i lived in beirut for five years of a 15 year civil war. these sectarian conflicts, the power struggle, over the definition of a modern state, can endure for far longer than we want. do we have to make a decision tonight or the next week over what we do? we need to be so careful in this one. the fact is that our involvement in 1990-1991 was military decisive within six weeks. we got saddam hussein out of kuwait. we got saddam hussein out of baghdad in a mere three weeks. they were military victories, but ultimately political failures. what we have to make sure is that this is a political success. that is where we have to begin, and making sure there is a viable government that represents all iraqi interests. >> the stability of a foreign policy? >> the teams did not do a great job, but it was facing -- >> because of ending without troops in iraq or syria or both? >> i do not think leaving iraq was the basis of this. even if we had 10,000-20,000 troops in iraq, i think the political problems underneath would have exploded. >> did we lose any

let's find out more from beirut. rula, the ramifications of the sunni led group taking over swathes of iraq, it's going to reverberate where you are. >> everywhere you go in beirut people are asking what is going on, who is behind it and what will it mean tore syria and lebanon. on one hand they feel escalation or deterioration in the relationship between the sunni community could reflect negatively. half the population here is split between sunni and shias. in the past few years a lot of tensions and fighting on the street. there's that concern. on the other hand people are split in - on one hand they pore santa barbara and iran like he's and the community. on the other hand you have the people marching, supporting the syrian opposition, and, of course, very much anti-iran and nouri al-maliki government. they feel that this is a blow to iran, and they are satisfied. they feel this could weaken that alliance, that protected presence for santa barbara. >> we are getting news that the iranian president is saying that h

the report there from beirut.security forces in lebanon had an operation in the northern city of tripoli had resulted in the arrest of five members of a terrorist cell. those followed two other bombings on lebanese soil during the course of the last week. officials did not say which group the suspects belonged to. they've been searching for the members of isis. in the nigerian capital is reported to have claimed more than 20 lives. this struck a shopping strip in the rush-hour. more than a dozen people are reported to have been injured. we don't have too many more details. just 20 people, 21 people have been killed now. in line with orders from they councilin, resolution allowing the use of military force in ukraine. that is moved at showing the west that moscow is doing his part to do escalate tensions. >> Á and ask for it and as usual the russian parliament didn't deviate from the line. againsterson has voted this. russian ships were allowed to cross the border to protect russian speakers in ukraine. they are sh

embassy in beirut.ad he lived, robert aims may have heaped heal the receive between the arabs and the west. robert bear called the good spy the best book he's ever read on espionage. i'm glad to have kai bird back at this table. welcome. >> thank you charlie. >> rose: tell me the obvious, tell me who robert aims was. >> he was a veteran c.i.a. officer who rose to become mr. middle east, a briefer of ronald reagan but he started out as a clandestine c.i.a. officer in 1960, mentor by the legendary cia director richard hems. he specialized in the middle east, became a fabulous arabic language speaker. and he was, the title the good spy is apt because he was actually a very good decent man but he was also very good at his work. >> rose: why was he good at his work? >> human intelligence, it turns out, the art of spy craft is really about human empathy. finding a way to be empathetic with a foreign culture often in a very dangerous neighborhood. and aims was just fabulous at this. he could sit down and smoke

it is clear the bomb came from beirut. the bombs used to come from syria, so a new group acting on the ground here. >> this is the first suicide attack since march. is there anything to be read into the timing of this attack? >> the timing is just before the holy month of ramadan, which is always a month that draws a lot of tourists to lebanon. tourism has suffered recently because of the security situation, but things are improving. the king of saudi arabia lifted the travel ban. it is hoping tourists will return, big spenders. two attacks before the season starts seems to be planned so tourists will not come and lebanon continues in instability. >> thank you. railway workers are continuing their strike for a 10th day. there is some good news for weary travelers. train traffic is closer to normal. many train drivers have voted to get that to work. the overall number of strikers has been on a downward spiral since last week. rail workers have been protesting a series of new reforms on the service. the fight for french comp

