joining me now is congresswoman lois frankel of florida. is a marine veteran who served if afghanistan and iraq. congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. i know you feel really passionately that no soldier should be left behind as the president said. and that bringing sergeant bergdahl home was a good thing to do. but do you not think that the president needed to disclose more earlier to congress about this? >> well, there have been a lot of questions that are raised, and i'm going to hold judgment on that. i have great confidence that my colleagues back in congress and the senate, that they'll take a good careful look. and i hope and expect that the president's going to give us some answers. so we can come to that judgment. >> setting aside this case, in principle, do you think that when we leasing prisoners like senior taliban leadership, congress should hear about it ahead of time? >> well, that's the law. and i certainly believe in the rule of law. the president has said that there were exigent circumstances. i think he does need

a scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries earlier we spoke to the president of the frankel russian chamber of commerce and industry it should have been because actually. the political system you. know. leaders are talking about economical sanctions so we need to raise our voice but tell them that they should not do it to the again they should use diplomacy to do so the ukrainian authorities using and taking into her studies companies whether they are us and our french companies there is something which isn't acceptable for us what the sanctions are doing is isolating the united states' economy instead of isolating russia they were meant to isolate russia but given the trend of world trade for all of the exports that russia has and for diplomacy. they're actually running a trade in the united states it's a very strange business logic it doesn't make sense logically has to be a political. sure to doesn't seem to be all that enthusiastic about more sanctions vienna and moscow this week struck a major gas pipeline deal with president vladimir putin in attendance and the issue o

let's bring in lo wis frankel of florida. a member of the house foreign affairs committee. whose son served in iraq and afghanistan. what house speaker said in the past hour about what he hopes to hear today from the president which kristin was alluded to. >> we're hoping to hear from the president today is the broader strategy for how we help keep the freedom that we paid dearly for the people of iraq. and more than one step here. i'm looking for the overall strategy that will help secure the gains we've made. >> so congresswoman, you heard the speaker there. do you agree with his comment. do you agree that based on what we are understanding at the moment, that manned air strikes are off the table? >> well, we are facing a very serious dilemma. i think most americans would agree that when we went to war with iraq in 2003 during the bush administration it was a failed policy. it was based on lies. we had deaths and casualties and a loss of billions of dollars at the detriment of this country. now we're seeing years later iraq spiraling out of control with the government tha

naftali frankel, gilad sha'ar and eyal yifrah were abducted almost three weeks ago near hebron. searching for the boys since then, sending it's the biggest israeli more than 12 years. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, believes the boys were taken by hamas. outside of hebron more than 1,000 homes have been searched so far for the missing boys. soldiers have also been searching through junkyards, saying they are 'not sparing any which beaches have dared water coming up next the forecast for tomorrow showing some very warm temperatures 80's 90's took triple digits and then in the end of the natural resources defense council looked at them water quality of 3000 beach's 10% of beach is in the usa failed and the test there are bacterial viruses and parasites warm temperatures in san francisco sea breeze is increasing the flag is certain to grow we do have winds picking up that is pushing some cooler air into the bay and also into the inland valleys but is still warm tears us and we have clear skies over the west coast it will not directly impact the us but as it gets closer

an american citizen is among those teens seen here. 16-year-old neftali frankel.d two other boys are students at a religious school in the west bank and were last seen hitch-hiking home from their evening lessons nearly three days ago. israeli security forces rounded up 80 palestinian suspects in an overnight sweep. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming hamas for the abductions. >>> and there is growing concerns about the dangerous military uprising in iraq, so what should the u.s. do, if anything, about the deteriorating situation in iraq, which is very complicated? we want to talk about the implicatio implications, bringing in richard grinnell, fox news contributor and former spokesperson for four u.s. ambassadors to the united states. this story unfolds by the minute. in fact, just moments ago we got a statement from jen psaki at the state department, saying that the u.s. embassy in baghdad is going to remain open. at the same time, we're hearing reports that insurgents have overrun a northwestern iraqi town. so, let's start there. what does that

american teenager is speaking out about that ordeal and is hoping for a quick return of her son, nataly frankel. she spoke with reporters this morning. >> we trust the boys coming home and away from school. they were just on their way home will be with us here. we will hug them soon and really thank you all and god willing, we will all be able to celebrate their return safely. >> for more on the kidnapped teenagers, go to our website at aljazeera.com and click on "international" there you will find the latest details on that search and follow us on twitter at ajam. now, to iraq where fierce fighting between government forces and rebels is threatening to tear the country apart. the iraqi army launched a counter offensive winning back some territory lost to the rebels who control much of the north. al jazeeras's omar osala has the latest from baghdad. >> we just got confirmation that medical sources there told al jazeera that at least 10 people are killed and 13 are wounded. they are from the government forces. they were killed in fighting around samara. that lies in the province of salahadin. it

