in libya and across the muslim world, today is the start of the festival. >> the high point in the islamic religious calendar. celebrations are understandably low-key in many areas because of ongoing wars and instability. especially in the middle east. >> from indonesia to egypt, the holiday has been overshadowed. the fateful gather at the western wall. this year, the tone of the observance was decidedly political. >> we say to our heroic steadfast brothers that we are with you in these difficult moments. >> the prime minister congratulated the muslim world on the occasion. but said it was a time of sorrow due to the shedding of muslim blood. >> fighting has intensified in parts of eastern ukraine. >> they have retaken him to some territory. >> they're looking at what possibly brought down the airliner and looking at remains of missing victims. >> residents quickly stuff their belongings into suitcases and bags. the heavy shelling left them no option but to flee. >> it was a nightmare. it were hiding in sellers and children were crying. we just have to get away. >> russian troops have driv

world and history. >> do you have to be muslim to be attend? >> no, absolutely not. although currently all of our students happen to be muslim. but we're open to students from any faith tradition or no faith tradition. >> super. we'll come back and we'll be joined by more about the college. stay with us. we'll be right back. ,, >>> welcome back colleen hughes is our guest. this is a muslim liberal arts college in berkley. you are the dean of student life and experiencal learning. tell us about your title. >> is it a long title. and i think the work is good with the title. i think it is important that we acknowledge students that come in with many ideas, perceptions, thoughts, challenges, the first time away from home and mom's cooking so really important the vision of the cofounders to bring in order to create student life to address these types of challenges that we find. we are educating our students inside and outside the close classroom. you have to get out into the world and i think that is where my work really is focused on. the learning side is that just that.

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for many of the world muslims, it's expected to last until tomorrow. it marks the end of ramadan. pew research says there's 1.6 billion in the world. 248 million are in subsar haran africa, and 985 million in asia and pacific nation much the tradition involves charitable giving and prayers followed by a feast. muslims in iraq spent the day in shops and markets preparing for the festival. many women are out shopping. a 5-day holiday has been declared. security is in some spots, battling the islamic state for territory. women in pakistan packed markets and baz areas. they are getting henna tattoos and buying new clothes and jewellery. some say they have cut back because of rising prices. >> and in nigeria they are observing eid. five were killed in a bombing, five injured when a female bomber blew herself up. police foiled an attack meant to target eid prayers. >> reporter: in africa's largest muslim community they gathered in their thousands. the holiday at the end of the fasting month comes at a turbulent time here. violence blamed on boko haram left dozens dead in the past few day

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the entire world, particularly the muslim world, has a duty to arm the palestinian nation by all means. >> fighting is continuing in libya. a government warplane crashed in benghazi amid heavy clashes between government forces and islamist militias. at least 30 people in benghazi were killed in overnight fighting. in tripoli, firefighters are battling to put out a huge blaze at an oil depot sparked by missile fire between rival militias. >> flames described as "out of control" by authorities. libya'sngulfed largest fuel storage facility, forcing civilians close by to evacuate. contains millions of liters of petroleum and liquid gas. ignite.e could all firefighters nearly managed to stop the blaze sparked by rival militia groups, but fighting persisted, leading militants to continue battling for control of the airport. thedeadliest clashes since one revolution that ousted more gaddafi have already killed many and wounded hundreds. the ongoing power struggle between islamists and their opponents. several foreign diplomatic missions, including the u.s., germany, and britain, have of accur

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some believe success has gone to his head. >> most muslims, almost all muslims around the world, are horrified at that. >> reporter: but al baghdadi's threat to create a new islamic state is backed by thousands of fighters from around the world, including the u.s., and millions of dollars. and in a stunning military campaign, his group has either rapidly seized or has an operational presence in a wide swath of territory across iraq and syria, about the distance from chicago to washington, d.c. a place officials said today could become a launching pad for attacks on the u.s. >> we're concerned that these threats and what's happening in the region could pose a threat to the united states. >> reporter: and now, american officials say they fear a threat to u.s.-bound aircraft from jihadists with western passports now in syria and iraq, carrying bombs designed by a master al qaeda bomb maker. >> today, i think the threat is real. it is strong. and clearly the u.s. is the number one target. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence reports indicate the bombs could be carried in electronics with explo