we're joined live from beirut. we have seen similar attacks in recent times in beirut. tell us a little bit more about this one. >> well, according to the interior minister, he said the hotel that you can see behind me, that's the hotel where it all happened. the hotel was not the target. what happened the security forces raided that hotel looking for suspected suicide-bombers. and it seems these two young men who were there when they felt the security forces coming so close, one of them blew himself up. he was killed. the young man with him was wounded. he's in security custody now. now that interior ministry said one of them, the one who was killed was a national. and this area is residential and touristic. right down that street is the mediterranean, and it's a place where many tourists hang out here. people come here at the end of the day to have a look at the scene. right across from me 15 meters from me is the saudi embassy. so this location is not actually a prime target. people did not think that some of these attacks would happen here. but as the interior minis

i was in beirut in lebanon in february with senator angus king of maine. let me just tell you about our personnel in lebanon. because of the dangers in that country, they all have to live on the embassy compound. they live there in beirut which has been subject to some very, very difficult times. the u.s. marine barracks in beirut were bombed in the 1980's, the embassy was bombed, hundreds killed, the u.s. embassy an ex was bombed -- annex was bombed, hundreds of americans serving not just in the military but as foreign service officers lost their lives in lebanon representing us in the best way they could. for that reason our embassy personnel live on the embassy compound in beirut. and, mr. president, guess what kind of personal life they have. they are allowed six hours a week, personal time, to be off the embassy compound. and they have to be escorted by security and they describe what it's like. they might want to go to the beach and traffic is horrible. so in that six hours a week it's an hour and a half to get to where you want to go and then an hou

all of the latest there from beirut. and let's move on to germany. prosecutors have opened up a criminal investigation into the merkel's pping of mobile phone. it is sure to complicate relations between the allies. last year documents leaked by edward snowden indicated u.s. intelligence had been monitoring the chancellor's communications for many years. they reacted furiously and a high level team traveled to washington to demand answers. a cloud of controversy continues to hang over the elease of the soldier from the clutches of the taliban with allegations of desertion when he walked off base five years ago. the u.s. urged nobody to jump to conclusions about his behavior. a video of the moment the soldier was set free to u.s. special forces. >> don't come back to afghanistan. that is the message of the footage released by the taliban of the u.s. soldier released. the 17 minute video showed the moment he was set free. the faces of his captors covered. he was taken to his freedom after five years confinement. but his rescue in an exchange for five ta

nick schifrin is in beirut. they will talk about the current political crisis, but what did he have to say about syria's presidential election? >> reporter: this is all about syria, this visit. the reason why he's talking about politics, he comes and says there is a leadership vacuum. he wants this country to fill it because only then can this country get all of the humanitarian help that it desperately needs. he looked out across the border at syria. he looked at these elections and he really dismissed them. he said that they were meaningless. let's take a listen to what he says. >> with respect to the elections that took place the so-called elections. the elections are non-elections. the elections are a great big zero. they're meaningless. and they're meaningless because you can't have an election where millions of people don't have an ability to vote, contest the election. >> reporter: so what kerry urged lebanon to do is come together olympicly. he said that can help the war. that can help stabilize this cou

. >>> there has been a suicide attack in lebanon's capital beirut. a car bomb exploded. one security officer was killed along with the say tacker and 20 others -- attacker and 20 others injured. we have more from the scene of the attack. >> reporter: this is at the end of beirut, hezbollah's stronghold. here it's mostly shia, supporters of the speaker of the parliament. the explosion took place right here. the suicide bomber blew himself up. he wept against traffic. it was such a strong explosion that the body of the suicide bomber was thrown up to the fourth floor of that building. it's a residential area, and a commercial area. many of the people would have been on the streets, but most people were watching the world cup inside their homes. there's a very close by coffee shop. dozens of people were there. young men watching the world cup, otherwise casualties would have been higher. it was not a surprising attack. it's the second terrorist attack in four days of lebanon. security forces believe it's a direct fall out of what is happening in iraq. increasing the violenc

