tearing up the king's picture what does it achieve right now in bahrain?us we believe that when we do things like that, what we are achieving is that we are standing up to a government that has been ruling this country for more than 200 years and trea trg us as basically slaves to the government of the people that live fearing every day that they might go to prison, that they night get tortured, that they might get killed. standing up to them showing them that we are not frayed of these things that democracy and freedom mean more to us. >> you are standing up to the government you say, but what you are behind bars what can you achieve behind bars this. >> behind bars i am exposing, every single day i am behind bars and i am innocent and every single day by baby son is behind bars and he is innocent we are exposing this government and showing their true face to the people in this country and to the world. >> thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. >> thank you. >> by skype from bahrain. >> thank you. >>> al jazerra's peter greste has been ho

in other news, bahrain's main opposition movement says its leader has been arrested. he was arrested after being summoned for questioning by the country's interior ministry. he has been accused of inciting hatred against the regime. >> they released this footage on the internet a few actors their leader was arrested. it appears to show demonstrators calling for the immediate release stuff -- release of sheikh ali salman, who is accused of incitement and seeking to overthrow the regime, according to his lawyer. the opposition group called the arrest a perilous and arbitrary adventure, which will seriously congregate the political and security seen in bahrain test seriously complicate -- seriously complicate the political and security scene in bahrain. there were demonstrations in the capital, where thousands call for the dismissal of parliament and government. they called for the reelection of salman as the leader of the opposition group. bahrain is ruled by a sunni dynasty, though the majority of the population are shias. in november, they parliament -- they boycotted

how do you think bahrain's neighbors will react to this?> well, of course, they are not going to react favorably to this. i am sure we will hear the usual rhetoric coming that this is a throwback to british colonialim and train to go reestablish the empire east of the suez, this is about bhain taking reasonable measures to show commitment to friends and partners in the middle east who share the common concern that iran may get a nuclear weapon and iran takes on an aggressive and belacose stanchion of the region. beyond that rhetoric we will hear from iran, i think there will be a realization behind closed doors that this does show a significant commitment from great brittain to the arab allies. >> okay, luke. thanks for speaking to us, luke coffee >> a former special adviceor to liam fox. t >>> the british government says there are more than 10,000 victories of slavery in the united kingdom. religious figures and police chiefs from more than 30 countries are meeting london to try to stamp out human trafficking. barnaby phillips reports. >>

bahrain continues to see protests with claims of discrimination. last month's elections were boycotted by the opposition, with reforms being slow to be implemented. >> it was a few weeks ago that the house of commons foreign affairs committee reporting on the government said the bahraini government has not improved its human rights and reform situation sufficiently. it should be put on a list of countries of concern. some coming weeks after that, such a big political decision effect effectedively rewarding the bahraini government, i think that will raise some eyebrows as to whether or not that's the best way for the uk to push a reform if the gulf. >> it was anounced at the 10th research natural summit in bahrain. a meeting which has been dominated by the threat did posed by isil, in iraq and syria. no time time frame for the completion of the base has yet to be released. richard martin, al jazeera. >>> community leaders have gathered in london over the last two dawes for a conference on ending mott earn day slavery. british government stilts there

so coming weeks after that such a big political decision effectively rewarding the bahrain government that will raise some eyebrows as to whether that is the best way for the uk to push the reform in the gulf. >> reporter: agreement was announced at the 10th regional security summit in bahrain with gulf states and western with dominated by the threat of i.s.i.s. in iraq and syria and no timetable of the completion of the new navel base and is yet to be released, al jazeera. >>> still to come for you on the news hour the modern slave trade and trafficking is hard to stamp out and anger builds in athens as people gather to remember a teenager killed by police, we will be live in the great capitol. and in sport after an improved round on friday could tiger woods maintain a come back event in florida and we will have details on that story coming up, a little later on. ♪ use to screw us". >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation. >> you don't feel that you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no... no... >> al jazeera investigates. egypt's lost pow

joining me now via skype from bahrain is "new york times" reporter eric schmitt. so, eric, what do we know about the details of this operation? >> well, overnight friday's, early morning in yemen, about three dozen special operations forces, including navy, seal team 6, swept into a small village in southern yemen with the object of trying to free luke, the american photojournalists who was being held hostage there. they came in on osprey helicopter, osprey aircraft, and approacheapproached on foot to e compound and got to within 100 yards of the compound, when somehow they were detected by the armed gunmen inside holding the hostages. a gun battle broke out. and before the commandos could get inside the compound, both hostages had been shot, as the militants fled. the commandos hurried to get both00s, luke, and a south african, aboard of aircraft out to the navy ship which had launched the mission. unfortunately, one of the00s died en route. the other died on the ship itself. >> sreenivasan: and this wasn't the first time we tried to rescue mr. somers, right? >>

