paying respects to the late king and speaking with the kingdom's new king. the 4-hour trip after president obama cut short a trip to india. the u.s. has a long history with saudi arabia, but changes lay ahead: the official u.s. delegation ipp cruded james baker and condoleezza rice and john mcgain. president obama's stop over was brief, underscoring the saudi arabia relation-to the united states as the u.s. confronts i.s.i.l., iraq and syria, and deals with rivalries, conflicts and instability in the region, including in yemen. >>> this time on "inside story", the death of a king and the succession of another, a look at u.s. ties. let's start with senior washington correspondent mike viqueira, welcome back to "inside story". you know, the president and presidential face time is a very coveted resource. there's a new power on the scene, narendra modi - why did he cut short his visit. >> symbolism, appearances and substance. it's a measure of the economic importance of saudi arabia. a country that president obama described as a key to a complicated group of na

perhaps these stelae depicted not gods, but kings, maya kings on their ascent to power. might the glyphs have recorded their births and ascent to the throne ? proskouriakoff carefully charted these dates. then she theorized that as each new ruler was seated the previous ruler had died. from the birth of one ruler to the ascent of the next, f dates never exceeded a human lifetime. clearly, this is not a portrait of a god, but of a young king on a throne. from below he is watched by a woman -- perhaps his wife or mother. for the first time the glyphs were revealing maya history. stuart: somebody came up and said "you hear that tatiana is working on a dynasty, "a king list from piedras negras ?" and everybody went, "oh, come on, this just can't be true." and i remember that vividly. and then i remember afterwards when the publication came out, how clear it all looked. it was as if we only had a hint of what the maya were. we thought they were astronomers and priests. and then all of a sudden the glass is wiped clean and there are people looking through. there are kings and

the king says he, too was angry. in a message he recorded in washington he made this vow. >> in these difficult moments it is the duty of the sons and daughters of jordan to stand together and show the meddle of the jordanian people. >> the top military spokesperson takes it further. >> his blood will not be wasted and the punishment of those who assassinated moaz will be swift. >> the king is under enormous pressure. this something he will feel personally and emotionally. >> howwill he respond? their solve and commitment will not change. as for its options, jordan could step up its involvement in the military coalition against isis could increase its already impressive intelligence network inside iraq and syria but jordan also holds a few prisoners. >> they could, in fact step up the executions of others that they have arrested or found people who supported the islamic state and speed up those trials. >> the jordanian official we spoke with could not confirm or deny reports that jordan as revenge for the murder will

but i think many people have perceived king abdullah in jordan to be a weak king, a soft king, and smnl likes to spend more time in washington than jordan. this may be his moment where he rises to the occasion and he begins to demonstrate a kind of resolve and behavior that reminds people of king hue said of jordan who was such a key vital nimble fixture in middle eastern politics. i think this could well be a transition point for the kingdom and i think if the king and his advisers use this moment to rally the world, to recognize that jordan has played this extraordinary role taking in the region's refugees for years, and that it's reached a certain breaking point and they could turn that around and at the same time join -- i think there's an anger, a palpable anger that the qatar foreign minister was in washington yesterday, met john kerry, the two of them released a statement talking about the de delegitimization of isis the fight against isis the efts to defund and cut off the funding sources for isis. that only works if every sivenl one of these governments has deep, deep resolve t

i think it could come down to the king's favor. >> so it puts king abdullah in the position to say toeople, say to his country, i tried everything that i could to get that pilot back but look who i was dealing with. >> exactly. and i -- i've heard experts say and i don't pretend to be an expert on this but the burning of the body was particularly offensive so that that is just another step in isis potentially infuriating i think in particular the jordanians. now, perhaps to those who are sick-minded and inspired by a brutal, horrific video somewhere in the west to other potential followers, this could be a successful propaganda tactic, but in jordan this is a very prominent family. this was a highly respected pilot, a young man, recently married, was going to start his own family. i think the jordanian national identity was very tied up in humidity r him and that this is backfire. >> andrea, do we have indications that the islamic state knew who this pilot was, who he was in jordanian society? >> oh, absolutely. completely sophisticated. and wired. i'm so struck by these stories that

