, so just a few days before the talks on a albania's chances of joining the european club.ardly seems cohens dental timing. >> translator: we will bring nor mall at this and what you to the region. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants this shows not our our will but ability to fight against drug smuggling. >> reporter: so big was this it is said to be worth half what albania produces every year. they are said to be going after similar factories in the coming days. >>> nicholas maduro has apologize for the death of a german businessman. he was killed in a shooting in a hotel in caracas on wednesday. hours after arriving in the capital. maduro says police are close to identifying his killers. according to the united nations, venezuela has one of the world's highest homicide rates. >>> a series of tornadoes hit the u.s. state of sa south dakoa on wednesday destroying several businesses and injuring one person. the twisters touched down in a number of towns between lake sharp and sioux falls. meteorologists say winds peaked at 200-kilometers a

albania's also lagging far behind when it comes to equal rights for women. in many region, the set of traditional laws still applies dating back to the middle ages. >> a few months ago, he came home from work later than usual. her husband accused her of cheating. she didn't believe that she had been to church and he pulled a knife. her eldest son was sent to prison for abetting his father in the assault. he's just been released. now, an organization called today for the future is coming to the aid of women like her. this is one of the driving forces of the albanian women's movement. her organization offers support to victims of domestic violence and helps them cope with its effects. she only survived the attack because her younger son called the police. the results of the attack are still clear for all to see. >> my husband and my son cut off my hair with a knife. that's the law where we come from. the unpishment for unfaithful wives. i've forgiven my son. after all i'm his mother. i didn't have the strength to turn my own son away. >> she comes from the lar

the end of a major industry in albania. ♪ ♪ >>> at this hour we are a waiting poured from the white house to what the president plans to do in iraq, all of this on a day when the cries let that country has only grown worth with both sides fighting for control of a major oil refinery. mike viqueira has been following the story. before i come to you i want to play sound from senator john mccain on the floor of the senate just moments ago. >> what has the united states of america done? told we see on the front page of washington post. u.s. sees risks in iraqi air strikes. the president of the united states going golfing and is now fiddling while iraq burns. >> clearly this has turned in to a partisan war of words in wash long before any shots have been fired or for that matter planes launched. >> reporter: it's been going for for quite a while now. the president gave a comprehensive speech a month ago. just like the one that john mccain offered yet again on the floor of the senate today. republicans are trying to put the onus on president obama to come up with a plan. there is no question ab

. >> the smoke rising over the little village in southern albania clouds marijuana, destroyed by its manufacturers as the police moved in. after years and years of this placing with the authorities, it's being held as an example of how albania and it's lawless reputation may be turning a corner. the entire village has been taken over by drug lords running a massive cannibus operation. they have made perfect points by which to supply european drug markets. but albania wants to join the european union, and the new socialist government wants to show that it's serious. so the police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> this action will continue to go on. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants. this shows not only our will, but also our ability to continue to fight against drug smuggling. >> so big was this operation that it's value has been estimated at half of the total weak that albania produces every year. they are going over similar drug factories in the coming days. >> one of america's most amazing natural wonders is under attack. still ahead, t

. >>> in albania a police raid on a small village is garners attention. about 2 million pounds of drugs have been produced until now. >> the smoke rising over the village in southern albania is clouds of burnt marijuana, destroyed by the manufacturers as the police moved in. >> after years and years of this place allegedly being out in grasp of the authorities, it's held up how albania may be turning a corning. over time the village had been tan over by drugs gangs running a massive cannabis operation worth billions. lazar at's position near the adriatic made it a perfect point from which to supply european drugs markets. albania wants to join the european union, and the socialist government is eager to show it's soars. a few days -- show it's serious. the police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> we will bring normality and law and order to the region. the action will continue to go on. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants. it shows not only our will, but our ability to continue the fight against drug smuggling.

terrorists going through the kalayaan through albania and jasper up especially in washington which is extremely strong which is very close ties to both republicans and democrats within washington and which explains also the strong ties between christina and washington because kosovo today is a non state it's a caucus state and i mean this is probably the only state in the world to have a bill clinton boulevard and bill clinton stature and in such a country so these ties are extremely strong and the u.s. needs them for these investments and for their job political really. strong advocate who get off the hook but won't ever speak of a military base outside of the u.s. is last year which is a good bill to buy a chiar which is that how impertinent subsidiary and who is in charge of coburn at that time was george bush's vice president so they're all thinks it's an economic just richard schickel at a military complex working together and reaping the benefits of a war which cost of the lives of thousands the thais i agree are incredibly transparent anybody can go online and put them together

