. >> he is a crazy man has the obsession of a free kurdistan, because between free kurdistan and a trial strirt, trial strir rat, he plays with fire, he makes the choice of islamic state, over a free kurdistan. >> what we know is that kurdistan is probably the very modern, the very example of this moderate islam, secular, preaching equality between women and men, that we are looking for everywhere, it is here, this moderate islam is incarnated by this kurdish resistance. so to erdogan this is probably a danger. >> rose: we conclude with the most famous chef in italy, massimo bottura, his new book is called never trust a skinny italian chef. >> i was at the institute of america, give a speech to this young cooks and i said, guys, remember one thing, you always have to have to be a great chef, you always have to have great ingredients in your backpack, you have to travel and get contaminated in a wide way, because you will never, ever forget about where you come from, but you have to have three ingredients, humility, passion and dream. >> rose: paul krugman, bernard-henri levy, and massimo

, will they keep it as part of kurdistan? >> they will keep it for kurdistan, and they will not kick any people out.. >> does it seem unrealistic to maintain a policy of one iraq? >> iraq should be divided into three regions. we had a good example when maliki governed for eight years. there were more killings. sunnis and shiites cannot live together. >> before the battle even begins, factions that are allied against isil are already struggling over who will take control of each city. the peshmerga and the iraqi army can't agree on who will hold on to jalawla if it's recaptured. so the attack on the city is on hold for now. >> we have an argument about jawlawla _ who will control jalawla after we take it from isil guys. >> is this crisis an opportunity for the kurds to extend their borders? >> yes. it is a great opportunity. >> as the peshmerga and shia militias pursue their own agendas, their alliance is threatening to unravel. and it's unlikely to extend beyond the battle against the islamic state. >> these are two different

he makes the choice of islamic state against free kurdistan.hat we know is that kurdistan is probably the very model, the very example of moderate islam. secular, preaching equality between women and men, which we are looking for everywhere -- it is here. this moderate islam is incarnated by this kurdish resistance. for mr. erdogan, this is probably a danger. >> do you think iraq will remain unified state, or will it break into kurdistan and unified sunni and shia states? >> there is a possibility it breaks, but also a possibility of great diplomacy led by america, which would consist in saying to the kurds, we help you in a consistent way, in a solid way, but one condition is you maintain the regional balance. that you do not break the borders. this is the deal which america and europe could do. we come to your rescue, we save kobani, we save your families and your homes, but we do not touch the borders in the area. but let's try. obama, hollande, european union, america -- i don't know. we need for that imagination and courage. >> you also ne

>> kurdistan regional government can.d -- the kurdish peshmerga have not received any weapon. the only delivered to iraqi government. and in fact, speaking of training the syrian rebel, most of those are isis and they're condemning american air strikes. in fact, they're supporting isis to have kobani fall. so the kurds are the boots on the ground. they're ready to receive this weapon. but no weapon has been transferred to them and the united states is not helping. turkey is not helping. turkey is helping isis and taking their injured, getting treated in hospital and a lot of the web site operate from turkey. turkey is not an honest broker. >> of course we have the u.s. air strikes. turkey did announce today that they will train 3,000 of these syrian rebels on their ground. is that enough or are you afraid they'll have kurdish blood on his hands and he is at fault if kobani falls and the islamists take a huge victory there? >> the issue is fundamentally iraq, iran, turkey, all of them, the gulf petro state. they want to us

so we'll see what message we receive tomorrow. >>> well, who are the pkk, the kurdistan workers partyey have confirmed that its southeastern positions have been hit by turkish war a planes. this is the first significant attack against the pkk since the peace process started two years ago. they fought against the turkish government for around 30 years. it wants more autonomy for the kurdish minority within turkey's borders. but in early 2013 a ceasefire was declared and the pkk withdrew its fighter s to the kurdistan region of northern iraq. bernard smith has the latest. >> reporter: the p kk has confirmed it was on the receiving end of air strikes from the turkish military. it says two bases were attacked although no one was killed. the turkish military says those attacks were in retaliation for pkk attacks on a turkish border post along the iraq, syria border. the back story to this is the acting leader of the pkk said a few days ago that the peace process with turkey is effectively over. he blamed that on turkish military build up along the border, and the heavy handing of protester

