jonathan karl in washington bringing does latest. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry went to backed today with a blunt warning for iraqi leaders, telling them if they don't get their acts together and form a united front right now with the country's minority groups to fight the terrorists, the country could fall apart. the u.s. believes the biggest problem is political not military. that iraqi government is so unpopular with the sunni and kurdish minority. they're unwilling to join the fight. the military situation is incredibly grim. 1 out of 3 every iraqi division is deemed unable to fight. they have two airplanes that are capable of firing missiles. they're actually out of missiles. >> all right, jonathan karl, a perilous situation there and keeping track of it for us. >>> the news back in this country tonight, a woman who urged the mormon church to give women a bigger role was excommunicated. abc's mara schiavocampo now. >> reporter: this afternoon, she got the news she was dreading. . the life long mormon excommunicated from the church. punished for ordained women. in th

abc's cheap white house correspondent jonathan karl is standing by and jon, we heard terry point out the president said no american boots on the ground in iraq. what other options are there? >> reporter: he met with his national security team today and he asked for a list of options, including u.s.-led air strikes on militant targets in iraq but even as he asked the military to present the options he made it abundantly clear he will not rush into this, in fact he said he will not order any military action in iraq until the iraqi government first shows a willingness to deal with the political problems that led to this problem in the first place. >> what is the biggest worry in that room about doing nothing? >> reporter: well, the biggest worry is that iraq turns into a breeding ground for terrorist attacks against the u.s. targets, but there is grave concern about world oil supplies. remember, iraq is one of the top oil producers in the world. >> jonathan karl on the story tonight from the white house. our thanks to terry moran again. >>> from the news in iraq we turn now to news here

abc's jonathan karl traveling with the president in paris tonight. >> reporter: president obama is here tonight, on the eve of the big d-day commemoration and so is vladimir putin. the two butting heads over ukraine and while there is so meeting on the schedule -- >> i have no doubt that i'll see mr. putin and he and i have always had a businesslike relationship. >> reporter: businesslike? >> by working together. >> reporter: obama's last few meetings with putin have been ice cold and putin has managed to toss insults hillary clinton in an interview. on french tv. >> reporter: " it's better not to argue with women," putin said, calling mrs. clinton weak and oddly adding, "maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman." to keep obama and putin apart tonight, french president hollande had two separate dinners in paris. first with obama and then later with putin. that's right -- two diners but tomorrow an obama putin encounter is inevitable. senior white house officials telling me they don't expect any beyond a quick conversation. >>> diane was sitting down with hillary clinton with

so there was abc's jonathan karl just the other day turning to dick cheney and asking, "what would you do in iraq?" there wasn't a bit of irony in his voice or in his eyes. >> well, it's an abomination. there's a moral problem here. they're not telling the full truth. and they're presenting themselves, the media, a false image. but i know, as a veteran from the networks, actually, i know exactly what that dynamic is. and you are rewarded for the gets you have. the people you -- big names that -- >> the interview you get. yeah, the -- >> right. and if you rip them to shreds, guess what, they're not going to come on your show. i've noticed that, as mike wallace's producer. >> you've lived in washington how long now? >> boy, wow, it's really scary. 40 years. >> so what did you learn in doing this book over the last nine years that you didn't know? >> well, it's possible i was in danger of becoming cynical before. but i have to say the extent of the lies. i actually didn't realize the pervasiveness. i just thought that occasionally some turkey would lie. i mean -- and but the -- it was the

i want to bring in abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl standing by. you heard martha report there, the white house not ruling out special forces. martha points out it could be dangerous. was this a surprise? >> reporter: it was in this sense, david. we knew the president was likely to send special forces to help train the iraqis but this is a significantly more dangerous mission than had been widely anticipated. three times as many special forces as had been reported. david, they will be embedded as you heard martha regard, with iraqi forces not just in baghdad but also up in northern iraq. the president though faces a real dilemma here. he wants no part of going back into iraq, a war he claims credit for ending, but at the same time this group now taking over parts of iraq poses a real threat as a former ambassador to iraq who served under obama said today this group is more formidable than osama bin laden's al qaeda at the present time of the september 11 attack. >> thanks to you both tonight. >>> we move on here to another developing headline, a gi

