because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigationswere undertaken against the death of innocence of iraqi civilians they are trying to manage it and put a cap on it these are people getting away with human rights violations including killing without punishment process of law has testimony from rights which you kate thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive point at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private member of ministers not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year anniversary of the invasion later this month. in london thousands of staff from the airline iberia have been demonstrating in madrid against job and pay cuts the firm plans to layoff around a fifth of its workforce and the latest blow to the struggling euro zone member spain already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the block. as this report. the staff of the iberian airlines one of the national carriers has taken this to heart taking it personally really there's b

troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them but the ministry of defensestrenuously denied that british troops are normally killed and iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by the victims and their families that it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. this is a first inquiry of its kind of already have this very embarrassing case of the killing of a back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to know about this middle nouns because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations when the taken against the death of innocence of the rocky civilians trying to manage it down to the company th

not want to know the embarrassment on the hounds because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defenseagainst the process by which investigations were undertaken against the death of innocence of the civilians they are trying to manage its own particular point and these are people getting away with grave human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law standing from rights watching kate thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private memo urged ministers not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year anniversary of the invasion later this month. political scientist with a london school of economics says british and u.s. forces should face up to the crimes they committed during the invasion of iraq. to see these. scoundrels who was killed will continue to come out of this invasion illegal invasion of the country the. united states should be how disposable they have. the. full role five united whom they accuse of the. us

not want to know the embarrassment on the hounds because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations when the taken against the death of innocence of the iraqi civilians they all trying to manage it and put a cap on it these are people getting away with grave human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law whether it's what you'll pay in law or international little it depends on the cost of how much you watch how much you want to spend on the stuff we spend a lot of money on leveson and the media inquiry into. hacking of so you know people in the public eye on this is about death and human rights violations and it calls for two million then that something would be become be swallowed as testimony from right thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has in a private memo the minister says not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year and the vast array of the invasion later this month elis

or the ministry of defense strenuously denied that british troops on lawfully killed and the iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by the victims and their families that it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition and we had the first hearing today but it's set to take place until the end of twenty fourteen by which point it will have cost the government and will of course taxpayers an estimated twenty five million pounds now i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. christopher you were at the herring today and we heard that there were some very graphic images sharing in the courtroom what was being discussed the counsel to the inquiry who was actually working for the inquiry not the british government gave images or presented images of horrific abuse of iraqi combatants insurgent civilians have you want to. very similar to images we've seen around the world before the relation to t

policemen and an aide worker were among those killed the and nine people were killed outside the ministry of defense in kabul. the spokesman said he wanted to end a message to defense secretary chuck hagel, making his first trip to the area since his selection. and now to politics. the free democratic party in berlin is holding its congress. the party is doing very badly in elections. all that was on the minds of delegates as they re-elected rosler to the point of leader. >> a unanimous show of support for the candidate after he addressed the party. following months of power struggles, the f.d.p. is putting on a united face. he almost lost his grasp on power but now is safe in the runup to the election. he asked the delegates for their backing. >> yes, there were times that were really tough. sometimes i made mistakes and i hope that i learned something from them. there were also really idiotic evenings which were spent pondering some very fundamental questions. >> he has gained fresh confidence for the task ahead of him. he says the party must carry its message of freedom into the next election. bu

after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as secretary of defense, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in kabul killing at least 9 people and injuring 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away and says he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> we're in a war zone. i been in war. you know, so shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off or there's an explosion. >> reporter: hagel, who is a vietnam vet, says he is in afghanistan to thank the troops. he met with the 101st airborne division and awarded two purple hearts and answered soldiers' questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to assure that the funding is there and the commitments that we have made to you are fulfilled. >> reporter: on this trip, hagel says he wants to get a better understanding of the progress the us is making in the war. well, in the second bombing, afghan officials said the man was targeting a joint u.s.- afghan military patrol. the taliban claimed responsibility for the bombings and were timed to coincide with hagel's visit. they say the kabul explo

