. >>> iraqi special forces are on the offensive in central iraq.under attack in ramadi the capitol of anbar province. >> reporter: these are members of iraq's elite golden brigade on operations in ramadi. they are engaged in battles are isil fighters every day. it is important because it is the capitol of anbar province an area in central iraq. isil controls most of anbar and it also wants to seize its capitol. but isil's defensive is being pushed back by a brigade of iraqi special forces. >> translator: the golden brigade are now in the district. we have achieved progress, and we will continue despite the difficulties, you know explosion explosives and ied's are everywhere. >> reporter: witnesses say most of the neighborhoods in ramadi have become regular battlegrounds, and intenls fighting has reduced the city to ruins. some iraqi soerlsd have been battling isil fighters for more than a year but they are determined they can win. >> translator: we have been like this for a year now. our morale is very high. every day isil attacks our positions, bu

ramadi is the capital in central iraq bordering arabia jordan and the iraqi capital baghdad. i.s.i.l. controls most of the area and wants to seize the capital. >> reporter: the golden brigade are in the district. we have achieved progress and continue to despite the difficulties. in houses and streets. there are rumours that this area will fall to i.s.i.l. these are just rumours. >> witnesses say most of the area has become regular battle grounds. and are in ruin. some iraqi soldiers have been eskimo fighters for a year. despite the standoff they are determined they can win. >> we have been like this for a year. they are keep to do our job. every day i.s.i.l. attacks our position and they suffer huge losses. >> it's been a long time since i.s.i.l. sweeps through i.s.i.l. all the way to the outskirts and other skis across the country. the iraqi army seems to have found its resolve to fight back. >>> now to europe. the february ministers arrived in brussels looking at trying to renegotiate the whole deal. europe's biggest group, germany is again a renegotiation of the deal keep

. >> iraqi special forces on the offensive against isil in central iraq are under attack in are a maddy the capital of anbar province, which isil seized eight months ago. victoria reports. >> these are members of iraq's elite gold be brigade on operations in rimadi, engaged in batting with isil fighters every day. rimadi is the capitol of anbar province that borders jordan, syria and baghdad. isil controls most of anbar and wants to seize its capitol. ize as i will offensive is being pushed back by special forces. >> the golden brigade are now in the district. we have achieved progress and we will continue, despite difficulties. explosives and i.e.d.'s are everywhere, in houses and streets, there are rumors that this area will fall to isil, but these are false rumors. >> witnesses say most of the enables in rimadi have become regular battle grounds and intense fighting reduced the city to rhines. some iraq soldiers have been battling isil fighters for more than a year. despite the current standoff, they're determined they can win. >> we have been like this for a year now. our morale is

it's important because the capital in central iraq that borders saudi arabia jordan syria. i.s.i.l. controls most of anbar and wants to seize its capital, they are being pushed back by a brigade of forces. . >> translation: the golden brigade are in the district. we achieved protests. i.e.d.s are everywhere in houses and streets. there are rumours that the area will fall to i.s.i.l. false rumours. >> witnesses say most of the neighbourhoods in ramadi are regular battle grounds. fighting reduced the city to ruins, some have been battling the fighters for a year. despite the stand off, we are determined to win. >> we have been like this for a year now. moral is high. we are keen to do our job. i.s.i.l. attacks our positions. they suffered huge losses. >> it's been eight months sense i.s.i.l. swept to baghdad. ? in ramadi and other areas, the iraqi army made the resolve. >> in the u.s. a mother of four charged with sending money and equipment to syria and iraq. the 34-year-old was charged with five bosnian immigrant with raising funds. she'll remain in custody. police in the philippine

