talking about the fate of his team. >> not good. >> you might be right. >> all right, colleen.t does it for us here tonight at 6:00 o'clock. >> and well see you right back here at 10:00. have a great night. [ male announcer ] for a limited time verizon fios is offering small business owners even faster internet speeds for the same great price. now with the flexibility of no annual contract. because we know how limited time can be for a small business owner. with our fiber-optic fast speeds, everything gets done quicker... so you're small business ready. switch to fios... now for a limited time with faster internet speeds up to 25 meg download and upload. for the same great price and no annual contract. plus, get phone with 99.9% network reliability, unlimited nationwide calling and a second basic phone line included. for just $99.99 a month. also, get a firm price quote of your total monthly charges. just call 1.888.410.4404. or ask how you can double the download speed for the same price with a two-year agreement. just call 1.888.410.4404. 100% fiber-optic fast internet and ph

colleen, thank you. >> thank you. liz: colleen taylor from san francisco.tes. while everyone's headed out of town for the first official week of summer, don't forget tomorrow is the summer solstice. as we've been discussing, the s&p poised to hit another record high for the third day in a row. our market panel weighs in on what to expect this summer. maybe you shouldn't have sold in may and gone away. hopefully, you didn't, you're watching us. >>> and going green seems to be raking in the green these days. from wicked's incredible success on broadway to the popularity of the incredible hulk, for example, and now retailers are getting in on it as well. green juice is all the rage. everybody on the streets of new york is carrying some type of bottle with green juice in it. one cereal entrepreneur is cashing in. the founder and ceo of aloha. joining me for start-up nation, next. ♪ ♪ my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. tha

colleen, this is big. >> it sure; you know what, in a season that's been anything but exciting, this will be pretty special moment. obviously, jimmy rollins and the fans knew it was coming. but what unfolded on the field was unexpectedly touching. >> mike schmidt coming down the line shocked me. i didn't expect that. i knew he was going to be here, he told me he had to come around, and he hoped that i got it done at home, because he had to come up here anyway. so i new he was in town, but i didn't know he was going to have a part in it, and so, you know, hit first base and i look down and he was halfway up the line, i was like wow. that was pretty nice. that's a surprise. and then the teammates, you know, came out and the game stopped, fireworks went off, and it was pretty cool. >> pretty cool is probably an understatement. and we'll have more from jimmy coming up in sports, including a inside look at what his teammates did, and said, after the game. >> all right, thanks, colleen. happening now, philadelphia authorities break up a large scale cockfighting ring. it happened around 3:0

hey, colleen. >> hey, joyce.pirates fan gets an unexpected reaction from the visiting second baseman. and the sixers could be setting their sites even higher for a draft night. the latest report coming u ♪ >> the phillies go for a season high six straight wins in st. louis. cole hamels against adam wainwright. not a bad matchup this afterno afternoon. unless you're facing them, of course. not a very exciting game from an offensive standpoint but the pitching that was outstanding. hamels with eight strikeout through seven an third innings. but then this happened. matt holiday rbi double to left centerfield. matt carpenter scores and the cards take two-one lead in the eighth. now three-one in the ninth. and the sixers have five days until the nba draft. five days to figure out what to do with three and 10. number three and 10 there. and of course rumors are always part of the pre draft process after joelle fractured his foot. the sixers reportedly in talks with the cavs for a trade that will send the number one ove

let's ask colleen taylor reporting with tech crunch.k about blackberry, i'm a canadian, but amazon is the bigger story right now, so let's talk about that. what do you think about this amazon fire. they love things with the word or implication of fire in it. but how much of a threat is it? >> i'm not sure how much of a threat it can -- is going to be to the entrenched players. throwing another operating system in there, or another network there into the mix is -- is a long-shot in a lot of ways, but the fire phone is a really impressive device. they have some new things here. this is nothing like when facebook came out a couple of years ago, and tried to make a facebook phone that really wasn't anything different other than it ran facebook. this amazon phone has some really cool technology. there's 3-d vision. there is this fire fly app that allows you to identify any song, movie or product and seamlessly go buy it somewhere, and of course amazon. so it's definitely a great effort, but we'll have to wait and see. >> is there an obvious

