i'm david shuster and that's today's power politics. >> an update on david shuster's reporting, a little while ago the associated press called it bad cochrane. in libyan unknown gunmen fired a grenade in the latest sign of the country's growing instability. the prime minister was not in his office at the time of the attack. his press assesso assess--predecessor refuses to step aside saying that it needs to be decided by the court. >>> in yemen, rebels have been trying to take territory from the sunni tribe. shia fighters proposed the cease-fire after the military killed more than 100 rebels. >>> third teenage girl in india has been found hanging from a tree. the country has been in an uproar after two other girls were found hanged after allegedly being gang raped. the girls were going to the bathroom in a field, a necessary practice for more than half of india's population. [ crying ] >> reporter: the wails of these women have filled the village for a week. they're mourning the death of two young girls who were allegedly gang raped and murdered after leaving their homes at night. the att

. >> david shuster is here with tonight's briefing. david. >> john, a congressional committee met on wait times for va hospitals. recommended prosecuting officials who broke the law and firing employees who manipulated data on wait-times. a report released today showed a systematic falsification of data. 65% of veterans had to wait three months or more just for their first appointment. white house officials have briefed congress about the bowe bergdahl prisoner swap. failing to notify congress about the arrangement. and new details are emerging about the couple that police say shot and killed two las vegas police officers and a bystander. police say the suspects frequently expressed antilaw enforcement views and were involved with white supremacists. they also spent time at the clivecliven bundy ranch. >> subway officials clashed with police in sao paulo earlier today raising fears that protests could overshadow thursday's opening match. gabriel alesando reports. >> no decision, but the strike is suspended at least for the day. workers

david shuster. we'll dig in deeper what this could mean for the republican party as a whole and the congress' ability to compromise, yeah, that is a funny word. >>> in other news iraq's government appears to be on its heels trying to repeal attacks from the islamic state of iraq. 23 people have been killed. the army is trying to keep control. isil fighters began the defensive, and it has controlled of anbar province, which it has held for six months now. >> reporter: one of the biggest refineries burn. they mounted the attack early tuesday morning quickly overrunning security force there is, but the takeover did not last long. iraq's fourth armor division and iraqi police took back control hours later. isil also mounted attacks in kirkuk. prime minister nourial magazine can i used hinourial maliki. >> we will continue to fight against them with the help of the people of mosul. al-qaeda and isil don't have the numbers to control the city. they don't have the power to confront the iraqi forces. >> rep

as david shuster reports, that has set off a competition among countries and companies to cash in. >> once a frozen expanse, today the region is melting at an unprecedented rate. according to the united nations, the polar cap has retreated, and bringing access to millions or billions of dollars of natural resources. 13% of its crude oil, most of it offshore. in april russia jumped to the head of the race. shipping its first tanker of oil in the gazprom , shelf. but the arctic promises much more than petroleum. >> nickel, zinc already exist in the arctic. fresh water, timber, fish, a whole host of resource he including renewable are energy such as tidal and wind, as well. >> also opening new shipping routes. crowding the northwest passage, a once impassible link between the atlantic and pacific oceans, and in the waters above russia, an increasingly more viable shipping route. by 2020 the country predicts more than 30 million tons of goods could travel route each year. >> despite president putin's claims, also claim up to 200 miles off their shores as exclusive economic zones. but beyo

i'm going to get to david shuster in a moment. vid, you were listening to the news conference as i was, and part of this is putting the best face on a bad personal situation, a bad professional situation, a shocking loss. an unprecedented loss. >> he said repeatedly i'm going to leave the political analysis. i think he'll regret having not spent more time in his election. did he a better job of articulating the conservative republican view and what he stood for than a lot of people said his campaign did in recent weeks. it's a challenge of you overlooked your local race and then it's only after the fact when you say things perhaps you should have said several weeks ago. >> the tone that you heard from eric cantor you would think that the two sides of the aisle were able to work together, but we know that on a number of issues, immigration to the debt deal to the president affordable care act. these two sides were at loggerhead under speaker boehner and eric cantor. >> reporter: yes, let's step back. what did it matter to me? why do