facility with kurdish peshawar soldiers and members of the political party, the patriotic union of kurdistan. it's evidence of how bloody the battle of i.s.i.l. is. not just in diarticle yes, out -- diyala, but across iraq. this is the neighbourhood. in the early evening two parked car bombs ripped through a busy marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chance. 38 killed, 68 injured. >> a car bomb exploded at the checkpoint killing and wounding several poem. my son was injured and now is in hospital. this is his vehicle damaged in the attack. >> residents take a look at what is left. twisted metal and burnt out vehicles proving how powerful the bomb was. baghdad faced daily bombings, and the city was increasing and dividing with people afraid to

karwan zebani, thank you for the update about kurdistan and iraq? >> good to be with you. >>> with more stories from around the world. . >> we again in yemen where despite a cease-fire agreement, nearlying 70 people were killed in a pair of attacks, a warning some of the images we are about to show may be disturbing. at least 40 people were killed in the country's capitol sanaa when a suicide bomber debt detonated. shortly after that attack, a car rapidly into a security post killing at least 20 solids. all of this comes a day after militants stormed government buildings in sanaa killing at least 29 people. sunni militants including groups linked to al-qaeda are believed to be behind this latest round of violence after shiia rebels took control of the capitol more than two weeks ago. next, we head to washington, d.c. where a new report from the washington post says the white house tried to cover up some of the columbian secret service scandal in 2012 that saw nine agent did lose their jobs. twelve agents reportedly brought prostitutes to their room

uniteda special relationship with kurdistan. >> there's a u.s. consulate in erbil... >> kurdistan is the silver lining of iraq. a trillion dollars' worth of global energy companies: total, chevron, exxon and gazprom neft are invested in kurdistan. >> smith: it was the threat to erbil that prompted the u.s. administration to finally intervene. >> the trigger was the threat to u.s. facilities in erbil. that was the start of the air campaign. >> smith: but the u.s. signaled to iraqis that more assistance would come only if maliki resigned. a week later, maliki stepped aside and the u.s. airstrikes stepped up. (explosions) isis responded by releasing this video. >> this is james wright foley, an american citizen of your country. >> smith: it was just one of many horrific videos they proudly shared. >> they knew how to use the social media. they knew how to promote themselves as the only reliable global jihadi movement. >> the fighting has just begun. >> and you have thousands of foreign fighters who truly believe in this criminal behavior. >> this kind of bloodlust is psychosis. there's

. ♪ well, turkish war planes head kurdistan workers and this is the first significant operation againstkk since the launch of a peace process two years ago. while the pkk is a kurdish military organization that fought an almost 30-year battle against the turkish government it wants autonomy in turkey but 2030 they went to the kurdistan region of northern iraq. the iraqi government meanwhile accused of allowing war crimes to happen in the fight against islamic state in iraq and lavant and amnesty international say groups with government backing are using guise of fighting terrorism to make revenge attack on sunni and sierra armed groups have carried out what it calls execution style killings and families paying 10s of thousands in ran some and once the money is handed over many hostages are still killed and the crimes are fueling a dangerous cycle with sierra fighters exempt from punishment. my rack cherokees escaping the fighting against isil but still don't feel safe because there is no unification among the forces supposed to protect them and we report now from kurkook and many soon n

they've bought oil from the kurds in iraqi kurdistan. these are the kurds they can have at least a relationship with. the fact that they are helping the peshmerga fighters does not mean turkey is about to turn around and let the kurdistan workers party, the so-called pkk also cross the border, but they've also been wanting to do so, and that is not about to happen. turkeys made it very clear that is a different group of kurds in its mind, terrorists, as opposed to the iraqi kurds, with whom turkey can do business and have relations. >> pertaining to the situation in kobane, they just received these weapons drops provided by the united states. the move by turkey to allow fighters from iraq into the serious -- into the kurdish enclave in syria -- what kind of impact will this have? is it the turning point? >> the u.s. itself has said it will help. they have been grateful for the medical supplies provided by the drops. the was -- u.s. said they don't think one drop will change the entire dynamic of the campaign. with a few ups and downs, a

