he was a friend of michael's. >> when he first met michael, he was more established than michael was.l got into the brokerage business and michael's earnings eclipsed those of zachary. they met in this country. they didn't know each other in the old country. their wives were friends. >> persitz was married, had two children, and was well known and respected within the russian immigrant community. >> this guy was the greatest guy in the world. he wouldn't hurt a flea. if you'd interview them, they'd say he was a great neighbor, kept to himself, never bothered anybody. >> but persitz and michael were more than just friends. michael was persitz's financial adviser. their relationship was rocky at best. investigators discovered persitz gave michael $150,000 to invest but there were more losses than profits. at some point, persitz discovered his stock portfolio was worth less than $30,000. >> for the most part, they weren't investments that were suitable for a guy that invested every nickel he had with michael. >> when questioned by police, persitz denied any involvement in michael's murde

that man is michael jackson. >> michael jackson, the king of pop -- >> was taken to the hospital and>> he was apparently administered cpr in the ambulance. >> as the news breaks, brother, tito and jermaine, continue to hear troubling reports from the media. s, tito and jermaine, continue to hear troubling reports from the media. >> is it true? what are they staying in rushed to the hospital and not breathing, something like that. >> you guys called my wife and said do you guys know anything about michael being rushed to the hospital? i said. no i called my mother immediately, she says she is on her way to the hospital. >> jermaine's mother, katherine, confirmed his worst fierce. >> she was already at the hospital. i called her back and heard her saying he's dead. i couldn't believe my mother was saying her child was dead, my brother. and i got weak, very, very weak. >> tito jackson couldn't get ahold of his mother he's raced to ucla medical center. but a call from his sister, janet, stopped him in his tracks. i said, janet is he dead? she said, he is a gone. i just melted right there

a fire broke out in michael and effie's home. michael managed to get the baby out unharmed. but effie was trapped inside. instead of waiting pore fire fights, he used a satellite dish to break a window. michael's actions were hailed by the local media. michael's wife says she was asleep and had no idea what was going on because it of the all happening so fast. >> i wasn't really already thinking anything at the time when i got out and i realized what was going on. you know, it was good to see him and know that he was okay. >> michael says he's just glad he woke up. >> i try not to think what could have happened if i wouldn't have woke up. it's too scary to think about. >> as a reporter i'm hearing him say this and i'm thinking this guy is an absolute hero. when you saw the damage inside this home you realized had she been in there much longer, she certainly won't have survived. >> fire investigators determined the cause of the fire was faulty wiring and there was no functioning fire detector. >> the fire was ruled to have been an accidental fire. >> michael, effie and their

i protected michael.i had -- the officials and they pointed to michael, the guy who could not pay me for months after taking care of him, and said that he could not pay for the popsicle his daughters were using, the toilet paper that they were using to wipe their private areas, that he was penniless, i was shocked. it was that time when michael came to me trembling and trying to get me away from the a.g. official who was randy phillips. i was shocked. i should have just picked my bottles up and leave if i was looking for money. it wasn't about the money. it was about the love of michael. i have suffered a lot. there is no doubt about it. i don't hate michael. michael did not do me wrong. he did not want this to happen to me. whatever happened to michael when i was not there is probably his own misjudgment. and i believe that that clearly happened because he was illogical, he was irrational and he was in the withdrawal state of demerol that dr. klein was feeding him. >> you believe he gave himself the fina