david shuster will explain in today's politics. >>> also world cup fans witness a huge upset, huge! america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> potential 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton is clamping down on her controversial statement last week that the american political system is the most brutal in the world. david shuster has more on today's power politics. >> tony, critics are now saying with her husband's definition of is, and with hillary it depends on what the definition of brutal is. >> most brutal? >> not in a beat you up sense, but the gauntlet. >> it is true that u.s. politics last longer but brutal means violent. according toeclip on it the u.s. political system is the most brutal because of the length and costs. >> a crucial race in alaska has taken center stage. mark begich was attacked because of delays in the v.a. facilities. >> we have vets who are dying. he needs to step in and show some leadership. >> i have not seen an ounce of backbone. >> that ad was paid for by crossroads gps, the super park rupack run

i'm david shuster. coming up, settlement. so-called central park five reach a multimillion deal after being wrongly convicted. >>> help wanted - why so many restaurants in new orleans are looking for a lot of workers. >>> here they go again. the rock band back with another viral video. >>> new york city is making a move to finally put the infamous 1989 central park jogger case depend it. the vicious nature of the crime and the arrest gripped the city. the five black and hispanic man convicted of raping and beating the jogger claim they were coerced. civil rights victims say they were racially motivated. the men served 6-7 years in prison before convictions were tossed out. d.n.a. evidence connected someone else to the attack. the city will pay the men a reported $40 million. we are joins by the journalist that covered it. what is your reaction to the settlement? >> i'm glad that they have asked at some type of settlement. this is hopefully that the settlement will go through. i'm glad they have arrived at the settlement. i be

welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm david shuster. they have already been in prison for 177 days. three al jazeera journalists were sentenced to another seven to ten years behind bars in egypt. al jazeera correspondent peter greste and producers mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of spreading false news and aiding the band muslim brotherhood. accusations which al jazeera english network and the al jazeera media networks categorically deny. some say this is a applicator cli motivated trial and a -- pod trial. all voiced their outrage. jonathan betz is here with more. jonathan. >> david, few actually expected this. reaction around the globe has been firm and nearly unanimous. many have been concerned about this reaction. >> when one of the journalists family learned of his fate. >> seven years for peter greste and six journalists, my god, my god. >> families were devastated to learn al jazeera journalist peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed had been sentenced to at least seven years in a egyptian prison. >> translator:

david shuster, and stephanie sy. you are looking at pictures of the memorial, the remembrance, and a flyover. francis hollande spoke for about 25 minutes. more all of you wondering - there's ceremonial shots - about the health of whether it's the queen who is 88 or veterans in their '90s, sitting in the beach. it's 77 degrees, 50% humidity, and 17 mile per hour preez coming in from the -- breeze coming in from the ocean. >> and they are under the shade. >> i want to bring in our guest here to talk about what we are seeing here on the screen. they've been doing re-enactments on the beach for the last couple of days. what were we seeing there in the last pictures? >> i think they are trying to replicate the number of people on the beaches in the first few days. especially this one in particular. youth of different countries likely for the shot. >> they have the inner map showing the english channels and the continent of europe and people in the boot of egypt. they have people illustrating the various soldiers, and wher

david shuster has this story. >> reporter: last october the president of the united states had to apologize for a broken website. >> we've had a problem. the website has not worked the way its supposed to over the past couple of weeks. right now the website is too slow, too many have gotten stuck. and i'm not happy about it. >> reporter: two weeks ago when announcing the resignation of of secretary of veteran's affairs erik shinseki. >> you have computer systems on scheduling that date back. >> according to standish group, 94% of it projects were unsuccessful. more than half were delayed, over budget or did not meet user expectation and 41.1% failed completely. >> if we look across the federal government over the last number of years, you can really take your pick. we have projects such as u.s. jobs.gov . the air force had a $1 billion failure census department. there is a long list. >> reporter: there are three primary reasons i.t. projects fail. first, the scale. second, the complexity. projects can take multiple years to complete. healthcare.gov was initially built by a small government

