kurdistan, that northern chunk of iraq, which was basically created by us. if you think about it, it was the no-fly zones that we created in 1991 that have carved out this area, this oasis of comparative stability and reasonableness. it's the one of the few areas of the middle east where both the population and the ruling elites, as it were, are pro-west, pro-america, and pro-britain. and i think they need our support. they are definitely being very effective in dealing with the terrorists. with isis. the difficulty is what do you do about mosul and how you clear that out. and then there will be big problems about the boundaries of kurdistan and what the final vocation of the kurds is. are they to have the state that's been denied them for a century or more? those are not easy questions. >> what was the most surprising thing that secretary clinton said to you? >> i think -- i think that -- i think i was struck by the firmness with which she wanted us in britain to take it to putin. >> take it to. -- tp putin. did she use that phrase? i'm so sorry your it you

to kurdistan, is that right? >> that is right. it does go to baghdad and that is the agreement that the united states has with iraq. we understand that we need to keep baghdad on board. but the truth is the peshmerga are the most effective fighting force against isis. they are the real fighting force against isis. we are holding the line, we are pushing back on them. they are constantly testing and attacking. the question is how much longer we can hold that with this outdated weaponry that can't counter these heavy weapons and tanks that they have. >> i know that a lot of american members of congress would like to see the administration supply these weapons directly to the kurdistan military but they're refusing to do so. here's the question how much -- mosul is still under the control of isis. but how endangered is erbil right now, the capital of kurdistan? >> i wouldn't say erbil is really under direct threat. the peshmerga are controlling the front line. we also have air strikes, we also have shared intelligence with the united

a couple weeks ago i was in kurdistan and saw the one set of guys who are really sticking it to the isilurdish peshmerga, and we should be backing them. >> maybe we should give 24e78 a country. that's what they want. >> well, they claim they would be happy with kurdistan in northern iraq, but obviously there are difficulties with turkish kurdistan -- what they certainly deserve is the support, the training to -- >> you and i have something in common. we both have a hero. i happen to have a copy of this book. this guy is america's greatest hero. this guy. churchill, you meet more men and women who say -- what was it in a made us across the pond, besides his american mother, what made him the guy we looked to and said, you know, damn it, that's what we need? >> because in may 1940, if he hadn't stuck out against hitler, if he hadn't refused to do that deal, then i think britain would almost certainly have -- >> buckled? >> have bent the knee in one way or the other. it would have been an epoch of unparalleled gloom and misery for europe and for civilization. and thank -- that was the first

do they have a lot of oil in kurdistan. yes they do. and can they harvest that and get it to market. they have to push it through turkey or south through iraq. at least given that they can't push it west through syria any time soon and east to iran they are under sanctions so it is difficult. so it is essentially north or south and that puts them in an awkward situation given turkey and their turkish minority and their feelings about an independent kurdistan and they are part of iraq and if they want declare independence they have to figure a gentle way to do that to keep relations with bagdad and not taking kirkuk with them. and i know i'm getting into details here and getting wonky here for you. >> that is what we appreciate you for. >> and we are keeping you in the cycle here so what you want to know. as of today, marijuana is legal in alaska. the third state to legalize it. but a ban on public smoking is still strictly enforced. winter weather is putting the brakes on travel throughout the south. while bitter cold temperatures are c

whenever there is a natural disaster, anywhere, from armenia to kurdistan to bangladesh, we americansill be there, first with aid and relief. [applause] that is our tradition, a tradition that will never change. but it is time to end these routinized annual transfers of our national wealth to global bureaucrats, who ship it off to regimes that pay us back in compound ingratitude. [applause] it is time to phase out foreign aid, and start looking out for the forgotten americans right here in the united states. so, today, we call for a new patriotism, where americans begin to put the needs of americans first, for a new nationalism where in every negotiation, be it arms control or trade, the american side seeks advantage and victory for the united states. the people of this country need to recapture our capital city of washington from lobbyists and registered agents of foreign powers hired to look out for everybody and everything except the national interest of the united states. it is time also to take a hard look at the welfare state. over a quarter century we have poured hundreds of bi

they don't want kurdistan to be an independent country. and the weapons that are supposed to come here are still going through the central baghdad government, even though kurdistan feels it has nothing to do with the government. the u.s. is trying to burn both ends of the candle support the kurds and give them some weapons but not give them enough so that they upset baghdad and give baghdad the impression that the u.s. wants the kurds to break away. so the kurds are getting some of the weapons but not enough so they could arm themselves and break away which leaves the fight against isis hanging in the battle. the iraqi army is still incredibly weak and corrupt. viewed as a shiite militia, they are backed by iran running the iraqi army, not this unifyied independent army ready to take on isis that is a myth. >> richard engel, with your incredible reporting and unique perspective, thank you very much. now back to jarordan. the queen was in the streets with these large protests and they are showing all of this solidarity and the propaganda ef

