in 2006 nouri al-maliki was a compromise candidate, not seen as a threat to anyone. he earnt his term viewed as a threat. with this announcement nouri al-maliki is a caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed. he is a member of parliament. among the posts is vice president or deputy prime minister. although he's stepping aside, no one expects him to disappear. >> the united states is in favour of nouri al-maliki's decision. national security advisor susan rice said: >>> the european union foreign ministers are talking about the possibility of arming kurdish fighters and the iraqi army. france is sending weapons. germany, the czech republic will send arms. jane arraf joins me from erbil. nouri al-maliki stepped down as prime minister. ending a political deadlock, i think you can call it, that could enable the government to tackle this islamist insurgency, as long as the new government, i suppose, this had the tribal leaders on board. >> there's an element of what they need on board, but an important one. >> the prime minister designate has three weeks to

nouri al-maliki, a shia, has been accused of targetting his critiques, including top sunni politicians and is looking isolated. >> nouri al-maliki's mindset is so much narrowed down that he is not seeing the country or the thousands of people killed by i.s.i.s. or not seeing the fact that he under his watch, all this happen. he was responsible for arming and guiding the iraqi army that collapsed in front of i.s.i.s. >> reporter: the us state department says: nouri al-maliki's own party spokesman defended the president, expressing hope that a new prime minister could be elected as early as monday. >>> well, the advance of fighters from the islamic state group has left many without a home in northern iraq. large numbers of the yazidi religious minority are stranded on a desert mountain top in sinjar. those who have been able to have crossed the border into syria, and from there they are crossing back into the kurdish controlled areas of northern iraq. >>> it's taken a week for some of the refugees to cross back into iraq, and entire families have been walking. some are in cars, with litt

nouri al-maliki clearly did not do that. rities in his population, who used to control the government under saddam hussein, the minorities were persecuted. since them some of them joined isis. nouri al-maliki had said, i'm not going anywhere. he said the constitution says i have to stay, and when the president appointed another prime minister in waiting, a prime minister edition -- des -- designate. nouri al-maliki said i'm putting up a challenge. i'm the prime minister of iraq and deserve another term. had that happened there we be trouble. what were the possibilities? one was he was being guarded by government soldiers right there in the prime minister's palace. and the fear was that nouri al-maliki would say, no, i'm not stepping down. those soldiers who protect him, tugly work for the government, would have to take him down, take him down with force if necessary. end his life if necessary. think of the unraveling that would happen. so those are the things we feared. now in the last five minutes we have definitive word, we

nouri al-maliki is looking isolated. he lost a lot of support, even the shia parties, throwing their weight behind haiderrk al-abadi, and he was supposed to give a first public address, but it has been postponed. he has brought support, not just from iraqi parties, but the international community, the obama administration making clear that they would support him in his efforts to form an inclusive government. in a government. they need to form national unity and reconciliation to face the threat. at the end of the day it's not just the political crisis, there's a war. the islamic state has taken over a lot of territory. at the same time there are sunni groups fighting with them. you need to bring them in to the political process. >>> i want to ask a second question along those lines, we have the kurdish forces asking for u.s. help to battle the islamic state fighters. are they making headway? >> well, the kurdish forces are stretched therein, sharing a 1km border. they are appealing for assistance. we met the spokesperson

so dual ongoing crises in iraq as the prime minister nouri al-maliki continues to give up on his position. on monday, haider al-abadi was nominated to replayers al-maliki. he's got 30 days to form a new government. however, maliki says the nomination is a violation of constitution and asking forces to stay out of the political crisis. >> translator: i really urge you the iraqi military to uproot the clawct and a islamic state . >> talking about deal forces in the north of the country, kurdish forces continue their battle against islamic state fighters. the u.s. has been backing the kurdish forces with air strikes on the islamic state fighters in the area. however this continues on the humanitarian crisis, as islamic state advance on their town. giving more aid to groups in the northern iraq to deal with the disaster. jenna rupp is live in erbil, first of all the word that comes to mind is stalemate. you have one man with all the support and the other man who doesn't want to go anywhere. >> reporter: yep, that's pretty much it but the plans is tipping towards prime minister nouri al-maliki

