the new afghanistan. >> radicalization was nothing like in france. >> the united states does not have a large disgruntled radicalized muslim community. >> changes to find individuals on the fridge gs of the communicate -- fringes of the communicate i why. >> a court ruled a teenager must under go chemotherapy. >> efforts to rebuild in haiti are hampered by corruption. >> the political situation is as it was yesterday - chaos. >> glen close and her sister tell their story about the struggle with mental illness. >> the fact that she's here is a testament of her strength >>> we begin with allegations of a threat to the u.s. home lpd as al qaeda claims responsibility for attacks on the "charlie hebdo" in paris. 20-year-old christopher lee cornell has been accused of planning to attack the u.s. capital with fight bombs and then fleeing the scene. fbi contacted christopher lee cornell after he posted messages on facebook and posted messages on twitter. he wrote: meanwhile a leader of al qaeda in the arabian a.q.a.p. a.q.a.p., took credit for the "charlie hebdo" attacks. he said: . >> an ame

we have this report. >> it is a success story of the new afghanistan. woman presents a -- unthinkable and the former televangelist ara. -- unthinkable in the former taliban era. >> there is never a follow-up to this. they do it again. >> people think they can kill journalists and get away with it. >> yes. it is the definition of impunity. no one in the government of afghanistan. >> and local radio journalist was the first media casualty in afghanistan. his colleagues staged a protest after. the common complaint by journalist who spoke to human rights watch was that they face intimidation if they report land grabs and they hold back from doing reports. >> they shy away and practice self-censorship. thing tellis that they routinely -- they tell us they routinely have to censor themselves to survive. >> it has been 14 years since the taliban. still, producing a daily newspaper is not a safe occupation. human rights campaign has appealed to come out more strongly to protect those on the front line of free speech. >> it was central to obama's state of the un

new sanctions on north korea. the first of retributions for the cyber attack on sony. and the music of afghanistan, a new generation is keeping cultural traditions alive. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. a cargo ship carrying around 500 migrants who were abandoned by their crew in the mediterranean has arrived at a port in southern italy tonight after being towed by the italian coast guard. these pictures show the boat being pulled into port. most of the migrants are thought to be syrian and include children and pregnant women. it is the second time in a week that a ship has been abandoned by the people running it. our correspondent reports. >> these grainy nighttime shots show italy's rescue of the drifting ship. it was abandoned deliberately, leaving the migrants on board to be rescued by the coast guard. it is a new tactic, and it appears to have for that have worked. for italy -- it appears to have worked. for italy, this is the second time in a week. the crew abandoned ship and left it headed straight toward shore. 700 migrants for the middle east -

chaos, and so that's part of why it is such a dangerous place, some people have called it the new afghanistan. meaning afghanistan back before 9/11. >> reporter: and now the end of an era for the saudis. the kingdom losing a monarch whose relationship with the u.s. was among the most cooperative of the region. king salman ascends to the saudi throne with plummeting oil revenues and attacks from jihadists. couple that with instability from lebanon, syria and iraq, to pakistan, afghanistan and yemen. and it's clear why the saudis are on edge as new questions arise about america's role in the region. >> saudi arabia going through a transition. they have real doubts about us whether we will stand by them and reassuring them that we will stand by them and be with them is critical. >> for understandable reasons, given their shared border saudi arabia is particularly concerned about the activities of extremists in yemen. that's why you have seen significant cooperation. >> reporter: the white house is hopeful that relationship with the new saudi king will hold steady. that's in question amid concern

that is part of why it is such a dangerous place some people have called it the new afghanistan meaning afghanistan before 9/11. >> reporter: and the end of an era for the saudis. the kingdom losing a monrch was amid most cooperative in the region. plummeting oil revenues and increasing attacks from jihaddists. coupled with instability throughout the region from lebanon, syria and iraq. it is clear why the saudis are on edge even as new questions arise about america's role in the region. >> saudi arabia going through a transition. they have real doubts about us whether we will stand by them and reassuring them that we will stand by them and be with them is critical. >> given their shared border saudi arabia is concerned about the activities of extremists in yemen. that is why you have seen to this point significant cooperation. >> reporter: the white house remains hopeful that the relationship with the new saudi king will hold steady but that is in question. >> the likelihood of success for the diplomatic talks is at best 50/50. but the reason they are worth pursuing is they are the bes

