. >>> general john allen said america is a partner in iraq not syria. osama ben jave has the latest. >> these are the targets that jordanian jets are continuing to hit. claiming it has hit dozens of targets. >> we targeted dash garrisons where they sleep and eat and we successfully destroyed more than 19 targets. after that the war against dash is going to continue. we are determined to achieve the objectives of this war. and not only to degrade dash capabilities. we are going to destroy dash. >> the general says the u.s. led coalition has conducted 7500 missions since the air strikes began. jordan has participated in almost 20% of the strikes. and the military estimates it's killed more than 7,000 i.s.i.l. fighters. the jordanian campaign has received support from regional and international allies. the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of its f-16 jets while the u.k. is sending troops in an advisory role. some argue the campaign needs to be ratcheted up. >> the whole campaign i could comment on that is too slow doing too little very constraine

john allen at least on the u.s. talk shows not saying particularly much of anything. he said that is ill should be taken seriously, they have adapted to the strategies used against them. the main message that the i knew of the gyratedannian pilot has galvanized. john kerry being firm no u.s. boots on the ground would go in. >> all right. thank you. >>> the fight against isil was as you can imagine the top of the agenda at the security summit in munich. >> that's where world leaders have been gathering to discuss key international security issues. let's bring in hoda hamid at that conference. what dochlts as far as isil is concerned? >> reporter: it's certainly the strongest words from u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he said that the fight against isil is increasing in effectiveness and getting more and more organized. he said that so far, there have been about 2000 airstrikes, that these airstrikes meant that about 1/5 of the territory that is isil controlled was regained. he said they managed to regain some of the oil facilities that isil was controlling in both

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speaking about the campaign, john allen told the u.s.enate committee that the strategic operational and tactical momentum of is has been blunted in iraq. he had this to say about those who were thinking about joining the militants. >> the last six months have demonstrated that isil is a criminal gang and a difficult -- death cult. coalition partners are working together as never before to share messages, engage traditional and social media and underscore the vision of religious leaders who reject the millennialist vision. katty: i spoke to the director of the stein program on counterterrorism and intelligence. whatever the west is doing to counter the attempts to recruit people, it does not seem to be working, does it? >> you have to give these things time and the most important thing we can do is demonstrate military battlefield success. one of these things that draws people to the group more than a thing else is the success. unlike al qaeda, the islamic state's deliverable is the islamic state. in so far as it is blinded from success a

really but i think we have pretty sober leadership in terms of v- dealing, for example, general john allen out in the region, galvanizing more support. so i think things are going okay. with the huge proffizeo that we have to come up with a policy in syria, and so far policy in syria is to be opposed to everybody in syria, except:é some so-called moderates, who are hard to find. >> you mentioned john allen he met with the king of jordan very, very recently. and they sent out word the jordanian news agency of the crown, that the iraqis were about to go in on a ground offensive soon. one of the things i've learned8c÷a over time is the word "soon" means one thingdrq/q to us and another to them. >> it's kind of an elusive concept, but i suggest it means less than a year. i don't think they'll wait for a year to try to liberate the second largest city. but i think there's a renewed effort to kind of push back isis and i think it's going better with the understanding that we have a lot of diplomatic and political work to do in syria. >> it's great to hear that from you. thanks so much. >> thank

general john allen made the announcement on sunday. >> general allen seems to show a new resolve on behalf of the allies to back offenses on the ground. they have made clear that they'll get out there. from places like mosul, where they came into last june and took over a third of the country. general allen has made clear that that is not going to be quick or easy. he said that it requires proper training of troops it requires humanitarian assistance and a police force to put in place after the areas. that is still coming together. what is clear is that in the wake of the killing by i.s.i.l. of the jordanian pilot and the jordanian response in syria, it's added impetus not only to efforts here to fight against i.s.i.l., but part of the coalition to show that they are doing something. it will be tricky in iraq because this country is a patchwork of security forces. official and unofficial. arranging from shia officials. they are now trained by the united states. and it's that training that the u.s. is focussing on. not just the army and police but the tribes as well. it's complicated by man