the demonstrations started three years ago calling for bahrain sunni leaders to implement reforms. >> isil still controls parts of sinjar despite the gains made by peshmerga forces. kurdish troops they are pushing towards the certainty of sinjar but isil still controls many neighborhoods, they took much of the town earlier this year. mean while, peshmerga forces defending erbil, that's the capital of iraq's kurdish region says they need more heavy weapon to his help them in their fight against isil. ma mom he had a dow reports. >> reporter: as figh nightfallsn the country side, fighters take up their positions it's under the costs of dark than isil attacks and they can't afford to lower their guard. this is perhaps their most important frontline of their fight against isil. erbil is just 60 miles way. >> we will continue defending and we will defending because in erbil, that's our, you know, big city. and we must be let a family to be safe. >> reporter: but protecting erbil is a dangerous task. two days ago isil fighters carried their most daring attack on this peshmerga base. using a

and the surrounding neighbors joined up one way or the other, that includes saudi arabia, qatar, bahrain, kuwait. >> you bring up qatar, they are helping isis. >> there is no way, in the beginning, individual countries in the region multiple made decisions about who they would support to get rid of assad, in theory in many of their minds, okay, this was the first war, we get rid of them. it was kind of didn't work. they try to track down people in their own country? >> i think there are reports this past weekend out of london, some of the biggest are coming out of qatar. >> some of the things come out of the number of countries in the region still. >> that is a major focus of our coalition effort. >> are you disappointed with qatar? >> you keep coming back to one point, the answer is, disappointed if any country that is allowing foreign fighters to move in and financing to come from individuals. bahrain has stepped up and they're hosting the conference for three days to help coordinate what we've gotten good at t. treasury department is outstanding on focusinging, track people the sancti

. >> in bahrain thousands of anti-government protesters called for reform and the release of political prisoners. opposition and demonstrators marched alongside a prominent activist who spent two years in prison for organising and taking part in demonstrations in 2011 where mass groups led an uprising against the sunni rulers. dozens were killed and thousands arrested during a crackdown. >> in egypt two gunmen shot and killed a policeman and injured another. it happened in giza, the offices were guarding a bank. attackers escaped on a motorcycle. >> people, hundred of anti-government protesters rallied in the streets of cairo. demonstrations were reported in other egyptian provinces on prd. friday -- on friday. they are calling for the release of political prisoners. al jazeera calls for the release of our three journalists in egypt for 364 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were falsely accused and convicted of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against convictions. >>> coming up in the next half hour. how homes in china give hope to chi

alongside jordan there is the uae, bahrain, and saudi arabia taking part in strikes. i don't think many of these nations would have considered the islamic state group had the capacity to take down one of those planes. this will change that equation and how they consider going about the strikes against the islamic state group in syria and iraq. >> thank you for that. reporting from beirut. the israeli military says it has deployed tank fire and an airstrike on target in gaza after its troops came under attack by palestinian snipers on patrol on the israeli side of the border. the islamic militant group hamas says one of its members has been killed. on friday, gaza militants fired a rocket at israel. that prompted an israeli airstrike in retaliation the next day. the first one since the 50-day war this summer. the film that provoked the massive cyber hacking of sony pictures is due to come out after all. the release of "the interview" was canceled following the attack and threats from anonymous hackers. the fbi is convinced north korea was behind the sony hack. and that