. >> lot of people are saying yemen is the new afghanistan. jeremy skahill good to see you. >>> growing to the debate of freedom of expression in france, "charlie hebdo" sold out 5 million of its latest edition. a banner on the cover saying "all is forgiven. all falls under laws that prohibit hate speech. those arrest evidence include controversial comedian dudonet who has made jest clurs about gestures against jews. arresting dozens of others, talk about this with al jazeera legal contributor jamie floyd. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> setting stage about what are laws in the united states about freedom of speech. >> we think they're the best right? >> are they in the sense of the level of freedom we have here? >> i think even in the beginning of the story before we got to today, where people are crying foul about this apparent double standard, we here in the united states were projecting our ideas of freedom of speech and freedom of expression and the first amendment, something that we only have here onto the french situati

but even with a new government, afghanistan's immediate future doesn't look promising.ys that means afghans will continue to look for a way to leave. jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> the egyptian actress has died at the age of 83. renowned for her beauty and melodic voice she was called the lady of the arab screen a star during the golden era of egyptian sin match she appeared almost in 100 films almost -- often with her exhusband omar sharif. >>> tapping in to popular culture in an effort to battle corruption in highland a soap opera based on real life crimes, but not everyone believes a tv show will get the message across. >> reporter: soap operas in thailand are widely popular they trace their roots back to the 13th century when the kingdom first put storytelling on stage. the military government recognizes this. the prime minister changed the time of his weekly address so it wouldn't interrupt prime time for soap operas. but he's taken it a step further tower tap in the massive audience the government is now producing its own soap opera. the anti-corruption co

. >> we look forward to that and news from afghanistan and the capitol kabul suggesting that ghani thent of the country has finally come up with a cabinet and more than 100 days of his term in office without there being a functioning government and this has been seen as a real hinderence and aid donations help until such time as he was able to get this together and it has been a matter of background tussling and ghani and the man he named chief executive abdullah-abdullah and he was chief executive reluctantly we understand and there is to and fro and hearing a cabinet has been agreed a 45-46 member cabinet and as to the nature of this cabinet because this will be important as well and the complex we don't know and here at al jazeera correspondents are checking it out and bring it to you as soon as they get it and breaking news out of afghanistan and stay here with al jazeera to find out the very latest and doreen will be with you in just a little while. [[vo]] rock star astronaut chris hadfield. >>everything i've done has been fun stuff. [[vo]] mind-blowing discoveries & >>it's on the

afghanistan to support local security forces. the mission's success is far from certain. >> it's hard to imagine the afghan army and police pulling together these factions. so i think bad news in afghanistan is what we ought to expect. >> reporter: for the u.s. military 2015 will focus on preventing old wars from getting worse, which means those conflicts will continue to be a drain on american resources and perhaps a distraction from what could be the real security challenges, like iran's nuclear problem or cyber warfare. the u.s. now seems to be in a semi-permanent state of war unable to break from the past. for "meet the press," i'm richard engel turkey. >> i'm joined by daniel p. bolger and sarah chezshays who served as a special adviser. welcome to "meet the press" to both of you. general, let me start with you. it was your veteran's day op ed that got a lot of people's attention which had the headline about why we lost both wars. the wars haven't ended even though we're saying they have ended as far as 2014. what are we in right now? what is this is war we are fighting? how would you describe it? >> right now, chuck, i would say we're in the salvage or damage control

tonight you'll hear from the general and the new president of afghanistan as america's longest war comes to an end. are you concerned about the rise of the islamic state and what threat that could cause? >> yes yes. ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> stahl: the older people are passing it on to the younger generation and the younger generation can pass it on to the next generation. i don't want this music to die. ♪ ♪ >> stahl: there sure didn't seem to be any risk of any music dying here as five groups took the stage to perform before a packed house in harlem. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm bill whittaker. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: calling all chief life officers. >> glor: good evening, north korea says new u.s. sanctions demonstrate inveterate hostility. iran's president called on its government to end monopolies and embrace competition. and the incoming chair of a key senate committee says he's open to raising the federal gas tax which hasn't moved since 1993. i'm jeff glor, c