they're in beirut now, they're safer now, but they've lost their childhood.ve spent several days with children on the streets and in camps and what we just shows you sadly was the tip of the iceberg. it struck me that there's a universality, in that camp i felt i could be speaking and playing with my nephew or my niece and then you start asking these kids questions and you hear their horrific stories. i have effort in seen so much trauma experienced by so young. plls of children who have lost years of education and years ever are innocence and of course the war is not going to end tomorrow. these ratification are going to have more kids -- these refugees are going to have more children and the sad fact is, this war will probably not end for a very long time. >> powerful images, nick schifrin reporting. ali amalic joins us now. she has visited a number of the refugee camps. alia, the people of the neighboring countries how much resentment is there for these refugees flowing into their country? >> obviously quite a lot of resentment. as nick pointed out, the va

to beirut. when the building blew up, they were killing more than two and 20 marines and one day. i just decided i think it's time for me to stick my or in the water again. so i went into the reagan administration and had spent exactly four years to the day as a member of the reagan administration as assistant secretary of defense and the secretary of navy. then it was time to go back and do some other things again. i did some work and did some more books and into southeast asia. and 06 i decided to run for the senate. we had a great run in the senate i think despite how frustrating our legislative process really is on many larger issues and then i decided i needed to take a break again. i stepped away and it's healthy quite frankly. we took consciously a year with no interviews wrote no offense no political events to get the balance back and my independence back enduring that time i wrote this book. when i was trying to figure out what would be the best book to be working on during this period

nick shove remember is in beirut with month. >> reporter: this is john kerry's first visit to lebanonsecretary of state. he will meet with the prime minister and speaker of parliament and your honor them to fill a political vacuum. the reason he does that is because until they feel that vacuum he will tell them they will not receive the humanitarian aid they need. there is a humanitarian crisis here caused by the war in syria. every day 2500 syrian refugees are pouring in to lebanon. the number by the end of the year will be 1.5 million. this country only has 4 million residents. and 40% of all of those refugees are living in substandard conditions. lebanon has kept its borders open and is really paying the price. the world banks says that lebanon is at a, quote, breaking point. and the former president of this country says all the the ref veerefugees are a threat to the country's unity. they have talked about helping them in three ways, providing money to help the refugees, number two providing loans to the world bank to stabilize the lebanese economy. number three, helping the leban

she joins us tonight from beirut, lebanon. liz, it appears that the iraqi army just collapsed in mosul. how big a setback is this for the government? >> reporter: it's a devastating blow. these islamist fighters, which american forces and iraqis died trying to defeat, are not only back, they're now in control of thousands of square miles of territory. they've been going from strength to strength for a year, and mosul is just the latest prize. all iraqis watched today as their army that they depend on for security, as you said, just collapsed when they were outgunned. they simply ran away. >> pelley: liz, many of these fighters, as i understand it, are coming across the border from syria into iraq. >> reporter: that's right. this is really syria's civil war spilling over, and the border, to all intents and purposes, does not exist anymore. these same islamist fighters took the city of fallujah six months ago. the iraqi army has not been able to dislodge them, and we spoke earlier in the year to a young recruit there. he said th

in fact, in the morning all people heading to the street were banned and in beirut, the capitol, manyeets leading to the speaker of the house have been cordened off and the road to the airport and this is sensitive areas in beirut is cordened off and security has a lot of information and intelligence that some sleeping cell, al-qaeda connected, have some plot to target attacks here in lebanon and hearing this for the past few days and say success isil had in iraq will actually insight and encourage sleeping cells here in lebanon to take action. we have to remember in iraq the crisis there has taken the shape of sunni conflying, in lebanon more than half the population is split between sunnis and there is tension in the past few years and crisis in iraq will aggravate tensions and security is on high alert since last week. >> indeed and we are reporting and many thanks. over the border a powerful car bomb killed 34 people in central syria according to opposition activists and happened this a government-controlled village in a country side near hama and 40 wounded in the blast. the isla

he's joining us from beirut. how much concern is there in the region this war being get a whole lot wider? >>. >> reporter: wolf, there is a lot of concern. in all my years reporting from the region i've never seen as much concern from my sources in those countries that possibly a region had-wide war could be sparked because of what's going on in iraq, and the problem is the more countries like iran intervene the more you will see countries like saudi arabia which is the archrival of iran try to interfere in that war as well. they're going have to do something if they think iran is getting deeper involved in the iraq crisis and when that happens you will see sectarian divisions deepen across this region at a time when they're boiling over and they're as deep as they've ever been. >> there's been a bombay route and that's where you are. what can you tell us about this bombing? what does it mean? >> reporter: wolf, this is the latest in a string of bombing this past week. i can tell you this city, this country is o

