mike viqueira reporting from the hill. thank you. >>> it was different story in sout south carolina. graham grabbed 57% of the vote. five other candidates were in single digits. the tea party failed to unseat mitch mcconnell and john corning. in mississippi chris mcda mcdaniel has forced a run of. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is answering questions about the bowe bergdahl swap. congress wants to know how the decision to free bergdahl was made. what new information is coming out of the hearing. >> reporter: they are on the hot seat and they assured congress that time is running out to make this deal, that bergdahl was in poor health, the risk of his safety was growing. he said he had to act quickly. they couldn't put up with any possible leaks. as for the five taliban released in exchanged for bergdahl they had not been implicated in any attacks against the u.s. and he said that it was appropriate to consider them as trades for this deal. >> if any of these detainees try to rejoin the fight, they'll be doing so at thei

a professor from central virginia mike viqueira joins us from capitol hill. mike, this is an unprecedented loss. everyone is telling me, including david shuster to my left what it means going forward for the republican party. >> reporter: this was truly a bolt from the blue in an age where there are so few genuine surprises. no one saw it coming. what it means with this riff between te tea party establishment. not so. the first time in the history of this republican the majority leader has been unseated in a primary by a member of his own party. what is even more shocking is that erik don'ter was in line to become the next speaker of the house, the conventional wisdom some insiders will tell you close to john boehner that this was going to be his last hoorah, and eric cantor could have been speaker as early as next year. well all that came to an end. this upset at the hands of a tea party conservative bringing down the majority leader. >> reporter: vindication from the tea party. >> this team road a tea party wave to office, and last year a growing concern tha

mike viqueira joins us from washington with more on that. how close is president barack obama to a decision on military action? >> well at this point the administration is trying to play down the urgency in particular with the meeting with congressional meetings. in the west wing of the big four, the republican and democratic leaders will meet with the president. the white house letting it be known it will not be a decision making meeting, but consultations going over the options. as far as we know them, they include what the president said on the south lawn, potential air strikes against the forces, i.s.i.l. forces that dana described. first, the administration from the president on down has insisted time and time again that it's not merely about air strikes, there has to be reform in the form of conciliation between shia and sunni, between nouri al-maliki and his government, bringing the sunnis back into the fold, something he has been doing the opposite of. interesting, perhaps breathing room, in terms of military acks by the americans, t

mike viqueira our white house correspondent is at the white house. what are the options on the table right now? >> del, it's interesting. the white house is billing this as a status check. they're not proposing or putting forth any new ideas or actions that the president is set to take. it looks little bily that the prospect of unilateral airstrikes on the part of united states is growing dimmer. airstrikes are an option whether it be toma hawk missiles launched from the ships in the gulf or drone attacks. they have made the first steps to reach out to iran to see what kind of cooperation they can offer, and there is talk of small special forces unit, but being sent in iraq to train and advise iraqi forces. >> the president may have tipped the administration' hand earlier today. >> well, it's true. secretary of defense chuck hagel and chief of staff martin dempsey a testified saying this is a common theme. this is not something that the united states could have prevented notwithstanding the lack of a residual force that has been the criticism of many

mike viqueira was in warsaw this morning. >> reporter: president obama can't say it enough in his trip to warsaw, poland. to poles and eastern europeans, the united states and n.a.t.o. are there for poland and the rest of the eastern european in the face of russian aggression in ukraine. people are very anxious, nervous, there is long and bloody history as pointed out yesterday by the polish president himself standing next to president obama. he came here to warsaw castle square to deliver the message in person to the polish company. >> i've come to warsaw today on behalf of the united states, on behalf of the n.a.t.o. alliance to reaffirm our unwearing commitment to poland's security. article five is clear. an attack on one is an attack on all. a solemn duty, a binding treaty obligation to defend your territorial integrity and we will. we stand together and forever. for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand alone. >> before his speech here in castle square president obama met with the ukrainian president-elect petro poroshenko. he promised to work on aid. the president leaves

and they're looking at ways to beef that up or address these problems specifically. >> mike viqueira, reporting from the white house. thank you. >>> a short time ago, the supreme court handed down a ruling that may led to a change in the way our foods and drinks are labeled. in the way that coke labels it's drinks, they're trying to have the lawsuit thrown out. but the justices said that the lawsuit can proceed. lisa stark joins us from washington and tell us about this ruling. >> well, stephanie, a california company, they made a big splash with pomegranate juice, which they tout as quite healthy. while others decided to get into the business, coca cola, they made their own pomegranate blueberry juice. less than 1% of the products actually contain pomegranate or blueberry. and the supreme court said you can sue over this particular act, which allows companies to sue if there's unfair competition and the justice said that this lawsuit can go forward. >> it's not just about pomegranate juice. are there larger ramifications? could this set a precedent, especially if they win with lots o