i'm david shuster, john siegenthaler has the night off. the obama administration is hoping to discourage families from crossing the border. cease fire. ukraine's president has ordered his soldiers to put down their weapons. at least for now. russian soldiers are not pulling back. >>> hundreds of military advisors are about to arrive as pressure grows in baghdad for a change in leadership. >>> anger is building in the palestinian authority. search for israeli teenagers becomes more aggressive. >>> guns around the world. keeping legal weapons out of the wrong hands. we begin tonight with a growing crisis along the u.s.-mexican border. according to the department of homeland security over the past eight months the number of unaccompanied children that have tried illegally to enter the united states has riz ton over 60,000. the white house will stem up the detention and deimportantation of illegal immigrants. how does the obama administration intend to have it carried out? mike viqueria. >> you will immediately be turned back if you try cross

david shuster reports. >> reporter: saddam hussein became president of iraq in 1979. he held together rival factions. in the 1980s, he fought iran and kurdish iraqis, he knew hussain used chemical weapons, there was condemnation, no international intervention. in 1990 suedan invaded kuwait. there was an intervention, an international coalition by bush. it was to get sudan's forces out of kuwait. sudan remained in power in iraq. in 2003 the george w. bush administration claimed saddam hussein's regime had a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction sent u.s. forces into iraq. the country fell into sectarian violence. whole political parties and ethnic groups felt disenfranchised. american come bat operations ended and american troops left. the national elections were held april 30th. sunnis felt left out of the process. just over a month later sunni fighters began a campaign to take mosul from a shiite government. >>> that was david shuster. i poke with former army colonel peter monsieur. he was one of the key military members behind the 2007 troop surge in iraq. i aske

i'm david shuster, in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. iraq preparing for battle. meanwhile in washington. >> we can't do it for them. >> they say iraq must find its own answer to striking sectarian violence. >>> united states is accusing russia of sending tanks or the ukrainian border. beach wear, turning into colorful masterpieces. peter max, we go into the studio of the pop art master. >> the crisis in iraq took a dark turn today. the top shia cleric called to take up arms. al qaeda group known as islamic state of iraq and the levant. the i.s.i.l. has been empowered by fighting in syria and is comprised of loyaltyists of the late saddam hussein. it was his regime that fighters defeated in the iraq war. i.s.i.l. fighters have already taken down two cities. if the government in baghdad collapses it might cause chaos and could draw the world back into a fight the united states left three years ago. imran khan reports from baghdad. >> in the holy city of car carr, the people must act. there i call on rakes who are capable of carrying arms and fighting terrorists in

i'm david shuster with a look at today's top stories. the u.s. supreme court ruled against aereo company. and the police ruled that police cannot search your cell phone unless they have a warrant. >>> and amidst violence in iraq secretary of state john kerry is warning not to intervene or take military action. he said it will own make matters worse. >> this one is a big day at the united states supreme court, and the justices today gave a huge victory to the big four television networks. the justices ruled that the start up company aereo was violating copyright law and take programs from the airwaves and allows customers to watch programming on smart phones and other smart devices. how did aereo do that? >> aereo was arguing to the court that it was not providing television content, just dime-sized antennas that every consumer who subscribed to the service would have their own antenna, and they would use that antenna to access broadcasting and stream it down. but the court argued that it sounded like a cable company and decided it was a cable com