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some of their fighters took me around kurdistan and outside mosul. i saw the ground they have taken in the last few weeks. they've cut the road between mosul and talafer, the way out of syria. it's possible now to really squeeze mosul. >> do you sense that the momentum was on their side? did they -- because i saw the story this morning that you're talking about in "the post" about how the supply routes are being cut off. do they feel like over time they will be able to strangle isis? >> they feel they are on the offensive now that isis is on its back heels. you sense that as you see them retreat. they will fire mortars in the distance from where i was, but almost half hearted, we're still here. the question is how you're going to finish the job. i have little worried when i see stories saying that mosul will be retaken this spring in a few months. and the reason is that the people who would retake it will be iraqi army and probably iraqi shiite militia men and that's precisely what scares the sunnis in iraq. there's one theme i kept encounters sunnis

so the government in baghdad doesn't want kurdistan to be particularly well armed. but, those more distant concerns mean very little. they really don't make a lot of sense to the people in this region fighting isis every day. >> i cannot imagine the courage that they they have to take on isis as they have. thank you for coming to us live. now we take you to taiwan where divers have found more bodies from 235. officials fear the age passengers missing may have floated away from the trash site. you have been saying that the conditions there trying to search for any more passengers they are really difficult? >> natalie it is cold it is damp, it is raining on and off. i want to give you a little look at what is going on behind me. divers coming out of the river and getting on those water craft that you see behind me. it's believed some of the bodies may have floated there. they have recovered four more. one of the reasons it is taking so long is because of visibility. diverers were described as linking arms and using their immediate to feel the bottom of the river. >> i

. >>> the gaoled leader of the kurdistan workers party called on the p.k.k. to discuss laying down its message. the message was shared with the public during a press conference. p.k.k. fighters waged a battle for kurdish autonomy in the south-east of al jazeera, bernard smith joins us live from istanbul. they have made over tours over the -- overtours over the years. is there a particular significance to what he's saying now? >> well, this time abdullah says it is an historic call to replace an armed struggle with democratic politics. al jazeera's deputy prime minister assess that both sides are closer than ever to peace. perhaps since ochelan declared a ceasefire in 2013 this is a significant statement. that ceasefire essentially bringing an end to an armed struggle between the turkish state and kurdish separatists that saw more than 30,000 killed since 1984. the peace process that that started stalled. the kurds say it's because the turkish government has not introduced promised reforms. the turkish government wants the peace protest to start again. >> what

let's move on then to the -- i spent the last week in bagdad and erbil up in kurdistan, talking withkish officials along with ours. you have sent a request for an authorization to use military force, the president has, but it's your belief today that the administration has the legal authority to conduct operations against isis with existing authorities; is that correct? >> yes. >> that is correct. >> that we -- we're looking for a separate authority under the amf -- >> but you believe you have -- >> it's now 3:00 east coast time. you are listening to secretary of state john kerry testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, he is laying out the strategy when it comes to the situation with isil. let's listen in. >> you believe you have the thority, but one of the thing that people will be looking to is is there a real commitment by this administration to deal with isis? and i have to tell you, as i look at the authorization,

