--ty crete -- we are coming to get you. where are you? the isil fighter retorts by saying by god we will come and slaughter you. our martyrs will go to heaven and yours will rot in hell. ty cretehelltikirit -- many iraqis resent iranian involvement in the conflict. >> some countries try to get involved in iraq's affairs, not to protect the country but because they don't agree with the iraqi government so if we don't stop the militia, iraq will be divided. >>reporter: but iran says it plays a crucial role in fighting isil. >> even though most of the burden is on the shoulders of iraqi people standing up to the islamic state, the group would have attacked many regional countries. >>reporter: some blame foreign intervention in iraq for creating an unending cycle of violence. >> this is a repeat of an earlier cycle in 2007 there was a massive sunni resistance. that was overcome but there was no reconciliation because the sunnis do not accept that iraqi shiite religious parties who they see as more shiite than iraqi should be th

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. >> this is day five of the battle up to crete, the effort to push from baghdad. the extremists still control significant areas, shown here in black and the north of the country. but in the zones in red, they are having to fight attacks with a combination of government forces, iranian backed militias, and some sunnis, too. they can draw support from large areas. if the government can retake to crete, they can open the main road north, but this is too late to save the ancient city of nam route -- mnimrood. while some are thought to be copies, many are originals irreplaceable objects. they long predates islam, but now they are thought to be false idols. these pictures were taken before i.s. ran over the area. it is feared that bulldozers were brought in a few days ago to destroy every trace of this ancient syrian capital. >> i would characterize as the worst form of ethnic cleansing and cultural cleansing. i would also characterize this as part of the warfare and as a crime against humanity. >> the war against i.s. is being fought on several fronts. from the air and

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iraq is staging an offensive against isis and this time it's in that crete.ir efforts to retake that city from isis, even though -- and they're even uniting sue any and shiite fighters in this mission. using ground troops, iraqi war plane. helicopters are striking targets in and around the city. and in case you're wondering how long isis has been holding it, they're held that crete since last year. >>> in another development, isis has released 19 christian hostages. they let them go on sunday and they're expected to release ten more. the sudden reversal has a lot of people puzzled. all but one of the christian released were in fact from the group of 200 captured last week in northern syrian villages. >>> in the latest development in the war against isis people calling themselves isis, supporters at least, have made online threats against twitter's founder jack dorsey and other twitter proi eyes because twitter has been shutting down accounts that promote isis. sam burke is in london. how serious are there threats and how tasable are they? >> we don't want to

islamic state militants are coming under pressure from iraqi forces into crete. >> troops are said toave retaken half the city after sweeping into days ago. i.s. is playing down reports it has been defeated. recapturing the city is seen as a step toward driving out to the militants who control about a third of iraq and syria. >> mozilla is the most important city, still under the control of islamic state. kurdish forces have taken to fight. >> the kurdish fighters are receiving military aid and training front some western governments, including germany. >> using stones to teach con back tactics -- combat tactics. they are being trained by the german army. many have been at the front line the germans are helping them to hone their skills and stay alive. >> my job is to train them. all security forces. on the one hand, they have to defend their country and they must survive this conflict. >> they are practicing a counter attack. they learn to respond rapidly and sees the upper hand. the germans are teaching them not just how to defend their positions, but also to go on the offensive and

the last few months the number of new cases has de-creted and the fear of complacency has set in. >> we just want to reenergize and remind people because we've been in this fight for almost ten months and people are beginning to tire out, become complacent. >>reporter: more than 10,000 people have been killed and just last week 79 new cases were reported in the three worst-affected countries. many understand the need for a curfew but for those below the poverty line stocking up is not an option. >> because of this lockdown there's nowhere to get food for survival so when they heard about this supply they came around to have something for these three days. >>reporter: and it's not just sierra leone. guinea has also declared a health emergency. the president has ordered restriction and confinement in five regions. many are concerned the government may not be able to provide adequate food and medical supplies to the affected communities. new vaccines and quarantines are slowly winning against the deadly virus but for countries battered by the outbreak the fight against ebola is far from