they seem to build back and of course donations will come in throughout the muslim world because of israeli performance. this is the problem the israelis need to take care of if their set will survive. palestinians are a nuisance right now. the problem for israel is growing out of syria, out of iraq and out of our surrender in afghanistan. it is much more dangerous problem than either iran, or lebanon, or palestine. melissa: yeah. >> because they will be right up against israel's borders now thanks to us taking saddam hussein out. melissa: michael, you've given us a lot to think about, thank you. >> pleasure, ma'am, thank you. melissa: malaysia airlines tragedy continues to unfold. the world trading the blame as the president holds back. we have expert analysis what happens next. stay with us. oil mack i want to show you stocks because the market is moving strongly higher in this hour. the dow is up 121 points. we are at the 5 of the session, almost completely wiped out the losses from yesterday. within that, financial living higher, technology moving higher, energy positive, the weakest wi

ofis also the power oppression of society around you if you live in the muslim world. it is different from being a muslim and you live here. ands easy to dump islam adopt american values. when you're living there, the social pressure on you to go pray and social pressure is very hard. it is changing, however. and i am seeing some hope that islam will go dormant again. liket will not go dormant -- it takes decades for cultures to change. a human being can change quicker than a culture. startew decades, if we drilling for oil in america, saudi arabia can drink its oil. [applause] and that is why anyone in america who is against drilling, theyst coal and against -- are trying to say the environment is going to suffer if we drill for oil? are you kidding me? look at saudi arabia and qatar, they have the most beautiful beaches of the red sea. they are drilling right and left. now it is like 75. i don't see that the camels are dying in saudi arabia from the drilling. they are flourishing. the red sea and arabian sea are full of fish. of? theare we afraid liberals are lying to

the connections between hamas and different other elements within the arab world, much less the muslim world, the israelis always worried about their reputation in the outside world, so that everybody is calculating. we just as soon have this stop, because we're not sure we might not end up on the short end of a diplomatic process. where it is now, the key is the united states along with ban ki-moon that people will give things to the united states they might not give to others. now, both sides are also not just looking at this as we got into something, now that's going to happen, how do you build for the future? the israelis want something that's going to lead over time to the disarming to the extent you can of hamas. hamas is looking to the extent they can get it of some relief of the siege from israel. this is a tactic, this conflict of part of a broader strategy on both sides. >> dianna, has this latest conflict created some strange lines of interest, some strange bedded--bed fellows. you've got a government in egypt no fan of gaza, you've got qatar which owns this network trying to play

likely to enrage many in the muslim world. israel's air and ground offensive is punishing and relentless today pushing deeper into gaza's narrow streets. israeli troops searched house-to-house for militants trying to find and destroy hamas rockets and tunnels. this isn't a quick and easy fight israeli officials talked about just a few weeks ago. at least three israeli soldiers were killed today, 27 injured. still, most israelis continue to support this offensive seeing it as self-defense. brian. >> richard engel in gaza city again for us tonight. richard, thanks. >>> in this country it's a heck of a way to focus people's attention on our crumbling infrastructure, but last night in l.a. a water main broke, a section of pipe that dates back to 1921 when warren harding was president and hollywood was still making silent films. fast forward to present day, it's a lot of water flooding parts of the ucla campus including someloing some hallow in thecaley pavilion. which had just undergone a $200 million renovation. two underground p

thousands of young men from across the muslim world have offered their allegiance to a leader whose face they will probably never see. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> now an update on the former prisoner of war bowe bergdahl. in his reintegration process, he's entered a new stage. he's now allowed to leave. he's made supervised visits to a grocery store and a library. it's unclear whether he's seen his family. >>>. going up on the "morning news," tough talk at a town hall. they voice their anger over transfer of illegal immigrants to their city. this is the "cbs morning news." . i also like strawberry, boysenberry, red raspberry, blackberry, sweet orange marmalade, apple, pineapple, concord grape, apricot, peach, blueberry... [ male announcer ] tim and richard smucker grew up knowing that with so many delicious varieties, it's tough to choose just one favorite. apricot pineapple... [ male announcer ] for five generations, with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. vo: she no longer smells it. used to the odor her cat leaves in the couch, yep, she's gone "noseblind" (sfx) we s

