mr. maliki. and the kurds and many sunnis have made it conditional in their collaboration with baghdad and fight isis on the removal of mr. maliki. and mr. abadi himself is actually in a hurry to form the government. he has not been resting for the last week or ten days. he's been working 24/seven round the clock trying to negotiate with everybody. so it's really a difficult task for him. and he promised to form the government as soon as possible. he gave 72 hours to various political leaders to nominate their ministers. so his deadline is actually tomorrow which you can guess is very optimistic. for him and for iraq as well as the international community, failure is not an option. it will be disasterous on all stakeholders. but failure is a real possibility. there are those who are working on making it fail. there are those who are actually making it difficult for him to progress given the type of conditions and preconditions that they have put forward. so far the negotiations have been going re

mr. maliki that the u.s. is with him and anything he would be atse that the expense of any future relations he might expect to have with the united states and the u.s. would be opposed to him. >> we are going to continue the conversation have more with ,mbassador zalmay khalilzad former u.s. ambassador to iraq. stock thoseing quote on bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. the president made a statement regarding iraq from martha's vineyard, where he is on vacation. ,oining me is zalmay khalilzad the ambassador to iraq from the united states from 2005-2007. also joining us is our chief washington correspondent, peter cook. any more detail from what we heard from the president and what he said about his support for a new prime minister in iraq customer >> it was noticeable that he did not mention real maliki by name. to thespoken directly new prime minister designate and it is clear who the united states is banking on and it is not nouri al-maliki. trying to send a clear message whe

himself a third term of office i don't think many people think there are major differences between mr maliki and mr badie they come from the same party this is viewed as you know yet another sectarian and get them a good quote dropped ball at the end there are a single shiite party that is aligned with iran but i mean it is the shiite party and it has its alliances with the front you know political players inside iraq and outside i don't think there is any harsh criticism to a man like he or two. persons as people but i think what many people including myself have been seeing in the last few months it doesn't really matter who's the prime minister as long as the iraq you political system remains the same the problems always a lot of then who is the prime minister the problems have to do with how divisive how sick to be and how could prompt the system is so regardless of who is the prime minister so there are two fights going on so those who want to change the prime minister on. those who want to change the system completely so it wouldn't be correct to say we're. we're trying to do a top dow

mr. maliki. i think in the short or medium term, he will go. >> that's the political crisis playing out there in baghdad. we move north. i want to talk to you about the u.s. air strikes in the north of the country. what's your assessment of that bombing strategy and how do you think it's impacting isis militants on the ground? will it eventually stop them or will they have to get boots on the ground to forge those humanitarian paths out of there? >> well, i think the military strikes, the air strikes, have got a very limited function. and that is to break up the attacks of isis forces on the sinjar mountains and irbill. to some extent they seem to be successful. using weaponry captured from the iraqi army to pound positions around irbill and to force the communities in northern iraq out to the mountains. they are very vulnerable to air strikes and americans have delivered some telling blows to them. and as a result, some have managed to skype the peshmerga, kurdish forces have recaptured lost ter

mr. al-abadi without mentioning maliki, but the message actually were for mr. maliki. i suspect that a lot of maneuvering going on in baghdad and will intensify to work out something between the two. >> ifill: do agree that this is just a deal waiting to be cut? >> i'm a bit cautious. i think maliki surprised everybody in the way he's been indifferent to the whole world around him. and so fixated on power. i think the fact that the country is falling apart, territory under isis, baghdad itself is under threat yet maliki is not thinking of the country. and he's not thinking that the whole world has endorsed mr. abadi, and that all political blocs want to work with him. he's indifferent to all that and insisting to play hard politics. to me that is worrying. he has encouraged some militias to go out in the streets. with that mind-set i think everybody is taken by surprise and worry, would he push it to the end? >> let's assume for a moment that a deal can be cut, something can be agreed on. if not in the near future than in the eventual future. and mr. abadi takes over.

mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> reporter: and in iraq today maliki and his party went on television there. and they said they are refusing to accept the selection of this new prime minister. secretary kerry warned maliki if he tries to hold on power that could threaten international aid to the country and we also have support for the new prime minister from the united nations, from great britain and france. so we'll have to see if mr. maliki is under enough pressure to ultimately step down, del. >> lisa, at this hour where do we stand to provide humanitarian relief to the people of iraq? >> the united states has made four air drops, about 74,000 meals ready to eat and about 15,000 gallons of fresh water, british dropped fresh water yesterday and some solar lanterns. so that effort continues. but even as the air drops are going on the u.s. a.i.d. has decided to send disaster relief team to iraq. they will there be to help coordinate and get it to the folks as quickly as possible. and also del i want to mention the air strikes continue as well. so far we're told on background from off