mike viqueira is on the telephone to talk more about this, mike. this came as a big surprise.es it mean in the house of representatives? >> reporter: it's amazing, john. it's a shocker. and you can't overstate that. here is a man, eric cantor, who has rises up the ranks of the house republican leadership, has been steady, seemingly inevitable and inexorable and now it's been derailed in a complete surprise. there was some talk of this gentlemen dave brat. the tea party challenging actually putting forth a credible challenge to eric cantor and his richmond area district but it was really off the radar for the most part of most political analysts. eric cantor was going to be the next speaker of the house. that was widely assumed within the belt way and certainly on capitol hill because john boehner, sort of the whisper that you hear and for good reason, because people are talking to people who know what they are taking about this was going to be john boehner's last year, and eric cantor was going to be the house speaker. he would be the first jewish speaker. he would remind peop

mike viqueira joined us live from washington. , i guess we are all learn this is guy's name in morning. >> reporter: you can be forgiven, right. >> whawhat does this surprising upset mean for the republican party? >> reporter: i'll tell you, stephanie, i have spent the morning in the halls of the house of representatives where i am standing right now. and everyone is talking about it. from members whispering in elevators to the tour guides with high school groups from around the country, no one saw this coming. not only was eric cantor expected to be the next speaker of the house, perhaps as early as next year, but no one saw him as even vulnerable in this district, and especially in a year when the tea party really appeared to be in retreat, they had been losing primaries all spring long. well, all that changed last night when dave brat came out of nowhere to bring down the house majority leader. it's the speech no one saw coming. >> i know there is a lot of long faces here tonight, and it's disappointing, sure, but i believe in

stephanie. >> mike viqueira reporting from washington, mike, thank you. on on that topic on capitol hill, congress is holding its third closed door immediate on thmeeting on theprison swap. they are meeting with senior, defense, and intelligence officials at this hour. members of congress have expressed concern that the white house went ahead with the prisoner swap without consulting congress. chuck hagel is due to testify tomorrow in the first public hearing on the matter. >>> for the second time in two days, gunmen have launched an attack on pakistan's busiest airport. the pakistani taliban claiming responsibility again. no one was killed in this attack. armed men targeted a security compound in the city's airport, briefly disrupting flights. again, no one killed in the attack, but the gunfire comes less than 48 hours after an assault on the same airport that killed 36. al jazerra has this report from islambad. >> reporter: even though the local media was reporting a fresh attack on the airport, the security forces were quick to say that this was not an

mike viqueira live in warsaw. >>> well, as mike reported, some soldiers from bergdahl's unit claim that a deserter and they are calling for his punishment. but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff released a statement regarding recent criticisms, here is part of what he had to say, quote: >> for those who knew him before we want to after dan stan the care for bergdahl and his family is a top priority now. residents of his hometown of haley, idaho have been anticipating his release for five years, our jim is there, it's been a long time coming from the people in haley, idaho, how have they been preparing for that moment. >> reporter: it goes without saying the spirits remain high here in the town. the yellow ribbons, balloons, signs all over the town. but the questions here even now are growing about bergdahl's release. here in sergeant boe bergdahl's hometown of the hailey, idaho it's hard to find a tree without a yellow ribbon. >> the ribbons, bumper sticksers and bracelets, we have never stopped. and we are eighth to breathe once he's home here in idaho, we can breathe again. >>

mike viqueira reporting from washington. mike, thank you.iraq, the prime minister is asking the parliament to declare a state of emergency. earlier today gunmen seized parts of the country's second largest city, mosul. government buildings have been taken over by gunmen believed to be tart of islamic state orism r isil. imran kahn reports from baghdad. >> reporter: in the early hours of tuesday fighters from the islamic at this time of iraq mounted within of the most boldest a tacked on mosul in the north. some 1300 fighters besieged the city within a few hours took over at celeste 75% of it. according to local sources. iraq's army and police forces also abandoned their positions. within a few hours then a prison break freed 2400 prisoners then the provincial government building was taken over quickly followed by two tv stations and some banks. >> reporter: a few hours later the iraqi prime minister addressed the nation calling for an emergency session of parliament. >> translator: we call upon the apartment to declare a state of emergency i