fighters launched a new offensive in central iraq. local police tell al jazeera that 16 died including iraqi soldiers and tribal fighters happening near the military base hundreds of u.s. advisors are taken there. the base 50 miles were ramadi is safe. they have fallen for i.s.i.l. control. >>> the nation's next defense secretary got a vote of approval from the senate. ashton carter is expected to take office in the next few days succeeding chuck hagel. carter has been the chief operating officer, and held a number of key posts during the defense career. >>> coming up a worse stoppage at dozens of ports. >> it affects every part of my business. it affects my customers, for sure. >> a labour dispute on the west coast is stalling trade. we'll see what it means for the workers and the fallout for the american economy. also, the chemical cloud that forced tens of thousands of people to seal themselves indoors. >> america's first climate refugees >> this is probably a hurricane away from it being gone. >> who's to blame? >> 36% of land los

in central iraq, where isis captured the town of al baghdadi, iraqi officials claim as many as 48 of their fighters were burned alive by militants. it's unconfirmed by u.s. officials, but it reportedly happened just five miles from a base where hundreds of u.s. marines are deployed as advisers. but why the spread? isis is moving into all the cracks in the middle east, the unresolved conflicts in iraq, libya, the sinai, syria and gaza. this is not a problem that can be droned away. the isis virus is consuming the middle east, infecting europe and showing no sign of stopping there. richard engel, nbc news. >> the threat from this type of violent extremism has prompted officials from 60 countries to gather at the white house for a three-day summit. and in his remarks today, president obama appeared to choose his words very carefully. our chris jansing is at the white house for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. late today the president announced an extensive defense at linking terrorism to the muslim faith. he does not use the term islamic extremism, eve

they have the best track record of defeating isis in central iraq. the villagers around al muqdadiyah are battle scattered and the local people have all fled. the battle for al muqdadiyah lasted four days and when isis was finally defeated, its fighters fled over those hills where they've now regrouped. the badr brigades may be effective, but they were born of iraq's bloody civil war, and their notorious death squads are implicated in the torture and murder of thousands of sunni muslims. last week they were accused of shooting more than 70 unarmed sunni men in al muqdadiyah. this video appears to show the aftermath. "it's not true," the militia leader told us when we asked him about the alleged massacre. the civilians are our brothers. despite their murky past, the badr brigades are being given unprecedented power by iraq's shiite-dominated government. general ali al-wazir commands the iraqi army's 20th battalion, but now he and his men, along with their american weapons and equipment, have been put under the command of the leader of the badr brigade

it's the capital of anbar, an area in central iraq bordering saudi arabia jordan iraqi capital baghdad. they want to seize the capital. i.s.i.s. is pushed back by a group of special forces. >> the golden brigade are in the district. it has been difficult. explosives and iueds are everything there were rumours the area will fall to i.s.i.l. these are false. >> most of the neighbourhoods have been reduced to ruins. some bat the fighters. they are determined they can win. we are still keen to do our job. every day i.s.i.l. attacks the position it's been months. the iraqi army seems to have resolved to fight back. juror al jazeera continues to call for the release of two journalists who have been detained in cairo for 410 games. mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of supporting outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges that they and al jazeera demy. their conviction was thrown out. the two face a retrial beginning on thursday. a third al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released and is back home in australia. >>> the armed group boko haram in nigeria and cameroon - those t

take a look at the map this shows you the spread of isis controlled territory from central iraq to syria. the critical question is then is the white house approached with all of the air strikes you heard mcdonough mention. authorized use of military force is that the right approach. here is john boehner. >> we need a robust strategy. in addition to a pro bust strategy we need to have a robust authorization. i don't believe what the president says here gives him the flexibility or the authority to take on this enemy and to win. >> the speaker is speaking specifically to an idea that the white house has in sort of putting a time limit on the authorization. three years previously such authorization has been open ended. of course the debate will continue perhaps for several months as we try to work it out here on the mill in washington. >> thank you kef vip. live in washington for us. >> to the extreme weather a northeast in a deep freeze slivering through the brutal arctic blast as windchills hit well below 11 degrees. another foot of snow bringing their seasonal total to nearly 9 the 6 inc