>> michael?> yes. >> when i came back into the room after i had gone away, called my office, made some calls. whatever calls i was making was to make sure my registration in england was complete because i had to be his physician over there and i didn't want to go practice without having registration. i was just about getting that done, the time zone, the differences, we were taking care of that. so part of the telephone calls to my office were related to that situation. i was away from him for 11:25 to 11:30. that was way beyond any medicine that i give him would have had any effect at all. >> so do you take any responsibility in michael jackson's demise, in his death? >> you know, i am very remorseful that michael has passed away. michael was a friend. and he touched me in so many ways that i felt like a father figure to michael, though i wasn't old enough to be his dad. i felt as though i was protecting michael all the time. i did. >> people say they don't seem -- they don't think that you have

that michael could identify him. the evidence, he set fire to the clothes in michael's closet and returned to his girlfriend's apartment through the crawl space. when he didn't hear the fire alarm sound, he suspected the fire went out, so he returned to michael's apartment to start the fire again. he stole michael's computer, electronic equipment, and his car keys. before leaving, he set the two additional fires. when luna returned to his girlfriend's apartment, he shed fibers from michael's apartment which he tried to remove with his girlfriend's vacuum cleaner. and he put his jeans into the clothes hamper, which had the burned insulation on them. >> having that forensics evidence in your back pocket as an investigator is just something you can't overcome. when it's on your clothing, there's a real hard hurdle to overcome to say i didn't do it now. >> during her police interrogation, maria solis eventually admitted that luna had confessed. >> he's like, well, i just went into his apartment. and he's like, well, some

for the last 12, 13 years, it's been all about michael sena, michael sena, michael sena. never said a word about that. >> oh, it's a one-way street. >> no, but i really think that's what the problem is. i've done a lot of [bleep] for you. >> you talk too much. >> and you know what? this is--no, and this is what-- >> you're talking too much. >> you never let me talk. >> this is what-- >> you're always talking. >> this is what i was worried about, though, when he did make the deal. >> oh, yeah. >> that i was gonna--no. >> i saw your eyes going, ching, ching! >> no. like, you think that's all that matters to me? >> but since we got married, that you're always worried about your own identity. you've only been making this-- and now-- >> but everybody has their own identity. >> you already have your own identity. >> if something good's happening to me, then something good's happening to you and to us. that's how it should be viewed. this shouldn't be a bad thing, and i certainly don't want it to cause a rift. >> it's already caused a rift. >> well-- >> and i gotta swallow it. >

expected a different result and ok and if i may if i may michael go ahead jump in michael if i may i i honestly michael believe me i was there i you know martin dempsey the current chairman of the joint chiefs was the commander of the multinational security transition command iraq min sticky is what the we used to say it's a long acronym and his job was to get the iraqi army and national police stood up after paul bremer totally dissolved them that's not going to happen overnight and before him was david petraeus was the commander of that outfit the guy that lost you know his unit his his his command was the two hundred thousand a k forty seven s. they disappeared i wonder where they are but the thing about it is and nobody talks about that nobody talks about that and here's the thing the iraqi army they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag i'm sorry they're not up to it because they were totally dishpan did if we were there we be doing the fighting make no mistake american soldiers would be fighting these ten thousand ragtag jihad is i totally agree with the on that then

>> michael reacted inappropriately.nothing about ann having been involved in the fire, let alone killed. the fire didn't eliminate everything. as in most arsons, it actually created more evidence than it destroyed. >> essentially, she is killed over $25,000. >> in october of 2002, michael bryant went on trial for malice, murder, arson and burglary. >> in this case, it was premeditated. it was planned. it was schemed, he took the day off work and he planned this murder. >> it started out to be just a little small transaction deal, of a person selling a house with not going through a real estate agent. you know? friends at work. still blows my mind every time i think about it. >> michael bryant was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, plus 40 years. >> this was one of the most interesting cases that i ever worked on. >> when i heard the verdict, i was speechless. reached over and hugged my wife and just shed a few tears. nothing to say but thank god, they got him. >> without forensics we would have not convicted mic