nineteen year old frankel, dual us israeli citizens, and his friends, 19 year old, and 16 year old, they vanished thursday afternoon while hitchhiking home from school. the islamic millitant group hamas is blame for their disappearance. >>> rough tan is a booking passengers onto other flights after landing gear problems for the plane to return to philadelphia international airport. flight 427 landed safely last night, no one was hurt. that flight was on its way to frankford germany. the pile lot told passengers they had been trying retract the landing gear. they let fuel out of the plane before landing. >> we circled for almost two hours, the landing gear would not come up, so they let the fuel out of the plane, and then they make it lighter to land in case we had an accident landing. and we finally landed. >> airport officials tell "eyewitness news" that flight 427 did not declare an emergency. >>> happening today, montgomery county man charged with murdering his two month old daughter scheduled to go on trial. investigators say edward doyle killed his daughter, mikhail a, in his hatbor

around the west bank city of hebron. 19-year-old eyal yifrach, 16- year-olds gilad sha'ar and tali frankel vanished thursday afternoon while hitchhiking home from high school near hebron. tali is a dual american-israeli citizen and his mother rachel said he should know israel is turning the world upside down in the search. >> god willing we'll all be able to celebrate their return safely. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu put the blame squarely on hamas militants and warned of serious consequences if the young men aren't released soon. senior hamas leaders were among those arrested in the search for the boys. and although the militant group praised the abduction, hamas has denied any involvement. palestinian militants have repeatedly threatened to kidnap israelis to use as bargaining tools to win the release of prisoners. today thousands of jewish worshippers gathered at jerusalem's western wall in a special mass prayer. fears are growing about the fate of the teenagers. army officials had to admit they can't even confirm whether the young men are dead or alive. charlie d'agata,

satcher paul kirk, senator olympia snow, congress one donna , elaine adam frankel david martha minnow, and [inaudible] thank you all. in addition to selecting the inspiring recipients of this year's profile in courage award we also choose the winner of the profile in urge sa -- courage essay. 9000 students in 41 states, washington dc, the virgin islands, canada, france, and korea submitted their essays about political courage. some of our judges are here with us today. i would like to ask them to stand as we acknowledge the service they provide. i also want to take a moment to express thanks to the wonderful people of john hancock, which provides invaluable financial support to the profile in courage as a contest. now to the winner of the 20 14th contest. freshman at palisades charter high school in california, where he is involved in social justice. he saw this as an opportunity to address these subjects with a broader audience. little did he realize how broad this audience might be. ben is a scientist and filmmaker. he placed second in c-span's student documentary competition. he is

. >> minnesota senn nor al frankel represents a large number.nt a letter saying he will vote against confirmation. >> his performance at his confirmation hearing was disturbing to the norwegian american community in minnesota and actually to norwegians. >> tsunis's stumble caused uproar in frankel's home state. he start and online petition calling for the president to withdraw tsunis's name, successfully lobbying both senators and wrote a personal letter to obama's staff denis mcdonough. >> we would like to see the nomination withdrawn by the white house and give us the opportunity to have the best nominee possible for -- to represent the united states in norway. >> the state stands by all the nominees and says his management experience makes him qualified. they're urging koj congress to consider all 33 in this bottleneck decision. >>> re67 researchers find exposing miez to uv radiation for just a half an hour a day can get them hooked. >> the rays trigger feel good hormones called endorphins. they act on the rae ward centers of the brain like h

, the mother of 16-year-old naftali frankel, a u.s.e of those three boys kidnapped. this is what she told me when i asked her if she has a message to those holding her son. >> i have a message to anybody in the world that's listening. they should do anything they can to get our children back home. we just want them back in our homes in our beds. we want to hug them. any decent person would do anything they can to get them back. >> and, of course, this massive operation in the west bank by israeli forces actually the biggest in the west bank since operation defensive shield in 2002 when israeli forces reoccupied the west bank, it's left more than 330 palestinians in detention for questioning, two palestinians have been killed so far in clashes. these searches, these operations are not just intendeded to find the three boys but israeli officials are quite clear the other purpose is to crack down on hamas in the west bank. would he have? >> seems to be a real split developing between hamas on the one hand and the palestinian authority of

this is neftali frankel. you see him playing guitar.'s a kid who loves playing soccer and likes basketball, but that he's just a kid. >> kids should not be harmed. these are innocent kids. they were on their way home from school. they should be home with their families. >> you saw the tent behind her. she tells me teens from the area have been holding a vigil 24/7 for neftali and this is a stairy time for the family but they are hopeful. >> all right. thanks very much. >>> a record day are to the markets may be ahead. we'll know in four mithnutes. stay with us. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta he aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee st

