despite that, the mistakes of nouri al-maliki, the country remains a constitutional democracy and has not collapsed under the weight of the horrific terrorist attacks. >> president obama is pushing nouri al-maliki to hold elections to bring the country back to its political use. nouri al-maliki assures him it will be held next year. >> the obama administration says it will have 7 million people signed up for health care by march 2014. to do that they'll have to pick up the pace. according to new documents released by congressional investigators only six people signed up on day one of the website. 248 on day two. official numbers of how many people signed up could be released this month. >> speaking of insurance, if you are one of 14 million americans who bought your own, it could get cancel. >> erin is a self-employed scin care therapist, wife and mother of two. she had the same insurance policy the past couple of years. she was happy, until she found out she was losing it. >> i was shocked, to tell you the truth. i don't think i was clear or maybe the president was not transparent on

critics say it is not just al qaeda, but nouri al-maliki partly to blame for the violence. e white house disagrees. >> you have repeatedly attributed the violence to al qaeda. others, some influential senators say prime minister nouri al-maliki mismanaged the situation and fostered sectarian strikes. how do you respond to that? >> this is not the product of entree party or faction conflict. this is iraq - i mean al qaeda trying to destablilize iraq and taking advantage of the instability. >> a former u.s. ambassador iraq is critical of nouri al-maliki's leadership. >> the underlying problem is iraq has the kurds, the sunni arabs and shia arabs and politicians play this part when dealing with security and national problems, and despite the failings of nouri al-maliki, it is an democracy and has not collapsed under the horrific attacks. >> president obama is pushing nouri al-maliki to hold elections to bring the country back together. nouri al-maliki assures him those elections will be held next year. >> for years the obama administration with the c.i.a. at the forefront has b

should prime minister nouri al- maliki get the military aid he is asking for?he should, but with conditions. >> what should they be? >> you cannot win the battle by military and intelligence means alone. you have to have a political vision and political accountability. you have to go after not only those in other ranks who are terrorists but you have to go after people in your own ranks in the government who are oppressing some of these people. >> a rax prime minister is blaming syria for this uptick in violence. is he right to do that or is a convenient? >> he is right to do that, but the middle east is a mess. struggling as is the rest of the region. people are still committed to raqi statemake this i work, and that is something that he can use an exploit to the benefit of everybody if he is willing to take that step. obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, wit

should prime minister nouri al- maliki get the military aid he is asking for?he should, but with conditions. >> what should they be? >> you cannot win the battle by military and intelligence means alone. you have to have a political vision and political accountability. you have to go after not only those in other ranks who are terrorists but you have to go after people in your own ranks in the government who are oppressing some of these people. >> a rax prime minister is blaming syria for this uptick in violence. is he right to do that or is a convenient? >> he is right to do that, but the middle east is a mess. struggling as is the rest of the region. people are still committed to raqi statemake this i work, and that is something that he can use an exploit to the benefit of everybody if he is willing to take that step. obama said there should be a new election law and iraqi. what should that be? >> there is a dispute right now and primee kurds minister nouri al-maliki and people in parliament over whether he should have elections by in the visual province, wit

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nouri al-maliki said he wanted to say a third world war launched to stop al qaeda attacks. and it is as long as six football fields and it is fitted with electric lighting and even a train. u.s. authorities have discovered a drug super tunnel under the border with mexico. thanks for watching -- you are watching "france 24." anonymous u.s. officials and syrian rebel forces confirmed report israel bombed a syrian military base. it is said to be near this city -- port city, targeting missiles israel believes could be transferred to the militant group hezbollah. that's get more on the straightaway from jerusalem with our middle east correspondent. this has not been conformed -- confirmed by israeli authorities. what do we know so far? >> no, it has not been confirmed. it pretty much means the suppose it source of fire, israel, is not conforming -- confirming nor denying the reports. we know very little and we know what from sources speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the issue at hand, and that is notably an obama administration official confirming that last wedn

