militants just two kilometers that way every single day there's been sniper fire attempts by the jihad is to enter this territory if they can push through the defensive position they would potentially take care could move into the territories and that could be a massive battle just waiting to happen moments later we have to leave and we just got word that the isis just might be willing forwards all the soldiers have been told to evacuate this area we're going to get out before things get intense we know

abdulla asked for a if you more days. he's expecting a visit from john kerry on friday. kerry and the u.s. president spoke to abdull a >> it would be on the gains of the last 13 years, and what we can do to facilitate these gains, and what can we do to dress the fraud? >> abdullah wants the ball on ththe ballotboxes reexamined. about half of them. >> we are asking except our recommendation, of any election in the world. >> ashrav gani said that there's review. >> staying in the middle east, iraq's parliament is bending to global pressure to pick a new government very quickly. after announcing a five week break, the leaders say this they will reconvene on friday. and many don't think that it will help to form a new government. more from baghdad. >> the political stalemate continues here in iraq, and the parliamentary schedule didn't happen. they rescheduled for the 13th, and all they have to do is a simple technical procedure and choose a speaker for the house then. the constitutional process in the last 45 days, and before that, the election of a new prime minister. it's

this war was playing out we're on our way right now to one of the front lines the village of some abdulla up until about five days ago isis insurgents can leave the country but entire territory village that's on a strategic road from mosul the next several of the provinces so they really wanted answers to at the benchmark lost soldiers have been able to clear bits of it but they're still clashes ongoing and that's what we're getting right now. at the base commanders take us to an outpost overlooking an area controlled by militants this is the very first offensive position against the isis. militants just two kilometers that way every single day there's been sniper fire attempts by the jihadist to enter this territory if they can push through the defensive position they would potentially take care coop and move into the territories and that could be a massive battle just waiting to happen moments later we have to leave and we just got word that the isis just might just might be willing forwards all the soldiers have been told to evacuate this area we're going to get out before things get i

two candidates are abdul abdulla and ashraf ghani.he taliban do not recognize the election, which they say is organized by the west. >> the election has left a security vacuum. >> they are using the election to create chaos. >> rocket attacks on most every week near the database. all flats have been diverted to the north and west of the country. eu escalatednd sanctions against russia yesterday for the first time. washington's penalties directly targeted sensitive sectors of the economy, putting russia's ,argest oil producer, ,rosneft on its blacklist. tobarack obama taking steps halt violence in ukraine. the u.s. president announced new sanctions against moscow. they follow weeks of u.s. threats that either russia help diffuse tension or face consequences. >> we are freezing the assets of several russian defense companies and blocking new financing of some of russia's most important banks and energy companies. thank you very much. >> they are the u.s.'s toughest sanctions against moscow, targeting companies like gazprom bank, the cou

the situation as a critical moment for afghanistan and the early results show gany in the lead but abdulla-abdullait was rigged. >> reporter: afghans have high hopes that america's top dip mate will end that will derail the first peaceful transfer of power and kerry with karzai are working for a solution on who will be the next president. the vote has been cast but they are contested and karzai says it has to be agreed on by both candidates and be in line with afghan law, kerry agreed. >> i'm here because president obama and the united states of america are deeply interested in a unified democratic and stable afghanistan. we obviously have high hopes that the questions about the election will be resolved quickly. >> reporter: candidates support u.n. plan that would review 8,000 ballot boxes or about 43% of the vote. >> our commitment is to ensure that the election process enjoys the integrity and legitimacy of afghanistan and the world with belief and therefore we believe in the most intensive and extensive power possible to restore faith. >> reporter: that's what the people want too. faith in the

