and if the peshmerga were to join us it would be even better. that would show that the kurds are united. we hope they will come too. >> until then, he and his band of fighters struggle on alone even in the face of a mounting death toll. >> reporter: that report came to us from german journalist carston stormer. josh, maybe you can give us some better perspective on this. you know it's really hard to understand because the united states has labeled the pkk terrorists. are they? >> well, it depends on who you ask, i guess. they're not terrorists like al qaeda is terrorists or anyone would think of them that way. i was there actually when the yazidi still were fleeing sinjar it was mostly women and commanded by women. they've never had any kind of act of terrorism against the united states, or consuls or embassies. turkey considers them be terrorists because they want independence in southeast turkey and the international community calling them terrorists. >> we are both on the same side, both we and the pk would like to stop the advance of i.s.i.l

to arm the peshmerga kurdish fighters directly.ere's what the white house says in their announcement today. they say this and i'll read it to you. "this will only happen" the weapons that will go to the kurds "in coordination with the central government operating under iraqi command to ensure our partners have the equipment needed to effectively fight isil." you don't trust the central iraqi government. you want the u.s. to provide those weapons directly to the peshmerga, is that right? >> well, the words the white house put out interpreted means this isn't going to happen. because the kurds are autonomous. they fight by themselves. they're very good. to try to -- look they've been trying for a long time to coordinate this and it isn't working. the kurds don't trust the central government in iraq, the central government certainly doesn't trust the kurds. this just is not going to work. having said that, if we dealt directly with them i think we would have some success. you know i'll do with both sides all the time i've watched the

not everyone because earlier we talked about the peshmerga, i mentioned the cts and other units of the iraqi security forces that did fight and as you indicate there are shia militias which we don't support, we only support those that fall under the government of iraq as part of our overall vat gee of supporting a multi-sectarian government there. so that is the strategy. it's difficult -- i think the gap between 7,000 and 24,000 the whole point of takata is to try to close that gap because we're trying to close that with sunni fighters. that's the essential ingredient and i think we're going to get on track to close that gap and that's important. >> in an exchange earlier one of my colleagues and you had agreed that one of our primary missions is to support soldiers and families. i can think of no greater way of supporting them than ensuring that we have a strategy that can succeed when we're going to place them in harm's way and acknowledge that many of them will lose their lives or have their lives changed irrevocable blee upon return. i hope there's a plan b from the administration

the emphasis on training sunni and peshmerga fighters. the push to get weapons into the sunni hands more directly and quickly. following the timing of the fall of ramadi to isis. this strategy seems to put less on the central government there. joining us to put the pieces together is cnn's ian lee. ian, despite the trainers and new equipment from the american government iraqi officials say it is not enough. what do they want? >> reporter: that's right. for the sunnis they have been for a long time asking for this weapons and training that's going to be crucial for retaking ramadi. for them to control anbar province. iraqi officials are saying it is not enough. iraq's vice president allawi says they still need more. >> i don't think this is the frankly only answer. this may be part of the answer and the small part of the answer. i know we are in need of training. we are in need of equipment. we are in need of weapons. we are in need of intelligence. to get intelligence and proper intelligence and know where the strong points of isis and kn

they will train peshmerga fighters as well as sunnis. complaint that weapons are delayed through the central government. the overall american aim is sparking a stronger fight against the islamic state. michelle kosinski has more. >> reporter: christine, there's 450 additional troops sent to a key area in iraq, anbar province between ramadi and fallujah. they will be on a military base, but not on an combat role. to advise and assist and train iraqi forces. the u.s. wants to stream line the process of getting more equipment to the iraqis and help get recruits especially from sunni tribes. the question is if these problems have existed for some time within the iraqi army and this kind of assistance and more has been considered for some time why wasn't this and more done before the fall of ramadi? sending now significantly more u.s. troops doesn't that indicate there were significant under estimations in what was needed in the first place? we just got from the white house, as much of admission as we will get. u.s. officials said the fall of

the national guard law work with the shia malitia or the forces under those controlled with the peshmerga, with the sunni national guard? you mentioned that they should all be under the control, the command of the commander in chief. how would the new law and these three or more military formations work together? >> translator: frank with you, first, why did the idea of the national came out. why it was put into the political agreement and considered a condition for the formation of government. there was a feeling at the time that some governments are not represented in the security and military aspect. and this lack of representation led to the presence of daesh in areas because the population of these areas were not able to confront daesh because they are not partners in taking the security decisions.o ÷ so the idea of the national guards emerged to deal with this problem.Ñwú"63 first the problem is that to have all of the iraqi communities communicate and the military apparatus and to ébhx improve the -- to defend the areas so they will not need daesh. so particularly when we agreed to