nouri al-maliki is in washington to garner u.s. support to deal with violence in the country.arack obama says he wants an inclusive iraq and democratic elections should be held as soon as possible. >> iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki came here to the white house, he said, with an urge request. he wanted the obama administration to speed up for promise additional equipment for the armed forces in iraq. at the end of the meeting barack obama said the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout the discussion, the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> we had a common vision about all issues discussed when it comes to diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways of counting terrorism and had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he'd change the way he's governing, making it more inclusive, leading to the election. they said it was the goal. they didn't outline what,

nouri al-maliki is in washington to gather u.s. support to deal with violence in his country.resident obama wants an inclusive iraq and elections should be held as soon as possible. more from patty culhane in washington. >> iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki came to the white house with an urgent request. he wanted the obama administration to speed up or promise additional military equipment for the armed forces in iraq. at the end of the meeting president obama said that the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout this discussion the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> translation: we had a common vision about all issues we discussed, when diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways to counterterrorism and we had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he would change the way he governed in iraq, making it an inclusive prospect leading to the election. they s

. >> iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki will visit the white house on friday, part of his first trip to washington in two years. on thursday he addressed a packed auditor youm. he said his country needs help to stop the growing violence. patty culhane has more. >> who is to blame for the carnage seen daily on the streets of iraq? prime minister nouri al-maliki's message to the u.s. - this is the work of america's own arch enemy al qaeda, telling the u.s. media, public forums and u.s. leaders he needs their help to stop this. the group's resurgens in iraq is because of a vacuum left by the arab springs, the civil war in syria. some believe he shares some of the blame for consolidating the power, shutting up the sunni community, arguing he's creating conditions for another civil war. the prime minister told the conference he has done nothing wrong. >> as long i use the perog tifs in a contit usual way there shouldn't be a problem. if i ask in an unconstitutional way tell me when and how. >> at the white house promise is the president will raise concerns about now maliki governs. but th

. >> rose: prime minister of iraq nouri al-maliki met with president obama in washington earlier today, he is seeking assistance in dealing with increasing levels of sectarian violence in his country, there is concern that civil war gripping syria may spread across the border into iraq, the trance national al qaeda group the islamic state of iraq and greater syria operating in both countries, joining us for the conversation about iraq today in washington, d.c., david ignatius, the of the washington post, robin wright a joint in the institute of basis and woodrow wilson center, stanford, fouad ajami is a fellow senior at the hoover institute. >> and dexter filkins of the new yorker magazine, i am pleased to have all of them to have this discussion. what is going on in washington and the conversation between the prime minister of iraq and the president of the united states, fouad? >> to be honest with you, charlie, i wouldn't have given mr. maliki the meeting with president obama, i think it was a mistake. the idea you have this man now running for a third term in iraq. he had a term in

. >> iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki is asking for u.s. help to fight the growing insurgency in his country. he's requesting apache helicopters and other military hardware. thousands of iraqis died in violence. some blame nouri al-maliki for failing to contain the violence. "america tonight" is up next. and for the latest news go to aljazeera.com. exclusive, a california senator kicked off the state's prominent film commission less than 24 hours after our investigative report. >>> good evening, i'm joie chen. we begin with breaking news at that hour. there are major developments in our exclusive investigation into one of california's most powerful politicians. he has been officially removed from the film commission after al jazeera exposed how he was exposed in an elaborate undercover sting. josh a lot of developments coming very late in the day. >> the president says he is sick to his stomach, he spent the day reviews this criminal affidavit obtained exclusively. he accepted more than $60,000 in bribes. from undercover fbi agents posing as

i'm delighted to introduce nouri al-maliki, the prime minister of iraq. he also strives to find solutions that will provide greater opportunity and stability for the iraqi people. the prime minister will meet with obama and vice president biden tomorrow to further strengthen ties. they will discuss how we can confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance our two countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time for u.s.-iraqi relations. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with natural resources. it has improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and it's deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraq has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you have seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. we have seen increased opportunity for american business. major corporations are now invested in iraqi. in may of this year the unite

