gem john allen is leading this fight with the coalition in isil. and he's currently in the region. >> reporter: general john allen's visit here has been seen by many to really reassure iraqis about points that they're very concerned about. he is said to have met with the highest levels of security. but what's interesting, he has also met with the religious figures here. he met with one of the key shia religious clerics, with assurances from general john allen that there wouldn't be american troops on the ground here. and that the americans would be backing up the iraqi forces to take the fight to isil. and that civilian casualties would be kept to a minimum. that's something that a lot of iraqis are very worried about, and the government is worried about it, and in the public, it does welcome the coalition airstrikes, with the provinces that we have seen in recent days. the islamic state of iraq and lavant have issued a statement. they are saying to return back to their homes, and otherwise, their property would be confiscated and destroyed. and th

general john allen, who is leading the international fight against isil and is currently visiting theion. imran khan has more from bagdad. >> reporter: general john allen's visit here has been seen by many as trying to reassure iraqis on a few different points they are very concerned about. he met with the highest levels of the security branch, but he is also met with religious figures hears. the cleric sought assurances from general allen that there wouldn't be american troops on the ground here. that the americans would be backing up the iraqi forces in the battle against isil, and that the security forces would be kept to a minimum. but generally in public it was welcome the americans and coalition forces where it says has helped turn the tide in many places. but isil has issued a statement in two of the regions it controls, saying that teachers and doctors must return back to their homes within the towns that they control, most ul being the biggest they control, otherwise their property would be destroyed. this is being seen by many as isil flexing their muscles. saying that we ar

general john allen is leading the international fight against isil and is currently visiting the regionran khan has more. >> reporter: general john allen's visit here as been seen by many as trying to reassure iraqis on a few different points they are concerned about. what is more interesting is he also has met with religious figures here. the cleric sought assurances that there wouldn't be american troops on the ground here, that the americans would be backing up the iraqi forces, and that civilian casualties would be kept to a minimum. now that's something that a lot of iraqis are very worried about. but generally in public it does welcome the american and coalition air strikes which it says it is urn thing the tide in a number of places. whilst all of this is going on, the islamic state of iraq and the levant has issued a statement saying that teachers and doctors must return back to their homes within the towns that they control, mosul being the biggest one they control, otherwise their property would be confiscated and/or destroyed. this is being seen by many as isil flexing their

. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," and still to come on tonight's program, general john allen,ed head of e u.s.-led coalition against islamic state and speaks about why there is no need for a plan b right now. >> today president obama met with his new ebola zahra and declared there are modest signs of progress in tackling the disease in in liberia. a treatment is reportedly being developmented. it will be a serena williams made from the blood of patients who have recovered from the disease in liberia. they are building more treatment centers. our global health correspondent reports to us now. >> acting how what volunteers face when they go into homes to retrieve the dead, the fear and frustration of losing a loved one is almost overwhelming. this is part of a british-funded training exercise for an ebola burial team. it is a grim and dangerous job. bodies are particularly contagious. >> bourls are absolutely important. we are getting estimates that tom nation rates are caused around 70% by burials and management of dead bodies. a major part of the contamination chain are peopl

john allen muhammad was a device divorced gulf war veteran who converted to islam. after growing up without a father, has found that relationship with muhammad. >> the information eventually got out over the local media. and the lookout for the vehicle was put out. >> may be driving a chevrolet caprice, burr began burgandy, blue 1990. and the license plate number nda-21z, nda-21z. >> sometime after midnight on october 24th, a truck driver pulls into a rest stop off the beltway. parked among the 18-wheelers is a blue chevy caprice matching the police description. >> i got a call from one of my sergeants and he told me the vehicle had been located. i remember it was a crisp and quiet night as we approached the rest stop. the area was contained. part of the story was there were a lot of truck drivers there. they basically had put their 18-wheelers in a position where if the suspects had decided to try to get out, it was going to be difficult for them. we were almost holding our breath as we were executing the approach to the vehicle. obviously, we were pretty sure we h

