the saudi flag, the iranian islamic republic, the islamic republic of pakistan, these are islamic statest might be our allies against this monster got created from their ideas which is isis but their ideology of islamic state is the oxygen for jihad. until muslims start to defeat this identity state of islamism, islamic state ideology, and that's what a long-term strategy has to be the resurrection something like the u.s. information agency where we start doing radio free liberty into saudi arabia come into iran, into pakistan in order to defeat those ideas and create society groups the begin to share ideas. like we did in the cold war, without firing a bullet against the soviets directly, but winning that by defeating, and by the way, in america we see the implication of blasphemy laws that using the term islamophobia. we need to stop using that term islam as a diverse idea that doesn't have rights. muslims have rights. we need to fight bigotry that exist against muslims, but don't use the term islamophobia because they're trying to shut us all up from criticizing islamic state ideology

there are some that have a distorting idea of islam. they are going to support islamic state.any western muslims in america, the uk, europe. they are putting the future of our countries. my culture is a european culture. that's the positive. you yourself are a controversial figure, with links to the muscle by —— to the messi brotherhood. you are part of the problem. you can never be pa rt of the problem. you can never be part of the solution? i don't think that there is a problem. i was never a member of the muslim brotherhood. why aren't i controversial? two reasons. first, iam banned from nine muslim majority countries. i am banned because i don't say that i will support the readers, i say that i will not support states where there is no freedom. —— that i will not support the leaders. dictators, this is were we have to speak of. at the same time, i am talking to my government in switzerland and other governments to say that if they are serious about us coming together, why are they not speaking out? why i see a green with saudi arabia? because they have money and influence.

and of course, as you havejust islamic state militia.ave cut off the road to raqqa, so that is a target they want to get to at the moment. in the us, president trump says he has removed himself from the day—to—day operations of his businesses. but has he done enough? his critics might point to his mar—e—lago resort in florida where the fees have doubled since he won the election. and in indonesia, mr trump has signed a deal to build two resorts with a billionaire, worth about $1 billion in total. the bbc‘s karishma vaswani went to indonesia to ask mr trump's business partner about their relationship. do you know who donald trump is? no, because i'm from indonesia. he is a president...of america. meet indonesia's donald trump. hary tanoesoedibjo is one of indonesia's richest men. in 2015 he signed a billion—dollar deal to build a trump tower in west java and the first trump resort in bali. you know, i know eric trump, i know ivanka, you know, and then i met with donjunior and then when we signed the agreement then the father came up, you

why we are busy with islamic state. strength in different parts of the middle east and now they are very strong in yemen, in parts of africa. they start to gather strength and recruit people. the same thing, islamic state will do they same. they have branches — in sinai, iraq, syria, afghanistan, pakistan. ijust came back from india. they are worried about terrorist attacks by islamic state, especially among the muslim community. we are now seeing this terrible famine. how that will play together i do not know. i wonder whether al-qaeda will be almost like a successor organisation, as a more kind of sensible islamist force. donald trump claimed — based on no evidence, apparently — that predecessor barack 0bama wanted to wiretap him. the language seems quaint, given that we learned this week — courtesy of wikileaks — that the cia can not only bug your phone, but your tv and, for all i know, your toaster and teapot as well. is wikileaks doing a public service, or is it a danger to the security of democracies? how do you t

has a degree in islamic studies. it's kind of difficult to say that he has nothing to do with islam where that's the basis for everything he said and did. if one goes and looks at the pleading that the judge of assified from 2008 stimony given by kalid sheik muhammad in the court at guantanamo bay, he makes very ear he's not insane and very ouis i had and files a very -- lucid and files an impressive document explaining himself. -- for everything that he from the koran where members of congress, if you bring something p on the floor of islam or koran, it's amazing. hasn't happened in a while, but members who bring something like that up, they frequently find themselves being presented a koran. somebody drops off a koran. but as an expert in the field pointed out to me when i showed him the koran that was dropped off at my office, he said it's a koran, it's not a holy koran. because what they've done is they have taken what they call the holy koran and they've eliminated the versus us that supports the killing of jews

