ashton carter: good afternoon, welcome. tomorrow it will be almost two months since i took the oval office as secretary of defense. and then, i have been working to make the priorities that i set out for the department when i was sworn in progress. as i settle my first date as secretary of defense my first hierarchy is to help the president make the best possible national security decisions and implement those decisions. the second hierarchy is to ensure the strength and health of our wonderful personnel around the world. my third is about the future of our force, our people, and our technology. to think outside our fight decidedve sided box. to meet with american personnel working on two important missions in kuwait. securing the resources we need to protect the country to continue to build the force of the future, and get stability in the defense budget. i have spoken with our partners in the state department, other agencies about working together in a new ways and on it endeavors. and visited with allies both your in was

secretary of defense ashton carter in his first in-depth interview as secretary. a massive bomb built to take out iran's fortified nuke site. >>> breaking news on major story we have been following in the u.s. new dash cam video just released in the south carolina shooting. what happened in the seconds before walter scott was shot and killed. let's go outfront. >>> good evening to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to a special edition of outfront tonight. it's 8:00 a.m. in seoul, south korea. a lot to get to in my interview with ashton carter. that's america's new secretary of defense. i'm going to talk about a new nuclear threat to america. we begin with the crucial nuclear deal with iran. cold could it be dead? iran supreme leader is making a major new demand. secretary carter says the demand is a non-starter. also is the bunker busting bomb that the pentagon has been testing able to detroy it. >> yes, that's what it's designed to do. the weapon is the massive ordinance penetrateorpenetrator. we continue to improve it and upgrade it

it is my distinct pleasure to introduce secretary of defense ashton carter. [applause] secretary carter: good morning everybody. thank you, colonel donahue, i appreciate the kind words. and i appreciate your leadership. it is a great crowd, big crowd for many universities. we have cadets here, midshipmen here from georgetown, university of maryland, howard university george mason, and george washington university, all here today. wonderful. it is a privilege to be with you. the reason our military is the finest fighting force the world has ever known is its people. and taking care of our people, whether that is in afghanistan bases around the country, or studying here in the nation's capital, taking care of them is my highest priority. i want to thank you, each and every one of you, you and your families, for your hard work and your service. do you know, there's a lot going on in the world -- a lot of my plate as secretary of defense. we have challenges in afghanistan with isil, russian provocations, cyber attacks. we are also working to reform how the pentago

they were shaken but unharmed. >> defense secretary ashton carter says it is all good between him ande president after close talking gate hit the web. millions of americans had something to say when vice president joe biden was seen striking carter's wife right behind him. it was filmed during the defense secretary's swearing in. carter says he laughed when he saw the video. he says the biden's are great friends. >> 44:00; still ahead new girl gets new lease on life thanks to modern technology. how she will be able to play with both her hands for the first time in her life. plus, a 11 year old in the fight of her life after her stomach ache turned out to be cancer. how her community is showing support. >>> 44 degrees, can't believe it, april 1st. where is spring. so fast moving wilds fire in north carolina left one firefighter injured, forced residents to flee their homes. fire also ravaged 500 acres of lands in the ridge crest area. fire officials say it started around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. and there has been no containment, the cause is still under investigation. >>> all right,

nuclear program, specifically using bunker busting bombs, that coming from secretary of defense ashton carterng his trip to south korea for an exclusive interview and made a lot of news. erin? >> reporter: the defense secretary did not mince words when it came to iran. the ayatollah said this week in a highly anticipated response to the deal there would be no access to military sites as part of it. of course the framework of the deal as you know said there would be access to any site that the united states wanted access to. the secretary of defense said military sites must be on the table, in fact opened the door to have those military sites be loosely defined saying it depend how you define them could be a truck with some kind of missile launcher on the back of it was the implication i took away from it. that was significant. he also said a military response is on the table. here's the defense secretary. you pushed ahead with the only known technology in the negotiations that could destroy iran's deepest nuclear research financial statement, about 260 feet below the ground. could that bomb d

