we all went to rome. we didn't wind up singing at the vatican. but we did give a concert at a beautiful church in the center of rome. we had a wonderful experience there. and we brought this music to people who might never hear it. >> let's take a look at cantor rossen baruch and her colleagues in rome. >> [ singing ] [ singing ] >> that was cantor rossen baruch. join us in another moment when we return here to mosaic. >>> welcome back to mosaic. we are in the middle of a beautiful conversation with cantor rossen baruch at congregation emmanuelle. at your many years at the congregation, you have been involved in so many people's lives. i think a lot of people don't know that in jewish life, a cantor is coequal clergy with the rabbi and so officiates at all lifecycle events, becomes engaged in everything from counseling issues, hospital visits -- a whole range of clergy activity. and so i am just wondering, if you look back, just talk a little bit about how you have used music and how music is used and supports people through funeral, memorial ser

. >>> thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying in roam against the--in rome against primeminister renzi. >> this is the northern league on a southern offensive. on saturday the anti-europe and anti-immigration population held their rally where they're least popular: rome. they blame the government from stealing from the industrialized rich of northern italy to finance the poorer south. but the new leader said that rather than breaking up the country. he wants to unite it under his leadership. >> i'm sicilian, but i think everybody, northerners southerners, the french, we all should be united against europe. >> he's the only politician trying to do something for all italians. not only for the northern league league. >> now the most popular right wing party in italy. but they want to appeal from the electorate from all across the country. essentially they want to make the league less northern and more national. >> the northern league is partnering with other right wing movements including the neo- neo-fascist group and france's nationalist group. but many in rome have not fo

towns outside, just outside rome. people are very worried about this. also recall that italy has a population of about 1.5 million muslims. now, obviously, huge majority are law-abiding, pro-italian, all the rest but one of the problems facing the italian authorities is there's only eight official mosques here. there's a huge number of improvised and unofficial mosques which they are not really monitoring so there -- there's room from maneuver here for groups like isis or al qaeda to recruit in unofficial mosques without security services up to speed in identifying and monitoring what's going on unlike in the u.k., for example. >> all right, david, last point here. rome, it is home obviously, to the vatican, italy, predominantly roman catholic saw the mass execution of the egyptian criss chanhristians. are catholics feeling more threatened by isis in the area? >> everybody should feel threatened. remember i used to you know kills muslims as well. there's a special relationship between italy and libya. of course libya

we have more now from rome. >> the anti-immigration rally here in central rome, the same city that have been discriminated against in the past 20 years of its existence when in the fast they have called roam rome accused the government of receiving money from the rich industrialized south. they have tries to nationalize the appeal. they want to appeal and capitalize anti-immigration and sentiment to grow its support base. hence, that's why they're hosting this rally here in roam. there are 30,000 people in the scare square alone. but this can be seen as a massive success. especially if they can see how popular it is in rome. many romans have not forgotten or forgiven the discriminating stance that the northern league has had against south italy in the past. they'll have to wait for the next general elections to see whether they will have a wider support base not only the north of italy but all across the country. >> the jailed leader of turkey's kurdish separatist group has called on his follow tours lay down their weapons and end their 30-long struggle. the leader of the pkk made those

let's go live to rome. it looks quiet now but earlier when we were talking with you claudio, huge numbers had turned out. >> well, it was not the biggest rally we've seen in rome. there were 20,000 in the square, but if you consider that the history of this party it's incredible that many turned out here. why? because the northern league was born 20 years ago and ever since it has been calling this city, the capitol of rome, thieving rome because it has been claiming that rome and the centralized government has been stealing from the industrialized north of italy to fund the poorer south. it has been accused of being racist. now there was a change of tactics, a year and a half ago when the new leader was elected he decide not to break up this country, but to unify the country under his leadership. this was a charm offensive for them to take grouped and see if they could foster support from other places in italy other than the north. >> so then how would you describe their overall support? a lot of these gro

even bigger than the party found founded. >> we're live at that protest in rome. thank you for that. >>> lesotho elections we'll be live in the capitol. and continuing violence in myanmar force thousands to seek shelter in monsteries. and golf's world number one not happy about missing the cut. we'll have more on sport a little later. he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. >> ...you know... we're selling it to the blacks... and when they start killing each other, nobody cares! >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> freeway rick was getting his dope from a very big operator... >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the c.i.a. admitted it... >> then you

