similar thing happened in iraq, in iraq, isl is not only the one in iraq. it has been cooperating with at least ten armed groups. some of them are mercenaries, but more than that, the isl are the former iraqi officers. and this will tell you what the disman. the iraqi, it is the officers fighting the new officers, and they proved that the old officers are more capable and able to defeat the new army. the new army is corrupt and badly trained, inefficient. and they know this very well. >> an army disbanded by the united states. does the united states have to remain engaged in iraq in order to vindicate the expenditure and loss of life that we have experienced there over the last decade? do we have to stay there because we were there before? >> no, shas absolutely wrong. that's some costs. basically, what we have to do is maintain our credibility, and it's based on not only the people we lost and how long we were there, but the relationships that we built with so many people in iraq, who rely on us and trust us, because there are so many other people in the wo

iraq is precisely the withdrawal of american power. the one great super power in the world from syria and iraq. iraqse in control in 2011 which left iraq in the hands of a sectarian government without the influence of the united states. while we were in there it did not act in a sectarian way. it had the sons of iraq the sunni army paid by the central government it had the loyalty of sunnis. it held together when we left that change overnight in the absence of our influence. it was utterly predictable and predicted. when he spoke about how assad had to go he left a vacuum into which the bad guys went. this is how it always happens. that's the reason we are where we are today. >> all of the polls indicate that this country is war rear re, worn out. what do questiwe do now? does the country ahave the will does the president have the will to confront this terror threat? >> i think there's been a tendency to swing between these last two administrations from massive involvement ground troops to the opposite with obama. we don't think about air strikes let alone air troops. we have to find a sustainable b

iraq we left behind, listing the failures of u.s. policy in iraq. >> right. i think one of the great tragedies about the united states relationship with iraq both in saudi iraq d here, the matter is so little sized that it is hard to have a real conversation about what needs to happen now in iraq so that it can be stabilized. the american involvement happened. what i wrote two years ago, for instance, was talking about in a time of the obama administration the neglect, if you will, of trying to build upon the chances for success after so much bloodshed and four during the bush years -- horror during the bush years. there was a chance for stability in iraq in 2010. the decision to withdraw troops on the ground, it is debatable whether that was right or wrong. i think the core issue is matters of power that don't necessarily have anything to do with u.s. military troops. it is about building consensus, trying to help straighten the foundations of democracy. the obama administration looked for many pragmatic reasons to want to into the troop presence because of the cost of money, the cost to soldiers lives, but in doing that, in disengaging -- and he was militar

iraq in the negative manner. i wish there would be interest in iraq with its economic growth or its people or the tourism in iraq t unfortunately iraq always comes to the agenda and comes up as a higher priority when it comes to death and killing and we have organizations that keep changing names, you know they start with, the in the past iraqis were fighting debaathification as the menace and then the change became al qaeda. now we have, we can't even agree on the term, some call it, isil and isis. actually alarm bells went up in kuwait and they call i had, is i.q. iraq state of iraq and kuwait. so the alarm bells are everywhere in the in middle east. this organization is knot there to provide prosperity for the people. i'm not a military person. i'm an economist and engineer and a businessman. so i can not really comment on what is going on but what i hear and unfortunately i'm hearing almost the same thing i heard back in 2003 where the government officially, you know, iraqi channel broadcast this morning that the government tactically withdrew from anbar today. why would they tactically withdraw from the bord

iraq. and i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. the only thing i would say that it's been said before is that we encourage all of iraq's neighbors including iran to play a constructive role in iraq clearly and given the challenges they face. >> the president said he was not under consideration to send u.s. troops back into combat in iraq or does that imply it would be or would it be under consideration to send american soldiers or dod civilians to do other things in iraq like advising isr support under dod authority under osc-i authority? >> well i'd remind you that we are to have in iraq and have since 2011 a small number and again i'm not going to get into hypotheticals about what options may or may not descent over for the president to consider. i think he was pretty clear about today what he didn't want to do and you know our job again is to provide him options to consider when doing that. but i'm not going to speculate about that -- what they are. >> you mentioned at the beginning that you've increased isr in recent days at the request of the iraqi government. so in response to this crisis when did they request? can you tell us anymore about what you are doing and to follow