nouri al-maliki will support prime minister designate hider al-abadi. nouri al-maliki announced the decision on iraqi television and defended his eight years in power. many hope the new prime minister can form a unified government and push back the islamic state. a professor of mid east studies at u.c.l.a. joins us. after days of intense pressure and actions that indicated nouri al-maliki may deploy a loyal militia to hang on to power, why is he stepping down now? >> because everyone is turning against him, from the top religious leaders in iraq and iran, the united states, all the backers in iran turned against him. iranians were the pay masters of many politicians, and the pay masters of several militias. the iraqi army said they'll fight for iraq, not nouri al-maliki. there was nothing left for him to do. nouri al-maliki is gone. moving forward, what about the prime minister designate, mr hider al-abadi, and the task ahead of him. how difficult will it be for him to form a unified government in less than 30 days? >> well, that will depend upon parliam

ooep nouri al-maliki's own -- each nouri al-maliki's open party supported the president, homing a new prime minister could be elected as soon as monday. >>> the advance of fighters from the islamic state left many without a home in northern iraq. large numbers were stranded on a desert mountain top in sinjar. those that crossed the border into syria. from then they crossed to the kurdish controlled areas. it takes a wake for some to crash into northern iraq. families are walking, some are in cars with little food and no medical supplies. they will live in tough conditions in a regee camp set up -- refugee camp set up for them. many lost family members. >> i put two of my sons in the car. it had left already. that's why i had to walk here alone. i have three children. this one is with me, i have lost the others. i haven't seen the other children or husband since then. >>> the latest humanitarian ceasefire in gaza continues to hold. the truce was worked out in cairo, with egypt negotiating with hamas and israel. with the ceasefire in place they hope to resume the negotiations for a long

nouri al-maliki, a shia, has been accused of targetting critics, including top sunni politicians. he's now looking increasingly isolated. >> nouri al-maliki's mind-set narrowed down that he is not seeing the country, the thousands killed by i.s.i.s., and not seeing the fact that he upped his watch, all this happened. he was responsible for arming and guiding the iraqi army that collapsed in front of i.s.i.s. >> reporter: the u.s. state department says it supports the president in his role as the guarantor of the constitution. hope has been expressed that a new prime minister could be elected as early as monday. >>> the advance of fighters from the islamic state group left many without a home in northern iran. large numbers of the yazidi are stranded on a desert mountain top. those that have been able to have crossed the border into syria, there they are crossing into kurdish controlled areas of northern iraq. it's taken a week for some of them to get back into the country. some are in cars, but families are walking, with little food and no medical supplies. now they face tough cond

let's talk about nouri al-maliki's option ohs. his bloc said they were not going to go down without a fight. what are they most likely to do that would be effective? >> the problem that if we're going to talk about legal issues the president actually assigned haider al abadi. this is first. now haider al abadi must form a cabinet in 30 days containing all the parties and blocks inside the parliament. thirdly, if he failed within 30 days, if he fails to form a cabinet, then the president must assign the second majority bloc inside the parliament. now, we have now a matter of issues about 30 days. now mr. maliki are depending now on these 30 days that he would push all these blocs, sunni, shia, curds, not to make a promise for haider al abadi that they would support him. this is all he can do. the interior court did manage to or allow him to be the biggest bloc that supposed to be the candidate for the president to the prime minister. >> okay, so this now leads to the question what about the fighting with the islamic state group giv

nouri al-maliki says he will not leave fought a federal court ruling. can he still hang on to power? >> hundreds of iraqis took to the streets in solidarity with nouri al-maliki. he is increasingly isolated and lost the support of iran, a close ally in a country which yields a lot of influence in iraq. iran welcomed the nomination of a new prime minister haider al-abadi. the international community welcomed the nomination of haider al-abadi, so the european union, the arab league - nouri al-maliki is calling it a conspiracy. he is not giving up without a fight. really, he's doesn't have much support. now, haider al-abadi has support. we expected him to have his first public address today, addressing the nation since his appointment. but it was cancelled with no explanation. he really has a lot of challenges ahead he needs to create and form a government, a broad-based government, one that represents all communities. each should feel they have a say in governing the future of this country. a lot of challenges ahead, but there's optimism that this is a pos

nouri al-maliki doesn't seem willing to step aside as prime minister. what are your thoughts on this development? >> well, nouri al-maliki is a thin skinned individual, takes a lot of things personally. and the idea that they don't want him as the next prime minister is something he's going to take very, very personally. the question is what can he do about it? because haider al-abadi is not exactly from the other political option. he's from the prime minister's party and coalition. he's going to be hard pressed to say this is some sort of coup. >> options for nouri al-maliki, security forces in the capitol, how much that armed security infrastructure is controlled by nouri al-maliki? >> well, mr. maliki has a very bad habit of getting units under the direct control of the prime minister. so he does have a number of units. but as to how really loyal to him they are, and the degree to which he put them under him, because he didn't want them under someone else, that's another matter. so i'm-i'm not convince they'd we're going osee a civil war break out, a