bombardless alone won't dismantle the so-called caliphate that now stretches from southeastern to central iraqication that countries like jordan are willing to put boots on the ground at this stage. relying on the forces already there has its own shortcomings. in iraq the country's weak army has mainly relied on shia militia backed by iran to drive out isis from key positions. a strategy that may further sideline the sunni minority. in syria, a u.s. plan to train moderate fighters that can take on the extremists is still weeks away. all along, isis expands its tentacles of terror. in egypt's sinai province militants loyal to the group killed at least 30 last week. in libya's capital, tripoli, gunmen linked to isis recently attack a hotel frequented by foreigners. and on saw's border with iraq -- saudi arabia's border with iraq a raid by milltance claiming to be aligned with isis left three guards dead. so the question going forward is really this -- will jordan get the help both military and financial help that they need? this is a small nation and it is stretched at present with the influx en

carries out air strikes against isis in syria, the islamic militants were hit hard on thursday in central iraq according to the iraqi air force. a day earlier, coalition forces launched a dozen air strikes against isis in both iraq and syria. >>> safety officials in the u.s. state of new york say that the operator of a passenger train, which hit an suv, was traveling under the speed limit, applied the emergency brakes and sounded the horn. but it was too late to prevent the crash there which killed six people on tuesday. witnesses say the car was on a track at a crossing. it's still unclear why the car actually stopped there. >>> to taiwan now, where divers have found more bodies from flight 235. the death poll stands at 35. officials fear the passengers still missing may have floated away from the crash site so divers have put up a net down river to try to find them. we're joined now from taipei. i guess, david, a lot of people wondering why is it taking so long to find the rest of the missing. >> reporter: john a grim pain staking search after the crash. this is taking so long because of con

. >>> iraqi special forces are on the offensive in central iraq.ria reports. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: these are members of iraq's elite golden brigade on operations in raw mawdy. they are engaged with isil fighters every day. ramadi is important, because it is near the border. isil controls most of anbar and also wants to seize his capitol, but the isil defensive is being pushed back. >> translator: the golden brigade are now in the district. we have achieved progress and will continue despite the difficulties. explosives and ied's are everywhere. there are rumors that this area will fall to isil but these are false rumors. >> reporter: most of the neighborhoods here have become regular battlegrounds. some iraqi solders based in raw maw -- ramadi have been battling isil fighters for a year. >> translator: we are still keen to do our job. every day isil attacks our positions, but have suffered huge losses. >> reporter: it has been eight months since isil swept through this area. in ramadi the government has sent in row enforcements but in other citi

believe aerial bombardments alone won't dismantle the so-called caliphate that extends from syria to central iraq but there's no indication that countries like jordan are willing to put boots on the ground at this stage. and relying on the forces already there has its own shortcomings. in iraq the country's weak army has relied on shia militia back by iran to draw out iran a strategy that may further sideline the sunni minority. in syria, a u.s.-planned so-called moderate fighters that can take on the extremists is still weeks away. all along, isis expands its tentacles of terror. >> egypt, the sinai province militants loyal to the group killed 30 people last week. in libya's capital, tripoli, gunmen linked to isis reese endly attacked a hotel frequented by foreigners and on saudi arabia's border to, iraq militants aligned with isis left three guards dead. from abu dab toe amman arab capitals recognize the threat posed by the militant group. what is less clear is how to overcome am doestic challenges and political challenges to rid the region of the plague of extremist ideology. becky anderson cn

and took over part of central iraq today and launched a multi team assault from two directions and localice tell al jazeera that 16 iraqi soldiers and ally tribal fighters died. happened 50 miles from iraq's largest military base where hundreds of american advisors are stationed and pentagon says that base in ramadi has not been breached but the nearby town of al-badadi has fallen to i.s.i.l. control and to the north the coalition claimed iraqi forces liberated soldiers who months had been caught fighting in the city of beji and recovered the strategic oil refinery but i.s.i.l. controls large parts of the oil and this is a report from the iraqi capitol. >> reporter: after 103 days under siege by the islamic state of iraq and lavante this special forces unit is finally free. mid november iraqi forces retook the town 15 kilometers from one of iraq's largest oil refineries and they were stretched in securing the oil refinery and unable to hold the center of the town and i.s.i.l. took advantage and pinned the unit down every day for 103 days they fought and neither side advanced and it was s

