do you think maliki will be able to gain their support, given maliki's crackdown on sunnis in iraq for these past few years? thank you, sir. >> let me take the topics in order. on the jewish archives, as you know, this is a very sensitive topic. i have been working directly with the iraqi on this. we are engaged in sensitive negotiations with the iraqis. in the coming weeks the director of iraq's national library and archives will be coming to the united states and hope to report progress on this. we are engaged in negotiations but i will keep you informed of those talks. on camp liberty, specifically an issue of t-wall's, i begin made a number of trips to a bracketed time i go from maliki on doubt i raised the issue of t-wall's. we got t-wall's moving back into the camp earlier this month. they stopped. i raised it again last thursday with the iraqi national security advisor to understand key walls are moving into the camp again. i visited the survivors and residents at camp liberty earlier this month. i told them i promise i will do everything i could but i urged them to do everythin

maliki. it is not surprising that afghanistan and iraq continue to be problems since we have -- since we hastily handed over governance to those who were ill prepared. iraq is not the most important arab state streamingically. it does not become -- strategically. it does not become more important in the future because we made a mistake in the past that cost us dearly in blood and treasure. we should not compound that mistake. on the other hand, iraq is important in part because of its proximity to iran which i believe is one of the greatest threats to our national security. finally, i agree with several of the prior speakers that we need to, with regard to camp liberty and the t-walls, and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. sherman. this morning we're pleased to be joined by deputy assistant secretary for iraq and iran, mr. brett mcgurk. prior to this current assignment, mr. mcgurk served as a special adviser to the national security staff and as senior adviser to ambassadors ryan crocker, chris

these are the people under maliki's demand that did that. they recently went into the 50 or so that were at the camp ashcroft can't tie their hands behind their back and shot him in the back of the head coming into this maliki's of government we know who did that. we know that the camp and these people were attacked numerous times by the iraqi military. this isn't whether maliki and his government are not protecting the mek. this is a crime against humanity. these are unarmed refugees in which maliki's troops are murdering. we are not talking about a rock if we don't know where they are coming from. we are talking about -- i would suggest they know those rockets as well. let's make it very clear as far as i am concerned and people in washington are concerned, maliki is an accomplice to the murders that are going on. and as an accomplice, we shouldn't be treating him, begging him to have a residual force of u.s. troops in order to help his regime. i don't understand why the united states feels like we feel compelled to be part of all of this.

what is the difference between the maliki and assad regime?>> maliki and the top iraqi government -- there is no love lost with bashar al-assad. he was calling for him to be brought to a criminal court taste upon bombings that happened in august 2009 that they blamed on the syrian regime. they signed on to the geneva communiquÉ practicing there will be a transition without bashar al-assad. i will be perfectly candid. when we explained assad remaining in power is a magnet for terrorists coming into iraq, that is a train of logic that many officials do not agree with frankly. they agree that if assad left, the regime would collapse and make the problem worse. seeing the same picture we do, we believe very strongly in the secretary has said a number of times that bashar al-assad in power is a magnet for these foreign fighters coming into syria to fight the jihad. until he's removed from power we will be in this very vicious cycle which will have pernicious effects on all of the syrian neighbors -- iraq, lebanon, and jordan. >> what tools do we ha

, d.c. >> well, we are working with prime minister maliki's government. and we continue to work to help him and assist. so that's been ongoing. >> we're not contemplating putting boots on the ground. this is their fight, but we're going to help them in their fight. >> the u.s. can't send u.s. troops to iraq because the maliki government two years ago didn't sign a status of forces agreement that would protect u.s. troops, bret. >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. >>> up next, a big decision for the keystone xl pipeline. we'll explain. >> first, here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york with yankees great derek jeter addressing the media for the first time since he announced on facebook that this will be his last season. wsvn in miami with a recall of a popular snack item. nestle's is recalling hot pockets. it's part of a wider recall of 9 million pounds of beef products. >> and this is a live look at los angeles from fox 11, the big story there tonight, the $400 million powerball jac