iraq. this means two things. one al-malaki is a supporter to get the job done in iraq especially in politics and in military base. second one means that if they have not finished what's happening in iraq now, this means the united states will be intervening, and this will not be pleasing iran. iran wants to keep united states away. if isil becomes more involved in iraq, this is a real concern to iraq. >> the same scale as previously. >> oh more, actually. >> if we do get iran stepping in, what are we looking at here, sunni shared battle of all battles? >> this is a phase of sectarian conflict. this is not the first phase. it's ongoing conflict started in 2003, but now, we witness this phase of it in syria and lebanon and all of this now together coming to the first point with basically what's happening in iraq, because all of the shia sectarian debate started in iraq i have not 2003. all of the sunni were accusing the united states of presenting iraq to eye raines because they had not built a strong government in iraq. >> what about turkey, will they step in? all right some 48 people have been captured from their consulate in mosul. >> to iran, to the turkish government, this is a rea

iraq and syria. they don't call themselves the islamic state of iraq and syria. they call themselves the islamic state of iraq and al sham which includes palestine, israel, lebanon, syria, and iraq. >> jordan. >> and jordan. so this is a group that has broad ambitions which they have recently started to obtain. so what is isil? who comprises it? it has a veneer of jihadists from around the world but also has a core of ex army officers who went into the insurgency when we disbanded the army and debathfied iraq and created the insurgency in my view. read all about that in my book, "surge." they've been gathering strength in sanctuaries in syria aided by the civil war ongoing there. and most recently, they've been joined by sunni tribesmen from anbar province, niniva, and other places in iraq. tribesmen who once had a very firm alliance with the united states in their battles against al qaeda and iraq, the previous manifestation of isil, and now have turned against the iraqi government for its very sectarian and authoritarian policies. so this is an alliance of convenience at the moment between foreign jihadis,

iraq. however, in iraq, isil is not only the one force playing a role in iraq. cooperating with at least 10 armed groups, some of them are secular, some of them are national assists but more than this and that, the main thrust of the isil are the former iraqi army officers. and this will tell you what the disbandment of the iraqi army reaped, it's those army officers -- the old army officers are fighting the new army officer and they proved the old army officer are more capable and more able to defeat than new i'm. they know the new army is corrupt, badly trained, inefficient, and they know this very well. >> ambassador an army disbanded by the united states. does the united states have to remain engaged in iraq in order to vindicate the expenditure and the loss of life that we experienced there over the last decade? do we have to stay there because we were there before? >> no. that's absolutely the wrong -- that's sunk costs. basically what we do have to do is, first of all, maintain our credibility. and our credibility is based not on how many people we lost or

iraq right now. this isis group, islamic state in iraq and syria. a terrorist organization moved from syria into iraqn over major parts of northern iraq and moved into mosul, second largest city of iraq, a city of about 2 million people and moving closer and closer. you can see the red spots there on that map toward the iraqi capital of baghdad. the president has to make a major decision on whether to get involved militarily in iraq once again 2 1/2 or 3 years since the u.s. pulled out all of its troops from iraq. barbara, you say the aircraft carrier george h.w. bush is in the arabian sea but is told to move toward southern iraq. how long will it take before that aircraft carrier will be in place presumably to launch air strikes if the president gives that order? >> as you can imagine, wolf, with sort of security tensions so high about all of this and the administration not talking publicly yet about any specific options, we're not being told exactly where the bush has been in the north arabian sea. depending on where it is and where it will go in the gulf to position itself if, again, strikes were