earlier we talked about the peshmerga. i mentioned the cgs and other units of the iraqi security forces that did fight. and as you indicate you are shia militias and which we don't support. we only support those that fall under the government of iraq as part of our overall strategy of supporting a multi-securing government. so that is a strategy. it's difficult. i think the gap between 7,024,000, the whole point is to try to close that gap because were going to close that with sunni fighters. that's the essential ingredient and i think we're going to get on track to close that gap and that's important. >> in an exchange earlier one of my colleagues and you had agreed that one of our primary missions is to support soldiers and families. i can think of no greater way of supporting them that ensuring that we have a strategy that can succeed when the going to place them in harm's way and acknowledged that many will lose their lives or have their lives changed upon return. i hope there's a plan b from the administration. with t

but they're not given the kurds and peshmerga, i think they're not helping train and fortify them as much as they should. and this goes -- there's a greater issue here. and that is, what is a ground force? i think our guys have got to be embedded with the iraqi national army. but the arab nations have the responsibility and the role, it's in their backyard. the arab nations are never going to go in to syria and iraq to fight isis. as long as they know they're helping assad in the process. right? so as long as assad is sitting there, i mean look at yemen. right? so saudi's got aqap, operating freely in yemen. that's okay. right? because they're sunni. they're al qaeda but they're sunni. houthis come in boom saudi wakes up, we've got a problem. same tine amic. so until we find a safe exile for mr. assad, and can bring in a more stable form of government into syria, i don't think we'll ever get the arab league of nations to put up ground -- which they could turkey, egypt, saudi, could put a fighting force in there a ground force but they will never commit to that as long as they think t

an example of the air strikes at work these kurdish peshmerga forces the peshmerga were positioned in the high ground north of the city. and when i.s.i.l. forces attacked kurdish commanders called an air support to stop them. a central command destroying two buildings and two heavy machine guns. fight the high death toll of i.s.i.l. fighters u.s. officials still believe it could take more than a generation to defeat the group. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> i.s.i.l. is determined to expand their territory in the northern part of syria. this video is set to show life in the area the day after i.t. was taken over by i.s.i.l. from hasaka and villages in aleppo. the former u.s. general in charge of coordinating global efforts to defeat i.s.i.l. knows that taking over i.s.i.l. or daesh as it is known in the arab world is not easy. >> daesh is not an iraqi problem. it is not a syrian problem. daesh is a regional problem that is trending towards global implications. >> the international alliance was formed after i.s.i.l. fighters swept through city of mosul last year. the coalition launched ai

weapons will also be sent to sunni tribes and kurdish peshmerga fighters. white house official said they are hoping for another sunni uprising, this one aimed at isis. >>> delegates from around the world are attending an extremism summit in australia right now to brainstorm ways to combat isis recruiting. australia's foreign minister says 100 australians are fighting for isis and other terror groups. he calls isis a death cult. >> the government is look at what can be done to deal with australian citizens who have betrayed our country by fighting with terrorists. this modern form of treason. we need ideaistic is not a way to address this problem. >>> pope francis and russian president vladimir putin met wednesday at the vatican. their first meeting since 2013. they talked for nearly an hour about the crisis in ukraine and persecution of christians. a key goal was to promote unity and peace. cnn's nic robertson reports. >> reporter: this was always going to be a finely balanced meeting. pope francis, a man of peace. president putin, increasingly isolated ami

directly arm the curds in peshmerga peshmerga. number two, put more u.s. intelligence surveillance reconnaissance aircraft in jordan another carrier battle group in the mediterranean and marine expeditionary force. third, but advisers and forward air controllers on the ground with iraqi forces. don't leave them in the rear with the gear that's not working. number four. support egyptian jordanian, uae force in anbar province through jordan to liberate that euphrates river valley. number five target and kill isis leadership deny them the safe haven they have in syria or anywhere else like in libya. here's what not to do. a nuclear deal with the iranians because it will validate the head of isis his claim to be the savior of sunni islam from shyites and persians. if the administration did those five things and walked away from this business they're negotiating with the iranians you could keep iraq together as a country. otherwise it is going to cease to do anything. >> takes a moral clarity, a specific belief that there is an important fight, not just for tha