these are the people under maliki's command did that.hey recently went in, the 50 or so that were left in camp ashraf, tiger grants behind the back and shot them in the back of the head. and it was maliki's own military we know who did that. we know that camp ashraf and these people were attacked numerous times by the iraqi military. this isn't what the maliki and his people are not protecting the mek. this is a crime against humanity. these are unarmed refugees in which maliki's own troops are murdering. not talking about rockets that we don't know where they come from. we are talking about actual -- by the way, i would suggest they probably know those rockets as well. maliki, let's make it very clear, as far as i'm concerned as far as many members here in washington are concerned, maliki is an accomplice to the murders that are going on. and as an accomplice we should not be treating him, begging him to have a residual force of u.s. troops in order to help his regime. i don't understand why the united states feels like, we feel compell

alsader has been an opponent of nouri al-maliki. joining us live from bag dat on the phone is the iraqi political analyst. we had been hoping to speak to you live. due to a power cut we can only speak to you on the phone. there was a time when sadr's army wielded power, clashing with u.s. forces. how influential is al-sadr. >> would you repeat the question again? >> yes, of course. sadr's forces were known to clash with the coalition forces during the war. how much influence does he have in iraq? >> he has a lot of influence, particularly on the shia sector. he is a popular leader, and among shia's leaders. moouk taddar and his people have been involved in the war. he is still that kind of leader that exists and he's opponent to nouri al-maliki. >> it is difficult to believe that someone so influential and with so much power would actually be willing to step down. how do you think this will change iraq's political landscape? >> i don't believe he will retire from the political act. it's not the first declaration from him in that sit

in iran, if you in which the office of the martyred sadr supported maliki for another term. and a lot we was sidelined. so what did the sunnis learn from this? that no matter if we win at the ballot box or not doesn't matter because who's going to be the next premise, will be decided in tehran and washington would be left out of the process. and this is the reason why no one was aboard the extension of u.s. forces in iraq the next year because what good were we? we were supporting the other side spent what was our reason? >> i believe that he thought the maliki was a good ally and that he was the best hope for a stable iraq going forward. i think the best hope for a stable iraq going forward was a system in which democratic rules and rule of law was respected. and it wasn't. >> as colonel raburn indicated, we're now back in a situation where we were into the house and ate with 8000 deaths, something deaths every year in the number could go up. not maybe to 35,000 or whatever was in 2006 but clearly it's all going in the wrong direction. what, if anything, can the united stat

over the next in the next in iraq election it happening in april is the talk of the prime minister maliki will be running for the although according to iraqi or nor where it was far years ago that he's allowed to run for the if you look at the spillover from syria al-qaeda groups i mean for training iraqi borders they have joined in with the sunni insurgency within iraq and they have joined forces and they temporarily took control of few cities in the west of the country and unbar province interludes area and the fight is still ongoing the iraqi prime minister is adamant that these are terrorists and they need to be dealt with him by force and he has used all the force he has and he he got new. military equipment from the u.s. apache helicopters will be delivered soon and this will only sort of inflame the rest than inflame the violence and i don't see any end to the kind of violence any time soon. crosstalk is next here without international but if you're watching us in the u.k. it's over to action returns a phone call and the ground. transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the

maliki's government in iraq. a spokesman said the united states has provided more than $15 billion in equipment, services and training to iraqi armed services and security. to explain this a bit more, bbc persian. is this surprising or new, the fact that there is a lot of cooperation between iraq and iran? the united states stepping it up. >> if you follow iran, it's not that surprising. the figure is surprising. >> $195 million worth of arms is quite a bit. and in terms of iran's arms industry and exports, i think it sort of constitutes a big chunk. the fact is that iran's arms industry is under embargo. iran technically cannot expert arms to any country. so if this is true then it is illegal, a. and, b, iran has been producing a lot of arms in the last two, three decades, in fact. because itself has been under embargo of importing arms. so it is quite sophisticated and quite expensive. the volume has obviously diminished because of the international arms embargo. if this is true, 195 million is quite a lot. >>