abc's jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton's book tour kick-off in new york looked like a campaign rally. many of these people had been waiting in line since yesterday. in her book, her accomplishments as secretary of state -- repairing america's relationships and pushing for human rights. but mrs. clinton has taken heat about the $200 she makes for giving a single speech. >> it has been reported you've made $5 million making speeches. the president's made more than $100 million. >> well, if -- if you -- you have no reason to remember but we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for chelsea's education. you know, it was not easy. >> reporter: that set off something of a fire storm. >> is this the first gasp of 2014. >> she's going to be explaining this one for quite a while. >> reporter: on twitter the #hillaryissopoor went viral. on "gma" this morning mrs. clinton did some damage control. >> let me just clarify that i fully appr

abc's jonathan karl traveling with the president tonight. >> reporter: the president is in europe to flex his muscles on the international stage. >> wii will not accept russia's occupation of crimea or violation of ukraine sovereig y sovereignty. >> but it is this video being seen everywhere. president obama exercising his actual muscles. doing lungs and doing some cardio. along there appear to be hotel guests working out as well. one of u -- them shoot this video including a half selfie. the secret service says there was no security breach. everybody in the hotel was screened and agents were nearby. they keep the president safe. but it is not their job to confiscate cameras or cell phones. secret service points out the president makes unscheduled stops sometimes out to lunch or last month he was on the washington mall surprising tourists. >> john is with us live. is the white house bothered by these pictures? >> reporter: they're a little annoyed these images are out there but not concerned about it. they point out this is something the president has done hundreds of times working o

abc's jonathan karl is traveling with the president. >> reporter: here to talk about defending our allies, the president found himself defending his own decision to strike a deal with the taliban. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever the circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity. >> reporter: but much of what the white house said initially about the deal for sgt. bergdahl now in question. first, there's bergdahl himself. on sunday, the administration portrayed him as something of a hero -- >> he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> reporter: but today, that news the army is investigating him. how about the five taliban released in the deal? just yesterday -- >> the transfer of these detainees did not pose a significant threat to the united states. >> reporter: but today -- >> is there a possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us? absolutely. >> reporter: finally, there's bergdahl's father, growing his beard till his son was freed, clearly willing to do anything to

but first, abc's chief courthouse correspondent jonathan karl is there tonight, traveling with the president. >> reporter: from president obama today, a soaring tribute to the heroes who turned the tide of history 70 years ago. >> these men waged war so that we might know peace. they sacrificed so that we might be free. they fought in hopes of a day when we'd no longer need to fight. >> reporter: all told more than 150,000 allied trooped took part in the d-day invasion. one of the hardest fought and important battles of all time. >> whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. >> reporter: men like cosmo uttero, just 20 when he landed on omaha beach. now returning with his daughter and granddaughter for an emotional first time. general bradley said every man who was here landed on that beach that day is a hero. >> yep. >> reporter: that includes you. >> i'm just thankful to be here, but i never looked at it as being a hero-type thing. you do what you have to do. >> reporter: there are only a handful of photograph

jonathan karl, abc news. >> i'm a little bewildered at the fascination that the president works out.he's a man. that's what you look like when you work out. >> it is impressive he is working out when traveling like that. john kerry's taking a nap. >> you are right about that. >> people were not told they couldn't take photographs and there were people in the gym. and this is an off-the-record thing for the president. >> and it goes with the territory, like the secret service says what are we supposed to do? confiscate it? we are a land of freedom. we don't do that. >> some people are poking fun of him because he yawned and went for a lighter is set of dumbbells. >> like we have never yawned at the gym or gone this is too heavy and go for the lighter ones. >>> how latoya jackson learned to love again after 20 years alone. >>> in the next half hour, if you are thinking of putting a few bucks on a basketball bet, we have a guy you want to meet. his whipping formula coming up here. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >>> classic '80s there from latoya jackson. the fifth of ten children