there were rumors when iraqi kurdistan, but that does not appear to have gone through, either -- there were rumors with iraqi kurdistan, but that does not appear to have gone through, either. >> more than 4000 people have now died in the ebola epidemic. as global fear grows, the u.k. has followed the u.s.'s lead and introduced tighter entry controls at a number of its airports. >> in spain, seven more people are being carefully monitored and in isolation right now. separately, the body of a british man who died in macedonia on thursday after displaying ebola-like symptoms is being tested for the deadly virus. the hotel where he was staying has been sealed off. the staff and another british citizen are being held in quarantine inside. suspected cases in the czech republic and france have proved negative. two hong kong now where student leaders have warned they will escalate protests if government officials refused to return to the negotiating table -- to hong kong now. >> many have brought tents to show their persistence after the local government canceled talks on thursday, calling the

is the director with the kurdistan regional government's representation to the united states.d to have you back on the show. as you know the coalition air strikes continue across much of iraq, there have been continuous strikes in recent days in fallujah, ramadi, mosul. what is the current situation as we have been so focused on syria syria, what is the current situation in iraq? >> good to be back, antonio thank you for having me . as mentioned we are focused on syria but there is a lot of action in iraq. isis as an organization or army has the capability to mobilize quickly and rapidly differen between different companying are yous and ring us, there is active fighting in the north, peshmerga forces have been carrying the fight to isis. recently we captured the city or the town which is a strategic town on the border of iraq and syria. also ongoing fight in fallujah outside of row mad row mad ro d heed. >> how significant has the progress begin? >> peshmerga forces are still outgunned. web, isis has captured a lot american-made heavily artillery tanks, armored humvees but we

he was prime minister of iraqi kurdistan after the fall of saddam hussein's regime.e was appointed deputy prime minister of the interim iraqi government. he served as deputy prime minister to nouri al-maliki's cabinet after the 2005 elections. in 2007, he founded the american university of iraq. it's mission is to offer iraqi citizens american-style education. i am pleased to have him here at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, sir. >> i appreciate you coming here. you have been recommended by my friends as someone who has a real understanding of where we are with respect to isis and what is happening within iraq and its implications beyond iraq, syria and throughout the middle east. let me begin with -- help us understand how isis became what it is. >> it is really difficult to answer that question. the logistics behind what we see is quite phenomenal. despite the american air force attacks and despite the international effort that is going into stopping isis, we still find them agile at taking us on. one should not underestimate it. the logistics

>> well, my own sense is that i can say this definitively, kurdistan has emerged as the most reliable partner in the coalition of the fight against isis. and a number of reasons for that, but one of the reasons that i am proud of is that kurdistan has a tolerant society and tolerance of views and we have isis, and so they are fighting nearly 1,000 kilometers of the lines by the kurdish, but i have to say that the mantra is that the kurdish should not be relied upon to go to mosul for the heartland of the sunni areas or baghdad. with can be there to support. we can be there to support, but at the same time the community there needs to be empowered. >> because you would be seen as a foreign army -- >> yes. and one has to acknowledge this real ti. this is payback time. over the last ten years, there were lots of communities, and particularly in the sunni a area that felt marginalized and the isis extremists have taken advantage of the gree veievance this is an incubating ground for them. the fundamental answer is to empower the communities to take on the extremists. >> and the final ques

