>>> glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobiyashi in tokyo. >>> iraq's military is striking back against islamist militants. >>> the leaders of the u.s. and australia have agreed to resolve the disputes in the south china sea. >>> and businesses in japan are cashing in on world cup fever by selling football themed souvenirs. >>> iraqi forces launched air strikes to stop an offensive. by islamist militants. the militants swept through northern iraq. iraqi commanders are determined to stop them. the militants captured iraq's second largest city mosul earlier this week. they pushed south to tikrit. they're now about 100 kilometers from the capital baghdad. government commanders ordered helicopter crews to attack and they dispatched units for street to street fighting. sunni muslims make up much of the populations of the cities that have been captured and many are critical of the government of prime minister nouri al maliki who is a shia. shia form the majority in the cities to the south and military officers are

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. first a look at the headlines. >>> u.s. president barack obama said he's deploying a support team of up to 300 military advisers to iraq. >>> the head of nato says russian troops are again heading toward the border with ukraine. >>> and kids learning from the best. an academy set up by some of europe's top clubs. >>> u.s. president barack obama has laid out his plans to help iraq's leaders. he's sending up to 300 military advisers to help security forces in iraq with islamist militants. the u.s. combat troops will not return to the country. obama held a news conference after meeting at the white house with his financial -- or rather, national security team. secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel took part. >> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. we're prepared to create joint operation centers in baghdad and northern iraq to share intelligence and coordinate planning to confront the terrorist threat of isil. >> the

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline" i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the head lines. it's been 25 years since the tiananmen square crackdown. it's an anniversary chinese authorities would rather people forget. >>> the lead author of papers on an easy way to create cells that can be developed into any type of organ says she'll retract them. and business people in japan are turning to digital technology to update a time honored tradition. >>> security is tight in china's tiananmen square on the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. hundreds of people were killed in the incident. chinese leaders aren't allowing any memorial events, and they're trying to muffle all criticism. nhk world has the story from beijing. >> reporter: tee rnman square is crowded with tourists, but many police officers are keeping watch over the scene. officials have installed metal detectors at all entrances to the square. the police are frisking people for weapons. these measures have been in place since at least tuesday, but on wednesday, security officials began sear

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. a bomb has torn through a venue in northeastern nigeria where fans had gathered to watch a world cup soccer match. at least 13 people, including young children, have been killed. the explosion happened in the town of damaturu, capital of yobe state. reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying an attacker dropped a device in front of the venue on tuesday night before running off. no one has claimed responsibility for the explosion. the surrounding area are at the heart of an insurgency by extremist group boko haram. >>> al qaeda linked islamist militants are pushing closer to baghdad. they're locked in fierce fighting with iraqi troops, and they're using the country's second largest city, mosul, as their stronghold. militants are battling to take control of baquba about 50 kilometers north of the capital. they fired mortars at a police station on the outskirts of the city. sunni extremists have advanced in areas where many sunnis live, but baquba has large numbers of shia residents

>>> welcome to "newsline." here are some of the stories we are following this hour. u.s. president barack obama said he's deploying a team of up to 300 military advisers to iraq. >>> ukraine's president has called on his russian counterpart to support his peace plan to end the fighting in eastern ukraine. >>> and has tourism officials in japan work to welcome 20 million tourists by 2020, we look at whether the target is possible or even desirable. >>> the u.s. president has laid out his plan to help leaders in iraq fight a well-armed insurgency. barack obama says he's sending up to 300 military advisers to the country, but not combat forces. iraqi soldiers have been trying to stop the advance of islamist militants who are surging toward the capital. nhk world's sachiko pakeda has more. >> reporter: the iraqi government is using state-run tv to show its soldiers are keeping up the fight against islamic extremists, but the reality is, they need help. so after days of deliberation, u.s. president barack obama announced he's sending up to 300 military advisers to the country,

welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. islamist militants are rapidly expanding their control in northern iraq and are preparing to head toward the capital, baghdad. >>> experts are raising a red flag over a popular food. they're warning that the japanese eel population is rapidly declining. >>> and brazilians waiting for the world cup kickoff are grinding up their streets. but not everyone's happy. >>> islamist militants linked to al qaeda are advancing deeper into iraq. they've captured the second largest city, mosul. and are about to keep pressing on farther south. nhk world's sochiko takeda has more. >> the militants belong to a group in the lavant. they attacked government offices, police stations and other buildings in mosul. about half a million people have reportedly fled. the militants over around the consulate general of turkey and they took about 50 people hostage including the consul general. >> translator: any harm to our citizens or staff would be met with the harshest retaliation. >> reporter: u.n. secretary