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. >> the smoke rising over the little village in southern albania is clouds of burnt marijuana, destroyed by its manufacturers as the police moved in. after years and years of this place allegedly being out of the grasp of the authorities, it's now held up as an example of how albania with it's lawless reputation may be turning a corner. over time, this entire village has been taken over by drug gangs running a massive can cannabis operation. this police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> we will bring normality and law and order to that region. this action will continue to go on. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants. this shows our will, also our ability to continue the fight against drug smuggling. >> so big was this abrasion, its abrasion,--operation, it is half the local economy for the year. >> headlines around the world, in having a, three taliban suicide bombers attacked trucks carrying fuel supplies. the attack happened at the border with pakistan. >> cline in a jailed three activists for government officials to disclose their personal wea

and imposing and in albania, a police raid on a small village is garnering a lot of attention. has been home to one of the largest growing operations in europe. every year. until now. lawrence lee has the story. >> destroyed by it's. >>ers as the police moved in. >> after years and years of this place being out of the grasp of the authorities it is now being held up of an example of how al banian with it's law less reputation may be turning a corner. over time, this entire village has been taking over by gangs running a mas.sive cannabis population. the position in mountains near made eight perfect point from which to supply european drugs markets. but albania wants to join the union and it's new socialist government is eager to show it is serious, so just a few days before talks on al banian's chances of joining the club. this police raid hardly seems coincidental timing. >> we will bring normality. that will continue to go on. the police are working on it. this shows not only our will, but also our ability to continue the fight against drug smuggling. the value had -- produce

in fact, marijuana production in that town makes up an estimated 50% of albania's entire economy.is is lazarat. we first told you about this a couple days ago. it's all going on in this town down here. look at this over here. you'll be able to see the smoke rising. the smoke is rising from these hills. and apparently this is all a huge forest of weed. like, everywhere. and it's all burning up and down these hills here. the second once police arrived they started to search through people's homes and they ran into a lot of resistance. the villagers there are using machine guns and mortars and rocket propelled grenades. and this guy appears to be aiming his weapon at bags of pot. i don't understand that. but the police are burning what they've seized. local reporters say for a long time this is just a normal farming community. but drug gangs took charge about a decade ago. and now the town reportedly grosses, get this, $6 billion worth of marijuana every year. $6 billion. so it's europe's biggest producer of what is their illegal weed. and this guy is looking -- picking up a plant. m

pot production in that one village makes up an estimates 50% of albania's economy. >>> and check this man in central china said he used old car parts to build this six-ton replica of the transformer character optimus prime. he said it cost more than $16,000 to build the four-story machine. >>> one of the nation's largest banks is trying to keep you from getting blocked that's according to new york's attorney general. critics say major banks have been denying more than 1 million customers from opening accounts all because of credit bureaus that have effectively put them on the black list. on the wall just a few of the banks that use, the credit bureau's check systems. it's very similar to credit bureaus like experian or credit facts. say you accidentally bounce a check or a victim of identity theft. your name could go into the database. and the next time want to open an account, your bank could see your name on the list and deny you. according to the reporting of "the new york times" big banks originally used such data basis to weed out serial fraugd regulators. but recently, the banks

the street value of around four and a half billion euros, that is almost half of albania' be. the drug trade has made some of the residence very rich. it looks like they are not about to give that up without a fight. >> updating you on the world cup action. there has been a few chances for england but so far no goals. >> that is it for us, thanks for watching. >> see you next time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good evening. a short while ago, president obama of the u.s. met with his security team to discuss the situation in iraq. he took to the airwaves shortly after, saying that the united states is ready to take targeted action in the country, but ruled out any combat role for u.s. troops on the ground. instead, he announced the deployment of 300 military advisers to help iraqis stem the violence. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. we are prepared to create joint occupation centers in baghdad and iraq, to