a short while ago, i spoke with abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. good morning, we know that the president has ruled out sending in american ground troops, what are the options are on the table? and how quickly can they move here? >> the president personally approved of the movement of the aircraft carrier into the persian gulf. that is happening now, the president is looking at a possible range of air strikes, manned and unmanned air strikes over iraq. but i've got to tell you, dan, the president put a serious condition on it, before any u.s. military action, the iraqi government, president malaki, has to put together a plan to solve the political problems that led to this crisis in the first place. they see zero indication that he's moving in that direction. >> he doesn't have any history of reaching out to other groups. the republicans are loudly criticizing the obama administration for pulling out too quickly, back in 2011, are there any voices in the administration who are saying, well, maybe the republicans are right about that? >> they're def

let's bring in jonathan karl. he's co-hosting "this week." later this morning, right here on "gma." right here on abc, rather. the latest reports out of the northern territory are horrifying. stories of crucifixions in one town. at this point, how hard does the administration believe it will be to dislodge these insurgents? >> frankly, dan, they think in terms of the united states going in and dislodging it would be impossible. the view from the administration is, there is no military solution to this. the problem is, as bad as those insurgents are, they have a degree of support in the areas because the government is seen as being so defiantly, so thoroughly anti-sunni. the real problem in iraq is a political problem, not a military problem. >> well, let me get to that. because there are pictures of these shiite militias on the march. don't they want to provoke a sort of faith-fueled civil war here? >> it sure is. they hope to provoke an overreaction or a strong reaction from the shia. this is why the obama administration is doing a difficult thing. which is to reach out to the iran

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc, washington. >> and we'll have much more from jon later in the show. but right now, we want to turn to the former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general james cartwright and colonel steven ganyard, a former f-18 pilot and a former deputy former assistant secretary of state for military affairs. thanks for joining us, gentlemen. general cartwright, i want to start with you. the situation in al qa'im. the border town with syria. this is a serious turn of events. >> it is. it represents the opportunity for isis to establish safe havens and escape pursuit by syrian or iraqi forces should they decide to be able to muster that kind of effort. it also creates the opportunity for isis to move further. to move forces into iraq. they occupy about 300 to 400 kilometers along the euphrates river. they are in a commanding position. this is a defining moment for them if they can hold these positions and lock them down, it is unlikely iraq, as we envisioned it, would ever return. >> and colonel ganyard. about isis. zarkawi, the leader in iraq killed in

options might be, we return to washington and my colleague jonathan karl. jon? >> thank you, martha. i'm told that president obama personally approved the movement of that aircraft carrier the "uss george h.w. bush" into the persian gulf. as the pieces are being put in place to carry out air strikes if the president decides to give that order. remember, he said, there will be no u.s. military action until the iraqi government its polites steps to resolve its political crisis. but there's no indication that is happening. but what options will the president consider? let's bring in our expert, steve ganyard, who has flown combat missions over iraq. steve, tell me, what are the options that are being presented to the president right now? >> we saw the "uss bush," the aircraft carrier, being brought into the persian gulf, it will take some time to come up into the persian gulf. it will give the president some options. that could provide support. >> piloted aircraft dropping bombs. >> we do have unpiloted aircrafts. the drones that are up in turkey and ships out at s

jonathan karl, abc news, paris. >>> d-day ceremonies are getting underway in france.rs. more than 150,000 allied troops, half americans, invaded western europe overwhelming the german forces in an operation that proved to be the turning point in world war ii. >>> back here at home, just as russian president putin was making headlines about hillary clinton, she sat down with our diane sawyer for an exclusive interview. it was a no-holds barred discussion. diane asked everything about her private to public life and her plans for the future. could they include another run for the white house? clinton gave diane her own deadline. when we'll all know whether she's running. >> the interview, diane one-on-one with hillary clinton airs on the eve of clinton's new book, hard choices. it is at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 central here on abc. >>> nancy reagan visited the california grave of her husband who died ten years ago. the former first lady watched as flowers were laid on the head stone. at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley. she was in a wheelchair because