mike viqueira at the white house. joining us, former fbi special agent james weddecks, who worked on terrorism cases with the fbi. welcome. >> evening. >> apparently the u.s. knew that ahmed abu chattalah was where he was for several years. why did it take so long to get him? >> they needed to extract him safely, get him to a place where special forces - and i don't doubt members of the bureau's hostage rescue team took part in the arrest, as well as probably some members of our high value interrogation team. >> how does it work with the fbi. the fbi's involvement, along with special forces? >> well, they actually train with them. day in and day out. the bureau's hostage rescue team is on the marine's base. they participate with each other's training programs and are familiar with each other when they affect the rests. >>> once they rest him, what happens immediately? >> immediately they'll debrief him, try to get his cooperation about any ongoing terrorism cases that he might be willing to talk about, and then they h

mike viqueira is traveling with the president on his european tour, what's behind the request for the dollars security fund? >> reporter: you know, michael, it's fascinating. the president 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

mike viqueira, al jazerra, omaha beach, france. >>> the battle began july 6th as paratroopers jumpedr to protect the soldiers due to come ashore. as dawn broke the germans discover the amaze presence. the american army hand at omaha and utah beaches about the i can gold, juneau and sword beaches, dana lewis has been reporting from sword beach all day where the international ceremony was held, dana. >> reporter: high stephanie, on sword beach is where the british soldiers landed and the resystems was quite lied compared to some of the other beaches as they went up the road they ran in to a division and heavy fighting. the americans to the west at home ma beach and at one point in the early initial hours of assault there were so many soldiers getting cut down by jeff man gunfire that general bradley start today think that the battle plan was failing and starting to come apart and american commanders not necessarily panicking, but extremely concerned that point. president obama speaking of the soldiers and calling them heros and mentioned one veteran wilson bill caldwell who said he cou

mike viqueira is live. appointments have been controversial since day one. >> reporter: the supreme court handing president obama and the white house a decisive repudiation on their practice of making recess appointments. this is shroallowed for in the constitution but senate republicans over the course of the obama administration have refused to go into recess to begin with. they have what are called proforma sessions. they come in once every three days, bang the gavel, say the pledge of allegiance. nothing is said on the senate floor but technically, they are in session, not in recess. the president cannot make appointments. appointments, incidentally they have blocked time and time again, not only for executive branch posts but also for the judiciary. so what did the white house do? they said we will make these appointments anyway. we think it's nonsense. you can't say you are in session. they started making appointments, most notably to the national labor relations board and that is the origin of the ca

mike viqueira has been following the story.ore i come to you i want to play sound from senator john mccain on the floor of the senate just moments ago. >> what has the united states of america done? told we see on the front page of washington post. u.s. sees risks in iraqi air strikes. the president of the united states going golfing and is now fiddling while iraq burns. >> clearly this has turned in to a partisan war of words in wash long before any shots have been fired or for that matter planes launched. >> reporter: it's been going for for quite a while now. the president gave a comprehensive speech a month ago. just like the one that john mccain offered yet again on the floor of the senate today. republicans are trying to put the onus on president obama to come up with a plan. there is no question about it. of course mitch mcconnell left a meeting of the so-called big four congressional leaders here yesterday afternoon and went back to the capital and said the president told them he wasn't going to be consulting with congr

mike viqueira is live for us at the white house with more on these developments. mike, does the president's drones in the iraqi theater, let's call it that, represent a major escalation for the united states? >> we do know that the united states was flying drones as well as f-18 off the aircraft car carrier george h bush. what they're doing is getting a better idea of those islamic state in iraq and the levant and trying to identify targets. today we do learn that some of those drones are armed. the pent makes no apologize for that, and they say that they're there as private contractors and some of those 300 or so advisers, about half who are in country can be protected if it comes to that. they described the mission this way. >> some of those aircraft are armed. the reason that some of those aircraft are armed is primarily for protection reasons. some military advisers who's objective will be to operate outside of the confines of the embassy. >> those same drones could participate in airstrikes if in fact, president obama and the white house decide to go forward w

mike viqueira at the white house, tell us more about the suspect and the arrest. >> reporter: a lot of people are still having problems with this saying why did it take so long? and what about the other suspects that resulted in death in the attacks. just a matter of weeks before the 2012 election. but today president obama has a rare foreign policy success to announce. it took almost two years, but when it was done president obama welcomed the capture. >> it's important for us to send a message to the world that when americans are attacked no matter how long it takes we will find those responsible, and we will bring them to justice. >> reporter: officials say u.s. special forces acting alone and without the help of local officials staged a screed raid inside libya late sunday. they took the man alleged to be the mastermind of the september 11, 2012, attacks. in all four americans died including the ambassador. >> we continue to think about and pray for those who were killed in that terrible attack. >> reporter: the leader of an libyan armed group said to have ties to al-qaeda. he face