he had not been to syria, he was not a soldier of islam, if you will, he was someone a soldier of islamier of islam, if you will, he was someone who was a soldier of islam, if you will, he was someone who was deranged, suffered from depression. the same was true of the man in nice. he suffered from depression, a loner, broken relationships, petty crime and it looks, and there is a lot we need to find out, but it looks like the masood might 50s in profile. that is difficult to tackle, especially when they are not using conventional weapons. there are times intelligence services do make m ista kes times intelligence services do make mistakes and we will open them up to scrutiny, but it is worth recognising that these are incredibly difficult choices that have to be made with limited resources . have to be made with limited resources. absolutely. you have to have a discussion within countries about how much you put into security and how you close your society. we respect and like the fact that it is free here, especially in this village in westminster where people can go into parliament. h

and the west islam and modernity islam and the united states. there is a civil war going on within islam. and 24r is a fraction of islam, not a trif kral fraction, that believes that narrative. when we do these kinds of things, we seem to be living the role they say we have. we hate them, we don't want them here. and so i-- i fear, and the damage may already have been done. i fear we have kind of reinforced their story that this is a clash between civilizations rather than what i really think it is, dan, the center of gravity is that this is a fight within a civilization, within islam. and by doing what we just did, to my mind, without real purpose, has actually some what hurt us within that civil war. >> senor: so staying in that region, let's spend a moment on another issue that is top of the per flex-- perplexing problem list, a lot to choose from. iran. so during the campaign, then candidate trump talked about the u.s. extricating itself from the multilateral deal that the obama administration struck with iran. what do you think, do you thin

islamic state is always trying to use any opportunity, i don't even know if this was a islamic state thrown out of mosul. i think they would use any opportunity. it is a press opportunity for them, and opportunities to instil that terror. we should stand still. the muslim council of britain and other organisations are saying let's not be terrorised by the message of terror that is trying to be spread by them. when news of this latest attack started a break yesterday, what did you feel you need to do? immediately, our concern is obviously about the scale of the damage. any life, any loss of life, is regrettable. in this instance, we are hearing about three fatalities and about 20 or so injured. that is reg retta ble. fortu nately, and about 20 or so injured. that is regrettable. fortunately, it wasn't much larger, which is a good thing. asa much larger, which is a good thing. as a say, any loss of life is reg retta ble. as a say, any loss of life is regrettable. very quickly, we thought it was important for our message to get out there because again we see some people trying to assign

islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack.n mosul iraqis forces have closed in on islamic state in an attempt to capture a strategic moss. -- a strategic mosque. this strategic airstrike is causing more residents to flee the region. reporter: fleeing their home which is now a battlefield, these are desperate times for most mosul residents as ground fighting and airstrikes intensify in the city once again, more and more of them are being forced to leave. >> i lost my daughter, my wife was shot, my brother was killed. why should we stay? e-house fell enough. -- my son is about to die from hunger. there is no milk. reportrter: this is what they he left behind, their homes, now serve as bunkers for the so-called islamic state fighters. the iraqi forces have renewed their offensive to flesh them out. troops on the ground are backed by firepower from the air. strikes thatat have alsoso regad -- resulteted in heavy civilian hassssle to. one of the targets is this a mosque where islamic leader al-baghdadi named his caliphate. capturin

of radical islam. don't know that they signed up to, " let's go find the radical islam fight." the president said during the campaign that russia's fighting isis. that's not true. the more orhting less moderate opposition that we thought might have offered an alternative to the assad regime. all they want to do is keep the alawites, the own form of shia iticals, in power because suits their naked russian geopolitical ambitions to have a foothold in the middle east. dan: to your point, russia is helping syria bomb aleppo, not raqqa, where isis is headquartered. they are contributing to the human suffering. if you are going to solve the broader question of radical islam the pettis, -- presence of that alawite regime is the engine that continually fuels sunni opposition, which the love it goes is more and more captured by the sunnis were not just willing to kill, but willing to die. dan: let's talk about this book, "playing to the edge," which is a fantastic, if not at times unnerving read. not bedtime re

as islamic state says using human shields isjustified.members of the northern ireland assembly are elected it seems sinn fein and the dup will remain the largest parties. police search them home of a man associated with recent threats to a number ofjewish associated with recent threats to a number of jewish centres. associated with recent threats to a number ofjewish centres. and are we there yet? this is the scene streamed live from animal adventure park in new york state for april the de graaf to finally give birth. —— april the de graaf. welcome to the programme. 12 iraqi civilians have been injured in what appears to have been a chemical weapons attack in the city of mosul. two shells were fired into the government held east of the city from the islamic state controlled west, releasing a fouls then gas. iii—year—old boy suffered severe burns and blistering. the international committee of the red cross has condemned the apparent use of chemical weapons but it hasn't actually identified what type they were. this comes as thousands of ci