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we have seen the fracture lines happen but like king abdullah, and i call him the warrior king, becauseunderstands both sides, but he brings a calmness to it, and he has the measured responses, and right now, there is a unity within jordan and when he lands, you will see king abdullah to be a warrior king to push the unity of the country. >> and the domestic intelligence says that isis is brutal and unforgiving and efficient, and what is going on right now? crackdowns and sweeps in those areas of where there is pockets of support for isis? >> i will go first,r and absolutely they are cracking down just like we saw in france and several of the european countries. it is happening in a lot of areas, and they won't put up with the terrorist activity or coordination in the country. and jim is familiar with this from the the background, but there is going to be a great deal more terrorist sharing with the coalition and it is critical with jordan to have more sources within syria to help the targeting of the coalition forces. so it is going to be extremely beneficial and helpful to the coaliti

you spoke to the king today. tell us about that conversation through the prism that you believe that america has to be willing to put boots on the ground? in what capacity and what did the king say? >> you know, basically he arctic cue latd it is a water between islam and islam. but we can as their alie provide substantial assistance. that's fuel, weapons, and expertise. it takes people with skills, especially forces to direct our air to the right targets. it takes blocking forces. it takes embedded you know, soldiers. so u.s. needs to take the lead in providing the support necessary for the tribes, the kurds. >> so the king is right though, the king is saying without america's expertise and technology, not necessary boots on the ground in battle without us providing that support being we can't push them back from that territory of the map i just showed? >> well, immediately we need to provide fuel, bombs, weaponry and assistance, targeting data. it's very difficult to find targeting data when you don't have boot

this king different than the president. this is a warrior king. this is a man who knows the felt recoil of a rifle. >> he is special forces himself. >> he is himself u.s. trained special forces and the relationship between the united states and jordan is key in this and the resources that i think he is here tonight to get there is difference between being a commander and chief and doing a commander and chief. there is a difference between being and doing. and king abdullah is being the commander and chief and a leader. >> but, you can only do as well with as the resources you have. talk about retribution. retribution can be executing that woman tomorrow morning. you know because that's who -- that's retribution. you got one of owrsz, we got one of your. isis needs to be destroyed. so and can jordan do that alone? and can they do it with just a little help from the united states, a few planes here a few bombs there whatever. are they going to get the full force of the united states? >> i think they are going to get by with a little help from their

king abdullah is scheduled to arrive any minute. you can see these images. clearly a nation right now, jordan is united in mourning for the death, for the brutal execution of mu'ath al kaseasbeh kaseasbeh, but also perhaps galvanized in their opposition to isis. what will that do in the battle against these islamic terrorists going forward? that remains to be seen. but right now you can see people gathered waiting for king abdullah to arrive back in amman. we will bring it to you when it comes. becky anderson thanks for being with us. >>> the murder of that pilot and the way he was murdered prompting shock and outrage across the region and around the world. as you can see in those pictures and the isis propaganda video is certainly a clear effort to rally new fighters to syria and iraq where the terror group has launched a new attack against the city of kirkuk. iraqi kurdish peshmerga forces fighting back trying to stop this isis advance. standing by live for us just miles from the front line in that fight is international correspon

he is the 53-year-old son of king hussein. he ascended to the throne on february 7th 1999, educated at deerfield academy, sandhearst and oxford as well as georgetown university. he demanded jordan's special forces and is a cobra attack helicopter pilot. >> retribution. he said there will be retribution from this. he actually even referenced unforgiven, the clint eastwood movie. they're going to increase people on the ground get more arab countries with them now and hopefully they will lead from the front and crush isis. i think that's what's happened here, at least that is what the king said that they're going to do. >> reporter: as of february 2nd of the 2,264 air strikes carried out against isis, the u.s. has conducted 81% of the strikes in iraq and syria. the arab members of the coalition have conducted just 19% of the air strikes according to centcom figures. the united states pledged aid to jordan. the king wants more military aid. >> in the short term he needs help. he intends to push back against isis, but he needs more