as obama orders military advisers to iraq, we will speak to colleen hanabusa hanabusa on her effort to block sending forces to iraq without congressional approval. wikileaks publishes the text of a secret trade agreement that bankingfect the industry. we will talk about that with lori wallach. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration is sending up to 300 military advisers to help iraq's fight against the sunni uprising that has taken over large parts of the country. president obama announced the new contingent while ruling out the deployment of combat troops but also said he remains open to launching military strikes at the iraqi government request. we are developing more information about potential ,argets associated with isil and going forward, we will be prepared to take targeted emphasize military action if and when we determine the situation on the ground requires it. i will consult closely with congress and leaders in the rack -- any iraqi. >> in his remarks, he also said he was not pushing for the resignatio

colleen finkle says out for a morning run the whole family is involved emily and kate and this great shot from pam ryan, took a beautiful shot on her morning walk, you want to see more photos when you post your pictures use #~ 6 abc get fit. >> thank you. >>> big changes are headed for abc's world news, diane sawyer is stepped down as anchor for big interviews, she will leave in september to focus on prime time specials and landing the big interviews, david muir will take over as anchor. the network also announced that george stephanopoulos will be the anchor for live news events in owedition to cohosting "good morning america" and this week. >> and still ahead on "action news" tonight, a major grocery store chain is accused of overcharging customers in one state. >>> the u.s. economy experienced the big evident contraction this spring since the recession, it reach aid steep annual rate through the january through march quarter. analyst says there normally would be concerns of another recession and this data is believed to be the result of storms that shut down factories. >>> the $80

colleen thank you very much. >> we've got more news coming up for you. half hour full of news tonight. traffic trouble on a major highway as tractor trailer overturns bringing cars to a standstill. investigators say the driver fell asleep behind the wheel. what his employer had to say about the crash that's all new at 6:00. >> despite the controversy over businesses in atlantic city, people are flocking to the town this weekend the sand sculpture event you might want to check out with your family. fox 29 news at si ♪ >> right now at sick, we're getting a closer look at the woman police say brutally attacked a new jersey mom in enough a crowd of people. the victim's two year old son right next to her. why police want to you take a good look at the attacker's fa face. >>> and the showboat casino in atlantic city is shutting down. how the former gaming mecca will adjust to yet another closure. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at six. >> but first tonight a crash along i-95 snarls traffic and tonight police say the driver of tha

colleen, thanks lot. our next newscast comes your way 6:00 p.m. on saturday. can follow us online 24/7. thanks for watching. ♪ [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] >> today on "tmz" >> shia labeouf officially a mess. arrested last night and drunk as hell. >> is it true -- >> it's a very sad story. >> isn't it salt in the wound this happens the day the new "transformers" movie opens. >> oh! teigen is striving through "transformers" movie opens. l.a.x. in a see-through white blouse with no bra. >> if you don't have big boobs you don't care. >> they're a c. >> you measured them? remarkable. bootsy outside of bellows. we asked her how the party was. >> she goes it was good.

. >> colleen? >> the phillies are looking for something, anything to get them back on track. coming up in sports the good and the bad about cole hamels starting tonight in cin >> police say some thieves got away with more than break fast at a hunting park dunkin' donu donuts. employees say they took cash when they robbed the store on the for thousand block of north fifth street yesterday. workers say one of the robbers was armed and walked in the store demanding money then money bag. employees didn't have one. investigators say the suspects got away in a gray honda sedan. >> a bristol township doctor is facing child pornography charges to night. investigators say they found images and videos on his computer. fox 29's thalia perez is live outside the penndel police head quarter where is detectives worked with the fbi to make this arrest. thalia? >> reporter: dawn, the penndel chief of police tells me that this investigation is on going and quinton parker the suspect has admitted to downloading the child pornography to his home computer. >> i saw them take him away in handcuffs