malcolm kerr was president at america university in beirut where steve was born. he came an american basketball star, steve was raised in tunesia. >> this is the 30th anniversary of the passing of your father. i know that in your mind, that was a big moment for your dad. >> i think i was about 14. i remember him coming home like i could come home if we beat the spurs in the playoffs. he said peace in the middle east today. they sat down with carter and camp david. this is huge news. that was sort of my childhood. >> when steve embarked on a college career that would catapult him to the nba. his family returned to beirut. >> university of officials say kerr was shot as he stepped off an elevator. >> awful. you lose a family member, especially in that fashion or someone takes their life. doesn't get any worse than that. >> steve said his father's death made him understand that the pain that others experienced. the effect that death can have. >> been trying to make the world a better place. my sister is a local politician in england in her town. my mom has written bo

aljazeera's nick schiffron is in neighboring lebanon, the capitol city of beirut.e are hearing reports of violence during the elections. what can you tell us? >> john henry, actually this violence is actually relatively quiet. two mortars have hit inside damascus and some of the people voting in polling stations there have told reporters that they heard explosions on the outskirts of damascus. that is quiet. it goes to show another reason this is simply impossible to hold a free and fair election in a country devastated by war. the images that we're seeing out of damascus, people flying their flags, pledging allegiance to bashar al assad, everyone saying that those images are actually stage managed. many people feeling the fear of having to vote, otherwise their faith will be the same as 160,000 people killed in the last three years. when you vote, you might see a jar of pencils as you walk into the polling station in the u.s. in damascus are pins, so people can prick their fingers and vote with blood. these are called the blood elections. the narrative from the re

. >>> nick schifrin is joining us from beirut. john kerry had tough statements about the elections. >> reporter: yes, if you go to the irregularities, it's long. no one was allowed to vote. the opposition alleges that the government coerced people into voting. number two, there was so much violence. this was the deadliest conflict in the 21st century. 23, the opposition candidates were completely unknown and one of them said that he was honored to come in second behind president assad. and kerry criticized all that today. he said, look, nothing is going to change in syria from before the election to after. >> with respect to the elections that took place, the so-called elections, the elections are non-elections. the elections are a great big zero. they're meaningless. and they're meaningless because you can't have an election where millions of your people don't even have an ability to vote, where they don't have an ability to contest the election, and they have no choice. >> now with the regime would argue is this, the opposite. t

we have more now from beirut. >> the details of who will benefit from this general amnesty is sketchy but it does address people with with different crimes, different categories. for instance, deserters are given three months to turn themselves in and they won't be punished. abductors people who have abdu abducted different syrians have also one month to free their hostages without hurting them, and they can benefit from this amnesty. the minister of justice, the syrian minister of justice said this comes in the spirit of social unity and reconciliation, and it's built on the military victories that the government has achieved on the ground in the past few months. this is the spin the government is trying to get this general amnesty that comes five days after president assad won a new seven-year term. even though the proposition insists these elections are as far as, and they are not fair, they don't recognize the results the government is acting like it's a de facto thing. they say any solution in syria will have to be based on syrians, solving problems between themselves and reconci

made a surprise visit to beirut, where many syrian refugees are living. that he promised an additional $290 million in humanitarian aid for the refugees and countries that have taken them in. the u.s. has already contributed $2 billion. >> an american detained in egypt is begging for help from president obama. 26-year-old muhammed sultan was arrested last august, accused of recording security forces dragging away muslim brotherhood supporters. now a new video has been leaked out of cairo and gone viral. the video was shot in january after sultan, a graduate of ohio state university went on a hunger strike. >> the trial of three aljazeera journalists detained in egypt is set to resume today. it will be the 11th appearance for producers and correspondent. they have been held 159 days. the prosecutor he can expected to sum up his case against our colleagues, accused of aiding the muslim brother hood. aljazeera rejects the charges and demands their immediate release. >> in montana, the supreme court is suspending a judge for making insensitive comments about