mike viqueira is live for us on the white house with more on these militants. do the drones represent a major escalation. >> reporter: here's what we knew and what we know now. forces have flown over iraq to identify where the enemy is and ar where are the targets. and drones that are faced elsewhere surrounding iraq. what we now know is that some of those drones are armed. what u.s. officials are say something that the reason that they're armed is to protect u.s. interest in iraq right now. not only those individuals within private contracts that they should be evacuated, but part of those 300 advisers, the first wave of which has entered iraq to try to assess the capabilities on the part of the military. >> some of those aircraft are armed. so the reason why some of those aircraft are ar armed primarily are for protection. some military advisers whose objectives are to operate outside of the compounds of the embassy. >> reporter: and also those missions, we're no closer to a decision before we can tell. if president obama were to go forward with those airstri

mike viqueira for us at the white house. what is next for the military advisers who are now on the grouped in iraq. >> reporter: they're there to assess the cohesiveness of the iraqi army. and the iraqi army's image has suffered. in addition, 90 of the 300 that the president said he is sending there as special operators as the phrase goes are coming into country today. in addition to assessing the capability of the iraqi army, they're also going to be helping the iraqi acquire targets of the isil where bombs should be dropped. we have more from the pentagon spokesman. >> the team will begin their assessments immediately and report their findings through the chain of command in the next few weeks. we'll continue to fly over iraq to the tune of 35 flights per day to give us enter insight about the security situation on the ground. >> around the clock over the course of the last five days or so the american military has been performing that surveillance in the skies over iraq. and kirby goes on to add that they are there, the a

mike viqueira join us now from the white house. what is this going to mean and the timing on this, why now? >> this is reaching crisis proportions. vice president biden stopped by gall mahlah to try to do something about the sudden influx of migrants, many of them unaccompanied children into the united states. the administration said that it's based on rumor unfounded rumors that once here these things will be able to stay. we'll try to get to some of the root causes of violence, the gang violence in many of these countries now is becoming overwhelming. they're becoming very dangerous places. in addition to the economic situation which is not good across much of central america. here's the money breakdown now. the funding includes $40 million to reduce gang membership in guatemala. $18.5million to build youth out reach centers in honduras. vice president biden is in guatemala, and there is some disagreement. the leaders of these countries want special permission, special treatment and dispensation for many of their citizens when th

mike viqueira is in brussels, and this meeting is a bigger plan for push for peace. what steps will the g-7 take moving forward? >> well, tony, there has been a lot of build up to this meeting but there is some question whether the g-7 will be able to stay on the same page in response to what russia is doing. you are correct, this meeting has been convened in brussels, belgium, as opposed to sochi, russia, but many in europe are convinced that no further sanctions are needed, and president obama is trying to get the g-7 to speak with one voice to respond to what russia is doing in ukraine. and now there are seven. as the group formally known as the gen g-8 gathered in brussels. ileading ukraine's president-elect petro poroshen poroshenko, president obama vowed to keep the pressure on russia in response to its actions in ukraine. >> an unified international community is clear. violation of international law and is willing to back up those principles with consequences for russia. >> in his west point speech last week president obama declared his policy of sanctions is

goes forward with air strikes, including high value individuals within the i.s.i.l. >> mike viqueira at the white house. the u.s. special envoy to the middle east is stepping down after less than a year. martin indyk's resignation is two months after the latest unsec sussful attempt to form a peace deal between israel and palestinians. >>> coming up, marrying a stranger. we talk to a woman who left her family and friends to join a church many consider a cult. >>> rebuilding detroit, one window at a time. how residents rally around a new way to fix the city. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> this is al jazeera america. om-john seigenthaler, coming up, holy candy, a personal story about life in a cult