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i think i got a wrong on a jeopardy question recently against albania is also. we have that's critical choice to make between dealing directly with russia or to pry loose the neighboring states. how much is attributable to the fateful choice the leaders of russia of caused exxon and belarus are terrified this will in fact, there world and this is they're afraid to do with this manifestation of stalling and all parts of the world. >> certainly with the russian leadership i am not sure how that raises a difference but decided with of course, of yugoslavia the relationship with the west will not be one of allies with potential confrontational relationships. that is a take on where brush at those to be the position so they try to create a union that led to compete with the european union the is the way that i see it how to look at that. not cisterna horror latvia but ukraine is a major challenge to that arrangement that exist in russia because of a good half of ukraine speaks the question. in terms of many elements with the political culture and proa democratic acti

in addition to service as ankara earlier in ambassador in albania. he was ambassador in albania. he was the deputy national security advisor. he has a lifetime of experience in american foreign policy and diplomacy. based on the original foundation of military experience that harkens all the way back to vietnam. perhaps not a metaphor for today's events, but perhaps they are. jim will offer insight into that. speaking later into our program sitting to jim's right is aaron zelen. aaron is the washington institute's richard borough fellow and there are exceedingly few people in or outside of government who have followed the development of what president obama now called isil. what some other experts call isis. but it is the same radical extremist terrorist group that we're talking about. and aaron through his really minute, detailed exploration of these groups brings extraordinary value added to our understanding of what's going on in iraq and syria. and then joining us from orliey airport in paris is michael knights. the institute's lay for international fellow. who is -- i think

seedbed estonia was in nato, i think i got it wrong on a jeopardy question recently because appear to albaniais in nato, too. so we had diacritical choice to make between dealing directly with russia or prying loose these neighboring states. so how much of what is going on is attributable to that fateful choice that the authoritarian leaders of russia and kazakhstan and belarus are just terrified that this is going to infect their world and feel circled and this is their way of dealing with this. one of the manifestations is a tremendous revitalization of stalin in all parts of that world. >> certainly the russian leadership i am not sure about carsick leadership to please a different game, but the russian leadership decided at some point i think it happened at the time of the wars in yugoslavia, that the relationship with the west will not be a relationship of allies, that those would be potentially confrontational relationships. and that, that take on where russia goes and where the rest goes no influences the position of russia. so what they are trying to create, they try to create economi

can i welcome the prime minister for the enlargement of the eu with the announcement albania has become the sixth candidate country to join? >> i agree with the honorable gentleman that the enlargement incess has an successful driving the development and improving the democracy and development of these countries and i further agree that engaging with them now because a country like albania has challenges developing its economy and getting into democracy. there will have to be a totally new approach to transitional controls. >> don't the antecedents of this problem go back to the fateful decision of the prime minister when he was running for his to approve thep conservatives from the european people's party? was the candidate of the epp. have influenced him in private rather than impotence in public. it would have been good for his party and good for the government and my goodness, far better for britain. >> i have great respect for the right old john. but i think he is profoundly wrong about this. -- youeral democrats were not able to stop the leading candidate process in they were will

he has moved out of middle ground consensus forming into threatening to stopping albania from coming he really is isolated. it will be interesting to see if the fear of the u.k. coming out is sufficient for europe to bend over the other way. >> let's assume that he will get the job. david cameron has done a lot of damage. europe has this built-in mechanism for not letting anybody stray too far. do you think we are in a situation where the rest of europe will try to rectify it? >> they are bound to try something as a friendly gesture towards the u.k. we have new commissioners coming out. trade. something like to try to pacify the relationship with the u.k. i am sure it will make a lot of difference, but cameron is really boxed in now. he will have to debate very forcibly with europe or just give up. perhaps this is politically savvy because the polls do say that he is doing well domestically. >> he is clearly got to regain the popular vote. he is trying to do it by being more extreme. it is remarkable how he has course ofer the several years. he is quite aggressive, we need to do this

counterterrorism in africa, nomination on this floor pending for 314 days, trinidad and tobacco aigo 14 days, albania, 319 days, and topping the list, a strong ally of the united states, the republic of peru, the ambassadorial nomination pending on the floor of the senate for 353 days, almost a year. again, mr. president, these vacancies represent nearly 30% of all of the in-country ambassadorships that the united states send around the globe. essentially just hanging a sign out in front of the of united states with a vacant sign on it. i would submit, mr. president, that vacancies means an uncertainty about leadership and that hurts embassy security. you and i were both governors. we know that our agencies ran a lot better when they knew who the leaders were. an interim, a part time, a temporary, an account acting, that's not the same thing as a leader. that's not the same thing as a confirmed ambassador. an so our personnel who are serving in these 54 embassies around the world often in very dangerous places in the world, they're there waiting for their leader to come. now, they have a deputy in ch

that was my dream, and i was able to work in greece and germany and albania and turkey and travel around the european theater, working and visiting, and it was just what i wanted. it really worked out well. and nearly 18 years ago for my after six years overseas, i responded to a job at with the architect of the capitol. i had an interview over the telephone and got a call the next day off a telephone interview that i was hired to wo of the managers in this and office buildings, and 18 years later, i am blessed and honored to be the 11th architect of the capitol. so let me tell you a little bit .bout what the architect does many of you know that general services administration provides facilities and infrastructure and support for the executive branch of the government. it is really the architect of the capitol that does that for the legislative branch of government. that is basically what we do. i like to use these four images to describe that. first on the left, we manage the capitol grounds. elizabeth mentioned these 500 acres on capitol hill. but most important are the ones around th

