it's not clear whether elise was aware of this or not. >> elise and eddie bought the gun in hampton, virginia, the night before this event occurred. i don't know if elise had planned that quincy would die. i don't know. >> but why did eddie kill his wife? >> eddie makdessi had taken out a $500,000 life insurance policy on his wife. this was less than 30 days prior to the incident. >> that's a lot of money to have in a life insurance policy for a sailor who has no family fortune, is not earning but a low rate in the navy, not making much money. >> this, plus an additional $200,000 from her navy life insurance was a significant payout. >> the seven deadly sins, greed is my favorite, and this man loved his money, and he was willing to sacrifice innocent people for $700,000. so he could live the good life. >> and he could pin her murder on quincy brown. >> he's a cold-blooded killer. >> ironically, elise helped plan, organize and carry out her own murder. >> the only thing that changed is elise was double crossed and she was killed in the process as well. >> eddie's plan was almost too p

>> elise, there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. i don't know all the facts. >> sounds like you're not sure he served with honor and distinction. >> that's not what i'm saying, elise. what i'm saying is there's plenty of time for people to sort through that. what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind, no matter what, to leave an american behind in the hands of people who would torture him, cut off his head, do any number of things. we would consciously choose to do that? that's the other side of this equation. i don't think anybody would think that is the appropriate thing to do. it seems to me we have an ability, we know we have the ability to be able to deal with people who want to threaten americans or threaten the united states. if that's what they go back on their word to do or the qatar force, what they've done, we have any number of avenues available to us to be able to deal with that. >> one of the members of th

he talked about this in the interview with elise labott in france this week.ant your reaction. >> president obama has already made it clear, he's raising what we are doing with respect to syria. he's increasing the aid to the opposition. there's now a much more coordinated effort with the opposition. >> clearly you and the president have been talking about stepping it up. susan rice said you're providingletal aid to the opposition. are you arming them? >> i don't know what susan -- >> lethal and nonlethal aid. >> we are giving them assistance. obviously, we have told people that, made it very clear. there is a proposal in the congress of the united states to openly do that. and i think she may have been suggesting -- we're supportive of this. >> sounds like you're supportive of arming the rebels now. >> the proposal that came out and the president i believe is of the proposal that passed the foreign relations committee which is to -- >> arm the rebels. >> which is to do that. that's correct. >> all right. cut through the political speak for us, is the u.s. arm

he spoke exclusively to our foreign affairs reporter, elise labott. >> some people say bowe bergdahl is being swift boated. do you agree with that? did he serve with honor and distinct as national security adviser? >> there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. i don't know all of the facts. >> sound look you're not sure he served with honor. >> that's not what i'm saying, elise. what i'm saying is, there's plenty of time for people to sort through that, what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, that it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind new york matter what leave an american behind nshth hands of people who tortured him, cut off his head, any number of things and we would consciously decide to do that? that's the other side of the equation. i don't think anybody would think that's the appropriate thing to do. >> house members will receive a briefing on that bergdahl swap tomorrow. defense secretary chuck hagel then set to testify on wednesday. question number two fo

>> elise, there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. don't know all of the facts. >> sounding like you're not sure he served with honor. >> that's not what i'm saying, elise. what i'm saying is, there's plenty of time for people to sort through that. what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, that it would have been offensive and income hence ibl to consciously leave an american behind new york matter what, leave an american behind in the hands of people who tortured him, cut off his head, do any number of thing we would consciously choose to do that? that's the or side of the equation. i don't think anybody would think that is the appropriate thing to do. and you know, it seeps to me we have an ability, we know we have the ability, to be able to deal with people who want to threaten americans or threaten the united states, and if that's what they go back on their word to do, we have any number of avenues available to us to be able to deal with that. >> well, kerry's defense is getting backlash, even from a fell

thanks so much, elise there, also nic. earlier i discussed this increasingly grave situation with iraq's first head of state, allawi after the fall of saddam hussein and won more seats than nuri al malaki in the 2010 election only to be out-maneuvered in forming a coalition. we'll have more of this conversation later in the program and one thing to show you is his answer to a question of whether u.s. intervention of any type was a good idea. >> the u.s. is being asked to help out militarily, perhaps from the air. do you think that would help or is that too risky? and, b, what do you say to americans who say, why should we help out with our military when iraq's military has been running away? >> i don't think the u.s. should intervene militarily speaking. i think this will con pli kate issues. i would want to see an understanding by the united states that leads to prevent other countries to intervening in iraq. i would like to see the expertise to be provided to the iraqi -- sorry -- to the iraqi -- what is left of the iraq

