jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. jamie these missile tests continue.t message is north korea trying to send? >> reporter: well, richelle as you have indicated the pentagon says militarily this was not significant. these are missiles that north korea has fired before. they are road mobile missiles on truck beds. one went about 800 miles before falling into the sea. the other exploded a short time after launch, and apparently malfunctioned. so militarily it wasn't much of a threat, however, diplomatically this is just another gesture of defiance of north korea which continues to thumb its nose at the west and seems to be in response to the latest round of sanctions the u.s. has imposed on north korea as it is trying to get north korea to tone down its rhetoric. in february they tested a much longer range missile that they said was part of a space launch, and now they are continuing to defy u.n. resolution, so really this is just a signal to the united states that north korea is not paying much attention to the warnings that the u.s. giving them. >> china

jamie mcintyre for us at the pentagon. mie thank you. >>> newly released emails show hillary clinton was denied a government issued smartphone during her time as secretary of state. the emails date back to 2009. she canned for a secured blackberry device. at one point clinton and staffers met with the nsa, but was still denied a phone. after that she started using a primate email servers. >>> absentee ballots in missouri are still being counted. >>> clinton today holds rallies in nashville and atlanta, and while sanders turns his attend towards arizona he'll hold a townhall in flagstaff tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> a round of applause for senator marco rubio as he arrived in congress this morning. he returned to the senate for the first time since ending his bid for presidency. he suspended his campaign after losing his home state of florida to donald trump in tuesday's primary. >>> judge merrick garland today begins the battle of his professional life. trying to convince republican senators to consider his nominatio

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jamie mcintyre is joining me, and what will president obama achieve and will it be his last time talking about this as president? >> reporter: the focus as you said is preventing nuclear materialsing from getting into the wrong hands, but in advance of the formal sessions of the summit, which kickoff tonight and most of the say tomorrow, president obama has been meeting with the leaders of south korea and japan this morning, and the focus there is the increasing nuclear threat from north korea. later this afternoon, the president will also meet with the president of china, president xi, and the question is what can be done about north korea. it was not that long ago that the u.s. could pretty much brush aside the bellicose statements coming out of this, but now as north korea continues to test nuclear devices and develop new lallistic missiles, its getting seen that it's to the point where they could threaten it's neighbors, and possibly even the united states. that has been the focus of a lot of talks this morning, the u.s., japan, south korea and south korea. japan is thought to be the

it's unclear if russian air strikes will stop >>> jamie mcintyre has reaction from the pentagon. >> vladimir putin is essentially declaring victory and beginning to pull ot troops after five months of intervention, one he insisted was all about fighting terrorists, and the u.s. argued was more about propping up the regime of bashar al-assad. >> in the latest assessment of bashar al-assad in syria, the pentagon saw a glimmer of positive news. russia was lamented to striking -- limited though striking isil targets. doing it with gusto, targetting strongholds in palmyra and other areas. then game the unexpected announcement from moscow. vladimir putin, after meeting with his minister said he ordered a pull out of the main part of russia's forces. saying the goal has been fulfilled. the withdrawal came as a surprise and obama administration were reduced to saying stay tuned. >> i did not see the report before coming out here. i'll have to serve comment before taking a clans to look at it and lake an assessment. >> should we expect the president will speak with vladimir putin. >> i would rule it

al jazeera's national security correspondent jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: as leaders from more than 50 countries arrive for the two-day nuclear summit in washington, last week's attacks in belgium are fresh on their minds. the ability of bombers to wheel their explosives into the airport terminal underscores a horrific what if scenario. what if isil had packed the explosives not with nails but radiological material? it's that prospect that keeps arms control add voight indicates up at night. that sigh sill and other group obtains radioactive material to make a dirty bomb, a conventional explosive that spreading invisible and terrifying radioactive dust. >> it's almost unbelievable that isis won't try to do something like this. >> so we're here at vermont and l street northwest in the heart of washington, d.c. just blocks from the white house. what would happen if someone set off a radiological bomb right here? >> depending on the wind and the size of the bomb, you'd see a big cloud of smoke go up. the radioactive material would start to drift with the wind.