. >> translator: kirkuk is in kurdistan and it will never fall to the enemy again. it is as important to the enemy as it is to us but they must know that either we will all die or kirkuk will never fall to the enemy again. we will keep kirkuk even if we have to withdraw forces from other areas. >> u.s. president barack obama says his country is not at war with islam but with those that have perverted islam. he made that comment at a three day summit at the white house patty culhane reports. >> reporter: this summit was supposed to happen last year postponed without explanation but the attacks in canada, paris and copenhagen gave the summit more urgency. assuring the muslims in the room that they were not at war. >> we are not at war with islam we are at war with those who perverted islam. >> not using the words islamist extremism, that has some activists concerned. >> we are concerned with the potential backlash that this will have especially in light of the recent spur of hate crimes we have seen across the nation. >> the white house is trying to avoid muslim commu

the central government in baghdad and the kurdistan government in the north have taken back control. most of the oil is in kirkuk this is a small field. production has been suspended because of the damage caused by the fighting of the iraqis. losing 300,000 barrels a day in kirkuk. the agreement is important if it's implemented, fully libel. it's thick or thin. important for iraqi government important for kirkuk as well. they need the money to fuel the war against i.s.i.l. it's important for i.s.i.l. - it too, wants money >>> the country has not been able to unite five years after a civil war when the tamil tigers and the civil government came to an end. the president made the comments as it celebrated independence day. he read the declaration of peace to pay respects to all ethnic groups killed in the civil war. the president defeated the former president who held office for a decade. we go to the sri lankan capital colombo. >> a simply but colourful ceremony. for a new president and government very much the challenge mapped out is uniting the hearts and minds of those in the countr

for now, the kurdistan government in the north and others have put aside their differences and agreed to share revenue if from the oil production in the north. >> most is pumped from kirkuk. production has been suspended because of the fighting. it is based on producing 300 barrels a day in kirkuk. >> the agreement is important to implement it fully, that's the critical thing. it's important for iraqi government, important for kirkuk as well. >> they need the money to fuel the war against i.s.i.l. oil is important for i.s.i.l. it too, and no one doubts that the armed group will try to take kirkuk again. >> police in france are investigating a knife attack on three soldiers. they were injured whilst guarding a jewish city. the attacker was disarmed and handed over to police along with an accomplice. >>> dieudonne, a controversial french comedian appears in a paris coward accused of condoning terrorism, after a comment he published on the internet after the paris attack. rosalind jordan reports it's not the first. >> reporter: to his fans he's a comedian to critics a demi going. dieudon

in the words of the foreign minister kurdistan is a targhee for isis.ines are just 20 minutes from where i'm standing. here mosul, an entire city under isis' control. the people believe they not the threat and know that their fighters are the ones dying trying to contain isis, to hole them back. the degree to which isis has been contained and slowed in its advance through the region since its initial blitz across northern iraq last year is entirely responsible -- or entirely due not just to the air strikes but to the kurdish fires who have been slowing them on the ground. they say they are proud to do so but still maintain the point that despite the successes and despite their losses as well they really want the rest of the world to provide them with more advanced heavier weaponry to take the fight to isis in an even more successful way because they say that isis has these weapons. they need them as well. >> and it's difficult to really get a sense of where isis stands at the moment. what we've seen over the past few months is any time there are continu

here in kurdistan, yes, they seem to have been halted in their tracks for the time being. errol will? >> certainly those peshmerga fighters doing all that they can with what they have. ben wedeman, live inner bill thanks. >>> we attorney heightened security at the mall of america. one of the biggest shopping centers in the u.s. >> attention -- >> authorities staged a security lockdown at the sprawling complex near minneapolis on monday. that's after the somalian terror group al shabaab called for lone wolf attacks on the u.s. canada and united kingdom. security officials at the mall of america say they are taking all necessary precautions. >> they have dedicated teams that are patrolling the mall of america. they have uniform and plain clothes officers. officers trained specifically in behavior detection techniques. >> the fbi is downplaying the threat saying there are no known credible threats against any u.s. malls. >>> turkey is helping in the search for three british teenagers believed to be heading into syria to join isis. >> the girls, ages 15 and 16 were last seen a

the government in baghdad and kurdistan regional government put aside differences, reaching an agreements to share revenue from the oil production in the north. >> most of it is pumped in kirkuk. it is one of the smaller fields. production here is temporarily suspended because of damage caused by the fighting. the budget for this year is based on a region producing 300 barrels a day. >> this agreement is important if it's implemented fully by both sides. that's the critical thing. it's important for iraqi government and kirkuk as well. >> they need the money to fuel the war against i.s.i.l. but oil is important for i.s.i.l. it too, wants money. no one here doubts that the armed group will try to take kirkuk again. >>> three soldiers have been injured in a knife attack. france is at its highest security level after 17 were killed after a series of attacks in paris in january. from there we have this report. >> the scene of an attack and a remind are on the streets. a man armed with a knife stabbed a soldier in the neck as he regarded the jewish community center. he tried to run away but wa