the imperial city of rome, a.d. 200.with a population approaching half a million it was the center of the western world. rome's immense wealth flowed from a vast empire along the mediterranean sea. an amazingariety of goods came to rome by ship from spain, france, asia minor north africa and egypt. transportation expert ross hassig. it was closer is terms of the cost of transportation to get to egypt than it was to get a hundred miles inland in italy. you couldn't bring food from a hundred miles inland to rome because even with carts, even with oxen it simply cost too much. so rome was able to tap into the production of other areas because it was able to use ships where the cost of transportation was extremely low. keach: but roman seagoing merchant ships carrying upwards of a thousand tons were too large to navigate the tiber river, so cargos were unloaded onto smaller vessels downriver at the port city of ostia. ostia was once a bustling commercial city with shops and restaurants... villas and apartment houses for merc

we will conquer rome by god's permission. explain the significance of rome.ut you point out this is the eastern roman empire. >> yeah when isis talks about rome they don't think of the spaghetti. they're talking about the whole crusader empire. they're talking about the armies of christianity of the west meeting them in the battlefield and there's some debate about what rome exactly means in the literature of the apocalypse in islam. some people think it means turkey. so there's -- >> istanbul. >> there's a lot of discussion of this. >> yes, istanbul is what they think of as rome because it was the capital of the eastern roman empire but you're right to point out in that video that took place on the shore of libya they were constantly referring to this apocalyptic prophesy and what they really want which is a confrontation between the west and islam. that's how they wish to frame everything and they're trying to get the west and the united states and nato into war with thelda. >> and as you point out, i remember we discussed this in one of the videos mentioni

they're on their way to rome. is that just propaganda or is italy to the country taking this seriously? >> well, it's an obvious propaganda element that's not lost, as policymakers, we are aware of it. at the same time, it is clear that isis has taken over a large part of the coastline in libya, and as you said that's very close to italy. that's very close to a lot of ships where the military or commercial ships line that area. so we're taking it very, very searsly, and we have scene a massive deployment on the italian shores and the. >> the -- 4,800 soldiers on the streets throughout the country and specifically 500 soldiers will be deployed in rome around the highly popular tourist sites. let me ask you this lorenzo, i know that you see three scary scenarios with regard to isis, the first one being that there could be some kind of a maritime attack. what do you mean? >> well this is a scenario where ethey are taking into consideration as possible scenarios by authorities, one is indeed the fact that isis will ba

>> they equate the united states with rome.ey say we're at war with rome, they say we're at war with the united states and christianity as a whole but also that they want to take over europe, especially the parts that were once governed under sharia. according to this ideology, any territory that was once under sharia is theirs forever. this is all defensive in their mind because they are into it told that land and to take it back. >> at the same time, there are new details emerging now about efforts to save kayla mueller from isis and they're coming from the american woman's syrian boyfriend, omar alkani. he said he tried to pose as her husband and husband. the guards told mueller that he would not be harmed if she told the truth. so she was honest. he said, quote, since she's american, they would not let her go anyway. no sense to stay here, both of us. maybe she wanted to save me. maybe she didn't know i came back to save her. what do you think? >> i don't think they would let her go until they were convinced she had convert

. >> the greek prime minister is in rome as he continues his tour of the european capitals. he wants to persuade eu leaders to change the terms of the greek bailout. >> he is due to hold talks with the italian prime mr. and was accompanied by the greek finance minister. he met his italian counterpart. in a newspaper interview, he announced greece had abandoned its plans to have its debt counts -- it's that canceled and was proposing a debt swap where payments art tied to economic growth. >> let's go now to our reporter standing outside the prime ministers office in rome. these two gentlemen, they have a lot to talk about, but i'm wondering what kind of support italy can offer greece right now? >> the italian prime minister made it clear today that he was throwing his weight behind his bid to find some way out of greece cost that crisis. he took the opportunity here in rome to say he was looking for a solution and would accept alternatives that greece has thown out recently. it is another reassuring signal from the greeks that they are not going to play hardball and would be

we have more from rome. >> italy has called for a nato led military campaign in libya backed by italy to stop the advance of isil in the country after they feel they were directly threatened by the fighters. in a video posted sunday by isil in which they showed the beheading of 21 christians from egypt, isil fighters said they were just south of rome, something italy saw as a direct threat to them. the interior minister said there was no time to waste and that nato with the backing of italy should intervene militarily in the country. now the fear is that isil will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there and infiltrate isil fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year. the interior minister said until now, the situation is under control, but there was an episode sunday that showed the escalation there is growing, as well. it's raising, as well. one of the boats carrying the may go grants was cited by a speed boat where men with kalashnikovs told them to t

isil has warmed it will conquer rome rome. >>> thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying ine against immigration and the government. supporters of italy's northern league party are demanding the government does more to keep immigrants out. claudio lavanga reports. >> reporter: this is the northern league. the anti-europe and anti-immigration party held a rally where they are least popular: rome. the party has long blamed the capitol and the centralized government of stealing from the industrial >> monday, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. he's out there.