. >> reporter: hopeful words today from rachel frankel, the mother of one of the three israeli teenagersaftali also reportedly holds u.s. citizenship. >> we want to give the utmost thanks and all the support and the work that everybody is doing and the security force, the american embassy in tel aviv is very supportive. and we just -- we feel waves and waves of prayers and support and positive energy in this direction. >> reporter: the teens were coming home from their school when they went missing. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it's the work of hamas, warning of serious consequences if the boys are not returned safely. >> and this attack should surprise no one. because hamas makes no secret of its agenda. hamas is committed to the destruction of israel and to carrying out terrorist attacks against israeli civilians including children. >> reporter: neither hamas nor any other credible organization has made any public claim of responsibility. today the israeli army continues to search for any clues on the whereabouts of the missing teens. more than 100 palestinians have a

>> absolutely, congresswoman frankel. as i notice representative kindsinger knows from his time with sears training, a lot of what we learn about capital activity, a lot of what we can do to inokay late our personnel from stresses, comes from unfortunately experience of individuals who were held capital i have been, not just during our wars, but during peacetime detention. as we've heard from the military there will be a debriefing process. in that one can hope there is information that one day might save the life or make it less problematic for future u.s. personnel who are held in captivity in the inevitable conflicts in the future. >> i believe, without debating the merits of how long we stayed in afghanistan, i do believe we were there because our own freedoms were jeopardized be al qaeda, and they were being protected by the taliban. i want to talk about those freedoms, and what sets us apart from the taliban? as specifically i know you probably would all agree, you go to fight for our freedom, freedom of speech, fre

one of the teenagers, naftali frankel, is a dual u.s.-israeli citizen. the white house says president obama will sign an executive order banning discrimination against lgbt employees of federal contractors. the order will impact an estimated 14 million employees. obama has previously held off on signing such an order, instead pressing congress to pass the more comprehensive employment nondiscrimination act, but that bill has stalled in the republican-controlled house. georgia is set to execute a death-row prisoner this evening using a single dose of pentobarbital from a source that has been kept secret. on monday, a court rejected marcus wellons trying to stop if the execution proceeds, wellons would become the first prisoner executed in the united states since the botched execution in oklahoma of clayton lockett, who writhed, groaned and took 43 minutes to die. initial findings from an independent autopsy released last week found the execution team failed to properly place lockett's iv. two other executions are planned for wednesday in florida and misso

nineteen year old frankel, dual us israeli citizen, also his friends, 19 year old and 16 year old. they all vanished thursday afternoon, while hitchhiking home from school. israeli's prime minister blames the islamic millitant group hamas for their disappearance. >>> a plane returns to philadelphia international overnight following problems with landing gear. flight 427 landed saferly last night. no one was hurt. that flight was on its way to frankford germany. passengers say the pilot told them that they had been trying to retract the landing gear without success. the plane dumped fuel before landing. >>> we circled for almost two hours, landing gear would not come up. so they let the fuel out of the plane, and to make it lighter to land, in case we had an accident landing. and we finally landed. >> airport officials tell "eyewitness news", flight 427 did not declare an emergency. >>> well, big relief this morning, for thousands of people in our area, who depend on septa's regional rail service. after brief weekend strike, trains are now back on track. saturday night president oba