jonathan karl, abc news, warsaw. >>> away from the serious issues addressed by the president and hishn kerry. apparent case of jet lag. cameras catching kerry dozing off during mr. obama's news conference yesterday. in a tweet later, kerry called it "just a really long blink." . like it. can't say the president isn't pumped up to be overseas. check him out working out with dumbbells inside of his hotel in warsaw. today mr. obama will travel to brussels. >>> to north carolina where the former mayor of charlotte could face 20 years in prison on corruption charges. patrick cannon pled guilty in federal court. he's accused of accepting thousands of dollars in cash and airline tickets from undercover federal agents posing as businessmen. he held the mayor's job less than six months. >>> a new york man now faces hate crime charges in connection with the assault on donald sterling's former girlfriend v. stiviano. dominick diorio was taken in to custody yesterday and faces several other charges, as well. v. stiviano said that he and another man used racial slurs and attacked her on sunday ni

jonathan, going to karl rove because i can't not talk about karl rove when i talk about hillary clintonof obsession! so there was a "washington post"/abc news poll which showed two-thirds of americans do not approve of him raising questions about her age. i think we have a graphic. the question that i want to ask you to that point is, isn't there -- so, yes, they are obsessed. maybe they are right to be obsessed, but at this point is it maybe too early to be this obsessed? there is a chance it could swing back and actually hurt them. >> this is something that political operatives really understand. they can throw as much mud as they want and it can be awful for them personally and they're not on the ballot. so hillary clinton's on the ballot. if he can just tail her down just a little bit, it doesn't matter what it does to his reputation which is already not exactly great with most of the american public. so i think that's what's going on here. they're trying to drag her into politics and they succeeded. it was the first time i've seen the clinton people respond to an attack on her dire

let me start with karl higby and jonathan, both of you former navy seals. both of you fought on the ground. are we seeing the rise of radical islam in a way that's worse than what we saw after 9/11? >> absolutely. what happened in 9/11 was a build-up of a long time, but now we've gone into those countries, made even more people angry by fighting the war on their terms and wishy washy policies between two president sis. i think we're going to see an even steeper rise in violence because of it. >> we call it radical. the reality is we should call it for what it is. it's not necessarily terrorism. it's not necessarily radical. it is a global movement called the caliphate. when we fight these skirmishes, and create a vacuum and we basically do the dirty work for these really, really bad people who want to go and change the way the face of the globe. >> it's interesting, general petraeus said this week that we can't become the air force from one side over the other. >> but where we've created the vacuum, but now have to go back in and seal that vacuum. >> mike g

jonathan, i'd like you to help me out here when you look at the main challenge, this idea of karl rove's, take a listen -- i'm going to read here -- her response in "people" magazine to this idea that she has a brain concussion, because it's such an unbelievably skilled response the way she has done it. we should break down what she said and what she means. so, tell me if i've got this interpretation wrong. line one, the question of whether she has a concussion, whether it's still affects her, at the inauguration for president obama's second term, i was standing with paul ryan, so the translation here is, i'm an obama supporter but i know real conservatives, in fact i can work with the other side of the aisle, right, jonathan? >> uh-huh, right. >> second line, i said, congressman, i read that you're a great athlete. have you ever had a concussion? oh, yeah, three at least. no one's questioning -- this is really the translation -- no one's questioning paul ryan's health when he ran for vp, why are you questioning me, right? >> exactly. >> two sentences, two punches. third line, i said, wh

jonathan, a race where a lot of races came in. crossroads of the karl -- made a donation for another superpact there saying we are pulling out and not involved in this primary any more. a key member of establishment one of the groups helping out there. he called this a drive-by shooting. a public drive-by shooting by crossroads. will those groups now go after mcdaniel knowing that the price could be, if he wins, that they help the democrats in november? >> that is the big question looming over this runoff. which of the groups on both sides play, how aggressively do they play? the fact crossroads did that yesterday didn't tweak other members of the republican establishment and seen this unnecessary in the moment, in the hours after the primary. what i am fascinated by in mississippi was my reporting yesterday is it's very clear that the cochran campaign will turn this into a minigeneral election and they now saying we don't care if you're black or white. the comment in mississippi speaks volumes because that state is 37% african-americans and they are go