war was playing out we're on our way right now to one of the front lines of the village and some abdullaup until about five days ago when isis insurgents leave the country but entire territory village stands on a strategic road from mosul the next several of the problem. so they really want to access to a benchmark lost soldiers have been able to clear principles but they're still clashes ongoing and that's what we're having right now. at the base commanders take us to an outpost overlooking in an area controlled by militants this is the very first defensive position against the isis militants currently occupied just two kilometers that way every single day there's been sniper fire attempts by the hardest to enter this territory if they can push through the defensive position that they would potentially take your coop and move into the territories and that could be a massive battle just waiting to happen moments later we have to leave and we just got word that the just might be moving forward so all the soldiers have been told to evacuate this area we're going to get out before things ge

abdulla also formed a unity government. i am pleased to have him on my program. have known him for a number of years and have seen him in different places. this is especially an appropriate time. thank you for coming. >> you're welcome. good to talk to you. >> where are we in terms of this audit? and when will we have conclusive results? >> the audit has just started. we are in the second day of the audit process. we are satisfied that it is moving forward. there are some small issues that hopefully will be taken care of in between. it would be between three and four weeks before we have the preliminary results of the audit. includes all the ballots and boxes. >> was this a dramatic breakthrough mediated by secretary of state john kerry? >> absolutely. it was a very salient situation. there were different ideas including the pronouncements of the government. not even a parallel government because they truly believed that there was massive fraud and systematic fraud. that is the background and we are in the verge of a serious crisis and it was a very timely interv

abdulla won the first round of elections. asof this taking place aclear talks with iran critical juncture. secretary kerry is expected to be involved in those talks as well. with currentuch events using any phone, anytime with c-span radio on audio now. call 20 2-66-8888. every weekday, listen to a recap of the day's events at 5:00 p.m. eastern on "washington today." hear audio of the sunday public affairs programs beginning sunday at noon eastern. 202-266-8888. long-distance or phone charges may apply. >> next, the new york city police commissioner talks about his experience in prison and his views on the criminal justice system. this is about an hour. studio is us from our the former new york city police commissioner, former nominee to be the head of the department of homeland security. what happened? nomination, iy withdrew my name for consideration and advised president bush and his administration that i had hired an illegal immigrant as a nanny and failed to pay payroll tax. i went through a five-year investigation. in n

last month's presidential runoff ended with both candidates abdulla making allegations of fraud and leftan in the middle of a dangerous standoff. the situation was so serious the u.s. secretary of state john kerry came to kabul to broker a deal. and now afghanistan is conducting the biggest election review process in history. >> leading up to the agreement, i think people were starting to prepare for, you know, serious conflict and this is the only chance to really safe the election. >> every one of the 8 million votes cast is reviewed one by one with a checklist to separate the good votes from the bad and the ballot boxes are brought to kabul with the help of nato and it involves representatives and both candidates, the international community and election commission and observers from the u.n. watching over it all and hoping eventually be able to look at a thousand boxes a day. so far they have only done a few hundred boxes in the first five days and already there has been a dispute. and supporters walked out saturday over which ballots were considered valid. >> the name is accepted an

abdulla, age four. yasmin, age four. agead helmi ala karnawi, five. nour, age 10. sabr, age 80. ola, age 31. both suffered from severe mental and physical handicaps, killed in an airstrike on a disabled person center. a family, of including six children and three women, one of them pregnant, were massacred, and 16 other civilians were wounded by the israeli occupied forces in a deliberately launched military airstrike at their home, which israel declared to be targeting a police chief in gaza. 41,deaths included nehad, 12, mohamed,xam, 18-year-old, an 22,-year-old, mahumoud, 20, ibrahim, 10, kais,n, 49, anas, 49,zachari and azziza, ismael baker, age 9, mohamed 10, murdered by the occupying forces in broad daylight as they were playing on the beach in the gaza city, and the incident that was referred to by mr. feldman. andrewkaya,4, members of the same family, killed in an airstrike at the mosque. ibrahim, age 10. his brother, age 25, and their age 27, a pregnant mother of three, and their elderly grandmother, habra. fulla, nine. her brother, age 10. and a seven-year-old. ahmad,