and their son, michael jr., were all charged with first-degree murder. michael jr.as charged because he aided his parents in the planning and commission of the crime. the motive, the slovers were afraid karyn would move out of state, depriving them of time with christopher. based on the forensic evidence, prosecutors believe karyn went to the slovers' car lot to pick up her son. [ shots ] during the dismemberment, buttons from her blouse and jeans fell on the ground. and they used cement and cinders from their lot to give weight to the plastic bags containing karyn's body. some of the dog hair stuck to the tape they used to close the garbage bags and its dna matched the slovers' dog. they dumped karyn's body into lake shelbyville and abandoned her car along the deserted highway. but the forensic evidence linked the slovers to the murder in every imaginable way. >> obviously, this was a highly circumstantial case, but the forensic evidence we had was pretty clear cut. >> although michael jr. was working at the time of the murder, he called his parents 12 times that w

and in the book, michael m. hastings is a character that is not particularly sympathetically rendered, but he is there. very recognizable in the middle of it all. writing it all down with the uncompromising willing to burn every bridge, willing to upset the powerful courage that we know from michael hastings in real life. the book is called "the last magazine." it's a novel. it's out tomorrow. and michael has been gone for a year now, but he has never been more in the middle of it all than he is with this trenchant punch in the media's guts at a time when we really need one. >>> joining us now for the interview, elise jordan, former speechwriter for the white house and state department and the wife of the late michael hastings. thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me and thanks for that beautiful memory of michael's reporting. >> well, i mean, i have to ask, if i know you through michael. we didn't know each other except through your relationship. did you see his reporting the way that those of

, with him. >> michael, there's multiple problems.e gotta do what we gotta do. >> unlike many of the businesses i help, mr. green tea isn't facing a crisis. they generated over $2.5 million a year in revenue, and the emanueles make a very good living, but the business is static. >> i have such a hard time making this decision. >> the emanueles can't seem to agree on a plan for their future. michael has big ideas, but richard always plays it safe, and that creates tension. >> it's not 75. just get-- >> don't mince my words. i hate that. >> i believe that mr. green tea can be a $50-million company. they need to be bold, and they need to take chances. they haven't launched new flavors in over a decade, and they're still not well-situated in the retail market. the ice cream business generates well over $10 billion a year. i want a taste of it. >> hello. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm marcus. >> hi, marcus, nice to meet you. i'm lori. >> nice to meet you. are you lori--are you mom? >> i'm mom. >> i wore green because i wanted to-- >> you're gonna fi

michael holmes here in atlanta. >>> hello, everyone. welcome, i'm michael holmes. welcome viewers right around the world this hour as we talk about iraq and the battle for who controls it. a vicious militant group fighting its way towards baghdad, ever closer, and today, new and disturbing images posted online apparently by those isis militants and appearing to show captured iraqi troops being corralled in trucks and then marched to their own executions. cnn not able to independently authenticate the images but the buildings, the sign and and uniforms seem to indicate the photos taken in iraq. now, these militants are moving closer to the capital hour by hour. iraqi troops far from united. those fighting do so with the country's future on the line and the u.s. waiting on the sidelines but for how long? well, in just the last hour, the state department announced new security precautions for staffers at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. extra security personnel being sent to protect the embassy. some embassy staffers are going to be relocated out of baghdad to what are co

can michael jordan palm it? let's find out. >> ah -- ah -- it's off, it's almost -- [ laughter ] ah. i almost had it. almost had it. >> jimmy: well, he should have used the finger holes. our next item -- a globe. can michael jordan palm the world? all right. let's find out. >> wait a minute. i don't know, jimmy. i'm staying cool, though. ah -- i'm close. wait a minute. no. >> jimmy: yeah, the ocean is very slippery. it's -- one more item. a frozen turkey. can michael jordan palm it? all right. >> very easy, jimmy. >> jimmy: we give him partial credit. thank you, michael jordan. we have a good show. mila kunis is here. kobe bryant will be with us. and guillermo traveled all the way to san antonio to interview players from the heat and the spurs. you're watching "jimmy kimmel live" game night, and we'll be right back. (school bell ringing...) the 2014 chevy equinox comes with great features... ...like usb connectivity, so you can enjoy your favorite music. mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! hi mom. and a multi-flex sli