a suicide bomber on a bicycle struck right at the gat of the afghan ministry of defense. one of the most heavily guarded buildings in the country. five civilians were killed. the explosion so powerful, this wall littered with holes. barely a mile away, chuck hagel was away from any danger, his first visit to afghan as the new secretary of defense. in a statement, this attack was a message to him. >> i have been in war. you know, i shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> reporter: hagel's visit comes as the military prepares to drawdown its remaining 60,000 troops still in afghanistan. a challenge that becomes a little bit harder with every deadly attack like this. muhammad lila, abc news, islamabad. >> muhammad, our thanks to you. >>> back in this country tonight, right off the coast of california, to a dramatic rescue playing overnight. sailboat racing team stranded at sea. the 30-foot boat broken apart in the water, its crew thrown overboard. the six members were then hoisted from the water and rushed to the hospital. one of the teammates did not survive. the oth

defense secretary, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in coble.ine people and injured 14 others hagel was a safe distance away and he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> it's like we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> hagel, who is a vietnam vet says he's in afghanistan to think the truth. >> thanks for your service, guys. >> the airborne division and awarded two purple hearts. he also answered soldier's questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to make sure the funding is there and the commitments we made to you are fulfilled. >> hagel wants to get a better understanding of the progress the u.s. is making in the war. >> we are going to continue to work with the afghans and our coalition partners to fight that war and to assure that the afghan people have every ability and right to develop their own country their own way in a democracy. >> a taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for saturday's attack in coble, saying they can strik

first, a suicide bombing rocked the afghan ministry of defense just hours after chuck hagel arrived inkabul on his first official overseas trip. nine people were killed, it's a message for hagel who was not injured. >>> believe it or not, a space rock is giving us all another thing to watch really close shave this hour. this is number two. an asteroid the size of a city block is buzzing by about 605,000 miles away. two times the distance from the earth to the moon. number three, the body of hugo chavez will remain in a glass casket on public display forever, forever. world leaders from iran, cuba, and dozens of nations attended a state funeral yesterday. actor sean penn and the reverend jesse jackson were there too. >>> new trial date set for osama bin laden's son-in-law who has pleaded not guilty to terror charges. prosecutors say he conspired to kill americans as part of bin laden's al qaeda network and spent most of his time since the september 11th attacks in iran. u.s. officials arrested him february 28th in jordan. and number five, female mma fighter fallon fox made headlines thi

tonight we called the afghan ministry of defense to see if u.s. special forces were complying with that order and they hung up on us twice. >> jeff: charlie d'agata thank you. to the economy now and more evidence the recovery is taking hold. we learned friday that employers added 236,000 jobs in february, that was better than expected. and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. for more now we're joined by cbs news analyst mellody hobson. good evening to you. so good jobs news here but still 12 million unemployed. many discouraged. does that get better any time soon? >> yes and it gets better and better and better. a lot of those discouraged workers have said i'm giving up. i can't find a job. but there's good news on the horizon. one, housing is a silver bullet. the most unemployed people are construction related jobs. as housing continues to improve, those numbers are going to get better and better, as well as all of the related industries. and the success breeds success. the more they see people getting jobs, they will want to go out and find work

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 to do it and that they really did say that to me that's not making that up and when they would ask me that question i honestly i didn't know what to say to him i didn't really have an answer it was a very legitimate question and then of course you know after go ahead please now that the u.s. troops are out of iraq i just want to ask you about how civilians have been treated there increasingly full of victims of terror attacks the question is should those troops a stayed great hindsight question but do you think they should have stayed on alt. well see. we had no plan after after action plan after the

hours after check hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as defense secretary, a suicide bomber struck outside of the afghan ministryolice the blast killed at least nine people and injured 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away and said he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> we're in a car zone. i have been in war. so you shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off, or there is an explosion. >> reporter: hagel, who is a vietnam vet says is he in afghanistan to thank the troops. >> thank you for your service, guys. >> reporter: he met with the 101 airborne division in jalalabad and awarded two purple heart and answered soldiers questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to assure that the funding is there and the commitments that we have made to you are fulfilled. >> reporter: on this trip, hagel says he wants to get a better cms understanding of the progress that the u.s. is making in the war. >> we're going to continue to work with the afghans and our coalition partners to fight that war and to assure that the afghan people have every ability and right to de