islamic related terrorism is oui’ state? islamic related terrorism is our assumption.terms of levels of concern the prime minister said earlier we are not changing the national threat level. the independent body that looks at those issues decided it is not necessary at that stage so we are still at the level of severe and an attack remains highly likely. given what has happened on a precautionary basis across the country we are stepping up police patrols, unarmed and armed and the public will see far more of their local police forces over the local days, particularly in crowded and iconic places. how long will the centre of westminster be closed as a crime scene? the examination of the crime scene? the examination of the crime scene will take many hours, parliament will reopen tomorrow. some of the crime scene will restrict some of the entrances, but business must return to normal as quickly as possible. you say you think you know the identity of this attacker, was he known to you before? i will not talk about the details of the investigation, the individual concerned

it is all daesh daesh daesh, for islamic state.e wants to make sure this is stomped out in mosul and there are programs in place to keep it from coming back and being as effective terrorist group. they had a terrible bombing in baghdad today that killed upwards of 40 people. he will want help with that as well. tim: it looks as if mosul will be retaken, but he is looking for money for that, for reconstruction. how does that go with president trump and his proposed budget cuts? it will see the state department lose a lot of money, and that perhaps would have been responsible for reconstruction in iraq. >> i suspect when it comes to reconstruction money, president trump may tell them to look elsewhere, the gulf states and other possible donors, germany and other european countries, but that the united states has put most of the weight on the security side and that is where they should expect to see the contribution. tim: with the proposed $54 billion u.s. extra for the pentagon, more money could be earmarked for the fight against isl

the fear is that when they beat islamic state here in mosul, they may turn on each other.s infested politics and become the route to money, power and territory. war is iraq's tragedy, curse, and its normality. ten minutes ago, he says, i killed one of them near the mosque. the men fighting now were children when america and britain invaded in 2003. they grew up during the sectarian civil war the invaders helped create. in most sought, even in the ruins, sunny muslims are the majority. but the government in baghdad is dominated by iraq's bigger group, shia. the battle grounds of west muscle are still home to several hundreds of thousands civilians. —— west most soul. this street is about 700 metres from the current confrontation line. the sunnis here are nervous about the future. they remember the old threats from shia politicians. this man, with his five—year—old daughter, says that when the army fled in 2014, he thought it was a sunny tribal revolution. then, men from is, daesh, with the accents of north africa and saudi arabia, began to impose their view brutal views. tr

what has the difference been to get islamic state on the back foot now? was 2010the bad period to 2013, when former prime minister maliki took deliberate steps to reduce the effectiveness of his own forces. he was selling senior positions, he was stopping all professionalization, stopping all continued training. he gutted out his own security forces. once that stopped in 2014, you could start rebuilding confidence, the main thing required for the fight. tim: these special forces trained by the united states and others, they are up to the job now. what is the split now in terms of the coalition forces? have you got american fighters and special forces on the front line actually involved? >> i would say actually yes. it is the iraqi counterterrorism forces with american advisers, iraqi conventional forces with american advisers. some of those calling in the strikes are quite close to the front lines. tim: and yet the weaponry used, as jeremy pointed out, indiscriminate and causing , it seems, a lot of civilian casualties. how does america and britain square

attack in westminster say they've found no evidence that khalid masood had any link with so—called islamictate. i would more describe him as someone who has been exploited, a man who is clearly a lone actor who has come up from the basement so to speak to commit a murderous and cowardly attack. with only two days to go before the brexit process is triggered, nicola sturgeon and theresa may hold their first face—to—face talks since the demand for a new independence referendum. political parties in northern ireland have been given more time to try to form a power—sharing government after failing to meet today's deadline. and on newsnight, we have the uk television exclusive with rachel dollars out, the black activist who turned out to be white. —— rachel dolezal. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police say they've found no evidence that the westminster attacker had links to the so—called islamic state group or al-qaeda. officers said that khalid masood clearly had an interest injihad and they were still investigating the circumstances that led to the attack, which claim