general john allen says american forces are training iraqi forces. with the help of international help. >> two bombings in the iraqi capital killed 20, injuring 48 others. a suicide bomber targeted a square. one went off on a main street. both happened in predominantly shia neighbourhoods. it's the second set of bombings following the lifting of a curfew in baghdad. >> armed men shot dead a member of the parliament in somalia's capital mogadishu. he was killed when he was leaving his house on the way to parliament. there has been a series of fatal attacks, targetting politicians. the armed group killed five parliamentarians in the past year. that attack came as security is being stepped up in mogadishu for mps gathering to vote on a new cabinet. parliament rejected the list of candidates presented by the new prime minister >>> australia prime minister is determine to do better after surviving a no confidence vote. tony abbott kept his job, but only just. andrew thomas looks at why his popularity slumped. tony pallas lives and works at restoring cars

developments in isis are they losing support in the arab parts of the martha raddatz with retired general john allen. >> reporter: general allen warns this will be a very long fight. tonight, jordan promises more air strikes despite that kayla mueller was killed due to them. and the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of fighter jets to jordan to show the partnership is strong. the u.s. has conducted 80% of air strikes up until now. but the horrific death of the jordanian pilot may have affected this. but isis continues to control large swaths of territory in both syria and iraq. >> isil is at an entirely difficult level than al qaeda. >> reporter: do you believe they pose a threat to the homeland? >> i do. >> does he have any more information about kayla mueller? >> he didn't but he said he's praying and hoping she's alive. >> martha thank you. >>> back here in the state, a teenager is in custody accused of going on a shooting spree next to a children's area in a mall. and you won't believe how police tracked him down. here's bobby kanani. >> reporter: it was a pittsburgh area mall. i just h

>> well general john allen was asked that very question, about whether the kurds were receiving these weapons that were being sent to baghdad. he was asked by senators just moments ago. here's his response. >> baghdad has not disapproved any requests that the kurds have made for weapons. >> the u.s. has stepped up air strikes around mosul carrying out three in the past 24 hours. it destroyed 11 buildings on the outskirts of mosul. evidence perhaps confirming what centcom officials said they are shaping around mosul for spring offensive by iraqi troops. as graeme wood just point out, it's not just the u.s.-led coalition that's preparing, so is isis, trying to bait the west. reports today that isis fighters in mosul have burned down the public library there, which was filled with ancient texts that went back to the ottoman empire, including 8,000 rare books, reminiscent of what the taliban did. >> going back to the answer given there in the hearing i thought that was a telling as anything i've heard in a long time. the question was have you given the weapons -- we have not refused to gi

the assault will begin in coming weeks says general john allen. >> australian prime minister tony abbott survived a leadership challenge from within his own party, he retains his position as the head of the ruling political party. >> the united nations envoy to yemen says talks between the political factions will begin on monday. in additions after three days comes after three days after houthis took power in a coup. the opposition to their power grab is mounting. regions in yemen have rejected the houthi declaration. in mareb, tribes are threatening to stop oil and cut off tristy if the houthis try to enforce their rule across the country. attentions in sanaa are high. the former president, the prime minister and five ministers are still under house arrest. it's now within 20 days. let's get more now from the editor of the yemen post and is based in sanaa, and joins us via skype. with so much unrest in the country, are the houthis coming from a position of weakness when they come to the talks? >> no. the hewitt yits -- the houthis are talking with strength and do not care in the opposit

general john allen said that the american forces are training iraqi forces at four main sites with the help of allies. they say danish are are training. and finally german, italian dutch, and belgium trainers are stationed in erbil. we have the details. >> iraqi officials have been eager to start this major offensive, particularly in the isil stronghold of mosul. but the coalition primarily the united states, has not been quite so keen. they've made the point general allen included. that the before grouped ground troops overtake isil, they need more training including police force, hue man humanitarian assistance. there are a lot of areas in the north and west that are still held by the group. the u.s. is training soldiers as well as special forces and other security forces in four main bases around iraq. they're not out there on the grouped, and they don't have the authority to do that. but there are other coalition partners that are believed to have special forces outthere with the iraqis. now iraq says it needs yet more support, more airstrikes, more hardware but these comments by g

we have also heard general john allen, say the taken of the citying will be a key morale boost.n that happens they will need coalition ground support. that's the strongest statement we have heard when it comes to ground forces in conjunction with kurdish and iraqi forces. so there seems t be a real push to take back mosul. in syria we're seeing a lot of pressure being put on isil. the jordanians have mounted at least 67 different air strikes. isil are coming under tremendous amount of pressure. but critics say there still needs to be a political solution to the conflict against isil that the sunni tribes particularly in the west of iraq need to be brought into the political process. >>> meanwhile the united arab emirates has resumed air strikes against isil. oilt grounded its jets in december after a jordanian pilot was captured and murdered by the group. but on sunday it resumed its flights. this comes after the european union announced it will give jordan more than $100 million in loans to deal with the war. >>> the u.n. envoy is in syria to meet with the government. aleppo is