mr. maliki. and to add insult to injury, iran endorseing the attempted remove rally of maliki, and endorseing his replacement alibidi . also tonight, supposedly moderate faction of palestinian politics, now openly celebrating deaths of israelie soldiers whie negotiates for gaza peace, in in cairo-based talks, having fattah sound more like their radical based colleagues in hamas, and i standoff at russia-ukraine border. putin saying what he says is sends help to those on the border, we'll take this up with fox news middle east affairs and terrorism analyst dr. walid phares. and folk fox news host mike huc. and also the violence in st. louis still on the rise, as fbi send -- sent in to investig. fox news correspondent mike tobyn will take us live to the scene in the st. louis suburbs for all of the latest. and we'll take up the ramifications of the obama white house joining the investigation with leading attorneys mercedes cold win, and doug burns later in the broadcast, a lot to talk about. >> in

mr. maliki's cabinet failed to do. now, the americans will be attacking airplanes and so on is only on the kurdish front. not on the iraqi army front, which is a message that even the americans are not support building maliki. they are not going to tal attack on the iraqi front when the new prime minister will be in charge, which means that they will not support maliki. >> explain to us those political movement in baghdad, thank you very much for your analyst. >>> a reminder that you can always get coverage of this iraq story on the website. we'll find that at www.aljazeera.com. you'll also find more analysis in a timeline on www.aljazeera.com. >>> late in this news hour killed by airstrikes a new report of civilian deaths in afghanistan accuses the u.s. military of avoiding accountability. >>> also ahead we'll tell you why attacks on aid workers in south sudan are awaiting fears for the future of the country. >>> and errorry mcilroy the pga champion, all the details on his victory and all the rest of the sports. >> is

of the people he in toward the end of last year iraq or ruled out the limits term limits and and mr maliki who was the who won many seats more than the previous elections in parliament became the prime minister who was nominated. and there's france for for him by the people but he's never been favored by the united states and we keep hearing sectarian violence terry and violence both even as early as two thousand and four the kurds and arabs the sonny and the shiites skills that we have all been invaded it's not just the son you're a kurd that's being invaded and the united against this occupation and and and. powers and their allies return our eyes went to work to in fact create this division to weaken the resistance towards the occupation and as your viewers would well know mr maliki was the one that in fact used to allow the united states military to stay on definitely indefinitely scuse me and this was not something that had been planned from the onset of the. iraq war the invasion america was building enduring bases and they were minister it is the school of clubs and restaurants and

mr. maliki. mr. maliki once that process wrapped up. he wants to remain as the prime minister. he is saying that any moves to extend the voting would be unconstitutional. in addition to that, we had the claimant of not just troops, but also some of the more loyal shia militias. this is kind of a new concern. we heard secretary of state john kerry saying, look, we sure hope that the iraqi prime minister doesn't stir the waters of division in baghdad. throwing his support behind the iraqi president, saying that the president of iraq is the guarantor of constitution and this issue should be resolved not with troops but in using diplomacy. that is the one issue. the other is, the u.s. airstrikes in the north of the country. when it comes to the oil market, oil traders seem to think that those airstrikes are going to be successful in protecting kurdish oil in the north of the country. the more prevalent oil in the south of the country is not at risk anyway. >> is that a complacency? for the moment, those air attacks are something which obama has said, they don't know how long they a

mr. maliki wasn't just filing a lawsuit. he had also directed tanks and armored personnel carriers and iraqi special forces units to fan out across the green zone in baghdad, what used to be called the green zone where the government buildings and ministries are and also to checkpoints across the capital city. apparently because they're not just planning on fighting it out in the courts. they also may be planning on fighting it out in the streets. and there are real questions as to what parts of the iraqi military and how much of the iraqi military and how many of the iraqi establishment as a whole is loyal enough to nuri al maliki that he might reasonably be able to mount some sort of military coup if that's how he wants to try to hold on to power. if the militant group, isis, wants to overthrow the government of iraq, or wants to destabilize the government of iraq, there have been moments in the last 24 hours with armored personnel carriers and tanks fanning out across the capital city, there have been moments in the last

mr. maliki trying to insure force. >> mr. een under pressure recently from inside and outside iraq from the american administration or other parties. he is insisting that he wants to form the new government and get a third term. there are many voices from even within the shiite community and political blocks inside iraq which want to see a replacement. he is accused of adopting sectarian policies that favor shiite on the expense of sunnis. he's blamed by these opponents as being the reason why isis made these gains. he denies this and portrays himself as the leader who's protector of the country against the islamic state military. >> he's accused of alienating in the past. i was just reporting on the supposed capture of the town by the islamic state militants. what do you make of that? >> it's another situation of the fluidy of the situation. militants belong to this group, islamic state, picking and choogz targ choosing targets. they have captured in the past few days several towns in the north. sinjar and biggest christian t