kurdistan, we recognize kurdistan and these borders and we're going to take the united nations and fightnd nail. >> now on an. >>> or once or week he's been issuing the antisemitic rants from ankora that have disrupted even more than is normally disrupted in that region. >> he's a disgrace. >> he has an election in a couple of weeks that he is pandering to his base. >> some base. >> yeah. >>> all right. we're going to continue this conversation. we actually have the british ambassador to the united states joining us sir peter westmacott is our guest next. you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ okay, you ready to go? i gotta go dad! okay! let's go go, go, go...

he leads the pkk the kurdistan worker's party. he afternooned for a diplomatic end to the conflict. >> the jailed leader of the pkk says that this is an historic call to replace an armed struggle with democratic politics. he said that both sides are closer than ever to peace. so perhaps since the declaration by ocalan's cease-fire, this is the most significant situation. the cease-fire effectively brought an end to the armed struggle, but it has seen more than 40,000 people killed since 1984. but that peace process has stalled because kurdish leaders say that the turkish government has introduced promised reform. for now the turkish government wants those peace talks to start again. but kurdish political leaders particularly the main kurdish political leader said that before this extraordinary congress can go ahead he wants the government to reform a security bill that he's pushing through parliament. this security bill will give the police wide-ranging, new stronger powers. it was introduced by the government after rioting in mai

. >> the jailed leader of the kurdistan workers party called on it the pkk talked about laying down its weapon. the message was shared with the public by the tourish deputy prime minister during a press conference. we have reports now from istanbul. >> the jailed leader of the pkk says that this is an historic call to replace an arm struggle with democratic politics, and turkey's deputy prime minister say both sides are closer than ever to space. perhaps since the declaration of the cease-fire in 2013 this is the most significant statement since then. not cease-fire effectively brought to an end an arms struggle between the kurdish state and kurdish separatists but 40,000 people killed since 1948. 1984. the possess process has called because they say the tourish government introduced and promised reform. now the tourish government wants those peace talks to start again. but kurdish political leaders they say before this extraordinary congress can go ahead, he wants the government to reform a security bill pushing through parliament. this security bill will give the police wide-ranging n

the kurdistan workers' pirolate he leads in 2012. arpingsz journalists are out on bail in egypt but the fight for justice isn't over yet. they are still charged with coludding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their previous conviction was thrown out. their retrial is set for february 23rd february 23rdrd. al jazeera is calling on the court to release the case and release them unconditionally. mohammed morsi has been charged with leaking state secrets to qatar, accused of exchanging information for money. mor isn't morsi said he didn't recognize the authority of the court. he was ousted in 2013 and facing a number of other charges, including incitement to murder and fraud. >>> more than 30 people suspected of having links with boko haram have been arrested in southern niger. seven people were killed. meanwhile, the u.n. is asking for access to help thousands displaced by boko haram violence. >> with the violence that's plagued northeast nigeria spilling over into cameroon and chad, they are calling for urgent humanitarian access to

you were in kurdistan recently. >> yes, that was very interesting. was talking actually about the risk of name dropping. the people i was talking to, secretaries. >> looking military. >> me show you my solidarity with the kurdish peshmerga because there was the guy behind me there. those are the only people who have really been having a lot of success against the isil/isis guys in that part of the web and i think we need to consider if we should give them more support. quite frankly, they deserve it. they needed. they are fighting a campaign in which we are all really engaged. because what they do washes up in my city the city i run. it has a terrible effect on young people who are dragged into this ideological nightmare of jihad is him, and i think that they need to be cleared up. i was very interested in what president obama had to say. >> i understand you have been speaking to hillary clinton, too , and she agreed with you. has she gotten over the fact that you called her a sadistic -- >> it was a measure of goodness and generosity that she saw me