i'm david shuster in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off.ust ahead silencing free speech, al jazeera journalists sentenced to years in prison, for reporting the facts. an al jazeera special report. >>> in crisis, iraq, secretary of state john kerry arrives in bagdad with a message to iraq's leaders, the time for decision is now. >>> making a case, a secret u.s. court document used to justify the drone killing of an american in yemen accused of being part of al-qaeda. >>> global warming, the supreme court hands the environmental protection industry a major victory. >>> and i'll update you on the effort to get rid of chemical weapons in -- syria. ♪ >>> we begin tonight in egypt, where three of our al jazeera colleagues have been condemned to spending years behind bars simply for reporting the news. they were accused of broadcasting laws, and aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. what happened in court today produced shock, anger, and dis >> reporter: it was a verdict nearly six months in the making. the alleged crime, journalists doing the

i'm david shuster. here are tonight's top stories.earing is happening right now on the growing scandal of va hospitals across the country. the va released an intern audit today. about half of the patients have waited 90 days or more for their first appoint. >>> 20 more women have been kidnapped in nigeria. it is suspected that the armed group boko haram seized the girls. they have been attacking northeastern nigeria for the past five years. the government is facing criticism over its ability to protect the public. . >>> in egypt seven men have been arrested over mass sexual assault. the celebration took pla place -- attacks took place during the celebration of the new president. >>> those are your headlines. i'm david shuster. "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. on "america tonight": 100 days sie disappeared from a shelter in the shadow of the nation's capitol. where is relisha rudd? how a little girl could simply vanish and what's being done to keep another child from meeting the same fate. >> i think people are paying atten

david shuster. >> in data release shows the u.s. economy took a big hit i in the first quarter of this year. jen rogers is in for ali velshi. jen, good to see you. what is going on here, jen? >> reporter: i know, well, the economy took a nose dive really in the first three months of the year. gross domestic products, this is the most comprehensive measure we have for goods and services put out by the economy. it plummeted 2.9%, the sharpest decline in five years. all winter long, you remember the crazy winter blamed for disrupting economic activity, the commerce department hinted as much, but then came out and said there was a 1 hers contraction, and now they've got all the data gathered, it's complete, they've come out and they have this revision to the gdp number, it's 3 points blow the official number they came out with. >> it's cold every year, why did economic activity shrink so much during the opening parts of the year. >> it's true that january, february and march are cold but it was more than just bad weather. jobless benefi

i'm david shuster in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. it is 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8 p.m. out west. you are watching the only national live newscast at this hour. >>> just ahead. international outrage at egypt sentences three al jazeera journalists to prison. tonight the facts and the fallout on our special report, war on truth. >>> the secret government memo rg

. >> i'm david shuster. insid"inside story" with ray suarez, no relation that we know of. and for more information you can always head to www.aljazeera.com. [♪ music ] >> maybe you've already been feeling that way, but now you've got data. a report that liberals and conservatives are moving further apart it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. some want answers. the way people look at how congressional districts are map may have different answers. and others may have another set of earns. the share of republicans who call themselves consistently or mostly conservative has risen, and so has the percentage of democrats who have called themselves consistently mostly liberal. in both cases more than half. is that what you see when you look around, when you look at how politics works and doesn't. that's our focus this time. >> we believe we can seize the future together. because we're not as divided as our politics suggest. we're not as cynical as pundits believe. we are greater than the individual sum of our ambitious, and we are more than a collection of red states a

david shuster is here with more. >> it was a week for texas republican ted cruz, he's germing a buzz a -- generating a buzz that he'll need to put together a presidential candidate. after speaking at a conference he won the presidential straw poll, taking 30% of the 1,000 participants. he beat other speakers, including rand paul, arkansas governor mike huckabee and texas governor rick perry. he appeared tonne a talk show, where he got more headlines for blasting a prisoner swap with the taliban. >> i demonstrate think the way to deal with terrorists is by releasing other violent terrorists. the 2016 field will be a crowded one. former pizza magnate herman kain is giving every indication that he will join the field. he left the race in 2012 after reports surfaced that he was accused of sexual assault harassment in 2012. here is cane at the conference. >> the liberals thought that they had shut me up. i'm back. [ cheering and applause ] [ laughs ] [ cheering and applause ] >> i'm back. [ cheering and applause ] >>> what a voice. herman kain potential president again, and fan of "potter