. >> the the cia is set to crete new units called mission centers where analysts and operators will work much more closely. >>> nepal's international airport has been shut down for four gays. they have been trying to remove a turkish airline jet that skid off the tarmac while landing. march is the beginning of tourism season when many come to climb the himalayan peaks. >>> malaysia has fledge find it's missing plane flight mh 370, they would continue looking for the missing airplane. a vigil was held in malaysia on the eve of the first anniversary of the tragedy. >> it's the only way to remember those who are still missing. many gather in public areas like this to pray, sing and show their support oh of family and friends of those lost on plane mh 370. >> the prime minister suggested at one stage during the last 12 months in an open press conference that the plane had been taken over. yet, at the beginning of this year we see a statement from the department of civil aviation saying that it was an accident. yet, we have no evidence of whether the plane is, the black box recorder or anythi

if they take at this crete they'll push it further north to mosul, the biggest city currently under isil control. [ gunfire ] >> kurdish forces are attacking isil positions around the oil-rich city city of kirkuk seizing villages as they go. troops began amassing outside of the town in anbar province. they tried to push forward to the city of fallujah, which is just ten kilometers away. fallujah has been under isil control for months now. the advance has forced a growing number from their homes. it's a situation that aid agencies in iraq i is a will only get worst. jane arraf have reports from baghdad. >> this woman has been trying to get by on her own since she had to leave her home. the mattresses will help to cover her floors. it's not easy for a young widow with four young daughters. with the growing number of iraqis displaced as the glory government takes on isil there is less and less aid. she is a bit luckier than most after being held by the iraqi territory to leave the town, she found work as a school janitor. the teach efforts there help give her money to help pay the rent. mor

do you agree that crete is a defining battle? robin: most of the operations up until now since last summer have been either cashmere or kirk kurdish militias in the north. this is the first time we have seen the iraqi army back in force. it will be a test of whether they are in effect of fighting force. -- an effective fighting force. they are only a quarter of the strength they were in 2009. this is a moment where you find no many shiite militias involved in fighting -- so many shiite militias involved in fighting a sunni military force. kathy: describe to me whose command they are under and where they are getting their intelligence and instructions from. robin: they are in the city that was the birthplace of saddam hussein. it involves about one third of the forces. two thirds are shiite militias aligned with the government in baghdad who do not always cooperate with their sunni counterparts. then you have sunni tribal leaders. all of them are largely under the command or strategic advice of iranian generals from the revolution

two days, shia cleric alsadr has sent members of the peace brigades to reinforce fighters in tech crete. camp spiker is a rallying call. these fighters chant >> we are going to avenge our brothers four fold, referring to the dead recruits. they are just setting off. they haven't seen the fighting yet iraqi military leaders are confident they can retake tikrit. the u.s. officials share that view. but victories like this come at a very high cost. the unknown hundreds of soldiers and militia men who have been killed in battle or at the hands of is isil. the uncertainty of how far the desire for revenge will go. jane arraf, al jazeera, baghdad. >> the former u.s. for metal east in the iraqi capital right now. he told al jazeera the battle for tikrit slowed down a bit in the last few days because of the nature of the fighting. when you are talking about street fighting city fighting urban fighting you are talking about a slow battle in any sequence. you don't have the wide open spaces where you can move quickly. when you start getting near the city with the number of ied did that is isil has

and that news comes as an iraqi official admits that their offensive to claim a ra crete that has talled after two weeks. iraq is reporting a large number of casualties. there are signs that hillary clinton's e-mail controversy may be impacting the bid for president. a new cnn research poll shows americans are now split over how serious the use of her private e-mail server is but a majority don't believe she's done enough to explain why she used it and more damaging the favorable has fallen since november. he's down from six points a year ago when it comes to whether americans consider her honest and trustworthy. but clinton does get better marks on other marks. 57% they would be proud to have her as president. men while she took to twitter to address bogging down a human trafficking bill by including a provision on abortion. meanwhile, in the race for the republican nomination a new poll shows name recognition is a big blessing. jeb bush and mike huckabee the most familiar names with the republicans and they have the highest favorable rating but check out chris christie. the name recogn