. >> john allen is president obama's special envoy in the fight against isis. up until now the u.s. has conducted more than 80% of the air strikes against the terror group. and said the killing of a jordanian pilot, could it be a turning point? >> i think it's galvanized the coalition. >> president obama wanted congress to vote to authorize military support against isis. some democrats are reluctant. some republicans say the president hasn't done enough. the white house wants a bipartisan vote to show america is united. reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. >> the escalating terror threat is the subject of a new town hall tonight on our sister station, newschannel 8. it will take place at 7:00 and you can sign up to be in the live audience at wjla.com/town hall. the supreme court denied an 11th hour attempt to block same sex marriages in alabama. it was two weeks ago when a federal judge ruled that the ban on gay marriages was unconstitutional. but last night, alabama's chief justice ordered state probate judges to refuse to issue those marriage licenses. he argued t

general john allen said american forces are training iraqi soldiers at four main sites in the countryh the help of international allies. take a look. he's the danish and australian trainers are supporting the americans at assad base in anbar province. the spanish and port jesus in camp bismaya. there are trainers from australia and new zealand and german tallun, french, belgian and dutch trainers in erbil. >> iraqi officials have been eager to start this major offensive particularly in the isil stronghold of moss mosul. the united states have made the point, general allen include that had before ground troops go in to take mosul they need everything ready training of forces, a plan for what comes after, including police force as well as things like humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. all of that is a long term effort but general allens comments indicate that they are onboard with supporting the iraqis in the beginning of a major ground offensive. he doesn't mention mosul but there are other areas still held by the group. the u.s. is now training soldiers as well as special for

-led coalition is imminent, according to general john allen, president obama's point man for confronting i.s.i.l. americans are in iraq, aiding iraqi forces in reclaiming the territory. the president went to congress to get authorisation for the use of military for or war powers. iraq, with u.s. help appears to gear up to retake iraq's second largest city, mosul, which fell to i.s.i.l. last june. iraqi kurdish peshmerga forces magged to curb i.s.i.l. fighters back, while iraqi government force, with the help of local militia regained the initiative in the south. the gains have been achieved in coordination with u.s.-led air strikes and u.s. military advisors on the ground. so far president obama insists no boots on the ground. but there's one flaw in the president's strategy, and that is iraq itself. last year iraqi troops threw down their weapons and fled the i.s.i.l. onslaught. while that is not happening now, iraq's government is facing a financial crisis, and one of the biggest oil producers in the world, iraq a broke because of tanking oil prices. imran khan is in baghdad. >> so the

will begin in a week, general john allen says the alliance will begin training, dane is and australianraining at the anbar province. in taji there are trainers from australia and new zealand and italian dutch and belgian trainers are in erbil. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> particularly in the i.s.i.l. stronghold of mosul but the coalition, primarily the united states hasn't been quite so keen. they have made the point general allen included, before the ground troops go in they need everything to be ready. training of iraqi forces, a plan of what comes after including police force as well as things like humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. all of that is a long term effort but general allen comments indicate that they are on board with supporting the iraqis in the beginning. he doesn't mention mosul but there are a lot of areas in the north and the west that are still held by the group. the u.s. is now training soldiers as well as special forces and other forces, they're not out there on the ground and they don't have the authority to do that. but there are other coalition

retired marine corps general john allen is leading the charge in the fight against isis. cot killing of the your jordanian pilot be the turning point? >> i think it's galvonized the coalition. >> reporter: president obama will ask congress to authorize force against isis. some democrats are reluctant and others say the white house has not done enough. the president wants a bipartisan vote to show americans are unified. >> a millersville university student from chadds ford died this weekend. 18-year-old carlesha freeland-gaither -- karlie hall was found unresponsive in her dorm room. police charged orrostieta. according to a police affidavit he shoved her hard enough to fall to the ground and hit her head on a chair. he is in jail on $1 million bail. >>> a gunman held up a dunkin' donuts at the corner of north 5th and sommerville avenue. "action news" reporter, david henry is live at the scene with more. >> reporter: hi, sarah there was only one customer in the store at the time, but he didn't need the morning coffee to jolt him awake. the district manager said the man wal