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you go to lebanon, to the border and beirut. syrians are everywhere.nd the stories that they have, if you just scratch just below the surface are horrific. add -- sadly they'll get worsism. >> when you visit the camps and hear the stories, what are you hearing from the syrians. >> to a person i spoke with, and i spoke with dozens, nobody cared about the election. they jimp didn't think it mattered. they didn't think it was a real election they were just worried about survival. the fact is that they fled a country because, in their opinion, what the government is doing to the cities, and they are in lebanon, they feel safer somewhat, but they don't really see their future as a hopeful one. >> i want to bring in james from los angeles, a professor at u.c. la and wrote on the syrian crisis. good to see you. i guess i want to start with was bashar al-assad trying to gain international legitimacy with the election, did it work? >> it didn't work at all. any election where you use north korean and zimbabwe pole watchers - most will under is a fraudulent elec

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happened on wednesday in the capital city beirut.ecurity forces were conducting raids for suspected insurgents when they approached the suspect in his hotel room, and he blew himself up. that marks the same such -- type of bombing in lebanon in less than a week. (%qj%n the news this!ú=k4Ñ week? follow it, of course, but there's also this. chris wallace will host a special edition of "fox news reporting" tonight at 10:00 p.m. you can watch tomorrow night and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you catch it here only on fox news channel. >>> fox news has learned republicans are taking another big step in their investigation into the irs targeting certain americans. at the center of it all, there's loss e-mails from an irs official, lois lerner. that's her taking the fifth. we'll take you live to capitol hill. >>> germany beat the u.s. on the soccer field at the world cup. that was -- how about some pavement, baby. let's hit it. let's floor it. let's take it. corvette versus porsche. [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the cal

you go to lebanon and the boarder and beirut, and syrians are everywhere. stories they have are horrific and, sadly, those stories will probably get worse. >> when you visit the examples and hear the stories, what do you here from the syrians, especially post election. >> we spoke to dozens of people in the country. no one cared about the elections. they didn't care that it matters or that it was an election. all they were worried about was survival. they fled a country because in their opinion what the government is doing the cities, and they are in lebanon, they feel safer somewhat, but they don't see their future as hopeful. you talk to a lot of people in lebanon and jordan. where i was a few weeks ago, and some returned to syria to vote in the election because they felt they had to vote. one day they wanted to return, and if they prove they couldn't go back, they feel there'll be a problem >>> you bring up a good point, is there an allegiance to bashar al-assad or is it out of fear. >> fear. the refugees fled. they were targeted. there's a huge amount o

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nick schifrin is in beirut. does the voting turn out matter? isn't bashar al-assad's victory guaranteed. >> reporter: let's go over the reason why bashar al-assad's victory is guaranteed. the only people that can vote are people in areas controlled by the government. the only position leader said it would be an honour to come in second. and it's amidst the deadliest conflict of the 20th century. it's neither free nor fair. >> reporter: when syria votes, the only campaigner is bashar al-assad. the only way to declare allegiance is to cast in blood. they duetfuly selected the photo on the right. there were other positions. but before the election the opposition called bashar al-assad a strong leader deserving respect. he's described as a character in a political theatre, whose director is this man, and the family and aides that surround him. >> translation: today syria is returning to peace and security. rebuilding the country, including reconciliation. today the political solution shall begin. >> critics say it's stage managed to give bashar al-

lucy is standing by in beirut. has been met with much derision at home and abroad for the syrian president. >> the reaction to this is very much been along the lines that you would expect. divisions over serious are well drawn both at home and abroad. john kerry is calling it a great big zero, the election. this is roundly criticized a few hours ago by the russian foreign ministry spokesman who said it was unacceptable to simply ignore the opinions of millions of syrians. are very muches drawn down the middle. andthe syrian opposition the syrian coalition called this a sham. it said that the struggle will continue for freedom and democracy and urged the united states and other countries to support mainstream rebels. but within syria itself, much division. people in the pro-government areas are the only ones who are able to vote. the areas that have fallen out of government control, the people there are highly critical of these elections. the tensions on the ground are only intensified by this election. >> the outco