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. iraq's prime minister is showing his defiance, he's rejecting calls to create a more inclusive government as a way to stop the militants. >>> south korea's president has decided to ask her current prime minister to stay on after attempts to find a replacement failed. >>> and young people in hawaii are getting into a game that has been popular in japan for over a century. >>> iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki rejected calls to create a more inclusive government. he's facing criticism that he instigated the sunni insurgency by favoring the majority xia. so he's being urged to form a national salvation government as a way to stop islamist militants. u.s. president barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front among iraq's three main groups. and some political parties are urging him to step down to establish a national salvation government. maliki says he represents a coup against a constitution. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is to meet with foreign ministers thi

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. a politician who made a sexist comment at a tokyo metropolitan assembly meeting has offered an apology. >>> japan's diet session has ended, but prime minister shinzo abe has unfinished business. his goal of enableling the country to exercise its right to collective self-defense. >>> and policymakers in portugal are trying to attract foreign investment to beat deflation. >>> a member of tokyo's governing body has admitted shouting a sexist jibe at a colleague while she spoke at an assembly meeting. the jeer drew domestic and international criticism. please note the following footage contains flash photography. akay hero suzuki on monday apologized to your party member akay ya shiomura. suzuki is a member of the governing liberal democratic party. shiomura commented on government support for working mothers at a meeting last week. suzuki shouted, hurry up and get married instead of making inquiries. other hecklers questioned whether she was capable of having a baby. suzuki confessed to

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." seem shery ahn. let's get started with the head lines. iraq's military striking back against islamic militants before advancing towards baghdad. >>> japanese leaders are calling on their counterparts in beijing to set up a security hotline after aircraft fly-abouts over the east china sea. >>> and japanese prime minister shinzo abe has pledged to lower corporate taxes to below 30% in an effort to bolster the economy. >>> iraqi forces have launched counterattacks to halt the advance of islamist militants. the militants have swept through northern iraq, and are vowing to march on to baghdad. iraqi commanders are determined to stop them. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the militants have captured iraq's second largest city of mosul and other cities. more than half a million people have fled their homes. tents have been set up as more and more residents try to escape the violence. >> translator: i was at home when i heard an explosion. i thought i'd have a heart attack. >> translator: these two children have no place to go now that they've lo

. >>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. >>> u.s. president barack obama has given moscow a deadline to end its intervention in ukraine before he imposes new sanctions. >>> militants dressed as soldiers have attacked villages in northeastern nigeria, killing hundreds of people. >>> and a chinese man in tokyo is using his skill as a film maker to raise awareness of a defining moment in his country's history, the tiananmen square crackdown. >>> u.s. president barack obama has given his russian counterpart a stern warning. he says he will consider imposing new sanctions on moscow if president vladimir putin fails to ease tensions in ukraine. obama says it depends on russia's actions over the next month. the leaders of the group of seven industrialized nations wrapped up their summit in brussels. they didn't invite putin following russia's annexation of crimea. the leaders say they are ready to impose further sanctions against russia if necessary. obama told reporters that putin should recog

here on "newsline." >>> many democrats in the u.s. say they would choose a woman who's already spent time in the white house to become their next president. the results of a poll suggest hillary clinton would have a commanding lead heading into the 2016 presidential campaign. the polls were from abc news and "the washington post." they asked democrats and those leaning towards the party who they would vote for. results suggest 69% favor clinton while 12% choose vice president joe biden. voters were also asked about clinton's job performance as secretary of state. 59% approved regardless of their party affiliation. 34% did not. overall 67% of americans said they viewed clinton as a strong leader. pollsters also asked people who they would vote for if the democratic candidate was clinton, and the republican candidate was senator rand paul. 53% said they would vote for clinton, and 43% chose paul. >>> pope francis has joined israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to pray for peace in the middle east. it's