michael jordan palm it? we will see an item on screen and then together, we'll try to guess if michael jordan can palm it, if he can pick it up using only one hand, all right? our first item is -- a honey dew melon. can he palm it? let's find out. >> really? >> jimmy: yes, he can. all right. that was easy. next up -- a beautifuling ball. can michael jordan palm it? let's find out. >> ah -- ah -- it's off, it's almost -- [ laughter ] ah. i almost had it. almost had it. >> jimmy: well, he should have used the finger holes. our next item -- a globe. can michael jordan palm the world? all right. let's find out. >> wait a minute. i don't know, jimmy. i'm staying cool, though. ah -- i'm close. wait a minute. no. >> jimmy: yeah, the ocean is very slippery. it's -- one more item. a frozen turkey. can michael jordan palm it? all right. >> very easy, jimmy. >> jimmy: we give him partial credit. thank you, michael jordan. we have a good show. mila kunis is here. kobe bryant will be with us. and guillermo traveled all t

i would say that michael was certainly influenced by his time at "newsweek."a vivid imagination and it is a talented work of fiction. what he wanted to show was ,stablishment media cheerleading the iraq war for advancement, and how quickly the cheerleading turned as the war turned. quicklyted to forget as as possible that they had been the one reading the drumbeat to war. >> the first anniversary of his death is tomorrow. after he died there were theories, people were analyzing the scene of the wreckage, there of the-- youtube video rack. died, he had received e-mails, but you were clear to reject these conspiracy theories. >> correct. unfortunately it was a -- it was the next event, as some things -- it was an accident. sometimes things are so terrific, we need to have explanation, but sadly we lost one of the greatest journalists in the history of the united states, in my opinion. >> the man who helped work on that piece on bowe bergdahl said on the issue of fbi investigating that fbi -- that michael was worried about, in fact they were investigating michael

michael jordan made more inflation adjusted than babe ruth ever made. you can say they dominated the sports in equal fashion. why did michael jordan make so much more than everybody else? well, it's because of tv. he was a worldwide sports star, and that's the same with technology. microsoft sells their software to 6 billion people in the world, not just to 3 million people in chicago, let's say. so as the global market opens up and as technology broadens things out, there will be people that benefit massively compared to the average. >> let me ask real quickly from both of you, how long will it take for the middle class to feel good again? maybe not as good as michael jordan but to feel better than the way the situation is now? gus, you first. >> i think in about a year, i think we'll see contestant job growth and the unemployment rate continue to fall that will lead to a tighter labor market and households will feel better by next year. >> brian? >>sure, i won't disagree with that. i think households are feeling better today than they did a year ago o

michael. >> jim hooley reporting live from hailey, idaho.ive taliban prisoners released have been moved to a residential compounds in qatar. they are with families and will be allowed to moved freely within the country. u.s. says their activities will be monitors. they will be stayed in qatar for a year before they are allowed to leave the country. the release of bergdahl has raised questions on another american prisoner, this one being held in cuba. alan gross is serving a 15-year prison sentence in cuba while three cur cuban intelligence ags are in prison in the u.s. for espionage. one of his colleagues are suggesting a swap. obama said it isn't considering ideal to release gross. >>> despite years of civil war, voting is underway in syria. the country's presidential election, ba czar al-assad is widely expected to win a 30 term in offers extending his rule for other seven years, the opposition , western countries and critics of the syrian government is saying the election is a as far as. ballots can only be cast in government-controlled a