iraq's government asked for u.s. whostrikes against militant spent the day trying to capture iraq's biggest oil refinery. could afghanistan follow in a rack's footstep -- iraq paths with the. iraq's footsteps? the reigning champions are not out of the world cup. out of the world cup. ♪ welcome to our viewers. the iraqi prime minister has made a formal request to the u.s. to launch airstrikes against the sunni militant who have taken the troll of wide areas of northern iraq. at the white house president obama met with congressional leaders to discuss the situation. the militants known as isis spent the day trying to battle for the biggest oil refinery. >> imam hussein is one of the forest laces for -- places shia muslims. so much they said they would come in to defend it against isis. to isis each one of these is a heretic. s. they are extremist they slaughter civilians. they raped women. >> they could be getting disturbingly close to civil war. the chief administrator has never given an interview before, but he decided to the gout. he even put his fears into english. this danger could spread. if we don't stop it right now it would spread to neighboring woul

, the challenges that creates for iraq and has created for iraq and the need for iraq to have its capacities increased and for iraq itself to apply those capacities in a way that meets the challenge. that is why we have taken the steps we have in the past, including delivery of 300 missiles, millions of rounds fire, tank ammunition, helicopter fired rockets, grenades, sniper rifles, m-16's and m-4 rifles to the iraqi security forces. we also delivered additional i a-407 helicopters last year and 10 eagle surveillance platforms are on schedule for delivery this summer. i think you also have been told that we recently notified congress of an additional sale of $1 billion in arms, including up to 200 humvees, and that sale is now in a 30-day review period. under the strategic framework agreement we have also expanded our training programs both inside iraq and in jordan, where a second round of c.t. training will occur this summer. so this is part of an ongoing effort to help the iraqi security forcers deal with this threat. as the president noted, there is also the need f

iraq? >> it should force some degree of political inclusion in iraq. iraq has had an election, it ha a good election. and the problem is that the shia population elected a shia prime minister, someone that has not reach out to the sunni population. that's where the problem lies we have to remember there's an important part of iraq that is kurdistan. they have occupied the big oil producing city of kirkuk and they may expand their territory more. iraq is really at risk the the iraqi state could fall apart at this point. i don't think we want that to happen >>> no easy sol tuition a rapidly growing situation. >>> the pak tanny government is stepping up attacks on rebel -- pakistani government is stepping you attacks on regel strongholds on the border. it follows an attack by the taliban on the airport in karachi. >> reporter: leaving behind their homes and fleeing violence between the government and feeghter groups in north waziristan. some left pakistan and crossed to afghanistan in safe of safety. >> translation: the situation is bad. the schools are closed

mistake that accounts for the rise of isis in syria and iraq is the withdrawal of american power, one great super power in the world from syria and iraq. iraqnds of a sectarian government without the influence of the united states while in there, we did not act in the sectarian way. it was inclusive. it had sons of iraq, sunni army paid by central government. it held together that change overnight in absence of our influence. that is utterly predicted. and of course, in syria, when obama spoke about assad had to go. he left a vacuum into which the bad guys went iran hezbollah and russia. this is what happens. that is the reason we are where we are today you create a vacuum. bad guys will come they came. >> all of the polls indicate that this country is more weary, more worn out what. do we do now? does the country have the will? does the president have the will to confront this threat? >> there is a tendency to swing between last two administrations from massive involvement with ground troops, to opposite. under obama we won't think about air strikes let alone ground troops. i think the lesson of the situation is we have to find a sustainab

group, that being said, it is worth pointing out that the deputy secretary of state for iraq and iraq is in iraq and meeting with government officials and trying to get a sense of what the security situation is in that country. the u.s. has been trying to step up its deliveries of weapon systems, but in light of reports that some of these partisans have been able to get equipment to drive in, there might be political pullback in washington on whether the transfer of weapons systems to the iraqi army should continue and the u.s. is concerned about the growing instability inside of iraq. >> how much assistance has the u.s. already give tennessee iraqi army in? >> well, it is on going process providing not just the vehicles but support and training for the forces in the iraqi army and providing more weapon systems, including helicopters, but it is not just a matter of providing the material, it is helping to professionalize the iraqi army that was rebuilt from scratch after the u.s. led invasion back in 2003. so, it is a very young military. they are not willing to say in washington whether they th