obviously the next in the next in iraq election it happening in april is the talk of the prime minister maliki will be running for the third although according to iraqi or law where which was far too few years ago that he's allowed to run for it if you look at the spillover from syria tyler groups i mean for tracing iraqi borders they have joined in with the sunni insurgency within iraq and they have joined forces and they temporarily took control of the cities in the west of the country and unbar province in fallujah area and the fight is still ongoing the iraqi prime minister is adamant that these are terrorists and they need to be dealt with him by force and he has used all the force he has and he he got new. military equipment from the u.s. apache helicopters will be delivered so. this will only sort of inflame the rest and inflame the violence and i don't see any end to the kind of violence any time soon. and coming up next financial regulations in boom bust. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process

shia politician who is betting for the prime minister's office like the current prime minister al malikil definitely need the iranian endorsement for that bid. >> thank you both very much. just five weeks to go before the afghan presidential election. the outcome is going to be very closely watched, not just in afghanistan as it is going to decide who takes over from the current president hamid karzai. one novelty is television debates which are modeled on bbc question time. we went to watch a recording of the program. >> reporter: the people in this studio audience have made difficult and often dangerous journeys across afghanistan. they settle into a tv studio built in the 1970s that has remarkably survived afghanistan's many conflicts intact. now, the stage for something not seen before here, direct questioning of politicians on the air. the audience is drawn from a cross-section of afghan society and their questions are varied. one woman wants to know why weddings are so expensive. one, illiterate, wants to know what will happen for those who can't read. 5 of 11 candidates are in thi

this is a point that elliott and underscoredd and with president maliki when he visit last fall. the u.s. moves to send military equipment to help the iraqis fight these terrorists. appropriate intelligence can be shared as well. iraqis should know that their relations with iran and the slow pace of political reconciliation raised serious congressional concerns. while he may not be up to it, he tot take steps to lead iraq a post-sectarian era. only a iraqis can control their future. but if we don't want to see in a rack with large swaths of , we must be willing to lend an appropriate hand. and now we will go to opening comments. mr. angle from new york. >> enqueue for holding this important hearing on iraq and the threat this poses to u.s. security interests. in the city of falluja and the dominated province, to make sure -- it also has a deeper and symbolic meaning for americans. u.s. marines fought bloody battles to secure falluja during the iraq war. acknowledge our brave men and women in uniform that lost their lives as well as the families that continue to grieve their loss

when you hear maliki talk about, there is some truth to that. lou: that bureaucracy for good or not, is aarently what the administration and secretary hagel are willing to putp with. are they willing to put up with an arms deal with iran and iraq government? >> we should not. is a u.n. violation and should impact our sales what we're going to do with iraq in the future. listen, they have our tanks. they have f-16s. our fighter aircraft, one of our best aircraft in the world. they're getting apache helicopters and get lots of ammunition and other smaller arms. lou: general jack keane, as always, good to have you with us. >> good to talk with you, lou. lou: at bale in the supreme court over how much power the environmental protection agency actually has to regulate so-called greenhouse gas emissions and it could have a huge impact on the president's global warming policies and his rule by fiat. fox news supreme court corresondent shannon bream tells >> reporter: the supreme court heard arguments today that cou determine just how far federal encies

when you hear maliki talk about, there is some truth to that. lou: that bureaucracy for good or not, is apparently what the administration and secretary hagel are willing to put up with. are they willing to put up with an arms deal with iran and iraq government? >> we should not. is a u.n. violation and should impact our sales what we're going to do with iraq in the future. listen, they have our tanks. they have f-16s. our fighter aircraft, one of our best aircraft in the world. they're getting apache helicopters and get lots of ammunition and other smaller arms. lou: general jack keane, as always, good to have you with us. >> good to talk with you, lou. lou: at bale in the supreme court over how much power the environmental protection agency actually has to regulate so-called greenhouse gas emissions and it could have a huge impact on the president's global warming policies and his rule by fiat. fox news supreme court corresondent shannon bream tells us what's at stake. >> reporter: the supreme court heard arguments today that could determine j

it's said nuri al maliki made the deal after being fed up in delays with u.s. arm shipments. >>> a fishing vessel stranded in antarctic waters. 90 people are said to be aboard the vessel. the chilean navy head is operating a search-and-rescue operation at this point. we will follow this and bring you details as they become available. >>> extreme cold making a comeback. temperatures heading due south again. parts of the midwest and the northeast could see record lows up to 40 degrees below normal. does this sound familiar? >> very familiar, all too familiar. indra petersons is here to explain it all to us. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. what? yeah, we know this by now. we're definitely talking about that arctic chill again making its way down to the south. we're talking about that cold air kind of hanging around the midwest and the lakes today, but that cold air's going to spread even further. let's just talk about where the temperatures are this morning. very easy to see where the purples are, right? minneapolis right now negative 3, but that's no

