this morning i'm not just leaving baghdad i'm fleeing baghdad. the city gates the soldier who checks out passports tells us yet another attack a scar to the capital. well it's. another checkpoint on the road to babylon we present our passports and passes. a country apprehensive. the sky is like twilight i feel like i'm wandering in the kingdom of the dead it's raining sand. prayers have punctuated each day on the road i sleep while he converses with his god. amidst the wind blown sand appears the mythical city of babylon. in his delusions of grandeur saddam hussein emerged himself to be its king the heir to the throne the president of the iraqi republic saddam hussein in one thousand eight hundred eight inaugurated the restored city of babylon first built by nebuchadnezzar between six o four and five sixty two b.c. . at the height of his power like the ancient kings before him. his palace in the heart of the legendary city. his tower of babel crashed down around him and the dust of pride and ambition. his memory has been left to the ravages of ti

baghdad bob -- you would see missiles going into baghdad. baghdad bob missiles?hat are you talking about? saddam hussein was hiding in a hole and he would say no, he is at the canned film festival. baghdad bob had a son. people don't know this. baghdad bob had a son. and in baghdad he was baghdad bob junior. they snuck him out to america and changed his name. they changed it to jay carney. i don't know what happened to this jay carney fellow. he is baghdad bob. is he saying things that you shake your head and you say are you kidding? that's his job. >> bill: white house press corps to nail him to the wall when he does that. >> we don't have to like it, that's his job. our job is to say are you kidding? >> bill: that's the job of the white house press corps and i hope they do it. bernie, thanks so much. we have bill o'reilly.com poll question for you. will attorney general eric holder be forced to resign yes or no? encouraging children to swap genders, unbelievable. carolla is next. dad. how did you get here? i don't know. [ speaking in russian ] look, look, look.

baghdad. well the more news online including gold for our t.v. we snatch the award for best twenty four hour news program at the monte carlo television festival online a look at what coverage attracted the attention of the jury plus. a harsh reality for some young israelis trying to avoid serving in the army is that prison is a better option than picking up a gun more on that on line. and still to come an investigation into the human impact of the financial crisis in the us for half a million californians have been made homeless stay with us. you know when i was in school they would tell us stories about that other goofy economic system in the eastern bloc and about why it was doomed to fail they tell us how terrified communist bureaucrats would work very hard to give the illusion of a fish and see when their bosses were in town a century out of fear they would try to convince the state that everything was just fine they pronounce a fresh coat of paint on some stuff bump up their numbers in the books and get employees to put a smile on for the ca

baghdad. well coming up after the break he travels to a remote village in the south of russia for a closer look into a very unique religious sex stay with us. six san diego residents were thrown off of an airplane not for what they said but how they said it because they said it in another language russian in fact a paranoid and cowardly steward on the plane told them that they had to clear out just for speaking another language to be here yes of some group of people were to commit a terrorist act then speaking in a foreign language would be a good tactic i can't deny that and for the code to america better get on the ball and learn to speak english adequately but there is a problem about fifty million tourists visit america every year according to the u.s. department of commerce and trust me not all of the marquis and if the usa is going to have millions of tourists arriving in traveling by air then don't be surprised when they speak their own languages if you're going to throw foreigners off

baghdad. some of the news making the headlines this hour starting with the one norway reform is handed to mohammed to resign a ref has just quit the presidential race reportedly he was asked to drop out by the head of the reformist movement most of the six remaining candidates in the poll are conservatives or close to supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei the elections are due to start on society. at least two people have been killed and five injured after part of a residential building collapse in the indian city of mumbai dozens of victims are here to be trapped under rubble that block house at least sixteen apartments and a car showroom and soon rains are being blamed for the collapse. right there we're going to go back to our breaking news story right now we're going to bore on taksim square those are live pictures from there you're seeing the ride police using water cannons and earlier on they were using also a tear gas to try and dispose of those protesters outside of a taksim square wil

baghdad. some other news making the headlines of this hour starting with one where reform candidate mohamed to resign as just quit the presidential race the reports say he was austrian drop out by the end of the reformist movement most of the six remaining fellow candidates in the poll are conservatives close soon supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei reducing any chance that a moderate would win the elections are due to start on friday. at least two people have been killed and five injured after part of a residential building collapse in the indian city of mumbai dozens of victims are here to be trapped under the rubble block a house a thesis sixteen apartments and a car show room monsoon rains are being blamed for the collapse. parts of central europe remain on high alert as deadly floodwaters continue to rise and tens of thousands of people have been forced to feed their homes in the east german city of mega mega bird after a dam burst on the florida swollen river elbe is fried reports that