i'm david shuster, john siegenthaler has the night off.e obama administration is hoping to discourage families from crossing the border. cease fire. ukraine's president has ordered his soldiers to put down their weapons. at least for now. russian soldiers are not pulling back. >>> hundreds of military advisors are about to arrive

david shuster is in for ali velshi. >> a trade balance with europe. we'll tell you why. and middle class families are being squeezed by the cost of child care. we'll show you how some moms and dads are trying to cope. and the hottest job opportunities in our country are some of the most dangerous to work. i'm david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real money." . >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. tell us what is on your mind by tweeting us. president obama landed in brussels tonight in the heart of europe for a summit of seven industrialized countries. there is drama given the big topic is what to do with the big bear not in the room, russia. the g-7 wants to show an united front. today german chancellor angela merkel said act or face stricter economic sanctions from the west. in a way the g-7 meeting is a slap in the face for the russians. the summit was originally build as the g-8 meeting to be held in sochi, but after they were disinvited the venue was moved to brussels. we've got new data illustrating europe's economic pr

david shuster, al jazerra. >>> well, it remains to be seen whether the american public is on board witha study found 63% of americans think giving drones permission to fly through most u.s. air space would be a bad idea. fortunate magazine's annual list of the top 500 largest corporations in the united states is out today and despite the explosion of technology and the discovery of new energy, a retailer tops the list, of course, wal-mart is number one again. it retains its position thanks to sales of nearly half a trillion dollars last year, and that included a bad christmas because of harsh weather. coming in at number two is exxon mobile even though revenue fell at 8% it still brought in $438 billion may challenge for the number one spot in 2015 thanks to 10 major production projects that are underway this year. another energy company chevron takes the third spot, it also posted revenue decline, 5%, but still had sales of $229 billion. and it's projecting production increases for the next couple of years. >>> and warren burden of proof he had's birk her hathaway moved up one spot to

. >> david shuster, al jazeera. >> i spoke to a man who makes his livelihood in mobile home parks. frank rolf, we just heard about him in david's piece. he also helps run mobile home university. a one-stop shop to learn how to own your own mobile home park. i asked him how the perception of mobile homes and trailer parks has changed over the years. >> the word trailer park back in the '20s and '30s was a positive. back in that era of vanderbilts, rockefellers and astors, a lot of cities would open free trailer parks to attract them to their town. >> come in and spend some money. there absolutely. >> and live in their own homes. then it was really after the world wars, after the troops started coming home that the government got involved in mobile homes and trailer parks. >> that's correct. the government was the largest single buy of mobile homes in history. 500,000 units during world war ii. they used it for base housing and then after the war, housing at major colleges. >> after that need for base housing and g.i. housing started to drop off, you have way too many homes in the cou

i'm david shuster, inside story is next. for news all day, head to aljazeera.com. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. after months of behind the scenes diplomatic pressure and more public calls for their release worldwide three journalists covering egypt for al jazeera have been sentenced to long prison terms. after the fall of the muslim brotherhood-led government, mohammed morsi, the new military government declared the brotherhood a terrorist organization. interviewing the muslim brotherhood in the course of a few weeks had been transformed from interviewing the country's leaders into a crime. now despite pressure from around the world three of our colleagues are being sent to prison. egypt's new bosses seem to want the muslim brotherhood, the power of egypt after mohamed morsi. our colleagues are still part of the story. covering is what reporters do, but the egyptian government made reporting a crime. >> in december right after the muslim brotherhood was deemed a banned terrorist organization in egypt, i spoke to peter greste on