defense secretary ashton carter revealed russian hackers penetrated the pentagon's unclassified systems. >> we analyzed their network activity associated it with russia and quickly kicked them off the network in efforts to minimize their efforts of returning. >> the u.s. itself has energetically spied on other world leaders' electronic nations. leaked communication from former contractor edward snowdon showed that the u.s. hacked german chancellor's cell phone and brazil's president's e-mails. washington said that the russian part of this is particularly disturbing. >> the supreme court is getting ready to argue the same-sex marriage case. but companies have already spoken out. oken out. >> soldiers in chile are cleaning up as much ash as they can after the several volcano eruptions, but rain is expected over the next few days that could cause landslides. the soldiers are working in areas that were hit the hardest homes and businesses that collapsed from the weight of the ash. residents from a small argentine community are hoping that the nationalization of the country's railway will co

defense secretary ashton carter revealled that russian hackers penetrated the white house system. >> the network activity associated with russia and then quickly quicked kicked them off the network. >> the u.s. itself has energically surprised on other world leaders' leaders' electronic communications. information leaked by eric snowed den showed that the u.s. has hacked german chancellor's cell phone. an unnamed official told "the times" that the russian angle to this is pickerly worrisome. >> coming up on al jazeera america, the supreme court prepares to hear arguments over same-sex marriage companies but some companies are already speaking out on it. we'll hear more from one of them next. >> the trial of alleged movie theater short james holmes is taking place in colorado. holmes is accused of killing 12 people in a crowded theater in 2012. he has pled nottingham foster guilty by reason of insanity. the prosecution is arguing for the death penalty. holmes could be sentenced to life in a mental hospital. >>> a supreme court will begin hospital. >>> the supreme court will hear aim s

host: you talked earlier about ashton carter's trip overseas, but he is not new to the pentagon.is his influence on cost cutting? guest: it is a huge priority for him. this is his baby and he came up with a better buying power that frank kendall has been updating through the years. host: before he became secretary? yes, before. another man and there is robert work, he is very much interested in this. you have three people at the top level of the pentagon and typically the defense secretary isn't always as attuned to procurement acquisition. you actually have three people at the top who are attuned and that leads people to believe there will be a lot of improvement in this area. host: let's go to the gop line. caller: good morning. i worked for boeing aircraft for 35 years in the helicopter division primarily on the ch 47 and ch 46. i remember the first aircraft we delivered in the early 60's, was $900,000 with spares. now, today, we had the exclusive contract. we're still building the aircraft. today, we married with other companies. my question is where is the cost savings in a

. >> secretary of self-defence ashton carter announced a the u.s. will boost shipments and provide intelligence in the fight against the houthi rebels. >> yemen has been a focus of u.s. security interests for many years, since september 11th. there has been a strong al qaeda presence there. al qaeda and i.s.i.s. are gaining ground and sympathy they are saying we are the ones that can fight the houthis. the sooner the u.s. and others and this coalition can bring the houthi advance to a close, to stablilize the situation and go back to a political process, the sooner you can begin to go back and focus on the anti-terror work. >> for those caught in the middle. whether foreign nationals or yemeni citizens there's no easy end or early escape. >> i was lucky enough. firstly, as an american i escaped. if i escaped, i have no warships airplanes, no agencies. i had a little boat and i did this by myself. the u.s. government should be act help the innocent >>> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar joins us. in your experience as an international correspondent.

as defense secretary ashton carter spoke at stanford, the giant rsa convention packed the center theter from san francisco. the defense department wants to hire some of these techies to fight crime. >> to stay aware of new generations and attract them to our mission of serving the country. >> serving the country by putting their tech skills to work in an

ashton carter today called for a political solution to the fighting. secretary carter: the objective there is to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established in yemen and things can settle down there. that is good for the people of yemen, first and foremost. it is good for saudi arabia. those on its southern border. it's good for us, among other reasons because of the presence in yemen. kathy: i am joined by barbara the former u.s. ambassador to yemen. do you think there is a chance of a political solution to what is happening in yemen? ambassador bodi: the only solution to what is happening is going to be political. the airstrikes are not going to resolve the situation and they are making it worse. there are the pieces of a political solution out there. the un is appointing a new envoy. an interesting little twist is that there's now a new vice president for the legitimate government. that sets up a possibility of being able to retain the legitimate government but have -- step down. saleh, according to one repo

