freedom and democracy mission that's trying to gauge where iraq is a decade after the intervention michael o'brien he's also of the book america's failure in iraq he's on the line from washington d.c. michael good evening the u.s. invasion heralded didn't it the goal of setting people free from a dictator saddam hussein's goal of the people to free from his repressions that was at least a success when it. well it certainly that in itself was a success there's no question about it but what was the price that was paid for to achieve that success. as i you know i spent fourteen months over there in baghdad and also traveling around the country and the iraqis i worked with i was an advisor to the ministry of defense which was being newly recreated after paul bremer disbanded it and which is a big big issue. and the insurgency of course that followed the invasion and the iraqis i work with would say to me they did they'd say mr mike that's you know everybody's called mr and then their first name oh you know we understand that mr bush wants to fight the war on terrorism but why did he have to pick iraq

have a feeling we're not going to get the answer to that question anytime soon any time soon michael o'brien author of america's failure in iraq thank you so much for joining me thanks for having me. with no other way to force one tunnel by officials to hear their pleas for justice over one hundred detainees are putting their lives on the line with a massive hunger strike the protest is now in its fifth week and many are saying this is a do or die type of hunger strike it started when guards began confiscating the detainees personal belongings including their career ends one new york city based lawyer who is representing many detainee of all behind me says her client has lost at least twenty pounds since the strike began we've just gotten word back from the joint task force in guantanamo bay and this is what they have to say quote recent detainee allegations about incidents in the camps include outright falsehoods and gross exaggeration exaggerations the claims of a mass hunger strike in an incident in which the koran was mishandled are simply untrue first we take extraordinary care to respe

firearms but is this a valid excuse to write off a group's legal for chairman of weapons to discuss michael o'brien author of america's failure in iraq joins me now thank you for joining me so how close are these relations were these relations between blackwater and the cia. we probably will never know but the the the the whole trial that collapsed a month ago just where all those raise more questions and that's what i got you know the the the fact is you know governor i'm very very familiar with government procurement now of course the cia does a lot of stuff black stuff that. you know it is unique i've never done contracting with or for well for the cia but i am familiar with government contracting in the whole thing about it is if blackwater. is saying that we were we were working for the cia they've got to have something to back it up verbal doesn't fly if they say you know if there's a verbal agreement that doesn't hold water maybe they have one but it's not going to good enough to defend them if they had some kind of agreement there should have been something in writing that between procureme

. >> i'm with you, michael, i love kevin o'brien is fabulous, a great example and holy trinity is a half hour from my house, it's more of a ride to go there. but when you go there, you feel the joy, we used to feel at holy cross when we went to mass. we had to go every day. but i would go on saturdays and sundays. and there was a joy to going to church. a lot of parishes now are just downright grim. they're grim. there are people who come to church because they don't want to go to hell. they're scared if they miss a sunday, they're going to go to hell. they show up like reagan robots, they walk in the door and did what they were supposed to do. but they weren't happy being there. that's why i love the jebbies. they are liberal and intellectual. if anybody is thinking of becoming a catholic or coming back to the church, katrina or joy. the phrase "i was raised a catholic." it drives me crazy. religion is not a food court. if i don't like mcdonald's this week, i think gi to bob big boy's, i understand the stylistic differences. but when it comes down to choosing a religion on the base of s

michael beschloss, mike hetherington. thank you. >> thanks, judy. >> thanks for having us. >> ifill: now, "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien begins a two-part look at america's drinking water, and the regulatory system that is supposed to guarantee its safety. his report is the result of a partnership with the center for public integrity. it begins in the small desert town that made erin brockovich a household name. >> come on, you want some water. come on, drink some-- drink. >> reporter: clean water is something most of us take for granted. but not roberta walker. she, her dogs, and her family drink spring water that is either bottled or trucked in. because where she lives, people can't drink the well water. welcome to hinkley, california. >> this was bought out, this home on the right, this is all boarded up. >> reporter: roberta drove me around town-- what's left of it. >> there was a home here on the corner and that of course is gone. >> reporter: it is a ghost town? >> ya, ya. >> reporter: the steady decline of hinkley is rooted here at a natural gas pipeline pumping station owned by the giant california utility pacific gas and electr

o'brien with sheryl sandberg. that's all we have today. stay tuned because "around the world" with suzanne malveaux and michael holmes begins right now. >>> welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. good to see you in person. >> good to have you back. >> it's very nice to be back. >> i'm michael holmes. let's begin inside. >> impact on the markets around the world today. >> indeed. why? because counting like a lot of european neighbors need a bit of a bailout. but it's the rescue plan being proposed would scoop as much as 10% from everyone's bank account. >> so of course it's got the government worried about the banks. the banks will be closed in cypress for the next couple days. we're going to go live to europe and why it's rattling the markets in the united states as well. >> all over the world. meanwhile world leaders continue to arrive for the inauguration of pope francis. there's zimbabwe's long ruler made his way to rome. >> and vice president joe biden is leading the delegation for the united states. he's joining a long list of leaders and dignitaries who will witness the official installation of the former cardinal from