mr. maliki and people say the move is illegitimate. according to the united states, many from the deck of this aircraft carrier, have slowed sunni militants. they acknowledge this this will be temporary. security forces battle on the ground, but the key will be whether political and military leaders, perhaps with more assistance, can go enough in time to turn back the advances? >>> we want to show you more pictures we're getting of that operation to air lift people to safe at tt safety. this was carrying dozens from people. you can see how crowd had the helicopter is. conditions of people also being rescued. many were approaching the helicopter had to be turned away. these are the lucky ones that made it on board and told to take cover as the helicopter is attacked by isis militants from the ground. they all made it to safety. of course thousands are still stranded on mount sinjar. let's get more now. let's speak to suzanne who is from the international rescue commission. she's the iraq country director. can you tell me exactly what in

mr. maliki wasn't just filing a lawsuit. he had also directed tanks and armored personnel carriers and iraqi special forces units to fan out across the green zone in baghdad, what used to be called the green zone where the government buildings and ministries are and also to checkpoints across the capital city. apparently because they're not just planning on fighting it out in the courts. they also may be planning on fighting it out in the streets. and there are real questions as to what parts of the iraqi military and how much of the iraqi military and how many of the iraqi establishment as a whole is loyal enough to nuri al maliki that he might reasonably be able to mount some sort of military coup if that's how he wants to try to hold on to power. if the militant group, isis, wants to overthrow the government of iraq, or wants to destabilize the government of iraq, there have been moments in the last 24 hours with armored personnel carriers and tanks fanning out across the capital city, there have been moments in the last

mr. maliki arms the kurds but what matter more is what the u.s. can do now. congressman, i think you were against going to syria, were against continued military action. >> well, what the president needs is strategy and a plan. think when he failed to garner the support for the action that he proposed in syria was because he did not have a strategy and plan and still we see the failure of that the failure and his foreign policy and neglect, as ann was saying, this threat evolved in syria, isis didn't evolve out of thin air. they were emerge and then also, the any neglect of the administration to work with iraq, we have seen now how unstable iraq is, how threatened they can be by isis. and then this very odd red line that the president established with the yazidis, instead of when icy was establishing a stronghold with major infrastructure, threatening baghdad, mass killings, tens of thousands of refugees, the administration took action only when it was a humanitarian issue. >> well, that is a question. who -- whom do we save, jason, we don't save the syrians

mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> but he is stirring those waters. >> in a ñç#televised speech, angrily made known his intention. he deployed soldiers into the streets of baghdad. today his supporters took to the streets as well. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> 15 hours old and a new 72 hour ceasefire between israel and hamas militants appears to be holding. fighting continued isolated on sunday before the ceasefire we want into effect. a mosque was destroyed. residence of gaza were out, surveying the damage today. meanwhile negotiators are working on longer ceasefire deal in egypt today. >>> in local news we are learning more about the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl. the victim is identified as kin nearby sha gibbs. her killer 2-year-old devon wallace. >> reporter: the search is on for the man police say fired off several rounds into this home, hitting and killing an innocent 3-year-old little girl. that little girl has been identified as nudge i can't amore bib. wallace was outside arguing with another man sunday afternoon when wallace left and came back with

mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> we can't wait for maliki and the iraqi parliament to fight isis. every day that goes by, isis is a direct threat to the united states. they are more powerful now than al qaeda on 9/11. >> meanwhile, the iraq parliament was scheduled to meet today to discuss their new leadership. that meeting has been postponed. dara. >> thank you for that report. >>> and police in new orleans' ninth ward are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed two people. an 18-year-old woman and an unidentified man were found dead at the scene. a total of seven people shot, including two children, ages 2 and 4, also one adult. all three are fighting for their lives. two others are in stable condition. police say the victims were standing in front of a house when a car pulled up, fired shots and sped off. >>> in the middle east, a new day, a new cease-fire. this morning, it seems to be holding, though. egypt helped broker this latest truce. the pause in fighting was supposed to last three days, but before it went into effect, this happened. israeli missiles fell over gaz

