john simpson, bbc news, northern afghanistan. >> now news from around the world -- the u.s. has carried out a military air strike in northern somalia. it's unclear if one was killed in the drone strike. a spokesman said it was assessing the results of the operation. the air strike comes days after government forces launched a major offensive aimed at seizing key ports from the rebels. pakistan's parliament has held an emergency session over the current political crisis in the country. the meeting of both houses is an attempt to rally support behind the prime minister. clashes between security forces and demonstrators continued for a third day on monday in the capital of islamabad. they're calling on the prime minister to resign. a break through in hopes of finding a cure for dandy fever spread by mosquito bites which kill more than 20,000 people a year. at least 34 people are believed to be infected in japan. the country's first outbreak of the disease in almost 70 years. the world is losing the battle against ebola, that's the warning from doctors without borders. the presi

we'll ask our world affairs editor john simpson in a few minutes. ♪ eenie. meenie. miney. go.ore adventures await in the seven-passenger lexus gx. see your lexus dealer. >>> fighters from a group in afghanistan have told bbc they are considering joining forces with islamic state formally known as isis and will continue to fight against the afghan government even after nato forces leave afghanistan at the end of this year. a new afghan president was due to be inaugurated today to attend the summit later this week to decide security agreements. june's presidential election remains disputed with to declared winner. john simpson travelled to meet the insurgents in northern afghanistan. >> landscape is beautiful but also dangerous. we drove north seven hours on new roads which thanks to corruption are often breaking up already. this is a war zone. you can plainly seen the battle scars on the police post as we head into the town. it's a prosperous agricultural center active and bustling. there's plenty of nervousness as well. the country side around the taliban and allies are operat

john: like your twitter account background you have bart simpson saying, i will quit blaming common core. >> that has become a whipping boy. neil: but central -- john: but central planning should be a whipping boy. for example all cars have a standard. >> you have come to accept it with cars. >> and food and building codes. >> i'm going to one up your car example, one of my favorite ways to common core henry ford response with model t, you can have any color you like, so long as it is plaque, that is yo blag as you can have any curriculum you want so long as your kid does good on tests. >> one big criticism of common core, central planning, who buys textbooks, who hires teachers in local school districts. john: government. >> be that as it may, federal government is not telling you who should teach your kid in yo local school district. >> the gates foundation is, they set up a committee to riew those textbook to fit, com commn corps. john: you say gates foundation is a scheme with america, that comes with money, the eduecrats accept it. >> in 1833, time was not standardizeed in this coun

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. >> next week, james spader, "from the black list," jessica simpson, and john leguizamo. >> and paulang better to do. >> great to meet you. >>> right now at 11:00, a huge fire at a vacant commercial building and closes a nearby elementary school. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. this was a breaking news story we followed for you this morning. the fire started around 2:30 this morning in west kensington. monique braxton is live at the scene. what's happening there right now? >> reporter: we learned a second school has closed for the school next are closed because of the billowing smoke that continues

simpson. with heer -- her in miami john saxon from nyu.ve a very presentation when she was there in miami. i'm involved in providing scholarship assistance to students who attend school in the united states. i know you have an agricultural program. is there any support your school will do with haiti pertaining to that? guest: we've had historically a program with haiti in food and health and we also have a number of our faculty from the medical schools who are working in haiti , as is permitted, given the current circumstances, but it is important for us to do. we have included haitian students as part of a program, a migrant program. many students from haiti migrated into florida. we have a college achievement migrant program that also is involving students from haiti. i want toident simon, ask about one thing you are involved in, the national security higher education advisory board. what is that? while agowas formed a to be advisory to the director of the cia and the fbi to try to better connect the voices of universities with national

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john kane in the senate. he gets regular families. >>> coming up at 8:00 o'clock you know that jessica simpson man, did she drop her baby weight.ave you seen her legs. >> my goodness. >> they look so strong. magazines is and fellow movie stars are talking about the incredible, transformation. >> how do you get legs like that. >> so, look at them. >> you can see the they look like straight muscle. >> you remember what they looked like before. >> oh, yeah. >> she was fine but man she has really bounce back here. jen, how do you get legs like that. >> here's the first thing, let's say hi to jen first good morning. >> good morning. >> people think what she has going on is a little extreme. you can look like that or just look super fit when it comes to legs. >> exactly. >> we know her because she's ane light instructor at flywheel. that is a good way to incorporate all of this you will begin with don'ts. what are women doing to sabotage themselves when they are trying to make things like that happen. >> first of all don't shy away there heavyweights. when you attempt these heavyweights but don't shy away from the heavier weights. if