you work closely with the ministry of interior, ministry of defense to build capabilities to deal with this threat, but also to build a joint capabilities that would permit us together to deal with this. this was not just the threat oriented at isaf. it was oriented that the afghans as well. the result of that were bilateral measures, improvement invetting, improvement information and intelligence sharing, and improved cultural understanding. the afghan started to conduct a cultural training about us and why we were different, just as we tried to enhance our cultural understanding of islam, ramadan, the inherent nature of afghan people at a tribal and ethnic level. we did all of that. wood, as you said, the numbers are down. isthere is one number, it one number dorn too many. i believe we have both taken the measures necessary to defend the force but also taken the measures necessary to protect the campaign. that is important. >> many years ago, i had the pleasure of serving under captain john allen. my question is also to you, because you came back from afghanistan. if you read or lis

it happened outside the afghan ministry of defense complex. the taliban are claiming responsibility, saying in a statement, this attack was a message to him. afghan officials say the suicide bomber was on a bicycle when he detonated. killing at least nine afghan civilian, including children. if explosion so strong, this blast-proof wall littered with holes from shrapnel. haguen is on his first official visit to afghanistan as secretary of defense. just yesterday he said this. >> we're still at war. i think most americans, the congress, the media, understand that. >> reporter: there are still 68,000 american troops in afghanistan. even as the military draws down, today's take another reminder that this war is far from over. ron? >> thank you for that. >>> osama bin laden's son-in-law will remain behind bars in new york city. sulaiman abu ghaith pleaded not guilt in federal court of charges of conspireing to kill americans. he's already provided important new intelligence about the terror group. no date set for his trial. >>> and former on limpi

but we want to send a message that we are always capable of hitting cabble when the top defense ministry is there. there was another homicide bomb attack in the police checkpoint in eastern afghan city. that killed two afghan police officers and eight children between the ages of 10 and 18. >> mogy, thank you very much. >> state senators in colorado capturing national attention as the debate on guns and second amendment rights heats up. state lawmaker in denver are considering bills on mandatory background checks. politicians in the state are sharply divided and the outcome could influence what happened in washington. dominic is following the story. dominic we could see them vote on monday? >> we could indeed. i say, sharply divided is the right phrase to use, harris. not all of the bills got through because some were too controversial in the final voting stage. we'll look at what did get agreed however. first, universal background checks between private individuals and sales conducted on line. mag wreens can no longer hold more than 28 inches ofle . a gu ban on all people accused of dom

he blew himself up outside the afghan ministry of defense and shortly afterwards, taliban claimed responsibility. a taliban spokesperson told the news today, quote, this was not a direct attack targeting him but we want to send a message we are capable of hitting kabul even when the top official is there. after 30 minutes, there was not attack at a police checkpoint in the eastern afghan city. that one killed two afghan police officers and 8 children between the ages of 10-18. >> gregg: molly henneberg live in washington, thank you. >> heather: also in afghanistan, according to the "new york times" the u.s. has cancelled a ceremony to transfer control of the prison over to afghanistan. it casts now doubts on agreement between the two countries of custody of the remaining prisoners. there is no word on why it was cancelled. it may have been intended to embarrass afghan's president after he criticized america's slow progress on the detention issue. >> gregg: a judge's decision triggering violent riots in egypt. they burned the headquarters of a successor fred raise and police club. it follows that

defense ministry. witnesses say one of the dead is a police officer who embraced the suicide bomber to help minimize thehe blast happened during a visit from u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel, he was in a briefing less than a mile and a half away and quickly moved to a safer location. >>> small pocket knives now allowed on airplanes. the transportation security administration announced the move this week. not everyone, though, especially those who work in the airline industry are onboard with this. >> myself, i'm a flight attendant with alaska airlines and that's one of the airlines that also was a few years ago, we're expecting more airlines to join in the course today, the alaskan airlines ceo remarked at the time a passenger had a 2 1/2 inch knife and attacked the crew members. and he said a weapon such as a pointed tip could cause great harm on crew members and passengers in the cabin. so the story was the same seven years ago as it is today. >> delta ceo richard anderson said friday he also objects to the move. >>> number three, sick passengers aboard royal caribbean's vision of the seas cruise sh