it plays a big part in the goal of independence for kurdistan. as the u.s. gets involved, it needs to look at it as being far more complicated, every time the u.s. bombs, it's supporting another agenda. >> in fact, you have sunnis in your film who run from shia militias, shia militias fighting on our side, and the sunnis saying hey, we prefer i.s.i.l. to the sunni militias, and you went to a yazidi refugee camp where thousands are living in deft it use after i.s.i.l. forced -- deft it use where i.s.i.l. forced them to leave. and you spoke to a bunch of people, including a 63-year-old father, who seemed as afraid of former neighbours as the terrorists. . >> so many reports of massacres of yazidi, women enslaved by the thousands. you tell a heart-breaking story of parents losing their children as they fled i.s.i.l. i get the sense from you that this hatred - we heard the yazidi man saying he couldn't live with arrows, shias, or with any of them. in the end, do you think that we are going to see a split upstate as you mentioned like joe biden kurdistan, a sunni

joining us now, the former prime minister of the kurdistan regional government, a former deputy primester of iraq as well. thanks for joining us. all of a sudden today we hear turkey is launching air strikes, not against isis but against kurds inside turkey, this offshoot of what is called the ppk workers party. they are accused of being terrorists but there's been a cease-fire for almost two years. what is going on right now? >> it's rather disconcerting and disappointing. there was one bright spot of hope in that region and that was the peace process that was going on in turkey. this air strike, i hope does not mean it's the end of the peace process because the stability of the region is isis. these terrorists solving the kurdish issue is the way to go forward militarily, attacks against the kurds is not the way. it's only diverting attention from the real issue, namely, taking on isis and terrorizing the entire east. >> has the turkish government explained why they are attacking kurdish fighter inside turkey right now? >> what is happening is rather dangerous. i would say reckless

develop this relations with iraqi kurdistan. there was that period of time when if seen, things will not come out the way we wanted it to be. so this opening in turkey's attitude towards kobane is a welcome sign. hopefully this will help salvage the peace process. this will hopefully mean bringing this coalition of international actors with regional actors, with the local communities, with the kurdish people on one fundamental common cause, defeating extremism in that part of the world. we can disagree. we can have differing views about this particular issue and that. but with isis and what they represent, there should be no differences here. >> rose: and do you believe the turks have come whether it's because of pressure from the united states and other places. >> i don't want to talk about that process. i think if these reports are to be true, and i'm told they are true, that the passage will be allowed. i would welcome that a an important opening. and i hope we can-- . >> rose: vbts they also been attacking some of the-- . >>

they are allied to go syrian kurdish political group that he is allied to the kurdistan workers partch they have been in conflict with for 30 years. they see being asked to armed their enemies and weapons that could one day be used against teshingey. that was turkey's concern. >> it's a complicated chess game. we will continue to follow it. let's cross over to zeina hoda in erbil, an interesting statement being made by the turks. how is that being received by the kurds where you are? >> well, we haven't been able to get any official confirmation from the kurdistan regional government. we have spoken to officials. they are refusing to comment. we cannot confirm the peshmerga forces are, in fact, on their way to kolbane or whether peshmerga forces will be sent at all. the president of the kgrb said he would be ready to send forces to help the kurds, but at the time, he was under a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure to help the kurdish brethren in neighboring syria. at the end of the day, we have to remember something the peshmerga are also at work with isil. and they are finding a lot

. >> we're going to speak later with the deputy minister of kurdistan later on. both for coming in. >>> we'll take a closer look into a claim by a united states congressman that isis fighters have been caught trying to sneak across the u.s. border from mexico. >>> also, how u.s. troops are helping in the fight against ebola. one country hit hardest by the deadly virus, we'll go live to liberia. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug, farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure when used with certain diabetes medicines. do not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash, swelling or difficulty breathing or swallowing. if you

>> my own sense is i can say this definitively, kurdistan has emerged as the most reliable partner in the fight against isis. a number of reasons against that one, issues i'm proud kurdistan represents a tolerant society, tolerant values and we do have real interest in taking on isis. so the kurdish peshmergas are taking on isis, they are fighting isis, across nearly 1,000 kilometers of lines. but i have to say also, the motto is that kurdish peshmergas should not be relied upon to go to mosul or should not be relied upon to go to the heartland of the sunni areas or to baghdad. we can be there to support. we can be there to support. but at the same time, the communities there need to be empowered. the same thing about -- >> you would be seen as an almost foreign army if you were to go into -- >> absolutely h i think one has to also acknowledge this reality. this is pay back time. over the last ten years there were lots of communities, particularly sunnis who have held march on the west. isis and these extremists have taken advantage of that -- of those grief reps haves and are -- this