believe aerial bombardless alone won't dismantle the caliphate that stretches from searyria to central iraq on the forces -- relying on the forces there has shortcomings. the army has mainly relied on shia militia backed by iran to drive out isis from key positions. a strategy that may further sideline the sunni minority. in syria, a u.s. plan to train moderate fires that can take on the extremists is still weeks away. all along, isis expands its tentacles of terror. in egypt, militants loyal to the group killed at least 30 people last week. in libya's capital, tripoli, gunmen linked to isis recently attacked a hotel frequented by foreigners. and on saudi arabia's border with iraq, a raid by militants claiming to be aligned with isis left three guards dead. from abdabu dhabi to iran arabs recognize the threat posed by the militant group wham is less clear is how to overcome domestic challenges and political considerations to effectively rid the region of the plague of extremist ideology. becky anderson cnn, amman. >>> we should say make no mistake here. despite those damaging coalition atta

you need to discuss with the poor communities that believe the central iraq does not serve their purposesu need basically work very closely with local leaders on the ground. you need to put out the fires that have basically devastated the regions. you need to find a diplomatic solution in syria. i mean i know it's easier said than done. my shopping list would take years. you need trust. you need legitimate governments. you need government that deliver the goods. and of course you need a collective effort. and that's exactly what's being done now each though on a very -- even though on a very slow timetable. that's why people are skeptical. the reality is this is not an american problem. that isis or the so-called islamic state does not really represent a serious threat to american security. it threatens the social fabric in the region, the state system in the heart of the arab world, the killings, rainings -- rapings, they're devastating. we need to put things in perspective and stress that you need a complex strategy that takes into account not only the military angle but the sociologica

in central iraq, where isis captured the town of al baghdadi, iraqi officials claim as many as 48 ofheir fighters were burned alive by militants. it's unconfirmed by u.s. officials, but it reportedly happened just five miles from a base where hundreds of u.s. marines are deployed as advisers. but why the spread? isis is moving into all the cracks in the middle east. the unresolved conflicts in iraq, libya, the sinai, syria, and gaza. this is not a problem that can be droned away. the isis virus is consuming the middle east, infecting europe, and showing no sign of stopping there. richard engel, nbc news. >> i just don't see what the plan is. >> well, i think -- >> a military plan, i just don't see it. >> we know from american military officers who are publicly stated there is no military end to this operation. this is not going to be won on a battlefield. the u.s. militarily can contain isis and degrade its leadership and destroy weapons depots. but when you're fighting an ideology, bombs don't destroy an ideology. there has to be a new approach to combat the ideology. you have to do

road that connects the syrian and iraqi holdings has been cut off by kurdish forces and in north central iraqn baghdad where they have made slow but steady progress into territory held by isis. in syria, they have been stopped time and time again and pushed back with the help of u.s. airstrikes. all that suggests the group has lost their ability to make serious offensive moves like they were in the summer of 2014. >> the summer of 2014 is when they kind of, literally, put themselves on the map in terms of the territory they took. so what i'm hearing from you is there are two forces that seem to be most effective against them right now. kurdish fighters an an iraqi army backstops by u.s. and coalition air strikes and you say they're winning right now. if you're just looking at the territory held. >> we need to be care about about the iraqi army that is kind of a mess. they're supported by a huge mass of nongovernmental issue militias. so they're aligned with the government but not officially with the military. these militias have been helping the army make their major progress and territory. t

the brigade has the best track record defeating isis in central iraq. they have a murky past. during iraq's bloody civil war, the death squads were implicated in the torture and murder of thousands of sunni muslims. last week the shi'ite militia men were accused of killing 70 unarmed sunni men. iraq's shi'ite government have given the brigade unprecedented power. the general says he and his men are under the command of the leader of the fighter brigade. he was given the job by the prime minister the general said, everybody knows it. the brigades have a close relationship with iran and iran's special forces are fighting in iraq against isis. so that means that in iraq the u.s. is on the same side as both an unchecked militia and iran which shows you how complicated the fight against isis has become. norah. >> holly, incredible piece. great reporting. to point out how complicated everything is. thank you. >>> gas prices are creeping up this morning. aaa says the average price jumped to $2.07 overnight. the eighth straight day of increases. after a record fall of 123 days. are the