kurdistan, that northern chunk of iraq, which was basically created by us.if you think about it, it was the no-fly zones that we created in 1991 that have carved out this area, this oasis of comparative stability and reasonableness. it's the one of the few areas of the middle east where both the population and the ruling elites, as it were, are pro-west, pro-american, and pro-britain. and i think they need our support. they are definitely being very effective in dealing with the terrorists. with isis. the difficulty is what do you do about mosul and how you clear that out? then there will be big problems about the boundaries of curd stand and -- kurdistan and what the final vocation of the kurds is. are they to have the state that's been denied them for a century or more? those are not easy questions. >> what was the most surprising thing that secretary clinton said to you? >> i think -- i think that -- i was struck by the firmness with which she wanted us in britain to take it to putin. >> did she use that phrase? >> i'm so sorry. you have to forgive me. th

we are writing through the mountains -- riding through the mountains and kurdistan. you are in a phone. you called your mother. it is a pretty interesting fellow who is on an important mission but never forgets what was important to him. your integrity chuck is something everybody in the senate, everybody in the previous administrations recognized. it is recognizable immediately. you always mean what you said. you said what you mean. in my neighborhood and yours, a promise made is a promise kept. you cannot find anyone who has ever known you who you have not kept whatever commitment you have made. certification to this country and family -- you your dedication to this country and family goes without having to make reference to. your experience as a fellow warrior to all your comrades here has established an unusual bond between you and the troops. i'm a member down and bus are -- in basar, you are climbing into a humvee. you are asking what the problem is. we were in baghdad or afghanistan. always walking away. talking to the reagan file troops. they understood -- ta

first i was in iraq i saw just how powerful the push from kurdistan now in to the province where mosul is, other areas just how powerful that is. mosul is being squeezed, i worry that there's a rush to have the final assault on mosul, being on the roads that just recently been liberating heading toward mosul you can see what a difference these u.s.-backed actions are making. second thing i saw when i went to jordan how powerful arab muslim voices speaking out against the threat from isis are. and this is crucial. it's the reason that i think the rhetoric of this last week although it seems like semantics makes some sense. i think the president was trying to make room for arab voices not blasting islamic extremism because he knows that the way that this war will be won is if muslim countries take the lead. let's not get in their way as they do that. i began to see that in jordan. the recent statements from egypt telling me the same thing. we always ask, where the muslim voices my sense is we're beginning to hear them. >> schieffer: where are they? >> let me say something about the strat

you either start helping us on this or we're going to move towards helping kurdistan. you can say the same thing about putin. let's just extend this to putin. >> all right. >> can we go into ukraine with troop? no we don't want to start world war iii. we can give them weapons. we can let vladimir putin know for every troop he assists in the ukraine, we're sending ten from germany to poland. a lot of troops in germany that are just sitting there. all right? the berlin wall fell. let's start moving those troops from germany over to poland. let's move those troops from germany to the balkans. you want to talk about something that will humiliate him? and he won't be able to move on it. that would do it. if we had a president that had the guts to make that threat and follow through on that threat a lot of what we are seeing in the ukraine would have stopped. and it would have stopped a long time ago. we've been saying this for months. we put a little bit here. we've got to stop the halfway measures. when you're dealing with vladimir putin, he's trying to humiliate the west.

for now the central government in baghdad and the kurdistan regional government in the north have put aside their differences. they reached and agreement to share revenue from the oil production in the north. >> most of it is pumped in kirkuk. habaz is one of the smaller fields. production here has been temporarily suspended because of damage caused by the fighting. the iraqi government is based on the area producing oil. >> if it is fully implemented by both sides that's the critical thing, it's important for the iraqi government and kirkuk. >> they need the money to fuel isil. isil too wants money and no one doubts that the armed group will try to take kirkuk again. al jazeera kirkuk. >> more now on the aftermath of isil's killing. we are joined from jordans capital amman. >> tell us the reaction of jordan after the execution of two prisoners in retaliation for the killing of muath al-kaseasbeh. >> well, they're in shock definitely a great shock at the way he was killed. there's a lot of anger. the focus of the people have shifted from questioning the role of jordan in the alliance

other countries it works because we develop a good report in afghanistan and at least we try to in kurdistan but it hadn't been developed yet. with the size of a local force was there was not large enough. like mark says it was eight to 10 acres. you need more that carry batons and i don't think they carried batons. he was insufficient. >> host: john is in westlake. you're on booktv with mark geist and kris paronto. >> caller: yes from the description of the numbers of personnel and what they were doing from what the gentlemen have been saying and from other information, it sounds like this really was not a standard consulate. it was more a cia operation and that there was more activity relating to intelligence gathering and counterinsurgency activities then what would normally be considered diplomatic activities. .. way this situation should be approached? the second question, the man had a lot of courage and was a patriot, but i have to ask realistically commented the ambassador demonstrate good judgment in going to use the place under the circumstances that were prevailing? >> the ceo ann

