. >> chasing a story sort of a mystery about a burka-wearing gnome with an ak-47. >> check out this video over the weekend. >> everyone is going to see this. something needs to be said and done. >> it says the woman a burlington resident walking back from her house late at night and she's stopped in her track when she sees something. at a gas station it's that. a 3-foot-tall statue. it was painted to look as if it were a muslim woman in garb. >> holding an assault rifle sitting here in the bushes. >> it looks like a female jihadi. >> i tell you if i had a spray paint can i would destroy the sucker. >> she posted the video to facebook and it quickly got 15,000 views over the weekend. >> i took a ride from the gas station where the doll was found in the police department in burlington city and it's only two blocks away. >> pretty creepy, just like it looked in the video. >> we urged the community not to stereotype or take any misconceptions from this and let the investigation pan out. >> painted statues like this are often use as military targets. when detectivives started to look for clues

the full body and faith burka have occupied americans imaginations. indeed in 2001 president bush declared his friendship and support for afghanistan women of color. american religious commentators haven't been among those critics of the burka intact as it is played out in the u.s. religious publication has been surprisingly nuanced on the question of muslim women's dress. the roundtable in christianity today was the kind of evangelical publication in the case. the commenters emphasized the need to listen about their choices. but at the same time the commenters questioned whether islam actually requires this. by questioning the interpretations of the male leaders, they express their concerns about this without criticizing the women themselves or islam as a religion. muslims men it seems are the problem. concerns about the position by the male religious leaders can be found in many periodicals including the feature today about an american female fighter pilots that refused to follow the army stipulations while off base in saudi arabia. in the articles

hidden by a burka, she made it happen. she took a taxi and made to a friend or relative. her story is common. i.s.i.l. is targetting yazidi. many fear their people will never recover. >> this camp is vast. there are 15,000 people here. 2,500 families. all of them are yazidi from the sinjar area, all unsure what they'll find if they are able to return home. >> for now, family is front of mind. these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by i.s.i.l. last week. between them they have nine children, whose whereabouts are unknown. >> translation: they took my daughter. she is 10 years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish to see her. >> reporter: it's not clear why i.s.i.l. is releasing prisoners. only the elderly or young are freed. even those with nothing say those living here, it's one thing they need - to be reunited with their loved ones >>> houthi rebels in yemen accused the united nations of supporting aggression after it voted to impose an armed embargo. russia wanted an arms embargo on all sides ab stained.

to defer celebrations of the burka of venture was in the missionary pamphlets about indian women whotrend the rhetoric is pronounced in times of war. but these conversations about who was friendly or hostile or who was a good or bad muslim religious leaders and writers take for granted children decide your liberation from wooden stairs them if they're not forced they would not at the very least the sentiments have unconsciously shaped arguments to protect innocent civilians from destruction and i would argue that as time there have also kept americans from recognizing what the attacks have done to foreign women and children even if their bodies have been scared. afghani women and children have lost many things they hold dear as bombs have devastated their land and too many family members have died violently in their country has been thrown into a period of turmoil. in times of for domesticities requires us to focus of gender transformation to shift days away from the tragedy of for to think of fishes of liberation to avoid reckoning with the violence they experience with the landscap

the reset button hopped on a yet, put on a burka and flew to iran. this was not supposed to happen. >> remember, adding onto that, kimberly, one of the first things president obama did is cancel the european missile defense shield. the president is about to cancel the missile defense shield. their concern was iran and possibly russia. now you have them working together to protect iran. >> it's getting complicated but clear for putin. he knows where he stands but loves poking the cage and saying okay let's have fun now. this situation has gone from bad to worse. i don't know who can say that at this point. but you have obama and kerry driving the bus blindfolded backwards and crashing and burning and seeming to laugh all the way like they're on laughing gas. this isn't diplomacy. this isn't smart foreign policy. this does not benefit the united states national security. >> if i was going to be moderating the debate and i will not be so i will do it here. i would ask hillary clinton this. in the past six years have you been better off if you were a fri

we have teams out in burka. the issues is they have to hike into the areas or take helicopters.ery few helicopters. it's going to take days and weeks to assess all theville lanls lajs in those areas. >> thank you so much, we appreciate you. and we -- you can get more detailed information on how to help the earthquake victims on our website. we have a vetted list of organizations providing aid in the quake zone. you can find that on cnn.com/impact. we'll have more news on the news out of nepal and also baltimore as well. we'll be right back. t-mobile is breaking the rules of wireless. and the samsung galaxy s6 edge is breaking the rules of design. can't get your hands on it because you're locked down by a carrier? break free t-mobile will pay every penny of your switching fees. get ahead of the curve and get your hands on the galaxy s6 edge for $0 down at t-mobile today. [ male announcer ] diagnosed with cancer, he didn't just vow to beat it. i vowed to eradicate it from the earth. so he founded huntsman cancer institute. ♪ everything about it would be different. ♪ it would feel

when we see hem in europe, the people -- see them in europe, the people who wear the whole thing, the burka2% of the society. this is what we see. we have also the negative thing about veil because it's become associated with islam and now when you listen to the news, we have all this problem with islam in the world. whether it's in libya in iraq now with isis with al-nusra, all over the world, so this is something that we need to deal with and, you know, try to liberate them from. when i talk about this book, my intention was to bridge this gap of fear and ignorance. once you know their stories, you feel that they are like you, like anybody else. they have aspiration for their kids, they have success. and when i really work on this, i believe in women's power. they can communicate. they have the love, they have the understanding. i believe that they are the core of the family and the society and the world. so strengthening the woman, understanding, hearing their voices hearing their story, it will give you an opportunity to feel that they are like you and not fear them. if you fear them, y