ofis also the power oppression of society around you if you live in the muslim world. it is different from being a muslim and you live here. ands easy to dump islam adopt american values. when you're living there, the social pressure on you to go pray and social pressure is very hard. it is changing, however. and i am seeing some hope that islam will go dormant again. liket will not go dormant -- it takes decades for cultures to change. a human being can change quicker than a culture. startew decades, if we drilling for oil in america, saudi arabia can drink its oil. [applause] and that is why anyone in america who is against drilling, theyst coal and against -- are trying to say the environment is going to suffer if we drill for oil? are you kidding me? look at saudi arabia and qatar, they have the most beautiful beaches of the red sea. they are drilling right and left. now it is like 75. i don't see that the camels are dying in saudi arabia from the drilling. they are flourishing. the red sea and arabian sea are full of fish. of? theare we afraid liberals are lying to

. >>> word of a new call from the head of the militants addressed to all the world's muslims. plus, commuting to work in a levitating car. this futuristic mass transit system about to become a arrest in one city. -- a reality in one city. that's coming up on the fox news deck. >> first, from fox news this afternoon, hamas vows to open the gates of hell if israel attacks. but that's not stopping israel from striking back and hard. israel launched dozen of air strikes across gaza after vowing that hamas will pay for the murders of the three israeli teenagers, one of whom was also an american citizen. hamas has not taken responsibility but praised the abductors. the murders ended weeks of desperate searches for the teens. they vanished last month while hitchhiking home from the west bank. israel's prime minister blames hamas. searchers found the students' bodies yesterday, partially buried under rocks and burns. israeli officials say the kidnappers probably shot the teens days after they were captured. one of the victims managed to call police, call that ended with gunshots. poli

and a poll that shows while many in the muslim arab world fears extremism some of the worst extremists and suicide bombings enjoy substantial support. iraqi government troops battled insurgents for control of saddam hussein's home city, on wednesday, a day after the parliament met for half an hour and adjourned for a week. prime minister nouri al-maliki, whose sectarian agenda is glamed for fuelling the crisis told iraqis that fighting the islamic states should take precedent. nouri al-maliki offered amnesty to sunni tribesman in western iraq who fought with islamic state fighters and said he hoped the new government could be formed next week. for more information on iraq i'm joined by jessica lewis, research director, a former u.s. army intelligence officer in iraq, great to have you with us. with nouri al-maliki saying that a military solution needs to come first, is he trying to scramble and hold on to power that many including the u.s. want him to give up. >> i think that is possible. and i think that it's a tall order for the sunni population to which he is messaging with this amn

the muslim world isn't going to accept this guy who stands up obeys me. he flashes this expensive watch around. this is not the kind of guy that will unite the world around one islamic state. let them kill themselves much kill them all. knock yourselves out. what we should be doing is getting secretary kerry to israel to make sure this palestinian/israeli conflict doesn't blow up and give radical muslims an issue to attack israel. state your ground. defend that border and say don't even think about it. >> you like concentrated focus there and you would like to see this play out. >> let them go ahead. put the guns up. shoot each other. knock yourself out. >> all right. >> exactly. if only we can get an exact gps location on that through the watch next time he goes in to buy another rolex. >> the problem here is familiar one. lack of a border. there's no respect for borders in this area. nobody is telling them not to do this. so they are doing it. i would do it too if i was a crazy person. i would go hey let's do it. iraq is basically california with more sa

posted online the once camera shy abu bakr al baghdadi claimed he was the new prince of the entire muslim world. >> almost all around the world are horrified at that. >> reporter: but al baghdadi's threat to create a new islamic state is backed by fighters from around the world including the u.s. and millions of dollars. his group is either rapidly seized or is in a wide swath of territory across iraq and syria, a place where officials say could become a launching pad for attacks against the u.s. now a threat to u.s. bound aircraft from jihadists with western passports in syria and iraq carrying bombs to designed by a master al qaeda bombmaker. >> today i think the threat is real. it is strong and clearly u.s. is the number one target. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence reports indicate the bombs could be carried into electronics with explosives hidden in batteries in x-ray screenings. that's why travelers on select flights from overseas into the u.s. are being told they must first turn on their electronic devices at security screening checkpoints being allowed to board their flights. brian ross, a