jamie mcintyre has more. >> reporter: tony, want want ste department said that the mandatory departure was not the result of any specific intelligence, but rather the response to the overall deteriorating security situation in turkey and the increasing threat of a mass casualty attack. at the air base, where the u.s. coalition jets launch daily attacks against iraq and syria, the base was closed last week, citing unspecified concerns. and now the u.s. is ordering most, but not all families of state department and american military personnel to pack up and leave, out of what the pentagon called an abundance of caution. >> so we want to take this step now, as we can, in a safe and deliberate fashion, and try to minimize the disruption to those families. we realize that this is a disruption, and we sympathize with that, but at the same time, we feel we have a responsibility to do everything that we can to ensure their safety. and that's what this represents. >> reporter: the order implies want three areas of turkey considered dangerous. add ona, to the south. and in the west. and ankora i

let's go to jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. so jamie what do we know?> reporter: well, the phrase that secretary of defense ash carter used was the systematic elimination of the isil cabinet. this earlier killing of the reputed number 2 of isil is just the latest of senior-level isil leaders that have been killed. earlier the pentagon confirmed that they killed a man who was considered to be equivalent to the secretary of war. they also captured a man believed to be the head of their chemical weapons and they were getting intelligence from them. and today at this news conference, secretary of defense ash carter simply indicated that the success they are having, whittling down isil's leadership confirms that the momentum is shifting. >> these leaders are senior. they are experienced, and so eliminating them is an important objective, and achieves an important result, but they will be replaced and will continue to go after their leadership and other aspects of their capability. so i would say it's necessary, not sufficient, but important. >> reporter: sec

. >> jamie mcintyre joins us on the phone from the pentagon now. e, secretary kerry really blunt there about isil's actions in iraq and syria, how significant is this? >> reporter: it's pretty significant, because the united states doesn't issue declarations of genocide lightly. it's not just that people are doing bad things and killing people, but actually trying to wipe out a race or a religious sect of people. and that's the debate here, where isil in iraq and particularly in syria have been targeting the yazidis christians, something that has drawn a lot of concern here in the united states. just yesterday there was a sense of the congress resolution passed in the house that pushed the administration to make this kind of declaration. >> could it alter the u.s. coalition fight against isil? >> reporter: probably not dramatically. but it adds a new moral imperative. the characterization of genocide carries some legal action requirements. but the united states says it is already taking actions against isil. and this is trying to gal van nice the wo

. >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. now to the peace talks. to release thousands of imprisoned people. both sides in the war is have detainees, numbers on the government side are higher. the issue has been added to the work from human task force. nothing is more important to get out some groups in particular. women and children. and the sick and the wounded among the detainees. so, yes, we are hopeful to make progress. >> it is not doing enough to get aid to the siege by government forces. still to come. see world makes a change to the work up programme. we'll talk with an expert on marine mammals about its significance. >>> a major announcement from sea world - the park says it will stop breeding orcas in captivity, animal welfare groups criticized them for years over breeding the killer whales. >> reporter: they have been making a big slash for more than 50 years. sea world's captive and controversial killer whales. the massive marine mammals long delighted audiences and angered animal rights activists. the theme park announced a change, the

. >> jamie mcintyre joins us via skype from the pentagon. jamie, secretary kerry going point by point listing the reasons that genocide is the word that they want to use now. how significant is this? why now? >> it's significant. it's the first time since 2004 that the united states has labeled atrocities in a war zone genocide. in 2004 secretary of state colin powell used that term to apply to atrocities in the darfur region of sudan. this is the second time. it comes after considerable congressional pressure. kerry in making the statement today met a march 17th deadline actually included in a congressional funding bill and two days after the congress passed a nonbinding resolution in the house unanimously, 283-0, declares that isil's actions in iraq and syria and libya amounted to genocide. so it's significant from that standpoint, but it's notable that while the united states has condemned isil's brutal tactics and executions in the region over there for quite some time, it took an act of congress to push the administration to label this g

jamie mcintyre, what are leaders expected to talk about at the summit this year? >> let me start out, to say that donald trump is out of step with the consensus of nuclear non-proliferation experts would be an understatement. but generally speaking, the u.s. and experts believe that the world is more secure with fewer countries having nuclear weapons, and not more. that said, a big gathering of representatives from more than 50 nations will focus on a couple of things. one of course, north korea and it's nuclear ambitions with its missile technology, and the president, even before the summit gets in full swing, will meet with the leaders of south korea and japan. and separately with the leader of china in order to discuss ways to try to push north korea's nuclear ambitions, but the attacks in brussels have brought to the fore the nightmare scenario, which is right now that terrorists or others could get ahold of roadiology material and make a dirty bomb. a bomb that would not necessarily mean a nuclear device exploding but would have radioactive material which cou

aljazeera's national correspondent, jamie mcintyre, is live at the white house with this. jamie. >> reporter: good evening, tony, a beautiful balmy night in washington d.c., as world leaders from delegations from more than 50 countries are gathered at the white house for dinner with president obama to kick off this nuclear summit. as you said, most of the focus tomorrow will be on keeping nuclear material out of the hands of people who shouldn't have t. but today, the focus was on what to do about the vexing problem of north korea. known for its bellicose rhetoric, but it's latest propaganda offering was an over the tom video posted on the north korean website that threatened the united states with a nuclear attack and featureddan maintained ballistic missile strike on washington's mall. a decade ago, such war talk could be anyplaced as bluster, but nowadays, kim jong un, developing a miniaturized warhead and an intercontinental ballistic miss many, though unverdict verified, must be taken seriously. president obama held talks with south korea and japan, the allies close ef