. >> in an exclusive interview with abc's martha raddatz, john allen, the man in charge of the fight against isis said the response has been critical against the group he says is more for midable than al qaeda. >> i think we should take it seriously. >> isis has affected this section of the homeland. news came three days ago that kayla mueller, just 26 years old held hostage was allegedly killed in one of those jordanen attacks. her parents in seclusion clinging to hope their daughter is alive. >> the strain of not knowing where their daughter is at and whether or not she's alive is something that is starting to wear on them. >> the u.s. claims there is no evidence yet of kayla's death. they're dismissing this as propaganda intended to drive a wedge between the countries. kayla's parents are taking no chances. they're piling directly to her captors saying her well-being is your responsibility. >> abc's brian williams took himself off the air. veterans called him out for falsely claims. he is the manager editor of the news and says it has become apparent to me that i am too much a par

later in the day at work on, retired general john allen fixed to the threat posed by isis.e proudly serves as envoy for the coalition against isis and was a number commander of operations in afghanistan. >> consumer advocate ralph nader entered the 2000 presidential race as a green party candidate on february 21 of that year. he received nearly 3 million votes overall, including almost 100,000 in the pivotal state of florida. mr. nader ran for president four times. this is about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is ralph nader, and today i wish to explain why, after working years as a citizen advocate for consumers, workers, taxpayers, and the environment i am seeking the green party's nomination for president. a crisis of democracy in our country convinces me to take this action. over the past 20 years, big business has increasingly dominated our political economy. and this control by the corporate government over our political government is creating a widening democracy gap. active citizens are left shouting their concerns over a deep chasm between them and their gov

john allen says the u.s.ed coalition will provide air and tactical support as the soldiers try to recapture areas controlled by the militants. allen is the u.s. special presidential envoy for the coalition against islamic state. he told a jordanian news agency the ground offensive will begin shortly. american forces have been training iraqi soldiers to be more effective in their battle against the militants. the troops are expected to try to take back iraq's second largest city, mosul. the islamic state seized it last june. allen also praised jordan for its role in the coalition fighting islamic state. >>> russian president vladimir putin has blamed foreign intervention in syria and iraq for the rise of islamic state. he made the remark in an interview with an egyptian newspaper. putin said the current situation stems from what he calls a heavy-handed and irresponsible interference from the outside. he also cited the unilateral use of force and double standards. the president said the international air strike

and today, john allen, the retired marine corps general who heads the us led coalition fight against isis had this to say: >> isil is at an entirely different level than al-qaeda was. better organized. its command and control is better. we should take it very seriously. to help us analyze these developments, we are joined from washington d.c. by anthony cordesman of the center for strategic and international studies, mr. cordesman previously served in the state department and was the director of intelligence assessment in the office of the secretary of defense. >> mr. cordesman, i would like to start with jordan where there has been significant action. first the execution of two members of isis, and of course king abdullah saying that he will continue to use his military until, quote, they run out of fuel and bullet its. please tell me what is jordan's capacity in this manner to fight isis? >> it's very effective air force. it flies the if h 16, it has modern air surface ordnance to carry out precision strikes. it has the capability to get targeting information from u.s. intelligence

. >> schieffer: general john allen who is the head of the u.s. military effort against isis told abc this morning that isis is at -- these are his words, entirely different level than al qaeda. better organized better command. do you agree with his assessment? >> absolutely. al qaeda denounced because they're so brutal in their tactics. but they are governing functioning, they own territory they have lot of money. so they are far more dangerous i think than al qaeda has ever been. lot better organized. if you look at social media propaganda like the film of the jordanian pilot so sophisticated, they send that out over the world to sort of inflame the potential radicalized islam world, we worried about foreign fighters also home grown violent extremist, is that can get radicalized over the internet here in the united states. >> schieffer: thank you so much for joining us now. we appreciate it. we want to turn now for more on what the u.s. can do to defeat isis and we're going to talk about that with mike morell the former deputy director of the ci