michael? >> bobby jindal. >> correct. two 200 points for michael.al violence john kerry was joined by this a-list actress and humanitarian activist? >> jolie? >> jolie. we'll accept that. 200 points for michael. angelina jolie. at the wire. 200 more points. michael opening a demacommandin lead, and just think how much higher, michael, if you'd taken the bonus, but we'll dim the lights and go to the ph.d. level these are 300-point questions in this round and we'll crown a champion here. the gap can be made up awfully fast, here we go. 100 seconds on the clock and let's decide the game with this. this week the supreme court decided with pom wonderful in its false advertising fight against what soda giant? gabby? >> coca-cola is correct! sometimes the guesses work. 300-point question. on friday president obama made his first official visit to indian country when he spoke to the standing rock sioux tribal nation that is located in what u.s. state? gabby? >> new mexico? >> incorrect. time. it's north dakota. 300-point question. in her new mem miroir" hil

michael's mother, heather, is up in the stands. >> i love watching michael wrestle and this was my chanceee him under the light lights. >> in our excitement, she can't imagine her son facing anything more menacing than an opponent. michael and his competitor step on to the mat. >> the ref says, go, and we start wrestling. and he got a takedown on me, and we were close to the edge of the mat. >> the wrestlers need to reset. >> when you go out of bounds, you go back to the middle of the mat and you start in referee's position, which is where you go on your hands and knees, and then the other person comes on top of you. >> michael gets into position, but before his opponent approaches -- >> holy suckers! >> christ almighty! >> the 80-pound spotlight falls 12 feet on to michael's back. >> i just thought that the guy was being really aggressive, but then it was really bright. >> what the -- >> michael's mother watches helplessly from the stands. >> i was absolutely horrified. i didn't know if he was going to be able to get up. >> holy suckers! >> and i tried standing up right away and i couldn

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michael, let me start with you. reluctant wartime president and he opened the door to possible greater military engagement, but i got the sense that he is going to do everything to make sure we don't go any further than we already have gone. >> well, i'm not sure. i mean, we won't put troops on the ground. he said that before. he repeated that again today, but he definitely left the door open to further military action and i read that to mean air tracks to prevent the fall of baghdad to preserve the current government that exists now. there is a habit obama has always had especially with foreign policy. if there is a choice to a and b he always answers c and splits the middle and goes in a different direction. on the one hand we're not putting troops in iraq, but sending 300 people to work on the ground in iraq, military advisers to work on the ground in iraq. we're not going to force al maliki to leave office, but at the is imtime the only future forward for iraq and the one that we'll send the military advisers to

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>> i think they are, michael.ast week, the ceo made clear that the general motors of today is different than tomorrow, but these are newer model camaros, so there is something that is not quite right in the system. but their priority now is really safety. so if something comes up, they are not going to ignore it. they talked about before, general motors had a corporate culture of dysfunction. and now they will address an issue and someone will be held accountable. >> bisi onile-ere. thank you. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, how afghanistan is preparing for runoff presidential elections. >>> and vietnam and china take their dispute over the south china sea to the united nations. >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge...

michael. >>> thank you.s been 25 years since the tieniman square massacre, the changes and restrictions that are now in place. >>> the fda has approved a new weapon in the battle against the drug-resistance super bug her m. the drug has been fast tracked. it's delivered inning vain justicely and can combat skin and tissue infections, according to cdc1 in 25 hospital patients get antibiotics infections. more than two hound people die from those infections every day. >>> the spread of opium is prompting iran to increase border security, it is being smuggled in from afghan dan. iran is a major drug route to europe as well as persian gulf states. the government said it spent more than $28 million on border security last year. >> it's been 25 years since the identity entieniman protested is many as 10,000 protesters were arrested during the two-day crack down and hundreds, thosebly even thousandhundreds,t their lives. police detained many activists in the days ahead of the ceremony, adrian brown has more on how c

at one point he was one of michael jackson's attorneys.jackson in the child molestation charge in 2005. he was acquitted of all charges. you recount meeting him for the first time in vegas. you say it was like a tom clancy novel. in tend, the ideas you had about him, your preconceived notions were kind of out the window. >> yeah, i think that's -- i think that's absolutely true. the kind of caricature that developed prior to his death actually and surrounding that whole time period starting in '93 with the original accusations and going forward for the next ten years, i think really did a disservice to michael. he is obviously everybody knows how talent head. but i think he gets short shrift when it comes to how bright and incisive and what a wonderful father he was. you know, during the entire investigation by the department of children services that kind of flurried around during the time period of 2003 and 2004, i was always, always so impressed by his attention to the kids and how great those kids were. and he really was remarkable whe