fighters said they were just south of rome something that italy says it's a direct threat to them.ior minister said there is no time to waste and should intervene in the country. now the fear is that i.s.i.l. will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there and infiltrate i.s.i.l. fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year and interior minister said until now it was under control but there was an episode on sunday that showed the escalation there is growing as well and raising as well. one of the boats carrying migrants was cited by a speed boat where men armed told the coast guard to take the migrants but leave the boat behind an escalation of violence in the human trafficking business as well that is pushing italy to call out for military intervention led by nato as soon as possible. >>> for more on this let's speak to charlie winter who is a security analyst with the foundation, a think tank and charlie is live in london and thank you very much for s

they are in rome today. >> we're going to have to revise all of our greek history.o really bad metaphors about the siren song. this is interesting to me about the meeting. they are meeting with mr. renzi. he is the top of his game right now. renzi is the model they want to follow. someone from the centerleft who tries to find consensus and has built that in rome. this the first time they have seen them doing this trip in tandem. maybe i'm reading too much into it, it aims like they are doing a good cap last that cap routine -- good cop/bad cop routine. >> tough guys wear bright blue shirts. >> they are the same age. they're both orally. -- 40. that's pretty young. >> the big question everybody wants to know is we have done london and paris and rome there's a capital missing. you are in it right now. >> you don't mean brussels. i think russell's is as important as berlin. -- brussels is as as berlin. this is merkel's strategy. she doesn't want to get into a one-on-one negotiating. there has to be a moving at some -- meeting at some point. if they meet later next week

today a plaque hangs on a section of the walls in rome honoring their sacrifices.ice force was disbanded in 1944, the legacy of this indomitable force lives on today in today's special forces, the u.s. army special forces known as the green berets and 1st special forces operational detachment delta known as the delta force. some are with us today. thank you for your service to our country. these heroes remind us that although victory is never certain, where there is courage, where there is unity, where people are willing to sacrifice their own comfort to help save the lives of others, victory is possible. it is our privilege to present the congressional gold medal to the world war ii veterans of the 1st special service force and to recognize the enduring partnership of canada and the united states. may god continue to bless both of our countries. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the assistant democratic leader of the united states senate, the honorable dick durbin. [applause] >> welcome to all of you heroes from both canada and the united states who c

but what set rome apart was the extraordinary wealth of its elite.drill: what we have here is a really magnificent house, built in a prime position over the city walls, looking out over the bay of naples and built on three levels, almost tumbling over the walls. it's obviously the house of an extremely wealthy person. keach: as in teotihuacan the elite of ancient rome paraded their wealth on the walls of their homes. wallace-hadrill: framed by this sort of confectionery of columns you have a great panel picture of three gods, suitable company for the great master. we've got a backdrop. and the function of the backdrop is to set the scene and to create a suitable stage on which the owner can perform. the owner may be sitting here holding court -- that could be helping his clients, helping his friends and dependents. it might also be actually judging cases literally holding court. right next to the big room with the bay window is this much smaller room. and its shape and its decoration tell you a lot about how it could be used. the shape provides just

al jazeera rome. . >> votes are being counted in lasutu after an election aimed at bringing stabilitytazerica wood reports, the election was called two years early after the deputy prime minister was accused of staging a coup. >> they arrived at the polling booths early. they are hoping by casting votes, there will be an end to the political upheaval that saw the collapse of their first coalition last year. >> we have been a struggling country for quite awhile. hopefully, whoever takes over government will implement policies that would change things. >> 75% of the population lives in rural, often remote areas of the country known as africa's mountain kingdom. they are the ones who suffer the most. >> we don't have running water. we have no electricity. we draw water from open wells which are contaminated. we want the next government to bring all of these services here to us. >> all of the opposition leaders including the incumbent prime minister are promising to help them. >> their standard of living can definitely raise from what's happening to them today to a higher level, at least