mike viqueira travels with the president and joins us from warsaw. we heard is bit from president obama's meeting with petero poroshenko. let's hear what he had to say about providing military resources to ukraine. >> we discussed additional sets that we can -- steps that we can take to train and professionalize the ukranian law enforcement and military. to help with challenges that are taking place in certain portions of the country. today was about additional assistance that we can provide that will help ukrainian military force deal with this. >> additional nonlethal military assistance to ukraine. mike, is this enough to assure u.s.'s nato allies that it will not let what happened in ukraine happen to them? >> well, you know, pols, people in the baltic stath, lithuania, estonia, eastern europe and others, they want to hear the president re afarm what president obama called the iron lad commitment of n.a.t.o. allies. he'd come to their defense. have eight remarkable to see and hear pols in warsaw. the people on the street, the concern that history

mike viqueira is travelling with the parents -- with the president and joins us from brussels. yesterday it was said that allies were played against each other. will the side meetings affect the summit? >> well, the swedish foreign minister is not the only one. in the run up to meetings vladimir putin is making conciliatory gestures, it's adding fuel to those reluctant to impose sanctions. there were two triggers. interfering with elections. the other was ipp vading with the troops massing on the ukranian border. now we have the meetings that will be happening with david cameron and other world leaders, with vladimir putin, and president obama will not meet him. a lot of people see that and have the same suspicion. >> if there is no formal meeting is obama administration likely to rub elbows and have a side conversation with vladimir putin? >> i think he will literally be rubbing elbows. they'll be in the same room. keep in mind there'll be 16 world leaders gathering on the beach for the 70th anniversary commemoration of d-day. the white house insisted that they could exchange

mike viqueira is traveling with president obama now, what does the president hope to achieve in the next two days? >> reporter: well, david, here it is hot off the preys. the g-7 communique on foreign policy notwithstanding the denials of vladimir putin, this very day the g-7 convinced that russia is behind the un rest fomenting and provoking the unrest in the ukraine. the central question as the leaders gather on the g-7, they say that the g-7 stands ready to impose further costs on russia should events so require. quote/unquote. that's the problem all along here david. there were triggers beforehand. the president was in europe two months ago threatening the broad sanctions. if russia from to interfere by the accounting o , if russian troops on the border of eastern ukraine, if they were to spill over or intentionally spill over into ukraine and start an overt military action, well, those more draconian stricter sanctions should be triggered. the question for this gathering what will be the trigger? and that communique makes it very big. the french depend on russia not only on energy,

mike mcca mike viqueira is at the whitehouse with more? >> it's a measure of how serious this has become. president obama who has spent the better part of the last three years talking about what a success his iraq policy is talking about direct military intervention in iraq. >> reporter: describing the situation in iraq as an emergency, president obama says american airstrikes might be needed in the face of insurgent gains. >> iraq is going to need more help. it's going to need more help from us. and it's going to need more help from the international community. my team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. i don't rule out anything. >> as the sectarian conflict becomes a crisis, mr. obama lays part of the blame at the feet of the iraqi leader, noori al maliki from excluding sunnis from power. >> we have not seen the kind of trust and cooperation develop between moderate sunni and shiia leaders. >> the president ended american military involvement in iraq in 2011. since then, the

. >> mike viqueira on capitol hill today. thank you very much. >> israeli backed forces and palestinians as they try to locate the three missing teenagers. thousands of israelis moving into the west bank in the last three days, they have made almost 300 arrests, and most of those being deigned are affiliated with hamas, they believe it's the group that carried out the abductions if. >> and police in al bane carrying out a major coup. >> the smoke rising over the little village in southern albania clouds marijuana, destroyed by its manufacturers as the police moved in. after years and years of this placing with the authorities, it's being held as an example of how albania and it's lawless reputation may be turning a corner. the entire village has been taken over by drug lords running a massive cannibus operation. they have made perfect points by which to supply european drug markets. but albania wants to join the european union, and the new socialist government wants to show that it's serious. so the police raid hardly seems c

mike viqueira joins us live from washington.l us what you know at this point about the suspect and the arrest? >> reporter: we have had a round of briefings from officials all over washington today, tony and basically what we know is this, late on sunday, libya time, about midday sunday, eastern time, u.s. special forces according to president obama who spoke about this earlier today, launched a raid inside libyan territory, their target said to be a master mind of benghazi attacks on september 11th 2012 resulting as you reported in the deaths of four americans including ambassador chris stevens and causing a political firestorm ever since here in washington and elsewhere. i had been designated as a terrorist as will as the organization he's said to be affiliated with. just back in january now after two year's time he's in custody and on his way to face at least three counts. president obama here is what towed say about it. >> we continue to think about and pray for the family of those killed during that terrible attack. but mor

mike viqueira joins us live there washington. mike, good afternoon. is the government respond to go this escalating situation in iraq? >> reporter: stephanie, we have some brand-new developments to tell you about. just moments ago president obama at the end of a meeting, an hour long meeting that he had in the oval office with the australian prime minister, kevin rudd, president obama spoke extensively about the unfolding situation in iraq, a situation that he termed an emergency and very significantly, stephanie, he did not rule out the use of military force to deal a setback to those insurgent and sectarian forces now making their way towards baghdad. let's listen. >> iraq is going to need more help. it's going to need more help from us and need more help from the international community. so my team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. i don't real out anything. because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadist are not getting a permanent foot hold in either iraq or syria, for