. >> in bahrain thousands of anti-government protesters have called for reform and the release of political prisoners. opposition leaders march along side the prominent activist. he spent two years in prison for organizing and taking part in demonstrations in 2011. we have groups mainly shia muslims that have led in up rising against sunni rulers. many were killed and thousands arrested in a government crac crackdown. >>> no. egypcrackdown. >> in i didn't want an police officer was killed. >>> hundreds of anticipate protesters have been rallying in cairo. they're calling for the release of political prisoners. al jazeera continues to call for the release of our three journalist who is have been imprisoned in egypt for 364 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were falsely accused and convicted of helping the outlaw muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions. >>> pakistan is intensifying against its taliban fighters. it's in response to an attack last week. the military said it has killed 39 fighters in airstrikes. it says that it destroyed a network of t

bahrain is a key u.s. ally, home to the navy's fifth fleet.comedian bill cosby has resigned from the board of trustees of temple university amid mounting claims he drugged and sexually assaulted women over a period of four decades. other institutions, including cosby's alma mater, university of massachusetts-amherst, have cut ties with cosby as the number of his alleged victims has hit 20. the president of the university of virginia canceled a speaking event in d.c. monday to deliver a speech outlining steps to address sexual assault. an article in "rolling stone" magazine about a gang rape by fraternity members revealed a pattern of rape and impunity and sparked protests at uva. president teresa sullivan has outlined steps including increased policing and an additional trauma counselor. in stockholm, sweden, the right livelihood award, known as the alternative nobel prize, has been awarded to five people, including nsa whistleblower edward snowden. snowden accepted by video link from russia. >> all the prices we pay, all the sacrifices we hav

. ♪ an explosion killed a bahrain citizen and wounded a man according to the interior ministry twitter and it was southwest of the capitol and it's the second fatal attack in the gulf arab state in two days and a policeman was killed overnight in what officials are describing as a terror attack and leaders from the council are gathering in kata for the annual summit and may agree on forming a joint military command and andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: after a diplomatic rift the air is clearer and doha is now the venue for what seems a crucial annual summit for the gulf corporation council and departure of ambassadors from bahrain and others and accused them of destabilizing the region and giving opponents for fellow gulf states and after 8 months a dispute was settled but yet to be made public, they say there is a big need for gcc unity with growing conflict of islamic state and the lavont, gulf states the joined a u.s.-led coalition with air strikes against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria, the doha summit may agree on forming joint military command and could mean a gcc military comman

but we also have saudi arabia, qatar, bahrain, uae, jordan, and that's just a few of the 60 countries. and if you read the president's comments, which i will at this point "going forward we won't hesitate to take action against these trerts but this is not america's fight alone. i won't commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or syria. it is more effective to use our capabilityst to help partners on the ground secure their own countries' futures. we will use our air power, we will train and equip our partners. we will advise and we will assist and we will lead a broad coalition of nation who have a stake in this fight. this isn't america versus isil. this is the people of that region versus isil. it is the world versus isil. now, i thoroughly agree with that. if there are folks who think we ought to put our troops on the ground in another ground war so be it. speak out now. offer an amendment. that is your right and i respect it. but i strongly disagree with it. and i think you have mr. chairman in all the work with us you have crafted something that while every one o

want to plan carefully from the months ahead, and we will hear from representatives from kuwait, bahrain, morocco, key issues like communications, money, foreign fighters. these gatherings are just one indication of the dynamic leadership role that the arab states are playing in the work of this coalition. the arab states are taking leadership. and this leadership is both necessary and appropriate, given that the geographic center of gravity of our global effort is in the middle east. one outcome of this meeting will be a statement that encompasses our message, that we are united, in moving ahead on all fronts and that we will engage on this campaign for as long as it takes to prevail and there's a reason that we are confident that we will and that is all of you around this table. the members of this coalition. our countries differ in geography, history, background, culture. but we all recognize a common threat, and dash is a danger and a threat to the interests and the values of all of us. in opposing these terrorists our diversity is in fact a sense of remarkable strength because it gi

bahrain is a close u.s. ally which houses the navy's fleet. the united nations security council has rejected a resolution demanding an end to the israeli occupation of palestinian territories within three years, following u.s. and israeli pressure against it. the draft resolution also called for a peaceful solution between israel and a sovereign palestinian state within 12 months. of the 15 members of the un security council, only the united states and australia voted against the measure the -- but the measure needed nine votes to pass and only received eight after nigeria decided at the last minute to abstain from voting. the guardian reports both u.s. secretary of state john kerry and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called nigeria's president, goodluck jonathan, to ask him to oppose the measure. the united states was expected to veto the measure if it passed. the vote came amidst widening support for palestinian statehood, with an increasing number of european countries taking steps to recognize palestine. u.s. ambassador to the un