they are on the radar of the islamic state group.et's underscore the fact that there has not been a formal claim of responsibility from the islamic state group. claire: theresa may said police are running on the assumption that the attacker acted alone. >> this is now more of a familiar refrain in the wake of a lot of attacks. -- in the saw this case of brussels last year, yesterday was the one year anniversary. the islamic state group claimed formal responsibility afterward. as we know with the pair attacks. there was -- paris attacks. and had been trained dispatched to commit the attacks. the islamic state group, they take a multilayered approach to organizing these things. says theesa may attacker presumed he was inspired by islamist extremist islamist ideology over the internet perhaps, what do you do about that? can you have eyes on everyone? is it humanly possible to do that? even if you do, is it always an indication that someone is about to commit an attack? it's very easy to sound the faultand say we need to the security for

iraqi forces capture the last major road out of western mosul, to stop islamic state militants fleeing the city, but civilians are still trapped. indeed, some of the people i've spoken to here today say that other civilians have been forced by islamic state to go behind the frontlines and act as human shields. these people, in some ways, are the lucky ones. they've been able to escape the war. after the assassination of the half—brother of the north korean leader, we report on the ups and downs of being a member of the kim dynasty. and british scientists discover what they say could be the earliest evidence of life on earth. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, 11:00pm in london and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, where the response to donald trump's first speech to the us congress since taking office has been largely positive. the president has himself tweeted to simply say thank you. and the financial markets seemed to approve, with the dowjones closing at a record high, an apparent endorsement of his calls for a massive infrastructure investment programme. the battle now fo

they have nothing to do with islam.ese preachers, imams, leaders, must speak aloud against it and use all of the possibilities, mosques, islamic centres, everywhere from the muslim side at least, which we are representing, to show our rejection and condemnation, and opening more doors for the youth, to answertheir opening more doors for the youth, to answer their questions and attract them to the mosques, to listen to our real message. not to hijack all be taken our real message. not to hijack all be ta ken away our real message. not to hijack all be taken away by individuals who understand the faith in a different way which does not reflect the reality of the faith. two faith leaders who met with the metropolitan police earlier. as the men and the women of the force continue theirjobs today, those directly involved in the investigation into the attack yesterday, and those very visible as a presence on the streets, reassuring people here in london, they will remember their colleague keith palmer, a married father of a f

name of islamic state.s irrelevant. they wa nt in some ways, it is irrelevant. they want to know about people in this country or people that they could get to overseas that they could get to who knew about it in advance. people giving assistance to this man, khalid masood, who is now believed to be the killer. just to remind our view is that the met police have just relieved the lake mac —— released the name of the person they believe that the attack. khalid masood. they believe he was most recently living in the west midlands and was known by a number of aliases. police are also stressing we should point out that they don't believe that there was any intelligence to suggest there was any kind of imminent threat to the public. that has been obvious since yesterday. the threat level could have gone up. they could have but the threat level up one more notch to suggest that there was an attack imminent. it was going to happen now. if they thought there was ever any real solid evidence, then the threat level wi

it is still held by islamic state group.ing it back is going to be that much more difficult because of the concerns of causing damage to it. over the weekend the islamic state group claiming it had been damaged. they walked that back telling people they should not flee the area. operational and we are hearing the same kind of warnings that we heard in the past about mosul dam. the syrian democratic forces will have to tread carefully in any assault in this area to make sure they are not damaged by fighting or to provoke a sabotaged by the islamic state group. fightingyou would have thought t would be unlikely simply because it would cause large-scale flooding in the areas. genie: thank you, adam. to the iraqi city of mosul. there are conflicting accounts over an explosion that caused dozens of civilian deaths. the iraqi military says 61 bodies were recovered from a destroyed building that the islamic state group had booby-trapped. spoke ofeports hundreds of victims with the u.s. coalition admitting it had shelled the area pr

they say they know his identity and believe he was motivated by islamic—extremism.he lights of the eiffel tower in paris were switched off as a mark of respect. world leaders have condemned the attack. the british prime minister has condemned what she called a "sick and depraved terrorist attack" in london, that left a policeman, three civilians and the attacker dead. the officer has been named as constable keith palmer, who was a8, a husband and a father. he had served in the force for 15 years. the country's top anti—terrorism officer has said the police are assuming the attacker was motivated by islamic—extremism. at least a0 people were injured including members of a school party from france, five south korean visitors, two romanian tourists and three other policemen. this was the sequence of events which started unfolding at 2:40 on wednesday afternoon local time. the attacker drove a car across westminster bridge, mounting the pavement, hitting around forty people. three of the pedestrians died and many others were taken to hospital. the car continued along th