. >>> brand new secretary of defense ashton carter will speak at stanford today where we expect he will an now the pentagon is going to open an office in silicon valley. it would offer venture capital to local companies working on cyber defense and traditional defense, things that go boom. this kind of takes us full circle, right? silicon valley was born on the back of defense, weapons and aeronaut ticks th aeronautics that needed microproer ises that needed silicon. the office will be located at move fi moffett field which is google's property. google's pennant will the the pentagon. >> i think of that every time i drive by. >> very strange. >> i think he's talking about cyber security as well. going to be a good day at stanford. >>> east bay company offering high tech help for anyone try conserve in the historic drought. >> oakland based edyn developed a device to track how much water your garden, lawn, or even crops utilize. the device costs around 100 bucks. you put it into your soil and it uses your home wi-fi network to relate soil information to your smartphone. it will let you k

defense chief ashton carter is in south korea for a three-day visit.r's trip comes amid news that north korea fired two short-range missiles off the western coast. the defense officials say they only fled a few miles before plunging into the sea. it's seen as a proi havecation. >>> and france's political party is having a open fallout. >> she's probably his most vocal supporter or at least she was. lepen was desperate to become president at one point. >> viva lafrance. >> his daughter by his side, but now she's leader. his outspoken remarks too much for her marin lapenn will be blocking him from running as leader as one of france's regions. she wants to distance herself from him. >> i think that deep down, jean marie lapen needs to show wisdom and accept the consequences the turmoil which he himself has created and maybe he should give up his political responsibilities. >> they do not have the same ideology and they do not belong to the same generation. and there is a real internal fight within the party as to whether the funder, jean marin lapen shoul

we just received new video in of defense secretary ashton carter in japan this morning. angie goff is at the live desk gathering the latest on this trip and will bring us an update. >>> and new information in the tragic carbon monoxide deaths of a maryland man and his seven children. why the power company says it turned the power off. >>> and talk about being in the right place at the right time. the tourist who took down a >>> 14 before the hour. and we're learning more about the deaths of a man and his seven children on the eastern shore. they all died in their sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning coming from a power generator in their home. we now know a power company removed an illegal meter from that home. rodney todd had a generator running in the kitchen. delmarva power tells news 4 electric service was disconnected last october and there was no request to connect the service again. the power company sfofr discovered a stolen electric meter and removed it last month a week before the family was found dead. friends and relatives last saw them alive on march 28. >>

defense secretary ashton carter revealed russian hackers penetrated the pentagon's unclassified systemsalyzed their network activity associated with russia, and then quickly kicked them off the network. in a way that minimized their chances of returning. this episode illustrates a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the u.s. itself has energetically spied on other world leaders electronic communications cliqued information from former national security agency contractor edward snowden shows the agency tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone and monitored brazilian president dilma rousseff's e-mails. the hacks come at a time of extreme tension between the white house and the kremlin. an unnamed u.s. official told the times the russian angle to this is particularly worrisome. rob reynolds, al jazerra. >>> people in the u.s. city of baltimore have attended a wake for a man who died in police custody. freddie gray's spine was severed while he was under arrest. protest calling for afternoon end to police violence against black americans. >> reporter: outside the vaughn gree

defense chief ashton carter is in south korea for a three-day visit.s trip coming among news that north korea fired two short range missiles off its western coast. defense officials saying the missiles only flew a few miles before plungeing in to the sea but it's seen as a provocation also controversy over the possible u.s. deployment of a missile defense system to south korea. ewan graham is a senior fellow at the school of international studies. he joins me now from singapore to talk more about this. so thank you for being with us. what is this latest visit going to do in terms of putting pressure on north korea and at the same time, shoring up support for it's a ally south korea? >> i think on the symbolic side we see ashton cart never his first asian trip going to two capitals tokyo and seoul. so it shows south korea is high up the list of u.s. priorities. he's also visiting the scene of an infamous naval attack that the north koreans sank a south korean ship five years ago. however, the one significant difference between the u.s. and the r.o.k. at

defense chief ashton carter is? south korea for a three-day visit. carter's trip comes amid news that north korea fired two short-range missiles off the western coast. defense officials say the missiles only flew a few miles before plunging into the sea, but it's seen as a provocation. there's also controversy over the possible u.s. deployment of a missile defense system to south korea. >>> a man suspected of taking part in last week's attack on garissa university in kenya has appeared in court. he's one of six suspects arrested. police accuse him of supplying guns to the four men who killed 147 people, mostly students. kenyan officials say the man was arrested at the scene of the attack. >>> thursday was the final day of campaigning for candidates running in sudan's presidential and parliamentary elections. many expect president bashir will win, but 11 other candidates are also running for president. we have more from the capital. >> reporter: mohammed is running for president of sudan. but the independent candidate hasn't spent one day campaigning.