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forcing the deputy to go home by bus now journalist and filmmaker danny schechter believes key if elise were instructed not to protect the russian embassy from the aggression. i think that the government of the ukraine asked to try to position itself as independent of certainly extremist groups i don't think they want to be in alliance with those groups but in reality they're in a situation where they have to respond to facts on the ground what happens actually out there in the streets police always follow orders they follow orders from above so if no orders are being given to defend the embassy from above obviously there's a higher level of involvement in this potentially now anger against russia is also apparent in ukrainian media was growing opposition in newspaper and media reports. theo what of all that russia was running out sabotage forces to carry out provocations in ukraine as the last one from our the russian media in stirring that hysteria about tens of thousands of refugees escaping from eastern ukraine i was here and i wasn't about this russia could be planning a provocatio

. >> jim, you heard secretary of state john kerry tell elise labott that the u.s.ll follow these guys and will monitor these guys and he strongly implied that, if necessary, if they go back on the battlefield, they could wind up dead. >> that's his contention. i think the u.s. is going to do their best to track these guys down. i think experience shows that's difficult once they are on the ground in a country like that. but the u.s. is well-sourced there. they will still have 9,000 troops on the ground at the end of the year. it's a possibility and i'm sure they will do the best that they can do. >> is there a difference between the afghani taliban? we saw the horrible attack on the airport in karachi killing a lot of people. >> absolutely. that was wanton terrorism. it's a different organization. it operates differently. of course the afghan taliban has been engaged and has used the haqqani network over the past few years but the afghan taliban movement has political goals which the pakistan taliban movement doesn't have. >> why would the haqqani terrorists who we

elise, i am not telling you that they don't have some ability at some point to go back and get involved but they also have the ability to get killed doing that. i don't think anybody should doubt the capacity of the united states of america to protect americans. no one should doubt the capacity of america to protect americans. and the president has always said he will do whatever is necessary in order to protect the united states of america. so these guys pick a fight with us in the future or now or at any time at enormous risk and we have proven what we are capable of doing with al qaeda, the core al qaeda in west pakistan/afghanistan. >> some people say bowe bergdahl is being swiftboated. did he serve with honor and -- >> elise, there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. i don't know all of the facts. >> sounds like you're not sure you served with honor and distinction. >> that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is there is plenty of time for people to sort through that. what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, t

brooke. >> a great interview, elise.nk you for sharing. >>> also today, the syrian city of aleppo has been one of the biggest hot spots in the war. now, cnn is the first tv network to return to the rebel areas. you see it here. the scene is haunting. the city, basically edge. regime forces using deadly tactics to kill civilians. cnn's nick paton walsh was part of the crew to return there. he joins us live there from beirut. nick, tell me what you saw? >> for tactics used to empty that city, devastating on how random and how crude. barrel bombs, big explosives dropped by helicopter on to civilian area. now, a new tactic, they drop one bomb, wait for people to rescue in to rescue those hurt and then drop another to kill those rescuers. we spoke to many of the people just trying to stay alive in that madness. >> reporter: head to ahelp possession and the scale of its catastrophe quickly dawns. the future comes from it. this is what the edge of humanity looks like. ground to dust. the smell of burning plastic at every turn.

>> elise, there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. i don't know all of the facts. >> sounds like you're not sure you served with honor and distinction. >> that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is there is plenty of time for people to sort through that. what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, that it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind, no matter what, to leave an american behind in the hands of people who had tortured him, cut off his head, do any number of things and we would consciously decide to do that? that's the other side of this thing. i don't think anybody would think that's the appropriate thing to do. and it seems to me, we have an ability, we know we have the ability to be able to deal with people who want to threaten americans of the united states and that's what they go back on the word to do and if the qataris don't force what they have done, we have any number of avenues to deal with that. >> reaction to secretary of state kerry's comm