how is the middle east reacting to the president's call to fight radical islamic terror?he valiant taste times of death, but once!! uh, excuse me, waiter. i ordered the soup... of course, ma'am. my apologies. c'mon, caesar. let's go. caesar on a caesar salad? excuse me, pardon me. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. could i get my parking validated? fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> last night's congressional address was so welleceived the white house is scrapping the travel ban. the new travel ban will be signed next week. and will exclude green hard holders. last night, president trump used language his own national security adviser will not use when it comes to combatting terrorism. >> our obligation is to serve, protect and defend the citizens of the united states. we're also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. >> so, how is the president's speech playing in the middle east? i'm joined right now by cnn's jomana karadsheh. over here, he's getting even high marks for s

is sadly, the islamization covering everything for us.f you speak about human rights, it's not acceptable. as soooon as you start talking about women's rights, it becomes a religious problem. i don't know where it comes from and why it should be like that, but that is what we're dealing with. peter: that is an acute observation. disparitiesh great of wealth and poverty. germany, of course, is one of the most prosperous and possibly one of the most progressive countries in the world. but here there is still a glass ceiling that keeps women from entering the higher echelons of politics or business in large numbers. let's look at some facts and figures. >> german chancellor chancellor angela merkel is considered the world's most powerful woman. just about half of her cabinet is made up of women. the defense mentors -- defense minister has one of the top jobs. women playing important role in the armed first -- armed forces. 30% of those on advisory boards must go to women. but they are struggling to make it onto executive orders. among the to

we have also seen issues involving radical islam and we have seen in our public school system where islam has been given accommodation christianity has been marginalized. quite frankly they have been turned into indoctrination centers for the left. i believe in a say this in the book that our public schools are being used against us. not all will and not all teachers are bad, there is enough bad schools that is causing a big problem in the country. we've seen a massive shift in such a short amount of time of what's happening our public school system. what's happening our university campuses that are safe spaces among the perpetually offended generation. the issue of religious liberty is a key component of our book. religious liberty is the first freedom and i contend that if you're able to chip away and marginalize and diminish religious liberty, first freedom in every other freedom we have is in jeopardy. just look at the evidence. a study out last year shows 40% of millennial's not believe there should be limitation placed on free speech. look at the attacks. of those of us who cling to

now believed he was initially named adrian elms, suggesting he changed his name after converting to islament trump has demanded that a vote be held on healthcare reforms to replace those of the obama administration, even though it's unclear whether they have enough support to be passed. after a day of intense negotiations in washington failed to produce a clear outcome, a vote is expected to take place on friday. the un estimates that 400,000 iraqi civilians are trapped in the old city of mosul as government forces try to capture it from islamic state militants. it says people are being forced to endure siege—like conditions. the city is split between is and iraqi army forces. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen and cameraman nick milard have been to the edge of the old city and sent this report. gunfire the rule of the jihadists who call themselves islamic state, has brought fire, destruction and death down on mosul, iraq's second city. this is where the fight is now concentrated, in the narrow alleys of the old city, too tightly packed for armoured vehicles. it's a classic urban battlefi

raqqa is the islamic state group's stronghold in syria and as such has huge symbolic value. us marines will be firing at is positions from around 30km away. while that's happening, the sdf militia will attempt to advance. in addition to the marines, those tanks i just showed you are part of a separate group of us army rangers. they're deployed near a town called manbij, that's north—west of raqqa. and the reason for that deployment encapsulates the complexity of this conflict. liz sly, a washington post beirut bureau chief, calls it a mess. "us troops flying us flags in empty syrian villages to try to stop their allies fighting." what liz sly is talking about is that the americans are trying to stop the kurdish backed militia being attacked by fighters who are backed by turkey. bear in mind everyone i've mentioned so far wants to defeat is. one more consequence of this situation. a us military magazine says us and russia have found themselves teaming up for the first time in the war in syria against turkey. you might ask why all sides cannot unite to defeat is. nothing so si