isis is on the move in west and central iraq. it's a different story in the northern part of the country where kurdish fighters are preparing for their own offensive to try to take back more territory captured by isis. cnn's phil black traveled to the front lines of that battle. he is now back in northern iraq. he is joining us live with more. what's going on, phil? >> reporter: clearly it is a story of two different regions in this country. in the west around al baghdadi around that base in the province of anbar, it is a place where isis is very much on the offensive, where they control some 70% of that huge province and where the iraqi army hasn't been able to slow them down. here in the north of the country, more evidence today that isis is increasingly contained by kurdish forces. despite that there are still big towns around here big cities that they have very firm control of. we were around a city of hundreds of thousands of people which is now largely abandoned but isis has a very firm control. we have kurdish fighters mov

. >> reporter: slow in the bottle into central iraq-- and raphael. richmond bridge heavy traffic.age--richmond parkway. >> reporter: astronauts into the neighborhood contractors taken to the hospital for evaluation. try to see what with started the fire the glass shattered a window. >>: and you hear the tv fall and i know it what it was our earthquake or what. i really fast movement of the land. >> reporter: police may shelter and a place for people and their children to go. the material involved with gasoline. a close call first to school driver got stuck in its sharp turn and highway one dangerously close to the edge of a ravine here is a video. thus a school bus from northern light school. there were able to get off the bus and they're waving at the helicopter yea! >> reporter: and unsolved murder in san leandro there was the case of and on the state and identity. police say they're not releasing his name because they believe he was not the intended target someone likely now to the killer is. the man rented eight apartment and he did not know it was the place forge a drug opera

of the sons of iraq, which was the hand-over of the responsibility to resource the sons of iraq to the central government in iraq. and that didn't work out frankly. because it was never clear to us whether maliki intended to support them or not. in this case, we seek in every possible way, both to encourage and support the central government to bridge those elements now by supporting them, being present in the training process and ultimately ensuring that the linkage between the shaiks and the sunni leaders is effective with the government not in a handoff later. one of the most important messages or lessons that have come from this. >> and does that include financial resources from the iraqi government to these tribes. >> yes, in the context, for example, of the 2015 budget by the iraqis and there is a way for the recruitment of tribal elements and into the national guard organizations. those organizations will belong to the governor and support and be nationalized in the event of a national emergency. that entity will belong to the ministry of defense and paid by national funds. so the mecha

of the sons of iraq, which was the hand-over of the responsibility to resource the sons of iraq to the centralovernment in iraq. and that didn't work out frankly. because it was never clear to us whether maliki intended to support them or not. in this case, we seek in every possible way, both to encourage and support the central government, to bridge those elements now by supporting them being present in the training process and ultimately ensuring that the linkage between the shaiks and the sunni leaders is effective with the government not in a handoff later. one of the most important messages or lessons that have come from this. >> and does that include financial resources from the iraqi government to these tribes. >> yes, in the context, for example, of the 2015 budget by the iraqis and there is a way for the recruitment of tribal elements and into the national guard organizations. those organizations will belong to the governor and support and be nationalized in the event of a national emergency. that entity will belong to the ministry of defense and paid by national funds. so the mechani

wants to pursue a different strategy is it's also consistent with the preferences of the central government in iraq. one of the reasons we saw that iraqi security forces had failed was because they weren't backed up by a unified central government that had succeeded in uniting that country to face the threat from isil. so to deploy a large-scale long-term commitment of u.s. ground troops in iraq would be contrary to the wishes of the very central government that we're trying to support. and finally -- and this is important too. and finally, it's also important to the cohesion of our international coalition. there are 60 countries that have made a substantial commitment alongside the united states to take the fight to isil. and many of those countries -- that includes countries in the region, and at least some of those countries would not be entirely comfortable with a large-scale long-term foreign military deployment in their neighborhood. >> but operations would be authorized for rescue missions taking out isis leaders, calling in air strikes and intelligence. how is that not mission creep? >> wel