. >> we're joined by tech crunch's colleen taylor and robert luna from surevest wealth management.olleen, is there a theme that we can identify that google is pursuing with the spate of products that they were unveiling today? >> bill, it's really android, android, android. as josh said, that was really the main thrust this morning of the keynote presentation. they're really focusing a lot on this android brand. the new numbers today were that android has 1 billion monthly active users. there's only a handful of products that can give that claim. and i think google is just putting all of its firepower behind that. two things they didn't mention at all really today were google glass and google plus. the real focus right now is on android. >> i guess, robert, you can see the shares responding positively, but to that point, how can investors be so sure that google is focusing in the right areas going forward? >> well, you know, i think, kelly, right now, the bigger picture is all these companies, whether it's amazon or google or apple, they're in this race for share of your life right

>> colleen, right now severe weather rolling through the ar area. severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 o'clock for philadelphia county, northern camden county as well as burlington county. heavy rain, gusty winds and lightning moving toward cherry hill as well as willingboro. take a live look right now at center city and you can see the only any us in conditions gusty winds and heavy rain. ♪ >> everything has been difficu difficult. everything. a man with a lengthy record of driving drunk face as judge after a dui crash and his victim speaks only to fox 29. that crash on mcdade boulevard in delaware county last july left a female motorcyclist with devastating injuries. fox 29's bruce gordon has been following this story from the very beginning. he's back from the courthouse in mode ya and live in our newsroom with today's really surprising developments, bruce. >> reporter: absolutely. james duggan was sentence dad to 4.5 to nine years in state prison, plus a year of probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a vehicle while dui. th

if not, thank you again colleen and we'll go on to our next item. >> item 12 is other business. >> commissioners, any other -- any comments or any comments from the public. >> no public comment. >> i wanted to ask about just as a follow up item, we had in our packets two meetings ago i think a letter addressed to uz from us from cpmc about bed allocation between facilities and at some point i feel responsible -- >> that was the [inaudible] and it's a prop q hearing. you want to tell us -- i think we have it on the calendar. >> right. that's going to address the prop q setsing up a meeting with -- -- >> you don't need to cover this now, i just want to make sure we -- >> yes, we want -- >> you're scheduled to have a prop q hearing at your next meeting. it's on the reduction in skilled nursing facility beds from 99 to 74. >> and we are currently working with director garcia on the response that cpmc gave us regarding the diabetes clinic and we'll see and report back to commission what their response will be after we get further clarification of nurse services. any further questions, i will move on

he allegedly bit colleen e on the shoulder, but the referee did not call it. italians have called for him to be banned. >> joining us now? art, from the sports department. great to see you once more. >> they decided to play defensively, there was too much talent on the forward line. another double problem that the italians had, a hard time dealing with the heat. you can see it in some of the other games they played. plus a number of players are in the 30's. too much was expected of them. i think that the cards were against them. this is an italian team again making an early exit from a world cup competition. uruguay fully deserved to win the match. >> and yet we have to talk about suarez. assuming that that was proven that it was a i that we just saw, what is going on? why the biting? >> nice to be hungry to win, but this is going too far. sorry, could not resist that. we may have to ask his health professional why this is happening. when he played in holland in 2010 he bit a player. last year in the premier league bit a player from chelsea. this is allegedly

want to take a moment to thank a number of people, including our department of public month from colleeno director garcia, who has done an amazing job. i want to thank all the other members of the community that have come out to talk to this. the amendments today i'm introducing will do a few things. it will create a care team under dph that will oversee implementation if it is passed. these will oversee evaluation of the implementation of laura's law. it will be a specialist who can provide live experience to help the family members and a liaison who will be a person with a family member with mepbltion illness to counsel the referring source. it will also maximize opportunities for voluntary commitment before the order for oat is implemented. additionally patients who do not meet laura's law criteria will have a pathway to be evaluated for and connected to the appropriate level of mental health treatment and i want to stress that the intention, of course, is to make these potential voluntary services and treatment options before laura's law in addition to what exists today in terms of o