iraq right now. iraq haslamic state of invaded and taken control of the second-largest city in iraq, which is absolutely extraordinary. that is the city of mosul. i understand they went down also and took apart -- may be they are still there, in the city of tikrit. the birthplace of saddam hussein. and are marching on baghdad have been stopped somewhere. i doubt very much that they will enter baghdad in any significant manner. the fragilityates of the state of iraq that has been created by the americans after they invaded the country in 2003. extraordinary that the state as important and rich as iraq cannot protect the second-largest city in the country. indicates what the secretary-general of the united nations and myself have been saying for months, years even. that is that the situation in syria is like an infected wound. if it is not treated properly, it will spread, and this is what is happening. the secretary-general has very syria isned that if not attended to properly, then most if not all of its neighbors are in danger. this is one of the neighbors of syria. of course, it has its own problems.

iraq. people are worried. lebanese businessmen have businesses in kurdistan and iraq. iraq is a rich country and a lot of oil businesses. people are benefitting. people are concerned, as you say. thank you rula, joining us from beirut. the u.s. says it's intensifying training of the iraqi ministry after the fall of mosul. the desertion of troops raised questions about washington's strategy in the region. >> reporter: this were few specifics at the state department about what the u.s. can or will do now that the islamic state of iraq and levant is on the march in iraq. >> you can expect we will provide additional assistance to the iraqi government to combat threat from i.s.i.l. i'm not in a position to outline it. >> reporter: the administration was not in a position to assess the disease. mosul is a pivot ol moment. u.s. foreign policy is underpinned by the use of force will lead to a favourable outcome, and the arming of local forces would secure the outcome once the u.s. lease. both are brought into question with the fall of mosul. >> on capitol hill. the main foreign pol

iraq. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces, and i will be reviewing those options in the days ahead. >> we will have more on iraq after the headlines. u.s. army blower -- whistleblower chelsea manning has spoken out about the news in iraq. he is serving a 35 year sentence for leaking classified information to wikileaks, including the collateral murder video. showing the u.s. military helicopter strike in iraq that killed two reuters employees. in the op-ed, chelsea manning criticizes the limits placed on reporters who embed with u.s. troops and describes an information gap between past news reports on the iraq war and information she had access to as an intelligence analyst. in news from kenya, at least 48 people have been killed in a small coastal town where gunmen attacked two hotels, a playstation, and a bank. authorities blamed the attack on the al qaeda linked somali militant group al shabab, which has carried out a series of recent attacks. a major has launched offensive in north waziristan near the borde

my iraq is happened to be iraq he brothers who happen to be kurds and they happen to be arabic. in northern iraq they succeeded by implementing the free-market economy. me and she was with witnessed how successful that country was, that part of the country. so iraq can be successful and we have models for success. there are provinces in southern semi-hat have almost autonomous. we had an honest and ethical governor who succeeded in turning his province into a success. -- problem with the economy is with the economy, not with the sunni and shia. the gulf states of kuwait and saudi arabia are not against shia, as most people would like to think. they are against the central economy that maliki has put together, and he is handing out jobs, he is handing out financial assistance to some tribes but not giving it to other tribes. nobody is sanctioning iran because they are shia. the oil and gas, the hydrocarbon block, had maliki approved and worked with the -- and she isis and sunnis, we would not have a problem with exporting oil out of the port in turkey. now there are tankers that are filling up wi