. >> it's also to try to understand how they have isis central, operating in iraq operating in syria. looking into who carried out the latest killings. >> well that's exactly right. you know as far as this take goes they are looking very closely frame by frame especially at a man in the center of the tape. he's wearing camouflage. not the type of black loose-fitting gear that you see others in the tape wearing. so they're looking to see who he might be why he speaks such good english. but also is this a sign that isis fundamentally is expanding to libya, and there are signs of them or their adherence in places like yemen, afghanistan, and pakistan. >> barbara starr, appreciate the update. we're obviously not showing the video. look at the still video, seeing a man burned alive earlier, and listen to cleric sunni, and shia condemning isis at morning prayers. and what the terror group hopes to achieve without a single ally elsewhere in the world. joining us "new york times" david kirkpatrick, and peter bergen who has just written an item about the kind of war that isis hopes to start. s

the battle plan to take mosul in central iraq. the town with an estimated 2,000 fighters. they took it last year in what was really an embarrassing defeat of the iraqi army. u.s. is currently training about 3200 iraqi soldiers for this plan come april or may. they will be part of a 20 to 25,000 strong force of iraqis who will retake the city. >> it's now become a matter of policy that this administration is going to announce war plans in advance and only increases the risk. you have to wonder, given the timing, right after the summit on countering violent extremism, if this is the administration prying to get a pr win since this summit hasn't produced anything other concrete than justify the president's failures in countering the islamic state. >> reason coalition air strikes focused on softening up isis targets in iraq, the briefer said the u.s. hoped the offensive would wrap up by the holy month of ramadan which starts midsummer from a strategic standpoint, this briefing could go one of two ways. some isis fighters might retreat

outcome of the sons of iraq, which was the handover of the responsibility to resource the sons of iraq to the central government in iraq and that did not work out frankly, because it was never clear to us i think whether malik he intended to support them or not. in this case we seek in every possible way both to encourage and support the central government to build those bridges now with the tribal elements by providing support being present in the training process and ultimately ensuring that the linkage between the shakes and the iraqi civilian sunni leaders that linkage now is effective, not in a handoff later. that is one of the most important messages or lessons that have come out of this. >> is that include financial resources been transferred from being transferred from the iraqi government to these tribes? is that one of our recommendations? >> well, yes in the context from the 2015 budget that was just passed by the iraqis, there was a wedge in their for the recruitment of tribal elements and indigenous populations from each province into the national guard organizations. those national guar

sis sis is fighting in that direction, they are also fighting the syrian regime and central government in iraq as well as the u.s. forces. so they are fighting on multiple fronts and that has raised some questions that perhaps the coalition air strikes are not degrading organize destroying isis as much as some peopleronan. >> a worrying moment for something so central to the operation. we'll be watching. thank you ayman. nbc's a yman mohyeldin. you know that expression sober as a judge, ruth badder ginsburg explained why to some she looked like she was nodding off during this year's state of the union. >> we sit there stone faced, sober judges but we're not -- at least i wasn't 100% sober because before we went to the state of the union -- we had we had dinner together and i vowed this year just sparkling water, stay away from the wine. but in the end the dinner was so delicious, it needed wine to accompany it. >> is there a story you love more today? it was supplied by justice anthony kennedy and it was in justice ginsburg's words a very fine california wine. "saturday night live" celebrating

well, i we will say our goals with respect to iraq is that we return iraq to the sovereign control of the iraqi people and the central government in baghdad. >> do you think the iranians sure that? >> i believe so. the iranians would believe that there interests would -- they would consider their interests are best served -- >> because they have influence in iraq. >> they have regional interests and they are in fact, in iraq which is not something that suits a prize or alarmist. >> and looking beyond. if we think an accommodation is good the aftermath of that in iraq in syria, and yemen elsewhere in my view is not so good. sometimes we look at the short game versus the long run and i am concerned about the long run. >> senator, i would not propose we are accommodating iran and iraq at this particular moment. we are undertaking the measures with the iraqis not cooperating with the iranians, as you have pointed out and your question presupposes. the irradiance have an iranians have an interest in a stable iraq just as we do but that does not mean we are accommodating the iranians by virtue of the actions we are taking