have used the area to mount attacks on the nearby city of kirkuk which is controlled by the kurdish peshmergathe town itself has seen a number of strikes take place, but we don't know whether this was a coalition or iraqi air force strike. but there were two tankers within the warehouse. isil moved the bodies up to a local hospital and that's where hospital sources and military sources confirmed the number of the dead. now there is some discrepancy between what isil are saying and what the iraqi military are saying. isil claimed a lot of people that died were civilians, we can't confirm that and of course the iraqi military sources are telling us that this was an isil position a command and control center that they were using. but once again, what we really don't know is whether this was an intelligence-lead attack or whether it was part of a concerted effort to try to retake the town. judging by the fact that it was an isolated an isolated attack it is likely this would have been an intelligence-lead attack. but isil say this wasn't one of their command and control centers and civilians did

and when i talk to people, they say to me peshmerga are good fighters in iraq. pyd i really good fighters. these are tough tough fighters. nobody likes to say so but they are trained by the pkk which has been a mortal enemy of the turkish government. it's considered by the turks as a terrorist group. so from turkey's standpoint you have this band south of the border increasingly controlled by a group that is trained and to some extent run by people they regard as fundamentally dangerous. turkey has some choices to make. arguably that's a good thing because they'll have to make choices with us about their security and ours. i guess i would come back to the basic puzzle here with syria which is getting buy-in from all of the key players, russia whose interests are directly threatened by collapse of the assad regime. turkey, you know we just got a ragged unstable border and newly embolden kurdish militias. saudi arabia which is not that it wanted to overthrow bashar al-assad a matter what but is beginning to wonder. the uae is already protected from that get rid of

because earlier we talked about the peshmerga. i mentioned the c.t.s. and other units of the iraqi security forces that did fight. as you indicate, there are shia militias which we don't support, we only support those that fall under the government of iraq as part of our overall strategy of supporting a multisectarian government. there. so that is the strategy. it's difficult. i think the gap between 7,000 and 24,000, the whole point of tau caughtam is to try and close that gap, because we are trying to close that with sunni fighters. that's the essential ingredient and i think we are going to get on track to close that gap and that's important. >> in an exchange earlier, one of my colleagues and you had agreed that one of our primary missions is to support soldiers and families. i can think of no greater way of supporting them than insuring that we have a strategy that can succeed when we are going to place them in harm's way, and acknowledge that many of them will lose their lives or have their lives changed upon their return. so i hope there is a pla

earlier, we talked about the peshmerga. i mentioned the cts and other units of iraqi security forces that did fight. as you indicated, there are shia militias which we do not support. we only support those that fall under the government of iraq as part of our overall strategy of supporting a multi-sectarian government. it is difficult. the gap between 24,000 and 7000, the whole point of takada is trying to close that gap. i think we will get on track to close the gap. mr. o'rourke: one of my colleagues and you agreed that one of my -- our primary missions is to support soldiers. i can think of no greater way of supporting them then ensuring we have a strategy that will succeed when we place them in harm's way, and acknowledge that many of them will lose their lives. i hope there is a plan b. sec. carter: amen to that. that is another reason they deserve a clear asked the nation. -- explanation. committee member: thank you gentlemen, for your service. secretary carter and general dempsey, thank you for your service to our be

the kurdish peshmerga has been able to repel them. we don't know who took part in these airstrikes whether it was coalition or iraqi air force but we do know that if this was an isil target that's confirmed. it will be a blow against isil. they've been using hawija as a communications base. >> meanwhile in syria 20 people have reportedly been killed, and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks by government forces outside of aleppo. the bombings on the town also destroyed many buildings. fierce shelling in the area added to the destruction of the town. well coalition airstrikes have once again been targeting yemen's capital of sanaa. aircraft led by the coalition of saudi arabia are said to have struck a factory. while in yemen houthi have been repelled by forces loyal to exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >>> still to come this half hour, we go out on the front line of the mediterranean migrant crisis with the italian police patrol. plus... >> i'm in london where there is a steady stream of people with one goal in mind, h

the kurds, the peshmerga, have a long history of being willing to take on these forces down in the baghdadregion these forces that are surrogates for iran. they have a long history of being willing to fight. we've seen that. we saw that, you know for the last year. so the people that we should be arming and equipping are the kurds. and we shouldn't do it through baghdad. we should do it into erbil. fly airplanes into erbil, offload weapons and material. >> everyone agrees that is one of the answers. how come it's not happening? >> well because this government in baghdad is corrupt and because everything that the united states sends to the kurds goes into baghdad for distribution to the kurds, but it never gets to the kurds. we haven't provided the kurds with anything and it's time that we bypass baghdad, bypass this surrogate government for iran and we start supplying the kurds directly. these people will fight, and they can make a difference in this fight against isis. >> i see. meanwhile, you've got iraqi officials saying that isis fighters have cut off water to the towns, loyalist towns