. >>> the authorities in bahrain have detained the leader of the country's main shiite opposition groupttended a mass protest, this one here in the capital on friday. demonstrators called for democracy, political reform and the release of political prisoners. his lawyer says he has been accused of inciting hatred against the regime. >>> this monday is the first anniversary of the arrest in egypt of three al jazeera journalists. they were charged with aiding a terrorist organization. the journalists deny these charges, saying they were just doing their jobs. we spoke to some of their parents in cairo. >> a verdict that was shocking and painful to many people. the three men were given prison sentences, ranging between seven and ten years. with the new year comes an appeal session that ushers in hope for the three journalists and their families. >> we are confident that the appeal will acknowledge the fact that peter and his colleagues have been entirely and wrongfully convicted and sentenced and jailed. >> we are now driving by the complex where the journalists are held. security measures

airstrikes alongside other countries in the region that as saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, and bahrain. >> on a lighter note, let's give you a nice little christmas story out of hong kong. today, nearly $2 million in cash tumbled out of a security van. of course, that was much to the delight of people on the street. let's get more on what happened with our reporter in hong kong. tell us -- >> well, yeah, it is a funny story. the van was transporting more than $500 million in cash almost 50 million euros. but only three boxes fell off spreading by 5 million euros on the road which had intense traffic. it was no surprise that when drivers realized what was flying around was actually money, so some bank notes were found by themselves, but most were in large stacks. they were brand-new banknotes just out of the bank of china. some people were clearly better than others. two people, in particular, managed to take $1 million and $2 million each. they have now returned it because, according to the update 27 people handed over the cash, so the police recovered about one-third of the money that

like mooust afafustafa they struggle and survive >>> bahrain's opposition party said its leader was arrested. he was the head of the shia party in the sunni-ruled gulf kingdom. he was summoned for allegedly breaking the law. no further information was given >>> as part of a special series al jazeera is looking at some of the biggest stories of the year. this summer's war in gaza was one of the worst in the palestinian territory. particularly the shelling of a school. we spoke to one family trying to recover from the attacks. >> reporter: suddenly losing the use of two limbs makes every task in life hard are. what this woman misses the most is playing with her children. >> my life was okay. i used to play with my children, run with my children. i used to do everything, but now nothing. it's not just my leg, it's my arm. if i instead to walk someone needs to help me. if i want to drink water someone has to open the water. >> she lost her leg and the use of her right awn. arm. israeli tank shells hit the school she and her family were sheltering in. it was a shocking incident killing 17. many i

ambassadors from b bahrain, the uae and saudi arabia.cused qatar of did he style icing the region by supporting the plus limbing brotherhood and giving ref huge to a point. after eight months the dispute was settled in saudi arabia, although what was agreed to has net to be made public. many observers say there is a big need for gcc unity when there is growing conflict with isis. the gulf states have joined a u.s. led coalition with its air strikes against isil in iraq and steer i can't. they are starting to form their joint military command. one source says this could mean a gcc military commander being appoints today coordinate action with their parents, there could also be new measures to improve secure any in the gulf states themselves. some commentators believe taking the fight for isil shu should ne at the expense of opposing bashar al-assad. >> this will not be solved. it's not acceptable to have bashar al-assad in power and having our forces to fight against islamic state. >> reporter: it isn't only isil and the coalition that th

we don't need bahrain tomorrow to be a full parliamentary democracy.nt along with counterterrorismçÑ'b efforts. >> thankzqeyou, ambassador. i think the two of you have set us up well for questions from the audience. with a numberúfb÷ of interestind provocative statements, and so it is my pleasure, actually, to call on members of the audience. let me ask you to do the following thing if i call on you. first of all, please wait for the microphone, so our guests on c-span can listen to your question. secondly, please raise your questions in the form of a question. and please make it short so we f# from our two distinguished ambassadors and get their insights into thisÑ+s to the kurds, given everything they have done with isis. they have been our best allies. we could open a base there tomorrow if they were independent, and now that they are selling oil to turkey, turkey practically recognizes them as their own state, and turkey now has a truce internally with the pkk. why is it such a problem with our administration, you know, i just heard kerry talking

rekrautments in spain and kuwait and bahrain.se fast response teams called on or considered to be called on in benghazi when they were under attack. officials in washington don't want a rerun of that. again, john, we are not seeing too much. we are seeing media pick up in places like pakistan. i talked to a contact in yemen. hey, we are not angry about the report. we are angry about the drone maybe there is a statute of limitation on the emotion. thank you. >> a sad update to a story "happening now" told you about yesterday. six people are dead after a small plane crashed in a home in maryland. all three people on board of the jet along with a mother and two young sons died in the house. investigators recovered the plane's black boxes. witnesses say the plane appeared to it be flying too low before it crashed in the home. >> we are learned more about the evidence presented to the missouri grand jury on the death of a unarmed teen. evidence suspects officer darren wilson's story. >> reporter: i will tell you that the bad blood bet