abdullah, and his father king hussain.ordan supported the mission in afghanistan with military field hospitals and provided support for military training in iraq and training for anti-i.s.i.l. forces. joining us for the rest of the programme, christopher, a professor of security studies at georgetown university, and director. center for middle east and public policy at the rand corporation. let me start with you, you heard general about the break. basically say that jordanian society is united top to bottom. are the pictures that we are seeing on television coming from imran khan, and people that support the king and the counter order in jordan. is there more to the story than meets the eye? >> i think that there was. right now it's understandable. there's a ground as well of support for the king and unity in jordan. i think in the near term we are going to see growing sentiment opposed to i.s.i.s., as we saw in 2005, in jordan, when there were attacks by al qaeda. the question is where will this lead, because there's host

king and lbj was that dr. king wanted the voting rights act passed now, and lbj was not yet because of political considerations. is that accurate? is that something that you have seen that that was the conflict or the tension? >> the movie compresses that. it makes johnson seemed to be the villain, him saying no, i have to do this first. johnson did tell dr. king in january of 1965 that he wanted to do his great society programs first, and he wanted to do them in the first 90 days. let's not wait, let's get this done. then he said he would take up voting rights. but by mid-february, had come around because of the demonstrations in selma. it was between february and the time he gave that speech you saw in mid-march, he was preparing in conversations regularly with his attorney general, which you can find online, to make that speech. at one point he tells his attorney general i guess i was wrong on that. i should have come out for that sooner. >> it's interesting that this whole period we are talking about, bill

king abdullah does not run for re-election.e does have to be careful about the support among the people. so how would that relate to the position in the united states? >> i think jordan and king hussein and fundamentally the kind of instability issues you're talking about, the way that the king makes things move is dealing with as in many of these governments, balancing positions to the various tribes and trying to sort of modernize their government and move it forward in a way that their people feel that they are getting a fair shake from the political system. jordan has long had a problem and, frankly, many think a worsening problem in corruption and the question about competence of government and i think that the king has not made as much headway on those issues as many would like. but when it comes to the partnership and alliance with the united states i think that jordan for a long time and in part because it along with egypt, has had peace with israel and is unique in the region. they've also been exposed to the modernity

king, there are two things you can do for me. one, find the worst example you can of voter intimidation, and get it in the papers, he says. get it on the tv. the other thing is, help me get my other legislation passed. if you have seen the movie "selma," it paints the president's role as a little bit more of a villain than the phone calls will. >> help us remind people how pervasive, how numerous the barriers to voter registration were for black citizens in the south. >> i'm not sure how many have seen the movie. what you see is a quintessential example of what it was like throughout the south. i was a part of the mississippi movement of sncc. in the movie you will see that sncc had been in selma, as it had been in other parts of the south for a long time, and when things got to the point where it looks like there was going to be action, often the sclc, king's organization, or any organization would come in. it's important to know here -- we're talking 1965. we really need to see this in context. that march essentially produced t

and it isn't clear what they're encouraging king abdullah to do. >> if you're king abdullah and you'veseen this tragedy befall his nation, you now have an opportunity. the number of people who are sympathetic to the cause of stamping out isis has increased if only for a matter of days, weeks or months. we have no way to know. i wonder your thoughts on whether he might use this opportunity to move forward in a way he wouldn't be able to a couple of days ago. >> well watching the media, the thing they've been struck by is how many groups that had not necessarily been hostile or pro-isis are now all hostile and anti-isis right now. i mean there's a lot of groups including the muslim brotherhood who are not traditionally seen as -- they're traditionally lumped in with isis. they've come out in strong terms against this murder. and against isis. and that gives the king a lot of leeway to do things he may not have been able to do against isis in part of this coalition against isis that he probably couldn't do a week ago, he may be able to do going forward. >> there's been a lot of speculatio

as we saw video there, and tell aus bt the king?m a big fan. he is a special forces operator and very well trained. i was fortunate to train with him in the mid-1980s, and he is a warrior king. at the same time i have been impressed with the way he is able to lead in that tribal a area of jordan and his ability to bring calm to his people. i have always been impressed with him, and like i said he is a warrior king and i think that we will see him rising to the top, and literally could become a major player in the coalition, because of the prowess nessness and leadership to the tab. >> what do you mean by warrior king when you say that? >> well you know you look to the other senior leaders of the countries involved and he is actually a former military officer, and he commanded the special forces in jordan and he is a 71st, you know, their delta tier i equivalent operator and a guy who has been on the ground, and he knows the soldiers and the people in the armed forces, and he has a great, you know, relationship with the armed forces