officials believe it's the final push to take tea crete. the town has spent months in the grip of isis. the mission to get it back began last week. >>> when you're a high profile figure in a dangerous world, threats to your life come with the territory. we know pope francis has been threatened before by isis in particular. now he's talking about it. he told a publication in buenos aries he knows he might be assassinated and he accepts that saying if fanatics want to kill him that's god's will. he says it doesn't hurt because i'm a real wimp when it comes to physical pain. >>> it was the 2013's biggest hit song. now an l.a. jury says "blurred lines" has infringing on copyright, a marvin gaye hit in 1977 called "got to give it up." now gaye's family will be awarded $7.3 million. marvin gaye's daughter spoke after the verdict. >> i'm really just happy. i'm so filled with emotion right now it's hard to get the words out. but this was a miracle. >> it should be noted "blurred lines" earned more than $16 million in profit. >>> on a day when we're

is conducting air strikes in the key city of te crete. there were more than a doesen air strikes. targets included a wear house. iraq asked the u.s. to begin the strikes. iran was initially helping iraqi forces to help remain control the city from isis but iraq and the pentagon admitted that effort stalled. it could impact the strategy to try and regain the control of mosul. meanwhile the boarder with jordan. they're in control of a government stronghold after four days of clashes. the rebels had help the nus ra front and isis is claiming credit for an talk in libya. one of the attacks was a car bombing in benghazi which killed 12 people. the u.s. army sergeant who vanished from his post is now being charged with desertion and endangering american troops. bowe bergdahl was held in captivity for five years before being released last year involving tex change of five senior taliban commanders from guantanamo bay. >> reporter: nearly six years ago bowe bergdahl walked off his outpost and into the hands of the taliban. he was charged with desertion. >> desertion with intent to shirk d

. >>> isil fighters have set fire to a oil pipeline east of tra crete. >>> in syria isil fighters haveortedly killed 14 syrian soldiers east of homs. sources close to isil say the soldiers were killed while trying to withdraw from a battle in the area. >>> the refugee crisis in lebanon is deepening. the u.n. says it is being forced to move some accomodations. many refugees face an uncertain future. >> reporter: this is northern lebanon. this building may not seem like much but it's home for these syrian refugees. the united nations says it was always supposed to be a short-term solution. but a huge number of refugees means the u.n. can't afford to continue housing these families. the people living here say they have nowhere to go. >> translator: we were shocked after we heard that the u.n. would turn us out of the center. most families here don't have houses, and they can't afford to rent houses. we're looking for a solution for this problem. >> reporter: the u.n. says the solution is cheaper housing. but it admits sheltderring millions of people is note going to be easy. >> when the n

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it's estimated that there are 30,000 either iraqi or shia militia on the assault for kick crete. only 400isil members right now. required u.s. airstrikes to soften them up some. i think reality is that in our absence terrorism has flourished throughout the region between syria and iraq and has spread now to countries in north africa and central asia. >> schieffer: senator, thank you so much for joining us this morning bringing us that perspective. we're going to turn to congressman adam schiff he's in the studio with us the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. you've just heard all the speakers who have come before you here. congressman, who is your take on where we are right now? >> we're in a very dangerous place, certainly in yemen. i think there is a real prospect of civil war here. it is probably unlikely that these airstrikes alone are going to be sufficient to repel the hoothies best hope goes back to negotiating table. if they start launching scud missiles intoed rain then you are going to see ground war there's no telling where that ends up. >> congressman l

. >> translator: this is prepared for the isil rats, we will crush them all over ca crete. >> reporterty was seized by isil during a blitz attack last summer. >> translator: today we launch this offensive to liberate the people and that will include samarra tikrit and all the other areas, this is a campaign to cleanse and liberate the province from the fifth of isil. our goal liberate them in the tyranny and terror i have isil. >> reporter: a force of around 20,000 backed by fighter jets and helicopters has stormed tikrit. shia militias and to thousand sunni fighters have joined this massive operation. blue it's feared that the largely shia attack could unfairly target sunnis in this region, returning to parliament after a two-week boy cod they say threats have been made against people live inside the province, the army says they have recaptured a town from a group loyal to isil. iraq is getting significant support from iran, this video from eye ray i didn't iranian state tv is said to show the offensive. the general is heavily involved. tikrit is the biggest challenge so far for iraq'