joining us from rome to fill us in on all this is john allen.oston globe and its website, "crux." he also serves as senior vatican analyst for cnn. >> woodruff: john allen, well come back to the "newshour". iç was reading, some gay rights groups are calling this a seismic change in a positive direction. how do you see it? >> well, judy, i think it's important to be clear about what this is and what it is not. what it is not is a change in catholic teaching on marriage. the bishops at this gathering called a synod have made it abundantly clear there is not going to be a change in catholic doctrine that marriage is a relationship between a man and woman that is permanent and for life. that says, the bishops also made clear that they want a more positive way of engaging people who don't live that teaching, whether talking about gaysç and lesbians, whether talking about people cohas been at a timing outside of marriage, whether it's people who have divorced and remarried or whatever. they don't want the first thing they hear fromç the catholic ch

we knew there was a significant possibility of a shootout. >> the two suspects, john allen muhammad and lee malvo were asleep in the vehicle. within minutes, police take them into custody. >> we made a decision not to search the car until daylight. upon searching the car we discovered the gun. we were waiting for people from atf to come back and say everything's in order, all of the tests are positive, you've got the right gun, you've got the right people. when the people from atf came into the office with all of the key members from the task force and said everything checks out, we patted each other on the back, we hugged each other. grown men, you know, feeling that moment of relief. and then certainly the really positive piece was knowing that now we could go out and tell the community that the nightmare was over. >> we are gathered to share some information with regards to a sniper situation. >> i was at the press conference where the police stood up and said, we've got two suspects in custody. very rarely will you ever go to a press conference where the reporters applaud. and they

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. >> let's go to the general john allen. he's speaking in washington addressing the media. >> we saw emerged from our conversation with our partners and coalition members. where it operates and where it operates as we see it in the physical space, special space and information space. in the context of the physical space or battle space naturally it's getting a lot of attention. we have a number of very productive conversations about coalition efforts to defeat isil on the battlefield. the number othe number has participated in advising and assisting and in working in reform. in iraq we met with a broad cross section of government and security officials, tribal leaders and sheikhs. we discussed not only the transfer imagination of iraqi security forces but also the formation of the iraqi marble guard, which will seek to connect volunteers and tribal fighters in the former structure at provincial and national level. we express our support for the targeted airstrikes in syria, and as you've already heard our turkish partners ha

. >>> al jazeera has spoken to general john allen the u.s. envoy for the coalition. he told us about what is needed now to push the group back. >> it's not going to a short period of time. it's going to take the cooperation of many of the members of the coalition over a period. we're going to combine our efforts in a number of ways to accomplish ultimately the objective of degrading isil and ultimately defeating it. neglect of the operational rights of the military forces frankly sectarian policies, which replaced key leaders within the iraqi security forces, and i think what we are seeing now, what we're hearing now is the iraqi security forces of the future will be iraqi security forces of all of the people. we want the free syrian elements to be able to defend themselves, and to be able to defend the innocent citizens associated with the moderate syrian opposition, and that's the intent. we're building a free syrian army that can be supportive of the moderate syrian opposition, and as we talk about the politicaler outcome in syria, which is what we seek, a politic

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speaking at the state department, special envoy john allen said the u.s. is focused on providing humanitarian aid there while stopping the isis advance in iraq's anbar province. >> we are actually focusing around kobani, providing airstrikes and humanitarian assistance and relief there, obviously, to give some time to the fighters to organize on the ground. poppins, hope is to halt or stop that momentum they have there. >> in his comments, allen also said the u.s. has abandoned training existing units of the rebel free syrian army, in favor of building out a new rebel force. >> it is not going happen immediately. the working to establish the training sites now and we will ultimately go through a vetting process to bring the trainers and the fighters into begin to build that forceout. >> general john allen says there has been "no formal coordination" with the fsa during the u.s.-led bombing of syria. his comments follow the leak of a cia study that said previous u.s. efforts to arm and train rebel groups have mostly failed. president obama first commissione