kurdish peshmerga forces share a 1,000km front line. the former speaker of the kurdish parliament says iraq no longer exists and should be divided into sunni, shia and kurdish states and believes the border should be permanent. speaking to him we hear evidence of mistrust. >> the majority are i.s.i.s. fighters. i.s.i.s. not came from the sky. >> iraq has been at war with itself for many years. now there's a de facto partition on the ground one separating communities, and one that threatens this country's unity. >> the u.n. envoy on sexual violence said teenage girls abducted by boko haram are sold in slavery markets. it's been alleged the girls are sold for as little as a pack of secrets. we spoke to women and girls would escaped from captivity. to other news and a new report that proved controversial. israel was removed from the report even after killing over 5,000 children in gaza last year. >> the evidence is overwhelming. the aftermath of destruction and deaths of children in suler in gaza was recorded on video. the u.n. said 540 ch

-led coalition and peshmerga the battle left the town in ruins. bernard smith al jazeera, on the turkey-syrian border. >> refusing to comment on allegations that officials paid people smugglers to take their human cargo back to tunisia. they showed the money that they say was paid to them. we have reports from sydney. >> australia's prime minister still isn't answering questions. >> what are your reactions prime minister? >> these are those pictures. the money shots that have given free impetus to the allegations that australia paid people smugglers to turn a boat boat around back to sea. this interview with the captain suggests that despite the australian government refusal to comment on the alleged payments, that they did take place. >> i told the australian man we needed money so we could return to our wives and children. they said okay, we'll help. >> you this new exclusive footage is of all six crew members. the saga and legality of what australian officials may have done at sea is dominating news in australia. >> getting back to the question

actually already sent a considerable amount of equipment both to the iraqi security forces and kurdish peshmergaces up in the north of iraq. all that have going through the iraqi government in baghdad and we'll continue to do so. we have previn yengich monitoring on all of--but in these dire times times, as prime minister al abadi has asked us we're doing everything we can. just one small example we're about to deliver more than 1,000 anti-tank rockets. so we will continue to ex-at the died equipment to iraqi security forces and continue to expect them to be custodians in that equipment. >> bangladeshi police have charged the owner of the factory complex with murder after it collapsed and killed in 2014. stephanie dekker looks back at the tragedy. >> those who work here earn close to nothing. they make clothes for some of the world's biggest brands. 1,100 and 37 people died when the factory collapsed. it was bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever. they open the eyes of the world to the appalling safety standards. the owner of the actor was arrested soon after and he'll be charged with 41 ot

but it was a triumph of kurdish peshmerga fighters who have demonstrated prowess while iraqi soldiers have not. >> you're right, committed capable, the kurdish forces are what we aspire to. with respect to their iraqi security forces in general. >> but with the progress against i.s.i.l. in iraq slow and uneven, house members were highly dubious of the pentagon's stay course mantra. >> are we winning are we losing? is it a stalemate? is it a quagmire? >> if you are asking is the united states winning that's the wrong question. >> i'm sorry that's question i'm asking. >> we're on path to deliver the capability to confront i.s.i.l. inside their sovereign territory. this is a far different approach than if we were to decide ourselves that it was our responsibility to defeet i.s.i.l. inside of iraq. >> reporter: dempsey was adamant that the presence of u.s. spotters to coordinate air strikes would change little, not limiting u.s. and coalition air strikes but secretary carter indicated he might revisit the topic. >> if you don't remember anything else i've said today you should realize tha