the king, king abdullah, is here in washington. the foreign minister is here in washington. i assume they're both anxious to get back to jordan and take charge. >> well absolutely because this is a major test as we all know and we've all been saying. jordan has stood squarely with the united states and the western coalition against terrorism and particularly against isis. the test now for the king is will he make a national speech will he make a national address, to try to convince his people that it's more dangerous not to take them on than it is to take them on? if he doesn't take them on they will come into jordan's backyard. if you look around on the isis websites and all the rest of it and listen to their designs, they have designs on jordan. al qaeda has already, as we remember 2005 done a huge attack inside jordan. that woman, sajida was part of it. they killed more than 60 people at three hotels. so they have a lot of experience with terrorism. they know the terrible destabilization that the war in syria has created, massive amounts of refugees. and it's very very un

king abdullah has joined the coalition.ou have al cici confronting imams saying they've got to do a better job of taking back their religion. they're probably risking their lives by doing so. so my question to you is, very clearly, does it have to start there? >> it does. and there are several elements of power economic diplomatic military, et cetera. this is where diplomatic power really comes into play. and so we need state department we need the president, we need all elements of power coming to bear against those arab nations, in that region that are not part of this coalition, that are not taking the lead as you say. and that's the importance of jordan, they're 95% sunni muslim. and frankly, isis is 100% sunni muslim. and that is the beauty what king abdullah did, by taking a leadership position, he's leading sunni muslims against sunni muslims and leading by example. saudi arabia needs do that. all of the arab nations in that area need to do that. sort of like secretary baker did for the first gulf war. that kind of c

>> the president acting more like king obama. >> acting more like a king.resident obama is on a mission to protect the image of islam. >> interested in the qur'an first and the constitution second. >> jon: i thought you liked that! it's not like we didn't know that about obama! it was his campaign slogan! (laughter) apparently they're upset obama is not doing as much as abdullah to attack i.s.i.s. even though the united states has been responsible for over 80% of the airstrikes against i.s.i.s. they ignore that even when that fact is spelled out directly next to their face. >> he needs to stand up, be courageous. >> it doesn't seem like he really want to do that. i'm just being frank. >> jon: they won't even turn their heads to the left! it's amazing! just out of curiosity, what is the difference between these two powerful muslim kings both bombing i.s.i.s.? >> abdullah is commander-in-chief of the jordanian air force. picture of him in fatigues are pictured observe a jordanian facebook account. >> he is projecting this image on social media of here's a guy

king was an extraordinary guy. i knew king. i called him. let me give you a couple of examples. watts, terrible riots in watts. a week after we had the voting rights act signed. the president said to me, call king. call whitney young. tell them to get to watts and help us. get his people to help us. >> he did. >> detroit, riots in 1967. call king. call whitney young. call this black leader or that black leader. they did. >> roy wilkins. >> the night king was killed, he had me calling the black leaders to get them to the white house. he said, call dr. king's father and we will fly him up. he said, i cannot. i am not up to it. i said the president asked me to say, he wants god to bless you in this difficult time. dr. king's father said, tell the president, god bless him. he will need god's blessing more than anybody else. >> the idea of his legacy. are you satisfied that somehow there has come today the reconsideration so the domestic achievement is there? when you look at the totality of a life, it is viewed with as much weight as the criticism for vietnam is viewed? >> that is a

speaker: king county? speaker: king county, washington. speaker: so these groups have a presence in the bay area already? speaker: yes. speaker: so then the city having collected the contact information and notified the pharmaceutical companies all over the world, is the city in a position then to suggest to the pharmaceutical companies who are located miles away, how they might take a step toward implementing this or do these potential coalition organizations reach out to those companies? speaker: it could be either. i know both king county and alameda county posted the names and contact information on their websites and they receive many calls as a result of the letters. speaker: so legally it's okay for the city -- if you send a notice to zip a flap drug company in ziric and we say we have an ordinance and you're responsible for helping getting rid of your drugs that people don't take, we suggest you contact return meds. speaker: we wouldn't say suggest, but we know these organizations are providing this type of service. speaker: so the