in baghdad nouri al-maliki announced he would step down, ending a legal challenge. nouri al-maliki, threw his support to hider al-abadi, who was nominated to replace him on monday. people yazidi, and u.n. officials question president obama's claim that an evacuation mission would likely not be needed. both said tens of thousands of refugees were trapped on the mountain by is. for more on a peaceful change of government. i'm joined by a former u.s. ambassador to croatia and ambassador to iraq. good to see you. nouri al-maliki is stepping down. it may be the start of what president obama and iraq has been waiting for, a nolle prosequi sectarian -- nonsectarian iraqi government. is this the first unqualified good news we've had in a while from iraq? >> it is good news, but very qus qualified news. nouri al-maliki may have been able to patch some differences, but it will not make a difference to the struggle against is. hider al-abadi is from the same party as nouri al-maliki, and represents a shiite quality that views iraq as being a state that should be governed by the

>> shia, dowa, haider al abadi he is coming from a similar background in some respects as you nouri al-maliki. >> i think your other guest gave a good summary of his background, but i disagree with his conclusions. i know al abadi well from working on resolutions and working together on subsequent crisis in baghdad i agree that he is probably the best kind among the shia coalition. i was quite relieved and very pleased by his nomination. >> let me have you pause there. president obama is making a comment in marth martha's vineyard in iraq. >> barac president obama: to keep them from advancing on the city of erbil. kurdish forces on the ground continue to defend their city, and we step up the advise and assistance to iraqi and kurdish forces as they continue their fight against isis. we continue to provide life-safing assistance to men, women and children stranded on mount sin gentleman sinjar. we're working with international partners to develop options to bring them to safety. i want to thank in particular the united kingdom, france and other countries providing much-needed assistance to the

he has been called on to form a new government, that the man currently in the job, nouri al-maliki, is not ready to leave. al-maliki is being blamed for failing to stop sectarian violence. >> he was the choice of the u.s. and iraqi president. as a ally body has emerged as iraq's new prime minister. the vice president of the national assembly has managed to get the shiite majority to back him. u.s. president obama has promised to back him. dr. the new iraqi leadership has to regain the confidence of its citizens by governing inclusively and by taking steps to demonstrate resolve. the united states stands ready to support a government that addresses the needs and grievances of all iraqi people. >> the international community has been calling on iraq he authorities to form a new government capable of uniting a country gripped by two months of insurgency and violence at the hands of jihadist militants. his election represents a major defeat for nouri al-maliki, who has called the rival shiite politician victory from within his own faction a violation of the constitution. >> we assure all t

robin, let's talk more about nouri al-maliki, and the significance of losing u.s. support. how has that happened? >> well, two things, three things that really maliki know supporters know, his government has never been an inclusive government. even ministers from different faction of iraqi, still they are not allowed to do their business. there is no real reconciliation program that al maliki led to get them all involved in politics. and then the government security forces he went from a consensus prime minister that was chosen to be a consensus person to moving to the direction of dictatorship. that's not permissible. so he literally moved to his own game than the iraqi government or the iraqi people did. we lost the prime minister. we lost the support of the iraqis, and when i say support of the iraqis, i'm talking about the whole iraq as a country. he lost the court. he lost the assembly, and then suddenly he lost all the shia. we have a prime minister supported by his own political party and with haider al abady that will not stand behind him. >> you talk about respectin

ally nouri al-maliki refuses to step down. reports from major garrett and holly williams. >>> a collision on a dirt track leads to a confrontation and death. the latest on the tony stewart case by don dahler. and shooting the moon, photographers all over the earth have a night of fun with an astronomickicle spectacular. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the use of deadly force by police is once again under investigation. this time in the suburbs of st. louis. today the f.b.i. entered the case of an officer in ferguson, missouri, who shot an unarmed black man to death over the weekend. that sparked rioting. fires were set. stores were looted. today there were peaceful protests along with calls for answers. dean reynolds is in ferguson. (crowd chanting) >> reporter: protesters in this largely black community were demanding to know why an unarmed 18-year-old who was supposed to start technical school today wound up in the morgue instead. >> enough is enough! >>