. >> mike viqueira reporting, and back in the u.s., the attempt to free sergeant bergdahl is growing. they said that they were concerned about bergdahl's health. >> over the criticism to change bergdahl for five taliban leaders, the administration officials briefed all senators, saying that those prisoners from guantanemo are no threat to the united states, but some were unconvinced. >> the hardest of the hardcore al qaeda/taliban, will pose a threat to the united states of america. >> the president has now set a precedent that will encourage enemies of the united states to target men and women in uniform to capture them in order to carry out similar exchanges in the future. >> reporter: the senators were slowing bergdahl in deteriorating health, why the administration moved so quickly and bypassed congress. but that didn't get much support either. >> that didn't sell me at all. don't tell me that he was impaired. >> there was no intelligence that indicated from a medical standpoint that his life was in danger. >> on a day where the taliban released the video that showed bergdahl was

. >> mike viqueira for us. as you heard mike mention, that scathing review of the obama administration by former vice president dick cheney writing in an editorial rarely has a president been so wrong about so much and so mm going to to say he's unaware or indifferent to the fact that an insurgent al qaeda presents a clear danger to the united states of america. that prompted this push-back from eliot engel. >> i don't think dick cheney has right to tell anyone to do. we're paying the price of the bush administration's failing in iraq. while he's intiened to his opinion, we shouldn't listen to it. >> we are on the brink one month. this time it's eliot engel speaking what would be a grave mistake in your opinion moving forward. >> boots on the ground and we don't and what it will lead to what is essentially a sectarian war we can't control. if we haven't learned that lesson from our incursion into iraq, we haven't learned anything. >> iraq's prime minister says his forces are gaming control of the situation pushi

and mike viqueira is there. >> just about under 10,000 of them -- i'm sorry, stephanie, and we were talking about numbers with dana, and you were talking about veterans. just under 10,000 americans died here in the -- on d-day 70 years ago today. and in the ensuing weeks in normandy. they are buried here behind me. i don't know if you've ever been here, and for anybody that hasn't, it's a moving trip. today, a picture of tranquility as president obama and president hole an delivered marks to a massive assembled crowd. they were you have all ages, young and old and in particular the veterans that you were just talking about. if this invasion happened 70 years ago, in this age of cynicism we had, it would not have been ten minutes into it that it would have been called a deckacle. and president obama gets off script and he said he was coming in on marine one and shared a personal moment with the staff. his grandfather fought in patton's army, and he said if there was anyone he would love to have right now, his late grandfather. it was a moving day, 70 years after the carnage of d day. >> in t

. >> mike viqueira and david shuster, i'm tony harris in new york. "inside story" is next. . >> mick up the paper, watch the news, there is probably another shocking story demonstrating that the lives of women are cheap. when will they change that picture? that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. retelling the stories would take days. the horrifying crimes against women seem to know no limit of ghastliness and degradation. men kidnapping women, raping them so they have to marry their rapists. killing family members who reject an arranged marriage. gang raping women with no punishment. leaders saying publicly boys will be boys. as i read these stories i'm always trying to figure some things out. is what is new that i know about in the first place? why aren't crimes against women and girls unthinkable? could you imagine widespread cruelty and oppression going on like this against men and then being met with such a shrug. when a guy in a suit and tie shakes his head, scold this is criminality, do many people dismiss it as another lecture from