. >> reporter: she described frankel as a sweet kid. >> very friendly and full of fun and life, and he played basketball, and he plays the guitar. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also holds palestinian president mahmoud abbass responsible saying unity government he created with hamas fostered the atmosphere for the kidnapping hamas has praised kidnapping but has not yet confirmed involvement. alfonso van marsh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> tonight the a group linked to al qaeda is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack on a small town in kenya overnight. they are known as al shebob. they killed 48 people and set two hotels on fire. witnesses say they were targeting non-muslims and anyone who did not seek the some language. security forces regained control after hours after gunfire massachusetts mother gets the apology she wanted after a flied attendant refused to allow her daughter to use a rest room. jennifer was traveling with two girls on the flight from new york to boston. when their plane was delayed on the tarmac. her three-year old needed to use th

natali frankel. >> we tuft that yal, boys coming home and away from school. they were just on their way home. will be with us here, and we will hug them soon and really thank you all, and god willing, we will all be able to celebrate their return safely. >> today's sec tear of state john kerry released a statement saying the united states strongly condemns the kidnapping of three israeli teenagers and calls for nair immediate release. our thoughts and prayers are with their families. in eastern ukraine, it's been the bloodiest weekend since the conflict began. today was a national day of mourning for the 49 people who died when pro-russian separatists shot down a military plane. much of the recent violence has sentencerred on luhansk. citizens are bracing for more. kim vinnal reports. >> reporter: the governor said on sunday in the previous 24 hours, more than 100 people had been killed as the ukrainian military moved in to take control of two towns to the north of luhansk. he didn't clarify how many of that number were separatist fighters and how many were c

andy worthington, i would like to ask you to respond and then frankel spent, tell us what is happeningt who is now in qatar. >> the taliban was the government of afghanistan, ridiculous thing to say. it is absolutely fudging the issue of the fact the united states has been holding soldiers at guantÁnamo, the majority of the men who have been held there i think would fit that category, and refused from the beginning to give them rights under the geneva conflict as prisoners of war. they were enemy combatants intended to have no rights whatsoever under the bush administration. and all this happen under obama is they drop the term enemy combatant. but they never explained exactly what they were replacing it with. these men are still being held in this dangerous limbo ever since. what we are seeing with the drawdown in afghanistan coming seen thatoing to be actually the majority of these people held their were involved with the taliban and therefore, they actually were soldiers and should have been prisoners of war. what i'm interested in is how the administration is going to look at a lot

the one teen that you are talking about, natali frankel has dual. it's early in the morning here. we are going to hear a lot about that going into the morning and throughout the next -- going into the afternoon here. greta? >> john, thank you. and i can't imagine prime minister netanyahu doing anything but a very forceful response. thank you, john. >> and straight ahead, thousands and thousands of immigrant children continue to stream into the united states their parents, some are sick, scabies, swine flu. get. this house minority leader nancy pelosi says it's not a crisis. that's next. plus more trouble for the irs. and this time it isn't congress. this can be a bigger problem for the irs over lois lerner's vanished emails. that's the latest coming up. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow. that's why i always choose the fastest intern. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wouldn't i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business

missing teenagers, but it appears as though all signs are pointing to this being the three teenagers, frankel, 16, shaar, 16, and in order to retrieve the abducted teens, the three bodies discovered in the area northwest of hebron not far from where they disappeared june 12th. it does appear and it's really media are reporting these are the three teens missing these weeks. and that the families of the missing boys have been notified. of course, over the last several weeks, the israeli military has conducted searches, has rounded up hundreds of people in order to find these teens. for several weeks, it has to be said not a lot of hope that they would be found alive. there was, of course, the -- coming from the families and those in israel who wanted the teens to be found alive. historically, whenever these abductions happened, it does sadly and tragically end in situations where they are not found alive, and it appears that in this case that is what happened today, brooke. >> hala, let me back up for a minute. mr. ambassador, i'm coming to you in a moment. first, hala, to back up for people he

our company has founded platform specialty products by martin frankel, who is here. idea in the specialty chemical space of trying to build an enterprise similar to the way he's done in jardin. >> right. >> so we like to think we're in like rounding one on winning one or two of a buildup strategy that jardin only is in the chemical space. >> what got to you do that? >> you know, for me, it's sort of the use of a public company as a building platform is a better form of growth than doing it in private equity. and so, when i met dan, dan was looking for a partner to build up the business. you know, i have done these vehicles in the past and the idea was very simply a non-executive role, but basically show him what we have done if terms of putting these things together to create different verticals. in the case of the special chemical space the theme acted like high touch. all of these businesses are service oriented businesses, mcdermott 2 thouf chemists. >> you do something that the private guy, private equity guys have said their whole model is that you can't do this

and 80 palestinians were arrested overnight and americans say nipali frankel was arrested in the swissn gentleman minu min /* benjamin netanyahu has more to say. >>> and it turns out that lois lerner may have printed copies of work-related e-mails. and if she doesn't, she violates irs rules. it's accused of targeting conservative groups. >>> and jay leno was on the air for 22 years. and in a tell-all book, a producer for "the tonight show" is on divas. jessica simpson wanted the show to pay $18,000 for her to look like that. the show refused to pay it. and bill clinton, according to the producer, clinton never came on the show because he, quote, simply didn't like jay's never-ending monica lewinsky jokes. >> but letterman does it every night. so $18,000, is that what the hair and makeup costs? is that how much you spent? >> no, that's insane. >> that's god i'm not a woman. another reason why. >>> rick reichmuth, how much do you spend on your hair and makeup? >> a lot. we should take a normal woman and spend $18,000 to see if they look like jessica simpson at the end. >> would that incl