reporter: after weeks of insisting the constitution demands that he himself form a new government, nouri al-maliki, now a caretaker prime minister, announced on national television that he is stepping aside to allow hider al-abadi to become the country's next prime minister. hider al-abadi, also from nouri al-maliki's party, has less than a month to form a government. a difficult task at the best of times, made easier after nouri al-maliki 's announcement. he'd been under pressure to step down from inside and outside, from the united states, from former ally iran, from within the county, sunni and kurdish communities that he ail yepated, and under -- ail yepated and under pressure from shia leaders. the ali al-sistani, the most revered leader, the ayatollah, a religious figure came out in support of nouri al-maliki stepping aside to allow the country to turn a new page. at the end of the day nouri al-maliki heeded the calls, and from the evidence are of the religious leadership. less than a month while the government is formed, and last time around it took a month to come up with the cabinet. it's

he was a key adviser to prime minister nouri al-maliki. ke al maliki he is shia muslim and part of the state of law coalition. he was deputy speaker of parliament just a few weeks ago but was considered contender in the role of prime minister in the last two elections. we spoke with an analyst who said that al abadi must name a cabinet in the next 30 days in. >> they have assigned haider al abadi, now he must form a cabinet within 30 days. containing all the parties and blocs inside the parliament. thirdly if he failed within to days if he failed to form a cabinet then the president must assign the second majority bloc inside the parliament. now we have now a matter of issues about 30 days. now mr. maliki is depending now on these 30 days that he will push all these blocs, all the iraqi blocs, sunni, shia, kurds, to not make a promise for haider al abadi, that they will support him. this is all that al maliki could do. this would allow him to be the biggest bloc that is supposed be the candidate for the president to the prime ministry. >> w

the americans are the ones that put nouri al-maliki in. we have been supporting him for a decade or more, and we are switching our position. from my stand point we should have stopped supporting nouri al-maliki a decade ago, certainly five or six years ago. we have kept supporting him time and time again. now we see his staying in there will mean an extended political fight, ineffectiveness with the iraqi government. we, the united states, switched our position, and we are saying he has to go. i think he should have gone five years ago. the question now, so far as the iraqi government is concerned is not can they get nouri al-maliki out, but can they put in an inclusive government that can act and be effective. politics moves slowly in that country, taking a long time to make a decision. when the president said we are in for a long haul here, we have to play the long game, he's exactly right. this will not be resolved, the future of the iraq in the next few days or week, it's a long haul. >> nouri al-maliki made noises about using the milit

court made a ruling that could pave the way for the prime minister to serve a third term and nouri al-malikithe biggest block and he could retain his position. the political uncertainty continues as kurdish forces continue the battle with the north and we have more. >> reporter: an important victory in the fight against the islamic state group. fighters from iraq's kurdish region capture the town in the country's north and hold up the group's black flag as a troe -- trophy and it has put nouri al-maliki under attack of the president. >> translator: i wanted iraqi parliament that he had no way to do this based on past elections and violation would lead to more security problems, this is why the government is planning to file a case against the president for violating the constitution twice. >> reporter: he is a kurd and his election in july raised hopes of a reconciliation between iraq, kurds and sunnisen maliki is accused of targeting critics including top sunni politicians and is now looking increasingly isolated. >> maliki's mindset now has so much narrowed down he is not seeing the countr

coal only on al jazeera america >> turmoil and a string of bombings kill dozens in baghdad as nouri al-maliki defies calls to step down. >> the al jazeera news hour. live from london. on trial, hosni mubarak denies he ordered the killing of protesters. >>> brazilian presidential candidate is killed i in a many crash in the city of santos. and a team trying to crack the secrets of the universe. >> first iraq where fears over the advance of fighters over the islamic state is growing. the eu will hold a meeting on the process while the prime minister has cut his visit shatter. britain and france has given humanitarian aid as many flee the fl violence. >>> in baghdad 33 people have been killed over the last 24 hours in a string. bombings. that's nouri al-maliki refused once again to relinquish power disa spite the mounting international pressure. >> this is not the first demonstration of its kind in baghdad. hundreds of iraqis have been taking to the streets since parliament nominated a prime minister to replace incumbent nouri al-maliki. he may still have some supporters but maliki has been incr

american invasion of iraq if you want to assign plame, but more recently, the problem has been with nouri al-maliki. the sunni minority did not feel in any way represented by this government in iraq, and nouri al-maliki, the prime minister, refused to bring them in. therefore what he has is many of the people who were affiliated we isis now, they don't want to be part of any islamic extremists but they need a way forward and isis is the only way they saw to get that way forward. gunny, the question now is, can you in any way support iraq, and if you do are you saying, al-maliki, you don't have to do anything right, we got your back? >> no. no. no. absolutely not. the sunni -- basically stood forward already and decided that maliki must go, and he must leave. we need to demand that he abide -- in order to get our support they get new leader palestine there that is cluessive to the shiites, brings in the kurds and the sunnies. otherwise the method he used create third civil war. he can no longer get our support and we need to make it clear if we are going to send in special forces, cia, operations to