seeing the ground being prepared for an invasion and also we heard in the last few days general john allenf the key u.s. military generals saying the taking of some something like mosul or a city from this would be a boost to peshmerga forces and iraqi and peshmerga forces would need coalition help on the ground so that is a significant change in language as well. so it looks and feels like we are seeing a significant move towards the retaking of mosul city in the next few weeks at least. >> the battle for mosul is often portrayed as being the battle for iraq to regain iraqi territory and effectively kickoff i.s.i.l. >> that's right, mosul is one of the key cities and one of the first cities taken over by i.s.i.l. in june when they pushed into iraq but it's not the only one. there are a number of other cities and anbar province that is key is a big problem. there are certain parts that the government controls and fierce fights between government forces and i.s.i.l. fighters in that province. also i have been speaking to a former jordanian airforce pilot telling me without political solutio

john allen is one. he was formally at the dixons.rchie norman, a former conservative party lawmaker, his name has been thrown into the mix. interesting things happening at tesco but to battling with the investigation going on and the grocery adjudicator. i losing my voice. i will send it back to you. >> thank you and grab some water. coming up billion-dollar bank robberies that no one saw. the hack attack that targeted 100 banks. coming up. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." time for top stories. the owner of a gaming website has agreed to enter merger talks. 888's shares fell on the news this morning. companies such as amazon, google, and alibaba are facing -- when it comes to drawing deliveries. it could produce $100 million according to the obama administration. the faa concluded for the time being, drones must be within sight of an operator for safety reasons. apple to compete with test the -- tesla? they are saying to be building an electric car. apple executives have long to austria to meet with contract manufacturers according

chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz was in jordan where she talked to retired general john allen, the american leading the international coalition against isis. martha asked how the threat of isis comepares to al qaeda. >> it's at a different level. it's better organized. its command and control is better. its situational awareness of a broader battle space across the entire region is better. >> martha raddatz with retired general allen tonight. >>> and to the crisis in ukraine now. this fire ball erupting when artillery hit a chemical factory over the weekend. eaders objecting to a possible u.s. plan to arm ukrainian troops against the rebels. president obama and the german chancellor meeting at the white house today. the president saying no decision has been made. >>> tonight, new fears as that measles outbreak spreads now. the new numbers from the cdc. take a look at the map. in december, as we all know know it started in california in january, expanding to 14 states. tonight, that number is now 17 states. 121 cases now confirmed. let's get right to abc's dr. richard besser wi

general john allen has been saying we were going to isil since last year.pegged it in october but gave a timeframe at the time and iraqi military have been doing the same thing saying they would like to do this before ram dan. so this is not exactly news to anyone other than folks trying to make headlines here in the united states like john mccaine and lindsey graham who i heard in our piece said that they can't imagine they've never experienced this. they said the same thing when we set withdrawal timelines in iraq. this is not new. >> the withdrawal is different than announcing details of an offensive and where people are coming from. you know aside from mccaine and graham, there are people at the pentagon and iraqi officials who have been reported as saying iraqi forces just aren't ready. could this be premature? >> i don't think so and from the reports that came out of that meeting with the briefer he said if they're not ready it's not going to happen so it's not like the iraqi forces are going to rush in you know without being prepared. if they're not

general john allen say american forces are training iraqi soldiers at four main sites with the help of international allies. he says danish and australian trainers german italian french and dutch are stationed in erbil. jane arraf has the story from baghdad. >> particularly in the i.s.i.l. stronghold of mosul but the coalition primarily the united states hasn't been quite so keen. they've made the point general allen included that before ground troops go in to take mosul they need everything to be ready. that includes training of iraqi forces, a plan for what comes after including police force as well as things like humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. all of that is a long term effort but general allen's comments are that they are on board ever supporting iraqi troops at the beginning. he doesn't mention mosul but there are a lot of areas that are still held by the group. the u.s. is now training soldiers as well as special forces and other security forces in four main bases around iraq. they are not out there on the ground and they don't have the authority to do that but there

john allen u.n. special envoy in the fight against i.s.i.l u.s. and coalition force he will support the effort and i.s.i.l. released a video appearing to see captive british journalist john cantley reporting. will be his lat video. he was an deducted in 2013. >> poking fun at religious extremism. jane arraf are reports. >> this is one of the front lines in the fight against i.s.i.l. at state run iraqi television, the videos are part of an attack against i.s.i.l.'s wide ranging propaganda. the campaign is aimed at undermining the appeal of islamic state of iraq and the levant. its most effective weapon, a satirical series called state of superstition. in this imaginary video the devil arrives in iraq with help from friends. instead of paradise, it promises would be suicide bombers would end up washing dishes. each the 27 episodes explores a different segment of life under i.s.i.l. this news anchor struggling to cover her face interviews a hospital official. he explains since there was no medical equipment a thousand years ago they use knives and se