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earlier this year investigative reporter elise kurshner exposed insurance issues with some. now san francisco's district attorney wants to crack down pledging tighter rules for the industry. t. >> why don't you get in my face again like you did before. >> reporter: last fall this passenger claimed uber driver was verbally abusive. a police report was filed but no charges until today. whit mire is facing battery on a transit passenger, a misdemeanor. >> at the time that this incident took place the police decided they didn't want to cite him for this incident. >> reporter: in april the investigative unit found before becoming an uber driver he served time in prison for drug charges. we found other drivers across the country with criminal records despite uber's policy of running background checks on all applicants and disqualifying anyone with a criminal record in the past seven years. district attorney said law enforcement will now be stepping up efforts to regulate ride service drivers. >> we want to send a very clear message that this is an industry that is growing and maki

elise, i am not telling you that they don't have some ability at some point to go back and get involvedbility to get killed doing that. i don't think anybody should doubt the capacity of the united states of america to protect americans. no one should doubt the capacity of america to protect americans. and the president has always said he will do whatever is necessary in order to protect the united states of america. so these guys pick a fight with us in the future or now or at any time at enormous risk and we have proven what we are capable of doing with al qaeda, the core al qaeda in west pakistan/afghanistan. >> some people say bowe bergdahl is being swiftboated. did he ser

. >> elise holeman, al jazeera. >> essential -- we went on to be hugely popular team. they think they are under for this game, may play to the country's advantage. no team in more than football history has ever been under so much pressure as this. this current team is. now join us now from his base in rio deveniero. almost quite as nice -- well, it's been 64 years since brazil hahs honested the world cup, they have been prepaying for this one for seven years. the kick off is an hour away, the excitement starting to take hold. they are tarting to take hold. >> yes, thank you, the excitement is here, and you can see with the yellow and green everywhere, with with the shirts and flags and the atmosphere has changed. this is after all, a world cup match. no one with has won the world cup more times and they want with to win it on their home soil, yes, it has been a difficult period, that so many people are so concerned about holding the tournament here. is the money, and it is supposed to be a nonprofit organization. now they are just concentrating against crow way sha. i

. >> elise has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: every day airport officials are finding drivers from uber and others who are offering rides illegally at sfo. some had no driver's license and no car insurance. we went under cover and found drivers ignoring the rules. it didn't take long to spot them. ride service drivers from lift. >> are you with -- >> you're with lift? >> reporter: and uber. >> you think it's okay? >> reporter: also known as t and ts. drivers use their own vehicles and cell phone apps to connect with those in need for a ride. >> you have to have a permit and state authorizations to pick up at the airport. otherwise you are trespassing. >> reporter: we saw dropping off, picking up -- >> as an uber driver -- >> reporter: trying to get our business. >> right now, you have a lift app on your phone? >> yeah. >> you are willing to break the law. >> it's a gray zone. >> reporter: the drivers are not allowed to come into the airport and pick up passengers. >> reporter: the police commander says there is nothing gray about it. the ride service drivers should not

. >> that was elise kurshner with our report. that san francisco driver with a criminal record was charged with battery in that incident. uber denied the investigative unit's request for an interview on this report. one other note, the driver of the other car in herrera's crash is a relative of an nbc bay area employee. >>> coming up after the break, as you know we have been trying to talk to you. why investors say this man took their money and the charges against a prominent bay area car dealer that put him behind bars. i want to tell you about a unique group of people. these people all love their dentist. they also have one other thing in common... we helped them find that dentist. because finding a dentist that you'll be comfortable going to, that you trust, is hard. at 1-800-dentist, we've helped over 8 million people find that right dentist and we can do the same for you. so don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ >>> now the story of a bay area car dealer accused of walking off with millions from the state