this is colleen bailey, the executive director of the foundation.you are feeling the excitement. this year is special? >> it's great to see everybody come out and the numbers are up because of all the awareness, thank you to channel 6 and our number is going to be huge and the weather is going to hold out for us, so come on out, if you can't run or walk, you can donate. come out and help build the awareness around this. >> it's for a great cause and thank you to the viewers, we'll be here for the time being come on out to liberty place, live in center city, karen rogers, back to you sara. >> great cause in honor of a great guy. thank you karen. you can get "action news" and accuweather any time with our 6 abc news app. >>> toyota is repeating a major recall for airbag problems, the auto maker says it needs to fix more than 2.2 million vehicles because of an issue with the front airbag inflaters. it includes 20 models including corolla compacts and tundra pickups from 2003 and 2004. >>> the restaurant chain, pf chang s is investigating a data breach,

colleen dickinson hung up the phone on her husband when the dogs passed by. >> i noticed the little one. i just told my husband right away, there is this little scruffy one. i just got to go see it. and then i saw the other ones coming in. it just made me kind of happy to see something a little bit different in the airport. >> reporter: the first of these programs began in san jose after the september 11th attacks to ease the anxiety of travelers. now several airports across the country are unleashing the hounds. >> here we go. >> reporter: after a deadly shooting rampage last year at l.a.x., lanny goodwin and his english setter grommet comfort passengers and airport workers. >> they take your mind, if only for a short period of time, it takes your mind off it. >> reporter: like any other employees at the airport, the dogs have to be screened. they go through health checks, even take a personality test. but above all in a stressful and chaotic environment like the airport, they have to be disciplined. what have you found the reaction been from passengers when you actually physically see

colleen thank you that will do it for us here at 6:00. we'll see you back here at 10.at night. inside edition is up next. ♪this is home box!!! come to hhgregg's 4th of july sale and save up to 30% storewide plus, up to an extra $500 more when you buy multiple major appliances. get this samsung french door refrigerator for only $999. or a samsung 51" hdtv for just $398. get savings storewide on amazing deals and the boxes they come in. come to hhgregg. and fill your home with happy. >>> shia labeouf busted. >> what is the story? >> the actor shia labeouf hauled off in handcuffs after freaking out at this theater. >> did cops really put a mask over his face because he was spitting at them? >>> then nanny go home, fired by the family but she just won't go away. >> i want you to -- why won't you leave their house. >> this is the nanny's room, this is their sons' room, little joey and ralphy sleep in fear every night. >> they even lock the fridge so she will leave. >> you actually pat lock -- padlock your refrigerator every night? >> just like this. >> how can this be happe

. >> reporter: colleen baez works with vta.t's her light rail that will transport thousands of fans from caltrain in surrounding areas to the stadium on game day. sunday vta staff huddled and talked strategy. >> it is an active railroad and we want to make sure that people are safe while they are waiting to get on their trains. >> reporter: four public transits alone will be pumping thousands of fans into the stadium. so to get the complete game day effect, santa clara shut down tasman street sunday exactly what they will do for all games with more than 20,000 people. cones and fences on tasman helped guide fans from vta into the stadium. planners estimate as many as 4,000 fans will take caltrain and vta to reach the stadium. so any strategizing they can do before the big day will make for a smoother grand opening. >> we want to be prepared to help people move as quickly and efficiently as possible after the event. >> reporter: vta isn't done with its dry runs just yet. in fact, this tuesday, they are holding another one at the