iraq. on the status of forces that would be left behind after an american withdrawal. >> we must be as careful in getting out of iraq as we were careless getting in. >> but obama failed to make a deal with iraq. in december of 2011, he brought all the troops home. >> we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. >> the quotes that i saw from him on a consistent basis were, this is a fragile situation, but there is a stable government. it's the hard fought efforts of americans that put us into a place where we have a chance. >> but just 24 hours after the last soldier left, iraqi prime minister maliki issued an arrest warrant for his sunni vice president, suggesting the situation in iraq was not as stable as some hoped. and that the threat of sectarian violence remained. >> what maliki did in 2011 forward was to destroy every single chance he had. maliki basically messed up the opportunity that was there. however fragile it may have been. >> in 2012 with the reelection campaign in full swing, obama was touting the administration's foreign policy successes. >> al qaeda is on the path of defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> but that narrative was about to be severely challen

iraq, but to iraq's neighbors. and i think the united states has a commitment to support iraq and the security. we'll continue to work through the measures that ambassador bee kroft outlined to try to support the iraqi security forces in this challenge that they face. >> now that we've seen elements of iraq now we have seen them shed the uniforms, going door to door to get civil yab clothes so they can meld in the population. do you see any silver linings? >> i think what ambassador bee kroft said was that i think the escalation of the threat posed by isio is having an impact in baghdad of drawing the political factions more closely together. and i think in the last 72 hours we've seen a series of meetings where the various political elements are coming together and drawing up plans and looking for ways to cooperate for the national security be. >> do you expect the security force to turn the tide and capture them back? be we hope for that outcome. i think it's -- for the united states to support the outcome. >> you're going to iraq and god bless you for being willing to serve. you said there ar

iraq stay together? >> yes. iraq must stay together and will stay together. all iraqis voted on a constitution of a united iraqited iraq. iraq will remain united and will overcome terrorists. these terrorists are rejected by sunni community, sunni leaders and they will be defeated. >> let's move on. we're going to leave events in iraq for the moment. we have more to bring you including we're waiting for the british foreign secretary william hague to make a segment about reopening the embassy in iran. i think he's on his feet speaking very shortly about that situation with the british wanting to reopen the embassy. as soon as that happens we'll bring that to you. >>> we are going to move on. just over 100 days for the search for the missing malaysian airliner. the government said they will keep looking. the company with the key satellite data say the government is not looking in the key hot spot area. according to their records, the missing plane lies south west of the area that's been the area of search. >> on march 8, malaysian airlines flights mh 370 set off for beijing. on board with 239 passengers and crew

iraq threatening to turn into one single regional war, with the formation of a sunni supra national state, one of the possible outcomes, do we have to rethink what kind of iraq the world can tolerate at the end of this in is a lewisly fed rated state inside the old borders, okay? a good enough iraq. >> yeah, it certainly has to be considered at this point. how, kit not be a lewisly con fed rated iraq where one portion is being controlled by jihaddist group that one of the worst terrorists insurgency groups on the planet. after they are done taking care of business at home, they will turn to the outside to conduct attacks. so first and foremost, they have to be stamped out. it is nos acceptable for it to cab up iraq to include a government. >> do you agree with with that? >> i completely agree with with that. i think the symbol must be made by the iraqis themselves. and as i noted they are millions of iraqis showed up in national elections and i think there's a strong force. there may be other forces. we see this in the kurdish areas for greater autonomy, and that may come. we node to isolate these, so that the political leadership in iraq, really makes the bargains that they need to make that reflect the will of the people. and that's the real question. is yes, there's a questio

there will weapons of mass destruction in iraq and iraq played a role -- who thought there were weapons of mass does in iraqnd iraq played a role. after i call bernie made off and ask him for investing advice. rollings supreme court down ong cutting president obama's recess appointments. >> will have few in the foreseeable future. the unanimous court on this point said that basically the senate has to decide when it is in recess. when ever you how divided government, the senate or house can ensure there are enough sessions that you have a big recess along that period of time within a session that they will be able to block a presidential -- >> the so-called aereo ruling, protecting the copyrights of broadcasters. the does it have implications for other technologies? >> is certainly can. the court is essentially said a broadcasters how strong roddick has an aereo cannot work around to provide -- how strong rights and aereo can not work around to revive. the cloud computing industry and notsupreme court said it is about the cloud computing industry. people are worried and will be looking at it closely. , prot