. >> iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki is visiting washington for the first time in two years. the prime minister says his country needs more help from the u.s. to stop the growing violence that killed thousands of iraqis this year. >> patty culhane has more. >> who is to blame for the carnage seen almost daily on the streets of iraq? prime minister nouri al-maliki's message to the u.s. - this is the work of america's own arch enemy - al qaeda. telling the u.s. media, public forums and the u.s. that he needs their help to stop this. >> the group's resurgens in iraq is because of the vacuum left by the arab springs, the civil war in syria. >> some believe he shares the blame for consolidating power, shutting out the sunni community, saying he is creating continues for another civil war. the prime minister told this conference he has done nothing wrong. >> as long as they use the perog mfiin a constitutional way, there shouldn't be a problem. if i act in abb unconstitutional way, tell me when and how. >> at the white house promises the government will raise concerns about how ma'

and president obama promises iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki's support in fighting al qaeda after meeting at the white house. >> i'm mark morgan, the nfl players' association is investigating whether hazing caused a mim adolphin's player to leave the team. >> al jazeera america conditions and we are back in 2.5 minutes. miami dolphins >>> the suspect behind the deadly shooting at lax - we are learning more about the man and his motives to open fire at the los angeles international airport. a new taliban chief named a day after a drone strike killed the former leader. >> a plea from edward snowden to the u.s. government - stop treating him like a traitor. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. parts of los angeles international airport still closed 24 hours after a deading shooting. police are trying to figure out why paul ciancia took out an assault rifle, killing a tsa agent and wounding others. it was suggested he had an antigovernment sentiment and targeted the tsa. >> brian rooney has more from lax. >> sell phone video caught the moment when panicked travellers at los angel

iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki met with president obama today. al maliki is seeking more american aid. the u.n. reported the violence claimed the lives of thousands of iraqis this month. >>> eric snowdon is offering to help investigate the phone tapping of chancellor angela merkel. he called the actions of the u.s. government, quote, harmfulings and offered to visit germany to help in its investigation. those are the headlines. i'm tony harris in new york. al jazeera. >> fully engaged or left out of the loop. when things go wrong what is president obama's approach, and is it working? you're watching inside story from washington. >> hello, i'm libby casey. a familiar theme played out in washington this week as bad news circled the white house, and the critics took their shots, fair and unfair at president obama and his administration. but by any viewing this was not a good week for the president. second terms always have their rough patches but history shows they can be overcomed and mr. mr. obama has never shied from a crisis. however the usually

. >>> president obama said he and iraqi prime minister nouri nouri al-maliki discusse discuss havew they can fight the rising iraqi violence. >>> secretary of state john kerry has talked more about transparency and those are your storiestopstories. "real money with ali velshi" is next. >> let the discounting begin. retailers are desperate to fatten up sales because holiday sales are looking way too lean. why one expert said the consumer landscape is the land of mediocrity. i'm ali velshi, and this is real mone"real money." er >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join us on twitter @aj real money. holiday discounts are here and we're barely into november. even though we have two months to go to buy gifts for christmas, retailers are not starting early just to annoy us. they're genuinely require worrit the holiday purchases. usually big retailers like walmart, target, and toys "r" us are offering holiday deals closer to thanksgiving. but not this year. they started rolling out deals on friday. there are a bunch of things that are conspiring. plummeting consum

prime minister nouri al-maliki is due to visit. it's important for him that this area passes without incident. he said time and time again that iraq is facing an open war, a civil war if things continue to go the way they are. this year has been bloody. nearly 7,000 people have died. in october 9, '55 people died due to sectarian violence. the security operation is immense. the smaller towns in the rural areas are tarted. >> thank you very much. that's imran khan choing us from kabula in iraq. >> now, while the world's attention is on the philippines, there are devastating floods in somali's puntland region. 100 people have been killed. it's been declared a state of emergency. rains caused rivers to burst their banks and crops have been washed away. >> a rare tropical cyclone that hit northern somalia dumped as much rain as some got in all of 2012. roads have been washed away and communication lines cut. 30,000 people need food, water, shelter and medical supplies. in central somalia the heavy rain burst river banks submerging vill