. >> nuri al maliki is refusing to resign. >> our hope is that mr. mallky will not stir the waters. >> we not only backed the wrong guy but turned a blind eye to the fact he was excluding sunnis. >> the obama administration is arming kurdish fighters. >> they are winning some victories. >> people are crowded around the tv here to watch the fighting outside their city. >> giving you a sense of how close isis were getting. >> they spread like poison gas. >> far more ambitious than any other terrorist group. >> without considering syria you can't attack this at its root. >> isis taking on assad. >> if history taught us anything, you can't dip your toe back into the waters of war. >> there are no clear lines anymore in this region. >> if you're in for a dime, you're in for a dollar. >> we are waiting a statement from president obama this hour about the situation in iraq as u.s. deepens its military reengagement and all-out war could be brewing in baghdad. a defy ant prime minister, nuri al maliki is clinging to power taking iraq's political crisis to the

mr. maliki will not stir those waters there will be little international support of any kind whatsoever for anything that deviates from the legitimate constitutional process that is in place. >> reporter: the u.s. has signaled further military support once a new iraqi government is in mace. but with another shia at the helm risks pushing sunnis into the arms of it's assess, also sunnis, and that could further divide the country along sectarian lines. >> the shia government is relying heavily on shia militias. so any u.s. military aid needs to be tied to reducing the shia militias and pulling them back and institutionalizing military force. >> reporter: but time is not on hider al abaddi's side. if he can't form a government in the next 30 days the iraqis go back to square one. nuri al maliki can bide his time while trying to divide iraq's politicians to print a new government from being seated. isis fighters continue to make new gains while iraqis sort out their political mess. >> while that political uncertainty continues, in the north of iraq tens of thousands of minorities are trapped on

mr. maliki will not stir those waters . the security continues in northern iraq. over the weekend american airstrikes pounded areas excellently taken over by the islamic state. the u.s. military also air dropped humanitarian aid, including food and water. >> this is humanitarian issue of great consequence for all the world, and i think great powers understand that they have responsibility in these areas. >> reporter: thousands of yazidis who have been told by the islamic state that they have to convert to islam or be killed were saved by helps after taking refuge on sinjar mountain. the yazidis are finding safety in kurdish regions as the kurdish army has been at the forefront of battling the islamic state. >> i walk by foot from sinjar mountain to syria. >> as the fighting continues in the north the political in-fight something far from resolved. the prime minister designate haider al abadi has one month to form a government. >> so will nouri al-maliki step down or tighten his grip on power. what does that mean for a power change in baghdad, and how will that imp

mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> a tale two of interviews.alk to the atlantic's jeffrey goldberg about his revealing interview with hillary clinton. and her strongest criticism yet of the president's policy in syria. while the president gives his take about arming the syrian rebels to "the new york times" tom freedman. >> with respect to syria, it's always been a fantasy. >>>

mr. maliki is depending now on these 30 days that he will push all these blocs, all the iraqi blocs, sunnishia, kurds, to not make a promise for haider al abadi, that they will support him. this is all that al maliki could do. this would allow him to be the biggest bloc that is supposed be the candidate for the president to the prime ministry. >> we are following those events in erbil. this is her report. >> reporter: finally after weeks of political deadlock and islamic state fighters almost at the capito kurdish capitol in erbil. now nouri al-maliki is not going out without a fight. he's made clear that he'll launch a political challenge questioning the constitutional basis for not allowing him to form the next government. the u.s. has welcomed this move saying that it believes that this will be a positive step in bringing the country closer together. or countries as well are welcoming it, and ordinary iraqis are just relieved that there is actually perhaps an end in sight to this political deadlock. on the ground fighting continues with kurdish forces trying to retake territory that the

mr. maliki to form a new government. >> a new three-a cease-fire appears to be holding in gaza. israel and hamas agreed to the pause which came into effect midnight sunday. the fresh cease-fire and the way for talks in egypt -- clears the way for talks in egypt. the israeli delegation is in cairo for negotiations. palestinians want an end to the gaza blockade while israel wants all hamas militants to be disarmed. we have details. >> holding fire for now. throughout the night, violence did not break out between gaza and israel. the bombs. no rockets. the fragile truce seems to be holding, giving both sides the opportunity to restart indirect talks in egypt. for hamas, this is the last chance for a deal. >> we insist on reaching our goal. that is to meet the demands of all palestinians and lift the blockade on the gaza strip. >> another sticking point? israel wants gaza to be demilitarized, stop firing rockets, and infiltrating the country through tunnels. right until the start of the new truce at midnight local time, both kept fighting. this after a previous cease-fire expired fr