. >> welcome back, elise. >> really, i -- >> i know, i know, i'm just picking own, thank you. >> letlook at the breakdown of media coverage of recent scandals, and the most by the way goes to bridgegate, not the irs, not the v.a. scandal. look at these numbers here. 112 minutes and 23 seconds and four and a half days. v.a. scandal, no coverage for almost two weeks. irs, three minutes and 14 seconds. you got what, "new york times," "washington post," bridgegate, 50 stories in the first week, v.a. two stories and irs scandal three stories. geraldo, these are your liberal media. >> now i'm a defender of the liberal media. there's no doubt that bridgegate was an easy scandal to get your arms around. the world's busiest bridge, live under it. >> you live under a bridge. >> i live under the bridge. i am the hobit under the george washington bridge, literally do, and 350,000 commuters every day, their lives disrupted. easy scandal to get your arms around. the irs was slow in evolving. the v.a. scandal slow in evolving. >> the irs scandal -- give credit to jon stewart, he takes a fair amount

this is the secretary of state john kerry speaking to our own elise labbette over the weekend. listen to his warning. >> they're not the only ones keeping an eye on him. >> the u.s. is going to be monitoring them? >> i'm just telling you they're not the only ones keeping an eye on them and we have confidence in those requirements, and if they're violated, then we have the ability to be able to do things. >> what kind of things? >> i'm not -- elise, i'm not telling you they don't have some ability at some point to go back and get involved, but they also have an ability to get killed doing that. >> barbara, that sounds like if they get back into the battlefield, afghanistan or pakistan, or wherever, the u.s. will try to kill them. what do you make of that? >> well, look, i think that everyone understands the u.s. military, the cia has the technical capabilities to do just that. if a president of the united states orders it to be done. there's two ways you can monitor these kinds of people. visually basically. keep eyeballs on them. watch who goes in and out of where they live. an

and elise has been working on the story. she has new details about the five senior taliban officials that are freed. you have learned some pretty incredible things. >> well, erin, those five are back in the capital of doha. they're not under house arrest. they're able to move freely throughout the country. they'll remain for the next year. but u.s. officials from the president on down have said they got personal assurances from the amir of qatar that these five would be closely monitored. and u.s. officials are telling me look, when the head of a country says he is going to keep a very close eye on these five, we believe that they're going to keep a very close eye. they're really going to have a kind of detail assigned to them. now, erin, a lot of congressmen have been voicing concern about the threat that these five might pose to u.s. troops after the deal is done. officials are telling me the combination of these assurances from the amir, the fact that these five have been in detention for so long and might have lost the k

ann davis and elise hoeg and emily as lon. practically speaking, what happens next here? ultimately that the american taxpayer is going to be paying for contraceptive coverage? >> we're going to see women workers having to pay twice or somebody having to pay twice. i think what was lost on the justices because none of the tens of thousands of workers whose health care hangs in the balance, none of the stories were present in the supreme court. people forget we pay for our health coverage with our labor. there's nothing free about it. so somebody is going to get charged twice if we actually find a solution that keeps these women covered. as you said, the court found today that corporations are people. there are also people you kind of don't want to hang out with that much that don't get their medical facts straight and don't have any kind of internal logic since hobby lobby covered this kind of contraception before it dropped it to file suit. >> the phrase emily corporations are people too was loudly chuckled at two years ago. how far did this decision go in terms of makin

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jetblue has more than 2,000 customer service reps who work from home, including elise furman. >> i work 40 hours a week, my schedule works around my personal life. >> reporter: this company has free on site day care. these are rare exceptions. the white house today offered few specifics on how to fix the problems facing working families and acknowledge the reforms it supports are unlikely to go anywhere. >> i think the real hope here is to foster a conversation. >> reporter: republicans charge it's really a message to potential swing voters. from speaker boehner to marco rubio who says the proposals don't go far enough and will soon outline reforms of his own. but the president, who took four working parents to lunch near the white house brushed off suggestions the summit is politically motivated. for him, he says, it's personal. >> i was raised by strong women who worked hard to support my sister and me. i saw what it was like for a single mom. >> reporter: for chris gardner, it's all about the support he gets at work. >> i feel very fortunate to build a career over time while building

it's even your own feces one of those victims i can just say that as an israeli as an israeli sure elise i mean showing that the israeli army is doing those things against media. if you think you're saying it seems have been a very heavy handed response to these three missing guys israel's arrested hundreds of palestinian suspects over it and notwithstanding what they did to our offices and other media offices but where is it going to go and how mass has denied this got anything to do with it first of all regarding the three missing guys is israel therefore looking in the wrong place. yeah as i say that i think that he's really just taking the advantage come us i'm not sure did deny the involvement but there are no proofs whatsoever until you know for sure north public groups that connect come out to disappear ration anything any case the scale of the reaction of the israeli reaction is out of proportion you can ask those questions about sauza and send tens of thousands of civilians who have nothing to do with this kidnap whose life was turned upside down in the last days and nights who