defense chief ashton carter is in south korea for a three-day visit. >> reporter: his trip comes amids that north korea fired two short-range missiles off its western coast. there is also a controversy over the possible u.s. deployment of a missile defense system to south korea. >>> he was the voice of cricket richie ben as commentary was as legendary as the cricketing he was describal even describing. he also captained the australian national side when practically everything there was to win andrew thomas looks back on his career. >> reporter: to australians, he was the sound of summer. the voice of cricket. >> isn't that one of the most brilliant things you have seen first of all you have to find out if they are still there. yep, he's just checked. [ laughter ] >> reporter: his commentary a coupled hundreds of matches the one constant whether all inning teams won lost, or drew. >> he end the stands. >> reporter: in his day richie mostly won. he played 63 times for his country. took more than 200 test crickets and scored more than 2,000 runs. as captain he never lost a series. >> a r

secretary of defense ashton carter saying all tighter -- a al qaeda is gaining territory from the rebellion. >> the terrorism threat to the west is a longstanding serious one that we will keep combating it will change the way that we do that obviously we hope order is restored to yemen not only for that reason but there is a lot of suffering as these groups go back and forth. and then the ambassador is good to have you with us. the defense secretary saying they are exploiting that situation to overburden the obvious. what do you make of that? >> it is no surprise it is alive and well despite what they said about degrading their capabilities. they have a very good job to eliminate al qaeda from saudi arabia from the last decade. they're way into yemen they were clearly a threat but they seem surprised they're taking advantage of the chaos. lou: in taking up the of role is headed is to meet as a positive indicator to take up leadership but yet this white house has not made much of the fact there is a new force of leadership to be welcome to most americans >> theater colleagues on the peninsul

officials telling us and we heard from ashton carter that the mission is to monitor iranian cargo vessels that would deliver arms to houthis rebels. whether the army will block the ships from entering yemeni waters a different matter. we have heard in the past few hours from the saudi ambassador in washington who says saudi ships willing to set any other ships that enter yemeni waters. washington has a complicated calculation on its hands, not least because it has the u.n. talks -- sorry, iranian talks in the background with the deadline of june 30th and much insistence from the saudi-led coalition that iran has been working on the ground with advisers. it has been arming houthis militia and hezbollah has been working alongside the armies. a very difficult calculation for washington as thursday kicks off. john. >> more than one diplomatic chess game. becky, thank you. >>> north korea already has 20 nuclear warheads and that could double next year. that was shared with the u.s. this february according to the wall street journal. officials warn the north is actively working on a mini device

as defense secretary ashton carter spoke at stanford, the giant rsa convention packed the center the center from san francisco. the defense department wants to hire some of these techies to fight crime. >> to stay aware of new generations and attract them to our mission of serving the country. >> serving the country by putting their tech skills to work in an age where everybody is online. >> nobody could do anything without mobile these days. nobody could do nothing without the internet. you have to be there. if you're not going to be there, you're not exist. >> reporter: secretary carter says technology has become a double edged sword all over the world. >> it allows terrorists to learn how to build a bomb and the same technology we use to target cruise missiles can be used against our own forces and are now available to the highest bidder. >> reporter: there are still come questions remaining about the pentagon's outpost here in silicon valley. one rumor has it based in moffit field. google has a 60-year lease at moffit field. how will that deal work? no word yet. >>> it's a hot to

. >> second of defense ashton carter promising on focusing on sexual assaults in the military.spoke to 250 members at georgetown university this morning. he asked to make it his personal mission to help end the assaults. last year more than 18,000 service members reported unwanted sexual contacts. >> one woman is sharing a secret that she's carried for years. document the news4 i-team continue their series we call serving in silence. she'll introduce to us a local soldier determined to change how the national guard deals with sexual assault. >> when major general linld a sing took command of the national guard three months ago, the bronze star recipient made history as the first african-american and the first woman to become the state's ajootant general. she sat down to discuss the one thingle commanders with her rank don't want to talk about and why she says that has to change. >> i would say it is something everyone is uncomfortable to talk about. i now see it as in i don't have a problem talking about my situation. >> reporter: major general linda six said her supervisor beg