. >> mike viqueira and david shuster, i'm tony harris in new york. "inside story" is next. . >> mick up the paper, watch the news, there is probably another shocking story demonstrating that the lives of women are cheap. when will they change that picture? that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. retelling the stories would take days. the horrifying crimes against women seem to know no limit of ghastliness and degradation. men kidnapping women, raping them so they have to marry their rapists. killing family members who reject an arranged marriage. gang raping women with no punishment. leaders saying publicly boys will be boys. as i read these stories i'm always trying to figure some things out. is what is new that i know about in the first place? why aren't crimes against women and girls unthinkable? could you imagine widespread cruelty and oppression going on like this against men and then being met with such a shrug. when a guy in a suit and tie shakes his head, scold this is criminality, do many people dismiss it as another lecture from

. >> david shuster is here. david. >> based on his academic background, he would be referred to as doctor al bagdadi. master's in slawk imstudie -- ic studies in baghdad. he has extensive military experience. coorkd to a biography released by supporter, raised by religious sunni family. sheik baghdadi formed his own armed group, in 2005 he was captured by american forces and he spent the next four years as a prisoner in camp buka in iraq. it is not clear i y the united states released him but -- why the united states released him. shake baghdadi took control. he thinks more strategically than al qaeda leaders. he still employs suicide bombers, but put his force he at too much risk. until this week his greatest military coup wassin wassing --s freeing 500 members of his group, libertied, john. >> thank you, jamie tarr abay served as baghdad bureau chief. jamie, welcome. >> hi john. >> what is the possibility that this group is really going to target baghdad? >> it is really interesting. the big question, this rapi

david shuster has the story. david. >> mitt romney insists she's beatable. says republicans just need to focus on cloirnt's policies as secretary of state. >> the play book is to look at her record. i think you have to consider what's happened around the world during the years she was secretary of state and you have to say it's been a monumental bust. >> a monday unanimitial bust. expect to hear a lot about lobby, sir yah, iraq, when hillary clinton announces she's going to run. as for romney, he insists he's not going to run. >>> the continued battle, continues to intensify, in a mississippi senate runoff, the latest polls show tea party darling chris mcdaniel ahead, 49 o41. cochran is out of touch, a point cochran seems the reinforce when fox news asked him for his reaction to the primary loss of acre cantor. >> the pleks months, does that concern you? >> i don't know what you're talking about, whad in virginia? >> eric cantor. losing his primary bid. >> i haven't followed that election much at all. >> really. >> really. >> election cycle featuring candida

david shuster joins us with more on this. wait a minute.mccarthy only in his fourth term and he's rock star now. >> he's a rock star and he may have this vote locked up. he already has all the votes that he needs. >> mccarthy used to be a deli owner, he's considered one of the most likable guys at the capitol. no one is more engaging and liked than this guy. that is his style. he's not known as someone who dives in issues. and your job as whip, you have to make sure that your call the votes. he woul votes. >> let's change topics here. hillary clinton has an interesting review. she ends up in this disagreement, this spat on npr with terry, the host of the program. it's a smart program. terry is asking about evolving position on same-sex marriage. we have a clip. let's talk about it. >> you are spinning my words and playing with-- >> i'm just trying to clarify. >> no, i don't think you're trying to clarify. you are saying i used to be opposed, and now i changed for political reasons. that's what you're imply. i have a strong record. i have a

david shuster is here on power politics. david. >> kentucky senator rand paul is offering some bipartisan backup for the president. the tea party candidate says the mess in iraq rests on the people who brought the united states into the war there, specifically the bush cheney administration. >> they didn't really i think understand the civil war that would break out and what's going on now i don't blame on president obama. has he got the solution? maybe there isn't a solution but i do blame the iraq war on the chaos that is in the middle east. >> dick cheney and other conservative hawks have been relentless on obama saying mr. obama are withdrew all troops three years ago and senator paul should be ignored. >> rand paul with ail due respect is an isolationist. he doesn't think we should be involved in that area. i think it is absolutely essential. there will be another 9/11 attack and it will be with something more deadly than airline tickets and box cutters. >> given the bush cheney administration landed there united states