for several months now every friday this scene prayer on the highway to baghdad followed by protests against the baghdad government it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be and closer to healing the wounds in the divisions that have been on the least during that occupation here the sunni protesters who have gathered behind me want a different kind of system they want to change they feel that the government doesn't represent them. is one of those protesters he's brought his son to almost every demonstration there for a residence but not by choice he says he was forced to flee baghdad for fear of arrest by the military and that his sect made him a target of one day a military brigade surrounded the area where we lived in baghdad and started making arrests they were targeting sunday residents and arrested two of my cousins so i gathered my family in the street to flew jets and. the demonstrators complain of discrimination arbitrary arrests detention even torture under the rule of prime minister nouri a

that the government systematically driving sunnis from baghdad this is miss. migration is being done in the open cities are restricted in everything from where we live to the kinds of jobs we can have but in a shia neighborhood a different version of the story fearful of retribution for speaking out this resident prefers to hide his identity he tells us of the dangers iraqi shia face from armed groups. we also have been displaced by threats from al qaeda and other militias this used to be a mixed area but people have started exchanging houses between sunni and shia families to safety some analysts blame the united states for the divisions they build the new system political system in iraq on the sectarian basis like they made the proportions for the seventies for this. and for the dish and this is very little. those divisions have taken a toll on iraqi youth a generation separated by the threat of violence. it really affects the sing causes a lot of problems between me and my friends especially if they're from a different six we can't work together we'll hang

baghdad some other world news that making the headlines of this demo. wanted by police using rubber bullets and water cannon in overnight clashes in ankara the unrest was blocked more than a week ago riot police crackdown on the sit in over plans to redevelop of park in taksim square in the capital turkey's prime minister has now agreed to meet with protest organizers in a move seen as his first apparent concession after he repeatedly dismissed them as vandals and hooligans. of these are two people have been killed and five injured after part of a residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai dozens of victims are here to be trapped under the rubble all the block housed at least sixteen apartments and a car showroom monsoon rains are being blamed for the collapse. was . parts of central europe remain on high alert as a deadly floodwaters continue to rise tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in german east german city of mustard bugs after a dam burst on the flooded colin river elbe disappointed recalls that wat

that forced my parents and brother to leave baghdad. our family came together but for only a month because my brothers got news we were leaving. >> they just shouted, go to canada. of christiansoup paying the way. >> we ask for help for the poor and hungry. peoplenew there were who had been attacked. we are talking about human beings who cant stay in refugee camps. attention,e to our we saw it was a population we had to respond to. if a private sponsor did not come forward, we would be lost. >> a group of christians sponsored muslim people sponsored byr was baptists, unitarians, and menonites, and i was brought by muslimtish columbia society. we were dlighted. >> it is because of those christians i am free to pray in a mosque, and it is because of those people my parents and oldest brother will soon join us. my brother and i install flooring. we think tehe best way to succeed is to own a business. we have a truck and tools, but so far we don't have work. work will mean a house one day, instead of a one bedroom apartment. it will guarant

that forced my parents and brother to leave baghdad. our family came together but for only a month because my brothers got news we were leaving. >> they just shouted, go to canada. of christiansoup paying the way. >> we ask for help for the poor and hungry. peoplenew there were who had been attacked. we are talking about human beings who cant stay in refugee camps. attention,e to our we saw it was a population we had to respond to. if a private sponsor did not come forward, we would be lost. >> a group of christians sponsored muslim people sponsored byr was baptists, unitarians, and menonites, and i was brought by muslimtish columbia society. we were dlighted. >> it is because of those christians i am free to pray in a mosque, and it is because of those people my parents and oldest brother will soon join us. my brother and i install flooring. we think tehe best way to succeed is to own a business. we have a truck and tools, but so far we don't have work. work will mean a house one day, instead of a one bedroom apartment. it will guarant