sunni rebels or the islamic state of iraq. >> we will have more on the violence in iraq at the half hour. stay with us more our special report in crisis again - iraq under siege. iraq's crisis pushed up gas prices in the united states. in 14 states prices are at a high. in michigan, it's up 5%. now $3.69. illinois drivers pay $3.97, $0.18 for than a month ago. the most expensive in hawaii, $4.36. >>> reports of a suicide bombing at a world cup viewing center. 10 people believed dead. witnesses say the attacker triggered the explosion from a trisickle taxi. it happened in an area suffering a number of attacks by the armed group boko haram. three people are killed every hour in this country by gun fire. this week we look beyond the border in our series "five days - guns around the world", we have israel tonight, restricting gun ownership following a high-profile shooting 20 years ago. since the number of handguns dropped from 300,000 to 170,000. and gun ownership is a fraction of what it is here in america. nick schifrin reports from jerusalem. >> at the beginning of the work week commuters are armed. is this is sunday morning, outside jerusalem's c

iraq. >> randle pinkston for us live in washington. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, isi life. or the islamic state of iraq and levant now seizing more territory a iraqoss iraq. is goal to create an is limb being stake, imran kahn has more from baghdad. >> reporter: sunni rebels continue their advance in the country. in the main city of boo cuba, fierce clashes between the islamic state and the levant fighters and shia militias there is connecticut fusing information coming out of ba cuba, an incident where 63 prisoners were killed. the government saying i was isil fighters. however, other sources saying that it was the shia militia. >> also more diplomat and i can political moves in the capital baghdad. they have in a key general to ahead vice them on options they have militarily. lots going on but little from the iraq military. so far no big military push in to the territory that his the sunni rebels control. >>> joining us now is jim walsh a research associate at m.i.t. security studies program, in boston, mass manslaughter this mink, before we talk about iraqu want to ask about the arrest in the benghazi incidents. >> it improves u.s. credibility

iraq so far has been -- they are not very plugged in, and they are approaching fit a distance. but the reality is, iran had has developed so much influence inside iraq. i think at the end of the day, current events are playing so much in it's favor. unfortunately the state of iraq is withering. >> is the united states being put in the position, of supporting a sunni insurgent army in syria, against an iranian ally? and supporting an iranian ally in iraq, a shiite led government. >> well, i think if you approach a complex region without the strategy, and if the strategy is to calibrate your positions on peace meal bases, you will end up doing contradicting things. and i think there is a power volume currently in the middle east. over the last few years the players, the curds, everybody, they have realized that it is a power volume, and now evacuated power is probing to rebalance and redraw this fear. and i think iraq is a bit surprised and it is now attracting all these forces and so yes, they are contradicting. and yes, isil is the product of what is -- the fact that we let the fire many syria goes on for so long. one of the outcomes is what we are seeing? >> given that set of challenges, and the almost contradictory stances, at first glance, that the united st

advise iraqi forces, but militants from the islamic state of iraq and syria continue to make advances and now occupy about a third of iraq. iraq's prime minister says he's committed to forming a new government including more of his opponents in hopes of calming tensions. meantime the white house is considering air strooiks but has ruled out sending ground troops to iraq where the ground soldiers, anne-marie, withdrew in 2007. >> tara mergener in washington. thank you, tara. >>> the white house says it does not agree with the supreme court ruling that limits the president's puller to fill high-level posts with so-called recessed appointments. the judges ruled unanimously that three temporary point nnlts in 2012 were illegal. the white house argued that the senate was holding only three brief sessions at a time to keep the posts. now, abortion rights advocates are troubled by another supreme court decision. the court unanimously ruled against a massachusetts law mandating a 35-foot protest-free buffer zone outside abortion clinics. jan crawford has our report. >> reporter: massachusetts said the law was necessary to protect women