. >> kirkuk in kurdistan will never fall to the enemy again. it is as important to the enemy as it is to us, but they must know that either we'll all die or kirkuk will never fall to the enemy again. even if we have to withdraw forces other areas. >> u.s. president barack obama is calling on nations around the world to stand together and tackle radicalization. there is a summit of extremism at the white house. obama is appealing to young people not to legitimatize to ideas of isil by falling for their propaganda. >> this summit was supposed to happen last year, postponed without explanation but the obama administration said that the attacks in canada, australia, paris and copenhagen gave the issue new urgency. as u.s. president barack obama took the stage he went to great lengths to insure muslim leaders in the world to make sure that they knew his fight was not with their religion. >> our fight is not with islam. it is with. radical islam. >> we are concerned about the affects and potential backlash that this will have, especially in light of

last week, tom stahl and i saw thousands of them while visiting the domese camp in the iraqi kurdistan region. the it is bursting at the seams with a tally of 35000, but far more are seeking services not able in overwhelmed host communities. heroic efforts are underway to educate, feed, shelter the displaced, but everything is in short supply. more than 8 in ten refugees live outside of camp in a renal that was already economically fragile and politically vol hit. refugees are crowded into syria lebanon, jordan, iraq and egypt. in lebanon, one in four residents is a refugee. schools and hospitals are overcrowded. municipal services cannot keep up. tensions are rising and governments have responded by closing or managing borders. to ease these pressures, the department and u.s. aid are coordinating humanitarian and development assistance and funding projects that provide important services, clean water sanitation, education and economic opportunities to both host communities and refugees. we have encouraged other donors to come forward and many have been generous including saudi arabia

is certainly there for that sentiment to spread to other countries across the middle east, like kurdistannd iraq and other countries that are allies. >> what about turkey, they used to be considered a strong ally there's been a couple question marks, right? what about turkey? >> turkey is officially a member of the anti-isis coalition, but they have notyitbeen engaged in the military campaig« ultimately that decision is going to be one that the government of turkey makes biassed on it's own national security interest, despite what the u.s. government tells them to do their foremost priorities are one to oust president assad from syria and number two to ultimately destroy isis. but they feel the second thing is contingent upon the first. >> aside from any kind of military action or helping in that way what about these arab nations helping the united states and other allies, with say, intel, will they be more cooperative with that now? >> again there's certainly the potential for that to be a result, a direct result of this latest atrocity perpetrated by isis, if countries are not going to

. >> i'm in kurdistan helping people sold into slavery, children killed christians displaced, and to protect anyone that need help regardless of the religion okay: . >> i'm from north carolina the united states. i'm more than happy to be here. >> i'm one man, here to protect the innocent. at all costs. and it's out of love. you know. and concern. and respect for these people here. i'd like to see all the communities working together. >> now the men that spoke were army veterans one at least had little to no combat experience. kurdish forces turned them back saying they didn't have approval to be there. in iraq's south and north-west worses are making gapes. al jazeera was given access to one of the militia as it prepared to take on i.s.i.l. in a strong hold. imran khan sent this report from the battle region. >> 35km beyond the valley is the city and surrounding areas, under the control of the islamic state of iraq and levant. this is the front line marked by the attributy. it was a base one of many fighting in the area. it's mission is to keep the area and prepare for an assault on

he was my flower a flower of kurdistan. >> in early january, as he was surrounded by his friends. he drops. police shot him in the head. his mother community, wants revenge. >> i hope his heart burns for his son like my heart burps for mine. >> tens of thousands attended the furniture. wrapped in a kurdish flag they carried him through the streets. at his grave they promised a v for victory. turkish authorities will maintain pressure and so will kurdish fighters fuelled by a 12-year-old's grave, what they call the martyr's cemetery. >>> the cofounder of foreign policy interrupted joins us to talk about the complex issues surrounding the kurdish factions. first of all thank you for being with us. talk about the turkish kurds and how important they have been to the u.s.-led fight against i.s.i.l. >> as we saw in the segment before the region of the south-eastern turkey has been a flashpoint for some time. one of the areas has been the town of kobane. >> in northern syria. >> which was recently retaken by kurds. >> that's right. >> and the united states dropped weapons into kobane so