a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle close to an army checkpoint in southern beirut, killing an officer and wounding several others. as of the latest in a series of attacks in lebanon. three days earlier, a suicide bomber killed one person and wounded 30 others close to the syrian border. following an appeal, one of france's top courts ruled today that life support being given to a 38-year-old victim of a car accident can be switched off. a vegetativen state ever since that accident in 2008, but the question whether to keep them alive has caused the divisions not just within his family, but also in terms of public opinion. she just learned that the government agreed to turn off the life-support machine of her paraplegic son, and outcome she has been fighting against for months. >> [indiscernible] he is not a vegetable. >> he has been on life support since a road accident in 20 oh eight. dr. sebi the 38-year-old has no brain activity -- a road accident in 2008. the 38-year-old has no brain activity. disagreed about this. in the first decision of its kind for the supreme council of law. >

very many political shots and calling both of them rather characters in a theatre. >> nick is in beirutand thank you. in the past three years estimated 150,000 people died and millions more have been displaced during syria's civil war. and bowe bergdahl's family is under additional scrutiny this morning on the released p.o.w.'s father bob bergdahl saying he sent this, i am still working to free all guantanamo prisoners, god will repay the death of every afghan child, amen, the tweet has since been deleted. >> the day marks the single biggest day of primary voting this year however most eyes are censored on the senate race in mississippi, after a string of early primary defeats mississippi is one of the last opportunities for the tea party to unseat an incumbent republican and the race is dominated by a scandal involving the exploitation of the senator's wife, in all eight states head to the polls this morning including heated contests in iowa and montana and david is here and lots at stake here today. >> the picture is control of the u.s. senate, the democrats have a net, ahead of repub

of today's developments is the director of islam affairs institute of public policy and live from beirutot entirely sure if this is a live shot of the president of macmood and he is talking and what do you think first of all of what he has presented to the world because everybody has been waiting to see whether he can manage this balancing act of satisfying as many people as possible, do you think he has managed that? >> well, so far he has and it's not just him who is doing this by himself, it's him and hamas and some independent political groups in palestine. the palestinians across the region and the world as well as the palestinians and even inside israel who are israel citizens and feel affinity with the national cause and this is a very complex process which has been tried before and has not worked well but has to do it because neither the strategy of negotiating or the hamas strategy of armed resistance has actually succeeded and they have to make a unity government and marshal harness all the power of the palestinian people around them as well as the significant international sup

we go to beirut. what other details do we know about this amnesty. >> reporter: the details are still sketchy but it does address different categories. for example, desserte

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. >> security is tight in beirut threea bombing killed security officers in a hotel close to the embassy. he blew himself up after officials raided his room. this is the third explosion in lebanon and less than a week. the parliamentary election in libya was rocked with violence, with the deadly attack of troops and a rights activist. less than half of the libyans turned out to vote. violence and frustration have plagued the country since the toppling of moammar gadhafi. where a blasta rocked a popular shopping mall in falluja. 21 people were killed in the attack and a suspect has been arrested and well no one has yet to claim responsibility, it has been blamed on boko haram. chris --i'm joined by what can you tell us? >> the army has arrested two of others died from the wounds, from the gunshots. and the improvised explosive devices. and there were other possible targets. this area, this shopping mall you're talking about -- the investigation continues. among the dead -- is the chief and the identity of other victims is still sketchy. and there is a mosque that is closed off -- >> thank

with many of them, they said we didn't know it was going to go on for this long. >> rula amin, in beirut. thank you. >>> after 10 months behind bars in egypt, al jazeera journalist abdullah al shamy has been released from prison. he was on a hunger strike for nearly five months. he used his first moments of freedom to call for the release of his colleagues who have been in jail until cairo for 172 days now. mariana hond has the details. >> screams of jubilation at the intrapings to a kcairo police station as friends, family and other journalists welcomed the release. for 10 months, he was held in prison without charge. for all of that time, he maintained he had done nothing wrong. >> i have won, and everybody who is a freedom fighter, either a julyist or anyone doing his work credibly and with honesty has won because this is -- this experience has saved my life. i am not the person i have been anymore. i am now more determined than before to carry on with this struggle, not just because of me. because for every one to be able to do their job freely. >> the change in his physical appearan