lou: breaking news today at of north carolina and new video of and their track crete -- trade that collided stuck 40 passengers were injured but fortunately none of those injuries appeared to be life-threatening the driver jumped out of the tractor before the crash occurred. a swiss solar powered plane to be the first of its kind solar impose roll back to is the single seater aircraft made of carbon fiber with a 235-foot wingspan departed of the dhabi this morning and if all goes according to plan it will return by the late july or august. iraqi forces led by iran to make gains in the fight to take back the city from islamic states. general martin dempsey about the islamic state will be defeated despite a united states not be involved in the battle. joining us now a retired general and the u.s. army war college, a good to have you with us. there is a peculiar tone to say general dempsey was in baghdad but he is not involved in the fight in recent years. >> you cannot make this up. he is trying to salvage something with iraqi leadership's. and one is that would shatter the iraqi army. so tha

void have stepped there radian backed fighters the leading force between the recent offensive bin to crete. putting this in positive terms purports say it will support the iranian-backed mission the "washington post" and cautioned the growing power of the militia with their brutal tactics and sectarian ideology has become as large of an impediment to the role to stabilize iraq. shiite to wallace's -- militia may serve the media interest to kill the jihadi but it is hard to see how it is in the short or medium or long-term interest to a stable middle east. the feature is the sunii iraqis tortured by ices would get the same brutal treatment from their liberators and that will fuel endless conflict of to see how this is you did in the region the other day the a radiance posted they took the capital. to take yemen you have set off a situation where the saudis and others are reacting to and the saudis make preparations to hit that iranian proxy on the ground. with no other agency have helped to organize and topple the government to now the iranian regime crows about it other countries in the re

iraqi forces launching a major operation to retake the city of tick crete from tikrit from isis.udes both ground forces and air strikes. >>> remember the texas nurse who got sick with ebola and lived? she is now planning to sue the dallas hospital that saved her life. 26-year-old nina familiarpham says she became a pr pawn. she claims hospital officials adequately prepared her for the crisis. her ebola training came from a single piece of paper through e-mail. she suffers from constant pain fatigue, insomnia and hair loss. >> a deadly bacteria was released from a lab and scientists have no idea how it happened. the bacteria often lives in soil and water igniting fears the facilities grounds are contaminated. investigators say there is no public health risk. but a couple prime mates were exposed to the bacteria and had a to be put down. >> the rocket launching into the night sky from cape can naval florida. >> 3shgs 201. >> the rocket is carrying two boeing made communications satellites which will distribute television programming internet and mobile phone connectivity across the

. >>> this morning isis is pushing back against iraqi forces trying to recapture the city of tea crete. the militants are littering routes into the hometown of saddam hussein with mines and bombs. in iraq we have new challenges for iraqi forces. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the battle for tikrit is a test of iraq's ability to defeat isis, which now controls around one-third of this country, but iraqi forces are being slowed down by the guerrilla tactics useed by militants the local tribesmen and shiite muslim militias are enkirkaling tea crete trying to retake the isis stronghold. officials here say nearly 30,000 fighters are on the ground. the biggest offensive since isis swept across northern iraq last year. but it looks more like a ragtag army than a well-disciplined military. and on the outskirts of the city, they're already running into trouble. pushed back by isis suicide bombers and roadside mines. if they cannot take tikrit it may slow down plans to recapture mosul. iraq's second biggest city which lies just to the north. isis seized tikrit in june. massacrin

they are joining the fight to take tick crete from isis. that means fighting along side the iranians bombing isis positions in the city following a slow down of the offensive by iraqi troops and iranian backed mal militias while they confirm it by iraqi troops they side step all of the questions about iranian involvement. >> and now to current weather. one person is dead after tornadoes ripped through tulsa, oklahoma. homes totally destroyed trees ripped from the ground. other parts of the state seeing tornadoes as well and also in arkansas. >> maria molina is tracking the storms. a lot of people in moore oklahoma, what is the latest on the ground? >> good morning heather and ainsley. good to hear you voices. hello everyone at home. parts of texas, oklahoma and parts of the centrral plains. there were 100 reports of severe weather from texas to missouri and sadly one fatality in oklahoma near tulsa. that was the one we happened to catch on video out there that would have been to the west of downtown tulsa. there was also a reported tornado