military exit, afghanistan's new president says he wants to rethink the time line for the u.s. to pull our troops out of his country. >>> we begin this hour with the search for wreckage and victims from the crash of airasia flight 8501. officials in indonesia believe they have found a big chunk of it. sonar pinpointing four massive objects on the bottom of the ocean. crews are working in awful weather right now. divers can't even get to the bottom to see it. only a few dozen bodies now recovered nearly a week after the plane first went missing. david has the latest from bangkok and joins us now with more details. >> reporter: hi, kelly yes indonesia officials say search teams have found what they describe as four large objects on the ocean floor and seem confident these are parts of the missing airasia plane. >> translator: we found using our geo survey ship, the ability to find objects under water, four large objects from the aircraft that we've been looking for. >> reporter: they are planning to send down a remotely operated underwater vehicle to take pictures of the objects

tonight you'll hear from the general and the new president of afghanistan as america's longest war comes to an end. are you concerned about the rise of the islamic state and what threat that could cause? >> yes yes. ♪ ♪

afghanistan and go for a better and safer life. >> hundreds of afghans died trying to get to the getter life. every step is dangerous. >> information about visas or refugee settle programs. with a new government. afghanistan and future looks promising. that means afghans will continue to look for a way to leave >>> okay. let's now talk to the u.n.'s heightened refugee u.n.h.c.r. representative bowe shak. thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. it's a sad reality, the fact that instability is the core of all afghanistan problems. >> well thank you very much first of all for the opportunity to join in on this. most certainly instability, displacement population movements are the core and difficult issues to set. the president said in a statement himself was clear on the issues of displacement and the importance of finding solutions. >> it is the internal angle of the problem affecting afghanistan soon. very soon they'll raise the money to leave legally or illegally. it's a matter of moving from one part of the country to another. >> yes, indeed. by far the largest movement of our afghanistan takes place. the whole issue of movements to the cities is something we have seen in incre

is it the new afghanistan? >> wolf it is. ntioned somalia. those are all failed states right now and yemen is the newest one on the block. >> peter bergen how dangerous was this man who was arrested in bulgaria who appears to have a connection with the kouachi brothers? >> it's not clear what role he played in this conspiracy. an 18-year-old turned out to be in school on the day of the "charlie hebdo" attack. let's go back to yemen for a second. it's running out of water, out of oil, it's the heavily armed nation per capita in the world. it's a country with not just one civil war but three civil wars. the shia group basically took over the capital back in the fall. to call it a failed state is almost too polite. this a country which is a perfect breeding ground for these kinds of groups and al qaeda and yemen can present itself as a group going up against the shia group and that doesn't -- certainly doesn't hurt them to have this narrative where the shia group is marched on the capital, wolf. >> philip you worked for france 24

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some people have called this the new afghanistan meaning afghanistan back before 9/11. >> i want to show talking about. i know you cannot see me but you have you can hear me. you have iran to the east and we know their influence in iraq is substantial and that goes back several years. and now you have yemonopoly -- yemen and in saudi arabia they are dealing with the death of their leader. iran is shiite and yemen is sunni and al-qaeda in iraq and syria and in this dangerous brew you wonder how all of this affects countries like israel and our efforts there. >> yeah. it increases the danger to israel. it increases the danger to us. and i think you make a critically important point because the administration has been negotiating with iran for months about its nuclear program. but what they never talk about is that iran isn't just pursuing a nuclear program with its missiles. they are creating chaos and extending their influence in all sorts of places around that region. and they are putting pressure on the sunni countries, many of whom work with us. that is why i say this is an amazing dis

