superstar, larry gatlin, messenger from the heartland, couldn't interest i music star, has traveled the country across america. our conversation about what americans want for themselves and the nation. hello, everybody. i'm uma kamaraju. america's news headquarters starts right now. >>> we begin with this alert. there has been more violence in iraq designed to further shatter that fragile coalition between religious groups. a homicide bomber driving a car full of explosives into an intelligence headquarters in baghdad. hours after an attack on a sunni mosque that killed more than 60 people there as well. we have extensive coverage beginning with connor powell who is joining us. >> as you said, the situation there growing more desperate and chaotic with each passing day. two different suicide attacks, one in baghdad and one near takrit. this comes after more than 60 were killed yesterday. the u.n. is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis like we saw several weeks ago materializing outside the city of amer north of bag dag because of the isis. it has been surrounded by isis militants f

larry gatlin. these and the rest of your top stories coming up at the top of the hour on "america's news hq" join us. >> celebrities chiming in about the furry in ferguson, some like rapper, nellie, inviting peace and calming for calm. >> to show that we are who they think we are, that's working backwards. >> then, there are those like spike lee who appear to be inviting more chaos. >> i just hope that things will really blow up and that the people aren't happy with the verdict of this upcoming trial. >> celebrities not being very helpful. >> eric, opinions are like smiles. everyone has one. everyone is permitted to share them. you would hope that a celebrity in a position of influence, specially with young people, would put forth a positive message, something that makes sense and lifts people up. this whole notion that there is a war on black men i think is racist an an insult to soldiers and to african-american men. >> you are a celebrity, wade. would you ever call for more furry if a jury didn't

here to weigh in is country music legend larry gatlin. think about what is going on in ferguson? >> i've been on many of your shows. not much filter between the brain and smowght. yesterday when i talked to samantha, the production assistant, what am i going to say about that? it is not a time for pithy. it is a time for reflection and saying prayers for those people. but it's tragic on so many levels. it's ruined the life of that family. it's ruined the policeman's life. it's ruined the people's lives who have been involved in this. but it does beg the question of what in our history, what in our societal evolutionary process has a segment of our population said, okay, one of ours got shot and killed, let's burn our town down. i don't quite get that. i know it's hot there. a lot of them don't have jobs, a lot of them living in squalor, a lot can't feed their kids. one of our young men was shot by a person of another color. let's go rob every convenience store, liquor store. that also is the greater tragedy of all of this. so i -- my hear