, this was the first on-camera press briefing for retired general john allenn his new role as special envoy for dealing with isil. the retired general who just finished his first overseas trip working on the coalition against isil fighters said that it's not just going to be a military campaign intas going to defeat this terrorist group. it's going to try to disrupt the financing for isil, trying to deal with the ideology that isil that e spouses that is atracking foreign fighters to iraq and syria. he also said it's going to take a lot of hard work in terms of promoting political stability inside iraq, which he says is still the primary focus of the international coalition's efforts. however, the retired general said that during his talks, he heard a lot of concern about whether people are too vulnerable to the message that isil is putting forward about trying to establish an international caliphate. he said the u.s. and others are trying to counter that message and in essence try to starve isil of perhaps most valuable resource of people willing to take up a

meanwhile john allen, u.s. special envoy for the coalition against islamic state militants spoke to reporters after visiting countries such as turkey and iraq. turkey shares borders with both syria and iraq and hosts air force base at incirlik. allen says he and his turkish counter parts are continues talking on using the air base in turkey. >> we had very detailed and very constructive conversations with the turks. >> a wave of daily air strikes does not seem to slow the islamic strikes. lack of ground troops fighting with the u.s. led aerial campaign. nhk world. >>> now to what's happening in the world of business. here's ron madison from the biz desk. >> thank you miki. let's get started with markets. investors saw the benchmark falling more than 2% for the second time this week. nikkei pushed down to a level we haven't seen since is may. wide range of shares were lower leading the decline today. investors rushed to reduce risks following steep losses in europe as well as on wall street. worries about global

. >> reporter: retired general john allen is in neighboring turkey helping coordinate how turkish forces might help. if it falls, it will be easier to smuggle weapons into syria. the white house is trying to invest turkey town vest more in the fight against islamic militants. >> there's a broad-based consensus that isil is a threat to world peace and order. that their barbaric behavior has to be dealt with. execution of hostages. the mother of peter kassig, the american aid worker threatened in the latest isis beheading video sent a twitter message to the group referring to her son by the muslim name he chose in capital captivity, she said abdul-rahman is my only child. my husband and i are on our own with no help from the government. we'd like to teach you. how can we reach you? a vigil was held last night in his hometown praying for his freedom. >> kassig is a veteran of the iraq war and was helping victims of the syrian war in -- of the civil war in syria when he was captured. >>> today is the day to get out and enjoy. we have lots of sunshine. nice comfortable temperatures but i'm tr

you work with general john allen, special envoy with regard to i.s.i.l. they released a presser where general allen said that they reached on agreement to have turkey involved in the training of coalition fighters to be the ground troops to take on i.s.i.l. what does that mean. turkey is going to provide more of the behind the line trainers. my guess is that will be the free syrian army forces that will work on the other side of the fight inside syria. but we are talking about multiple mondays, if not years before the forces will be affected. we don't have the time to wait that long. i know you have been working on your book for a long time. it's a combination of your book and sense of history, it comes out at an important time. all of history contained in the book, night flights is relevant to the reality on the ground in iraq now. tell me why when people read it, they will under a little more about what has to be done? >> so the book starts in operation desert storm, my first war in iraq. it notes that after the withdrawal of american ground troops from

general john allen, the top general in charge of coordinating this, said it is essential to cooperateay they are not getting the support they need to take on is, and we have more now from the syrian border. >> these are the men who have been hand-picked to fight islamic state in serious, here are attacking government forces. syria, here are attacking government forces. now, they are to be president obama's boots on the ground as he bows to degrade and destroy islamic state. >> together with our partners america is training and equipping this theory in opposition to be a counterweight to the terrorists of isil and the brutality of the assad regime. >> and they had no clue the bombing had already begun. the air campaign against islamic state is now well underway. but the ground strategy is shaky. is one of theion local groups that is being vetted. it is supposed to get the training and weapons resident obama has promised. >> it is all words. nothing has materialized yet. we have not gotten the things we have asked for. we have nothing, not even weapons. >> but islamic state has. iraq, t