. >> yeah, well with two new leaders, obviously the prime minister in iraq and now the new president in afghanistanlet's hope that political solution really comes to fruition because there's a lot of men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice and all of us who served there that really want to see that happen. >> absolutely. >> seth thank you so much. congressman, you're doing a great job. i know you're three weeks into that new gig. but we're all pulling for you. so thanks so much for joining us on "taking the hill." >> thanks very much for having me, patrick. >>> after the break, the new study on ptsd and how it is anything but a new crisis facing those who have served. and make sure you join the conversation using the hashtag #takingthehill. in my world, wall isn't a street... return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their fam

afghanistan.'s new president silicon valleyashraf ghani introduces his new parliament. houthi fighters in yex are still surrounding the residence of the prime minister and the presidential palace in the capital, sanaa. violence began between the shia fighters and the army. it's not clear who's in charge. >> the fighting is being heard from blocks away. government forces and houthi rebels have been battling near the presidential palace in sanaa since early on monday. who wields power in yemen something that's hard to know at the moment. a government spokesperson indicates a place of utter chaos. >> frankly i don't know who is in charge here. some are responding to his command that's why both the ministers of interior and community, they do not obey the orders of their superiors. >> houthi rebels have been at odd with the government for a while now but many feel they are the real rulers of yemen. salah has been thought to be at the head of the chaos. monday's fighting has made this situation worse. >> nothing like this has been seen before. this case is the first of its k

. >> it's taken three months but the new president of the afghanistan hazafghanistan has finally unveiled the candidates for his cabinet. jennifer glasse last the story. >> three months to see what the new unity government would look like. presidents ashraf ghani and his prime minister, abdalla abdalla these ministers come from a cross section of afghanistan and across the country. they include three women in the cabinet. none of them have been ministers before and that's what ashraf ghani has promised, that we would see new faces. the head of the army as well as head of the high peace council. these candidates will be vetted by parliament very closely. a new report released on the off and on this pays for afghanistan, police, coming from the inspector general of the united states who looks at afghanistan funds. the report saying there is a wide scope for corruption in the police fund. $300 million a year given to afghanistan by the united states. it says after nine years that fund still doesn't have an electronic payroll system, that there are still about twice as many afghan police i.d.

afghanistan. we've got a very credible and cooperative partner in the new president and the new chief executive officer. we've got afghan security forces who have demonstrated their willingness to stand and fight. i personally think there will be pockets inside of afghanistan that change hands from time to time, because that's the history of the country, but i think we're in a very good place in afghanistan in terms of giving them a chance to do exactly what the president said. but we're going to have to keep an eye on it. >> you certainly couldn't say the threat of terrorism from afghanistan -- >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs tends to be rather cautious and careful, and he also tends to be a little paranoid. you know, terrorism can ebb and flow, it may not be there now and it could be there tomorrow. when i said earlier we've got to keep an eye on this, we've got to keep an eye on this, and we've got to recognize that terrorism flowing super instability lurks. >>> the military times asked active-duty service members last month how they thought the commander in chief was doing his job. 55

afghanistan's new president says -- jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon that there is still plenty of fighting going on in america's longest war. >> just days after the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan officially ended, two suicide bombings ripped across kabul today targeting a european police training headquarters and the international airport. this as the new afghan president asked the u.s. to reconsider it's withdrawal timeline warning that if u.s. troops pull out too quickly, afghanistan will end up like iraq. >> if both parties are in this case multiple partners have done their best to achieve progress is real, then they should be a -- >> there's a lot more talk on the senior leaders, i deal with them on the afghan security forces about iraq and syria and what's going on and, hey, the coalition left iraq and look what happened a few months later. >> reporter: the afghans are now in the lead. >> we want to see that kind of coordination continue even as republicans take take ---republican -- even as the afghans tyke sole responsibility for their security situation. we're all s