president endorsing a new prime himster but nouri al-maliki is refusing to go quietly. hello, i am laura kyle and this is al jazerra live from doha. also at odd program. lies in ruins, gazans scour through the rubble trying to assets the damage as a true between israel and hamas enters day two. russia sends 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid towards war-torn eastern ukraine but some are calling this move a pretext for invasion, egypt's president lands in russia this hour after visiting saudi arabia. on the agenda, gauze a, libya and iraq, and increased economic cooperation. >> u.s. president program has en dossed the nomination of a new iraqi mine prim officers to replace nouri al-maliki. but a defiant al-maliki has called the nomination a violation of the contusion. while baghdad is embroiled in this political turmoil a humanitarian vice us continues to unfold in the north as thousands of people flee their homes in fear of is lat islamie fighters advancing. >> reporter: finally after weeks of political deadlock as iraq fell apart. a new candidate for prime minister. h

he's generally regarded as a less divisive figure than nouri al-maliki.'s move on now. >> in gaza the five-day ceasefire tension between hamas and israel continues to hold. but for people on both sides, uncertainty remains, still hasn't been a breakthrough on a long-term truce, delegates have returned from cairo where negotiations were being held for consultation with his their respective leaders. with that ceasefire in place many of the palestinians living close to the border have returned to where their homes once stood to find only piles of rubble as is reported in this report. >> reporter: this story of this family is a common one in gaza. it was only a year ago when they she moved in to her new house, now she sits in front of a pile of rubble in the hopes that someone will provide some help. >> translator: i was shocked and screaming in the street. i still have to pay the mortgage. i am a widow. my husband was killed in the previous war. and now my son is in hospital. >> reporter: her relative and her four children, left during the conflict to a safe

>>reporter: the white house is commending iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki for his decision to step down. he hands the reigns to rival hadirall al-abadi. the shiite government was blamed for deepening the sectarian grips that allowed the iraqi and syrian military to advance. it calls as u.s. calls off plans to rescue religious minorities trapped on a mountain top in iraq. that mission could have put hundreds of american troops on the ground. instead, u.s. air drops of supplies were found to be infective. >> because of these efforts, we do not expect there to be an additional operation to uateeople off the mountain and it's unlikely that we're going to need to continue humanitarian air drops on the mountain. >>reporter: that aid has helped many of the more than 1 1/2 million people displaced by islamic state militants. but even those who escaped say they still need help. this man tried to lead his family from the mountain to safety, only to see his mother die from lack of food and water and exhaustion. he said we refuse to leave without her. after a few hours of thirst, hunger and ex

. >>> the kurdish political bloc pulled out of the national government in protest at nouri al-maliki's accusations that kurdish politicians were harbouring terrorists. later in july the iraqi president nominated haider al-abadi to be the new prime minister, thereby sidelining nouri al-maliki. nouri al-maliki eventually agreed to step down, and back a former rival, haider al-abadi in august. peshmerga forces joined iraqi troops in the battle against the islamic state, and for the control of the mosul dam. nouri al-maliki stepped down as prime minister and in his weekly address, as a caretaker prime minister, he called for all political parties to be involved in the formation of a new government. >> translation: the key principle informing the government how to maintain the political stability for the reason that security, construction, economic and social stability of all dependent on the political stability where there is no tension, division, anon imenties or struggle between the parliament and the government. this is what had in the past crippled the states and institutions from oper

. >>> hello everyone, the political crisis continues in iraq as prime minister nouri al-maliki refuses to give up his position. now on monday, haider al-abadi was appointed to replace maliki. he's been given 30 days to form a new government. maliki says that appointment vitals thviolates the constitut. he's ordered the international community to stay out of the issue. >> i really urge you to iraqi military to uproot the islamic state group and al qaeda. you are responsible. they are otherwise a cancer that can spread. we are all responsible for the safety and security of our country. >> that's the political battle. meanwhile in the north of the country, kurdish forces continue to fight against islamic state fighters. the u.s. has been backing the kurdish fighters with weapons, however humanitarian crisis going on and on as thousands flee their homes a with islamic state forces enter their homes. jane in erbil. seems like nouri al-maliki's days are numbered yet he is holding stubbornly firm almost. >> reporter: well he seems to firmly believe that actually he is constitutionally entitle