three years talking about what a success his iraq policy is talking about direct military intervention in iraq. >> reporter: describing the situation in iraq as an emergency, president obama says american airstrikes might be needed in the face of insurgent gains. >> iraq is going to need more help. it's going to need more help from us. and it's going to need more help from the international community. my team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. i don't rule out anything. >> as the sectarian conflict becomes a crisis, mr. obama lays part of the blame at the feet of the iraqi leader, noori al maliki from excluding sunnis from power. >> we have not seen the kind of trust and cooperation develop between moderate sunni and shiia leaders. >> the president ended american military involvement in iraq in 2011. since then, the white house has described the policy as a success. today, republican leaders scoffed. >> now they are in control of mosul, 100 miles from baghdad. what's the president doing? taking a nap. >> if i sound angry, it's because i am angry. >> others point to mr. obama's

iraq war took a toll on u.s. forces who were in iraq. what are we hearing from those invests? >> well, as you can imagine many of them are very disillusioned, very disturbed at what they're seeing in iraq right now. i spoke with one army officer, and he told me that it's a bitter pill to swallow. >> reporter: running a boys school is far from iraq. >> we saw our camps being shelled and our young men were dying. >> reporter: that was in 2004 when the war seemed like a lost cause, but nagl along with general petraeus helped turn the tide writing a manual, a strategy that was used in a surge of troops and iraqi militias. >> we turned it around at enormous cost in the search and operations that followed. >> reporter: now the images of isil and other rebel groups are devastating. >> this is hugely difficult. very emotionally draining. i had a bunch of friends die in places, died to siege from insurgents. >> reporter: nagl, a 11-year army veteran believes the u.s. fumbled at the goal line. failing to keep the peace has it has in years past. >> in korea, germany, japan, jog laugh yugoslavia, so when america fights a war, we keep the peace there. we hold what we've taken. >> reporter: it's a p

what we have been committed to in the long term, since we iraq in -- since the combat ended, is araq long-term strategic partnership with iraq and iraq security forces and iraq security forces competent and capable of defending their people, defending their territory, defending their country. clearly they're under strain and threat right now and so again clear that --was that we have an interest in termng them in the near combat this very real threat but and i'll gog term back to -- we said it in 2011, over the long term, what really needs to happen inside iraqi security forces and inside the an inclusive peaceful political process that allows for the competency and the iraqi security forces to be sustained. there's been some challenges in few years with respect to that and, again, that's problemg that -- that be, that issue, is something the iraqi government needs to solve. everybody, appreciate it. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> at a book promotion appearance at george washington university in washington, d.c., former secretary of state whatry clinto

sending some special forces to iraq. >> former vice president dick cheney says the new violence in iraq threatens americans' security. he blames president obama for abandoning iraq rarely has a president been wrong about so much at the expense of so many. we asked deputy director mike morell for his reaction this morning. >> i read the op-ed this morning. i had two reactions. the vice president is absolutely right that our national security is at risk. but both administrations, the bush administration and the obama administration, i believe, made mistakes in iraq. so there is plenty of blame to go around. >> cheney was vice president when the united states invaded iraq 11 years ago. >>> the alleged mastermind of the deadly benghazi attack facing questions aboard a u.s. navy ship this morning. american officials believe this photo shows ahmed abu khatalla. special forces captured the militant on sunday night. he is accused of organizing the 2012 raid that killed the u.s. ambassador in libya, chris stevens and three other americans. they plan to put him on trial in this country. others think he should be sent to the guantanamo bay prison. >> hillary clinton says k