>> well, they are appealing to sunni communities in iraq, that feel that the central government has not really basically taken their grievances into account. they appeal to the community in syria that has been under tremendous pressure and attacked by the assad regime in damascus. they appeal to sunni's in yemen who believe that iran is supporting the houthi group that has taken over power in sanna. in this particular sense and also they are appealing to the sunni community worldwide that is look, we are standing out. we are trying to exact vengeance against iran, iran being the major supporters of these regimes in iraq, syria and now yemen. in this particular sense even though the bat doors residence was empty and deserted for three years, it has tremendous symbolic value because isil would like to tell the sunni arab world, we are your defendant, the vanguard, we are taking revenge against the iranians. >> the fact that they were able to carry out this attack on libyan soil, what does it tell us about the spread of the influence of isil? >> well, we know for a fact that outside of ira

iraq. but central to the strategy of this idea that you can create a truly national security force that holdsay or another for the u.s. to succeed there that's ha to work. >> which has proved to be a fallacy for every occupying presence in afghanistan during the time frame you mentioned. >> i think what's difficult the afghan national army has been recruited nationally but if you look for many afghans, they view the first allegiances along tribal lines and localized lines. if you recruit a security force that was localized, then you start flirting with ideas of war lordism where you kind of wind up with a futile country. how do you create an army with a national identity in a country that doesn't have a national identity. >> without speaking to intelligence, it's been out there in the press and among human rights groups that u.s. has had close relationships with war lords on the border. >> absolutely this is the nature of the conflict you're involved in and the border is a somewhat pore us border that's been drawn and redrawn and the real equities you're dealing with it's not a borderline but

the group seized a chunk of land stretching from northern syria to iraq leaving the government with one central goal. >> making sure that isis does not come a -- across to our shores. >> i don't think we need combat brigades on the ground in the middle east. i think our allies in the region need to step up. it is their homeland, their country. >> reporter: but senator graham is calling for 10,000 u.s. troops to head to syria and iraq. >> an aerial campaign will not destroy isil on the ground. >> reporter: our objective should be to deny them the ability to hang on to their territory. that gives them a base from which potentially to plot against us and plot against western europe. >> politics on both sides of theile might find themselves hard-pressed to stand behind further engagement in the middle east. >> we can support that and we can stitch together a coalition but the united states can not just send troops in on its own and fix it. >> reporter: they and other house dem accurates called for a vote on the u.s. response to isis. so far none has been scheduled. in the news room, back to you. >>

iraq. the host of comedy central's daily show, jon stewart says he will leave sometime this year. he has anchored the program since 1999. he turned it into an influential show that makes satire commentary and interviews -- a 16 year career, unheard of. it is crunch time in europe with two big meetings to discuss the future and save -- estate of peace talks. you might have heard him in the background. my guest for this half hour, the long serving mayor of london boris johnson. a native new yorker, author of the most recent book which he just signed for me "the churchill factor." great to see you. i know you are on a six-day tour. >> we are here to talk about london and new york and the investments we are trying to attract. with some success. american companies want to expand into our city. your place is absolutely full with british talent. >> we just hired them today and then they are gone tomorrow. we are going to get to the technology investment in london. first, i have to ask you about greece or did you have been highly critical of the bailout. greece should never have joined th