thousands of young men from across the muslim world have offered their allegiance to a leader whose face they will probably never see. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> pelley: well, we have seen the face of the prime suspect in attack on the u.s. state department compound in benghazi, libya, ahmed abu khatalla appeared in court today. two weeks ago a team of u.s. special forces troops and fbi agents grabbed him in libya. khatalla is now charged in the 2012 assault in which ambassador chris stevens an three other americans were killed. here's chip reid. >> reporter: under extra:extraordinary heavy security khatalla arrived it in washington. inside the courtroom khatalla wearing a prison jump is out but no handcuffs listened to an arabic translation as government lawyers he should be detained pending trial. in an 11 page motion prosecutors said khatalla participated in the attack and afterwards supervised the exploitation of material from the scene. they described khatalla as a commander in an extremist militia group who was fully committed to causing death and destruction to america

russia and the russians with the passion and two they are very pro israel and against the arab and muslim world this can account for the policies we see toward ukraine in the middle east today second i agree with bob perry and jim lobe on the influence of the neo liberals as well obama's mentor at columbia was big enough. who ran his presidential campaign on foreign affairs in two thousand and eight and has stacked the national security council with brzezinski protegees i went through the same program ph d. program at harvard that produced persian ski before me he is an expatriate paul who hates the russians with a passion and wants to see russia discombobulated so the top russian expert on the national security council is a version ski protege so we we've stat he's stacked the national security council with his people so i agree with bob what we're seeing here is a conjunction of both the neo conservatives and the neo liberals with respect to both russia and the middle east this is extremely dangerous not the only. the stablish main group staying on the outside criticizing those are the real p

seem to be successfully democratizing i don't think it's an accident that the parts of the muslim world that are not interfered with by the great powers seem to have a better prospect of democratic success and i would say that the kurdistan region is an example of that itself after all the kurds are not governed by the americans the americans went into iraq in two thousand and three they govern themselves just as they just as their. parents also were the beneficiaries of american investment american security i mean and they do enjoy a very good political ties with the. white house successive white house i think that's right but i content the size how much that was achieved against american preferences the americans kept asking the kurds to keep iraq together to build it in a centralized way they didn't want the kurds to have their own independent oil rights they didn't even want the kurds to keep their own independent security if the kurds had listened to american advice on oil on security currently they would have been conquered by isis well i wonder if any i wish ukrainians were liste

ofis also the power oppression of society around you if you live in the muslim world. it is different from being a muslim and you live here. ands easy to dump islam adopt american values. when you're living there, the social pressure on you to go pray and social pressure is very hard. it is changing, however. and i am seeing some hope that islam will go dormant again. liket will not go dormant -- it takes decades for cultures to change. a human being can change quicker than a culture. startew decades, if we drilling for oil in america, saudi arabia can drink its oil. [applause] and that is why anyone in america who is against drilling, theyst coal and against -- are trying to say the environment is going to suffer if we drill for oil? are you kidding me? look at saudi arabia and qatar, they have the most beautiful beaches of the red sea. they are drilling right and left. now it is like 75. i don't see that the camels are dying in saudi arabia from the drilling. they are flourishing. the red sea and arabian sea are full of fish. of? theare we afraid liberals are lying to

extremist through skype and believes jihad is the only answer to correct the wrongs against the muslim world. her smiling appearance also changed according to connolly's former classmates and neighbors. >> our senior year, i notice i would see her. and her full dress, and robe. >> anytime i saw her -- walking she would always walk with her head down. very covered. >> reporter: she gained more attention when she started attending faith bible church where the pastor says connolly criticized the church's support for israel. >> she became a little more hostile t eventually we said listen it is probably better that you not come back. >> reporter: once the fbi was alerted connolly was arrested at the denver airport trying to board a flight to germany. she allegedly told investigators she liked the idea of guerrilla warfare and referred to u.s. bases as targets. experts say this type of romantic recruitment is nothing new. >> the typical approach is not so much romantic as it is adventure, we're giving you a definition of life. when people are lost, it's very seducti seductive. >> president obama s