our former reporter elise is working on this story. she's here in "the situation room" with me.finding out. >> we're told that the talks between iran and the u.s. on iraq could be on a margins of. this. the u.s. is coming around to the realization that the road to baghdad could go through teheran. with islamist forces advancing on baghdad, with president obama team up with iran to stop them? secretary of state john kerry told yahoo! it's an idea that the u.s. is ready to explore. >> we're open to discussions if there's something constructive that can be contributed by iran, if iran is prepared to do something that is going to respect the integrity and sovereignty of iraq. >> an aboutface from last year when kerry in baghdad blamed iran for fueling the civil war in syria and accused of the iraqi prime minister of turning a blind eye as iran flow in weapons. >> anything that supports president assad is problematic. i made it clear to the prime minister that the overflights from iran is in fact helping to sustain president say said and his regime. >> since u.s. troops left iraq in

we're talking about that with gloria borger and elise labbot.sed excerpts. a moving excerpt on chelsea clinton's wedding. i'll read it from the book. "bill was just as emotional as i was. maybe even more so and i was just glad he made it down the aisle in one piece. afterward, bill danced with chelsea to "the way you look tonight." it was one of the happiest and proudest moments of my life. so many thoughts went through my head. our family had been through a lot together. good times and hard times and now here we were celebrating the best of times." a very moving normal passage. a mom, dad, very proud of their daughter. >> she's a mother. i think of that and think of male politicians who have to drag out their wives very often to humanize them as we saw during the last campaign with mitt romney and barack obama. the wives were sort of talking about their human side. i think hillary clinton as a woman when you leave her alone and she talks about her life and herself, that's what a lot of this book is going to be about, she doesn't need any humani

purposes and it's no secret that president obama has not had the easiest time dealing with israel elise and the last several months with iran being one of those sticking point issues was this trip meant to sort of smooth over relation the relations between the two countries possibly you know president acknowledged this strain in relations he describes it as countries having tactical differences obviously iran is one of those major differences it is on. a cli that the meeting between these two leaders particularly because president prez's is going to be leaving soon that it's going to change much there is still a lot of animosity that exists you know they they smiled they shook hands they they spoke about what they agree upon they reinforce the fact that they are allies the u.s. and israel but we do have to remember that when the obama administration's peace efforts collapsed back in april israel's defense defense secretary said that secretary of state john kerry is delusional and messianic for his efforts to broker a deal between israel and palestine is obviously those harsh words are c

elise holman, al jazeera. >> england started it's campaign against italy a little later.hey'll meet for the first world cup ever played in the rain forest, but there are concerns of how the players will play in the hot and humid conditions. we have reports from the amazon 2347 another training day. one of the local teams were temperatures in june hover between 30 and 40 degrees celsius with the humidity. >> it's difficult, and we train every day in this heat. >> the coach knows when opposing out of town players are suffering from the temperatures. >> they start to get fast and after 30 minutes players usually can't take it any more because as we say here, the heat jumps on your back. >> all of these players were born and raised here in the amazon region of brazil, so they tell me over time they've been able to adjust and adapt to the punishing heat and humidity. but that's a luxury that the professional footballers at the world cup won't have. the consequences of the heat on the bodies of athletes as doctors had local players swallow tiny temperature devices. the bodies r

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let's begin with foreign affairs reporter elise labbott with a closer look at what is happening. >> the u.s. emy? baghdad is currently open for business but they have moved some employees to its consulates in other parts of iraq and others to neighboring jordan to work out of the iraq office there. it will make it much easier in the event that the u.s. needs to pull out entirely. with an islamist insurgent force moving toward baghdad, officials say the state department is preparing fresh plans for evacuating its staff in the event of total collapse. >> our top priority will remain being vigilant against any threats to our personnel serving overseas. >> reporter: there are about 2,000 americans at the embassy in baghdad, moving so many people in a war zone will be an extremely difficult task. unlike the evacuation of the u.s. embassy in saigon in 1975, where americans negotiated safe passage for 1200 americans, here the u.s. must be able to secure air fields with the u.s. military no longer on the ground. and iraqi forces fleeing as extremists advance. the militants are seizing air field