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. first, a look at the headlines. >>> vietnamese nups are reporting another skirmish between chinese and vietnamese vessels. >>> islamic militants linked to al qaeda have moved into iraq's second largest city. >>> and the operators of the international airport in dubai are setting their sights on becoming the world leader in passenger traffic. >>> the captain of a fishing vessel is accusing the chinese of more aggression. now, vietnamese newspapers are reporting that a chinese ship ram add vietnamese fishing boat, this time in the gulf of tonkin. the chinese ship charged without warning he said. he said they sprayed mens of his crew with a water cannon. the gulf is off the vietnam and china. but he says they were more than 500 kilometers from the paracel islands. crews have been locked in a stand off ever since. each side has accused the other of ramming their vessels. both sides are trying to drum up support at the united nations. they're trying to explain their positions to other memb

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. first, a look at the headlines. >> islamist mit tants have swept through northe iraq taking 50 people hostage. >>> energy ministers from ukraine and russia haggle over gas prices, customers in europe worry that supplies could be cut off. >>> and the japanese special effects makeup artist now using his skills to make prosthetics look more realistic. >>> islamic militants linked to al qaeda are sweeping through northern iraq. they've taken care of the country's second largest city mosul. they long to a group that attacked the consulate general of turkey in mosul. they seized about 50 people and reportedly forced half a million people to flee. the militants also battle with security forces in other cities, the site of iraq's largest oil refinery. they say military commanders will launch an operation to contain the insurgents and he's calling on iraqis to join the fight. a spokesperson for the u.s. state department says secretary of state john kerry discussed the situation. he said u.s. o

. >>> welcome to "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. first, a look at the headlines. >>> ukrainian president, petro poroshenko says he is signing an agreement with the european union, a movement russia is expected to protest s >>> a growing call for iraq's prime minister to step down. it is coming from both sunni and shia muslims. >>> experts say the japanese government's strategy to boost the nation's birth rate needs to go even further. >>> awe krin's president is about to take his country closer to the european union. petro poroshenko says he is going to sign a key economic agreement with the eu. the pact has been at the heart of the conflict between russia and ukraine since last poroshenko told members of the european parliament that he wants to build a strong democracy that's respected among the european nations. he says he will sign the association agreement with the eu on friday. the pact centers on trade liberalization. it will paef the way for eu membership. russia is expected to protest the move. a cease-fire in eastern ukrain

here's the extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. 1x1xa7guc >> these are the headlines for you this hour. the g7 meet for the first time in 17 years without russia. warning tors give a the russian president, vladimir putin, that more sanctions could be on the way over the crisis in ukraine. voters in the central england town of new work to the polls to elect a new member of parliament ukipthe euro skeptic party hoping to capitalize on recent success, they want to secure their first british mp. a manhunt underway in canada for a man believe

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. >>> iraqi troops are using air strikes to fight back advancing insurgents but they're struggling as the militants move toward the syrian border. >>> negotiators from iran and six world powers have restarted talks aimed at reaching a final deal on tehran's nuclear program. >>> and japanese police are using a new tool to get a view of car accidents from the air. >>> the president of the united states and his advisers have been weighing all the options in iraq. the situation on the ground is changing by the day as islamic militants battle to gain the upper hand. iraq's leaders have struck back but the militants appear determined to press on. >> reporter: the militants have been waging offensives on multiple fronts. now they've moved into the northern town of tal afar, close to the border with syria. fighters had already taken control of key cities, including the second largest, mosul. and they've been pushing south toward the capital, baghdad. furthe