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. >>> president obama is said to meet with the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki at the white house today. the iraqi leader is asking for more help from the u.s. including weapons and shared intelligence to fight a surge of al qaeda terrorism. >>> federal authorities have released images of a major and sophisticated tunnel they say was built to move drugs from mexico to the u.s. the recently completed passageway that connected san diego and tijuana had electricity, ventilation and a rail system. authorities seized 8.5 tons of marijuana and 327 pounds of cocaine. three suspects are in custody. >>> and car enthusiasts may find this next one a little bit disturbing. a new york city delivery truck backed into a $300,000 ferrari ff crushing the hood. adding to the truck driver's woes, he was ticketed for double parking. that's an expensive day. >>> and speaking of money, mid october buffalo bus driver darnell barton saw a woman leaning over a guardrail and looking down at a busy expressway. he stopped his bus and saved the woman from jumping off a bridge. early this morning this tweet fr

prime minister nouri al-maliki made a strong statement yesterday on the bombings in beirut. we've not heard an official reaction from the bombings in his backyard. >> we'll cross back as and when we hear more on that story. now, a group linked to al qaeda is claiming responsibility for two suicide attacks near the iranian embassy near beirut. an iranian diplomat was one of 23 killed. observers say the incident is a sign syria's civil war is spilling into lebanon. the attack happens in this neighbour hood which is where our correspondent is, looking at the scene, 24 hours after it happened. what story or sequence of events are you putting together there? >> as you can see behind me the lebanese army are deploying in the area. we are at the site of the twin suicide bombings. more details emerged. yesterday the lebanese army confirmed that this was the work of suicide bombers. this is why it's a dangerous development because this hasn't happened. yes, there have been car bombings in lebanon, targetting strongholds of the lebanese shia group hezbollah, the local ally of the iran

. >> ifill: iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki told a washington audience today his country needs helpfight a rekindled terrorist threat. chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner was there and looks at the prime minister's efforts to stem the bloodshed. >> reporter: it's become an all- too-familiar scene of renewed carnage in iraq: a bus station hit by a car bomb, one of 10 weekend attacks that killed dozens, on top of nearly 1,000 dead in september and more than 7000 this year, according to the united nations. >> it is a pretty grim time in iraq with over 1,000 deaths a month, most of them caused by al-qaeda bombings. >> reporter: ryan crocker served as ambassador to iraq at the height of the communal bloodletting between sunni and shiite muslims in 2007 and 2008. he's now dean of the bush school at texas a&m. as bad as the current attacks by a resurgent iraqi al qaeda network are, crocker warns they would be far more deadly if sunni and shiite civilians started turning on each other again. >> so far, those tensions have not erupted into the kind of fighting that i saw when

i mean, nouri al-maliki and his government, are they sat trap of iran, like hezbollah is a sat trap of iran. >> it is not quite because iraq is larger and iraq has its own oil money, and iraq has its own religious class, if you were a really devoted shia someone will tell you the leader in iran issued a fatwah and then on the other hand grand eye toly issued a fatwah you would, of course, .. believe the sass stay any is more believable. >> but the problem is so long as maliki intends on this dictatorship, so long as maliki's intent to marginalize in a way, antagonize the sunnis in western iraq, then his dependence on iran grows. it is a choice he has made. it is a choice he has made also that he is throwing his lot with the iranians and with bashar against a rebellion in syria. he sees the rebellion strictly in sectarian, sectarian lines. >> referring to the fact that who is a any wrote in that, hosani wrote in that piece is literally in damascus part of the time running part of that war. >> yeah. i mean, i think the iranians really have had kind of the ru of the place for the last two

advantage of it specifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though iraq's nouri al maliki knows what the u.s. invasion has led to in this country he can't talk radio call of washington because after all in a way it's thanks to the u.s. that he's now in power let's take a closer look at the numbers according to iraq's interior defense and health ministries the number of deaths in october reached nine hundred sixty four ninety percent of which were civilians the government says this is the highest death toll in the single month since april two thousand and eight back then more than a thousand people were killed however the numbers don't correspond with the united nations data which suggest july of this year was equally as bad as and garner who is a kurdish iraqi novelist and former prisoner of saddam hussein's regime says the only going bloodshed is forcing people to live in fear. it is affecting daily life from morning until night and every single hour of the day people are feeling unsafe to do anything whoever goes out they don't know i mean doesn't know whether they come