survivors fleeing the city describe the brutality of life under so—called islamic state.wo of the security forces which freed them were killed and according these civilians many more are being kept by so called islamic state as human shields. frusration for francois fillon, the centre—right candidate in the french presidential race, after his campaign manager quits. a man appears in court accused of making eight bomb threats tojewish centres across the us. and the elusive british graffiti artist banksy opens a hotel on the west bank, with a message for the middle east. good to have you with us. the iraqi government says militants from the so called islamic state carried out what seems to be a chemical weapons attack, during the battle for the city of mosul. it's thought to be the first time chemicals have been used during the fighting. 12 people are now being treated in irbil, but exactly what chemical was used is still unknown. our correspondent wyre davies has been to the hospital and sent this report. an 11—year—old boy rushed to hospital after a mortar struck his home

these are the finals of their islamic court, the finals of their islamic court, the so—called dystonics battles here. modern and ancient palmyra. both now lie in ruins. that was our chief international correspondent. the man who ran hillary clinton's failed presidential bid has accused the fbi of ‘double standards' in its investigations during the election. john podesta has told the bbc fbi directorjames comey kept quiet about the investigation into possible collusion between russia and the trump campaign, but went public about its inquiry into mrs clinton's hacked e—mails — just days before the vote itself. philippa thomas asked him if he was suspicious during the campaign. of course we thought that was going on for some time and argued to the press that they had to really look at that and try to dig into that and cover it. but it was a revelation that the fbi was looking at that as early as now evidently they were, it's kind of one more drip in something that i've been highly critical of the bureau about, which is the double standard they applied in this campaign. the intervention, t

he decides to convert to islam two months after 9/11. how did that come about, as far as you know? >> in a moment of having left his home, first year of college kind of rebellion, he stepped into a mosque on the first day of ramadan, first ramadan after september 11, and he converted. and from there, the path was greased toward jihad. i think he was really trying to rebel, and to do that in the most pronounced way possible. and that, for him, meant converting, moving to damascus, and memorizing this textbook, dictionary of arabic, and learning the language to such a degree that when i show his writings now in arabic to native speakers of the language, they can't tell that this was done by a community college dropout from texas. and so, for him to master the language is really the first step in his becoming a cleric, as he eventually has become within the islamic state. >> reporter: how were his writings disseminated? was it over social media? how did he build an audience? >> by going online, discovering that there were people out there who were curious about this. and he did have a

islam -- is radical islamic terrorism a term you would use? i know that the president used it last night, but we're hearing that our new national security adviser recommends that we not use it. >> we all fully support the naming of our -- of what it is that we face on t. on the campaign trail, president trump was the first in the famous speech in ohio to name radical islamic terrorism and said we need to bring the broadest range of resources to bear, not just military, but also on the internet, also with our allies, also reaching out to moderate voices in the islamic world to join us to eradicate radic radical islamic terrorism from the world. at this very moment, our administration, leadership at the department of defense, are developing plans to begin that process by focusing on hunting down an destroy isis at its source, and the recent operation in yemen was a highly successful operation against al qaeda and we'll continue. we'll continue those efforts and with renewed energy to defeat those who would project force against our people, threa

islamic state says it was behind the atrocity.ined on westminster bridge. he was 75 but his identity has not been released. a vigil was held in trafalgar square a short walk away from the scene of the attack. london's man said that londoners would never be cowed by terrorism. —— mayor. and the head of the fbi has been accused of double standards by the man who ran donald trump's campaign. he said that they went through the hillary clinton's e—mails but not russian connections to the donald trump campaign. now it is time for

admitting the cement company paid money to the islamic state group. lawyer hasa's top been accused of lying under a. attorney general jeff sessions said he did speak to russian officials despite telling the senate that he didn't. let's get some business news. tell us all about snapchat. it is having a big day on the stock market and making its debut. the question is, is it really worth the hype? reporter: the holding company of , have seen their shares soar since they began trading on the nasdaq hours ago. currently trading above the $17 targeted which means we could be heading for evaluation of about $33 billion, higher than the $24 billion that was targeted. is sending the app to the very photos or snp -- or snaps. there is of course much more we haven't quite discovered yet although some of the people that know about it -- young users are more than half of the 58 million daily users. the question is, can the company keep up or is the snap bubble destined to pop? >> it is best known for its but thereng messages was no chance the cofounders would esc