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i'll start with colleen mccain melson of the waul strell stree journal. >> do you have any confidence maliki and can he bring political stability to iraq? >> it is not our job to choose 's leaders. part of what we fought for was the right and opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there is any secret that right now at least there is deep divisions between sunni, shia and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it will be hard for an iraqi government to deal with these threats. whether he as prime minister or other they have the opportunity to advance their interest in the process. we have seen over the last two years dating back to 2008, 2009, the sense among sunnis that their interests were not being served. you hear similar complaints that the government in baghdad has not reached out to the tribes and have been able to bring them into a process that gives them a sense of being part of a unity government or a single nation state and that has to be worked through. part of the reason why we

been orphaned by these unlawful shootings and so there have been protests in the street literally colleen for reforms within the police department now speaking those other cases you represented the family of kenneth ellis the third who was an iraqi war veteran who was killed in two thousand and ten during a police standoff and in that case the city actually settled for nearly eight million dollars and the city has a massive amount of money that they've been paying out involving all of these different allegations of police misconduct over the past few years are the citizens upset about what i assume our tax dollars that are being spent on these settlements well jurors that found that kind of ellis had been wrongfully killed and that his son who was five years old at the time would grow up without his father i'm awarded more than ten million dollars and then after another year of litigating he said oh that paid for approximately eight million dollars but the citizens want to see investments in reforms so that there are fewer shootings now let's take a look at this video of the events that l

. >> my colleen. >> here is your question. all right. what was the group's name before little mix?le mix concert. >> coming to a city near you. >> congratulations. whose next. >> hi, i'm ana. ana, are you ready, sweetie. >> i'm ready. all right. who is perry's musical influence? >> steve perry. >> steve perry it is! oh, my gosh, congratulations. you got two tickets coming your way. what's next. >> here is the next question. what's your name, sweetie? >> rohab. >> what's jesse's phobia. is it spiders, sandwiches or sea horses. >> sandwiches. >> yes! >> whose afraid of a sandwich? >> explain the fear. >> it's slightly. i'm not afraid. they just literally make me feel sick. >> slightly. >> congratulations with your two tickets. they are three for three. >> whose next. >> what's your name, amber. >> yes. >> here is your question. what is jade's addiction. is bows, bags, pour biscuits? >> bows. >> that's a trick question. >> oh, you're right. >> give her those tickets! yay. we have one more. ready? what's your name, sweetie. >> we have to go to the next lady. >> hi, i'm ema. >> hi, ema.

colleen said my ties are not what making her sick, you newsiate me -- >> are you sure you are not watching the e-mails coming. otherwise i have no idea how you feel. you do hash tag cavuto thing, we're off to the races. see you tomorrow. kennedy: iraq in shambles, the question is, what do we do about it now? some say looking back is useless. some people i mean john bolton. we can play the blame game. we have to forge a new path ahead, i say, what the hell is this we? we must figure out how a country that become a magnet for american conflict, how has that devolveed into a messy monster? who is to blame? how the hell did we get in bed with iran. now they are going to annex a country we wasted billions on to

will start with colleen but do you have any confidence in prime minister melekeok this point -- primer maliki at this point? jobs i said, it is not our to choose iraq's leaders. part of what our patriots fought for during many years in iraq was the right and the opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't ping there is any least,that right now, at -- i don't think there is any secret that right now, at least, there are deep divisions between sunni, shia, and kurd leaders. divisions those deep continue or worsen, it will be very hard for an iraqi central government to elect an aero -- an iraqi military to deal with the crisis. we have consulted with prime minister maliki and have said that to him privately, and we said it publicly. whether he is premised her or -- prime minister or any other leader who aspires to lead the country, it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia, and kurd all feel they have the opportunity to advance their interests through the political process. and we have seen over the last two years, actually dating ba

so our question, why, why, colleen, why, sandy, from the movie grease? >> i know, and i would say i wish i had an answer for you. this is casino of curious, but the the thing; it is really tough to get excited about anything right now. >> i think that sort of plaza part of it right now. because the teams playing so listlessly right now, like you want to get behind jimmy rollins. and i understand there are a lot of people that don't like jimmy because they say that he doesn't hustle, and he's all about himself. but come on, mine, they saw it as a sport where it is based on individual act, individual records. >> what did you think about what pete rose had to say. >> criticizing jimmy rollins after the record -- >> i thought it was hilarious, because that's exactly what pete rose d he played for the record. and i mean it has been that way since the beginning of baseball. you look at baseball cards. i mean, it was all about you flipped it over on the back, and it has everything there. all of the stats, all of the records. and i don't think that that's a prob