. >> jamie mcintyre for us. at the u.s. peace talks in geneva, held by the syrian government, both sides holding detainees, but the numbers are much higher on the government side. james bay has more from geneva >> reporter: near the top of the agenda release the detainees. they are depositing the inhumane conditions facing the prisoners of the assad regime. she said her brother was jailed and then executed. >> they put them in the prison for two years and two months, and then they killed them there. >> when you listen to the whole story, you begin to realize the appalling brutality and suffering involved. her brother was a military judge, who was arrested after he came to visit her in jail. a peaceful activist, she was imprisoned and tortured in 2012. things were so bad that she began to envy fellow prisoners who lost their minds. >> i saw them get crazy. i used to feel very jealous of them. they're happy, they don't know what's going on. i saw men die, and they just putting them in the dirty water to throw them somewhere e

jamie mcintyre takes a look at the naval tug boat's doomed mission. >> reporter: the year was 1921, lauren harding was president. the roaring '20s were starting. a scandal led the news and they were challenging the soup remity of the sea power. in march of that year, the u.s.s. "conestoga" left for assignment in samoa, but never arrived in pearl harbor. >> "conestoga" hit the news not in a plent way, lost at -- pleasant way, lost at sea. one of the largest sea and air searches in the 20th century after the search for amelia earhart. close to 400 square miles. all the which up to the midway. >> for 95 years all that was known of the u.s.s. "conestoga" was that in an age before sophisticated weather forecasting it sailed into the golden gait, where winds kicked up to 40 miles per hour, and the ship vanished. in 2009 the national oceanic sanctuary mapped an area, and showed this thermal image, seem toing show a shipwreck. noah investigators went back for a closer look. >> so it was in september 2014, that we descended on a tart. which was seen to be a wreck of some age, festooned with marine

jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. >> reporter: pu on the is withdrawing most of his forces aftere months of military intervention, an intervention that putin claims was all about fighting terrorists, but the united states says it was really about propping up the regime of bashar al-assad. the pentagon was seeing a glimmer of positive news with the cessation of hostilities in effect, russia was limited to striking isil targets, and it seemed to be doing so with gusto. then came the totally unexpected announcement from moscow. russian president putin, after meeting with his ministers said he ordered a pullout of the main part of russia's forces from syria, saying their goal has in large part been fulfilled. the withdrawal order came as a complete surprise. >> i did not see that report before coming out here today. so i'm going to have to reserve comment until we have a chance to take a look at it, and make an assessment. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] the president will be speaking with vladimir putin? >> i certainly wouldn't rule out. >> reporter: russia made a point of saying it will

jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon.before we get to the agenda for this, can you put donald trump's comments in some sort of perspective? how they would play out with people who are coming to event? >> you know, there is not a lot of unanimity about nuclear weapons policy in general. but there is one county most experts agree on and that is the world is a safer place when fewer countries have nuclear weapons than more. united states provides the nuclear umbrella for the defense of south korea and japan and u.s. has had a long-standing policy where it believes that would be a destabilizing effect if you had more people with nuclear weapons. donald trump is out of step with the consensus with the nuclear weapons policy. >> what more can we expect? >> north korea weapons trying to get a hydrogen bomb. even before the summit officially kicks off, president obama will meet in a try lateral discussions with president, the leaders of north korea and japan at the white house followed by a meeting, an one-on-one with chinese pre

jamie mcintyre is at the pentagon. >> reporter: john, the pentagon only belatedly announced the deploymentf additional marines to iraq, saying it wanted to try to keep their mission under the radar for security reasons. but once a marine was killed by rocket fire, the pentagon admitted it has deployed up to 200 additional forces. at the air force base in delaware, a reminder that even as u.s. troops in iraq are only advising and assisting iraqi forces, they are still in an active combat zone, and therefore in danger every day. >> one of our outstanding united states armed service members, marine staff sergeant lewis f cardinal, of california, was killed in northern iraq as we assisted the iraqi government in dealing with isil. >> reporter: the death, the second u.s. combat fatality in the anti-isil campaign came just a day before the president arrived in cuba for a history-making meeting with cuban leader raul castro. >> it's a reminder that even as we embark on this historic visit, there are u.s. armed service members who are sacrificing each and every day on behalf of our freedom and saf

