if islamic state and assad are not really fighting each other and islamic state is losing -- and assad is losing ground, that is primarily due to the forces from turkey and the surrounding states. assad is most likely to use forces most threatening to damascus and not against islamic state, which is less threatening to it. russian calls to the west to work with assad in the fight against islamic state are really intended to elicit western acquiescence as well as to divide western governments that fear islam asked eight more than the assad regime on the one hand from -- islamic state more than the assad regime. all of that suggests that the recent increase in russian military involvement in syria is motivated much less by the desire to combat it islamic state of then by the desire to protect the assad regime from its more proactive opponents rather than to blunt middle eastern actions aimed at supporting them. thank you. chairman: thank you all for this quite diverse view of what is going on and what we should do. i hope maybe by the end of this hearing we can come to some conclusions.

is having a .ajor impact on islam the radical islam assist -- toamists have power influence through their violence. i reject the idea putin is down there and russia is down there their friend, but part of being a great country is making sure when you make a deal with somebody that you keep the tough,ven when it gets and you don't leave your friends in a lurch after they have risked everything for you. it seems in the last few years, the united states, as my colleague accidentally indicated -- we've left a lot of people also, the united states policy was, what? we had to get rid of saddam hussein? , and now we feel compelled to -- and nowhat a sod we feel compelled to make sure that assad goes out. was a horrible mistake. saddam hussein was not our enemy. guess what? i don't think assad is our enemy. if russia is indeed there to , then what assad might happen to syria, even if assad is overthrown with non-isil forces, i don't think it was the radicals who necessarily overthrew could daffy, but when the moderates overthrew qadhafi with our help, we ended up with half of libya being co

next, look at the threat of islamic extremism in russia. we will hear from a former state surveyed affairs analyst from the reagan administration. this is an hour and 40 minutes. there you go. boy, you could hear that. so, this afternoon, we will hear testimony, expert testimony, on a topic not thought to be, but in reality of great concern and importance, the threat of ,slamic extremism inside russia and what that might mean to the united states and global security. islamic terrorists have declared war on the modern civilized world. their barbaric actions in syria remind us daily of their depravity. they must be stopped, and they must be defeated. the future of america, russia, and yes, western civilization, depends on that. the lives of millions will be in jeopardy if we don't do what is right today. nature of thisl fight, it is in the interest of our national interests to understand the growth of parts of theother world and in other countries such as russia. it is alarming to read reports living in peaceful and free democratic countries

it managed to push the islamic state back. they have some arab forces, not huge, but a number of them from eastern syria who never had much to do with assad anyway who were willing to fight against theist lambic state. -- islamic state. they said we'll vet the leaders and make sure they are okay. we'll ask them some questions. we'll take it from them their fighters are all good guys. they've dropped a lot of ammunition and weapons. this supports normally irritates the turks. who feel like the kurds are all of a part -- they consider the kurdish organization that we're now helping to be a terrorists organization along with kurds who are in iraq. at the same time you've got our other allies in the region, the saudis ataris, the uea who are throwing up their hands. look, we've been following your lead, united states. you've told us not to arm the other people. i mean they've done it under the table. they haven't done it as an official policy. perhaps we need to start rethinking this. i think the administration has a lot of decisi

this is why the islamic state can't exist one more day. the longer they look like the strong one, the longer they continue to breed these people. you have to start taking these people out in raqqa. >> what do you want, islamic extremism. >> wipe it out? >> let them know al qaeda and isis lost. >> there hasn't been an islamic state for 1500 years. >> the islamic extremism is at an all-time high because we've allowed it to take root. >> let's say you do the concerted effort and you've got isis, the islamic state on the run. you don't think they're going to morph into -- >> get them on the run. i don't want them celebrating their holidays in breeding schools and digging in and setting up infrastructure of a country because they're going to send these people to our shores. you put them on the run every single day. >> i agree with you 100%. we can complain about what's going on. but no one seems to want to provide a solution. >> brian does. >> i'm telling you, you got to take them out tomorrow. if something blows up in new york, you know where