david shuster is here with more. >> reporter: yes, go in and go early. that's the case in iowa.republican joni ernst used a victory speech to attack bruise braley. and he's hammering ernst about a speech she made. >> when joni ernst had a chance to do something in iowa, you didn't hear a peep. she has never sponsored a bill to cut pork. >> did you notice the chicken in that ad. they say that it's now sexist. braley's campaign dismissed the complaint an and said we haven't heard a peep from the ernst campaign about the ad. >> back in the united states, republicans bob corker apologizing for remarks he made. he was criticized for letting him getting into the bait. yes, corker issued this statement, quote: . >>> lindsey graham is up against six republican challengers. none are very strong. some feel that senator graham has been too willing to compromise on certain issues. graham is now running this television ad. >> my job is to ask tough questions, find answers, and be that conservative leader you can count on to get things oh done. i humly ask for your vote on the republican part

david shuster. >> ing the, adjusting to focus on clinton's policies as secretary of state towards the middle east, africa and russia. >> i think you have to consider what's happening around the world during the years she was secretary of state and you have to say it's been a monumental bust. >> monumental bust. as for romney, he said again that he will not be a candidate in 2016. and 2014 mid term election politics, the tea party bald against republican establishment continues to intensify. in a mississippi primary runoff. tea party darling chris mcdaniel is ahead of thad cochran 49 to 41. the runoff is one week from tomorrow. mcdaniel has been accusing cochran of being out of touch and the point seemed to be reinforced last week when cochran was asked on fox news, about the loss of this man, eric cantor. >> what happened in virginia the other day are you concerned about that? >> i don't know what you're talking about, virginia. >> acre cantor losing his asset. >> i haven't really followed that election very closely plp. >> really? >> really. >> it is not annal automatic proposition t

i'm david shuster in for john siegenthaler. it is 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 p.m. out west and you're watching the only life national newscast at this hour. just ahead. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> the president is clear. america will only go so far when it comes to the crietio crisis . plus. >> i made the film so that soldiers would see their experience a little bit more deeply. >> groundbreaking documentary featuring u.s. troops in battle. >> 20 years ago, this month, a double murder led to the o.j. simpsonson trial, a case that had a big impact on the legal system. >>> and canada's electro-funk duo, cromio. why it's called white women. >> we begin tonight with the growing unrest in iraq. where a sunni-led rebellion is gaining strength. the shia led government is on the brink of collapse. here's the latest. in iraq's holy city of karbala, the most influential cleric called acall to arms. >> i call, in defense of their people, their country and their holy shrines, should volunteer to reach this sacred goal. >> rebel fighters t

david shuster with more. >> reporter: primary voters are going to the polls i, and it is in mississippire an republican senator is facing the race of his life. cochrane is 76 years old and he's seeking a seventh temperature. term. but his tea party challenger is running a feisty campaign. he has a history of using sexist language, something that cochrane is trying to highlight at the end. >> meet chris mcdaniel. >> so interesting to see this woman basically using her [bleep] using her breasts to run for office. >> that's chris mcdaniel. >> mam acita. hot mama. >> but mcdaniel is talking about growing up and doing indecent things with animals. the group is featuring beastalty in radio attack ad. >> this is what cochrane said last week that growing up is fun to do. >> doing indecent things to animals. >> tell thad cochrane you're no farm animal and you're not going to be on the receiving end of this "fun" any longer. >> they believe travis child hurst would stand a better chance in the general election if facing mcdaniel than senator cochrane. >>> now in new york's primary the attention i

david shuster reports. for republican gor scott walker -- for scott walker, it's the news that could torpedo a run for president. wisconsin state prosecutors believe walker oversaw a sweeping criminal scheme to illegally coordinate fund raiding and campaign activities. the effort game three years ago when walker and others tried to fend off a recall. democrats and organised labour were infuriated by walker's efforts to dismantle employment unions. protesters took over the capital and got over half a million petitions. national republicans made the defensive locker a top priority and conservative groups poured money into the campaign to save walker. according to the prosecution documents, walker emailed republican strategist praising the anti-recall fundraising routine. after accusations that the staff was used for political purposes. a special investigation began. last month the investigation came to a halt after the government's allies filed a lawsuit. a federal judge agreed. an investigation was frozen. n