toey and turkey embark on a peace process with the kurds of turkey, develop relations with iraqi kurdistanperiod of time, it seemed things would not turn out the way we wanted it to be. --s opening in turkey helped salvage the peace process. bring in hopefully this coalition of international actors with the local communities, with the kurdish people, on one fundamental common cause. defeating extremism in that part of the world. we can disagree. but with isis and what they represent, there should be no differences here. >> you believe the turks have come, whether it is because of pressure from the united states or other places? that the passage will be allowed. i would welcome that as an important opening. attackingey also been some of the revolutionary kurds that they fear? >> indeed. >> do they have a reason to fear? >> in my view, no. over the last few years, it was a lot of effort put into the peace process to change the violence between the turkish military and the pkk. really a drag on turkish democracy. are theish people indigenous people of that part of the world. they should have

the kurds in turkey, the pkk have been at odds with the kurdistan government in iraq >>> our conversation with mikey kay a retired officer of the air force. >> it's been two months since michael brown's death. protesters are calling for justice. >> plus tomorrow is colombus day in the kates. not everywhere will be celebrating. we'll look in sunday segment in week. coming up. -- "the week ahead", coming up next. >>> it's the 3rd day of march in the missouri protesters after the shooting down of two black teenagers by police. thousands marched in the two cities. ashar quraishi joins us from st louis. good to see you. protest numbers are smaller, but the movement is strong. tell us what you have seen. >> that's right. we have seen spontaneous protests and marches erupting in the streets. we are outside a venue where an event was planned. hundreds came out. we will hear from activists to talk about more of what they say about the weekend of resistance. some of the speakers want us to speak. we were able to catch up for a few moments. >> we have been terrorized for 400 years. we attempt to ter

here the flag of the kurdistan party pkk outlawed here.e didn't want to be film med for fear of harassment from turkish intelligence services. it wasn't clear whether the death was syrian or turkish kurds. we are all kurds they told me. many here are enraged at turkish government for not helping fellow kurds on the other side of the border. at the offices of illegal kurdish party with representative in parliament, mood is angry. kurds constitute 20% of the population here and turkey is sitting on the fence watching kurds die in kobani has removed little trust there was. >> translator: peace process going on past two years are will end. we will go back to 15 years ago. >> even hosting so many refugees from syria including syrian kurds has not helped the standing of kurdish government. >> there are 1.6 million here including 200,000 from kobani. many believe the turkish government is in ka hoots with the islamic state against the kurds. >> kurds in turkey and region have their own problems too. many are at each other's throats. something put

he sees them assal lied to the kurdistan workers party, perform kch k, that is where turkey is not going to allow heavier weapons through. it's only interested in taking a further role if, as part of the attack against i.s.i.l., there's a campaign to remove bashar al-assad. the u.s. shows no interest in getting involved in that u turkey is standing firm. it will provide humanitarian assistance. there's 280,000 refugees from kobane alone. it has down a lot of help those people. >> for the moment. we'll leave it there. you'll follow. >> the war is taking a tall on smilions. hundreds of orphans live. homes is an area. the. >> the arab league delegation asked in the iraqi capital. the foreign affairs commirns greeted the -- minister greeted the group after the plane touched down after a spate of suicide bombings. the government is trying to calm fears of many of the residents as imran khan reports. in marketplaces, 31 suicide bombers have truck. many are worried that the politicians are not doing enough to protect the people. >> omar says the short walk to his shop is dangerous. >> translati