it will be from radical islamic terrorists. and if we're going to protect our peoples we've got to be rational and we got to reach out to those people who are the enemy of our enemy. and i by that formula and i think it will make us safer. and with that said i appreciate the insights that the spell has given us today in understand the world and having some good thoughts about what strategies we can use. so this hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] t [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it's an opportunity for students to think critically of issues of national importance by creating a five to seven minute documentary in which they can express those views. it's in for students to get involved because it gives them the opportunity and a platform to have their voices heard on issues that are important to them. so they can express those views by creating a documentary. we do get a wide range of interested the most important aspect for every documentary that we get is going to be content. whitbread wi

and at the same time, he was protecting a religion like islam. he was using it in saying sharia law is -- or a better word for it is the islamist attitude now. there's a difference between islam and an islamist. and that's important. one who believes -- i know great reformers of islam that want to believe that their religion is peaceful and want to have a peaceful existence with everybody else, and then there are islamists who want sharia law for everybody else. that's not what this country is all about. we don't have the combination of church and state. and that's what an islamist does. >> host: you quote a.n.s.w.e.r. helm choudhry: contrary to public misconceptions, islam does not mean peace, but rather submission to the commands of allah alone. >> guest: so what we tried to do here is show that the people who actually do believe, you can't -- if i said to you, hey, let's go take on the nazis, and you insisted that it wasn't about nationalism or socialism, you would just say these people are crazy. be well, i couldn't, i couldn't get to their a

or islamic terrorists is real. and it makes sense if someone is also a target for that that we don't try to do everything we can to undermine their efforts but instead at least try to find ways to cooperate. that's what this hearing is all about. my colleague will now have his questions. >> ok. i just have -- trying to associate ukraine with what is going on in syria. do you think it the reaction from the russian analysts was -- one of the reaction. remember i mentioned to you that there is a domestic political dimension to this. that is that putin is popular not because of the russian economy any more. he used to be popular because they grew 7, 8% every year between 2000-2008. he is popular because he embodies this dream of russia becoming a super power like the soviet union used to be. >> that's called patriotism. right? >> well, we all want our countries to be great. the question is how we achieve it. that is a separate issue. >> we call it something else. > but the bottom line is the -- some of the analysts, so

islamic state also moving on a level from the east. and i think a lot of worry among american friends and allies in the region that nobody seems to be doing anything about this. if aleppo falls i think there's pretty broad agreement that the number of refugees will increase, not incrementally, the of the word, exponentially, and this will be an even bigger problem i think for europe. the americans say that they are studying other alternatives. the turks of course are still pushing for a no-fly zone and the russians don't seem to be paying any attention to what the americans have to say about it. >> okay. on that bright note, let me ask both of you the same question, which is a couple of weeks ago, several weeks ago obama basically said that putin was going to get into a quagmire and just a sickly, sort of implied that this would be another afghanistan for him if he is bogged down there for 10 years. is there any indication of that at this point? that's my first question. second question would be just about there seems to be some consen

he was referring to the islamic state. one hopes with determining the travel route of the bombers the state will be able to take steps so they can catch such bombers in the future. it should be pointed out turkey does employ metal detectors at big rallies. i have been to rallies in ankara before. what tends to happen is the marchers assembled here in front of the station and march about 1.5 kilometers to the square in the city center over there. but the problem is the metal detectors are only stationed at the entrance to the square. what government critics have been saying in the past two days is they should have put up the metal detectors here where the people were assembling, and then they would have caught the ball bearings packed in the suicide vests of the bombers. anchor: reports in the last hour of turkish jets apparently being harassed by the syrian missile system. >> yes. since the russian air force began flying missions against the enemies of president assad at the beginning of the month, turkish air force pilots

to form a partnership at islamic state. russian air force attacked jets, struck targets for the first time in syria, not even 48 hours later. the airstrikes mark a significant escalation of the war in syria, and that war against the islamic state is now being actively led by the iranians and the russians in cooperation with the united states from a distance, a pleasant, if you will, and marginal distance. the united states for now at least has been stalemated if not outright checked in the region. this is the emotional reaction of our defense secretary to the russian airstrikes and the altogether short notice given the united states. >> i take my oo -- the russians at their word, they're exceptionally clear what they're saying and actions seem to reflect what they say they're going to do. my problem is i don't understand what they're doing. my problem is i think what they're doing is going to backfire. lou: extraordinary that our officials think that what we need is their analysis of what their competitor, rival, enemy is d