just not the king. include jordanian troops? i can tell that you unless there is a u.s. ground operation against isis, there will probably be no jordanian ground operation. also there has to be a wider area of ground operation with countries from saudi arabia and kuwait and the uae. right now we're not hearing any reports of those countries want to go commit ground troops to fighting isis. this for the foreseeable future will be an intelligence gathering and an air military campaign against isis. not a ground operation. back to you. >> all right. conner powell live in jordan with the very latest where they are the people of jordan are rallying around the king. >> the kurds are on the ground. so we know they're fighting for their lives and their own property. they've gotten 1% of the land back that they got kobani. >> yesterday the uae is out until they get a better rescue vehicle to get out of there in case a plane happens to go down. >> they think it's too risky. you just saw the pictures of jordan's k

what happens to martin luther king jr.? he gets sanitized and sterilized because that much black glove and fire is always a threat to america. americas misunderstands black rage as always being connected to revenge. it can be connected to black love. this is what love looks like in public tenderness is what feels like in private. he was a tender man too just like malcolm. he was a sweet man. but he had a deep commitment to justice. when he died 72% of americans disapproved of him. 55% of black people disapprove of martin when he died. everybody loves him now that the worms got him. the fbi said he was the most dangerous man in america. how come? so much love. so much fire. why was that he was unpopular at the end? a critique of empire, the greatest purveyor of violence in the world he was telling the truth, vietnam, trying to organize all poor people beyond civil rights, adding human-rights, and talked about in 64 going to the united nations, bringing america to try for the violation of human rights of black people. that is

we'll see if the king can figure out what to do and how quickly. >> now king abdullah in jordan seems to be doubling down on participation in terms of the coalition. at the same time the united arab emirates they have now halted their air strikes against isis. they seem to be pulling back in maybe fear of retribution or retaliation. >> interesting that we learned about that today when actually along with in the course of this reporting we found out that actually the uae, united arab emirates had stopped their participation in the air strikes way back in december. so that was a sort of leak that came out today at the same time the jordanians were talking about increasing their efforts. the words of the jordanians today were extremely strong. when king abdullah was leaving the united states yesterday a taped message played here in the kingdom while he was in the air the words were strong and reactions were strong. there were questions what would happen on this day, wednesday is a very busy day, normally on a wednesday night rush hour time it would be packed but instead a lot of people s

so very strong words from the king. what will happen next? a lot of that depends not only on the coalition and what kind of air strikes, for example are coming up next but also what kind of support king abdullah can get from the prominent families and tribes in jordan. it is likely the king will be visiting that family in the town of karak very soon. that is in part not only to offer condolences but to get the support to carry out that earth-shattering response he has promised to deliver. >> we did see the crowds lining up in the streets in jordan as king abdullah's motorcade passed by. this time yesterday, he was here in washington. he cut short his visit for understandable reasons, to get back to jordan asap. what does all of this mean for him? i assume his position has been strengthened. >> reporter: his position has been strengthened for now. but that could still change in the days to come because let's remember public opinion was divided in the lead-up to this. there are a number of for example, jordanian citizens that have gone to fight

as you mentioned, the king, king abdullah, of jordan is currently in washington, d.c. and also high-level delegation of jordanian officials there. we have not heard from them here in jordan or in the united states yet. but, of course, a lot of people, we're starting to see a lot of reaction from jordanians on social media. this pilot, this man was seen as a national hero by so many jordanians. his capture really was a shock to many jordanians. many in this country really took on this campaign calling for his freedom. and a hashtag that appeared on social media, we are all moaz, that so many jordanians, including the queen of jordan tweeted at some point. this is going to be devastating news for his family who we have been speaking to over the past couple of weeks. and they really have been hanging onto the hope that their son is alive, that he is going to come home. and many jordanians that we've spoken to in the past few days say that they are praying and they hope that he will make it back home. now, of course, the difficult situation here is the one that the governm

with us. >> a lot of people i know that are quite close to the late king adbullah, said the king could not stand president obama. >> jon: oh! i get it because the president's a muslim-- oh no that couldn't be it. ( laughter ) i don't know why they didn't like each other. so why, gene, was the president so eager to go mourn this fella? >> the source of the king's wealth and power-- oil, of course,-- a fifth of the world's reserves, and it was largely king adbullah who dramatically drove down the price of oil and with it, the cost of american gasoline. >> jon: i can't stay mad at you. laugh lawch ( applause ) >> jon: hey, i know what, then? that makes this whole thing seem like craven self-interest on america's part. nothing could be further from the truth. that's not us. this is not about whether saudi arabia is really allies with us or if they hate us or whose human rights record is abusier. it's solidarity. like france this month, the unity march, we dropped everything to champion freedom in the face of terrorism. >> president obama was a no-show at yesterday's rally in paris and didn