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. first a look at the headlines. a look at the iraqi government forces are battling islamic militants as u.s. military advisers arrive in the country. >>> russian president vladimir putin has taken a step to support kiev's ceasefire. he has asked parliament to revoke his authority to use military force in ukraine. >>> and they try to lure businesses to set up offices in the southern japanese island chain. >>> u.s. troops have arrived in baghdad. they are increasing a diplomatic and military commitment as fierce fighting continues between iraqi government forces and islamic militants. >> two special operations teams of approximately 40 personnel previously assigned to the embassy through the office of security cooperation have started their new mission. >> reporter: kirby also said another 50 u.s. personnel will join the operation within the next few days. government forces are carrying out air strikes on militants. the sunni extremists are expanding their control in northern areas near the border with syria. the unit

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. delegates from tokyo and pyongyang will hold talks on the investigation into missing japanese nationals despite north korea's latest missile launch toward the sea of japan. >>> militants fighting to take over iraq have declared an islamic state as government forces ramp up their counteroffensive. >>> and japanese tea producers are enjoying a surge in demand from a country where coffee has long been king. >>> delegates from japan and north korea are preparing to hold talks about a decade's old issue. they're meting in beijing to discuss the northeast past abductions of japanese nationals as planned, even after pyongyang on sunday launched ballistic mist siels towards the sea of japan. nhk world's takafumi terui reports. >> reporter: the north korean delegates were reported in beijing by a sea of reporters. they addressed members of the media but stayed tight lipped about the talks. >> translator: we'll let you know the specific details of our discussions when they are finished. >> repo

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the head lines. syrian president bashar al assad is expected to win another term in an election critics claim is a farce. >>> north korean officials say they're ready to accept an investigative team from japan to look into the fate of abducted japanese nationals. >>> and ukraine's president-elect faces big challenge challeng challenges to armed insurgents when he takes office this week. syrians are heading to the polls in a show of democracy. president bashar al assad's seven-year term is set to expire next month. many believe the election was called to give him an air of legit maes. voters who took part in two previous polls found assad was the only option. this time they'll be able to choose from multiple candidates. hasad al nuri, and hajar, a member of parliament, are in the running. but opposition and western leaders describe assad's two rivals as token candidates and voters in opposition controlled districts are excluded from the process. critics say the election is a farce. people are voting i

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. iraqi leerds have launched full scale military operations to fight against al qaeda linked insurgents. >>> and people in southwestern japan are celebrating a newly discovered portrait of a young japanese christian who traveled to europe five centuries ago. >>> fighting is intensifying in iraq where the military's launching full-scale operations against al qaeda linked militants. insurgents have responded with an attack on a military facility. leaders of neighboring countries and the united states say they're ready to provide support to help fight the militants. nhk world's yuri spt ito has more. >> reporter: military helicopters have been conducting a series of air strikes on insurgent positions and vehicles. on sunday they bombarded at least five locations including areas close to tikrit in the western city of fallujah. the military says the attacks have killed ma eed more than 20 people. m meanwhile the militants have posted photos on twitter. other photos appear to show them being

>>> welcome to "newsline." let's get started with the headlines. ukraine's president has submitted draft amendments to the constitution that he hopes will kol many the fighting in the country's east. >>> chinese forces participating in a giant u.s.-led naval exercise for the first time even as tensions simmer in asia. >>> a survivor of a ship that sank in southern japan during world war ii hopes to pass on stories of hundreds of young victims to future generations. >>> the ukrainian president hopes showing consideration for pro russian residents could help resolve the country's crisis. he's calling for the russian language to be given more status. poroshenko submitted draft amepdmentes to the constitution. they deal with a key prart of his peace plan. in february they abolished a law allowing regions to make russia an official language. it was one of the factors that sparked the revolt in the east. poroshenko declared a cease-fire last friday. but fight being continues between government forces and pro-russian militants. he is hoping to diffusie te