central command apparently shows areas controlled by i.s.i.l. on iraq. this video shows a strike on sunday near an area of hamdenea. a group in anbar province. u.s. coalition has also carried out strikes against the group in neighboring syria. and fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. have seized the university in the central libyan city of sirte. exploiting a poir vacuum power value for control. >> battle for sirte and captured former leader moammar gadhafi. now they're ready to deploy to the coastal city. the group has declared sirte and i.s.i.l. province and its fighters occupy government buildings there. >> we should secure all libya. we should not keep silent after we have made such sacrifices. >> reporter: moved into the sirte area for preparation of another vital battle in libya. coast guards are now patrolling the mediterranean. said to have reached sirte by sea. somewhere in this area that i.s.i.l. recently killed 21 egyptian coptic christians. northeastern city of derna a towrn wheretown where some fighters declared allegiance to i.s.i.l. the egyptian mil

jim and debbie fine spent four years in iraq on a humanitarian commission with the mennonite central committee. they aided thousands of refugees who poured into camp as isis fighters destroyed villages. they say the couple needs to take a multi faceted approach. >> i think our colleagues in iraq gree there needs to be a military dementia begins the campaign and islamic state but they would say if that is all you can do you will just make the situation worse. you need to dress the things that are driving people apart there. >> the president's action requires congress -- sets congress on a path to its first war powers vote since 2002. >>> investigating a hate if played a role in the three young shootings in muslims in carolina they believe they had to do with the neighbor's anger over parking and noise. craig hicks appeared in court to face murder charges. police say hicks gun down a husband, wife along with the women's sister at a condo near unc chapel hill. sister of one of the victims said she was aware of a dispute. >> to my knowledge yes there had been issues of some disrespect and

. >> we have a half different countries like libya and iraq where the central government does not controlthe country, the country side fully in their own countries, and there are other countries as well. these are huge problems that are going on and we're so preoccupied with dealing with the crisis that we have not stepped back and saw what kind of a long term strategy do we have and what are the tools that we can use? the military is clearly one tool, but it's by far not the only one. >> i want to go to another crisis and that's russia. i want to put up a graphic here and it's down 50 percent since last year and sugar the cost of it up 40 percent and bread 20 percent. this is a case where combined with oils cratering has created potential for a catastrophe in russia. i have people thinking that they're too bad and in a weird way can occupy putin. >> well to see what putin is putting out to russians on what he -- on the now state controlled media. this is all a conspiracy by the west to break russia and deny them their weapons and to make sure that they do the bidding on the left. he is m

a different pod el of gover nans and go away to n kobt e continueroneted policy of one central government in iraq and move to something where you're truly padding where even at this point a small margin of the weapons and policeman ewe fwhigs that we're seds e sending is getting to them. fwh some type of three-state tlugs. how is this a colonel winning strategy to dedeet isi sirks. j i believe we are going to not go back to the way things were. the breakdown of the boundaries within this region are going to be incredibly difficult to get back to. not impose, but i just don't see that happening any time soon. i would ae say that iran is the greater problem. >> and i think like you saw in remmen, you were anyings in iraq things occur that are careerly isle rain yan influenced and everything that we are trying to do. so i'll leave it at that. i would actually not pose iran as the primary problem in iraq. i think the myly shas are a primary problem. and isle rabble can use that striemt when it was e it is useful for them. and then they can begin to move to try to shut it down. and i think that the ke

iraq and syria. on monday, u.s. central command reported 27 airstrikes in the past 24 hours, including nine near kobani, syria, and 17 across iraq. meanwhile, the britain-based syrian observatory for human rights said airstrikes by the syrian government targeting rebel-held areas killed over 40 people. a u.s. drone strike has reportedly killed four people traveling in a car in southeastern yemen. unnamed local sources identified the victims as al-qaeda suspects. it was the third such attack to hit yemen in a week, including last monday's strike, which killed a 12-year-old boy. meanwhile, the latest tally from the bureau of investigative journalism shows u.s. drone strikes have killed nearly 2,500 people since president obama took office, including more than 300 civilians. obama has overseen nearly nine times as many strikes in pakistan, yemen and somalia as his predecessor, george w bush. greece's new prime minister and his finance minister are each meeting with their italian counterparts today as they continue to bring the