. >> i'm surrounded by kurdish peshmerga forces from three sides. they've managed to hold the lines with the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. right now they have no plan to move towards the mainly sunni city. they'll play a supporting raul if and when a decision is made to recapture iraq's second largest city. the iraqi government's plans to do so have been stalled but isil has reportedly been preparing for that battle. it has dug a french and placed conacre barriers as a line of defense, and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> isil is recruiting. >> it insures that ideology will endure for years to come. al jazeera, northern iraq. >> representatives from libya's two governments are meeting international officials in berlin for talks aimed at solving the country's political crisis. those talks come a day after the aim to create an unity government fell apart. what have they been saying about these talks? >> well, the news conference that follow the talks here was remarkable for two things. firstly, the absence of representatives from libya

mosul backed up by kurdish peshmerga and the coalition air strikes. a lot of people are not sure of how useful they are where you have a large civilian population. there's a conversation that what they would like the special forces embedded with the forces who can call in an air strike better, quicker and more accurately than the iraqis can. if that happens, it will be what the americans call a game change are, because it's unlikely to happen because mosul will not happen for a long time to come. anbar province is the priority >>> why is that given that mosul fell before ramadi and has been under i.s.i.l. control for a year. >> one of the main reasons is it's up in the north. the iraqi army haven't pushed past the i.s.i.l. controlled areas in becamingy, where -- baiji where they are still fighting there's a number of problems getting supply lines from baghdad, all the way up to the north, and the coalition air strikes are a problem. i.s.i.l. is entrenched in the city. hiding among the civilians. it's not as easy mounting the air strikes, and anbar pro

essential equipment and material, in coordination with the central government to iraqi forces including peshmergabal fighters. more on othat as soon as we get that. now there's been a delay in the release of an american prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for 43 years. his murder conviction has been overturned twice was supposed to walk free earlier on wednesday. a federal court has ordered his release saying it was not right to try him for a third time, but louisiana attorney general want as retrial oand is convinced an appeals court to keep him in prison until at least friday. the u.s. police officer involved in the latest accusation of police violence against black people has now resigned. he calls an international outcry when this video of him pulling a gun on a 14-year-old girl went with viral. his behavior in a suburb of the texas city, sparked protests and allegations of racism. it comes when the police are under heavy scrutiny following the high profile death of several black summits. now with internet connections seemingly everywhere, the number of people online has dramaticall

the baghdad government is not getting that to the peshmerga, to the kurds.to the sunni sheiks or anti--isis. we have to do stop doing that through the baghdad government, have more observers and advisers on the grounds, on the ground, working with them so that instead of having iranians telling the baghdad i forces what to do we will have the americans having them act to ools actual take out isis' ability. >> some other issues coming up in the presidential campaign. much more with governor george pataki when we come back. your mom's got your back. your friends have your back. your dog's definitely got your back. but who's got your back when you need legal help? we do. we're legalzoom, and over the last 10 years, we've helped millions of people protect their families and run their businesses. we have the right people on-hand to answer your questions backed by a trusted network of attorneys. so visit us today for legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. [ male announcer ] how do you make cancer a thing of the past? well...you use the past. h

kurdish peshmerga share 1,000 front line with islamic state of iraq and levante and kookie was a speakere kurdish parliament and says iraq no longer exists and it should formally be divided into sunni, shia and kurdish states and believes this new border should become permanent and speaking to him we hear evidence of the miss trust. >> this is the region with i.s.i.l. fighter member and this is with i.s.i.s. and not came from the sky. >> reporter: they have been here many years and there is a defacto on the ground and one that separates communities and one that separates the country immunity. >>> u.n. envoy on sexual violence say teenage girls abducted by i.s.i.l. are being sold in slave markets and dana visited them and spoke to women and girls who escaped from captivity in i.s.i.l.-controlled regions and says in the markets girls is be traded for as little as a pack of cigarettes and will travel to the region soon to discuss how to help victims. egyptian court have a deadly riot in port siyade and hundreds injured when they tried to escape in 2012 and many of them were crushed to death

kurdish peshmerga forces share a 1,000-kilometer frontline with the ice lamb i can state of iraq and levant of he was once the speaker of the kurdistan parliament. he says iraq no longer exists. and it should formally be divided in to sunni shia, and kurdish states. he believes this new border should become permanent speaking for him we hear evidence of the mistrust. [ inaudible ] fighter member. they are isis fighter. we have. [ inaudible ] isis not came from the sky. >> reporter: iraq has been at war with itself for many years now there is a defecator partition on the ground. one that separates communities and one that threatens this country's unity. well really this is a long-running problem. the deep mistrust and the danger is when communities start to see each other as the enemy so reconciliation is needed. in fact, isil, it's main source of strength, one of its main sources of strength is exploiting the lack of reconciliation in this country. >> thank you for that zeina holder live in erbil. >>> meanwhile. the u.n. envoy on sexual violence says teenage girls aqueducted by isil