this past weekend a suicide bomber blew himself up inside of a shia mosque in baghdad iraq killing at least fourteen people and wounding twenty five more this attack marks just the latest violence ten. from the resurgence of ethnic conflict and bolton by the country's recent elections since april two thousand people have been told maybe the deadliest period since the height of sectarian war during u.s. occupation two thousand and six in fact many are now saying that iraq is quickly escalated into a full syria style civil war that the instability of both countries is fueling a region wide conflict syria talk about the likely future of the middle east i'm joined by a former diplomat who served thirty two years of foreign service in the region is the former chief of mission in iraq former deputy director of covert intelligence programs at a white house task on terrorism i'm joined by ambassador edward tak thank you so much for coming in to players for this. so as former chief of mission in iraq you oppose the two thousand and three invasion staunchly saying that would turn pretty much in

this past weekend a suicide bomber blew himself up inside of a shia mosque in baghdad iraq killing at least fourteen people and wounding twenty five more this attack marks just the latest violence stemmed from the resurgence of ethnic conflict and bolton by the country's recent elections since april two thousand people have been told they get the deadliest period since the height of sectarian war during u.s. occupation two thousand and six in fact many are now saying that iraq is quickly escalate into a full syria style civil war that the instability of both countries is fueling a region wide conflict syria talk about the likely future of the middle east i'm joined by a former diplomat who served thirty two years of foreign service in the region is the former chief of mission in iraq former deputy director of covert intelligence programs at a white house task on terrorism i'm joined by ambassador edward peck thank you so much for coming in supporters before. so as former chief of mission in iraq you oppose the two thousand and three invasion staunchly saying that would turn pretty muc

tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and i'll file a road map of the iraqi tragedy. so obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we are rockies are very happy not to see it or hear anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they are responsible for the whole tragedy because we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and also but all of us of the. journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of the country. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan is the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an economic boom the miracle of being made possible by the discovery of all. on kurdish territory. for a long time dominated by baghdad and saddam hussein kurdistan dreams of achieving autonomy. the first customer the first passenger on our trip is a member of the new kurdish parliament. but jus

in baghdad in 2007 general david petraeus was sent over to baghdad iraq security situation is failing rapidly. petraeus as i can fix fix it fou mr. president. he goes over to baghdad and the first thing he is confronted with is we knew very little about the organization of the iraqi insurgents and al qaeda in iraq. it turns out that nsa had come up with a couple of lovely devices which basically could vacuum clean all of the e-mail digital pager and cell phone traffic for the greater baghdad area which is roughly a couple million people crammed into a very small place, and then there was a corollary computer system that basically could ram through all of the call data and figure out who was an insurgent and who was just ma and pa calling in to the local store. and what i think we have to wait for nsa to classify material on the subject that i have talked now with a couple dozen people who have basically said through this vacuum cleaner intercept system that imparts on a man-made mountain out near the baghdad international airport, it looked basically like the compressor, the ingersoll

baghdad. or to greece where leftist coalition parties have rejected an offer from the prime minister to restart a limited number of news programmes on the national public broadcaster as t.v. and radio channels were shut down in a snap cost cutting decision earlier this week forcing more than two and a half thousand workers out of a job thousands onto the streets in protest the government says its money saving obligation is to be in the i.m.f. left it no choice but to close the broadcaster george country professor of constitutional law he says the move has sweeping ramifications for greek society. the majority of the good. this is the end of good news soon as a blow to democracy of course to the independent source of news for our society in my opinion it's actually an act of very very soon the government is facing i fear you are. right this attempt to distract the political appearance on towards another goal as you know we are living now we know very dire economic situation so it's good governm

baghdad. there's plenty more news online for you including gold for our say we start the best award for best twenty four hour news program at the monte carlo television festival online we show you what coverage to try to the attention of the jury. and the harsh reality for some young israelis trying to avoid serving in the army that's better than prison and that's a better option than picking up a gun we have that report coming up. it's been exactly fifty years since valentino telescope became the first woman in space a groundbreaking flight lasting almost three days as inspiration for women ever since ati's tom barton has the story one small step for a woman. two years after yuri gagarin valentino tarrasque over chased his rocket vapors up to warburton nine hundred sixty three to become the first woman in space . the training was the same for men and women space doesn't make allowances for gender. even today valentino is a folk hero only slightly less famous than the gaar in russia and the sp

baghdad. turning now to some other stories making global headlines this hour activists stressed as giant caricature of the world leaders gathered in belfast ahead of the g eight meeting that starts in northern ireland monday they were trying to raise the issue of poverty by showing figures preparing a dish using tax in the land as tools of economic repression at the protests in london this week anticapitalist said catch a tax dodging by major companies is placing the burden of debt on ordinary people. discontented financial policy also being expressed in spain hundreds of demonstrators marched through madrid demanding the government do more about staggering unemployment rates of twenty seven percent many hues authorities of pushing the nation toward the poverty line. fifty years have passed since valentino tarrasque over became the first woman in space her groundbreaking flight last will most three days and serve as inspiration for women ever since our tease tom barton has more one small step