>> reporter: you know, michael, it's fascinating.sident has taken three extended ove overseas trips andh time the issue you of ukraine and russia's aggression has dominated agenda, no mistake why president obama is here in warsaw poland on this occasion. you mentioned the 25th anniversary of the free elects led by the solidarity movement back in the '80s, there was no any mistake, president obama wheels down air force one the first thing he does is meets the polish president, go to a nearby airport hanger where f-16s, nato f-16s are there for patrol the skies over the new nato countries in eastern and central europe, including the baltic stakes, all anxious about russia's aggression on ukraine. firmly you were the thumb of moscow in the form of the old soviet union, that has dominated the agenda here, no question about it. the president came, with a $1 billion proposal. the to send to some of these country to his boost their militaries with training and joint exercises, later in the often here in warsaw, it's already happened we are

michael, i have to tell you i have been here 15 years. can't believe we have a correspondent who understands the complexity of the syrian -- >> what the [beep] is going on here. thank you, i will take it from here. >> jon: what are you doing? >> i'm syria. i am protecting what is mine. okay! i do the muslim stories. that is my beat. thank you. >> jon: you have a new show on hbo. you can't do two shows at once. >> yes, i can. if the good one gets canceled i will come crawling back to you. so if i may. >> jon: what you got. >> bashar a al-assad more like bashar al-sucks. >> no that's al a al-assad. >> jon: you speak arabic, michael. >> sure not as well as you two. >> jon: ya. >> alright. alright fine the new guy isn't on stepping on my toes but making us look bad, jon. >> jon: give him a chance. respect. seriously, michael. >> you don't want actual reporting. you want dumb puns like president fartar al-asshole. >> this guy is good. really good. >> you like that one. >> jon: ya. >> how about syria more like diarrhea-ria because the food is b

michael hastings' wife elyse hastings joins us. we know this must a tough day for you.ciate it even more. >> thank you. i consider it such a blessing that michael left this amazing novel that i get to promote and his legacy is living on in so many ways. exactly what you were talking about. the indictment of the establishment media in the run-up to the iraq war. we're seeing the same voices today calling the drumbeat for war. trying to get us involved in what will be another sunni-shia choosing sides sectarian war in iraq. it's kind avenue amazing the lessons we don't learn. that's why i'm glad that michael hastings has tried to remind us hey, let's do better next time. >> absolutely. >> elyse, your husbands with very kind to me during my career. a few years ago i asked nancy pelosi a question as to why she should stay in power. i got a lot of pushback from it. he wrote me a very kind e-mail that said don't listen to the haters, way to stick to the follow-up. where did that come from? michael hastings just seemed to be better than any of his journalistic contemporaries w

and it was where michael's career took off. i knew michael since we were teenagers.02, he came to my national headquarters, rallying for fairness in the recording industry. we worked together on a lot of issues. memorial service in los angeles, i spoke to his three kids. >> i want his three children to know, there was nothing strange about your daddy, it was strange what your daddy had to deal with, but he dealt with it. >> as i looked at michael's casket and then at his children, i knew that michael would not be concerned about the tabloid papers that called him wacko and wouldn't be concerned about the critics. i knew that he cared about what his children would know. i know because those of us that had to deal with controversy seem to know to tune out those that will never turn around and care about those that have to carry on. we are carrying on, michael, and we will never forget, not your dress, not your unique ways. but how you entertained a world and made us one and understand that life can be better. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton, "hardball" start right