general john allen says the assault will be given in the coming weeks. >> peace talks in yemen have been suspended. two are withdrawing from negotiations. earlier the u.n. envoy to yemen says the talks will begin. rebels took power in a coup on friday >>> armed men shot dead a member of parliament in mogadishu. he was killed while leaving his house, on his way to parliament. there has been a series of fatal attacks. >> the nigerian city of maiduguri came under attack by boko haram fighters trying to get control of it. it's in the north-east and that is the area that the military is trying to secure before holding elections in six weeks. people say it's up to the army to keep them safe. al jazeera travelled to maiduguri. >> reporter: for three years members of the state sponsored militia helped stop boko haram, but at a huge cost. >> they say the government strategy needs to change. >> people are attacking. we all explain. if we are attacking them with the little we have i know with the little answer we have if we attacking them they have no power to come and attack us. >> for now the cit

later, also on c-span3 retired marine corps general john allen will be at the senate foreign relations committee talking about countering islamic extremism. he currently serves as the president's envoy for combating isis> live coverage of 1:30 eastern. >> sunday on q&a, baltimore police commissioner anthony batts on the challenges of policing the city. commissioner batts: it was clear i had an issue with public trust. i stand and say it use of force is down 46%, to 30 discourtesy complaints are down, lawsuits and officer involved shootings are down. people >> and communities say we do not believe it. sending it >> -- >> sunday night on c-span's q&a/ >> veterans affairs secretary bob mcdonnell apologized for falsely claiming he served in the military special forces. spoke to reporters briefly about the incident. secretary mcdonnell: good afternoon and thank you for coming. i'm bob mcdonald. as you know, when i was in los angeles, engaging in a homeless man to determine his veteran status, i asked the man where he'd served in the military. he responded that he had served in special force

there are generals like general john allen and you have secretary of state john kerry saying everything is goings very smoothly. then you hear from former cia deputy director mike morell saying, no we're not in good shape. what do you think the truth is? morell? >> do you go to those weird bars? do you ever see those drunk guys fighting and there's always a strategy that you wait for the drunk guy to pass out from exhaustion from throwing punches until they fall over. that's their strategy. they keep thinking somehow isis is going to be exhausted. they forget the problem is there's no exhaustion when you keep getting an influx of new fighters. they're never going to get tired especially if they're winning. >> don't get it. every good fighter knows the first punch wins the fight. >> exactly especially in the right spot. my solution is you know police have these stings where they send out letters saying you've won a new boat, bob, you've gotten this. you show up at the convention to get a boat and you get arrested because they have an outstands warrant. our government needs to create attr

we have also heard in the last three days general john allen say the taking of mosul city will be a seeost. so there seems to be a real push now to take back mosul city which was taken over by isil in june. in syria we're seeing a lot of pressure being put on isil. the jordanians have mounted air strikes, and isil are coming under tremendous amount of pressure. however, there are critics saying the ire strikes simply aren't enough that there still needs to be a political solution. the sunni tripes in the west of iraq need to be brought much more into the political process here. however, it does seem there is going to be a push towards mosul in the next few weeks and the ground is being prepared for that. >>> the united arab emirates has resumed air strikes against isil. on sunday it redeployed to a base in jordan. it comes as the european union announced it will give jordan more than $100 million in loans to help it deal with wars. >>> one policeman is dead of a tall ban attack. three more taliban fighters have been shot. >>> >> reporter: hundreds of people arrived at malaysia's top cou