this language was introduced by two democratic members of the house, colleen hanabusa of hawaii and john garamendi. their language on this thing passed. congressman garamendi said thereafter, "today the house of representatives stood unified we will not rush into a third gulf war. the constitution gives congress the right and obligation to give advice and consent before waging war. i have serious doubts about waging any military campaign in iraq, and clearly" he says "i am not alone." joining us now for the interview, congressman john garamendi of california, member of the armed services committee and one of the two members of congress who got this language passed through the house. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure. >> so, what does this language do? and how did you get it passed through a republican-controlled house where no democratic measures ever get passed? >> well, this one did get passed because i think there's real serious concern, real serious concern among both democrats and republicans about iraq 3.0. we've been t

. >> let's head over to colleen with some sports. >> coming up next, athletes find out what their fans really think just wait until you see their reaction. >>> plus phillies lose game one of the double header but it is back to back mistakes that you have to see we will have those plays >>> phillies playing the braves in a day/night double head er at citizens bank park. let's hope they clean up their act for game two. phillies up two to nothing in the fourth but in the for long. the ball goes right through legs of ryan hour. watch this again. you cannot let that happen. that is error number one. next at bat though justin upton, runners or second and third and ball hit to howard again and it is another error. ball bounced off the heel of his glove and runs scores. it is two-one now. not a good start for ryan howard. come on man get it together out there. now tied at two, justin upton again an rbi double to give braves go ahead run, four-two atlanta. this is icing on the cake. watch dominic brown, he dives and he has nothing. that puts braves up ten-two the with the message from the broad

colleen. >> ing a football legend the man who changed an entire city with his leadership plus jimmy rollinsakes history. that's all ♪ >> more than 2400 people remember the 41 year old police officer killed in an ambush at a las vegas pizza shop last week. funeral services were held for alan beck. beck and his partner igor saldo an bystander at wal*mart were killed by jarod and amanda miller. his body will be flown to his home state of wyoming to be laid to rest. >>> should medical marijuana be legalized in pennsylvania? that's the key issue at a forum in university city today. it was held at u penn school of law and it comes as the state general assembly is moving towards legalizing it. state senator anthony williams hosted the event and says there are benefits to such legalization. >> medical marijuana could have fast track. i think the fact it's not toxic is loud -- understanding the benefits medical to a whole host of occupations. >> advocates say taxing medical marijuana could help the state increase investments in education and pension funds. it could also provide a multi-million dolla

colleen wolfe with ruben today. >> a game of adjust manies.ers as far as experience in the major leagues are concerned. some teams have made some adjust manies. they haven't made all the adjustments back. they're still learning. there's got to be some level of patient that is we have, but at some point the patience runs o out. >> ooh, maybe we'll see what happens in the trade deadline. today is the one year anniversary of the us open golf tournament here in philadelphia. that was at merion last 82. this year it's a the pine hurst at north carolina. last year were you a success. and the usga said the same. they came down to a final hole with fill mickleson losing the lead. so will there be another merion in the future? >> we need some down time. the membership needs to have the course back. given back the community needs some down time. and i think it would be unrealistic to think of having another tournament here until the mid to later 20s. certainly 2030 is a very important year in our history. and that's the year bobby jones completed his gr