. >>> in bahrain hundreds of supporters of sheik ali shaman, have taken to the streets to protest his arrest. the leader was taken in for questioning over unspecified violations on sunday. he is one of several prominent figures who led a rally near manama on friday. they were demonstrating against last month's general elections which the opposition boycotted. >>> the israeli military says a palestinian man has been shot dead during a confrontation in the west bank. a military spokes woman told al jazeera that the military fired on a problem the palestinian man died at the scene. >>> part of our special series, al jazeera is taking a look back at some of the biggest stories of the year. the summer's war in gaza was the bloodiest ever in the palestinian territory. one of the worst was a shelling of a school in the area. >> suddenly using the use of two limbs make almost every task in life harder. what she misses most is playing with her children. >> translator: my life was okay. i used to play with my children. run with my children. i used to do everything. but now nothing because it's

they spent two years in prison for organising bahrain protests in 2011. that's when mainly shia muslim led an uprise. dozens were wounded and arrested. >> in egypt two ghin shot and killed a policeman and injured another. it happened in giza. the state newsagency said the two officers were guarding a bank. two attackers escape the on a motorcycle. >> hundreds of anti-government protesters have been rallying in the streets of cairo. demonstrations were reported. they are calling for the release of political prisoners. >> al jazeera continues to call for the release of our three journalists imprisoned in egypt for 364 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed, were falsely accused and facted of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. here is what is coming up on the al jazeera newshour. >> within the next 15 years i believe we can halve the population of people living in poverty. >> we asked if ambitious goals set by the turn of the century have been achieved. >> plus... >> i'm in india where t

nueve un cielo bahrain es un aliado de los estados unidos, y el aÑo pasado obama opuso a que se le vendierono muy fuertemente lo que existe en china. obviamente hay realidades geopolÍticas. china es el segundo poder del mundo econÓmico, algunos dicen el primero ya. >> senador, estÁ claro que a usted no le gusta lo que decidiÓ el presidente barack obama. ¿quÉ va a hacer? ¿va a bloquear la nominaciÓn de cualquier embajador norteamericano para la habana? >> bueno, primero hay que estudiar bien cÓmo es que esto se va a poder ahora implementar, porque obviamente estas son medidas, son un pedazo de papel que ayer presentaron, pero ahora tienen que crearse una serie de reglamentos, regulaciones, y hay que comparar esas regulaciones a la ley actual. el embargo y las sanciones en contra de cuba estÁn codificadas en la ley. hay que asegurarnos que lo que vayan a escribir regulaciones y reglamento no entre en conflicto con la ley, eso primero, y segundo, obviamente vamos a utilizar ese proceso de no solamente haber una embajada, sino tambiÉn nombrar un embajador, para tener una discusiÓn muy franca sob

jordan, bahrain, saudi arabia, and the unite the emirates have been bombing targets in syria. in neighboring iraq, canada, denmark, britain and the netherlands have joined the airstrike. but 97% of the airstrikes in syria have been carried out by the united states alone. we learn how the military is trained to deal with these incidents. >> if you take a look at jordan, the special operation trained soldier, his father flew aircraft as well. i think coming in to the coalition jordan fully understood that there is a chance that one of their pilots might have been brought down, and sadly that's what they're seeing here. i don't think it will have an affect on the coalition going forward. the entire air force is trained to conduct combat search and rescue to pick up a downed pilot as soon as possible after the plane goes down. clearly that did not happen in this case. the pilot will have to use his own training to try an escape, which he was not able to do. now he'll take the training that he has learned as a pilot to resist his captors as much as possible. >> meanwhile, they're r

. >> bahrain's main opposition party said their leader was arrested. he was re-elected as head of the shia party, he was summoned for questioning for breaking the law. no further information has given over his arrest. in nigeria's capital many people do not have proper access to water. the government has a solution activists say it's not working. we have this respect fro lagos. >> for this perp water coming out of the -- person water coming out of the tap is not for granted. her family had to dig a borehole to get water. the water had to be pumped and saved in a tank which means having a generator for when power goes off. >> it shouldn't be difficult, but i do know what they are doing. they can't explain to us why we don't have water. access to water has long been a problem in the city of 20 million people. there's not enough government funding for the sector. many have to resort to relying on unsafe sources of water. water sellers are a fixture, a jerry can on average going for $0.50, a medium sized family goes for at least a day. it's a bill that add