we're talking about the problem of islamism, the problem of political islam.subset, the jihadists who are willing to use immediate violence to impose their issue. the crucial issue here, the ideas, the link with the behavior, denied across the board, on what we're calling the aggressive left side, those people who just followed him off the edge of the world and believe that everything that is happening in the muslim world is the result of u.s. foreign policy, there are no monsters in the world apart from ourselves or those we've made. we created the mujahadeen, and france created its muslim population so bad through, some believe. we're talking about theocracy, people opposed to gender equality, gay rights and free speech, the freedom that guarantees all of our intellectual and moral advances. and we have people on the left who will blame a new hip cartoonists -- liberal cartoonists get murdered for drawing cartoons and people on the left line up to blame the cartoonists for their insensitivity. that is how far this rot has spread into -- has driven us into th

we have to militarily defeat islamic state. there is not going to be a military solution to the assad regime, there needs to be a diplomatic approach. the administration is taking a small step. i would argue we will need more troops on the ground before this is over. it because until now in the last few weeks or the last month america was doing its thing, not being very vocal about changing its military tack. russia came in and that changed the dynamics. would you agree that russia has forced the hand of the obama administration? that is overstating it bit but not by much. is toussia's game here force a diplomatic solution. they have effectively done that. other: what are the contributing factors? guess: it is the inability of kurdish forces to get traction. pressure islamic state against the iraqis in the south where we are not sing a great of forward motion on the part of the iraqi security forces. and the consultations of the russians to the west. there have to be a change of strategy when you put that together. anchor: let'

islamic state militants all the territory marked and dark gray. moderate opposition forces on our blue territory and the syrian government holds parts marked in light blue. what russia began its campaign, they targeted many areas held by moderate rebel groups. the turkish prime minister said hardly any of russia posner airstrikes targeted islamic state. >> only two of the 57 russian bombardments have targeted islamic state fighters. the others have targeted moderate rebels backed by turkey and the united states. if there is going to be a fight against islamic state, let's do it together. reporter: a report vladimir putin says he is not opposed to. he stressed russia should continue to work with its foreign fighters, including turkey and the u.s. recent developments added next relay or of complexity to an already complicated or, one without any and insight. lara: let's get the angle from russia on this story. my guest joins me on the line from russia. russia is now in the syrian fray launching attacks from the air and sea. what is the endgame? gues

both of the bombers were connected to the islamic state group. reporter: visiting the site of days after the deadly explosions. on tuesday, the turkish president broke his silence on the disaster. amid nationwide anger, article admitteder, erdogan security failures. >> we will know where and how we make mistakes at the end of the investigation. ordered aerdogan special state inquiry into possible intelligence errors. on wednesday, the interior minister dismissed the heads of police, intelligence, and security. they have identified the bombers. the first is believed to be the brother of one who carried out an attack in july. the other suspect was on the radar of turkish police after making several trips to syria from 2013 onward. yes turkish authorities were unable to prevent the attack. turkish authorities were unable to prevent the attack, the worst of its kind in the country. it came only three weeks ahead of the general election, which is still set to take place. the attack is causing further divisions in an already polarized country. laura: t

the a aqaeda-linked -- top officials at clinton's state department t know that an al qaeda-linked islamic extremist group has taken credit. within minutes, that alert goes to the white house, fbi, and pentagon. four hours later, clinton's public statement invokes the idea that the attackers were spontanenes protesters responding to inflflmatory materials posted on the internet, and anti-muslim youtube video. last year, clinton was vague on whether she and president obama discussed blaming the video instead of terrorists that night. >> i don't know that i talked about with him at that conversation. >> it was the very next day. sharyl: republican jim jordada will question clinton thursday in this hearing room as she testified to the house benghazi committee. >> the terrorist group had claimed credit. public statements by the administration did not reflect that fact. sharyl: the benghazi committee documents and unearthed the ntroversial set up w wre clinton conducted government business on a private e-mail server. the fbi has now taken possession of it. is there anything that you feel the co

the government says islamic state is the prime suspect. a game changer -- that is what eu foreign ministers are calling the russian airstrikes in syria. they demand russia concentrate firepower on islamic state and stop hitting moderate opposition groups. hundreds of thousands of south african gold miners suffering from lung disease will soon find out if they can take their fight for compensation to court. welcome to the program. anger and grief in turkey tonight. the government says islamic state is the main suspect for the weekend suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in the capital. there are reports security is being stepped up but many say it