>> are you quoting him on mtv, john allen? >> it's true it's true okay?here is a kind of consistent message here. it's pretty clear what the pope has been saying. in general, large families are great and the catholic church wants to support people who make the choice to have large families. but at the same time nobody is obligated to have them. if you can't have a lot of kids either for medical reasons or psychological or financial reasons or whatever that it's not like you're failing god if you don't. in fact even though the church is opposed to artificial birth control, they have natural forms of eliminating births. i think that's what he's trying to say. they want to back up people who make the choice to have large families but they don't want to condemn anyone who is not capable of doing that brooke. >> why is the pope even going there and addressing births and, you know child rearing at all? >> well fundamentally because he thinks the family is a big deal. bear in mind this is a pope who has decided to convene not one, but two, summits of catholic bi

john allen says 12 iraqi military brigades are trained to confront the armed group in iraq coming as jordan said it attacked and destroyed i.s.i.l. logistic weapons tempos in raids it carried out in response to the killing of one of its pilots. >> reporter: these are said to be targets belonging to the islamic state of iraq and levant that jordanian jets are continuing to hit. the military says it is carrying out hundreds of strikes after a captured jordanian pilot was murdered by illinois -- i.s.i.l., also known by daesh. >> we targeted daesh, where they sleep and eat and destroyed more than 19 targets. after that the war against daesh will continue. we are determined to achieve the objectives of this war, and not only to degrade daesh capabilities, we'll destroy daesh. >> the u.s.-led coalition conducted 7500 missions since the air strike. jordan participated in almost 20% of the strikes. the military estimates it has killed more than 7,000 i.s.i.l. fighters. the jordanian campaign received support from the allies. the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of jets much the u.k

this month, retired general john allen told the jordanian news agency, iraqi forces are planning to launch a ground offensive in "the coming weeks" against mosul. the state department said he was misquoted. the pentagon also pushed back. >> i have been pretty farm about not forecasting military operations here. i'm not going to start today. what i will tell shut same thing i have been saying. we are not going to you go go any faster than the iraqis are ready to go. >> what makes all of this so unusual, bret, normally the u.s. military refuses to talk about future operation. the pentagon generally appeals to reporters not reveal war plans to keep the element of surprise. in this case, it's apparent they want isis to know that a large force is coming and to set a timeline for the iraqi military to begin its attack. bret? >> jen as you know i dheefrd building. this is strange. u.s. military leaders are talking about this pending attack to retake mosul this spring. i don't know isis watches "special report" they will get the info. what is the thought behind sending a save the date card for an

general john allen, the head of the u.s. coalition says the united states will train 12 iraqi brigades. >>> the new greek prime minister alexis tsipras does not want a bailout extension. he says greece will renet -- renegotiate a debt bridge to tide the country over >>> more on the breaking news story. more than 40 people said to have died from violence at a football match. we talk to a sports journalist at super sport tv joining us from cairo. first, what do you make of all this? >> it is a big thing in egypt. at the moment... ..before the football match in the league. >> this was, i understand the first time that the ultras the zamalek fans were allowed to go to a game in three years. >> yes. you are right. because egyptians have allowed all egyptian fans back to attend the football match in the last week. today was a first for the games to attend the game. >> now, after the violence authorities decided to superintendent the egyptian premier league again. >> yes, again egyptians have. they will be back again. >> thank you

coming up on "this week" john allen, a special envoy for the coalition to counter isis, discusses theth the crist group. you can catch it on" this week "at 8:00 this morning right here. >>> president obama is scheduled to speak at asper security summit at stanford on friday. the summit will address topics such as increasing public-private partnerships and sober security information sharing. it will also address the creation and promotion of improved cyber security classes and use of more secure payment technology. following the summit the president will attend a democratic national committee fundraiser in fran. >>> today's space x will try again to land a rocket on a ship in the ocean. the launch will be the second attempt from elan musk's company. it's scheduled at 3:10 p.m. our time. scientists tried it last month but the unmanned rocket crashed and burned. the flight path is more challenging. if successful, this will be the first time a a rocket has landed on a floating platform. >>> an incredible change seems to be coming on just off our coast. it's almost undetectable. and if it