baghdad. now it's been exactly fifty years since volunteer task over became the first woman in space a groundbreaking flight lasting almost three days set as an inspiration for women ever since our system barton has a story one small step for a woman. two years after yuri gagarin valentino tarrasque over chased his rocket vapors up to nine hundred sixty three to become the first woman in space. the training was the same for men and women space doesn't make allowances for gender. even today valentino is a folk hero only slightly less famous thing the guarin in russia and in space valentino. saying q thank you so much for being an impulse inspiration to me and many other women and girls around the world to reach our dreams congratulations but back then she started off as one of many selected from among hundreds of applicants one of five other finalists could've gone in her place. of course i wanted to go into space all of us did now we're celebrating to scores on a verse three but of the time we

baghdad. a quick look now at other world news this hour a massive explosion has hit the supreme court compound in afghanistan's capital leaving seventeen people dead and another forty wounded the taliban admits carrying out the attack saying it targeted judges who have been a western powers the blast which is the deadliest in the city since the end of twenty eleven took place just two hundred meters from the u.s. embassy. china has little man manned spaceflight on a fifteen day with the space lab the capsule carrying the three astronauts lifted off from the gobi desert in the countries far west the crew two men and one women a one woman taking part in china's longest space mission yet as part of work to complete the country's own space station body end of the decade. it is well it says it's foiled a plot to kill president maturer police seized nine members of the colombian power military along with weapons ammunition and fake venezuelan army uniforms it is believed another armed group may stil

apache helicopter, the video first shows an attack on a group of men in baghdad. van trying to aid the wounded. the video continues with another engagement, about 20 minutes later. >> to me, the most shocking part of the video comes at the end. >> i'm going to come around, get some more distance. >> roger that. you're clear. >> there's some confusion, maybe shots from nearby. all of a sudden, they zero in on a group of guys entering a building. >> there's at least six individuals in that building with weapons. >> we can put a missile in it. >> they say, let's hit it with a hellfire missile. they're getting ready to fire that missile, at the bottom left corner of the screen, you see a guy just randomly walk into the scene. they don't say, no, no, no, stop, stop, stop, don't fire. they shoot off the missile anyway. >> an iraqi citizen looks to be just walking down the road, just minding his own business and then one second he's there, one second he's not. as far as i can tell he was vaporized. i don't think his family ever knew what happened to him because there was

. >> iran is also dealing with the aftermath of attacks. 14 people were killed outside baghdad on tuesday in what appeared to be more sectarian violence. >> that followed a series of bombings across the country on monday that killed 35 people. those attacks took waste -- took place near marketplaces and in shiite neighborhoods in and around the capital baghdad. on the international envoy to syria, lakhdar brahimi, says widely anticipated peace conference for serious is unlikely to take lays in july as planned. >> raheem he is currently hosting talks -- brahimi is currently hosting talks with representatives from the u.s. and russia, and a preparing for the conference, which he said he hoped would take place later in the summer. he urged the u.s. and russia to do more to contain the situation in syria, which he said veterans to destabilize the entire region -- threatens to destabilize the entire region. in brazil, protest continue. there are thousands now expected on the streets or the host nation's confederate up clash with your gray on wednesday. protesters were out in force in sÃo paulo

>> well, you know, i asked one pastor who had been an associate pastor in baghdad, and he is up in theurdistan area. i said you've got maybe 200,000, maybe more, christians that are still left, but the majority have left, over a million. i said, how do you feel about that? >> he said there are still 30 million that need to be reached. we're seeing new evangelical churches that are starting up. house churches are becoming very popular through baghdad, mosul, and even up through the kurdistan area. and south places, like kerbela, which is shi'ite stronghold. many muslims are having dreams and visions of jesus. people are coming to know christ. so in the midst of a shrinking church, you have this sort of dichotomy, there are some the holy spirit has spoken to that they're supposed to stay. >> george: greg, a real quick question: there is some talk about cutting up iraq into different partitions. the christians have said for a long time, listen, we need our own on cleave en cleave, our own protection. is that gaining any attraction? >> because they have become such a small minority -- they