. >> the airstrikes carried out by islamic state hit arms that those.e are preparing now, for our next exhibitions. but against to? the russians insist that their principal target has been the islamic state, yet many of the areas hit appeared to be held by other groups which opposed president assad. today, russia's foreign minister admitted that russia's target was broader than the islamic state. would specific groups in terror -- in syria do you believe to be terrorists? >> if it looks look at terrorist and asked what a terrorist and walks like a terrorist and fight like a terrorist, it is a terrorist. the representatives of the coalition command have always said their targets are all -- are isil, and other terrorist groups. this is our position as well. >> the americans don't seem to think so. >> continuing down a path of carrying out military operations in an indiscriminate fashion against syrian opposition is going to run counter to the stated goals of russia, because it will only prolong the sectarian conflict that has 20 country apart. >> the krem

the russians are coordinating with the iraqis and the fight against the islamic state, against the islamic groups in syria and iraq. russia has raised its standing in the air world by this intervention. amy: i want to ask about the role of saudi arabia in the ongoing conflict in syria as well as the negotiations taking place to resolve it. speaking sunday, saudi foreign minister adel al-jubeir said that assad had no future role to play in syria. >> i believe there is been some progress and positions have moved closer on finding a solution to the syrian crisis. we reachedt say that an agreement. we still need more consultations and negotiations to reach this point. there are negotiations within the international community on how to apply the principles of geneva 1. we're committed for that. the applications of the principles toward geneva 1 involve the formation of a transitional body, govern, civil, military citizens prepare for new elections in syria. and there will be no role for syrian president bashar al-assad. this is the position of the saudi kingdom and this is the position of most

karolina dam abhors extreme islam. her teenaged son, who had learning difficulties, was radicalized after becoming a muslim. he joined islamic state and was killed earlier this year on the syrian-turkey border. but like uzma ahmed, an equality activist in one of copenhagen's most diverse neighborhoods, she wants less confrontation. >> i think respect for another human being should be before anything else. we don't fight about paintings of jesus, or christ or buddha or anything else, that's because it's not a problem. but for muslims it's a problem. why keep on pushing it? why keep on poking them in the eye? >> we don't need to have a huge cultural clash here, because it's about rights and it's about equality. but it's not given right now because freedom of speech is for the very privileged. i see we have given up our freedom of speech and solidarity and society to the few who want to use freedom of speech to mock and scorn minorities. >> reporter: flemming rose has also has been giving great thought as to what changes

on houthid it rebels, but a new islamic state group claims responsibility. after months of attack on the houthi-controlled northern part of yemen, this is the first time the jihadists have attacked the south. >> islamic state had been exclusively attacking the houthis for the past year. for the first time, they attacked someplace that was not houthis. the attack in aden, where the government liberated that region just two months ago, marks a major shift. that means there will be more attacks against the government. reporter: government officials had only just returned to yemen --er a six-month the islamic state group claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in the yemeni capital. despite the growing insecurity, the yemeni government insists it will remain in the prison on capital -- in the capital , ade. genie: doctors without borders is calling for an international fact finding committee to investigate the u.s. bombing of its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. it has been deemed a war crime. 22 people were killed in the attack. reporter: a member of d

has far as we know they have all gone over to the islamic state.t may be that russia is targeting a range of groups that it has decided have all come under the umbrella of islamic state. the western countries don't consider them to be anything like the same as the islamic terror group. genie: all this is going on in the backdrop on the war in syria. the headu cannot be in of russian president vladimir putin, but give us an idea. what might russia's strategy be? is it really trying just to find a better way to help its allies, and bashar al-assad? >> it was the same when we were talking about the ukraine conflict and russia's goal there. so much of it does come down to , tolevel decision-making what's going on in vladimir putin said. it is very difficult to make guesses. i think that is something the russians play on. the positioning and the explanation of this whole movement in syria has deliberately been a little bit kind of opaque. n making this big speech about a call for a coalition and needing to fight isis and comparing them to nazis and then