we're also hearing that the british ministry of defense is airlifting about a million euros to be distributed because the banks remain closed in cyprus. >> bertha, thank you very much. another story involving fake facebook shares. scott cohn has been looking into it. >> the facebook ipo and how hyped it was, how everybody wanted to get their hands on the pre-ipo shares. a man, 71 of florida, allegedly told investors that he had shares and raised about $8 million, it was all a ponzi scheme. he's charged in a four-count criminal complaint as well as a civil suit by the security and exchanges commission. could face up to 20 years in prison. he claimed he had pre-ipo shares of linkedin and zynga and groupon, none of which he had. he was arrested in florida, charged in new york and will likely be back up here for a court appearance. >> nice little game he had going for a while. >> for a while. >> scott cohn, thank you very much. >> sue? >> now to the cnbc exclusive fed survey and it deals with the "r" word, recession. steve liesman has more details on that. hi, steve. >> thanks very much, sue. we'

with a suicide bomber detonating his vest outside the afghan ministry of defense, killing at least tene. shortly after that, another bombing in the eastern province of khost killing eight children, while karzai somehow turned all of this around on america. wildly charging the taliban is killing afghan citizens in service of america. >> translator: america is saying that the taliban is not their enemy. they aren't fighting the taliban. on the other hand, in the name of the taliban, they are abusing our people. >> hagel abruptly canceled a planned joint news conference with karzai and says he made it clear in private talks the allegations were ridiculous. though the u.s. can only push so hard. knowing they need karzai to help end the war. >> the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to be led by the afghans. that has to come from the afghan side. >> the big question now is how big of a u.s. force will stay behind past 2014. with general mattis telling congress -- >> the recommendation is for 13,600 u.s. forces. >> fox poll found 46% of americans want to us pul

a major attack upon the ministry of defense and we have the green on blue attacks, once again, taking. this is something that's going to require a great deal of more careful vetting of those we are training. those afghan police and soldiers that we are training to make sure that we're training the right people. not simply taliban who are wearing the uniform to them launch a machine gun attack or suicide bombings against our troops and those of the afghan people. so it's, those two stories about the bombing and the suicide attack have been overshadowed by the president carsi's statements and it's unfortunate. i think it's an important trip for secretary hagen and i'm sure he will come back and report to the president and members of congress and give them better insight in terms of how long we're going to be there and how many numbers we will have along with our coalition forces. >> meanwhile, north korea canceling the 60-year arm cities with the south, the peace agreement that ended, a truce that ended the korean war. back in 1953. and we have new military threats from the north today.

washington wants everyone to believe and is the united states really an innocent victim china's ministry of national defenseclaims sixty three percent of the one hundred forty four thousand monthly cyber attacks that it recorded last year came from the u.s. based be addresses while washington claims its military cyber programs are there only to defend the country's borders but the stuxnet virus signaled a new aggression experts have no doubt it was created by israel and the united states to derail iran's nuclear program both american and chinese leaders continue to shake hands and speak of fruitful cooperation at official meetings such real world optimism is undermined if not totally negated when it comes to cyberspace and given reports of mutual cyber attacks intensifying in the last six seven months as well as beijing changing the man at the wheel it seems that only the competition between the superpowers will remain fractious if not downright dangerous. to the now to some other stories making headlines across the globe here is clashes between protesters and police and multiple arrests marked the night in

his three-day visit will also include a tour of the russian defense ministry. leaders of china and russia take an approach different than the united states on issues related to north korea, syria and iran. all of those nations have close relations with either china or russia. president xi's next stop on his tour is africa. in south africa, he will attend a summit of the brics group of emerging economies, including brazil, india, russia and the host nation. he wants to bring the block closer together so it can exert more influence. in tanzania, in the republic of conga, president xi will work on the natural resources needed to feed china's economic engine. analysts say the chinese leader is being strategic with his first trip abroad. they say he is trying to strengthen ties with russia and emerging economies to give china more global influence in a world where the united states plays a leading role. takafumi terui, nhk world. >>> investigators looking into this week's cyberattack against south korean broadcasters and banks are withdrawing a claim they made early

we worked closely with the interior of ministry and interior of defense to begin the rebuilding of both cases in the ansf to deal with this threat and also to build joint capabilities that would permit us together to deal with this. because this wasn't just a threat oriented at the u.s. forces but it was a threat certainly oriented at the afghans as well. and the result of that were bilateral measures both out of the counterintelligence and intelligence level. improvement in vetting and ill provement of information and intelligence sharing. understanding, improved culture understanding. afghans actually started to conduct cultural training of their own about us and why we're different just as we enhanced our own culture understanding of islam, ramadan, the interrent nature of the afghan people at the tribal and ethnic level. we did all of that. we integrated it together both within isaf and ansf and knock wood, as you said a moment ago, numbers are down. if there's one nun, one number too darn many because it's tragic. but i believe we have both taken measures necessary to defend the fo