. >>> we have been talking to general john allen. the man put in charge of chord rating the anti-isil coalition and explains turkey's role in the conflict and what is needed now to push back isil. >> it's not going to be a short period of time. it's going to take the cooperation of many of the members of the coalition over a period. we're going to combine our efforts in a number of ways to accomplish, ultimately the objective of degrading isil and ultimately defeating it. neglect of the operational requirements of the military forces, frankly sectarian policies, which replaced key leaders within the iraqi security forces, and i think what we're seaing and hearing now is the iraqi security forces of the future will be iraqi security forces of all of the people. three training centers, where elements of the free syrian army, moderate elements of the syrian opposition will be trained and equipped and returned into syria, where they will conduct operations against darche, but also defend themselves from other elements in syria to include

putting pressure in the form of the former general john allen, special representative for the coalitioninst isil. he wants more from turkey. we also have the nato secretary general here, so a clear message that they want turkey to do more. >>> in the past half hour, john kerry spoke of the situation in kobani. >> kobani is a tragedy because it represents the evil of isis. but it is not the definition either of the strategy or of the full measure, what is happening with respect to isil. it is one town, and there will be others where there will be conflicts with isil over the course of these nexts months. president obama has been absolutely clear and upfront, as have i, that this is going to take a period of time. >>> kurds in turkey are angry that the government isn't doing more to help the people in kobani. protesters have blocked roads in one province. police used tear gas to disburse demonstrators. 21 people died on wednesday during similar protests. >>> a sitting palestinian prime minister has arrived in the gaza strip for the first time since 2007, the year hamas took over the encla

>> meanwhile, senator ted cruze told john allen that the white house's ebola policy was being driven by political correctness. he said congress should reconvene and vote on a travel ban. the vast majority of them represents. mark, do you think we are now in a phase of full-on, full-out fearmongering, or whether these are responsible reactions to what is happening? >> john, i stand second to no person i know in being critical of congress when they do fearmonger and demigod. what i think is they are trying to whip the branch into shape corresponding to public opinion. i think the administration is getting criticism and over-sight from congress. most of it is fine and good for the public. >> i am all for over-sight and i am all for criticizing the administration when necessary, but it is still the case that ebola is unlikely to have ebola become a pandemic in the united states. flu is worse. it is starting to worry me a little bit that fearmongering is very much on the rise. although americans are jittery about the separate of ebola, it is not like they are in panic mode. it is not like

so fast that just this morning, the "washington post" is reporting that retired marine general john allen who is president obama's special envoy to coordinate the interagency process effort against the islamic state, general allen has directed that everyone should stop using the word destroy when describing the mission. he said the word was too imprecise. degrade is better. the post says he might also have said it's impossible to do this. but anyway, the president has said destroy. general allen has said let's not use that word. so there's some debate even within the administration. among senior military officers, there is also some debate, disagreement not per se with the president but kind of clarifying what this mission is likely to look like and who is likely to carry out. i paraphrased a little bit. if the coalition that has been assembled on the ground where our air strikes are assisting, if this fails and there are threats to the united states and certainly we go back to the president and make recommendations that may include the use of ground forces. the following day, the army ch

coalition efforts, john allen, is in turkey, to urge the country's military to get involved. turkey, however, is calling for a buffer zone between turkey and syria. and for the u.s. to establish a no fly zone. defense secretary chuck hagel says that neither option is on the table. isis is threatening to also take control of anbar province in western iraq. the area is home to a key dam and large supplies of army weaponry. and secretary of state john kerry is warning kobani could be one of several gains made by isis in the very near future. >> kobani is represents the evil of isis. but it is not the definition either of the strategy or of the full measure of what is happening with respect to isis. it is one town and there will be others, there will be conflicts with isil over the course of the next months. >> so back here at home, police are preparing for a weekend of protests in ferguson, missouri, to mark two months since a police officer shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown. but heated protests over another police involved shooting are drawing comparisons in a nearby ci

john. >> allen schauffler. thank you very much. then the battle over abortion, played out on several fronts. in new orleans a push by business leaders to stop a planned parenthood office before it gets built. jonathan martin. >> good evening, john. a lot of the debate has centered around this construction site in new orleans. planned parenthood had planned to built a facility in new orleans but construction has stopped because of religion politics and one of the city's most influential voices speaking out. >> new orleans is the biggest small city. this city is built on relationship. >> with more than 100 employees river parish disposal is one of the city's top waste disposal facilities. brother fronmeier says they have been getting into a tense debate over abortion rights. >> i've gotten 50, 60 a day, some of the local letters coming in from current customers we service talking about how they want to cancel their service with us. >> people were outraged his business had contract ed to haul trash from a new construction site. >> but