a peshmerga commander thinks isis is customizing weapons they have taken. >>> a new watch dog reportaled out dated security irs measures led to the hack attack that exposed personal information of more than 100,000 taxpayers. >> cheryl casone is here with us. >> good morning. yes some very intense testimony the irs's failure to protect the identity of more than 100,000 american taxpayers. the treasury inspector general told lawmakers if the irs had followed his recommendations and upgraded the security the massive theft of taxpayers social5d security numbers dresses wouldn't have happened. >> we found the office was not monitoring a significant percentage of irs servers which puts the ooers's networks data and applications at risk. >> thieves from around the world stole information and filed thousands of fraudulent tax returns. they said that thieves are operating a global sidyndicate. the irs security systems are looked at each year. the irs isn't monitoring a big portion of its own servers. some of these systems are 50 years old. i didn't know they had computers 50 years ago, but t

the hockey peshmerga. the iraqi army, the protection units, largely shia mill is as.u have tens of thousands of fighters that can push against the united states that they can aid and train and provide intelligence supply. thump to find three syrian army fighters to train as well as document, and up until now the kurds have only be interested in their own areas and largely unwilling to break out. but as your piece has shown the kurds breaking out ethnic cleansing on the pastor kurds. that could be propaganda, it could be true, but it's hard to tell from washington, d.c. >> thank you so much for having joined us. >> thanks so much, barbara. >> well, at least 36 civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours during government barely bomb attacks in syria. a number of people were in aled poe. nine people were there holding prayers. the u.s. proper said owl sides had a this-- >> there is no doubt that millions of people have been affected by the war in syria. some of them hit by barrel bomb attacks launched by the government. the report said there has been such an attack

is playing much of a role in anbar province and the plan to reteenage baiji and up north it's the peshmerga who are fighting. the u.s. wants to provide weapons to the iraqi army and upgrade their training program as well, sending up to 450 trainers for the iraqi army and will try to incorporate sunni tribesmen into the effort. but it will take months to have any impact whatsoever. >> and the weapons that the united states gives the iraqi soldiers ends up in the hands of isis. when ramadi fell to isis it was perhaps that only the shia fighters would take it back. now with the focus on fallujah it is believed that it may be really up to these shia fighters? >> in fact when we spoke to the commander in the report, he said that in fact, they want to get the shia -- the sunni tribesmen involved in the fight as well. he pointed out in 2006 and 2007 during the so-called surge the americans with their weapons and troops and airplanes and helicopters and artillery were unable to defeat al qaeda in iraq. it's only when they enlisted the help of sunni tribesmen did they success at destroying iraq -- e

>> well the peshmerga is a decent group. they're talking in congress right now about sending them aid, although it doesn't -- >> kurdistan, not syria? you're going to kurdistan first? >> we're establishing connections in both iraq and syria. the kurds are in both areas. >> all right. the kurds i trust more than -- if you drop into syria you get sold out. you know how dangerous it is over there. >> it will be dangerous regardless. >> it will be but i don't want to see your head on a stick, all right. american is worth a half million dollars over there. so matter how many guns you got. >> if they take me they are going to take my dead body. it ain't going to happen. >> you understand though the danger of dropping yourself into a war zone that's pretty much out of control. i mean there are some u.s. advisers over there. i don't think they're going to hang with you guys are they? >> hopefully we can get some. we already have three rangers on our team. pretty good team coming together. >> ex-rangers. >> former rangers. yes, sir.

. >> most surrounded by kurdish peshmerga forces from three sides. for now they have no plan to move towards the mainly sunni aisharab city. they will play a supporting role if and when a decision is made to recapture iraq's second largest city. the plans to do so have been stalled. but i.s.i.l. is preparing for that be possibility, it is breeding a new generation of fighters. after digging trenches and fill them with cement. >> thousand new graduates sleeper cells in the future since they have brainwashed the children. >> reporter: a major part of i.s.i.l.'s strategy is to control every aspect of the lives of the people under its rule and even if it loses ground ensures its ideology will endure for years to come. zeina khodr, al jazeera northern iraq. >> well earlier we spoke with retired brigadier generalist l mail sunani. sun. ani. >> i think there are specific and significant issues that should be taken into consideration while taking on i.s.i.l. in mosul. first: the commanders should take in his consideration the available resources trooption th