tells russia to stop hitting areas that has no sign of islamic state. a community moorings the loss of nine people shot on a college campus. president obama makes a plea for gun control. is capitalism broken? the author will explain what is worth saving. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. russia has spent a third day carrying out bombing raids in syria. moscow says it's warplanes carried out multiple strikes launching six at islamic state targets. the members of the us-led coalition renewed their criticism of russia, charging they are hitting areas where there is no i.s. presents and demanding they cease immediately. it came as president putin was in paris attending a summit on ukraine. john simpson starts our coverage. a morning you may find some of the images disturbing. -- wa warning. john: this was to be vladimir putin's day, having wrongfooted the western countries over ukraine, he is now a doing the same thing over syria. when president hollande welcomed him to today some -- today's summit. ukraine'sk

i agree about the islamic state. you can't negotiate with them. nonetheless, there has to be within syrian society a negotiation about how they're going to live together, you know, as a people, as a nation, or we go to the question of partition. if they just simply can't live together anymore. it's true in iraq as well. i agree that islamic state is not something you negotiate with. i don't think you can defeat islamic extremism by military power alone as well. i mean, i think in the end there has to be a political process not so much in peace talks but in isolating the extremists elements such that they don't have support in significant parts of the society. you'll always have the people willing to blow themselves up i think for ideological reasons but the question is how you can incorporate the society to completely marginalizing that element of it. >> thank you both. thanks to all of you. steven will be here. [ applause ] >>> republican presidential candidate donald trump is in florida for a two-day swing through the state with rallies planned

islamic state.he you can't negotiate with them. nonetheless, i think there has within syrian society a negotiation about how they are going to live together. people ands a nation. or we go to the question of partitions. true in iraq as well. islamic state isn't something you negotiate with. i don't think you can defeat by militaryemism power alone as well. i think in the end there has to a political process, not so talks, butce isolating the elements so they support in significant parts of the society. you'll always have the people willing to blow themselves up ideological reasons. the question is how you can incorporate the society that can completely marginalize the element of it. botabeth: thank you, >> we have panels with new hampshire voters on the 2016 elections. ", washington " congressman gop leadership and fiscal deadlines. then, representative chris van holleen talks about the budget and debt ceiling. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls a

forces struck the islamic state group. it was not the first such airstrike, nor will it be the last. we did it because we know that in syria, in areas around that region, there is a training center for foreign fighters. the mission was to come to france, to europe, to carry out attacks here. molly: france's strikes come amid russia's stepped up situation in syria. russian ships from the caspian sea fired cruise missiles into the country, but four of them are said by the u.s. to have crashed into iran instead. russia claims all shots were on target. a graphic has been posted on its website showing 26 missiles flying over iran and iraq before striking syria. when smoke seen rising on the horizon, this camera man rushes in a syrian province and is met with pandemonium. as some search for survivors of what rebels say was a russian airstrike, ambulances arrived to take away the injured. shares the west aim of hitting islamic state group targets, but the u.k.-based observatory for human rights says the latest on is focusing on a

>> called for the destruction of islam. she's clearly somebody that is speaking in a hateful way. >> i did not cause 9/11. it's not ayaan hirsi ali who kidnapped 276 girls in nigeria. john: there are billions of muslims in the world. most are not violent. >> still, they cannot run away from the fact that when it comes to violence committed in the name of religion, islam is number one. john: for saying that, ali is wanted dead or alive. yes, we can says this al qaeda magazine, a bullet a day keeps the infidel away. >> why is it up to you? you could have stayed in holland and lived a quiet life. john: yeah, i could have been quiet in my room, but you know what? how would i feel about myself? >> you can put your head in the sand as deep as you like, but if you are confronted with a grim reality like, this people mattering in the name of their god, in the name their holy book. the more you stick your head in the sand, the bigger the problem gets. john: if americans keep censoring ourselves, she says the killers will push and pu