>> absolutely, congressman frankel.s i know representative kinzing ser knows from his time in training, a lot of what we understand now about captivity and what we can do to help inoculate our personnel against those stresses comes from unfortunately the individuals hept captive not just during our wars but during peacetime detention. as we have heard from the military, there ising going fob a debriefing process and in that one can hope that there is information that one day might help save the life or make it less problematic for future u.s. personnel held in captivity in a conflict flt future. believe we were in afghanistan because our own freedoms were jeopardized by al qaeda and they were being protected by the taliban. i want to talk about those freedoms. and what sets us apart from the taliban. and specifically i know you would probably all agree you go to fight for our freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and something else i would respectfully like to suggest which is our due process of law that we ha

frankel. i know you ran back. >> hello, thank you and thank you, gentlemen, for all being here. ms. andrews, my heart breaks for you and to the gentleman, i thank you for you service. i want to give a little different -- my own personal pempt. my son served both in iraq and afghanistan. as a united states marine and i'm very proud of that. he is home. but i'll tell you this. when he went off to war, i, of course, like probably most parents, not only feared he would not come home alooiv or that he would come homovery maimed but for me, my biggest worry was that he would be taken as a prisoner of waur, tortured, put in a cage. it was just unimaginable. and that's why i believe so strongly in the u.s. military principle that we should leave no man or woman behind. it maintains confidence, it maintains order. when we send our young men and women off to war, they should know we have their backs. we will do everything possible to bring them home. thank you again for your service and, sir, for your loss. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. cotton for one minute. >> fiv

frankel: mr. speaker, i just returned from a congressional delegation trip to nigeria which was both eye opening and moving. nigeria is a country of huge possibilities. it's an oil-rich nation, the largest in africa with a population that will surpass the united states by 2050. it's meyered with corrupt political -- mired with corrupt political leaders and military and police, leading to a dire political climate of joblessness in the northeast, giving rise to a terrorist organization mostly of young men who call themselves boko haram. they burn schools, they burn churches, mosques, police stations. they rob, they steal, they kidnap and murder innocent victims in their path. their violence have resulted in the deaths of thousands in the last decade. boko haram's most notorious activity, which was the focus of our trip, was the recent kidnapping of 270 innocent girls attending school. these girls remain hidden, most likely scattered and subjected to unimaginable crimes. this kidnapping received inte

>> absolutely, congressman frankel.s i know representative kinzinger knows from his time in training, a lot of what we understand now about captivity and what we can do to help inoculate our personnel against those stresses comes from unfortunately the individuals held captive not just during our wars but during peacetime detention. as we have heard from the military, there is going fto bea debriefing process and in that one can hope that there is information that one day might help save the life or make it less problematic for future u.s. personnel held in captivity in a conflict in the future. >> i believe we were in afghanistan because our own freedoms were jeopardized by al qaeda and they were being protected by the taliban. i want to talk about those freedoms. and what sets us apart from the taliban. and specifically i know you would probably all agree you go to fight for our freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and something else i would respectfully like to suggest which is our due process of law that

rachel frankel, the mother of naftali, spoke on june 24.rachel said -- quote -- "my son texted me, said he is on his way home, and then he's gone. every mother's nightmare is waiting and waiting endlessly for her child to come home." she then pleaded for more action to be taken to find the boys, concluding -- quote -- "we just want them back in our homes, in their beds. we just want to hug them." all of us should stand with rachel as she stands with her son who has been kidnapped. i also want to tell the world about these three boys. rachel's son naftali is 16 years old. his grandparents have lived in brooklyn and brooklyn has been a second home to him. he is the oldest of seven children. he likes playing the guitar, basketball and ping-pong. indeed, there is even a video of him on youtube playing ping-pong i've got to say he's pretty good. he is a talented and gifted student who was on track to take the biology metric layings exams. -- metriculation exams. his teachers say he is one of the best they have ever had. his mother says he is a d