trump: we are also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism.ryl: will it be something that can be turned around in short order? sen. ron johnson: well, we certainly witnessed after the carter administration, president ronald reagan coming in and reestablishing america's credibility in the world. that's going to be a challenge for president trump. lois linton: hello! lisa fletcher: lois linton may be the st. louis rams' biggest fan. except, there are no st. louis rams. the rams moved to los angeles last year, even after st. louis promised a brand new stadium. lois linton: it's heart-wrenching, because the city not only loses the team, but they lose all of that out-of-town revenue coming in. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ sharyl: welcome to "full measure." i'm sharyl attkisson. today, we begin with a possible health risk involving one of the most trusted products. baby powder. a potential link between ovarian cancer and the talc mineral use

the so-called islamic state is crumbling.raqi forces are now on the edge of mosul's historic old town. one of the extremist's last strongholds. isis fighters are being killed and rounded up as prisoners. but even as they lose on the battlefield, they are still waging an online propaganda war painting themselves as a band of holy warriors. this isis defector, who we met in turkey, shows just how powerful that propaganda can be. he told us he served in the military in jordan, and then joined isis in late 2014, believing they had created a just islamic state. but said he quickly realized he made a mistake. "they kill anyone who argues with them," he told us. he was surprised to discover their brutality. yet joined the extremis vicious execution videos, including the beheadings of two american journalists. why would you still join when you had seen them committing atrocities like that? "they said they were cia agents, not journalists, and they slipped a verse from the koran to justify the killings. no muslim could object or say t

called radical islam. we have to work with our islamic allies. the president of egypt talked about that islam must give up violence as a method of religious indoctrination. they have to give it up. we have to work with those who wish to rid islamic faith of violence. you find ways to do that in concert with those elements so you can help islam heal itself. again, this is not against islam. this is about you having people that would kill other members of islam because they don't believe the same way. this is something we have to -- it's all about getting to that issue more than trying to take away guns, explosives or vehicles from those who may wish to act in terror. >> as we have this conversation, just to let viewers know, we're looking at live pictures from london. looks like a few folks who were injured in this attack being put on stretchers and then loaded into ambulances in a matter of moments. we're also looking at a live picture outside scotland yard just a moment ago where we expect a news conferen

soldiers fighting against the islamic street group.ey graham, a south carolina republican, initially opposed trump's original ban. he hails the fact that the white house has been careful in not presenting it specifically as a muslim ban. one columnist in the washington post even says trump has done the right thing here. kudos to him. the writer says, "he has heated the whol voices of reason in the pentagon and state department." host: ben carson got himself into a bit of hard water -- hot water with comments comparing slaves to immigrants. guest: carson is the housing and urban development secretary. in a speech to his future employees, he said that there were other immigrants who came to america in the bottom of slave ships, essentially calling slaves immigrants. as you can imagine, that has provoked a huge backlash because the implication being that slaves who came to america came so willingly. one particular reaction is from leonard green, a columnist for new york daily news. he has written a powerful piece that is worth a read them

we are seeing this big, i would toward raqqa, main islamic state city. tillery support, for various factions of syrian kurdish fighters, but again, there is other forces that will that, the assad regime ands to reclaim the country assad called americans invaders, not invited in. turkey is supporting their own groups number of converging on raqqa. the group that mean we're working best with in that theater? guest: yes, the assad regime does not like them, turk senot supportive of this faction, you have this multi-sided conflict oing on, yes, those are the forces u.s. is working closely with in syria right now. through with this greg myre of n.p.r., again, your calls, 202-748-8000 if you are a democrat. 202-748-8001 if you are a republican. independents, 202-748-8002. anthony, democrat from enid, oklahoma, up first. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. host: go ahead, anthony. caller: i just want to say that it's intelligent of president trump to let his decisions, buthe had them to be -- he come up with a plan and he's in control

do you think the islamic state is gaining ground in afghanistan? is adon't think that it consequence of what is happening in syria, yes. that might be the case in the future as they lose more territory in iraq. afghanistan, has for the last year and a half, then a target for i.s. cells from the region. many i.s. belong to what used to , and others belong to foreign fighters from central asia. thea: why do you think afghan government needs to fight the extremist threat, whether it is the taliban or i.s.? would more u.s. troops and nato boots on the ground help? >> better command, better control, better management. going after real targets. there is a suspicion and afghan society there is a 5th column in the government that may be aiding and abetting. i hope that is not true. laura: it might be? .> it is a very strong belief they cannot make sense of why this is happening. the united states is at a point, and nato and other countries who have contributed to the afghanistan security for the last decade, they are at a point where they have to make hard