sadr has the biggest bloc but maliki is a well-known entity.atching that play out will be significant for the coalition government. anchor: jack, thank you for your reporting. staying in iraq, security forces claim to have captured a senior member of the islamic group, one who oversaw its finances. iraq's prime minister said the jihadist was detained in a complex external operation by the nation's intelligence services. but he did not say where the jihadist had been captured. this is only the second senior is leader to have been taken alive. on tuesday, italy will chair an impromptu g20 meeting to discuss afghanistan. the virtual talks will focus on humanitarian aid for afghans and the fight against terrorism. this follows a criticism from the u.s. secretary-general, who said the new taliban leadership is not parenting -- not guaranteeing rights for women and girls, keeping them from school and work. >> im alarmed -- i am alarmed to see promises broken. broken promises lead to broken dreams for the women and girls of afghanistan. anchor: next,

the former prime minister all maliki looks to have the next highest result amongst shiite parties. >>ay is the day of the people and the day of the account of the nation and the day of the security forces. today's the day for the people who have been persecuted, and the shiite who have been deprived, and the sunnis who have been left again, and the kurdish, the same. lauren: more from baghdad -- >> supporters of cleric al-sadr came to tahrir square to celebrate the victory. now al-sadr is emerging as one of the kingmakers, if not the biggest kingmaker in iraq and will have a big say in the choice of the new prime minister. this can't be separated from the war under saddam hussein. al-sadr was able to align himself with other political groups in the new parliament. they might be able to impose their choice of the prime minister. in this election, there are other winners. the former prime minister al -malaki made a comeback. he was able to secure around 37 seats. this is big news. there is big news out of the iranian coalition. lauren: tunisians president has unveiled a new government t

for shiite cleric moqtada al-sadr and major gains for comping shiite former prime minister nouri al-malikihe coalition has rejected that results of the election on the 10th of october. fatah represent many shiite paramilitaries that are close to iran. there that their leader has said "we will defend our candidate's writes with full force." we don't exactly know what that means yet, but it is concerning rhetoric. we will have to see if that will entail some sort of violence which comes with it. at the same time, moqtada al-sadr said in a speech that "only the state can wield force." these words clearly directed at the paramilitaries that are represented by the fatah coalition. this is highly hypocritical, coming from moqtada al-sadr, who himself controls an armed wing which runs parallel to his political operation. it points to the possibility of significant discord between the very many shiite factions and conflict as well. we have seen sectarian conflict in iraq in the 2010's between the sunni and shiite, but we have not seen inter-shiite conflict before and people are concerned it could

angela's ashes who himself is a wonderful writer and he's remarkable and he opened a bar called maliki'swo blocks away from the barbizon and it was the first singles bar in new york and it was obviously a magnet for all the women staying at the barbizon. that really changed the social landscape of the upper east side for these women. >> one of our viewers is wondering was that popular culture at the time or later in the movie or stories or novels or whatever? >> the bell jar and it is literally about her experience at the barbizon 1953. that cancels out saying that everybody knows it's biographical but i would say to an extreme extent it's biographical having spoken to a lot of the women that were there with her and really what she recounts, she becomes asked her her -- esper but everything that happened there really did happen including her famously during her wardrobe off the roof of the hotel the last night that she was there and then going home and having her first suicide attempt and in many ways it was triggered by her time at the barbizon and mademoiselle. in the 1930s there were

former iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki is expected to have the second largest number of seats int as a powerful iran-aligned bloc fell far behind. pro-iranian parties and armed groups denounced the early election results as a "scam." al-sadr claimed victory on monday. >> we welcome all embassies that do not interfere in iraq's internal affairs, as long as they do not interfere in iraq's formation of government. with any intervention, we will have a diplomatic response or perhaps a popular one. iraq is only for iraqis. iraq is only for iraqis. we will work on a uniting tribal fronts. stability, stability and safety. weapons are not to be raised under any circumstances. we will not allow parties to take control of public moneynd resources. they are for t people. every corrupt person will be held accountable. amy: al-sadr has been a prominent figure in iraqi politics since the u.s. invasion. he's called for the withdrawal of all u.s. troops and is a longtime critic of neighboring iran and their meddling in iraqi affairs. al-sadr's armed movement has also been accused of kidnapping a

maliki presented numerous concerning statements that may leave people to question q your credibility. and it's what a thread on august 13 yes david quote meat being is used to invoke pro american and anti-government sentiment end quote red meat conception -- consumption is championed by the far right is a celebration of manliness and you've also stated quote far right podcast is claimed that she burgers are part of the jewish capitalist plot against white people and industrialized society and you stated quote far right -- but pork and lentils in their soup to exploit i muslim's and jewish. dr. miller -- dr. miller-idriss at hamburger last night. you believe i'm extremist and his eating red meat makes someone an extremist? >> course not. eating m red meat does not make anyone an extremist anymore than the servicemember or veteran can become an extremist. >> are you able to provide testimony to committee is mostly made up of meat being members like many on this committee? >> thank you for the question and forio the purpose of this hearing i fully appreciate that question and it is a par