now bashir has to deal with new conflicts in old trouble spots. secession, conflict, economic , the president's position has never been weaker, but he is nothing if not a consummate survivor. >> bashir and his cordrey are -- coterie are very much committed to the presidency and the government, and they also have not groomed any successors, even within the administration. in a way, they have no alternative but to transition in a graceful manner. sudan's terrible wars continue. very often citizens pay the price. although bashir is more popular in sudan than outsiders believe, for many sudanese, his 25 years in power have been the darkest in the country's history. .> looking back at sudan onto the world cup, it was a how to run this day for brazil. the score was 7-1 to germany, a complete massacre of the brazilian team. five goals were scored in the first 30 minutes of the game. don't know if that had ever been seen before. not a good night for the brazilians. therrow, argentina takes on netherlands in the second semi final. argentina has not won a w

bashir is part of the district of taza, which lies on the front line. it's populated by shia turkman. it used to be at least. it's now under the protection of american forces, but the iraqi flag is still hoisted here. the armed men don't want to be filmed. they are members of the iraqi police force and still wear the uniforms, but they feel abandoned by the government in baghdad and cheated by the kurds. >> translator: there are those that want to divide iraq. they're just protecting the territory they grabbed and aren't fighting the islam make state. >> reporter: shia tried but failed to overtake bashir. they reluctantly admit without the kurds, the flag of the self-declared islamic state would be here instead. >>> the islamic state is claiming more victories in syria. it says it's established an islamic state to unite areas it controls from aleppo in syria through parts of iraq. overnight out of syrian city bucamel with intense fightings. the islamic state said it tightened it's hold on the city of d.e.i. r az zor. >>> nicolas sarkozy has been taken i

bashir is part of the district of taza which lies on the front line.s an area populated by turkmen and it used to be at least, people have fled. it is now under the protection of forces but the iraqi flag is still hoisted here. the armed men manning the entrance to taza didn't want to be filmed and are turd mern memb -- turkmen but feel cheated by the kurds. >> translator: there are those who want to divide iraq in the sunni regions and the kurds are involved in this plan and not fighting the so called islamic state and protecting the territory they grabbed. >> turkmen fighters have tried but failed to retake bashir and my exploit the current crisis but admit without them the flag of the self declared islamic state would be here instead, al jazeera in taza. >> more to come in the news hour and the deadline passes and will the government be able to pay its creditors. plus former french president sarkozy is held for question over corruption probe and in sport algeria had a good fight but are knocked out of the world cup and details coming up, later. ♪ tu

jajouka is also home to one of morocco's better-known musicians, bashir attar.ans have traveled all over the world to jajouka to meet this the guy. bashir is part of a lineage of master musicians, all from this small mountain village. ♪ >> famously dubbed as a 4,000-year-old rock band, by william burroughs, bashir, his son and these musicians maintain one of the oldest still living musical traditions on earth. ♪ we're invited for dinner. it's family style, of course, beginning with braywine, like a kefta pocket, hand formed envelopes of dough seasoned with seasoned beef, baked until golden and then crisped in oil. i'm good for now -- well, one more. uh-oh, here we go. the main event, tagine of chicken. >> welcome, tony. >> thank you. just gorgeous. first, chopped onions, garlic, parsley and turmeric are blended with olive oil. the bird is generously coated an stuffed. then after simmering in a touch of olive oil and water, it is fried until crispy, served with roasted almonds, paprika, ginger. nice. >> he smells the food. >> like anywhere else in the arab world,

it gets cheaper and better fuel from russia for its nuclear reactor at the bashir facility than what it can make at home. experts agree that centrifuges must be a part of the deal. david albright, a respected former atomic agency director said for iran to move from an interim to a final agreement, it would have to close the fordo facility and remove between 15,000 and 16,000 of its existing 20,000 centrifuges. even then, we are looking at a breakout time of about six to eight month oz, dependin monthsn whether it ha iran has access t% enriched uranium. dennis roth, one of america's preeminent foreign policy experts, has said iran should retain no more than 10% of its centrifuges. that's no more than 2,000. so maybe the comments we've heard from the supreme leader were, as some analysts have suggested, an effort by the supreme leader to superimpose limitations on the negotiating team so at some point they would be free to say that these issues are out of their hands in the hope of somehow forcing a better deal this week in vienna. so i'd suggest that we are either seeing a not-so-clev