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it is my distinct pleasure to introduce secretary of defense ashton carter. ause] secretary carter: good morning everybody. thank you, colonel donahue, i appreciate the kind words. and i appreciate your leadership. it is a great crowd, big crowd for many universities. we have cadets here, midshipmen here from georgetown, university of maryland, howard university george mason, and george washington university, all here today. wonderful. it is a privilege to be with you. the reason our military is the finest fighting force the world has ever known is its people. the reason our military is the and taking care of our people whether that is in afghanistan bases around the country, or studying here in the nation's capital, taking care of them is my highest priority. i want to thank you, each and every one of you, you and your families, for your hard work and your service. you know, there's a lot going on in the world -- a lot on my plate as secretary of defense. we have challenges in afghanistan with isil, russian provocations, cyber attacks. we are also working to

defense secretary ashton carter revealed that russian hackers penetrated the white house system. >> in a way that minimized their chances of returning. this 'em sewed represents a step in the right direction. >> the u.s. itself has energetically spied leaked information from edward snowden shows that the agency tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone and dilma rousseff's e-mails. the hacks come at a time of extreme tension when the white house and the kremlin. an unknown politician told the times, the russian angle othis is particularly worry some. rob reynolds, al jazeera washington. >>> move following mounting criticism, on the organization's blog the acting ceo addressing a $2 million donation from a canadian company that company was being taken over by a russian uranium producer. ing the donation wasn't reported properly on foundation tax forms and that those forms will be fixed. >>> secretary of state john kerry set to meet with his iranian counterpart zarif tomorrow. first time the two had met since putting together the framework of the deal last month. both will be a

. >>> today ashton carter talk georgetown university. last year some 19,000 sivs members say they experienced unwanted contact no man or woman in who serves in the military should ever be sexually assaulted. >>> tomorrow will mark a decade since the first's youtube upload. it feature an elephant at the zoo. >> these guys they have really, really long trunks. that's cool. >> and the rest is history. since its initial upload more than 19 million people have checked it out. wall street reports nearly 145 million americans watched you tube in february alone. every minute 300 new hours are uploaded to the site. and youtube says there are more than a billion users. >>> a local officer is on trial for striking a woman while she was hand cuffed. >>> what a change in a couple hours. right now, temperature in the cities 60s. right now, 70 degrees. we're heading down. down to about 41 by tomorrow morning. we'll talk about the big change. >>> an appeals court reversed bonds' conviction on an obstruction of justice charge. that came in 2011 for alleg

heartland.in iraq's sunni today the new defense secretary, ashton carter, expressing concern that iraqi government is still relying too much on shiite dominated militias. >> lasting victory over isil, includes governance in baghdad and respect for local populations of all there is liberated from isil control. >> as isis pushes on the oil refinery, important piece of infrastructure for the economy, the terror group released new propaganda video showing their rapid assault on the city. >> once the iraqis have full control, they will control all of the infrastructure both north and south and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through oil. >> as we mentioned, the largest oil refinery in iraq. our ivan watts is following the latest in iraq and covered this region for some time in the middle east. he joins us live from hong kong. ivan, this oil refinery, even though it hasn't been penetrated, this isn't something that anyone wants to see isis get its hand on. >> that's right. i mean, it was just last week that our team on the ground in iraq was reporting on the iraqi government. basica

defense secretary ashton carter said any deal has to include inspections of iran's facilities.also said military action is still on the table. >> u.s. senator tom cotton also said this week, a campaign to take out iran's nuclear facilities if you needed to go ahead with that nuclear option would in his words take several days. that's it. is that right? >> i can't go into eye aspecific military plan. i will say this that we have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the iranian nuclear program. and i believe the iranians know that and understand that. certainly everybody else in the region knows that and understands that. if we were to do that, it's also important to think about what the next step would be. and as the president has indicated, they could, over time then, re-create a nuclear program. they would then be free of sanctions, of course. because this whole arrangement would have blown up. and we would be in a worse position now. so, we could do it, and it would set back the iranian nuclear program for some period of time. and what the objective of the negoti

defense secretary ashton carter revealed russian hackers penetrated the pentagon's unclassified systems. >> we analysed activity associate with russia and kicked them off the network in a way of min meselfing chances of -- minimising chances of returning. >> reporter: the u.s. spied on other world leaders electronic communications. leaked information from former national security agency contractor edward snowden shows the agency tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cellphone and monitored brazilian president dilma rousseff's emails. the hacks come at a time of tension between the white house and the kremlin. an unnamed u.s. official told the times the russian angle to this is particularly worry some. >>> still to come on the al jazeera america newshour. >> i'm in kazakhstan for a presidential election. will it be democracy or theer. >> and who the winner is in north cyprus's presidential elections. >>> also local knowledge, why it was a rare home win in golf in the sport, with zoe. >> tomorrow. >> it's crazy money that you can make here. >> behind america's oil boom. >> it's a ticki