he reached out to the muslim world acknowledging america's and the west past error. >> tension has been fed by colonialism denied rights and opportunities to many muslims. a cold war in which muslim majority countries were too often treated as pros these without regard to their own aspirations. >> perhaps more significantly obama laid out his world view when he addressed the u.n. that september. >> no one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. >> in this new thinking the less forceful presence even in iran. joe biden bragged in a tv interview how the administration would end the war? >> they could be one of the great achievements of this administration. you are going to see 90,000 american troops marching home by the end of the summer, you will see a stable government in iraq that is moving toward a representative government. then came something few predicted the arab sprint. >> they forced out leaders. how would the obama administration respond? the president's signature answer came in libya. after much of the world insisted moammar gaddafi had to go they gave limited air

meantime iran's soup people leader, ayatollah khomeni, calling muslims around the world to fund hamasn their fight against israel. who are the quote, unquote investors in hamas? how does it impact the pursuit of peace? jonathan schanzer, defense of democracies and since worked with our treasury department as well as far as terror funding. john, who are the main players here? who are supporting hamas financially? >> sure. well, i mean the support for hamas has gone through a significant evolution. it started with the saudis. that ended in roughly 2004 when they realized they had their own terror problems within the country they needed to stop. it was at that point the iranians came in. they began to provide significant amount of funding and training to hamas. that ended roughly 2011, when there was a rupture between hamas and iran over the civil war in syria. and it was at that point that we began, prominent role of turkey and qatar in particular, in support and backing of this organization. these are two allies of the united states. they are better termed frenemies in light of kinds o

success has again to his head. >> most muslim almost all muslim around the world are horrified at that. >>reporter: his threat to create new islamic state is backed by thousands of fight is from around the world including the u.s. and millions of dollars and in a stung military campaign his group has either rapidly seized or has operation presence in a wide swath of territory across iraq and sir why about the distance from chicago to washington, d.c. officials said it could become a lunching attack on the u.s. >> we are concerned that these threats and what is happening in the region could pose a threat to the u.s. >>reporter: now american officials say they fear a threat to u.s. bound aircraft from jihad with western passport now in sir why and iraq. caring bomb designed by master al qaeda bomb maker. >> day think the threat is real. it is strong. and clearly u.s. is no. 1 target. >>reporter: u.s. intelligence reports indicate the bomb could be carried in electronic with explosives hidden in what appear to be battery in x-ray screening. that's why travelers on select flight over sea i

anywhere you go in the muslim world, it seems. best to make them feel at home. >> we have to eat. [ speaking foreign language ]. you're supposed to eat this with your hands. mm, very good. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> he's saying if you eat this, you shouldn't have another meal for three days. >> where does this dish come from? >> this is a dish that's native to southern gaza, the sinai, sort of the desert bedouin areas. >> all the food i've had so far in gaza has been very different than in anything else i've had in the arab world. different flavor spectrum. >> totally. it's kind of its own little gastronomical bubble. >> why are you not using a spoon? >> i find that the food has a more flavor. i get a better sensory experience. even children, and they like to eat with their hands. he's saying god gave us hands to eat with, not spoons. (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive

all the arab muslim world, including palestine and palestinians are not less than the whole people of the whole world. we said that you are looking down to all the people and the leaders in the middle east and the arab world. this is a humiliation. we are peer to peer, soldier to soldier. they are the settlers and the occupiers, and we are the truthful owners of the land. they are the thieves, the robbers of the land. we are the truthful owners of the land. we take pride in the resistance and resistance fighters. yet our eyes and hearts go out to the great people of palestine. the residents of shajaiya and other areas, and every inch corner, alley of the beloved home soil of gaza that has been placed by god, and it will remain as such. it will remain a beacon for the whole world. there's no doubt a catastrophe is taking place. as we speak, more than 600 people have fallen as martyrs. they may even reach the number of 700, and the majority of them are women and children. the enable, impotent binyamin netanyahu has taken revenge on civilians, he came together blindly and indiscriminatel