he is a former health minister and has also worked as a tv commentator passes away will replace maliki he'll say who resigned late last year over a money scandal. he has pledged to work with the metropolitan government and assembly to improve the capitals social security situation and its disaster preparedness. dylan came home. i hope the new governor will go to a retirement home. it's a pressing matter that needs to be telling. the ability to do with why won't the new governor to make the talk olympic games success. boss is away will begin work on wednesday. for many voters classes i was already a familiar face. nhk rolls by combet has the story learning them. muscle is a well known figure not only in tokyo but across japan. nice japanese kill him for his appearances in the media commentator on international affairs at the scala. munce is i was elected to the dying two thousand one when more than one point five million voters for his name on the ballot. he went on to become health minister. am i so i had the backing of prime minister sees all ivy and supporters of the ruling parties a

that of ukrainians it has been speculation for some time that an approach may still be in ukraine maliki may be in russia it's not confirmed by any official solace as of yet but we do know that present chemical be sent a statement two of the russian news agency that the switch has said that he is still considering himself a legitimate president of ukraine. elected in a constitutional manner everything according to ms the ana college which is happening now in the ukrainian parliament is a legitimate to sector will continue fighting for the restoring the constitutional order in the country but at the same time you say to that. he and his combat suits are receiving death threats from those running the show right now in kyiv. that's why i get a place as he was alleged she was. he had two oscar russia for help in providing security for him in the times when according to local east extremists are running the show in his country also says that. the van so jenna happening in the east in the south of the country actually indication that not everyone is happy with the way things are going in kiev

economics minister and foreign minister maliki faces gigantic problems political instability and billions in tax and the most severe test of the new government could be the situation in crimea the peninsula and the south of the country enjoys the status of an optimus republic and has an ethnic russian majority. hood's trust the new pro european leadership in tn the above so i painted it and wants to see jaime response of ukraine they will have to do a lot to persuade the crimean people with good content. remember the titans times we all had together under one piece and you want to be together with russia. in the morning armed men seized the parliament building in st fl for and race the russian flag since then the government district has been sealed off. there's no time to waste for the new prime minister. he convened the first cabinet meeting immediately after taking office. and crimea was at the top of the long agenda the street to correspond in this scene can do is standing by for sins and cheryl cole will see an eu ban and cranny in parliament today the scene sound a chaotic what exact

percent the second hunt and fish as i starting this thursday morning and for that we got over me maliki's who's standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. some are mean the morning. i've been in different ending to the us my kids. how is it took every acting. they can point your ideas and even factored in the day has been off of trading up higher for the last three trading sessions but though we may see little bit of hesitation coming into the markets and also a janet yellows that testimony before the u s senate. i have which was scheduled for thursday has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions. coming into washington nasa would keep track of five that hizbollah summit of the opening doubles for today thursday for every thirteen and eleven and they can start here. it's hand something i use the word hesitation. as you can see that both the nikkei and the puppets in the making if not then they can however has almost made up of losses that we saw last week but were still a little bit far off from retaining the fifty thousand level which he saw the look at the end of january. as the n

ounces or thirty strain emerges on the southeast area that is crippling to our party to its head to maliki being captured in life will shed more light on the case. staying the course the un has vowed to keep pushing to deliver aid to syria's media's despite saturday's ceasefire breached un humanitarian chief alley most voiced disappointment after aid convoys came under fire in the besieged city of homes she said the offense serve as a stark reminder of the dangers that civilians and aid workers face every day across the country the mass displays the attack on rebels that they in turn is the regime forces were responsible. prospect at regional correspondent cp other has more from beirut the trend continuation of this operation. people from your iphone to say the i eighty to ninety thousand five hundred people. didn't he of the surrounding turned into a three day since i started on friday. today is last day and i agreed ceasefire what seems to just two days. it's an argument and records acres in the ltte didn't bring any payment deferred. now it's not a huge fire at the coast. using these ca