along with his father, the kid was a prisoner on crete until dad unveiled a unique escape plan -- wings made of feathers and wax. now, don't fly too low or your feathers will get wet, his dad warned. and do not fly too high or else the sun will melt the wax. well, you know what happened next. i was around my daughter's age when i first heard the story of icarus. and always thought the moral was don't get cocky. wow, just like that. >> what does cocky mean? >> overly confident. kind of like you are. but the real lesson is as soon as they get their first taste of freedom, your kid is going to ignore everything you have ever said. as the story goes, hercules found the boy's body washed up on these shores and thus the name ikaria. there are signs that ancient ikarians love the beach as much as we do now, and what's left of this temple proves that more than a few worried dads came here to ask for help from the god artemis, protector of young girls. but in the 19th century, when modern life was sweeping across most of europe, the locals here headed for the hills because pirates. >> they saw y

they are running into roadside bombs on the way to tick crete.ack to you guys. >> doug luzader live for us. thank you, doug. >> time for "look who is talking." ralph peters says the united states is the only country who doesn't understand how complex the car against isis really is. >> this is a multi level, multi sided religious war. we are not talking religious war but everybody else is. until we recognize that fundamental reality, persia iran is rebuilding an empire to baghdad. the kurds are fighting to survive. iraq doesn't work. sorry i don't like this. if you don't have boots on the ground you don't get a vote you don't have full instinct. speculation that vladimir putin was behind the assassination of his most vocal kritd tick. this grainy recording is the only video that appears to show the actual murder. the kremlin is considered the most watched location in that country. many of the cameras in plain view most of them were pointed away from the bridge at the time. >> back at home civil rights leaders in los angeles calling for an indpent

more than 27,000 army troops along with shia militias are trying to push isis out of the city of cretethe group's key strongholds. >> and secret service agents are on high alert after two separate security incidents at the white house. early this morning a man slipped inside a secure dor as someone else was walking out. two secret service officers struggleded with the man and ultimately arrested him. hours earlier someone else managed to get on the white house grounds. last year several security breaches at the white house led to the resignation of the director. u.s. secretary of state john kerry announces he's closer to a deal with iran. he plans to push that argument in his address to congress tomorrow. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. >> cheered by american jewish leaders in washington israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns israel's survival is threatened. >> we must not let that happen. >> iran sets netanyahu, would build a nuclear weapon to use on israel. >> i have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while there's still time to

. >> what does the obama administration think of the developments into crete? >> again, they think it is a positive move at this point, but they still have a ways to go on other fronts, including the u.s. role in iraq going forward. getting new op -- getting new authorization for the use of force in iraq and syria -- that was a big focus of the hearing today. he faces skeptical democrats who think the authorization is too broad, especially when it comes to the use of u.s. forces. republicans think it may be too limiting antidepressants hand. the new secretary of defense act the language in the resolution and general dempsey said it was suitable to the campaign as currently designed. secretary of state john kerry appealed for bipartisan unity. >> the president already has statutory authority to act against isis, but a clear and formal expression of this congress'backing at this moment in time would dispel doubt that might exist anywhere that americans are united in this effort. >> he also flatly rejected the idea of any bargain with iran linking the nuclear talk

in my opinion they will, because creteing this power. they create the power to encounter. and the discrimination they have been subjected to for 67 years. but most important they give us in occupy territories a very important lesson, that we should also be unified. and they will have to give up their differences and authority to create a national authority. i hope this will be reflected on the palestinian attitude in the coming days. >> good to talk with you. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. >>> still to come on the program a year since crimea was annexed by russia. we find out if the new leaders are in tune with its people. >>> the man who made the first spacewalk remembers the giant leap for russia space exploration, which took it's cold-war rival by surprise. >>> and in sport seven up, the world's greatest female skier. >> sunday. >> you have to look at the suffering of these children. >> director of unicef, anthony lake. >> every one of those numbers is an individual child. >> helping the innocent victims of war. >> what can unicef do? >> there's a very sho