. >> and in arabic, i found out, because i used to go to bahrain to visit my cousins when i was a kid, and this big fat arab guy was sitting there with the head dress and no shirt, a just a big belly. he said, "boy, what is your name?" i said, "aasif." he starts laughing. he says, "do you know what that means in arabic?" i said, "no, i don't sir." he says, "sorry, i apologize, and he starts laughing." then all of his friends come over, and he's like this guy's name is sorry, like he's an apology, like his parents were sorry that they had him. [ laughter ] and i was mortified. so i told my parents this and then years later, we moved to the states and we found out from a neighbor if i added an a to my name, it changed the meaning in arabic and it became like a big wind. >> seth: all right. >> yeah, i don't know if it's better. >> seth: yeah. >> but, it might only be better than sorry. that's the only thing that it's better than, yes. >> seth: so you moved with your family, you were 16 when you moved? >> yes, i was 16 when i came to america. >> seth: and your father sort of loves america

and bahrain accused qatar of destabilizing the region, giving reference to fellow gulf states. they opened proceedings, calling for unity and solidarity. >> translation: the gulf countries depend on unity, and we need to get rid of sectarian riveringss. the phenomenon of terrorism in our age and region in particular, and the challenge terrorism puts on every one of us necessitates the arab countries and the international communities to work collectively and adopt necessary measures to get rid of terrorism and deal with the real reasons. the political, social and economic reasons for such terrorism. >> reporter: well before the leaders of the world's richest countries arrived, security was upper most on their minds. they say three conflict - iraq, syria and yemen as presenting more and more of a threat in their own countries in the coast. dominating discussions behind closed doors is what they see as a continued growth of i.s.i.l. the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in an attempt to widen their security efforts against i.s.i.l., the g.c.c. summit decided to form a joint co

my friend from by frame -- bahrain your questions are exactly what we been talking about in rome and in marrakesh right now. we are worried about these retreats. we are talking about more foreign fighters than all the jihadi conflicts we've seen in the past combined. we are nowhere near seeing eye plateau -- we are nowhere near done -- we are nowhere near seeing a plateau. even though there are more, we are not done. we're only talking about the sunni side -- there is a whole entire shia foreign legion being created from the ivory coast to afghanistan. one of the things we have to consider is what to do with returnees. those who return and want to return -- how do you assess those or dangerous? do you want to be the poor guy, maybe an fbi agent, who interviews this individual and is forced to assess -- i'm pretty sure that this person will not do something here today. none of us have the capability of running surveillance 24/7 -- life is not like the movies and on tv. what we do then? in the first instance there is a big debate -- should would be telling people that if you come home

, making 3,000 troops in iraq just across the border here, major navy base on the persian gulf in bahrain all exposed to potential retaliation and that's where secretary hagel is concerned. do you think it's a mistake to release the report? >> well, the president has said that we need to be honest and get this report out. we have had an opportunity to redact some of the most sensitive parts of that to protect our people. >> reporter: do you believe the military in the field is prepared for the fallout, even with the redactions? >> well, i've directed all our combatant commanders to have all their commands on alert. we've not detected anything specific anywhere. but we want to be prepared. and we are. >> reporter: secretary hagel told me some of those redactions did help mitigate the threat to u.s. forces but he still says those forces are, in his words, high alert. while they have no specific threat, they are looking to friday's prayers as a potential flashpoint for possible retaliation. >> and the u.s. is still engaged in a war against isis. what did secretary hagel have to say about tha

we don't need bahrain to become a full parliamentary democracy. we do need to see step by step improvement along with counterterrorism efforts. >> thank you, ambassador. i think the two of you have set us up well for questions from the audience. with a number of interesting and provocative statements. so it is my pleasure actually to call on members of the audience. let me ask you to do the following things. if i call on you, first of all, please wait for microphone so our guests on c-span can listen to your question. secondly, please phrase your question in the form of a question. please make it short so we can hear from our two distinguished ambassadors and get tlir insights into this situation. we will actually start with the gentleman in the back in the brown coat. yes, thank you. please introduce yourself, too. >> sure. my name is jay hallon, part of the fpi alumni leadership network. i served in the coalition provisional authority in iraq ten years ago. spent some time over there. my question is about iraq. why is it still the administration