all busy with the mixer mix the iraqi election a sydney in april is told from the prime minister maliki will be running for the felted wool that according to a rocky google written response to the isn't it that these are not to run with that said you couldn't get them. the spillover from syria al qaeda group has been infiltrated iraqi borders they have joined in with the sunni insurgency within iraq and they have joined forces to stay in camp ready to take control of the u s cities in the west of the country in anbar province a huge area of the fight to school go in the iraqi prime minister. his argument that these are terrorists than they need to be dealt with and by force but he has used to all the force he has an iv and he caught knew of. it is cheaper than from the us the front of the courses will be delivered to them. this will only further inflame the unrest that inflamed of itunes and i don't see any evidence that and to the carbine this anytime soon that's coming up next on our show revelations include us ay ay ay ay ay ay ay . cool with it. the neighboring districts voted to se

no with even their own side in private telling the truth so this is the latest thing out of date maliki they are scum i should say it's probably a good thing then that you're not in bahrain saying this or you could face apparently some stiff jail time so how do you think the law would impact the situation in the country and how do you think it will impact the activists on the streets. well actually it won't make any difference there will be ready subject to poison gas lead shot torture and imprisonment bahrain produces on the streets the highest proportion of the population given it's only a small place of almost any country in the world and that includes iran when you get huge democratic demonstrations so it will not impact the only thing it will do is to make the khalifa regime even more ridiculous even more pompous even more self preventing and even more smelly. i'm finding it i apologize hard to keep a straight face with some of your commentary but does the fact that the government is bringing in such harsh penalties what does it tell you about their the way they feel on the throne

maliki vowed he would meet relatives of both the students there later on this evening. and i'm going to the trial of former tenant until irish bank and two other former executives of the bank could begin next wednesday. sean fitzpatrick of grey stones and county would help to clean out the heineken cup and win in that era for mine showed up and all pleaded not guilty to charges of providing a rule for financial assistance to sixteen people in july of two thousand and eight to buy shares in the bank. she couldn't pleaded not guilty to seven charges of being privy to fortune and the torturing of memphis tennessee i checked in october of two thousand and eight. so on the topic set aside his former colleagues liam at the tear and practically end of the charges were formally put to them in court. each not applied to not get to two to pitch ideas for the process of wearing it into a pecan tree hundred and fifty people arrived at the circuit criminal court after fifteen hundred jury summons percent and fifteen joyce was selected as the first time such a nice jury has been used

. >> now iraq's prime minister norial maliki has pledged $3 million in reinstruction. it's his first trip to anbar province. >> 92 prisoners have escaped from a jail in western libya. a spokesman for the local council said four guards were watching over 200 detainees in the prison. the prisoners asked fo for for a doctor, and when they opened the gate they escaped. >> in struggling how to control this country, 92 prisoners escaped from a prison where 220 people were being watched bay mere four guards. some of those prisoners apparently asked for a doctor. when the gates were opened to allow those prisoners out, they escaped in mass. 92 of them were able to get out before the guards were able to fire on them, injuring two of them, and we're told something like two dozen of those prisoners have been recaptured. but this is the latest sign of insecurity here in libya where 54 prisoners escaped from the capitol just a month ago. at the same time the government was announcing the latest of a series of coup plots. the government said it has negotiated with niger and succeede

so far nouri al-maliki, wants to give the area a chance to oust the are insurgents itself. >>> helped trrch th transfer ths from foreign banks, first installment of $4.2 billion in blocked funds that will be available to tehran under the nuclear deal signed in november. >>> egyptian telephone video, showing our three are rming jou. two of our journalists were arrested in are their cairo hotel room. we would prefer to use screen grabs rather than run the video. a voice, thought to belong to a security officer, asked mohamed fahmy about his security accreditation. i was told the al jazeera english position is valid, otherwise i would not have accepted the job. the detail on the video, picks up laptops, microphones, a print are and other normal tools of the trade used by television news journalists the world over. condemned the video saying if this video was deliberately leaked it violates basic standards of justice. if it came out by mistake, the prosecution of process is called into question. they are also not operating in cairo secretly. the team openly filed several packages, this is