breaking news out of iraq, nouri al-maliki resigns. journalists clash with police officers defending the use of tear gas and smoke bombs. president obama calls for calm. >> now is the time for healing. now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of ferguson. >> and ukraine putting troops in place to block a convoy of trucks that russia claims contain humanitarian aid. ferg >>> we have breaking news from iraq. nouri al-maliki withdrew his candidacy for another term as prime minister. announcing it during an address to the nation, and threw his support behind prime minister designate haider al-abadi. he had been under pressure to resign after the country's new president appointed a body to form a new body. he was first elected prime minister in 2006. joining us on the phone is richard murphy, the former u.s. assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. good to talk to you, sir. what is your reaction to the news that nouri al-maliki is, in fact, going to step doing? >> well, it's, on one hand expected, but welcome news. he

the president pointedly ignored the current prime minister who is stubbornly clinging to power, nouri al-maliki. the new prime minister comes from maliki's own political faction even as he calls out military forms to protect him. >> i urge all iraqi political leaders to work peacefully through the political process in the days ahead. >> reporter: it was the u.s. government that brought maliki to power eight years ago. it was hoping he would form an inclusive government and united the country. that did not happen. frustrations with maliki visible for months and crystallized today when the administration formally withdrew support. >> pelley: thank you. u.s. left iraq in 2011. what was gained has been lost as iraq is ripped into thirds by the two branches of islam and the kurdish ethnic minority. >> a soonist army cause i.s.i.s. has seized much of the west in the north. erbil was threatened last week. the siege of the kurds has been relieved somewhat by 19 american airstrikes on i.s.i.s. over the last four days. holly williams is there. >> reporter: these men are iraq's best hope for defeating i.s

offered congratulations to the newly named prime minister but ignored the outgoing prime minister nouri al maliki. the implicit message was to tell maliki it's time to get out. in the last 24 hours maliki's moves including the call up of military forces has set up a dangerous struggle in iraq with major implications for u.s. strategy. here's why. the white house has made it clear the only way forward is a prime minister who can form an inclusive government. today the president and vice president called a body to pledge support. but the situation on the ground tonight is so volatile it's a long way from the stability the white house says it needs to end this new and open-ended involvement. and then lay the groundwork for iraq to take the lead in controlling isis. brian. >> chris jansing tonight covering the vacationing president martha's vineyard, massachusetts. chris, thanks. >>> he is one of the biggest names in big league nascar stock car racing in this country. and tonight all eyes are on tony stewart for an incident that took place on saturday night. at another place stewart likes to compete,

prime minister nouri al-maliki is still refusing to step down and give power to haidar al-abadi, whorsed by president obama. the white house has said they will look into options to help stabilize the new government but will not be sending ground troops into the country. janice now with more than situation -- joining us now with more information on iraq is our chief editor, al hunt. good to see you on the program. it has been a while. >> good to see you, betty. youet's start with what think you will see. >> obama is in a tough bind. the last thing he wanted was to be preoccupied with iraq at this stage. he told the american people that was over. he is two basic overarching options -- one is to go in the way he is with airstrikes, relief, and what people like john mccain, others, and now hillary clinton say, you have to do more. that is the trap. once you get in there, you might have to do more. if you do not, critics also say isis and these other extremists will pose an essential threat someday to america. that might be true. two very bad options. >> explain to me what you think more

previously, while mr nouri al-maliki was in charge, and there was talk of some sort of kurdish independents. the iranians were reluctant to get involved. and are reluctant about being seen to be openly involved. now that nouri al-maliki is gone, and there is talk about going back to the iraqi constitution, the iranian are more anxious to help, to prevent the kind of catastrophe that could come to you know affect them as well. iran's role and involvement was integral in nouri al-maliki's departure, and the incoming prime minister, haider al-abadi. how much cooperation and collaboration is there going on behind the scenes between iran and the u.s. >> there's a great deal of incentive for iran to want to cooperate with the united states. at the statement iran is very reluctant to admit though open cooperation with the united states. they seek the same and they both are openly against the establishment of a radical, you night say something like an al qaeda-like government within the sunni areas, there's a great deal of incentive to want to work, and they are working together by all acts. >> in

the prime minister nominee haider al-abadi, and speaking of that, nouri al-maliki has described his nomination as a constitutional violation. said it's up to the court to decide whether he should keep his job. now to zena hoder. >>> rakes have been taking to the streets since -- iraqis have been taking to the streets. maliki has been increasingly isolated. iraqi politician he even the shia parties are no longer willing to back him. the long time iraqi leader has lost the support of the international community and close ally iran, a country which wields influence in iraq. nonetheless, maliki remains defiant. >> the current government continues and will not be changed until changed by the courts. it is a constitutional democracy, we cannot night a constitutional breach. >> abadi is the man who has been charged with saving iraq. he has a month to put together an inclusive government. he faces many challenges. not only does very to ensure that iraq's communities, sunnies, shias and kurds are represented, they have to feel that they have a say in governing the country. a eunt iraq is needed to coun