iran aided hamas and islamic jihad in building armed drones in gaza. iran also made clear its plans to open two new terror fronts against israel, promising to arm palestinians in the west bank and sending its revolutionary guard generals to the golan heights, from which its operatives recently fired rockets on northern israel. israel will continue to respond forcefully to any attacks against it from syria. israel will continue to act to prevent the transfer of strategic weapons to hezbollah from and through syrian territory. every few weeks, iran and hezbollah set up new terror cells in cities throughout the world. three such cells were recently uncovered in kuwait, jordan and cyprus. in may, security forces in cyprus raided a hezbollah agent's apartment in the city of larnaca. there they found 5 tons of ammonium nitrate, that's roughly the same amount of ammonium nitrate that was used to blow up the federal building in oklahoma city. and that's just in one apartment, in one city, in one country. but iran is setting up dozens of terror cells like this

day three of russian airstrikes supposedly aimed at islamic targets. russia claims and they destroyed bomb facilities. western allies have sent a statement to moscow, "do not target non-isis groups." the peace after multilateral talks in paris, all sides expressing renewed commitment to minsk peace accords. morning for victims of shooting spree at united states college, investigators uncover arsenal of weapons, all purchased legally. >> i am brent goff. russia's military gave a progress report on its airstrike campaign in syria, claiming it took out major sites where isis is making bombs, but leaders from across the world say they doubt moscow is telling the whole truth. we start tonight on the ground in syria. bull's-eye of a russian missile. come out, he says, the building is going to collapse. >> this video taken and the suburbs east of damascus reportedly shows residential buildings destroyed by russian bombs, but russia says it is conducting surgical strikes, and like a nato, only targeting islamic state and other terror groups. russia has 25 atta

islam teaches peace. >> sorry, mr. president, but the islamic state is radical islam. and the president loves to lecture christians about what they should and shouldn't be doing while praising islam and ignoring the fact that he sat in the pews of reverend jeremiah wright's church for 20 years. here are some of the vile things that his ex-pastor said in the george of gd america. >> we bombed hiroshima and we bombed nagasaki and thousands in new york and the pentagon and we never batted an eye because the stuff we've done overseas is now brought back into our own front yards. america's chickens are coming home to roost. no, no, no, not god bless america, god damn america. that's in the bible. we're killing innocent people. god damn america for treating her citizens as less than human. >> that's not all. during the same interview, president obama once again attacked the fox news channel. listen to this. >> it's interesting because we're talking in iowa people alwa always, i think, were surprised about me connecting with folks in small town iowa. and the reason i did was,

>> i do agree the first thing to do is to fight islamic state, because islamic state constitutes a threatnot only to countries in the region but also to the world. so it's an international obligation to fight islamic state. away i'what i'm emphasizing is t part of the solution being assad. >> but are you okay then with fighting islamic state, in conjudges with the assad regime and the russians? >> well, if the russians really fight islamic state i would welcome it. the problem is that the russians apparently are also bombing what i would call the moderate opposition. and that's exactly why the russian presence in syria will not stop the bloodshed. but on the contrary will prolong the conflict. >> but as you know the united states has rejected actual coordination with the russians, and definitely rejected any kind of coordination with the syrian regime. what do you think on that front? >> well, to my knowledge military to military coordination takes place which of course is common sense. and as regards the long term political solution, a transitional government should be snabled syria, fre

moscow says its hitting islamic state positions. earlier, lawmakers voted to let president vladimir putin use military force in syria. putin says the air raids are striking terrorists before they target russia. so far, moscow will only send in jets, not ground troops. translator: there are gangs of international terrorists committing outrage in syria and its neighboring countries. the only right way to fight them is to act preemptively. we must eliminate the fighters and terrorists in the areas they have already occupied, not wait until they come to our home. but there are reports that other opposition groups are russia's real targets, implying moscow is supporting syrian president bashar al-assad rather than fighting islamic state. >> we are seeing the russians ramp up their support for president assad. they've been supporting him for quite some time and it's clear that they've made a significant military investment now in further propping him up. reporter: this came as russia's foreign minister spoke to the u.n. security. the inte