general john allen maintains that turkey's objectives in regard to the islamic state are the same ass and other coalition partners despite turkey's refusal to fight on the battlefield or fly airstrikes against islamic state targets. president obama refuses to restrict travel from western africa and the administration confirms the new ebola czar isn't all about public health. >> it's not solely a medical response. that means that he is the right person for the job. person for the job. >> toica, we need to leave right now! - ( pop music playing ) - i need to get something! - dance recitals are so boring. - ( video game noises ) ♪ there's a me no one knows ♪ - ♪ waiting to be set free... - so what's the empty suitcase for? the grand prize trophy. duh! ( jessica speaks ) ♪ i was born to be somebody... ♪ lou: president obama once again being called out for his misstatements and misrepresentations on obamacare. "the washington post" fact checker taking issue with this claim. >> if we hadn't taken this on and premiums that kept growing at the rate that they did the last decade, the average

. >> this man john allen muhammad along with his accomplice lee boyd malvo shot a 1990 by police and killed 10. >> mohammed and malvo were able to crawl into the drunk and shoot without ever leaving the vehicle. >> clearly they were motivated>> he was motivated his hatred for america. >> after the two were captured in 2002 he testified his plan was to kill 6 a day for a month. as for malvo himself he drew the extremist stretches while on trial. >> there is a very positive side to the internet. it also connects to very dark corners of the west. >> there are on mouse clouds gathering in your horizon. >> anwaral maliki recruits people. >> one follower was this woman, a 21-year-old british student from east london. in the u.k. loan wolves have sometimes referred to as terrorists or jihadis. she downloaded more than 100 hours offal awe awlaki sermon. these security cameras images show him just before the attack then taking out the knife before being tackleed by a body guard. he was wounded but survived. >> this was a young woman who was inspired idealogically on the internet and acted on

tomorrow the head of nato will visit turkey and special envoy to the coalition john allen heading therell with deputy under center estate investor. people tried to convince the government to do something instead of just standing by like bystanders. will it work? fox news contributor joins us now. 12,000 innocent civilians are trapped, 9000 terrorists bearing down on them and if there is a massacre, how big would is isis victory in kobani be? >> to be a substantial political signal because in effect they would have overcome u.s. airstrikes on their way to capturing the town, and it would be a repudiation yet again another repudiation of president obama's strategy. i think one politically significant fact is they will then have closed contact with border with turkey a long a much larger piece of territory and it begins to look like isis is a real state, controlled territo territory, and it really calls into question turkey's motivation. they have their own problems with the kurds and standing back watching this happen to kobani really raises a lot of questions there as well. eric: is this

afghanistan war commander general john allen talks about the legacy of former afghan president hamid karzai, and after that, i'll look at a proposal for a new world war i memorial in washington. >>> be part of cspan's 2014 coverage, follow us on twitter and like us on facebook, to get debate schedules, video clips on key moments, debate previews from our politics team. cspan has brought you over 100 house and governor ship debates. you can instantly share what the candidates are saying, stay involved and engage by following us on twitter and facebook. >>> up next a conversation with university illinois urbana-champagne provost, he spoke about some of the challenging facing higher education including student debt and campus safety. this is part of a recent series on cspan's washington journal. # >> last we're here on the american journal, we kicked off a month long series with university presidents as part of cspan busses big ten tour. aboard the bus today is the provost. let me begin with what you see as the top changeses for higher education. >> well, good morning. it's nice -- welc

i want to talk about what john allen was saying about the bigger picture - training them up so they can take on the bashar al-assad regime. training them up so they can take on i.s.i.l. that will be a heck of a job to be getting a group at that level, won't it? >> in my opinion it will prolong the war, instead of finding a way to recon sil the different parties, the united states arming and training more people. this will prolong the war, more than, and it will be more heavy than it is now. >> can this be done to train these people to defeat i.s.i.l.? >> well they are training them to defeat not i.s.i.l. i think i.s.i.l. cannot be defeated. the only way they can defeat i.s.i.l. is regional cooperation, including the syrian army. this way the war will go on and on and on. >> let's talk about what is happening in and around kobane. the top story that we have reported on in this move hour. by arming the peshawar, the iraqi kurdish forces, that mud yes the water. it is, because they took the armament. it is less than what i.s.i.s. has in their hands after defeating the iraqi army, and seizi