. >> officials say the lebanese marie faked a hostage video and then showed up in beirut one month after he went missing i in 2004. highways been charged with discertification and then he fled to canada and on to lebanon. the marines charged him with a second count of desertion. fans gear up for come's big game. and marking the holy month of ramadan. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the headlines. the set back for obamacare and the the affordable care act. the company can refuse to provide certain bit control to its employees. >>> a group calling itself islamic state has declared its leader. >>> iraq's government forces are still fighting forces of islamic state and takrit. president obama has asked congress for $2 billion to deal with immigrants crossing the border alone. he's calling it humanitarian crisis. >>> jeffy fowl and matthew miller committed hostile acts against north korea. they each entered the country as tourists. kenneth bae was also arrested and convicted to 15 years of hard labor. >>> well over the weekend four teams earned their way to the wo

hadley gamble is beirut, lebanon, to give us the latest.ense of who may be responsible for this latest suicide bombing attack and how the situation fits more broadly with the situation in iraq and potential spillovers to other regional countries? >> morning, julia. so basically what we're seeing here in lebanon last night's car bomb targeted in the city mainly shia southern district. and this is the type of coming just days after another car bomb at an army checkpoint near the syrian border. what is believed to have been a failed attempt to take out the head of the lebanese security forces. basically what you have are sunni, groups believed to be targeting major members of the lebanese government and of society and the security forces, as well. there's no doubt that what is happening here is just another sign of the destabilization that can begin to cripple the region as these isis militants cement a real foothold and we've seen them now in control of much of iraq's western border that's some 300 miles. secretary of state john kerry saying

maliki or anybody who wants to help him to turn this situation around. >> jim muir in beirut with me. john drake, an iraqi specialist in the security firm ake group. thanks for coming in. let's talk about the humanitarian situation. hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing mosul, and the strategic implications for prime minister maliki. >> this is major. this is a very large city in iraq, and it's not only significant in terms of its economic importance, but it's also gives access to a large territory. the militants will then be able to use to raise finance in the local population, smuggling weapons, smuggling fighters, conducting training and preparing -- using it as a launch pad for attacks into other parts of the country. >> because they've taken the city of 2.5 million people, they now pretty much have their stamp across the area that. >> that suggests a further -- >> that would be another loss to the government iraq that relies heavily on carbon revenue. that's another significant shock to the government. there doesn't seem to be any likelihood that they're going to be able to

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he turned up a month after disappearing, unharmed in beirut, lebanon.was returned to camp lejuene in north carolina and was about to face the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing when he disappeared again. >>> rescue crews in india are looking for survivors after two separate building collapses over the weekend. the death toll is at 27 now and it's believed dozens more are still trapped inside the rubble. 31 have been rescued from the wreckage so far. >>> pope francis sled his first major public ceremony. the pontiff appeared tired but relaxed during mass at st. peters basilica. the vatican has not specified what led to cancellations, just saying that pope francis had a mild helpth problem. >> a cruise ship is cruising again after fire forced it to return to port for repairs. fire broke out inside the boiler room on the holland american westerdam. they made repairs and the ship was inspected and cleared to set sail again. it carries nearly 2,100 people and 800 crew members. >>> in california, investigators are looking into what caused this ride a

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now there has been a suicide attack in the lebanon capitol beirut and a car bomb exploded close to anoint and heard across the city. one security officer was killed at long with the at tw -- attacr and 20 others killed and we have more from the scene of the attack. >> this is a sensitive area here and it's at the edge of beirut southern suburb of the stronghold and here in the shi it's mostly shi, supporters of the parliament. the explosion took place right here. the suicide bomber blew himself up and he went against traffic and it was such a strong explosion the body of the suicide bomber was thrown up to the fourth floor of that building. it's a residential area and commercial area. many of the people without have been on the streets but most people here were watching the world cup inside their homes. there is also very close by coffee shop and dozens were there, young men who were watching the world cup, otherwise the casualties would have been much higher. this is not a surprising attack. it's the second terrorist attack in four days in lebanon and security forces believe it's the

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