mr. maliki had to step down. we hope the new designated prime minister will correct his mistakes. >> initially refusing to accept a new prime minister, his departure came as a surprise, putting an end he would try to cling to power prolonging a clinical dead light -- prolonging a political deadlock. >> handing over the post of prime minister shows al-maliki is keen to preserve the safety of iraqis and iraq. >> we want everyone to work together to achieve a better future for iraq. it is a good move that should have been taken by maliki from the beginning. >> it may be a case of jumping as he was pushed, nevertheless it has been welcomed by the west. the white house has hailed his departure is a major step forward in uniting the country. >> barack obama announced u.s. airstrikes and supply drops have broken the season of mount sinjar where thousands of people from the minority yazidis community have been strande. according to the pentagon, 5000 people remain. patrick told us what the situation is like there. >> the

savva who heads the arab loads association is joining us now live by their server given to it does mr maliki have enough backing to cling on to power here is he. exist hales in all not what's going to happen do you think now i think he has lost the power now that the new prime minister has been appointed the new prime minister is being welcomed by various political groups within the parliament and indeed even within the party of maliki. the french have said they congratulated him they are expecting him to set up a government so all these factors shows that maliki is gone however money he still has the a hold of the powers so he's got the military now surrounding the the green zone he's got tanks on on the bridges and he's going to unleash his militias against his opponents whoever the opponents might be without from his party or from the other grouping or whoever. is going to get in his way i think this is the beginning of a new problem which is going to create quite a lot of mayhem among people we hope we are wrong maliki is preventing in claiming that he will go to court and ask for the co

mr. maliki? >> no. u.s. officials have always been very careful.we are speaking two months ago behind the scenes about something we made clear. they would like a new prime minister. even the president announced a potential airstrike last week. he noted that they won a new prime minister. last night, 15 minutes after he gave a short statement on tv, the top state department official in iraq quickly went on to twitter and said plain and simple, the u.s. supports the president, they have no support for maliki. they are just going all out now. >> in addition to everything that is going on a park, we actually do not know who is in charge of iraq now. >> it is difficult, right? i think year. -- yeah. i am trying to figure out a way to make this sound logical, and there just is not. iki has lost the vast majority of support. the main individual that the shiites listen to has criticized politicians and clung to power. he took a direct shot at al-maliki. maliki has control over special forces. as long as that exists, that is a dangerous game being played. >

problem in the middle east which is becoming a kind of region wide civil war and it is far too big for mr maliki the solve on his own ambassador you just mentioned the absence of physical force american residual force in iraq but despite the absence of american troops on the ground the united states still invested billions of dollars to train and equip the iraqi army already to have them essentially abandoned their posts that weaponry rather than fight insurgents in mosul and i wonder if that's not the most worrying development of all because we have known about the growth of isis for quite some time but now we suddenly realize that there is absolutely no force on the ground to counter them well first of all i would agree that the investment in the iraqi army is certainly hasn't been hasn't been shown to be a good investment but i would not assume that the rapid advance of isis means that it would continue i'm not so as much concerned as some people are that somehow isis could take over baghdad to be the real issue is that we are heading in current circumstances we're heading to a partition of i

mr. maliki will not stir those waters, one thing that all iraqis need to know that there will be little international supportf of did kind, for anything that deviates from a legitimate constitutional process. >> reporter: as yazidis families try to make their way to kurdistan on roads controlled by isis, maliki stood firm on a televised address. >> today i will file a legal complain on federal court against the president of the republic. for sake of political goals. preferring narrow interests over the interest of the iraqi people. >> reporter: u.su.s. is flying 0 to 60y cay can50to 60ly50to 60 s every day in iraq. ashley. >> thank you jennifer. israel said a new ceasefire with hamas is holding in the gaza strip, this lull in fighting comes a day after two sides agreed too resume talks in cairo on a long-term truce. so far 2000 people have died in that war. >> head of nato today warning there is quote, high prob bill that's russia could launch an up vague of ukraine that warning, as ukraine accused russia of amassing 45,000 troops on its border, that were backed by tanks and missile systems and attac

mr. maliki will not stir the waters. one thing all iraqis need to know. there will be little international support what so ever from anything that deviates from a legitimate constitutional process. >> the u.s. continued air strikes on isis targets today and delivered a fourth round of humanitarian air drop. they dropped 74,000 meals to stranded yazidis refugee. and drinking water. administration officials say that u.s. help will be limited in scope. >> in the end, it is iraq's responsibility. we can help and we will. but our role is limited and the president is clear. we will not, the united states, will not go back into iraq in any combat mission like we were once in. >> in an about-face. the administration is bypassing the central government is delivering arms to the kurds. it is the cia that is delivering the weapons right now. >> and thank you very much. in the meantime, had the failure to stop isis terrorist there put ours home land in danger. mr. president, you have never once spoken to the american people about the threat we face from being attacke