proceeding will support families of kurdistan. this is a very kood thing to do a noble gesture. entering sri lanka. caused a major uproar after simulating sex with a 14-year-old gerl. but should any isis fighter think they could show up and taunt him, this is pretty much what they can expect. >> now we can start the show. i mean bayer back & body. it works great for pain. bayer back & body provides effective relief for your tough pain. better? yeah...thanks for the tip! ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. ♪ stouffer's mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenient cup. new stouffer's mac cups. made for you to love. >> one thing was very telling. he said all of my life i had more money than i could spend and it didn't make me happy. >> she talked on the telephone with her husband and then she vanished and no one has seen kathleen durst since. >> durst was wanted for murder in texas, and new york. he belongs to one of the richest families in new york city. >> might be

in lebanon and iraq he and kurdistan region. turkey has done a tremendous amount on the health side, but that's something we need to continue to work on to try to prevent what you just outlined. thank you. >> i might add that it's all the more reason why it's important this resolution be able to work with organizations and can move across those lines of conflict. we need to continue to support that. the other may be helpful mitigating factor, syrians are used to getting vaccinations and they demand it. some refugees we work with or some people we work with are not used to it. they are used to it, so they are looking for vaccinations. that does help mitigate some of the problems. >> ranking member deutsche. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks again for being so patient and for allowing us to do the other part of our job. i would like to ask about another issue i have raised several times in this committee. what are we doing to increase our support? it is really frustrating as i said in my opening statement, it is frustrating to le

the weapons aren't making it here to the northern part of the country to kurdistan where the fighting is actually having some success. and they're very frustrated by this discrepancy. there's not just a bureaucratic holdup the kurds believe there's a political decision by washington not to arm northern iraq because of the internal divisions in iraq. i think it's really important, jose. i was just listening to your conversations wither to correspondents, my colleagues this is not just a war against isis that we're involved in right now. this entire region has fallen apart and how it is supposed to be put together again needs to be discussed, needs to be -- there needs to be a strategy for that instead of just having a strategy to fight a group of militants who are really universally derided. that overall strategy is lacking here. that's why the kurds are so frustrated because they think washington is trying to split the difference. give weapons to baghdad, give some to the north and try and placate both sides and by doing that the strategy isn't really working. >> and meanwhile, people

i was kurdistan months ago. they have displaced people. they've taken in christians muslims everybody. they say, basically, if you're a human you're worthy of life. in many cases if you go to ur biel and the kurdistan region they shelter these folks. you see peshmerga forces fighting to defend them. you see egypt fighting to defend their christians. they're examples of some positive stuff out there that we really alt to telegraph to the world. >> so you served in afghanistan. you served in iraq. i want to share with you some information barbara starr is getting from the defense department. the u.s. is now sending over to the iraqi military getting ready presumably for some sort of advance against the isis occupation of mosul, the second largest city in iraq shipments including rifles, m-68 close kbakt opt kell scopes 23,000 ammunition magazines. a lot of other military equipment as well. initially it will cost about 17$17 million. couple of questions. the u.s. taxpayers are paying for this. iraq is a major oil exporting country, a member o

. >> i loved him so much, my angel, he was a flower, a flower of kurdistan. >> reporter: the family says in early january as nahat was surrounded, he suddenly drops. police had shot him in the head. his mother, his community want revenge. >> i hope his heart burns for his son like my heart burns for mine. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people attended nahat's funeral. rapid in a kurdish flag they carried him through the streets. at his grave they promised v for victory. turkish authorities will maintain their pressure and so will kurdish fighters, fueled by a 12-year-old's grave at what they call the martyr's cemetery. nick schifrin, al jazeera turkey. >> sakuraisacsakurais mussowi. jonathan betz has more. >> saudi arabia is one of the u.s.'s most strategic allies in the completely. now, former al qaeda operative sakuraias. moussawi now in null released court document mussawi claims officials helped fund queastled inal qaedain the years before the 21 2001 attacks. look we are not against islam or the jihad we financed bland. bin laden. who was then the country's intelligence chief pri