have been at odds with the kurdistan regional government in iraq. there needs to be reconciliation and with the pyd. that will need to occur. >> those things take time. >> of course they do. you can't tix something in a month that has taken three months to break. >> i can't let you leave without asking you about kobane. do you think it's a matter of time before kobane falls. what should turkey do about that? >> it goes back to identifying what the solution is. this needs a political plan. there needs to be reconciliation between the syrian and the turkey kurds and the kurdistan regional government. turkey needs to reconcile with the pk kx. we need to take the threat seriously and pull apart the disimpss with the p.k.k. and understand -- differences with the p.k.k. and understand the threat, which at the moment is i.s.i.s. kobane is a strategic key. >> if kobane falls, that's a horrible sign for what may be to come. >> kobane is strategic. it's the in flow of fighters into syria, i.s.i.l. financially it supports oil are that way because it is strat e

look, turkey was hesitant in getting involved in the kurdistan government helping the peshmerga. at that time it had elections and the 49 hostages that were captured by isis. today i'm not sure what is stopping. i think its critical that turkey join the international community either providing humanitarian, in addition to airstrikes. >> former c.i.a. director lyon panetta said that president obama damaged u.s. credibility by drawing a red line begins syria's use of chemical weapons. this is what he said. >> once they used chemical weapons it was important for us to stand by our words and do what the commander in chief should do. i think initially they were going to do that, and then they sam how began to pull back. it sends a mixed message not only to assad, to the syrians, but to the world. >> iraqi and kurdish forces have had success pushing fighters out of northern iraq. we have more from baghdad. >> reporter: battle damage and brittle. this is the town just south of kirkuk city. until ten days ago it was in the hands of isil fighters, but a weak ago the iraqi army and peshmer

have been at odds with the kurdistan region. there needs to be reconciliation that will need to occur. >> they take time. you can't fix something in a month that has taken three years to break. >> i can't let you leave without asking about kobane. >> do you think it's a matter of time before kobane falls, and what should turkey do about that. it goes back to identifying what the solution is. this needs a political plan, there needs to be reconciliation between the perform kk and pyd, and the kurdistan government. turkey needs to reconcile itself. we need to take the threat seriously. we need to pull apart the differences, pull apart the differences with the p.k.k. and understand what is the main threat. at the moment it's i.s.i.s. everyone needs to sin guise and put their efforts toward fighting it. kobane is key. >> that was a retirement fer center the air force. coming up, polls are closed. counting begins. we are liar in bolivia as the country waits to meet their next president >>> monday marks colombus day in the united stat

this was a facility with both kurdish peshmerga soldiers and the patriotic union of kurdistan.is further evidence how bloody the battle is not just in diala but across iraq. more killed as a result of violence on saturday. this is the shula neighborhood. in the early evening two parked car bombs ripped through a busy marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chance. 38 were killed and 68 injured. >> a car bomb exploded here at the checkpoint killing and wounding several people. my son was seriously injured and is now in hospital. this is his vehicle which was damaged in the attack. >> reporter: residents take a look at what's left. twisted metal and burned out vehicles. baghdad faces almost daily bombings of this nature and the city has become increasingly divided with people afraid to leave their neighborhoods. nobody's claimed responsibility for saturday's attacked but people here in iraq are worried about what the future might hold. in the western province of anbar, the head of the provincial capital said there needs to be boots on the ground. whether they should be

. >> he is in the hope for meetings with the kurdistan government in northern iraq, which itself is at war with i.s.i.l. they are also political rivals. so far there is no common ground. his opponents want him to meet certain conditions, if the pyd wants him to be part of conditions against i.s.i.l., conditions demanded by washington. >> translation: we can't be the only fighting force on the ground. there needs to be a joint demand. they need to work with the syrian opposition. they need to end their times with the syrian regime, and turkey should not be the enemy. the pyd is at war, along the turkish border for weeks. it could be defeated and lose more territory, and the fate of millions of kurds caught in the conflict could depend on a deal between rival actions tied to competing powers. what is clear is the pyd will have to make concessions before the weapons it wants start to pour in >>> we heard from the leader of syria's curts calling for disagrees -- kurds calling for international help. kurds fighting on the ground in kobane are not part of a unified fighting force. >> no, the