. >> mike viqueira joins us now from normandy. we heard from president obama who spoke a little earlier this morning. talk to us about what you're seeing and the atmosphere around this special day. >> well, president obama began his day at the place commonly known to americans as omaha beach. the american cemetery here, a solemn cemetery, just a moving and incredible place to be. seventy years ago acknowledge day of the air full of smoke, the water full of blood as president obama said in his remarks just a few moments ago here, talked about with the french president, and president obama came here to visit remarks. this is the american cemetery. 172 acres, 9,387 americans are interred here. the largest sea invasion remains in the history of the world has been observed by president after president, ronald reagan famously spoke here in 1984 and every president since then has visited and delivered remarks. president obama stuck to the script largely, praised the veterans, praised france for its part, but also got personal for a momen

mike viqueira was in warsaw this morning. >> reporter: president obama can't say it enough in his tripe to warsaw poland. 2pols and east turn europeans the united states, nato are there for poland and the rest of eastern european including the baltics. there is a long and bloody history as was pointed out by the polish pred him self standing next to president obama himself. he came here early wednesday morning and delivered the message in person to the polish public. >> i have come to warsaw today on paragraph of the united states. on behalf of the nato alliance to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to poland's security. article 5 is clear an attack on one is an attack a on all. as allies we had a solemn duty a binding treaty to defend your territorial area. and we will. we stand now and forever for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand-alone. >> reporter: before his speech here in castle square, president obama met with the ukrainian president elect, he promised to cooperate on economic aid, on energy aid that's something vital ukraine and most countries in this part of the wo

for more let's go to mike viqueira at the white house. >> oh, alley -- ali, president obama spent theter part of the last three years talking about his iraq policy as a success, he is now talking about u.s. action in iraq'ia air strikes. it was a remarkable statement from president obama in the oaf value office. he was with the australian prime minister tony abbott, but spoke extensively about the situation in iraq. he laid part of the blame for what is happening squarely at the feet of al-maliki. he is the third-term president of iraq. a shiite muslim. he has been accused of excusing and even persecuting sunnis in the movement. he says he hasn't had any cooperation between the two sects. he thinks that would help solve some of the problems. if it hasn't gotten so far out of hand. and john boehner said, quote, unquote, the president is taking a nap on foreign policy while other large iraqi cities are being overrun. john mccain, lindsay gram pointing to afghanistan. the president just announced deadline for removing all american troops in 2016, saying that has to be re-thunk now. meanw

we are in london, but we begin our coverage with mike viqueira in washington. isil is getting stronger. we have seen images of what could be mass killings, they're pushing closer to baghdad. heading into the meeting today are two major questions, can the u.s. afford to wait and should the u.s. get involved. >> the white house is billing this meeting 3:00 in the west wing, the top four congressional leaders not billing it as a decision-making meeting where the president is going to have proposals or any notification of congress. this is more an ongoing consultation. the pentagon said the defenses around baghdad are stiffening because of that call to arms from shia clerics. many shias are taking up arms bringing it back to an imminent assault. we have a response this morning from national security council spokes wham, basically she says the president has not made a decision. at this stage, the only thing that remains ruled out is more u.s. troops in a combat role. the solution that is needed is an iraqi one. any u.s. military options are in support of that strate

mike viqueira has been traveling with the press, and he joins us from warsaw, poland. and what's the message that the president is sending to russia tond? >> well, his message was clear before the president left the airport. posing with the polish president before nato f-16s, there was no mistaking president obama's message to russia. >>> i'm starting to visit here because of our commitment to poland's security. and the security of our allies in central and eastern europe is a cornerstone of our own security and it's sanko sank. >> part of his mission to ria assure an anxious region, where many hear disturbing echoes much history and russia's aggression toward ukraine. it's described bluntly. >> poland is interested in the condition of this uneasy process of the recognition of the painful and bloody history. >> later, the european nations gathered here in the unit. all at once, moscow and the soviet union. all are members of nato. president obama vowed to stabbed by them and uphold the treaty. >> we're here because as nato allies, we have to stand united in defense. we

mike viqueira joins us now, and when you put it together and bake it, what do you get, mike? >> well, you know, the president has taken three overseas trips in the last four ones. one to europe and one to asia pacific. and it overshadowed what the president wanted to talk about. ukraine was on the top of the agenda and intentionally so. no sooner had airforce 1 come wheels down when president obama shook hands with the president of the ukraine and walked over to the hanger where the f-16s were located. these were recently shipped from the united states, and polish and fighters are patrolling the skies over the border, not only in poland, but the baltic states, latvia and estonia. a great concern, and a lot of people see the potential of the same sort of thing that happened in ukraine, and georgia and moldova, they're nervous here, and the polish president said there's a long and bloody history of russia in this part of the world, and they want to see a firmer stance, regardless of the hardware. in addition to the f-16s t. there have been paratroopers deployed from the united

mike viqueira is there. the crisis there set off a political fire storm in washington, who's claiming who, can we expect a u.s. response. >> as the situation has now descended and accelerated into a full blown crisis, a series of meetings and consultations here at the white house. we know vice president biden was on the phone yesterday with key members of the congress. after the president left the door open to air strikes to try to assist the malaki government to turn back this unurgency, lots of finger pointing and i told you so in washington. the president and administration are accused of failing to reach an agreement in 2011 when the president ended the u.s. role. american forces on the ground did not have the agreement that would allow a counter terrorism force to remain just over the horizon as the phrase goes, collecting intelligence, and training iraqi forces. >> mike, tell us more about what the president had to say. >> he did meet yesterday with the australian prime minister tony abbot. the situati