. >> this man, john allen muhammad with his accomplice, lee boyd malvo killed ten people. >> the seat of the car lifts so that mohamed or malvo could crawl into the trunk and shoot without leaving the vehicle. >> clearly, he was id logically motivated. >> mohamed wasn't a member of an organization but he was motivated by his hatred for america. after the two were captured in 2002, malvo testified the plan was to kill six whites a day for a month. today the internet has become indispensable for radicalizing lone wolves. >> a positive side to the internet and it connects also to dark corners of the web. >> there are ominous clouds gathering in your horizon. >> anwar alawlaki inspired countless people to john line jihad with his online sermon. >> america is a nation of evil. >> one follower was this 21-year-old british student from east london. in the uk lone wolves are referred to as nike terrorists. cloudry downloaded more than 100 hours of sermons and in 2010, she heeded the call. she tried to kill a member of parliament as he met with his constituents. these images show chowdry befor

john allen said the coalition is weighing options to help with the ground fight. he tells aljazeera the u.s. may set up training centers. >> we want the free syrian elements to be able to defend themselves and defend the innocent citizens associated with the moderate syrian opposition and that's the in tent. we're building a free syrian army that can be supportive of the moderate syrian opposition, and as we talk about the political outcome in syria, which is what we seek, a political outcome that does not include bashar al assad, that the moderate syrian opposition becomes not only a prominent voice in the political outcome, but the preeminent voice in the political outcome. >> the u.s. has continued its air campaign. on tuesday, air strikes destroyed four isil fighting positions and a small unit near kobane. we have more from the border. >> when they make it, they'll bring heavy weapons, artillery, mortars, large machine guns, the sort of ammunition and weaponry the syrian kurds say they're desperate for. for more than four weeks, they've relied on small arms an

. >> now the comment from retired certainly john allen reflected difficulty forming an union need missionin syria. he addressed reporters earlier today for the first time since returning from the middle east. ross jordan was there. >> the president's certainly envoy for coordinating the international fight against isil held his first press briefing on wednesday here at the u.s. state department. his first visit to five countries including egypt and turkey, was a significant one because it gave him a chance to assess what isil was doing to the populations of those countrie countries. what he heard from these countries was a real concern that isil's ideology of establishing an islamic caliphate is troublesome, and these countries are worried that their citizens will be vulnerable to these messages, and be willing to take up arms against their government or join the fight in iraq and/or in syria. general allen said forming the coalition will include not just the military piece, which has been the most visible part of the campaign so far, but he also said this is about trying to persuade peop

john allen met with officials from egypt and arab league to analyze the air strikes. they discussed what to do going forward. general allen is now headed to turkey to continue the talks. >>> two suicide bombers killed nearly 70 people in yemen today. no groups have claimed responsibility. both have the hallmarks of al qaeda. the wounded include six children who were in critical condition. >>> one man is dead after being shot by a police officer in solution. he was working for a security agent i when he approached four men who ran.chased them. a suspect started fighting. police say the suspect shot at the officer. so the officer fired back killing the suspect. this happened just miles away from ferguson, missouri. a town still dealing with the shooting death of michael brown. thousands of people protested over the summer after a white police officer shot and killed the unarmed black teen. u.s. attorney general eric holder called for a review of police techniques and tactics. >> community policing works. strong relationships founded on mutual respect can result in enhan

retired general john allen is coordinating the american led campaign against the group and allen told al jazeera that the u.s. plans to set up at least three facilities otrain syrian opposition fighters. >> we clearly expect that the free syrian army elements will be built into a credible field force that can hold its own and to deal with dash but to deal with the el nusra elements and be able to conduct operations. we want the free syrian army to be able to defend themselves. that's the intent. we are building a free syrian army that can be supportive of the syrian opposition and as we talk about the political outcome in syrian, that does not include bashar al-assad, that the moderate syrian opposition becomes not only a prominent voice, in the political outcome, but the preeminent voice in the political outcome. >> also from syria today, brutal new video that shows the aftermath of a barrel bomb. dropped on an encampment in idlib province. barrel bombs are illegal in international war. fierce fighting between government forces and the nusra front, that's a group linked to al qaeda a