. >> and they're surrounded by peshmerga forces by three sides. but for now they have no plan to move towards the mainly sunni arab city. they will play a supporting role if and when a decision is made to recapture iraq's second largest city. >>> the iraqi government's plans to do so have been stalled but isil has been preparing for that battle. it has dug a trench around the city and placed concrete barriers as a line of defense and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> the isil are recruiting children. they have brainwashed children. [♪ singing ♪] >> a major part of isil strategy is to control every aspect of the lives of the people, and even if it loses ground it insures that ideology will endure for years to come. al jazeera, northern iraq. >> well, linda robinson is an international policy analyst at think tank rand. she has recently returned from a trip from iraq. she joins us from virginia. as i'm sure you're aware it has trained iraqi forces for years and support the sunni tribes in so-called awakening council. what is new that t

-let coalition and peshmerga from iraq, they managed to hold on to kobane, but the fighting left muchf the town in ruins. the battle was shorter the damage less severe. bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >> france has defined accommodation for 10,000 asylum seekers as part of a plan to help deal with the flow of migrants crossing the mediterranean. around 100,000 people have entered europe so far by sea but dozens still camp on the french-italian border. france said it will take 4,000 next year and house another 5,000 refugee who is have already been granted legal status. >>> the number of migrants entering hungary has risen markedly. the call is for a fence to be erected along the border. >>> government in australia still refusing to answer questions of paying human smuggler to take people back to indonesia. >> australia's prime minister still isn't answering questions. >> the pictures, the money shots that gave fresh i am pussytoes impressions that australia paid people smugglers to return back to sea. despite their refusal on-to-comment on the alleged payments i

kurdish peshmerga share a 1,000 mile border.he says iraq no longer exists and should be formally subdivided into sunni shia and kurdish states. he believes the border should become permanent speaking to him we see evidence of the mistrust. >> they are from the atakook region. they are i.s.i.s. fighters, we have to say the reality. they are i.s.i.s. not came from sky. >> reporter: iraq has been at war with itself for many years. now there is a defacto partition on the ground, one that threatens this country's unity. zeina khodr, al jazeera northern iraq. >> and in the u.s. a grand jury has now indicted a former south carolina police officer on a murder charge for shooting dead an unarmed man as he ran away. michael slater was charged facing a sentence ranging from 30 years to life in prison if convicted. >>> mexico's rulings party is close to retaining a slim margin, be winning over 40% of the vote, after corruption gang violence and economic reforms. let's go live to dpoorm what is adam rainey. >> despite the perry prie pri winn

has extradited weaponry and equipment materials to iraqi forces to include the sunni forces and peshmergain the far north of iraq. and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff have been saying that we have to figure out how to raise their confidence and get them into the game. well, if you give them the weapons of the prime minister has said that they need over in iraq, perhaps i would do it. we are watching a part of that story as well. as the white house briefing starts and josh earnest steps of gillette turn, we will bring it to you after the commercial break i love making sunday dinners. but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve is just 2 pills all day. and now, i'm back! aleve. mary jennings has never won a marathon half marathon, 10k or any other k. but mary doesn't run to win. she just loves to run. recently she ran across helpful information and resources for her healthcare options at aarphealth.com now she feels like nothing can stop her. well, almost nothing. discover real possibilities at aarphealth.com today

in that town is controlled by the kurdish peshmerga. have been air strikes on the town in the past three or four months. we don't know who took part in the air strikes, but we do know that this if it's again, seen to be an isil target that is confirmed, it will be a blow against isil who have been using this as not only a base to mount attacks, also as a communications base. >>> in syria 20 people are reported killed and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks by government forces outside of aleppo. the -- bombings destroyed several buildings. the refugee camp south of damascus has also been reported to have been hit. the camp is home to many syrian refugees. >>> jordan is hosting over 600,000 syrians who fled the war. the government built a massive refugee camp to accommodate over 100,000 people. but there are now a lot of empty cabins. >> reporter: this camp is an unhealthy environment for mohammed's two sick children. they have a rare genetic defect which develops into skin cancer from exposure to ultra violent light. >> their

committee members were quick to point out it was a triumph of kurdish peshmerga fighters who have demonstrated prowess while the beleague erd iraqi troops haveered raig iraqi troops arenot. >> the kurdish forces are what we aspire to with respect to their iraqi security forces in general. >> reporter: but with the progress against i.s.i.l. in iraq slow an uneven house members were highly dubious of the pentagon's stay the course mantra? >> are we winning are we losing is it a stalemate is it a quagmire? >> are you asking if the united states is winning? >> i'm asking what is the path? >> we are on course inside their sovereign territory. this is a far different approach than if we were to decide ourselves that it was our responsibility to defeet i.s.i.l. inside of iraq. >> reporter: dempsey was adamant that the spotters inside iraq would change little, not limiting u.s. and coalition air strikes but secretary carter indicated he might revisit the issue if iraqi forces need closer air support in the future. as general dempsey sum id up summed it up, it's complex. >> this is not a simple environ