in 1513 leonardo went to rome, but the three following years were the most tragic of his life.ichelangelo was at the peak of his success. the ceiling of the sistine chapel was his masterpiece. raphael's work was equally celebrated and bramante the architect was working on the completion of saint peter's cathedral. but there were no commissions at the vatican for leonardo. leo x, a medici pope chose to ignore him as a man who never completed anything as a man who thinks of the end of the project before he even begins it. one is tempted to see this period in leonardo's life in terms of the only painting of his, an early one which hangs in the vatican the saint jerome. in this picture the saint is alone and agonized, as leonardo must have been. in one of his notebooks, leonardo writes, "tell me if anything was ever done," as if to justify his many uncompleted works. and in a note to himself he says, "why do you suffer so?" two events of great significance happened at this time. first, leonardo began his painting of saint john the baptist, his last great work. almost invariably the

the new prime minister head to rome. looking to renegotiate greece's massive bailout. we'll take a more in-depth look in business. details in about 15 minutes. french film sweeps the awards, france's answers to the golden globes. that film has also been nominated for an oscar. but first our top stories. two days after a reporter was released from an egyptian jail, his colleague now also is set to be freed. he has been kind bars for over 400 days. he was sentenced to seven years in prison on terrorism charges in a trial largely slammed as a farce. he is a foreigner. the same rule could apply but it means giving up his egyptian citizenship, something his family says he has already done. >> freedom has a high price. he says he must forgo his egyptian citizenship in order to regain his freedom. a very difficult decision. he said he is proud and comes from a patriotic family that have defended his country and fought ittss wars. some were offended he was willing to give up his egyptian citizenship. >> he cannot be compromising here. the origins of your existence -- back to h

problem is rome is broke.year ago. >> rome needs, you know a transplantation of new ideas. >> reporter: nothing like a news crew to get the clean up up started. these guys arrived after we did. when bond comes to town the mayor promises the only "spectre" people see will be the fictional one. shooting is set to start on monday. they are making changes. the chase scene is canceled because the fountains are too fragile. lester there is always cgi. >> they are clean it up in the comeputer computers. kelly cobiella thank you. >>> coming up falling in love this valentine's day ♪ ♪ when you feel good no one is immune. with antioxidants, electrolytes, and b vitamins plus more vitamin c than ten oranges. emergen-c transforms more than just water. emergen-c. let your awesome out. jared the galleria of jewelry presents... ...a commercial for women only. this is levian chocolate diamond jewelry. levian, masters of jewelry design for centuries... ...is the only company on earth to make jewelry with chocolate diamonds. and

the armed group mentioned being south of rome, is italy in any way viewing this as a threat? is indeed seeing it as a threat to the point that italy interior minister about an hour ago said there is no time to waste, time is running out and it has called for a nato-led military campaign to stop the advance of i.s.i.l. in libya before it is too late. now, this is not the first time i.s.i.s. is referred to italy and has threatened italy with the land of crusaders and in particular threatened to conquor rome for religious reasons because it's the crown of christianity and the threat is as far as syria and of course now the threat comes out from just across the mediterranean sea, that small stretch of mediterranean see with libya, 500 kilometers away and this of course raised the alarm to the point of course that italy has decided on sunday to close down the embassy in tripoli and scramble out the ambassador and all the stuff and arrived this morning looking very tired at a port here in sicily and came by boat and not bi-plane and they advised all italians present in libya to lea

now italy responds to the threat to quote, conquer rome. here at home, the search for a killer who gunned down a mother right in front of her house. >> she was always there for me. and i just don't know what i would do without her. >> she has a 15-year-old daughter who will never have a mother to get her ready for prom to watch her get married. >> cops say the motive? road rage. plus, the feds come up with new rules for businesses that plan to use drones. looks like amazon has to come up with a new delivery plan. heat get to it. >> first from the fox news deck this monday afternoon the war against isis is officially expanding. egypt taking aim against the islamic state in libya. hours after mill taps released a video show the beheadings of 21 christian egyptians men who were simply traveling to libya for work and ended up dead. egyptian war planes launched two waves of strikes in eastern libya, this is video from egypt shack television. officials called the strike retribution for the murders. they targeted weapon supplies and training camps

in 1925, two italians opened a fur and leather shop in rome. their names -- edoardo and adele fendi. the mantle passed to their five daughters, and is there where the fendi story really begins. they had some help from this man, karl lagerfeld.