>> reporter: interesting hearing both today from the defense secretary ashton carter chairman of the join chiefs dempsey. lines are positive. security forces but in the case of ramadi largest city in western iraq and anbar it may fall to isis and making it's case it's not strategically important. the chairman of the joint chiefs calls it just bricks and mortar. >> i would much rather that ramadi not fall but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall. we've got to get it back. >> reporter: to be clear, ramadi does not have a key oil refinery. chairman of the joint chiefs saying that's where the focus on iraqi forces is now to keep it from falling into isis hands, but it's hard to see how ramadi falling to isis would not be at least a major symbolic victory for isis. as you said wolf 70 miles from baghdad. the capital of the sunni heartland, the largest city in anbar province it would be a very visible loss for iraqi security forces. >> obawkward phrase. bricks and mortar. hundreds of thousands forced from their homes and are homeless. images of people fleeing an area that isis

ashton carter warning now that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula known as aqap is exploiting the chaos in yemen to expand its terror network and threat. >> you see them making great gains on the ground there as they try to take territories, seize territory. and of course aqap is a group that we're very concerned with. we all know that aqap has the ambition to strike western targets including the united states. >> u.s. is now increasing its aid to the saudi-led coalition fighting in yemen as well. and friday a special edition of outfront. erin live in south korea with interview with defense secretary carter live from south korea this friday. i'm jim sciutto. "ac360" with much more breaking coverage of the south carolina shooting. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we are live tonight from north charleston south carolina where as you know a man by the name of walter scott was shot multiple times in the back by a police officer who has now been charged with murder. tonight, my conversation with a remarkable woman, the mother judy scott. her son killed by a local policeman who today

today, defense secretary ashton carter said they're taking dangerous advantage of yemen's collapse. >see them making great gains on the ground there, as they try to take territory, seize territory. >> reporter: u.s. counterterror officials consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsula one of the most severe terror threats to the u.s. homeland and to aviation. the group's master bombmaker still remains on the loose in yemen. >> aqap is a group we're very concerned with. we all know that aqap has the ambition to strike western targets, including the united states. that's why we've long conducted counterterrorism operations against aqap. >> reporter: those counterterrorism operations greatly diminished after u.s. special forces tracking the militants had to evacuate the country last month. the u.s. embassy and intelligence gathering operations also closed. and the yemeni government, america's partner in the terror fight, fell to iranian backed rebels. >> most important, the united states has lost awareness of what's going on in yemen by pulling out its special operations forces. this is abs

defense secretary ashton carter revealed russian hackers penetrated the pentagon's unclassified systems. >> we analysed the network activity associate with russia and kicked them off the network in a way of minimizing chances of returning. . >> this episode illustrates a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the u.s. spied on other world leaders electronic communications. leaked information from former national security agency contractor edward snowden shows the agency tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cellphone and monitored brazilian president dilma rousseff's emails. the hacks come at a time of extreme tension between the white house and the kremlin. an unnamed u.s. official told the times the russian angle to this is particularly worrisome. >>> after mounting criticism, the clinton foundation acknowledged that it made mistakes in how it disclosed information about its finances. on the foundation's blog acting c.e.o. mora pale addressed a donation of more than $2 million from a canadian company taken over by a russian iranian producer and wrote the reason the donation was

today the new defense secretary, ashton carter, expressing concern that iraqi government is still relying too much on shiite dominated militias. >> lasting victory over isul, includes gov urnance in baghdad and respect for local populations of all there is liberated from isul control. >> as isis pushes on the oil refinery, important piece of infrastructure for the economy, they released new pop began da video, showing their rapid assault on the city. >> once the iraqis have full control over beijing, they will control all of the infrastructure, north and south, and deny the ability to generate revenue through oil. >> u.s. chief calling for immediate cease-fire in yemen's civil war. travel together besieged port on thursday as fighting is fierce where the rebels fight for control. at the hospital, doctors are so overwhelmed by casualties, they've given up counting the dead. >>> meantime, saudi led air strikes against rebels are going into a fourth week. and yemen's new vice president warned any ground incursion by the saudi coalition would only makes matters worse. >>> for more on the dire