because of the problems of nouri al-maliki. >> what kind of problems? >> put a lot of people in the prisons. the corruption in the army, and the military. don't give any authorities to the provinces. >> in the streets of the baghdad most iraqis were relieved that the political crisis might be over. >> we hope that the new prime minister will provide us with security and stability and humanitarian necessities. >> not a lot to ask, but after a decade of crisis for most iraqis, those things are a dream. >> with nouri al-maliki hanging on. the political deadlock is not over. iraqi politicians say the nomination of a new prime minister is the best hope for iraqi leaders to put their differences aside and form a common front to prevent the country falling further into crisis. >> reports today that the obama administration may be considering sending more military advisors to iraq. mike viqueira is at the white house with more on this. what are you hearing? >> the wire service is hearing from senior officials that the united states is considering sending up to

and i ran have welcomed nomination of the new prime minister to replace nouri al-maliki.w u.s. air strikes with islamic state fighters in the north. human rights watch accusing forces committing of what probably amounts to crimes against humanity and cracking down on protesters last year and the group released a damaging report in the squares. ukraine says it will not let in trucks from russia which moscow says contain humanitarian aid. the government says the operation has not been coordinated by the red cross and alleges it could be a covert military operation. and let's get more on the situation in iraq, the fighting between kurdish forces and islamic state fighters have caused a humanitarian crisis. and we have the country director of the children and joins us live and thanks very much for talking to us. just tell us first about the work you are doing and what you're seeing there. >> hello, save the children is working in iraq responding to the needs of internally displaced refugees. over the last ten days we have been supporting 14,000 people who are displaced from s

iraq's president names a new prime minister but nouri al- maliki refuses to give up his post. as the fight against islamic militants continues in the north. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this monday, the killing of an unarmed black teenager by police triggers outrage, violence and vandalism outside st. louis. >> woodruff: plus, the president of somalia discusses rising violence by islamic militants in africa and his push to retake regions where the al-qaida- linked al-shabaab operates. those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a new political storm is b

there were in fact it is looking like the incumbent prime minister, nouri al-maliki, does not want to good anywhere, this despite the president here naming another person to take his place, more moderate, inclusive politics. that is getting supported by internal national and iran ya officials. maliki says the move is illegal and warns that terrorists might take advantage of the situation. he looks like he is trying to run things things and has been d for being sectarian and being divisive in this country. mean while, despite that chopper crash, shep, aid efforts continue for the strandedth anything minor, yazidis. the british royal air force get can involved overnight, dropping aid supplies and al told, they have sent five aid missions to help the starve, desprincipal people. centcom says they have been actively supporting the peshmerga tigers that are on the front line, fighting the isis militant that front line 30 miles from where are we are now. today centcom used an unmanned drone aircraft to knock out 0 mortar position. back to you. >> greg, thank you. let's tausch to former u.s.

special forces loyal to nouri al-maliki are deployed in baghdad.ntinue to flee to islamic state fighters and many have crossed the syria border and hundreds are crossing back to kurdish-controlled areas of northern iraq. and inspecting damage to their neighborhoods as the latest cease fire continues. israeli delegation arrived in cairo to meet with negotiators and trying to broker peace between hamas and israel. and we have an author and journalist who reports for the daily newspaper and she joins us now and good to have you with us. so we have the two sides back in cairo but has anything changed that can allow this time a breakthroug breakthrough? >> i don't know. to tell the truth. i think that we on the one hand when we see all the devastation in gaza and on the other hand when we hear about the indirect negotiation in cairo, we forget the main issue, that what has been going on for four weeks or more than four weeks is another chapter of palestinian struggle for liberation and independence and israeli another chapter of struggle to maintain pri

the one person who has not welcomed the news is the current prime minister, nouri al-maliki, who went on state elevation early today, late evening interact and defiantly said he would not accept the nomination of this new prime minister, trying to hold onto power. the question at this point is what happens next? does he cling to power in some other way? is their use of military force or does cooler heads prevailed and is this the beginning of a political reconciliation in iraq which is something the obama administration has been calling or. you can expect the president to express support for the nomination of the new prime minister designate and effectively urge nuri al-maliki to step aside. that is the message we have gotten from the white house and state department. i think that is what we should expect to hear. >> we look forward to getting your is of that and any of a romney president. let's -- and from the president. joining me now is u.s. ambassador to iraq, zalmay khalilzad. give us your impression of what is the current the jewish and in iraq today. >> i think a new prime mini