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joining me right now is michael hastings widow, elise jordan. a republican strategist at the national review, and a former speech writer for condoleezza rice. >> thank you. michael hastings joined me on hardball in 2012. here's what he had to say about the futility of keeping u.s. forces in afghanistan. >> 99% of the people we fought and killed in afghanistan, pose no threat to the u.s. homeland. that is the big lie of this war, that is why we shouldn't be there, it's not making us safer, and it goes to what you say. the taliban are our enemies because we're in the villages where the taliban are. the taliban think they're fighting the soviets some of them, they never heard of 9/11. >> the things we argue here about every night. >> i wouldn't say i subscribe to my husband's thinking. i'm always my own person, i do think that what he did with the profile of general mcchrystal was to expose how counter insurgency wasn't working in afghanistan. that is what he felt the most important part of the story was, people really got into the political drama,

michael hastings' widow, elise jordan, helped bring the book to life after coming across the manuscriptng her husband's death. is a journalist, political commentator, and was a speechwriter for condoleezza rice. in fact, you met michael when you are a speech writer. >> we knew each other for a couple of years, and we started dating when we were both in afghanistan. i was doing a story on marines and he was doing the scanning a crystal story. he was interviewing an embedded with the team. >> you met this young, crusading journalist, who never thought his piece on mcchrystal what actually take him down. >> he thought that it might cause waves for a day or two, but the message of the piece was the story of counterinsurgency in afghanistan and general mcchrystal strict engagement, courageous restraint, which means troops were not allowed the same measures and very upset. >> he went on to write the bowe bergdahl story, thinking if the mcchrystal story had this response, this will blow everyone out of the water. >> exactly, and i love how in the piece he predicted it would become hugely polit

elise, you've been reporting on the surge the obama administration is planning in the immigration enforcemente flight plans factors into the surge and what does the surge intail? >> well, so the flight plans factor in they need to get the people into shelters. they need to get them into makeshift shelters that have more space so there is not so crowded or they need to get them into shelters that are better. so the flight pans are a part of it. they also are trying to process people more quickly. one of the important parts is sending more immigration judges to the border so they can look at the asylum claims and figure out whether they are legitimate and deport them quickly or some of the people, you know, these children might be determined they're allowed to stay. in addition to that, there are these elements that are meant to quell some of the violence in central america. obviously that is much longer term issue. but they are trying to start dealing with that as soon as they can. >> and quickly, the refugee camp-like conditions we were listening to. at least from the quote, what do you know

back in december after suffering complications from surgery at children's hospital oakland kron4's elise year reid shares now said that happen at a her school graduation ceremony >>: there will be one notable teenager missing from this technology academy if grid graduation on friday. >>:jahi was a very good student. she was wanted to help and a number of capacities. through this is a good student. she excelled. she has been a student here since kindergarten. but won't be able to accept her diploma like the rest of her friends. then her family tells me they are thankful to the school of the board and principal for extending the offer. >>: she was at the school for nine years. we weren't quite certain where greek agreed upon an honorary cert. among the 13 year-old checked into uc have been the off hospital to undergo a tonsillectomy. hours later she went into cardiac arrest and declared dead a few days after. >>: the family fought to keep her on a respirator and she now remains in an undisclosed facility. and it's just a sad situation the way it turned out. >>: everyone's been supportive o

elise, thank you so much. coming up, pope francis weighing in on pot.hould be legal? what the pope has in common with hillary clinton may surprise you. but first, this week's cnn hero for many a night in a ballpark is a family tradition. for those are you antism, the sights and sounds can be overwhelming. that is where wendy ross comes in. >> the experiences with my son is a gamble. you are on edge all the time. >> i stay in sometimes because it's easier for him to be around all of his toys. i'm afraid. >> as a developmental pediatrician, i do a lot of diagnosing of autism. when i heard my families were afraid to go out, i felt like i needed to find a way to help them. every day experiences like going to a baseball game can be a challenge for kids with autism. there's a lot of unexpected sensory things happening. >> how are you? >> good, how are you? >> i work with the phillys to train all 3,000 people that work at the bompastor. we prepare the families with a storybook of experiences that may happen at the park. and then we provide supportive game expe