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada in tokyo. here are some of the stories we're following this hour. iraqi government forces are trying to contain the crisis in their country and u.s. leaders are orchestrating their response. >>> iran's foreign minister is reporting progress in negotiations with six world powers on its country's nuclear program. >>> and some soccer stars are competing in the world cup and finding inspiration in an manga comic from japan. >>> iraqi military commanders are battling to turn back an advance by islamist militants and the foreign minister confirmed a government sought u.s. military assistance. in washington, president barack obama and his top aids are orchestrating their response. nhk world's jun notsimoto reports. >> reporter: the insurgents are pushing to gain more control in parts of iraq. their moving tour is baghdad. they atacked baqubah and fallujah, 70 kilometers from the capital. and they also control iraq's second largest city, mosul. government forces have staged air strikes in mosul. and th

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline," i'm shery ahn. a japanese official has lodged a protest against his chinese counterpart over an incident above the east china sea. a chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to two japanese self-defense force airplanes. defense ministry officials say the chinese su-27 came as close as 30 meters to one of the japanese reconnaissance aircraft, and 45 meters to the other. a photograph of the chinese jet shows a white missile-like object beneath its left wing. no damage to the japanese aircraft was reported. the sdf planes were patrolling the area where the two countries air defense identification zones overlap. japan's defense minister itsunori onodera criticized china's action. >> translator: it was an extremely dangerous action for the chinese jet to fly so close to the japanese air self-defense force planes over international waters. we've protested through diplomatic channels. >> chinese fighter jets approached sdf aircraft on two separate occasions last month. the incidents prompted the japanese

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the headlines. japanese officials will meet with their north korean counterparts to confirm the investigation with abducted nationals is on track. >>> japan's ruling coalition parties are close to reaching a deal on national security, setting new rules for the country's use of force. >>> and u.s. secretary of state john kerry is urging the iraqi prime minister to form a national unity government as the country teeters on the brink of civil war. >>> japanese and north korean officials will meet again next tuesday face to face. they'll discuss the makeup of a committee that will investigate the fate of japanese abductees. leaders in tokyo say north korean agents kidnapped at least 17 japanese nationals in the 1970s and '80s. they believe hundreds more may have been taken. their north korean counterparts promised last month to set up a committee to conduct a full investigation. junichi ihara will head the japanese delegation. he's negotiation with tomito in beijing. japanese leaders want to know in adv

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline" i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the head lines. the families of japanese citizens abducted by north korea have held a rally calling for the return of their loved ones. >>> leaders of japan and the u.s. square off with their chinese counterparts over tension. >>> and clashes between soldiers and anti-government groups are escalating in syria, ahead of a presidential election. >>> families of japanese abducted decades ago to north korea are holding onto the hope that they'll see their relatives again. north korean authorities last week agreed to start a new investigation into the fate of the abductees. they reached the agreement with japanese negotiators during three days of talks in stockholm. the families attended a rally near tokyo hoping to build on the momentum. >> translator: north korea now seems to be serious. but we would like to ask the japanese government to check whether that's true. >> japanese government officials say agents kidnapped at least 17 japanese nationals in the 1970s and '80s. iizuka said the north korea's ch

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline," i'm shery ahn. let's get started with the head lines. the trial is under way for the captain and 14 crew members of the south korean ferry that sank in april. prosecutors have charged four with homicide. >>> crews at fukushima daiichi have a new problem on their hands. the amount of cooling water in one reactor is lower than they expected. >>> and a japanese businessman is eyeing markets abroad to sell his sweet potatoes. >>> prosecutors have made opening statements in the trial of several crew members from a south korean ferry that sank in april. the sailors are accused of failing to save passengers in one of the country's worst disasters at sea. the "sewol" sank off the country's southern coast leaving more than 300 people dead or missing. 15 crew members have indicted. the captain and three others face charges of homicide through willful negligence. experts in south korea say it's the first case where those who failed to ensure the safety of passengers have faced such a serious charge. prosecutors argued at a court in the southern see

>>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. first a look at the headlines. >>> iraq's prime minister is showing his defiance. he's rejecting calls to create a more inclusive government as a way to stop islamist militants. >>> a u.s. congressional panel has voted to rename a street in washington after one of china's most famous dissidents. >>> and we'll show you how developers and designers are pushing the limits of computer simulations to improve everything from houses to tooth brushes. >>> iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki has rejected calls to create a more inclusive government. he is facing criticism that he instigated the sunni insurgency by favoring the majority shia. so he is being urged to form a national salvation government as a way to stop islamist mitants. u.s. president barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front. among iraq's three main groups. maliki says it represents a coup against the constitution. some political parties are urging him to step down to establish a national salvation govern