prime minister nouri al maliki is refusing to step aside. >> the government formation process is critical in terms of sustaining the stability and calm in iraq. and our hope is that mr. maliki will not stir those waters. >> reporter: and in iraq today maliki and his party went on television there. and they said they are refusing to accept the selection of this new prime minister. secretary kerry warned maliki if he tries to hold on power that could threaten international aid to the country and we also have support for the new prime minister from the united nations, from great britain and france. so we'll have to see if mr. maliki is under enough pressure to ultimately step down, del. >> lisa, at this hour where do we stand to provide humanitarian relief to the people of iraq? >> the united states has made four air drops, about 74,000 meals ready to eat and about 15,000 gallons of fresh water, british dropped fresh water yesterday and some solar lanterns. so that effort continues. but even as the air drops are going on the u.s. a.i.d. has decided to send disaster relief team to iraq. they

job to another shiite politician, and al-maliki has accused the president of a coup, saying it is a serious violation of the constitution. >> a major defeat for nouril-maliki as a rising shiite takes the premiership. after months of political wrangling, the country's president called on the deputies speaker of congress to form a new parliament. that man was elected by the iraqi national alliance, a coalition that al-maliki is also a part of. >> as the first coalition meeting, we elected al-maliki and he was the only candidate. >> the choice is likely to be resisted by the outgoing prime minister. early on sunday, al-maliki declared he would file a legal complaint against the president. >> i am warned before the gravity of breaching the constitution, which the people of iraq have voted for. i have also warned against ignoring the results of the election. >> the announcement comes just hours after the prime minister stepped up his struggle to keep his job. security troops were deployed across the street from the capitol. they have denied it. >> everything is normal and usual. >> prime minister since 2006, almy d -- al-maliki has a support base, and s

first zena hoder has a report. >> now that nouri al-maliki has relinquished control to a new prime minister. there are bombings nearly every day. people are hopeful that a transition of power will help bring back security. >> handing over the post to haider al-abadi is significant indication that nouri al-maliki is keying for the safety of iraqis and iraq. >> the cleric ali al sistani, now all eyes are on haider al-abadi, a new prime minister would has less than a month to form a new government. it will be a challenging task. maliki has been accused of consolidating power and aliena alienating sunnies. prominent sunni tribal leaders hold sway on the ground. they welcomed maliki's departure but says it will not prove to be the solution. >> translator: we are ready to cooperate with the new government. only if sunnies have their rights. our priorities is to stop government attacks and to disarm shia militias. they are more dangerous than islamic state group. >> to protect the entrances of baghdad from the islamic state group. that group took control of much of the sunni heart land, the iraqi

apower struggle in iraq as a new primer is elected but nouri al-maliki refuses to step down. >>> and the yazidi take the long walk to safety. >> i'm lauren taylor. this is the al jazeera news hour from london. also coming up. as aa new ceasefire takes hold, talks in egypt to end the war. a shell hits a high security prison in eastern ukraine allowing more than 100 to escape. >>> damaging homes in mexico, frack being is set to increase. -- frak is set to increase. >> iraq'iraq's parliament has ed a new prime minister. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has welcomed it. >>> calling on arabs to unite and crush thing fight in northern iraq. security forces loyal to maliki were deployed at sites near baghdad over the night. islamic fighters make further games over kurdish forts. who is hayider al abadi? are u.s. led invasion of iraq in 2003 and he went on to become head of the parliament's finance committee, a political veers to prime minister maliki and minister of operations. he was elected deputy speaker a few weeks ago and considered as prime minister in the last two elections. jane ar

it is the ultimate snub for two-time president nouri al-maliki. are assisting he should keep the top job. on monday, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital to show their support for the incumbent premier. >> we demand that the president supports al-maliki. he is head of the largest block, and the head of the shiite coalition must also support him. this is a mass demand and also a constitutional one. >> opponents say al-maliki has failed to pull together the country, and autonomous kurds say they have little voice, and minority sunnis say they have been largely excluded by the ruling shiites. it is sunni disaffection which is said to be feeding support for the islamic jihadist state. some believe that only a government of national unity will be capable of halting the militant advance. and because al malik has largely ignored pleas for national unity, he has been asked to step aside, but he remains defiant, and he has also threatened to sue the president, seen here on the left. >> he has violated the constitution to favor the i