. >> [inaudible] from the embassy of bahrain.my question to you, sir, is while all these people, particularly the youth are, you know, essentially sold on this idea for caliphate and think that they will end up, want their calling to reach this process but once reaching it, realized this is not what they signed up for and want to go back. but by going back, they'll face prosecution. so my question is what can governments do, essentially, to focus on deradicalization programs? and more importantly, how to use these individuals that return, you know, dissatisfied with what they went for, using them as mediator rather than throwing them in jail? >> yeah. it's an excellent, excellent question, and, i mean, i think you've hit both points on the head. basically, there has to be programs in place for those who may have joined the ranks but themselves not having committed any crimes, at least clear that they haven't. they may have had logistical roles or administrative roles. and whether they can then be used to speak to youth in the cou

. >>> a bahrain-y activist gets three years in jail for tearing up a photograph of the king. speak to her live in this hour. also in this hour a second day of frosts across the united states to demand justice for eric garner a

north bahrain into your monday morning commute. only dry day in the next seven-day is tuesday.eavy wind and rain. wednesday, thursday, friday. once again a big state-wide event. so very exciting. we need it. >> it's been so long since we've had so much rainfall in such a short amount of time. >> and only making about a 10% impact in the drought. so we need so much more. >> absolutely. >> good news. >> lisa, thank you. turning to sports, tonight the warriors are in chicago. they will try for a franchise record 12th straight win. it off at 12:00 p.m. last night leave advice stadium posted second rank oregon, and here's abc7 news sports director larry beil with highlights from this morning's sports. >> good morning, everyone. the pac-12 championship game at levi's stadium concerned into the marcus mariota show with cementing his hold on the heisman trophy. ducks, number two in the nation, overwhelmed. slow start in the lane for both squads and mariota sprints in for the touchdown. 15-0, ducks. tony washington, back side pressure runs him down. arizona had just 25 yards total offen

they are causing mischief in bahrain. our partners are really coming out of their chairs in frustration at this. all of that activity is going on a while they very narrowly are trying to get some deal that many of us think it's too generous for the iranians. when we started, we were not going to allow them to enrich. they are taught about we gave the money back and in negotiating over how much you can enrich. how did that happen? >> what you think happens if there is no deal? >> the iranians will like to continue to give a little and get a lot as long as they can get away with it. i think sanctions need to change. i think we ought to reengage. i am tired them saying in order for me to continue talking, you have to give me a lot of money. that is not a win for us. there are certain facilities that will not allow us in. we know their ballistic missile is not touched by this agreement. we know they're continuing to improve and upgrade their capabilities while they're doing this discussion. again, we are already seeing conver

let's bring in adam orel, a former state department spokesman who was ambassador to bahrain.ood to see you again. >> thank you, sir. >> where is he going to get $700 billion? >> well, he has the world's largest oil and gas reserves, so that's going -- >> prices are down there, mr. ambassador. >> sure. but you can still buy a lot of weapons with -- even with the price under $70. but obviously the russian people are going to suffer. but the opinion is this, sir, that russia feels threatened, and what we're seeing is them practicing the strategy of the best defense is a good offense. and they're telling the west and they're telling the world that you mess with us at your peril. >> how should be reacting to this? by we, mine the rest of the world? >> well, i think what you're seeing with nato and europe and the united states, is the right response, which is not to back down, but not to unnecessarily provoke. we often use the term bear to describe russia. don't want to corner a bear because they'll strike out. but the fact of the matter is since the crisis with ukraine began over

. >>> thousands of people have taken part in an anti-government rally in bahrain.monlstrators calling for democracy and political reform. they want political prisoners to be released. >>> forecasters are warning of more severe weather in parts of southeast asia already hit by flooding. rescuers are struggling to reach tens of thousands in malacia while the country's prime minister has been photographed playing golf in hawaii. a report. >> reporter: this corner of northeast everyone malaysia hasn't seen flooding like this for decades. people had to leave their homes in a hurry after days of rain turned roads into rivers. the government has sent search and rescue teams to the most badly affected areas. it's set up relief centers for the victims. but for some, it's too little, too late. they criticized the government for being too slow to respond and for failing to declare a state of emergency in time. >> translator: we just come here. we lost everything. here without food. >> malaysian prime minister has cut short his holiday to the u.s. to deal with the emergency. h