king gave a speech beyond vietnam. called america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today and talked about what he called the triple threat facing our democracy. the triple threat, racism, poverty and militarism. racism, poverty and militarism. 50 years later the same triple threat facing this country racism poverty and military and. king was right but when he made that comment and called america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, the next day everything and everybody turned on him. the media turned on him. i don't mean fox news. they weren't around. i'm in the liberal media, new york times, washington post, time magazine, the media turned on him and the white house turned on him. he and johnson worked together to pass the voting rights act, the civil rights act, a lot of debate about this movie selma and how johnson is portrayed but he and johnson were to get it to pass a seminal piece of legislation but the white house turned against him for being so aggressive against the president and his

king was an extraordinary guy. you know i knew king. i called him -- can let me give you a couple of examples. watts terrible, terrible riots in watts. just a week after we had the civil rights act passed -- we had the voting rights signed the president said to me call king, call whitney young, tell him please get to watts and help us or get his people to watts and help us. he did. we had riots in detroit in 1967 -- call king, call whitney young this black leader, that black leader, and they did! they did! >> charlie: roy wilkins and all of them. >> roy wilkins and all them. the night king was killed, the president had me calling the black leaders and get them to the white house next day. he said, call dr. king's father and tell him we'll fly him up. i called dr. king's father and he said, i just can't i'm not up to it. i said the president had told me to tell you he wants god to bless you in this difficult time and dr. king's father said joe, tell the president god bless him he's going to need god's blessing more than anybody else. >>

the king of jordan has a unique road here. a direct descendent of the prophet muhammad. if he were to take that historical authority and wait and say this is a travesty of the religion i think it would carry weight not just in jordan but the entire arab world. >> we were just playing some of the video of people amassing in amman now, yelling, calling for revenge. what do you think revenge will look like? >> almost certainly, you know, redoubled efforts in the air campaign perhaps some special operations. look as i said they're battling isis anyway. this gives them greater public legitimacy and credibility. i think it's important to point that out this may not be such a smart move. isis may have won a kind of propaganda in the sense they've startled us all and may have gotten some recruits, some de demented people. most people's reaction will be the opposite. >> going to play some video, back on christmas day. take a listen. >> translator: he is now in the hands of islamic state fighters and i do not want to describe him as a h

king abdullah in washington, d.c. cut his visit short due to the pilot's death. keir simons is in jordan talk about the confirmation that the pilot has been killed? >> reporter: there was tension in jordan over what happened to their pilot. his family have been raising a deep concerns about what they feet were not enough being done to secure his release. as you mentioned, joy, now there are protests in amman, jordan. the officials there are swearing revenge for his death. and there are reports that three prisoners who were to be -- jordan has planned to be possibly used in exchange for their pilot to be handed over to isis they have now been transferred to a prison and they may be executed tonight if king abdullah of jordan gives his permission. so there is a swift reaction. and part of that joy, is because of the real concerns about how the jordanian people will react to this how the pilot's family will react. this is a 26-year-old young man flying a jordanian f-16 over sear and he crashes over the strong hold of isis and fell into the hands of isis. there were

maybe president obama should noll king abdullah's lead and get on it. to at least show the rest of the world that he might ultimately degrade and defeat isis, his words. right now the u.s. is working to free an american woman being held hostage by isis. here's what we know about her. she's a 26-year-old aid worker. her family and government firms have asked that her name not be made public for her own safety. she was reportedly kidnapped in syria back in august of 2013 with a group of other aid workers. the others had been released. she was there helping with terrorism release effort. this week obama said his administration is deploying all assets to find her. >> the latest isis video. jordan already acting on that revenge for what's been done, killing those two terrorists, but also as other tribes and nations show their support for jordan, we are learning one key member the united arab emirates backed out of the u.s.-led coalition in september. what do you make of that breaking news right now that we're just finding out that the uae, apparently has bac