. >> our mike viqueira is traveling with the president. good morning.his trip to poland is in part to reassure eastern european allies of support against russia. has the president been able to do that? >> it's remarkable that 25 years after the first free elections in poland that saw poland get out from under the thumb of moscow in the form of the old satisfactory jet union are talking again about russian imperialism in this region. it's a big concern. poland is a member of nato. while many eastern european countries are watching anxiously at ukraine, having the history they do with russia over the course of generations and centuries, there is that great deal of anxiety. president obama came here he is presley to reassure the poles. first thing he does when he gets off the plane with the polish president, stands before some f16's, of course the american fighter planes here as a contingent of nato war planes that were just sent here in the wake of the situation ukraine over the course of the last several months, also very nervous are the baltic states wi

. >> for more on the political upset, mike viqueira joins us from washington. >> i it was a bolt from the blu. not only was eric cantor expected to become the next speaker of the house, perhaps as early at next year, but this was a year that the tea party was in retreat, a series of stinging defeats this spring and summer. all that have ended last night when this relative unknown, david brat brought down the house majority leader. >> it's the speech no one saw coming. >> i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight, and it's disappointing, sure, but i believe in this country, i believe there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us. >> a concession by an established washington insider to a little known economics professor. >> this is the happiest moment obviously of my life and i owe it to all of you in this room, number one, so give yourselves a hand. >> the tea party win came against huge odds, raising just $200,000 to cantor's $5.4 million, enough for an historic victory, the first time ever for a house majority leader to be defeated in a primary. >> serving as a seven

mike viqueira has more. >> reporter: it was a day of solemn ceremony and tribute. behind-the-scenes leaders got down to business. this was a surprise. after the white house spent weeks down playing the chance of vladimir putin, president obama did just that. according to both sides the possibility of a cease-fire in ukraine is among the topics, and there was more. putin also spoke with petro poroshenko, the man due to be sworn in on a meeting brokered by chancellor angela merkel. friday's developments were a step in that right direction. the obama-putin meeting was more of a surprise after earlier in the day as the leaders posed for a picture, it looked like the chill between president and putin seemed to grow colder. mr. obama began the day can french president franÇois hollande at the cemetery. american forces led an assault against entrenched newsy positions. >> whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt the courage and good assistance possible stop and think of these men. >> reporter: u.s. officials regard both meetings, the putin poroshenko meeti

. >> all right, mike viqueira for us. mike, appreciate it. thank you.are learning more about how americans feel about president obama's handling of the situation in iraq. a new abc news washington post poll find 42% of those surveyed approve of thousand the president handled the situation. 52% disapprove. 65% oppose sending u.s. troops to iran, but americans are split on the potential use of air strikes. 45% support the idea, 46% oppose it. the islamic state of iraq and the levant continues to make big gains across iraq, besides making military grains, the rebels are also winning over people in the areas they have ceased. al jazerra's imran kahn has more. >> reporter: this is northwestern iraq. these pictures taken on monday show the rebels are running the affairs of the town. by providing services the rebels are hoping to get local people to couldn't and consolidate their hold. >> translator: praise to god everything is normal now in terms of social life and security. things are much better now in comparison to how they used to be under the control of

more from mike viqueira. >> 2.5 years after the last of their number left, american troops are going into iraq. president obama insists the numbers will be small and the mission limited. >> reporter: fresh from 2.5 hours with the national security team president obama announced he's sending up to 300 military advisors to iraq. but there's a limited mission. >> american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as te take the fight to terrorists who threaten the iraqi people, region and american interests as well. >> the mission for the 300 - get a close up assessment of the iraqi millry and advice them in the -- military and advise them in the fight against rebels. the u.s. is in the air over iraq with manned and unmanned aircraft, conducting around the world surveillance, and identifying targets if president obama goes forward with the air strikes, targets that could include forces from the islamic state of iraq and levant inside syria. but senior officials say the pentagon is not preparing for strikes, and the possibility is less likely in the short te