. >>> bashir al assad has been sworn in for another term after the elections. they are calling it a sham. assad vowed to recover syria from islamic insurgents. saying they will pay a high price. >>> now the latest on the immigration crisis at the border. more democrats deciding to part with the president, opposing his request for $3.7 billion to deal with thousands of immigrants from central america pour sboog the united states. more states saying no to housing for the immigrants. a solution hard to come by with ten days remaining before congress goes away, takes the august recess. let's get more from cnn senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. >> reporter: john, laura, this flaf up is a sign the white house had enough of democrats breaking ranks with president obama. martin o mally knows that too well. he is standing by his comments. >> feel like they threw you under the bus? >> i really don't care. i'm far more concerned about children being penned up and cooped up than conditions that look more like kennels than the way a humane country should be treat

. >>> president bashir al-assad is being sworn in for a new seven-year term in syria. assad supported by russia and iran has defied calls by western states for him to step aside amid a civil war that broke out in 2011. assad claimed victory after a vote last month that most opponents dismiss as a sham. >>> the families of two girls killed in a train derailment are deciding whether to sue csx. the move comes after a 1200 page report issued by the national transportation safety board found instances of negligence by the freight train line. 19-year-old rose mayr and elizabeth nass died two years ago when a train carrying 9,000 tons of coal jumped the tracks. the teens were sitting on the edge of the train bridge. the ntsb found that csx employees knew about broken rails before the girls were killed. >>> a wild scene on the baltimore-washington parkway this morning where a motorist led police on a high speed chase. the chase in the southbound lanes ended at route 32 in howard county. it happened after the tires on the suspect's car blew out. maryland state police say they

. >> maman bashir alex niev camila karamova di dai jin peng pan sunatillo i am sorry if i pronounced your name wrong. >> it was not a choice for us, for the children to come here.

remember when bashir al assad had the chemical weapons and putin comes in and i know how to solve this. everyone says thank you so much. we should do something like that in his own country. >> dare i say the words, president beckel. >> first of all, i think dana should be the supreme ally commander of nato. >> i agree. >> actually, i'm not -- i think nato has never been stronger, never had more people in its military because they expanded it. the head of nato has always been by treaty the supreme ally commander is american. i think they should start doing exercises near and around nato countries and i mean big exercises. what putin has said, he get some of these nato countries back particularly poland. i would do some serious exercise over there. >> bob i said that last week and you said no boots on the ground, greg. >> that's president bob. >> go ahead, president an tremendousa. >> i'm still trying to recover from president beckel. >> i don't blame you. >> i would reinstate the missile shield in western europe. i would re-examine even if it's possible ukraine joining the eu. that's so

. >> maman bashir alex niev camila karamova di dai jin peng pan sunatillo i am sorry if i pronouncedme wrong. >> it was not a choice for us, for the children to come here.

chemical weapons have been used by the government and president bashir al assad despite the calls forhe story is the terrorist group isis. 5,500 have died as it's tried to carve out an islamic state. 1.2 million driven from their homes. in libya the worst fighting since 2011. u.s. embassy has been evacuated. militias are battling the government. 97 people dead in two weeks. in ukraine where the jetliner was shot down in the eastern part of the country the fighting rages on, 1100 or more dead, 100,000 driven from their homes. on top of this iran remains a constant worry and north korea just recently threatened to nuclear the white house over its disagreements. so if you want to say the world is a challenge, the world is a mess right now, absolutely it is. >> tom foreman thanks. that's it for me. the news continues next on cnn. >>> wolf blitzer thank you so much. i'm brooke baldwin. possible new amendment towards a mid east cease-fire. a top israeli official tells cnn vael prepared for a cease-fire but, again, nothing has been agreed upon as of yet. a strong dose of caution is in order.

well, if anyone wants to go to gretawire and put in the search function, sudan or president bashir. they will see a lot of my pictures there. pictures about what that horrible person is doing. that horrible president. anyway, reverend, thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. thanks for caring. >> the border crisis getting more heated. the obama administration was warned more than a year ago. did anyone do anything? that's next. is the white house giving more attention to beer recipe than a u.s. marine stuck in a mexican prison? i will tell you what i think >>> did the obama administration ignore the warning that a humanitarian crisis was brewing at our border? there is news tonight the obama administration was warned almost a year ago and more than once. the university of texas el paso study sounding the alarm that the federal government would not be able to handle the growing flood of immigrant. but look where we are now? a former border patrol agent who led the study, he joins us. good evening, sir. >> greta, good evening. >> sir, the study that you did, what was the conclusion that