defense secretary chuck hagel was getting briefed. police say a suicide bomber detonated explosives in front of the afghan defense ministry killing nines claiming responsibility and says the attack is a memorial for hagel. u.s. -- a message for hagel. u.s. officials say hagel was not in danger, and his briefing continued as planned. >>> east of the capital, a suicide bomber was spotted by an afghan policeman. the officer through his arm around the bomber to minimize the blast. the policeman and eight children were killed. >>> the political powder keg is building on the border between north and south korea. north korea today formally rejected sanctions that the u.n. imposed against the communist country for its recent nuclear test. plus, north korea is vowing to end pacts from the korean war and threaten a preemptive nuclear attack, prompting south korea to promise a strong retaliation. >>> it's gotten so intense, china is calling for all sides to calm down. north korea is not backing down from its nuclear program. the u.s. has learned of a new weapon the north koreans are testing. here's pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> report

yes, the suicide bomber that struck here in kabul this morning struck outside the afghan ministry of defense. it's a few blocks from where the defense secretary was. we felt here that he and those traveling with him were taken to a shelter until the all clear. afghan military officials say just after 9:00 a.m. local time a suicide bomber on a bicycle rode up to within 30 yards of the main gate of the ministry before blowing himself up. gunfire rang out after the explosion. police say at least nine people were killed and another 14 woulded. it's not the first time that main entrance has been hit nor the first time it was struck by a person on a bicycle. u.s. officials say defense secretary chuck hagel who arrived here in kabul last night was nowhere near the blast. he was at a safe location at a facility, the international assisted security force, but he and those traveling with him were taken to a facility which was already in lockdown. security aside, hagel has a political crisis on his hands now too. today was supposed to be the final handover of ba gran prison on the afghan control. it's

issues that we work through with the afghans, these are issues that we work in detail in the ministry of defense with, sthees are issues -- these are issues in which the government is involved in. and i think we're confident that we are going to improve matters. subject to of course the way in which this fighting season evolves. over. >> to follow up, does this portend that as coalition forces pull back, that as the fighting season ensues and continues on, that we may see even higher afghan casualty rates given what we're seeing now? >> i mean, it's impossible to predict this, of course. but the plain fact is that as the intensity of operations increases during the course of the summer, it would be logical to assume that casualty rates might well increase with it. i can't predict that but that is something that of course we are keeping a very weathered eye on and it's important that we make sure that we sustain this through the fighting season. over. >> hi, general. john harper. what would you estimate the size of the insurgency to be at this point? and how many insurgents have laid down their a

he replaced his ministry of defense and replaced his chief of staff. he put people in there, the party officer who is overseeing the military general. he put his uncle into a high position where he treated -- there was some momentum and that fell apart. because of the process. they just launched an they tested and that has come to this position where we're at. a very dangerous stalemate. the chinese now can move this process forward. get them to the table and get some momentum going rather than continued escalation and potential for confrontation. >> thank you. ambassador joseph. would you put your microphone on, please? >> thank you for the invitation to be here and to testify. i will try to be very brief. while one can argue and i think some would legitimately that u.s. policy has succeeded in slowing the north's progress and galvanizing international support, the successes that we have reached that we have achieved our at best, tactical. as president john adams once said, the facts are stubborn things and today, north korea has declared itself to be

within a couple minutes we learned that huge bomb blast had occurred right outside the afghan ministry of defenseh it's only about maybe a ten-minute walk from where we were on the u.s. base, wolf. >> chris, glad you're back safe and sound, glad the secretary of defense is back safe and sound, as well. thanks for your reporting. we want to continue to follow up on this. >> we want to continue this conversation now. despite the troubling in afghanistan, white house wants to draw most american forces by the end of next year remain on track. listen here. >> there is no questions that, you know, there have been a number of difficult security incidents and there have been comments by president karzai with which we've disagreed, but our policy has not changed. >> let's talk about all of this with republican senator rand paul of kentucky. he's a member of the foreign relations committee. it's pretty outrageous when you think about it, senator paul. the united states spends all these billions of dollars in afghanistan, still has 66,000 troops there, and he says, hamid karzai, that the u.s. is actually co