. >>> ashton carter is speaking at stanford announcing the pentagon will open a new office in silicon valley. it will offer venture capital to local companies working on cyber defense and traditional defense as well. >>> this takes us full circle. silicon valley after all, was born on the back of defense. weapons and arrow naughtics that needed our microprocessors which were made of sill con. the office will be located on moffett field which is google property for the nixext coming years. if you told me the pentagon would move onto google property i wouldn't have believed it. >> here we are in the future. >>> when it comes to deliveries fregt the front porch and make room in the trunk of your car. amazon testing a delivery service in germany. when customers buy something online they can select a new delivery option and just tell the delivery company where their car will be and give them electronic authorization to open the trunk. then the package and deposited in the trunk. currently only works for customers who drive audis but volvo testing out a similar device. >>> salvatore cordile

today, the new defense secretary ashton carter expressed concern that the iraqi government is still relying too much on shiite dominated -- >> requires exclusive governance in baghdad and respect for local populations of all areas liberated from isil control. and as isis continues to push on the beiji refinery, a critical piece of infrastructure, the group released new video showing their rapid assault on the city. >> once the iraqis have full control of beijing, they will control all of their oil infrastructure, both north and south, and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through oil. >> that was jim reporting from washington. >>> an ohio man is facing terrorism charges after u.s. authorities say he was trained by an al qaeda affiliate in syria. then september back to the u.s. to carry out an attack. cnn justice correspondent evan perez reports. >> abda rahman mow ham he had is the terrorist we have been warned about for months. an american who went overseas to train with al qaeda. he's a 23-year-old resident of columbus, ohio. the fbi says mow ham he had became a news citizen last

sheer joe biden getting a good sniff of ashton carter's wife. what is joe biden thinking here?ou could hear his mind, it would be this -- [ slurping ] . and "varney & co.". lou dobbs is next. >> good evening. ayatollah dobbs. the number of the 2016 presidential contenders doubling over the last two days. today after clinton confirmed she is running for president republican senator marco rubio launched his bid promising to move politics beyond the past with ed jab that clinton that could be the oldest nominee in history. we have michael goodwin and former clinton adviser. also geopolitics is complex after russia's maneuver

. >>> right now secretary of defense ashton carter is in japan, the goal to accelerate bilateral effortsrevise u.s./japan defense cooperation guidelines. the u.s. and japan are expected to unveil new defense guidelines later this month. >>> summit of the americas start this is week with cuba participates for the first time. the summit brings together leaders from north and south america so the president will be there, as well. it begins this friday. >>> there is an investigation into what caused a private plane to crash in illinois. all seven people on board were pronounced dead at the scene of that crash. the plane was returning from the ncaa basketball tournament yesterday in indianapolis when it crashed in a field new bloomington. the ntsb is trying to figure out if weather was an issue here or if speed may have caused that crash to happen. >>> an update now on a news 4 iteam investigation. a federal judge refusing to grant an injunction to stop work on the csx railroad tunnel. csx says the 100-year-old tunnel is starting to decay. the rain train company wants to double its size. a wa

erin will sit down with ashton carter for his first in-depth interview since becoming secretary of defense tomorrow night at 7:00 eastern. thank you so much for joining us. i'm jim sciutto. it's been great to be here in new york. "ac360" starts right now. >>> hey, good evening, thanks for joining us. a lot happening tonight. tonight is second killing in the video of walter scott. confirmation with the man of the first one who likely changed the course of justice. feidin santana is his name the bar baric shoothing the man over and over again. >> honestly i wasn't scared. i didn't fear anything. just, you know there was something i never imagined that would have happened and maybe that was the reason why i didn't why i wasn't scared of this. >> he said he wasn't scared then. he is concerned for his safety now. we'll talk about that. much more