fighting as iraqi forces tried to reach the center of tech crete and mission to take the city from isis. three british teenagers captured in turkey are accused of trying to join isis. they tipped off turkish officials about the three men two 17 one 19. when the flight arrived authorities were ready to move in. the arrests come weeks after three teenaged girls left to join isis last seen boarding a bush at a turkish train station. >> they are now claiming it was all an accident. mike tobin has been following this from the beginning. why are they trying to make the story a little too hard to believe? >> 20-year-old jeffery williams is in police custody charged with two counts of criminal assault first degree assault armed criminal action. one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle. bob mccullough says williams admitted to firing the shots that hit the officers. >> he has acknowledged participation in firing the shots. he did fire the shots that struck the two officers. >> now a protester and local religious activist derrick robinson said he met with williams in jail. williams' story acco

. >>> a nine-year-old with a closed head injury fall 30' to cop crete. >> the e.t.a. get him to ground than weighing on open -- than waiting for a helicopter. >> he had injuries to his head and back. >> video captured a tragic car accident that took the life of a father of four young children in concord. the fear was on the -- the gather was on the way to work and he was broadside by a speeding truck and he is crossing concord. driver of a speeding truck ran a red light and slammed into his car killing him instantly. officers arrested the driver 18 years old, for vehicular man lawsuit but released her spending the investigation. the family is devastated. >> a sweet, sweet person and a great husband and i think we as a family think that god has taken an angel from us. >> the family said he was like a father to everyone with ten siblings and a wife and four young children. >> the san francisco airbnb law is unworkable. the city law is aimed at regulating short-term tourist rentals in private homes and apartments and san francisco's planning department circulate add memo

they are holding up stiff resistance in crete.rying to seize the hometown of saddam hussein from the grip of isis. fox 2 military analyst is here to break this down. why is it so important that these iraqi fighters get this back? >> let's back up a little bit to those numbers. if they are right, that is great. as long as isis has a safe haven in syria, it won't make a lot of difference. a long time ago, i was in a war where body count was in our favor. we won every battle but we lost the war. if we are doing so well against isis, why are the iranians lead this fight to retake tikrit. this whole thing, based on a report i received over an hour ago from the american on the ground, the gun fights are fierce. they are taking place in and around saddam's hometown. the attack is been conducted by iraqi soldiers, shiite militiamen and led by the commander of the force. americans didn't know it was going to happen. americans aren't involved. iranians are providing the backup. what does that answer in terms of what influence we are going t

reports i've read about the iraqi army going towards crete is that iraqi militia are significantly involved as much if not more than the iraqi army, supported by in some cases from iran. >> right. it's a very complex situation there. and you're rate. we have the iraqi security forces that form and constituted the iraqi army, police forces etcetera. you have the militias ask they're all variations on the scene there. some six or eight principal shiia malicious. and this is frankly a challenge for prime minister abadi and how to sort of marshall these resources in a coherent way acknowledging that their primary challenge right now is getting rid of isil and recovering. >> rose: most of these issue are shi'a. >> they are. >> rose: and unless you do something with the sunni support from isil. >> that is very true. that's a key factor for the need of inclusiveness of the sunni and the sunni tribes. we have done a lot to try to prevail upon the iraqi government and abadi personally to draw the non-isil sunni tribes into this because ultimately they will have to be involved particularly in norther

we were with them today as they were launching on the attack east of te crete.s yet again they've been able to drive isis out of that area. they've made pretty impressive progress and basically three days they were able to take a stretch of about 50 miles of road leading to the eastern side of the city and what we saw today, we saw cars smoldering that had been hit by iraqi aircraft. isis one car, a truck that seemed to have a gun on the back was hit by an air strike. we saw three charred bodies around it. isis has lit these oil fires around the city in an attempt to make the air strikes more difficult. but they're going ahead as it is and when we were at the front line today, anna we did -- i did have an opportunity to actually speak to the iranian advisers who are on the ground. they told me in broken arabic they were here to help the army and the task to defeat isis. we heard words of praise from the commanders there on the frontlines for iran saying that these -- that the iraqis deeply thank iran for its help and one commander told me it's better to have fou