and, of course, bashir al assad is in the course of crushing an uprising. and, frankly, there's not a lot that the u.s. seems to be willing to do to stop it. staffers attribute to the president when it comes to syria, there's just a bunch of really -- insert your own expletive here -- bad options. dealt with more backseat driving and what if scenarios on syria than any other topic. if history judges his foreign policy poorly, can you bet syria will be in the middle of that conversation. uprising in egypt and libya, which sent the message that the u.s. would be there for them, too. we now know the obama administration was only there in rhetorical spirit about calling for assad to go but has since balked about getting more involved. now a debate inside the administration about whether the u.s. should shift focus away of a policy of saying assad must go and instead simply focus on these islamic fighters that are causing chaos in iraq. josh rogin wrote this. some officials inside the administration are proposing that the drive to remove assad from power, which

well, if anyone wants to go to gretawire and put in the search function, sudan or president bashir. they will see a lot of my pictures there. pictures about what that horrible person is doing. that horrible president. anyway, reverend, thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. thanks for caring. >> the border crisis getting more heated. the obama administration was warned more than a year ago. did anyone do anything? that's next. is the white house giving more attention to beer recipe than a u.s. marine stuck in a mexican prison? i will tell you what i think off-the-record coming up. she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis

this is the problem we had with bashir al-assad in damascus. sort of downtown there. on the street.ery exposed. we need to, we were frying, at that point, to try to get the set design configuration for the new embassy there. new location. there was nothing downtown. so we end up further out. that ex-poses us, even though we would have -- sort of, mr. chavez's idea of that set design with apron of security there. we would have to be further out, out of town. with a long commute for our people once they fly in. very much exposed getting to the embassy. the same problem we have had in afghanistan. the most dangerous drive in recent years when delegations fly into afghanistan. then yu have got to drive up that road through the circle to the embassy. they tried to tip my car over, the rotary a while back. bunch of people very upset about some body flushing the koran down the toilet or something like that. the crowds just went wild. but so putting our people outen a -- out in a remote location is not the safest result for our embassy either. tell meet answer. how to configure this? you ha

i'm steve bashir, governor of the commonwealth of kentucky, and i chair the education and work force committee. i'm honored today to be joined by my vice chair, golf -- governor brian sandoval of nevada. first, a bit of housekeeping. the proceedings of the committee meeting are open to the press and all meeting attendees, and as a consideration, please put your cell phones on silence. the briefing books for this meeting were sent to governors in advance and also be found in the blue binder in front of all of you. they include the agenda, the background information, the updates on state and federal actions under this committee's jurisdiction and materials from our speechers. to my right is steven parker, legislative director of the education and work force committee. if you have any questions, you need any assistance in this area, see steven. today we're honored to be joined by u.s. senator lamar alexander, country music television's lucia folk and students and staff from the acad hawaiis of nashville. academies of nashville. before we proceed to our agenda, governor sandoval and i wa

the nga education committee is chaired by kentucky governor steve bashir. that'll be live, again, at 4 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> tune into booktv this weekend for the harlem book fair with discussions on the state of african-american literature, multicultural book publishing and the black arts movement. live coverage starts saturday morning at 11:45 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >>> congressman ted poe of texas, digital privacy advocates took part in a presentation and discussion of federal digital privacy laws. this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the cato institute, both to those of you joining us here in the auditorium and those joining remotely via the magic of the moving pictures i'm told the young people today enjoy so much. my name is julian sanchez, i'm a senior fellow here, and we're here to discuss the path towards digital privacy reform. and i refer not merely here to the unprecedented public scrutiny on government intelligence surveillance that has emerged over the past year as a result of leaks originating with form

kentucky governor steve bashir chairs the meeting on economic development. att discussion gets underway 4:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage is on c-span2. is on c-span2. >> i don't want to get metaphysical about a spa, but it is a good sport to be the past time of a democratic nation, because democracy is about compromise and settling. you don't get everything you want, and baseball is like that. there is a lot of losing in baseball. everything that goes into -- every team that goes into spring training knows it's going to win 60 games and lose 60 games, and a whole season is to sort out the middle 42. if you win 10 out of 20, you win 11 out of 20, you have a good chance to play in october. it is the sport of the half loaf, as is democracy. >> george will, on his latest book of baseball and wrigley field and the reit -- recent controversy surrounding one of his columns. sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. it at the pentagon about half an hour at 3:15 p.m. with defense secretary chuck hagel and the -- and his japanese counterpart. but first, from toda