. >> all right, scott, thank you colleen?guys, it was a night of cheers and engineers at the ballpark. with one moment in tonight's game that caught almost everyone by surprise. the call coming >> we've got breaking news now regarding the possible septa regional rail strike. let's get you right out fox 29's dave kinchen whose been covering today's negotiations dave. >> union officials just came out of two liberty place here in center city and they are calling their workers telling them not to show up essentially they are saying a strike will happen tomorrow. they say everything has broken down at this point. things have broken down with septa. they are expecting a strike that will take place tomorrow and you can bet that if this continues into next week, if it goes that long, it's going to be spreading a lot of pan across the delaware valley. again, a strike essentially eminent according to union leaders that just came out of a meeting here at two liberty place. in center city, dave kinchen fox 29 news. ♪ >> well with the nat

i'll start with colleen mccain nelson of "the wall street journal." >> thank you, mr. president. do you have any confidence in prime minister maliki at this point? and can maliki bring political stability to iraq? >> as i said, it's not our job to choose iraq's leaders. part of what our patriots fought for during many years in iraq was the right and the opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there's any secret that right now, at least, there is deep divisions between sunni, shia and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it's going to be very hard for an iraqi central government to direct an iraqi military to deal with these threats. and so we've consulted with prime minister maliki, and we've said that to him privately. we've said it publicly. that whether he is prime minister or any other leader aspires to lead the country, that it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia and kurd all feel that they have the opportunity to advance their interests through the political process. and w

i'm start with colleen mccain nelson of the "wall street journal." >> thank you, mr. president. you have any confidence in prime minister maliki at this point? and can maliki bring political stability to iraq? >> as i said, it's not our job to choose iraq's leaders. part of what our patriots fought for during many years in iraq was the right and the opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there's any secret that right now, at least, there is deep divisions between sunni, shia and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it's going to be very hard for an iraqi central government to direct an iraqi military to deal with these threats. we've consulted with maliki and we've said to him privately, we've said it publicly that whether he is prime minister or any other leader, aspires to lead the country, that it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia and kurd all feel that they have the opportunity to advance their interests through the political process. and we've seen over the last two yea

colleen mclean deputy transportation secretary. also served as dhs assistant general council for enforcement she began here career with u.s. customs service where she served i believe as deputy associate chief council is that right? rear admiral paul thomas joins us from the coast guard where he's assistant commandant for prevent -- prevention, policies specialist in marine safety security and environmental protection. graduate of the coast guard academy, and of the massachusetts institute of technology. where i'm proud to say that one of our boys attended. when i went to ohio state i could barely spell m.i.t. the idea of ever having a kid that goes there i could not imagine. congratulations on that. thanks for your service. i want to ask kevin to pronounce your last name for me, kevin. i just want to make sure sure i get it right. >> mcaleenan. >> with the emphasis on the leen? >> you put an "a" in front of the "c" it works better. >> there you go. and acting deputy commissioner at the u.s. customs and border protection. served as

i'll start with colleen mccain nelson of the wall street journal. >> thank you, mr. president. do you have any confidence in prime minister maliki at this point? and can maliki bring political stability to iraq? >> as i said, it's not our job to choose iraq's leaders. part of what our patriots fought for during many years in iraq was the right and the opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there's any secret that right now at least there is deep divisions between sunni, shia, and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it's going to be very hard for an iraqi central government to direct an iraqi military to deal with these threats. and so we've consulted with prime minister maliki, and we've said that to him privately. we've said it publicly that whether he is prime minister, or any other leader aspires to lead the country, that it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia, and kurd all feel that they have the opportunity to advance their interests through the political process. and w

i'll start with colleen mccain nelson of "the wall street journal." >> thank you, mr. president.you have any confidence in prime minister maliki at this point? and can maliki bring political stability to iraq? >> as i said, it's not our job to choose iraq's leaders. part of what our patriots fought for during many years in iraq was the right and the opportunity for iraqis to determine their own destiny and choose their own leaders. but i don't think there's any secret that right now at least there is deep divisions between sunni, shia, and kurdish leaders. and as long as those deep divisions continue or worsen, it's going to be very hard for an iraqi central government to direct an iraqi military to deal with these threats. and so we've consulted with prime minister maliki and said to him privately, we've said it publicly, that whether he is prime minister orlead leader aspires to lead the country, it has to be an agenda in which sunni, shia, and kurd all feel they have the opportunity to advance their interests through the political process. and we've seen over the last two year