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iraq says its forces have yet to enter i can ty crete but they have dislodged isis from surrounding areas. >>> and we are going to go live at 6:30 for an update on breaking news in gaithersburg. derrick ward out there now. we were just able to get our cameras over there just a few minutes ago. stay with us as this situation still very very fluid. a man apparently barricaded himself inside some type of a residence there. we'll be back with those images and that report in just a few minutes. >>> next police are connecting him to dozens of car break-ins in arlington. the hunt for clues after a highway heist fetches $4 million in gold. >>> now at 6:30 free-range parenting. the legal trouble still ahead for a couple who let their kids take a long walk home. >>> searching for ru rud. d.c. working to keep the spotlight on this missing girl a year after she was last seen. and details you'll only see on news4. how police arrested a state department employees for soliciting a minor after their investigation hit a snag. >>> first at 6:30 an update on breaking news. derrick ward just got on the scene

the general is leading the offensive tu crete. here he is what you said recently. >> there's an alignment of some interest between ourselves and iran, clearly in terms of what isil has done there. >> do you really think that the u.s. and iran share interests? >> i think what's isil has been doing in the region is something that is counter to u.s. interests as well as iranian interests. and the iranians are now engaged with their iraqi partners to try to push back these forces of terrorism inside of iraq. so, iran does have an interest in preventing further isil terrorist attacks. at the same time i think they need to be responsible as far as what they're doing inside iraq and not further inflaming that situation. >> but your immediate predecessor in this job, general david petraeus said this week iran is not an ally it's part of the problem, not part of the solution. and benjamin netanyahu when he spoke to congress said the enemy of your enemy is not your friend he is your enemy. >> well, i wouldn't say iran is an ally right now.

fighters pushed in the city on wednesday today the iraqi prime minister paid a visit to troops around ca cretelaring victory is near, isil fighters still hole large parts of the city including sadamsadam hussein's old complex. according to a tape isil accepts the pledge of a leans badge by boko haram. in the video they called it a good news, al jazerra has no way to authenticate the message but the recording is consistent with the intonation and accent. >>> turkey says a person suspect the of helping three british teens join isil is now under arrest. the country's foreign minister says the suspect a foreign intelligence operative working for a country that is a part of the i international coalition against isil. he did not name the country. the three girls traveled to turkey last month from there they are believed to have crossed in to syria. >>> in the cross hairs american foreign policy the target of the critics and allies. >> up next the white house, is it lead being from behind by not taking the lead in many of the world's hotspots. >>> also debt strapped greece says it notes helps caring

secretary carter says he is very concerned that iran is taking the lead in the operation in to crete against isis. the u.s. maililitary sitting on the sidelines despite the nearly 3,000 troops who are now sitting in iraq. today marks the third day of the iran-led operation to retaseke tikrit. iraqi forces are advancing today, but roadside bombs are said to have slowed their progress. u.s. commanders did not even alert the united states to its plans and it may be because iran's revolutionary guard is leading the operation. remember analysts say tikrit could be vital in the fight for mosul if that fight even happens. the new defense secretary apparently did not hold anything back today in his testimony. he noted he disagrees with president obama's decision to ask for only three years to fight isis in his request to authorize military force. secretary carter says the war itself will take longer than three years since isis dubt follow our political calendar. jennifer is the pentagon changing its strategy? >> it might. the u.s.-led coalition which included saudi arabia and uae and qatar w

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. >> are you saying that's what's happening in crete is without the iraqi government? independent of it? >> no, but you're asking me would i be concerned about purely sectarian military activity there? i would be con serped. and the iraqi security forces would be controlling controlling and drekting all military activity. excuse me. >>> on iraqi soil. and this's why the nature of some of the militia activities and so forth is so concerning to us. >> in terms of how it complicates things militaryilymilitarily, we're including military forces to contribute to inclusivity. they are being the internal media blitz. we're trying to ensure that the iraqi security forces try to be the forces in the future. secondly, there's just an issue of deconflicting space, air space, ground space and decision space. and, so, yeah it does make it complicated. >> thaurk. thank you. my time is up. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for being here today. general dempsey, your service to our country we appreciate so much and wish you well in the future. secretary carter, best wishes for