>> jake, i'm surprised, also, because i think we're going to see general john allen talking very seriously with our turkish colleagues. the second place i'm surprised we're not seeing traction is from nato. this is a nato border in every sense. so i think the turks are conflicted because what they really want is the downfall of the assad regime but i think it's donning on them that it's time to go. >> president obama's ambassador to turkey, president obama's ambassador to iraq says the obama administration, when they downplayed the strategic importance of kobani, they are wrong. what do you think? >> i agree with jim jeffreys who i think understands that region almost better than anybody. and i think the strategic effect here is going to be the media. it's going to be the fall of the city and it's going to give real momentum to isis and that's not what we need at this point. >> in your book, which i read and enjoyed, you write about syria before the rise of isis, i believe, is when you wrote it, when the syrian civil war was going on. you write, "i'm very pessimistic for how things will tu

>> well, the up shot of this high profile meeting with general john allen and his deputies, they're inharge of getting this coalition together. they were there for two days. there were no big deliverable that is came out of it, frankly. the tushes would agree to work with the united states and the coalition to train the moderate opposition, this free syrian army in saudi arabia. we know there will be more meetings, a top level pentagon delegation is going to anger later this week. also next week general martin has hosted officials from around the world to talk about the delegation. >> two children's rights activists were awarded. pakistan's malala yousafzai was the youngest to receive the prize at age 17 years old and is one of the leading campaigners against child slavery. she was in school when she found out. simon mcgregor wood has the latest there. >> reporter: malala gave something that was obviously not a well-prepared statement, it was just off the cuff, heartfelt. she was very honored and was careful to pay tribute to her indian partner, and it was very important to her that a

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. >> retired general john allen came away from an ankara. >> doesn't mean we won't continue the conversations and welcome support from them going forward. we're going to need support from them for the long haul. it's not about one day or one week or one month. >> friday, secretary of defense chuck hagel called on turkey to allow coalition airplanes to use the interlict air base. but turkey refused. said turkish air strikes are not enough. >> as we've said we don't want a buffer zone but a security zone and a no fly zone absolutely have to be put in place. because this crisis is of a different dimension. >> reporter: but that's a nonstarter with washington. where officials say a no fly zone will lead to a fight with bin laden answebashar al-assad'. the administration again braced for a long fight. >> they've found themselves brutal, aggressive. that's why we took the fight to them. but nobody felt with air strikes they would stop fighting. >> reporter: and john, general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will host the push to plan the coalition campaign from here on out

retired general john allen is coordinating the anti-isis campaign. >> the emergency in iraq right nowis foremost in our thinking. >> as for the pick up in air strikes in kobani. there was a need for additional air strikes to go in and try to relieve the defenders? >> the skies over the town have been filled with coalition jet fighters, zeroing in on their targets. but the bombs for the past few days have been landing fast and furious. still sources tell us the front lines haven't budged. isis still holds one-third to one-half of the place and shows no sign of pulling back. still there are new reports tonight from kobani that those air strikes could be having an affect. kurdish officials there have claiming that they are helping them make gains against isis. kobani is turning into a grudge match that neither side wants to lose. >> glreg, thank you. >>> we are learning more tonight about what some are seeing as a cover-up of how american military personnel were harmed by iraqi chemical weapons a decade ago. >> reporter: the pentagon admitted today that at least 17 u.s. soldiers were exp

here's more of what retired general john allen had to say about the situation in syria. >> this is a holistic approach. it is not just building the additional forces that will go into the syrian free army. it is an emphasis that i made when i met with the political echelons. that we need to build and work together to create a coherent political super structure which they will have a political role to play. >> reporter: tony, what you also heard was this motion that the coalition is really, really trying to come together, but it's going to take some time. we also heard from general allen about some other parts of dealing with the threat from isil. let's listen to a little more of what he told reporters today. >> reporter: i'd be very reluctant to attempt to assign something, a term like a strategic target or strategic strategy. there was a need. there was a need for additional fire support to go in and buy white space ultimately. so we've picked up the tempo, and the intensity of the airstrikes in order to provide that white space. >> one of the questions that came up at the daily pre