it is illegal for kurds to recruit foreigners much according to a peshmerga spokesman, some have been turned away. that doesn't seem likely to deter people like keith broomfield prepared to die for their faith >>> matthew van dyk is involved with fathers of sons a group preparing americans and train iraqis. he joins us from philadelphia. did you know keith broomfield? >> no i did not know him. >> how do you feel about his death? >> i mean you know he found something that he believed was worth fighting and dying for and he went and did what he believed in and did it for the right side for a good cause. a lot of people never find that in their life. if you die doing what he believed in then it's - it's unfortunate, but a good death. >> matthew... >> sorry, it's not consolation to his family. but he died for a good cause. >> undoubtedly i.s.i.l. does horrendous things. you have an organization called sons of liberty international. it's faith based, in a region that is a swamp of sectarian killing, religions, not just yil running around attacking each other. do you think you are helping t

but members of the committee were quick to point out that that victory was accomplished by kurdish peshmerga forces, which have shown in the past that they have much more will to fight and the ability to fight than the regular iraqi forces. jamie? >> so how did the lawmakers react to these comments? >> i think there was a definite split on the committee from those who were not satisfied with the u.s. strategy. and those who were not satisfied that the u.s. actually has a strategy. here's a little bit of a flavor of the exchange from the hearing earlier today. >> are we winning? are we losing? is it a stalemate? is it a quagmire. >> are you asking whether the united states is winning? >> that's what i'm asking. >> we're on the path to limit the capability of isil inside of their sovereign territory. this is a far different approach than if we were to decide ourselves that it was our responsibility to defeat isil inside of iraq >> so that was chairman dempsey's big main argument, that the u.s. can not win this fight for the iraqis, and he pushed back very hard on the idea that the u.s. needed

. >> the peshmerga forces from three sides managed to hold the lines with the help of the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. but right now they have no plan to move towards the sunni community. they say they'll play a supporting role if and when the decision is made to recapture the second largest city. isil has been preparing for that battle. it has dug a trench with a line ever concrete barriers as a line of defense and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> isil is recruiting children. there are thousands of new graduates. >> a major part to control every aspect under the rule. even if it loses ground ensures more to come. >> still to come on the news hour. >> in the central philippines. we'll be reporting on why the united nations wants to applaud the country for what it calls it's strong tradition. >> and for a royal rumble, it's just 100 days for the world cup. >> we have breaking news. in the past few minutes. some breaking news on corruption investigation at fifa. we know that the attorney general in switzerland says that fifa football governing body has now handed

we need to arm the peshmerga.e more heavily engaged in this effort this fight, this war if we're serious about winning it. >> some of your republican colleagues have called for a force of ground troops up to 10,000. how do you feel about that? >> i don't think you take any option off the table. would we rather rely on indigenous forces? of course. that's a strategy the president's been trying to implement. but it's failed. isis is winning this. >> so you're comfortable with u.s. ground troops? >> i think that's an option we should keep on the table. i think we need special forces in the area and the ability to guide these air strikes moving forward. right now the generals have their hands tied behind their backs. >> you're chair of the homeland security committee. it has not been a good week for the tsa. the tsa airport employees, they failed to identify 18 employees who were on terror watch lists. >> a 96% failure rate in screening with this high threat environment that you and i talked about with respect to isis

have seen in the past where it will be iraqi security forces leading the charge with the kurdish peshmerga backing them up. however, there are going to be-coalition air strikes involved. this is controversial it's becoming a big problem for iraqis and the u.s. air strikes are only useful when you need to cut off open areas, supply lines and things like that. in urban wor fare ramadi -- warfare, ramadi they are less useful because civilians are there. the u.s. are wondering whether to send trainers to train iraqi troops why not imbed front line special forces calling in air strikes more accurately and quickly. it changed conflicts in the past before and is something that the iraqis are thinking about, and certainly something that the americans are thinking about. there's an idea that the americans, particularly from the obama administration that they should not be part of the fighting forces. >> why isn't mosul as much a priority as ramadi. some say it's because they are sunnis. >> well there are sunnis in anbar as well. it's one of these things that come about because of the way that peopl