. >>> muslims around the world are celebrating the holiday. >>> and lightning strike killed one person and injured dozens others from venice beach, california came from a storm meteorologists say is exception li rare. -- exceptionally rare. >> latest from the middle east where earlier today a hospital clinic in the palestinian territory of gaza came under fire. palestinian officials say at least ten were killed in two separate incidents. the israeli army is denying responsibility saying both strikes came from misfired hamas rockets. nick schifrin is in gaza. what can tell us about the -- can you tell us about the latest strikes? >> reporter: we just came back a few minutes ago from the scene of the beach camp, the refugee camp where that was the deadliest scene of the two. it was a scene of chaos, eyewitnesses crying, screaming at what they had seen. we saw two bodies being brought back from the hospital. they were transported to the hospital very quickly, brought back to the families of those killed, 20, 30 minutes later, an unreal sense of loss among those people right in that commun

allegedly examining the work of scholarly oriental this committee essentially people who study the muslim world. and he purported to show that there were all races and imperialists. what he really did was just to go out in the universe of the writings of 19 century european intellectuals of look forces codes. these people were all or angeles spirits of the people were not or angeles sell. the first file a racist "and then gave them a new label to port. some of them were unimportant. and then you could call them or angeles, but they have those standing in the field. one ." contrary. but he left out entirely people who were genuine giants in the field of oriental studies whose writing clearly went in the opposite direction of what he was purporting to prove about the racist imperialists attitudes of westerners who study the orient. and so one of the most important was to a hungarian jew wrote in the late 1800's left of the study and live years in the arab countries. at the above course, like all people who study another region of the world, you loved it. that is what normally happens. if you are

throughout the muslim world this is becoming more and more prevalent.ks are being persecuted because of their religion even egypt and syria are now reports coming out of christians they are under attack. jon: right now center estate of john kerry is on the ground in israel ever touching down in tel aviv this morning. meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders to try to negotiate a cease-fire between israel and hamas as both sides report more deaths today. former u.s. spokesman and advisor to the u.n., is there any hope for peace here? >> i think we shouldn't confuse piece and calm. what the united states should do, i am glad to see secretary john kerry in the region but what we should do is push for a solution to what hamas is doing. we should not be pressuring israel to ignore a terrorist attack. jon: israel's coming under heavy criticism, the social media aspect of this war really seems to be favoring the palestinians right now. >> in the past we have seen this cycle where somehow the media and others equate the two deaths as morally equal thing. it

he said all muslims around the world should travel to syria and iraq to help build. fighters aren't battling western troops in iraq but other muslims in both iraq and syria. the united nations saying fighting has taken more than 2,400 killed them in last 30 days alone and dispute all of this, iraq politicians continue to bicker and fight. hope they might come together and find a political compromise but they are doing just the opposite right now. sunni, shiite and kurdish leaders refused to pick a speaker of parliament. hope they would be united in paving the way to reflect a more inclusive leader to replace al maliki. just the opposite. they adjourned, many of them walked out of the meeting and they are now saying that they won't meet for several more days and maybe even as much as a week. a sign how divided the country is and despite pressing concerns they have and issues in iraq, lawmakers are walking away from it. >> interesting development there. thank you for kicking us off. as we mentioned, u.s. has 750 troops on the ground in iraq and now russian fighter jets

what is that if not an outreach to the whole muslim world? and he says, there's this impediment to my relationship with you, oh, muslims, the state of israel. and -- and the state of israel and, oh, there's this other impediment, which is the foreign policy of george w. bush. okay, so it's not the british and the french, but it's the imperialistic impulse that's in the dna of the west and i'm showing you i'm going to pull back and therefore we can get along with each other. the middle east blew apart and went in directions that nobody that nobody expected. and as in the 1950s, nobody's really focused on it. if i said to president obama and his advisers in 2011, you really ought to focus more on the relations that on the israeli/palestinian question would have been laughed out of the room. of course, now that conflict in syria has killed 150,000 people which is 30,000 more people than have died in the arab/israeli conflict from the beginning to the end, a century of conflict. but those details about the middle east, they're not on our radar bec