the islamic state group is the prime suspect in the attack. but interestingly, you can look at an article, it reports that some people are not only the pro-kurdish opposition party that even for new people suspect the states, and other words the justice and developing party. they suspect they are somehow involved in the bombing. it talks about how this angora bombing is actually a turkish classic even though it was the deadliest terror attack in turkish history. why a turkish classic? the long forgotten the state is back on the agenda, according to this article. their season of dÉjÀ vu in the country. this article is incredibly critical of the ruling. genie godula: let's move on to other papers across the country. they say that the u.s. has delivered weapons to rebel groups fighting in syria. we talk about washing delivering arms to rebel groups. also reporting on these ramifications. it urges greater say ever since russia began air attacks in support of the syrian government, they have been receiving us-made government weapons. this is turned

the saudis, many whom follow a form of sunni islam consider themselves to be the guardians of islam's holiest places. to that end many saudi clerics encouraged citizens to support uni muslim groups throughout the middle east. critics say that by granting the clerics so much latitude, the saudis may, in fact, have gotten themselves into trouble >>> the more extreme clerics in the country, they haven't been rained in. they run inside mecca, medina, the holy places and have control of the education system, the public place, and they have a global presence through many of the embassies. >> that global presence kept the money going. >> the u.s. department of treasury said in march 2014, that sympathetic private donors have been channelling money to organizations throughout the middle east and beyond. private money has gone to the private al qaeda link. in pakistan, the citizens finance financed lashkar eltoiba, possible for killing 172 poem. that goal is the establishment of the islamic state in kashmir. in neighbouring yemen, saudis funding the group. it is notable for high profile terror

the rally commemorated the 1995 march called by nation of islam leader louis farrakhan. this year's theme was, "justice or else." we'll have more on the march later in the broadcast. republicans are reportedly seeking to recruit wisconsin congress member paul ryan for the post of house speaker, saying he is the only one who can unite the party, after john boehner announced his departure. california congressmember kevin mccarthy, the clear favorite, dropped out, leaving florida congressmember daniel webster, and utah congressmember jason chaffetz in the race. ryan, who ran for vice president alongside mitt romney and is known for backing deep budget cuts, has said he will reconsider his previous rejection of the post. technically, the constitution does not require the speaker to be a member of the house, but all past speakers have been congress members. just 158 families have provided nearly half of the funding so far in the 2016 presidential election. the "new york times" found -- "not since before watergate have so few people and businesses provided so much early money

is preparing to step up its attacks against islamic state militants in iraq and syria.he defense secretary said it could include american action on the ground. teaching young nigerians to get with the beat. music, a veteran of the industry is shaping the stars of the future. ♪ our viewersome to on public television in america and around the globe. an area in the south china sea is a flashpoint between two of the world's most powerful nations. tensions between china and the u.s. have risen after a u.s. warship entered a 12 mile zone around reefs that beijing is turning into island's. it is claimed by five other nations. china says that america's actions are illegal, and a threat to china's sovereignty. rupert wingfield-hayes begins our coverage. rupert: construction cranes sprout from the tiny desert island. this is my first view of china's new manufactured islands as they began growing in the summer of 2014. this place is called johnson south. a few months ago it was a chinese controlled submerged reef. it has been transformed into a giant construction site. this is whe

there is no such thing as moderate islam. islam is islam, period.you go into the various things, these are western fanciful ways of trying to get into a state of denial when the fact of the matter is these are islamic militants, when is the last time you saw anybody but an islamic militant holding a head? so it is what it is. and we have to start facing up to it and dealing with it and diluting ourselves is not 47ing the matter. deirdre: i hear what you're saying, stronger, clearer language. glad to have you here. >> my pleasure, deirdre. deirdre: the tenth state obamacare co-op has failed. list is growing. we're going to tell you about the implications for the affordable care act. forget bacon causing cancer. there is a new report there are more than 100 causes of cancer. my next guest says if you worry about all of them, don't worry about going outside. >>> first, a guest says this video of european migrant crisis means the u.s. is going to be receiving a lot more refugees. we're back shortly. why pause to take a pill when a moment spontaneously t