>>> hello and welcome back to "newsline." i'm sherry ann. let's get started with the headlines. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe lays out his government's new policy package aimed at revitalizing the economy. >>> sunni militants in iraq are pulling down and do stroying national statues as they march toward baghdad. >>> separatists in eastern ukraine agree to respect a cease-fire declared by government leaders. members of japanese prime minister shinzo abe's government have approved his strategy for growth. cabinet ministers have also backed abe's policies for economic and fiscal reforms. abe met with reporters shortly after the ministers gave him their approval. >> translator: the economic recovery is yet to spread to all corners of japan. that's why we should not let this favorable cycle of economy be a temporal phenomenon. we should continue to push this favorable cycle strongly so that smes nationwide can be revitalized. we will have everyone in japan to realize the economic recovery. that is the mission of abenomics. >> one of the

boost sales and here with the collusive data, kara swisher, go executive eder joining us on the newsline. kara, should we take this at face value? >> no, we sloun. of course, it's twitter ads as they work. that's the headline. at the same time, more and more data, they have to present. they did this with a company, a big ad agency trying to prove to advertisers there is efficacy in using twitter and need to get as many data points as possible. not just twitter but facebook, yahoo! and everybody else. the only company that has prove didn't to them, google, obviously. in lots of ways on a consistent basis. so all of these social media companies have to become, have more data so these marketers can buy into it not on an experiment's basis. >> kara, correct me if i'm wrong. part of the thrust of this vord the idea twit sir a great side dish maybe moving away from the idea that twitter alone does a lot for a brand, but if you watched tv and twitter, the brand gets more recognition? >> yes. >> a different tack, right? >> it's a boost. an adjacent. at some point a kpeter in th ec that regard. b

joining us now on the cnbc newsline is cara swisher, co-executive editor, she broke the story this morningd she can give us a fuller sense of what's going on here. >> absolutely. actually i wrote about it last night that it was coming. there's a lot of issues with twitter right now including its stock price which has been in decline. obviously growth issues that wall street's been worried about that's causing the stock's decline. and also product innovation. and this is the guy that was in charge of all that stuff. there was a lot of pressure and for a number of other reasons that just built. and i think they felt that the ceo needed to be much closer to all those things. >> kara, i'm amazed at the market's reaction here, which was originally to sell off a bit on the news. and i emphasize a bit. now the shares are up 4 1/2%. >> i think they feel that there needed to be some executive changes there and you've got to bring in people that are really focused on growth. primarily ceo dick costelo who needs to have a chance to at least tell a better toir to wall street because they've had some r

joining us now on the cnbc newsline is cara swisher, co-executive editor, she broke the story this morningely. actually i wrote about it last night that it was coming. there's a lot of issues with twitter right now including its stock price which has been in decline. obviously growth issues that wall street's been worried about that's causing the stock's decline. and also product innovation. and this is the guy that was in charge of all that stuff. there was a lot of pressure and for a number of other reasons that just built. and i think they felt that the ceo needed to be much closer to all those things.

we've got on the cnbc newsline bob hillyrd representing the families of those allegedly killed and 682 say they were injured. bob, good to get your reaction this morning to mary barra announcing the result of the internal investigation. what does it mean for your cases? >> well, first, can you imagine what my clients think they hear the ceo of general motors confirm that this was a needless loss. their loved one died, the level of carelessness that is just stunning. so i mean it's a sad day for them because the loss is permanent and the family members are gone forever and then the folks that i represent that have catastrophic injuries and dealing with that daily are trying to now get their head around the idea that this was simply a level of neglect that has never been seen before, that caused these injuries. >> right. i mean i'm curious what steps you take next? are you going to, for instance, go after the 15 people, the people that were made to be blamed here and left the company fired from the company, or do you stay focused on general motors? >> well, two-part answer because if gen