. >> jamie mcintyre for us, and now president obama will talk with his chinese counterpart tomorrow in washington. this meeting will not have all of the pomp and circumstance of last year's state visit, but the program supersedes any and all project tree. >> recently opened in beijing, china and the u.s., a sign of the two countries believed to have conducted four nuclear how to cope with north korea is something that u.s. president, barack obama, will have to address. >> what china is thing to do is be so tough on north korea that either the country or the regime become unstable, and that means millions of refugees flooding across the boarder into china, potentially mean a take over of the north by south korea, which is a u.s. ally, and extending the u.s. influence. >> it's not just korea that china ars an expanding u.s. presence. it's here in the china see, where china has become more aggressive in recent years, where it sees it as it's territory. self other nations lay claim to the south china sea. the u.s. said that it's neutral, but some of its actions, including sailing a warship

may you rest in peace. [ bell ringing ] >> jamie mcintyre, aljazeera, washington. >> and up next on the program, equal pay, the renewed debate over the wage gap for women, yes, in professional tennis. >> the gender pay gap debate is front and center once again. a prominent ceo as one of the world's most famous players made comments just as a major tournament got underway in miami. >> reporter: when it comes to the next generation of female tennis players, the university of miami prides itself on turning out some of the best new hopefuls. the hurricanes, as the team is known, put in relentless hours of practice, but a tennis official, reverb rained throughout the courts and throughout the sport. >> thank god, there's roger federer, because they carry the sport. sport. >> i was very surprised that a high ranking tennis executive would make these types of comments. >> reporter: as a former player and associate professor of sports, she doesn't think that there's a problem with sexism in tennis, but the timing is deeply troubling. >> it has been a bad year for tennis. we have had difficult d

jamie mcintyre joins us now from the pentagon.would be the last time with these talks while he is in office. >> the main focus of the summit is the idea of keeping nuclear materials out of the wrong hands. that's what most of the discussion is going to be about. ways to security nuclear stock piles of things like highly enriched uranium. to keep those materials out of the hands of people who might want to use them to make a bomb. but the focus has been on the second point. north korea and the increasingly provocative tests that it has been conducting and statements that it has been making. the president obama met initially with the leaders of japan and south korea, the two american allies that are in closest proximity to north korea, and he said meeting briefly with reporters that he might expect that north korea was the key topic on his mind. later he meets with the chinese president xi show king. the white house seems to be out of press ideas about what to do about north korea, the president writing an opinion piece in the washi

al jazeera's national security correspondent jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. >> both the pentagon and state department say the mandatory order departure of more than 700 u.s. military and government employee dependents is not the result of any specific intelligence but rather in response to the overall deteriorating security situation in turkey and the increasing likelihood of a mass casualty attack. at turkey's airbase where u.s. and coalition jets launch daily attacks against isil in iraq and syria, the bay school was closed last week. officials cited unspecified protection concerns. now the u.s. is ordering most but not all families of state department and american military personnel to pack up and leave. a report the pentagon called an abundance of caution. >> we want to take this step now as we can in a safe and deliberate fashion and to try and minimize the disruption to those families. we realize this is a disruption, and we, obviously, sympathize with that. at the same time, we feel we have a responsibility to do everything we can to ensure their safety. that's what this r

jamie mcintyre is at the pentagon with more on the u.s.ary cyber offensive. >> reporter: john secretary carter calls the offensive an important new capability. and argued that the momentum is now on the u.s.'s side not isil. these videos released by the u.s. central command show some of the latest attacks against oil and gas facilities. but at a news conference, defense secretary ash carter boasted the u.s. is also targeting isil's computer networks with weapons which he dubbed cyber bombs. >> this is something that is new in this war, not something you would have seen back in the gulf war, but it's an important new capability and an important use of our cyber command, and the reason cyber command was established in the first place. >> reporter: carter gave few details except to say cyber bombs were designed to disrupt isil's command and control by overloading its computer system so it can't function which will limit isil's ability to spread propaganda. >> we have to attack their command and control. this is one of the ways of doing it. >>

national security correspondent, jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: john putin is essentially declaring victory, withdrawing most of his forces after five months of military intervention, an intervention he claimed was all about fighting terrorism, but which the united states insists was more about propping up the regime of bashar al-assad. in the latest assessment of russian air strikes in syria, the pentagon was seeing a glimmer of positive news. russia was limited to striking isil targets and it seemed to be doing so with gusto, targeting two strong holds. then came the totally unexpected announcement from moscow. russian president putin, after meeting with his ministers, said he ordered a pull out of what he called the main part of russia's forces from syria, saying their goal has in large part been fulfilled. a pentagon official admitted putin's withdrawal order came as a complete surprise. and obama administration administration spokesmen were reduced to saying stay tuned. >> i did not see that report before coming out here today, so i'm going to have to rese