. >>> marine colonel john allen is in jordan offering his con condolences to them. he says it has backfired on isis and says isis is a much different terror group than al qaeda. >> isis is an entirely deficit leveldeficit -- entirely different level than al qaeda. >> have they adapted? >> they have. you don't see the long flags flying in daylight and we have adapted our targeting process as well. >> in the meantime the family of a young american aide worker is pleading with isis about her fate. it's been three days since isis claimed 26-year-old kyla mueller was killed in an air strategic on a building in syria. more now from mueller's hometown of prescott arizona. >> reporter: the days passed one after another in prescott arizona. >> this is such a fluid situation going hour to hour. >> todd is a long time family friend. for a year and a half the muellers have lived with the knowledge isis seized their 26-year-old daughter ordered by their captors to remain silent or kayla would be executed. then came friday a claim by isis but no proof saying kayla mueller died in

meeting with people like general john allen who is our isis envoy and coordinator. john kerry. vice president biden. defense secretary hagel and others. so i think that this interestingly i agree with those analysts who have said this may have actually strengthened the king's hand because the underreported story recently is that the stress on the public in jordan has been immense. not only because of the capture of the jordanian pilot who was connected to a well established and famous family inside jordan but because jordan in every corner of that country has been taking care of and absorbing refugees from the syrian crisis from the iraq crisis and really the country's bursting at the seams with how much it's supporting from the region with very little acknowledgment from the rest of the world or aid and support. today, president obama committed a billion dollars in aid to jordan but that's a small pittance compared to what they have been carrying so this is very emotional and many jordanians questioning whether or not their role in the anti-isis coalition made sense for them a

john, let's think about spring. >> yes we have our first spring training report. we'll have a update on the nate allen situation. things getting rough for villanova. we'll tell you how the players reacted next. >>> i'm john clark. nate allen was detained tonight in forth meyers florida. we received word from a source that he has been let go and he is home after being questioned. tonight,ville tonight, villanova all over seton seton hall. look in the second half. look at what happens right in the face gets elbowed by sterling gibbs. he would apologize on twitter after, ryan replying it's all good. they won 25 straight games at the pavilion. the odds are cold for the fillies.filly phillys. they are predicted to win the least games. >>> john, the phillies are not national league east favorites. their own front office says they don't expect them to contend for a few years. ryan sandberg is still trying to put a big year on the field. >> who can be in the mix going forward. >> the learning begins in earnest nest today when full squad workouts again. marshal harris comcast sportsnet. >>> the bruins are winning 3-2 in c

insights and we welcome you back to the committee. >> our distinguished witness today is general john allene special presidential envoy for global coalition to counter isis. general allen is a retired u.s. marine four star general former commander of isaf and u.s. forces in afghanistan. upon his retirement from the marine corps he was appointed as the senior adviser to the secretary of defense on middle east security. he's currently on a leave of absence from the brookings institution where he's co-director of the 21st century security and intelligence center. we thank you for your frankness. we thank you for your service to our country. we thank you for being here today. i know you're going to have an unusually long opening comment which we appreciate, and then we'll turn to questions. >> chairman corker, thank you, and ranking member menendez, it is good to be back today. esteemed members of the committee, i want to thank you for providing me the opportunity to update you on the progress of the global coalition to counterisil andcounter counter isil and let me add my deep and sincere than

. >>> and john allen joining us from blockberg news. we'll get to that story. but first i have to get your take on the big story. what color, jonathan is that dress. it is very political as evidenced by the speaker of the house. #the house is blue and black. the senate is blocking security funding for overreach. so what color is the dress? blue and black or white and gold or something else? >> it is the 21st century and we're on the cycle so color doesn't matter. >> i wasn't expecting that answer. >> that is so political. >> i personally see white and gold. >> we might be wrong but a majority of the american people agree with us and we are popular so there you go. i'm standing with our answer. and to the other story here the dhs funding, what on the world would want to make speaker boehner do this over in two weeks time. >> boehner doesn't want to talk about immigration as luke russert just suggested or said he doesn't want to talk about shutting down parts of the government and this has hurt them in the past and particularly with republicans, you have the cpac

these attacks on isis come as the man leading the coalition effort retired marine corps general john allenndolences to king abdullah after the murder of the jordanian pilot that prompted jordan to a bigger effort to stop the foreign fighters to isis armies. let's talk about this with lieutenant general mark hurling. a cnn analyst. good morning, sir. >> good morning, carol. >> you know it's difficult to determine whether the coalition is making progress against isis or not. we just heard a report from becky anderson out of jordan that some people are worried that while jordan is conducting air strikes right now, the enthusiasm may wain because there is a faction in jordan that supports isis. >> there are factions within jordan who have supported terrorist organizations in the past carol. i think isis had a very tough week last week. they were strategically hurt. they were operationally blunted. they continue to have some tactical battles which are showing them to be at a disadvantage. we're seeing that not only with the air campaign but with the increasing capability of the iraqi security f