which is true, she disagreed with the president two years ago and calling out the president -- >> eliseclip where she makes it obvious, she and the president disagreed a couple years ago. >> if we had gone in earlier and tried to help the so-called moderates, i'm not sure that it would have turned the tide. but i believed then that it was important for us to make clear that we were going to try to support them against assad and fill the vacuum that would be created in that territory. >> she obviously disagred with the president on a sensitive issue like that. but clearly the thrust of what she was suggesting is if they would have listened to her, the president, maybe the problems if iraq would not have developed. >> and she said it a couple of times, right? she said we made that argument two years ago, look at the situation we have now. i thought what was interesting is because i covered her when she was secretary of state. very rarely was there a hint of any disagreement with the president. but here, i think she really wanted to distinguish herself from the president as someone not onl

elise hallman, al jazeera. >> looks like this world cup has flown by. we start with 52 teams and we're down to 16. the knockout rounds start on saturday. brazil against chile and followed by colombia and uruguay. on sunday netherlands face mexico and costa rica will take on greece. monday we see france meet nig niger nigeria. belgium faces the united states of america on tuesday. >>> asia is the only country that won't be represented in the knockout rounds after all four teams failed to make it through. china hasn't featured a world cup in 12 years. we have the report. >> in southern china this province is often calmed the world's factory, and there's never a production line quite like this one. as with so much else in today's china, it's on a vast scale. a football academy with 50 playing fields with plans for 30 more. he hopes that he can one day help china achieve world cup glory. out of the school's 2,300 students, this 11-year-old boy is considered to be one of the rising stars. >> translator: right now china's football level is very low. i hope af

you know, what happens to elise i can't and her baby should never happen anywhere in the united statese world. it -- not knowing the full investigation into what occurred, my initial gut reaction tells me there was a training issue. during training for deployment of a noise flash device, flash bang grenade. the officers are taught to look where they're going to deploy that device. we can assume no officer wants to do damage or hurt or injure a child. obviously, there is something wrong. >> i understand there are hardened criminals and i want them like i'm sure they would want them behind bars. why in so many of these instances, at least the ones we keep seeing over and over in the headlines are s.w.a.t. teams, you know, resulting in unnecessary violence? >> you know, there is a misconception that s.w.a.t. teams are used on drug warrants. the warrant for drugs is not what justifies the use of the team. there's extenuating circumstances, such as there are known to have weapons in the house, known to possess weapons. and the aclu accurately points out in their report that over half americ

. >> you know, the secretary of state john kerry just spoke with our elise labette.icials are going to be monitored. he tried to assuage some of the concerns you are raising, that adam schiff is raising. here is how he expressed it. >> they're not the only ones keeping an eye on them. >> the u.s. is going to be monitoring them? >> i'm just telling you they're not the only winnings that are going to be monitoring them. we have confidence in those agreements. if they're violated, we have the ability to do things. >> do you have any idea what he is talking about, what things the united states has the ability to do? >> i do. i'm probably not at liberty to discuss a lot of that. >> are they meaningful, though? >> let me tell you, they know how to communicate without cell phones. they know how to communicate without being intercepted. and my biggest concern, look, we just let out of gitmo the top five taliban leaders with the strongest links to osama bin laden. this is the minister of intelligence, defense. these are the top five leaders that the taliban wanted. the haqqan

kron4's elise every shows us the latest bid of surveillance video the school district released. >>: check this video of oakland high students and first franco searching has been thrown out of his wheelchair and then violently take to buy a car that's supposed to be taking care of him. >>: even the fact that he would try such a thing is how the biggest breach of, contact. eventually he tells kron4 he was also was halted during the elevator ride. once the door opens on a different store. seven runs video shows marcel mitchell once again striking francisco several times with a closed fist before dumping him in a wheelchair. it's unacceptable for any adult to treat a child this way much less an employee. his us >>: and terminated and arrested the investigation continues. >>: if the evidence leads up to an decision with regard to the next officer we will act swift once again. >>: it's not clear who initiated the attack but something more than likely happened off camera. the second are scene in the video will be on paid leave during the investigation. reporting in of policing during the investi