ashton carter saying, al qaeda is making gains on the ground over there and the terrorism threat to theted states, is a longstanding and serious one. the situation in yemen is out of control. amber i agree. it's interesting that they have taken down the two largest cities, or they have heavily engaged in them and we don't get much press on this. help us connect the dots to why yemen going down to be dangerous for americans and terrorism here. >> we're going to see aqap continue to use the instability and the chaos we're seeing in yemen to further their safe haven and continue to be a terrorism breeding ground. when we, as in the u.s., is not putting aqap on the defensive, they are going to be able to continue to plan and develop and train and execute some of these terrorist operations. they wanted to -- they are basically committed to attacking u.s. targets and the west in any way possible. >> what do you make of it that saudi arabia is trying to do the counter fighting there? they have a ten-nation coalition. i know it's mostly sunni nations. this is sectarian. should the united states

we'll be in south korea to speak with defense secretary ashton carter. it's this friday live from south korea. >>> "outfront" next a major new attack by isis. a fierce fire fight outside of syria's capital. >>> a vacation in paradise goes horribly wrong. two of them in a coma tonight when they were poisoned by a pesticide that they didn't even know had been sprayed in their room. bring us your aching and sleep deprived. bring us those who want to feel well rested. aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again with aleve pm. your eyes depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. help protect your eye health with ocuvite. >>> isis and a major new offensive making a bold push towards syria's capital. this is militants storming the streets of a refugee camp just miles from president bashar al assad's palace in damascus. ateek atika sh

h ashton carter for his first in-depth interview since becoming secretary of defense. that's tomorrow night at 7:00 eastern. thank you so much for joining us. i'm jim sciutto. it's been great to be here in new york. "ac360" starts right now. >>> hey, good evening, thanks for joining us. a lot happening tonight. tonight is second killing in the video of walter scott. confirmation with the man of the first one who likely changed the course of justice. feidin santana is his name the bar baric shoothing the man over and over again. >> honestly i wasn't scared. i didn't fear anything. just, you know there was something i never imagined that would have happened and maybe that was the reason why i didn't why i wasn't scared of this. >> he said he wasn't scared then. he is concerned for his safety now. we'll talk about that. much more of our conversation shortly. that and his reaction to video from immediately before dash cam video from north charleston video michael slager's patrol car showing the traffic stop that led to the chase that ended in what feidi nerksn santana reto

today the new defense secretary ashton carter expressed concern that the iraqi government is still relying on shiite dominated militias. >> lasting victory overisil requires inclusive governance in baghdad and respect for local populations in all areas liberated from isil control. >> reporter: as isis continues to push on the oil refinery a critical piece of infrastructure for the iraqi economy, the terror group released new propaganda video showing a rapid assault on the city. >> once the iraqis have full control of this area they will control all of their oil infrastructure, both north and south and deny isil the ability to generate reserve knew through oil. revenue through oil. >> reporter: i was able to press the defense secretary on the situation in yemen. aqap gaining ground there. how can that work without u.s. forces on the ground et cetera saying they have other means to fight the threat ideally a government partnership but lard to see. counterterror pressure on aqa spchlt reduced giving them great greater capability to carry out attacks overseas. a real problem. >> and citing thi

it is my distinct pleasure to introduce secretary of defense ashton carter. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. thank you colonel donahue. appreciate the kind words and for your leadership of the battalion. it is a great crowd. big crowd for many universities and the student body but not for you all. certainly not for me. we have cadets here. we have shipment from georgetown come university of maryland, howard university, george mason and george washington university all year today. wonderful. it is a privilege to be with you. the reason our military as the finest fighting force the world has ever known. taking care of our people whether in afghanistan or bases around the country are studied here in the nation's capitol, taking care of them is my highest priority. i want to thank you each and every one of you and your families for your hard work on service. do you know there is a lot going on in the world. a lot on my plate as secretary of defense. we had challenges in afghanistan with isil russian provocations, cyberattacks. we are also working to reform

. >>> last week defense secretary ashton carter delivered remarks on sexual assault and prevention. he spoke to an audience of 250 members at georgetown university, suppressing the need for leadership in the military as it pertains to sexual assault crimes. this is about 45 minutes. >>> ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage, professor of military science from georgetown university. >>> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. students, faculty, officers noncommissioned officers and cadets of the joint force, distinguished guests. on behalf of the beattalion, welcome to the hill top and thanks for joining us for this great occasion. in his three decades of service to the nation from academia to service, secretary carter has been in front and center as our military tackled the most difficult challenges. from redefining america's engagement abroad in the wake of the collapse of the soviet union, as president clinton's assistant secretary of defense for international security policy to tackleing acquisition reform including spearheading the push for critical life saving mind resis