impunity.s a sense of until maliki makes clear that he will not tolerate torture and abuse either in the prison or in the police station, we can expect this to continue. >> parts of latin america are facing a spate of extreme weather. in bolivia, torrential rains and floods have killed 38 people and left many others homeless. more than 40,000 households have reportedly been impacted by the rains since october, five times the total from last year. parts of brazil meanwhile are seeing their worst drought in half a century. hundreds of thousands of cattle have died. january was the hottest month on record in parts of brazil, including the city of sao paulo. meanwhile in the united states, agriculture secretary tom vilsack warned climate change is already having an impact on us farmers. wednesday, vilsack unveiled a series of measures aimed at assessing the damage from a changing climate. >> when you take a look at the intensity of the storms we have seen recently, the frequency, the length of the drought, combined with snowstorms and the subzero weather, the combination of those factors

all the blood, all the treasure, handed over to the shia who were led by and maliki. and we were advised by some of our top foreign policy people, we shouldn't worry because iran won't be exerting its influence in iraq, there's a natural tension, they fought a war back in the 1980's, so they're not going to team up in a way, they're not dwoning to line up against american interests, they're not going to be a thorn in our side our troublesome and look what happened in iraq instead. yes, a strong influence on the part of the iranians. the iranians pushing military supplies through iraq, reported in the news a couple of days ago, and also the al qaeda flag flying in places like fallujah andra mahdi, places i have been to, places -- fallujah and rah mue dee, places where they're local leadership said, we're going to rebuild this city and live in peace and prosperity. we all know, mr. speaker, you can't live in peace and prosperity if you're living underneath that black al qaeda flag. that's the result of leading from behind. that's the result of stepping out of iraq and h

prime minister maliki has acknowledged that only a holistic approach that includes security, politicaland economic elements can provide a sustainable solution to this challenge. we are working to support them in that effort and we welcome the goals constructive participation. in egypt, despite our differences, we can work together to support similar reforms. stable evolution in egypt remains crucial to the evolution of the entire region. but no transition can succeed without a sense of respect for political pluralism and defense of confidence and a better and more inclusive economic future. gulf countries have been enormously generous to egypt during this very bumpy transition and that support has been critical. the billions of dollars of assistance will produce little sustainable effect without a more oppressive and carefully construed strategy. beyond egypt the u.s. and the gulf should also line our efforts in modern. earlier this month for example, i worked with tunisia, a country that's expect a full range of transition challenges and setbacks that whose leaders demonstrate the cou

remember, he was criticized for not trying hard enough to get a us of forces agreement with al-malikiaking sure this time he's got the phone logs that show, well, you know, i called karzai, just couldn't get a deal, but with i gave it the old college try. that said, if we are out of of afghanistan by the end of this year, we need to avoid in this clientitis. it's not going to be a tragedy for the united states. iran, ukraine, syria, iraq all matter a lot more than afghanistan. the tragedy for us in afghanistan, bill, was that after we did the right thing in 2001 and we just pounded the hell out of al-qaeda and the taliban, we then decided to stay and try to remake a tribal culture in our own image. it was doomed there the start. so while i would prefer to see a residual force of 8-12,000 for counterterrorism and training, if karzai and his people who are increasingly iranian-backed want us out by the end of the year, that tells me no more american casualties, so i say sayonara, dude. bill: really? >> yeah, really. bill: you're okay with that? >> well, you know, you've got to be realis

president maliki and iraq leaders in general that the responsibility to defend their country is theirtheirsibility and that expectations should not be that the united states will fulfill that responsibility? after a very long commitment, they will have to take this responsibility of defending their country and doing the hard work of bringing .tability to their own country >> when general austin was in iraq last weekend i was in those meetings with him and iraq you leaders, they all stressed four or five points. they want all of our support to be under this permanent foundation meeting institutional, military the military. they want training support and they were talking about doing training in jordan or the region. they want intelligence support and they want to let us know when they feel they need weapons or systems that we can help them supply. and also wanted device recommendations on how to actually plan effect really. to be in theant us lead of this fight. it is their fight. >> i yelled out. >> the gentleman from rhode island yields back. you for coming in. i appreciate your serv