participating in iraq, some are backing up the government of baghdad and others are backing the region of kurdistanwho wants to break away from baghdad. so you are supporting two sides within the same country who don't want to talk to each other, don't want to be in the same country anymore. then, in syria you have these very complicated rules of engagement, if you will, the!:zy rules of this undeclared war where there are not supposed to be any troops on the ground. there is supposed to be a concentrated air campaign. you're supposed to have these allies on the ground in the free syrian army which is truly a phantom force and doesn't exist at this stage even though in the state of the union president obama was talking about how they are going to build up this free syrian army. so there are many, many problems with this war and then when you have a horrific incident like the video of the jordanian pilot, it does expose some of the very very deep and wide cracks in the war plan. but at least in jordan you are not seeing people thus far backing away from the campaign. they want to do much more. they

but unless you confront the much bigger issues the issue of will occurred kurdistan be an independent state. what happens to sunni areas? will the government in baghdad continue to be run by shiite militia militias? what happens with assad? unless you address the bigger issues, it is still going to be there. i was completely discouraged by what i saw. the iraqi army has been described as pathetic, little more than a coalition of militias. so i got no indication that things are going well. >> all right. richard, thank you for your sober account there. we'll discuss this attack plus the war against isis with two key senators from the armed services committee the first one is the chairman of that committee, senator john mccain of arizona. and the 2008 republican presidential nominee. then i'll speak with the ranking member of the armed services committee, rhode island democrat jack reed. it has been over a year since we had you on the program. let me start, based on what you heard richard engel report about the state of things in iraq, and as we debate this war resolution first of all, w

abdullah ochalan who leads the kurdistan workers' party appealed to the pkk to lay down their weaponsast year's ceasefire, there is sporadic fighting where the pkk has been fighting for more autonomy for decades. >>> protesters are marched in two cities in yemen to show support for the deposed president. denouncing the coup by howthy fighters earlier this month. the how. >> a power base in the signature sen city of aden after fleeing house arrest in the capital. protesters in sinai who is being backed by the united nations. >> in yemen, a u.s.-drone attack has killed four suspected al-qaeda fighters. yemeni sources say they were travelling in two vehicles in the southern province of shabwa. still ahead on this news hour counting gets underway after snap elections in lasutu. we ask if they will ease the tiny nation's political crisis. in northern myamnar violence forces thousands to seek shelt ner mon industries. >> t djokovic and if he had federer renew their rivalry. details coming up later in the program. the german based group oppose what it calls the islamization of europe has hel

these peshmerga are outside the traditional borders of kurdistan, this city is rich in oil. the commander tells me isis attacked in thick fog and also set oil wells on fire to hide their advance. when conditions cleared, he says his men and coalition air strikes killed hundreds of isis fighters. the bodies of some lie nearby. hastily covered with earth. the threat is not only at the edges of kirkuk. these kurdish security forces also patrol it in a strip. because isis has shown it can hit the heart of the city. last week government stormed the local police. no one but the three attackers was killed. but their ability to strike backs up what security forces here suspect. isis already has people inside the city. the captain tells me he's sure isis members have entered the city pretending to be refugees. on front lines across northern iraq isis has been losing ground to the peshmerga. but this offensive and the proximity of that flag to a key city shows isis has suffered little damage to its confidence or mission. kirkuk. >>> officials are postponing the elections in nigeria. t

. >> in iraqi kurdistan, training is conducted by dutch, italian and british troops.where in iraq u.s. troops are working to upgrade the beleaguered iraqi army. dutch soldiers trained the fighters in the most basic of battlefield first aid, how to protect and evacuate the wounded. how to tie a sim will tourniquet. peshmerga units don't have medics. the wounded are simply thrown in the back of a car and, if they're lucky, they'll survive the drive to the nearest hospital. one aspect of training the peshmerga have asked for says the spokesman is urban warfare. foreshadowing perhaps a role in the battle for mosul. if that battle happens, the worry is that isis will sew the city with thousands of improvised explosive devices or i.e.d.s. here the troops are learning how to detect i.e.d.s. more than 50% of peshmerga casualties are caused by the ieds. the training program began last month and is already showing results. >> the two platoons, we trained them at the frontlines. we got the answer from the peshmerga, the generals that those platoons are much more efficient than b