advantage of he specifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though you rox nouri al maliki knows what the u.s. invasion has led to in this country he can't be too critical of washington because after all in a way it's thanks to the u.s. that he's now in power take a closer look at the numbers now or according to iraq's interior defense and health ministry as the number of deaths in october reached nine hundred sixty four ninety percent of them civilians the government says it's the highest death toll in a single month since april of zero away when more than a thousand people were killed but the numbers don't line up with u.n. data suggesting that july of this year was equally bad guy in a kurdish iraqi novelist and former prisoner of saddam hussein says the ongoing bloodshed is forcing people to live in fear. it is affecting daily life from morning until night every single hour of the day people are feeling unsafe to do anything whoever goes out they don't know i mean doesn't know whether they come back safely or not. this thrust of the regime. mostly targeting innocent peo

advantage of it specifically spoke about syria and the situation there of course even though iraq's nouri al maliki knows what the u.s. invasion has led to in his country he can't be too critical of washington because after all in a way it's thanks to the u.s. that he's now in power he's gone nature can write their political analyst or swan's allow says the level of violence in front across the entire middle east has spiked in recent months. the prime minister of iraq one he made that call i think what he means by it is providing intelligence. and support to because he fears that the spillover from syria is affecting the level of violence in iraq and the level of violence in iraq as a whole has increased because of that but the reality is the politics of iraq is broken and the violence is is a result of that is not only because iraqi army's weak is just because the iraqi politics as a whole is dysfunctional that hasn't worked for the last ten years so. i don't think was going on in iraq is going to be a risk to in the global sort of risk but obviously is going to be rich to oil markets in the aroun

president obama will host iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki at the white house tomorrow the white house said in a statement that the discussion between the leaders will focus on the long term post-war partnership between iraq and the united states that post-war partnership is something the prime minister is extremely concerned about as the security and stability of iraq unravels prime minister al maliki made that message very clear today while speaking publicly at the united states institute of peace our key arabic correspondent rym of la india has more. there is one message iraq's prime minister nouri maliki has been pushing during his visit to washington d.c. this week help me fight terrorism in my country because maliki says will not only help iraq but the region here's what he said during his speech this morning in washington d.c. . by all countries and societies worldwide we want an international war a global war against terror if we have to war we want to assert. war against those who are killing people getting population who are calling for blood for ignorance. and. logic.

i am honored to introduce nouri al-maliki, prime minister of the republic of iraq.he faces the daunting challenges iraq continues to face. the prime minister will be meeting with president obama and vice president biden to strengthen ties between our nations. they will discuss how we can help iraq confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance cooperation between our countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time. two years have passed since u.s. troops left left iraq. we must never forget those who lost their lives in the struggle for a free iraq. iraq is blessed with resources, and is set to hold national elections next year. it has improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait and jordan. as they have work to bring itself into the region, we have seen 17 arab countries open up embassies in baghdad. we see opportunities for american business. major corporations are now invested in iraq. the united states on iraq side a train in investment treaty freedom -- framework agreement. in recent years, thousands of iraqi st

introduce nouri al-maliki, the premise or iraq -- the prime minister of iraq.to findstrives solutions that will provide greater opportunity and iraqi people.the the prime minister will meet with obama and vice president ayden tomorrow -- biden to further strengthen ties. they will discuss how we can confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance our two countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time for u.s.-iraqi relations. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with committed national -- natural resources. it has to medically improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and it's deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraqi has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. we have seen increased opportunity for american business. are nowrporations invested in iraqi. in may of this year the

today i'm delighted and honored to introduce his excellency, nouri al-maliki.also striving to find solutions that will provide greater opportunity stability for the iraqi people. the prime minister will meet with president obama and vice president biden tomorrow to further strengthen ties between our two nations. they will discuss how we can help iraq confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance cooperation between our two countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time. nearly two years have passed since u.s. troops left iraq. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues and its future looks bright. iraq as been blessed with tremendous natural resources and a growing economy. it is set to hold national elections next year. it has dramatically improved ime relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait come and its deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraq has worked to liberate itself in the region we ha