david shuster with more on that. >> based on an interview hillary clinton gave last night critics areaying that with her husband, what the definition is, and for hillary what is the definition of brutal. >> what is brutal? >> in not beat you up but a marathon. running the gauntlet day after day. >> it is, the presidential campaign lasts long and is more expensive than anywhere in the world. but according to the dictionary, brutal is violent meaning political systems in india and pakistan were brutal as leaders were assassinated. but according to clinton the american system is the most brutal because of the length and cost. >>> the control for the u.s. race for alaska has taken center stage. mark begich has received attack ads. >> he's on the affairs committee. 's not looking out for us. >> we have veterans that are dying and he needs to step in and show some leadership. >> i have not seen an inch of backbone. >> reporter: that was wade by this guy, karl rove. the campaign is now running this response. >> i'm brian boss and i served in afghanistan with the 173rd airborne brigade. an in

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i'm david shuster in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. just ahead. troops searching a palestinian west bank find the bodies of three missing jewish teenagers. the young men were shot to death. at this hour, israel is responding with air strikes. and parts of iraq and syria coaim a new nation.

al jazerra's david shuster has more. david. >> tony, it's got a lot of people upset.l run clinton is the democratic front run never 2016 if they decides to run, as part of our ongoing book roll out clinton gave an interview to cbs news and tried to describe the tough nature of american politics. watch. >> politics is so unpredictable. whoever runs has to recognize that the american political system is probably the most difficult, even brutal in the world. >> the most brutal political system in the world? more brutal than india and pakistan? inning dear tkpwa*upghandi has . even clinton supporter admit it is a very big gaff. the senate has gotten nasty. six months out from election day. nasty ads have aired. here is the first one by republican joanie ernst. >> washington politician brew braley is already running a dirty cam paint he inning schultz farm, he his ads called sexist, even mocked chuck for the for not having a law degree. >> political strategists tell them if you are going negative, go negative and tell people that your opponents is forcing to you do it. whi

i'm david shuster in for john siegenthaler. it is 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 p.m. out west and you're watching the only life national newscast at this hour. just ahead. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> the president is clear. america will only go so far when it comes to the crietio crisis . plus. >> i made the film so that soldiers

david shuster is here with more. >> reporter: it was not the result of establishment republicans were counting on. the senior most senator in the senate, mcdaniel and cochrane are headed to a run off. >> whether it's tomorrow or three weeks from tonight, we will stand victorious in this race. [ cheering ] >> establishment republicans are standing a bit nervously biting their nails and pledging even more money in mississippi the next three weeks to try to help cochrane. age republican strategists fear that mcdaniel's history of racist and remarks would hurt others in campaign. >>> in iowa joni ernst is preparing for a general electi election. ernst is a military veteran who got strong support from business groups. >> bruce and barack obama, they've had their chance, and they failed. now, right now it's our turn. >> the match up is widely expected to be one of the most hard-fought and expensive campaigns of the year with the control of the senate possibly depending on the outcome. in montana voters have now reminded the political world there is a limit even in that state to anti-governm

. >> david shuster for us. thank you. nearly 80% of senior leaders at the veteran affairs department received bonuses. top officials told congress that the agency gave more than 350 executives nearly $3 million in bonuses. the agency said that the bonuses are needed to keep leaders who make less than they would in the priority sector. and coming up on al jazeera america, reports of hundreds of accidents involving u.s. military drones including four that simply disappeared. and the tough market is tough in a lot of places but one city can't find enough workers. that story is next. >> regulating commercial drone flights in the united states. >> not just military drones crashing in the united states, but civilian ones and coming in close to regular air traffic. this is a major concern that look at all these crashes the military has had overseas, and by large the military is good at flying these. the air force has really tight regulations, but they still crash a lot. imagine how this will happen, how this will work or operate