was with the kurdistan regional government.me that they have unloaded some, maybe 100,000 barrels, he said. it's hard to tell by eyeballing it from the sky whether this thing has a million barrels or 900,000 barrels. but we will never really know until this thing go support whether there is a buyer right now or not. >> when you talked to the kurdish official in d.c., he offered to sell you some oil, right? >> yes, that's the first thing he said to me. i walked in a little late. he said, i'm so sorry for being i'm so sorry for being late. and he joked and said, would you like to buy some oil? and he did not even know i was there to talk to him about oil. >> matt, quick question to wrap things up -- what has been the response of the obama administration? >> they have been cagey on this and it put them in an awkward could -- awkward position. when this thing first came into the gulf in july, they said, our position has not changed. all of it -- of iraqi oil blogs to all of iraq's people but which is totally vague. -- belongs to al

recently returned from iraqi kurdistan where she wrote about the impact of i.s.i.l. advances and what those advances are having on kurds and airbus in the region. alia thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> turkey's president erdogan has compared kurdish to their enemies in turkey. >> we should probably lay out the landscape. the syrian kurds who are fighting are affiliated with the pkk a party founded in turkey and has been seeking for over three decades now trying to establish self autonomy for the kurds. they have long been good friends and allies and partners with turkey, that turkey after germany, the karigee is turkey's second based trading partners, $8 billion in trade between the two countries. leading in the peshmerga is a way to undermine the pkk and for the tork have their kurds on the ground there. >> you wrote a powerful article neighbor against neighbor, and you talked about the division between arabs and kurds. what was it like before i.s.i.l. came in? >> they would have told you that they were pretty good. the towns i've written about were

just hours after the launch in virginia, russia successfully launched the rocket from kurdistan.ill deliver supplies to the space station. the rocket bound for international space station. six seconds after launch this happened. it just cleared the launch pad in virginia, the unmanned commercial supply ship burst into flames. the 14 story rocket was built by orbital science corporations contracted to nasa. the manufacture will now work to find out what caused the malfunction. >> there were no injuries. our team worked hard to prepare it. we conducted a lot of testing and a analysis to get ready for this mission. however, something went wrong. we'll find out what that is. >> it was taking more than 2,000 kilograms of supplies to six astronauts living on the international space station. officials say they have contingency plans in place. >> we keep logistics on board to protect us four to six months in the event that of logistic vehicles can't make it to iss. >> this is the first accident since nasa a began the commercial space flight program in which it pays programs to deliver su

turkish air force jets have attacked kurdistan fighters near the border. pkk say the actions violate a peace deal, but turkey says it launched the air strikes in retaliation of an attack by the pkk fighters. the pkk wants more autonomy for the kurdish minority in turkey. but a ceasefire was reached and the pkk withdrew its fighters to the kurdistan region in iraq. bernard what more do we know about these air strikes on pkk positions on the border? >> well in the last hour or so, the pkk issued a statement confirming it was on the receiving end of those air strikes. the pkk says that no one was killed in those attacks. now the turkish military has also confirmed that it launched those air strikes. the pkk says that -- it's acting leader has said that the campaign, the piece process with turkey is effectively over, the pkk has actively said that, because, a, turkey has built up his military, and b, because the turkish authorities have used heavy handed tactics to cut down on kurdish protesters when more than 31 people were killed. in response to that the act

. >> reporter: she is an adviser to the kurdistan government and expert on gender violence. she says isis kidnapped more than 2,500 yazidi women last august. after mounting an offensive that triggered a massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of yazidis and other iraqi minorities. since then, she says the captive women have been bought and sold across iraq and syria, like cattle. >> they have two main aims. first, by giving them these young girls and women, to humiliate and to expose these women into slavery and systematic rape. >> reporter: that fits an account we heard from an isis fighter held in a kurdish prison in syria. >> translator: when someone joins isis, they give them a girl, marry them off and maybe $2,000. >> reporter: since august, kurdish authorities succeeded in rescuing only a fraction of the thousands of kidnapped women. >> so far we managed to rescue about 100 women. >> reporter: she says all of those rescued say they were raped. if you could say something to the men who took you to his house, what would you want to tell this guy? >> translator: i don't w