afghanistan. we have a june nbc news poll showing 65% of americans think it was not worth it in terms of the war instan versus 20% who believe it was. >> i try to argue in this piece that those are two sides of the same thing, an artificial and arm's length relationship with the military. i'm not saying there is an entire separation but compared to other times in american history a less realistic connection. the confidence in the military is the erosion of other national institutions and they have all gone down except for the military. but the substitution of calling military leaders and troops all categorically heroes as a way of substituting for genuine involvement with them. it leads to not less serious thought and deliberation before troops are sent to battle than would be the case if more people felt a connection to what is going on. i have got thousands of responses from people in the military agreeing with this premise. if more of the public was involved they would be committed more carefully around the world. >> on this point when you speak to american troops do they feel this growing divid

troops will remain in afghanistan. the new job is to train, advise and assist afghan forces. d from afghanistan where i accompanied outgoing secretary chuck hagel which will likely be his final trip in his office and i asked him about the future of afghanistan? >> i think this country, first of all, has made tremendous progress. where afghanistan was five years ago, two or three years ago, is hardly any comparison. but it still has threats. al qaeda, taliban. i think every sign is they can do this. but it is still a dangerous place. >> dangerous indeed. and according to my next guest, james fallows, despite the blood and treasure committed there by the u.s. and iraq the u.s. has not achieved any of the stated goals. he makes the difficult and controversial argument that the best military in the world is in effect being wasted. he writes the cover story for atlantic magazine why do the best soldiers in the world keep losing. thank you for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. thank you, jim. >> i want to begin by quoting your article, which is part of the nut of your argument. he

afghanistan and iraq. >> the shadow of crisis has passed. >> that news came as quite a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to what has been happening around the world. >> reporter: isis is on the rise in iraq said john mccain. there's ukraine and iran.

is the leadership of pakistan including prime minister sharif who are talking to the new prime minister of afghanistan getting together to finally root out the taliban in northern pakistan. this is where 9/11 began. it would be a very hopeful thing if they could actually go in there and start to root out and eliminate the taliban. >> joe? >> my person to watch is paul ryan who continues to be one of the most consequential politicians in washington. one area in particular this year he's taking other the tax writing, ways and means committee. i think there might be more consensus on tax reform than the media let's on -- >> corporate tax reform. >> corporate tax reform in particular. i think the white house wants the economy to grow. they'll find a willing partner in mr. ryan. >> mary? >> i'm watching supreme court justice ruth badder ginsburg she's 81, will be 82 in march and very left wing. i think it's possible she'll step down this year because if she does that gives president obama a chance to nominate someone with similar politics for her seat. if she waits, and a republican takes office in 2016, t

. >>> afghanistan's new president wants the the u.s. to reconsider its timetable on troops leaving his country. in an interview with 60 minutes afghan president warned that if u.s. troops pulled out too quickly afghanistan may end up like iraq. white house remains firm of withdraw of all u.s. troops by the the end of 2016. >>> same sex couples in the sunshine state are celebrating big today that ban ended at midnight and many county clerks wasted no time issuing marriage licenses just moments later. this makes florida the 36th state in the u.s. to legalize same sex marriage and gay marriages performed outside florida. also now will be recognized in that state. >>> 4:21. the nfl weighs in on what people are calling the biggest mistake that officials may have ever made, in a playoff game. >>> we are looking live outside snow it is on the way, what that means for your morning commute. this is like waiting for santa claus to come, sit and wait. >>> now sixers have not won a home game all season. cleveland came to town with no lebron james an

afghanistan. isis is now fighting the taliban there. an afghan military official told the associated press, isis is recruiting new members in afghanistan. more than a dozen have already been killed in fighting. >>> an illinois teen pleading guilty to charges he tried to support isis terrorists. officials say 19-year-old mohamed hamzah khan invited his family in his plans to travel to the middle east to join isis. he was arrested at chicago o'hare airport in october. khan's mother condemning the terror group, saying it brainwashes muslim youth. >> we condemn the brainwashing and recruiting of children through social media and the internet. and we have a message for isis. leave our children alone. >> khan faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. >>> attorneys for accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are asking a judge to suspend jury selection in his trial for at least a month in light of the terror attacks in paris. defense lawyers argued that right now it would be all but impossible to seat an impartial jury there in boston. the judge has twice rejected defense efforts to move that trial out of boston or to delay its sta

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