>>> the eu agreed to grant albania status of candidate for membership.ing for the right to be in the eu. >>> trust in the u.s. property market surged in may. the national association of realtors announced yesterday that existing home sales grew by 4.9 the%, the largest increase since august 2011. let's get more now with the economist at the national association of home builders. rob, as a first time buyer, they are conspicuous and absent right now. when do you think they're going to return? >> well, we need strong job growth, we need wage growth for those younger, first time buyers. they're at 27% market share for existing homes. they should be 40%. a few months of good job growth and we'll start to see some of that pent up demand unlocked. >> and one of the big wild cards, of course, are rising bond yields. saw what that did for the knock on effect of mortgage rates. do you think that they are in check now or could they reservice and push higher and pose a risk for the housing market as we get closer towards that ultimate rate hike by the fed? sfwh we s

in additon to service in ankara, he was ambassador in albania. he was the deputy national security advisor. he has a lifetime of experience in american foreign policy and diplomacy. based on the original foundation of military experience that hearkened all the way back to vietnam. perhaps not a metaphor for today's events, but perhaps they are. jim will offer insight into that. speaking later in our program is aaron zelling. i think it is fair to say that there are exceedingly few people inside or outside of government who have followed the developments of what president obama now calls isil and what other experts call isis, the same radical extremist group that we are talking about. aaron, through his minute, detailed exploration of these groups, brings extraordinary value added to these groups and what is going on in iraq and syria. joining us from orly airport in paris is michael knights. he is, as this audience knows, one of the finest observers of political-military issues in iraq, has been a voice of incisive and insightful analysis on this

rollcall between albania and zimbabwe. and that is how barack obama sees it as well. obama was asked on his first european trip by a reporter from england -- and do you believe in american exceptionalism? listen to obama's response because it informs what we have seen of his policies in the past 5.5 years. the president said -- yes, i believe in american exceptionalism, just as the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. now let's parse that sentence the way the president would. in the first 30, he said yes, i believe in american exceptionalism. so although siebel is a i don't come i have just proven you wrong, but then in a second 2/3 of the sentence coming to that back. countries in3 the line, just as the -- you get the point. if everybody is exceptional, then nobody is exceptional. that is what he is saying. in his view, if america is part of the problem, then the answer inward looking, declining america. he actually thinks that this will make the world a safer place. he thinks that it is american isrength that provoc

role call between albania and system babb with a. that's how barack obama sees it as well.was asked on his first european trip, do you believe in american exceptionalism? listen to obama's response, because it informs what we've seen of his policies in the past five and a half years. the president said, yes, i believe in american exceptionalism. just as the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. let's parse that sentence in the way the president would. yes, i believe in american exceptionalism, so all those people who say i don't, i've just proven you wrong. but then in the second two thirds of the sentence he takes it back. there are 193 countries in the united nations. the president could have continued just as the papa new guineas believed. you get the point. if everybody is exceptional. then nobody's exceptional. that's what he thinks. in his view, if america is part of the problem. then the answer is a withdrawn inward looking declining america. he actually thinks that this will make the world a safer place. he thinks th

roll call between albania and zimbabwe. and that's how barack obama sees it as well. obama was asked on his first european trip by a reporter from england, do you believe in american exceptionalism? listen to obama's response. because it informs what we've seen of his policies in the past 5 1/2 years. the president said, yes, i believe in american exceptionalism. just as the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. now, let's parch that sentence the way the president would. in the first third he says, yes, i believe in american exceptionalism. so all those people who say i don't, i've just proven you wrong. but then in the second 2/3 of the sentence he takes it back. you know, there are 193 countries in the united nations. the president could have continued, just as the pop with a new beginans believe in paup with a new beginan -- you get the point. if everybody is exceptional, then nobody's exceptional. that's what he thinks. so in his view, if america is part of the problem, then the answer is a withdrawn, inward-lookin