investigators petitioned the court for permission to exhume michael wallace's body to see if there was any connection between his death and the death of stacey's second husband david castor. a judge approved the order. >> the doctor was going to be conducting the autopsy, felt very strongly if there was some type of poisoning in his system, that it would still be there. >> why? because the active ingredient in antifreeze, ethylene glycol, in lethal amounts causes the body to create something it normally doesn't. >> ethylene glycol formed crystals which will affect the kidneys of an individual, eventually leading to death. >> those crystals remain intact for years after death, and the medical examiner found them during michael wallace's autopsy. >> upon getting the results back from the medical examiner's office, there was absolutely no doubt in my mind that stacey had killed both of her husbands. >> but just as prosecutors prepared to arrest stacey castor for the murder of her two husbands, stacey made another call to 911. >> my daughter, i believe, has taken some kills. >> is she cons

she got engaged earlier this year to one of michael's closest friends.e on tour again, latoya jackson's reality show is in the second season and janet jackson got married to a billionaire. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> joining me again tonight, cnn legal analyst mark geragos, at one point he was one of michael jackson's attorneys. you defended him in 2005. he was acquitted of the charges. in your book you account meeting him for the first time in vaeg gas. you said it was like a tom clancy novel. in the end, the ideas you had about him, preconceived notions were out the window. >> yeah, i think that's absolutely true. the kind of things that developed prior to his death actually and surrounding that whole time period starting in '93 with the original accusations and going forward for the next ten years, i think really did a disservice to michael. incredibly, of usually everybody knows how talented he is but he gets shorted how bright, incisive and what a wonderful father he was. during the entire investigation by the department of childre's services that

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i'm michael holmes here at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. now, for the next 60 minutes here on cnn, no newscast or not as you know it anyway. what we've got is a plain language discussion about a part of the world that american and coalition forces worked, fought and died to rebuild and stabilize. we're talking about iraq, of course, and it is falling apart again. happening so fast the rest of the world can barely keep up. and it is not just iraq we're talking about. what is happening there has effect way beyond iraq's borders. you're going to hear this word a lot this hour, extremists, islamist extremists, thousands well organized and well funded and led by a man they call the new osama bin laden, but to many people he's more brutal, more ruthless. the isis fighters as they're known are plowing south from the syrian border taking towns, overrunning iraqi army units pushing ever closer to baghdad. nothing is stopping them yet. eight years of hard, deadly international work to fix a post-saddam hussein iraq has just about been set back to squ

michael? >> janet raffa. people have taken to the streets in a number of cities. they are calling on president obama to avoid military intervention. let's get more on that story. live from washington, d.c. john, what was the messenger you saw at these reallies? >> michael, good evening. they are citing previous infamous wars that the u.s. has been involved with including vietnam, corea, the gulf war of the early '90s and the iraq war of 11 years ago. they are worried the u.s. always starts it at the low key level but things ramp up as the country gets sucked deeper into conflict. they think there is a danger that might happen this time as well well. >> that's the next they want the president to here. >> antiwar protests outside the white house, the president sending u.s. forces back to iraq and these people fear boots on the ground or not. >> the white house, they say to president obama the people don't want another war in iraq. they elect the president obama to get out of iraq certainly not t

>> charlie: michael, what would that package look like? >> not for me to say, but the president has made it clear that -- >> charlie: i know, but i mean from -- >> well, he says he's considering air strikes and a pumped-up advisory effort, they say it can't be purely military but has to have a political component, clearly some degree would involve replenishing the stocks. it would have to be somebody helping the iraqis plan better operations and they pull together so far and we need to reclaim some of our -- in return for doing any of these things or all of these things, we need to have sufficient influence with the government of iraq that the united states did what it did when it was there, which was say to maliki, you can't appoint this guy, he's too sectarian or incompetent, this is the right guy to be the head of the national police or this is the best general for the formation in northern iraq. we used to have a lot of that influence. we can't get it all back but we need to have some of it back or else this projects is not going to wo