iraq will now greet us as liberators. [laughter] way to go, everybody. [bleeped] senior iraq war correspondent jason jones is in baghdad now. jason jones. [cheering and applause] jason, what's the latest? >> jon, the tactical situation is deteriorating here fast. >> jon: jason, i'm sorry. the hawaiian shirt, you're having a drink. you're a war correspondent. >> and yesterday i wasn't a war correspondent, jon. i was just another guy enjoying his vacation in iraq's vibrant, utopian society. copyright 2003, u.s. of a. it had everything, sun, sand, more sand. >> jon: yes. >> but i guess iraq has decide democracy is not their thing. >> jon: what is the iraqi government doing? >> well, there are a few options. they're stripping off their uniforms and running. that's one. but there has been some talk, some lower-level parliamentary talk of running faster with less clothes. >> jon: i understand. but the militants obviously have trucks and guns, mostly american trucks and gun, so the running probably not going to work. >> well, there is one other option, jon. there's an old iraqi saying, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a truly horrible guy with a gun. >> jon: really? you're talking about returning an oppressive, strong-arm dictator to power. >> exactly, or as they call it here in iraq, "iraq classic." >> jon: really? let me ask you a question. where are you going to find a dictator? what are you doing there? >> you'll see. just contin

iraq. >> the security meltdown in iraq is forcing a rethink of adjustment policy. the details on that just ahead. >> in sport, the new york rangers keep their stanley cup hopes alive. action from the nhl coming up later. >> iran's president says his government will fight what he calls terrorism in neighboring iraq. iraq is struggling to combat fighters from isil. the group's captured two major cities, including mosul and tikrit. the violence forced half a million people to leave their homes. the

who have most of the influence in iraq and that does not serve america's strategically. >> iran has supported iraq shia for 35 years, and the shia influence has allowed iraq to extend it's influence with tourism in cities, and they also train iraqi shia militias. >> iraqis have the best intelligence in iraq today. and oftentimes, iraqis among themselves, when they're trying to reach compromises, will look to tehran for guidance. >> that level of influence is a threat to the sunni state in the gulf, where money, much of it from private donors, has been channeled to isis to keep them in check. the cautionary tale in nation building. aljazeera. >> let's talk now, the u.s. experience in iraq, what does it teach us about the road ahead? for that, i'm joined by richard butler, the executive chairman of the united specialists in iraq, he was the chief arms inspectors in the 1990s. it was his conclusion that iran was not truthful about the weapons of mass destruction, he's the author of weapons of mass destruction and the crisis in global security. good to see you, and thank you. how do you end up with a result that's so far from almost everything that the u.s. s

iraq. . iraq soldiers in baghdad also try to demonstrate their strength today. >> reporter: thousands of heavily armed soldiers displayed their military mite, marching through the streets. at least two more cities in northwest iraq have fallen to islamic extremists. a town captured and now weapons can move back and forth. they overtook another town 100-plus miles from baghdad. this man fled after they ransaked their village. there's a shortage of medicine there. an estimated 300,000 reference few 300,000 nephew 300,000 refugees have poured in. >> the crisis is affecting all aspects of life throughout iraq, a shortage of medicine and prices are going up and that's because the security of main roads between the two cities have deteriorated and most pharmacies are running out of supplies. >>> pinball is illegal in oakland. who knew? how the law was discovered. >>> start your engines and then sit in gridlock. the reason a popular bay area event tomorrow could leave thousands moving at a snail's pace!. >>> a fire started at the back of a building on martin luther king, junior boulevard before 1:00 this morning and then went into the attic. nobody was hurt. investigators think the fire started accidentally. >>> you mi

iraq. i would not send one soldier to iraq, one airman to iraq until we understand over time maliki's got to go. i've been there more times than i can count. maliki did some good things on his watch, but he has become a political leader that cannot bring the country together. but that, to me, is a concern that's addressed after you stop the momentum on the battlefield. senator mccain, do you believe it's still possible that the kurds, the sunnis, and the shias that we know fairly well can regroup and reconcile with themselves if we act decisively? mr. mccain: i'm totally confident that they can. that is what the country was held together for long periods of time, but we obviously can't -- could i ask my colleague, i began before you arrived talking about this business of, that the allegations that somehow that the, it's the iraqis' fault that we didn't leave a residual force in iraq. and i went through our meetings with maliki, with barzo tph*eu, tph*eu, -- barzoni, with allawi how they were committed to maintaining force. could you talk about our hearing where you directly questioned genera