. >>> britain has sign aid deal to build a military base in bahrain, it will be the u.k.'s first permanent military base there in 40 years. it will host aircraft carriers and destroyers, britain is boosting its military presence in the gulf as it tried to account for the threat of the isil. >>> an extra 1,000 u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan next year to cover a shortfall in nato forces. the u.s. defense secretary terry chuck hagel made the announcement on an unexpected visit to can. but bringing the total number of u.s. soldiers there to nearly 11,000. it's hagel's last visit to afghanistan as defense secretary after he announced hits resignation last month. charles stratford has more from kabul. >> reporter: outgoing u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel here in kabul announcing an additional 1,000 u.s. troops will remain in the country in to 2015. that's in addition to 9,800 that were part of the security agreement between washington and the afghan government. their mission here is to aid afghan security forces in their missions against the taliban, in addition to trai

authorizing now up to 3,000 troops, and countless ships across the mediterranean, the persian gulf here in bahrainbers exposed to potential retaliat n retaliation. here's how secretary hagel described that threat to me this morning. >> in light of the danger, do you think it's a mistake to release that report? >> well, you know, the president has said that we need to be honest and get this report out. the congress feels pretty strongly about this. we have had an opportunity to redact some of the most sensitive parts of that to protect our people. >> -- prepared for the fallout even with the redactions? >> well, i've advised them to have all of their commands on alert because we want to be prepared. just in case. we've not detected anything specific anywhere. but we want to be prepared, and we are. >> now, secretary hagel said that a number of those redactions to the report helped mitigate the threat. while they have no specific threats they're following, they do believe in general, there may be retaliation. they're keeping their eyes focused on friday prayers, brooke, that is often a time an infle

gulf that have signed up for this campaign against isis and you have, for instance, a state like bahrain that we've got a major strategic presence there and sunnis are going to join isis, there's a radicalization threat. so this is an age-old problem and just strikes me as i mention with the title of this book from lawrence freedman the choice of enemie enemies. do we deal with the near-term threat. how long do we manage long-term threats looming on the horizon? in an era of absolute exhaustion, i think, we can't underestimate this in the u.s. domestic sphere, exhaustion from the middle east, financial, moral, psychological, it's going to be very hard to see a real coherent constructive policy emerge. >> thank you very much. i think you have mentioned the key factor in the whole thing, exhaustion. let's go back to the audience and who wants to -- not all at the same time, please. yes, please, jessica. >> thank you. jessica matthews from carnegie. [ laughter ]. >> you know, it is -- we could sit here until tomorrow at this time and discuss all the mistakes that were made in these wars, bu

discuss the ongoing threat of isil and possible ways to fight this terrorist entity and just yesterday, bahrain foreign ministers announced the gulf states are setting up a joint military command based in saudi arabia to not only counter the isil threat but the threat from iran as well. so i'll ask in what ways are we work with the gulf nations toing fight this radical islam ideology and is this joint command a signal that they my be willing to put boots on the ground in syria? >> thank you very much, madam chairman. let me start on that and then obviously ambassador bradtke will have something to say. on the isil funding issue that question actually probably would be best addressed to the treasury department under secretary cohen and assistant secretary glazer are working very intensively in trying to address the isil funding issue. dhs play as maul role in that in terms of criminal investigations. >> is there a specific threat -- >> i'm working backwards. on that one -- let me go back to what we said over the weekend. there were statements, public statements by isil in september to the effect

careful about making sure with no civilian casualties and that is something i saw general austin in bahrain on sunday for an hour talking about the state of the overall campaign and he is focused on that because we want to keep the population as much as possible on our side and airstrikes to date have been very precise, very effective and i can tell you that getting reports every morning, we are hitting the targets we see today. we have leadership targets, the mobil refineries. we have hit 22 of them, which is really impacting the ability to finance itself. we are hitting the command and control cells. we have completely destroyed isil's ability to mass maneuver force. so effectively until the summer they would do the swerving maneuver tactics of heavy armored equals and basically overrun anything in this way. you can't do that anymore and that anymore and that to me as an empirical sign of progress we're making. we have to keep at it. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> mr. ambassador, you indicated earlier that the deal between prime minister bhaswati and the kurds in erbil was a big