in 1513 leonardo went to rome, but the three following years were the most tragic of his life.michelangelo was at the peak of his success. the ceiling of the sistine chapel was his masterpiece. raphael's work was equally celebrated, and bramante the architect was working on the completion of saint peter cathedral. but there were no commissions at the vatican for leonardo. leo x, a medici pope, chose to ignore him as a man who never completed anything, as a man who thinks of the end of the project befo he even begins it. one is tempted to see this period in leonardo's life in terms of the only painting of his, an early one, which hangs in the vatican, the saint jerome. in this picture the saint is alone and agonized, as leonardo must have been. in one of his notebooks, leonardo writes, "tell me if anything was ever done," as if to justify his many uncompleted works. and in a note to himself, he says, "why do you suffer so?" two events of great significance happened at this time. first, leonardo began his painting of saint john the baptist, his last great work. almost invariably

twitter account linked to isis warned the group is on the way to italy with the #we are coming to rome. residents fired back tweeting pictures of the traffic saying it's too congested. you'll never make it. oerls told isis don't take the train because it's always . all jokes aside, the italian government does take this threat seriously. >>> up next we'll hear why this nasty winter storm could finally come to an end. and how it may impact your monday morning. ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future that sustains us all. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com >>> driving snow high winds, bitter cold. none of it could stop them from setting up in leesburg. putting up the tents was a challenge but they kept at it hoping customers would come by and cleared the sidewalks and were thankful for some of their regular customers who came to . >> we have a lot of regular customers. people see how dedicated we are and then maybe next year they'll see

patti ann: the execution video specifically threatens rome.ow if the next attack will be in rome. but what do you make of all that? >> isis use what is can to grow and recruit its members. that references -- it's no accidents the egyptians who were killed were christians. that's the primary motivation in killing them that barbaric way. viewers should be recalled that when we deposed qaddafi the on thing the moderate government asked forefrom the united states was to assist us in developing an effective security force to deal with the militants running around the country fighting qaddafi. our answer to that was no. just as our answer was in the same year to the moderate rebels in syria. here comes isis taking advantage of this political upheaval and look what happened. our embassy is closed in egypt. that government that wanted our assistance is run out of tripoli, and the radical islamists are even closing into a failed state in egypt. the egyptian president is asking for help. patti ann: catherine herridge notes the jihadi is wearing the same

to say they will could be kerr rome. just -- conquer rome. just go through this spread of i.s.i.l. do you think it's groups linked to the group or a factor of using it as an intrel brel umbrella term to encompass all sorts of groups of people? >> it's some of both. the growth of i.s.i.s. and its related groups has been largely unexpected. for example, what happened in iraq last spring and summer, i.s.i.s. has moved in and taken some -- stolen some of the thunder of al qaeda in part because al qaeda had a more split structured way of admitting individuals and groups. i.s.i.s. appeals to very nillistic groups. and it now represents quite a significant threat in north africa and big parts of the middle east. >> it's interesting you made the comparison with al qaeda. do you think when we talk about all these groups that are certainly inspired by i.s.i.l. can we really say they're linked to it, do you see a true link between these groups or links that could become stronger later on? >> well, al qaeda had tighter control of its elements. i.s.i.s. seems to be looser. i.s.i.s. was original

and isis made it clear their sights are set on rome. >> isis has been using rome for aggressive rhetoric but really only when the coptic christians were beheaded a few hundred miles away across the sea, jon, that that rhetoric took on more resonance. and the thought of a somalia on the med sends chills through the spines of all europeans and it was not until these images that europeans and italians were shocked by the proximity of the evil. libya was the last to get the people out of the country. security is increased around sensitive sites and vatican with thousands of police spread out in the country. one of the hyped scenarios is the refugees that are in filtrated with isis. the interior of minister of italy is playing that down. italy is overwhelmed with coping with the migrants. 5000 arrived in january alone and 180000 last year. the interior minister said the threats to rome are virtual as anything else. and isis saying it wants to destroy crosses and enslave christian women and some are concerned about isis competing against the other militant groups than trying to reach european

. >> we can now talk to barbara on the line from rome, a spokeswoman for the u.n.'s refugee agency. another dreadful tragedy in the mediterranean. i notice that you're critical, aren't you, of the european response so what is a chronic problem affecting europe. yes, that's right. this is a chronic problem. there are over 2,500 people dead or missing in the mediterranean trying to reach europe. this is the first big incident of 2015. unfortunately, the number of dead or missing has gone up. there were four boats that had departed together, and only three of accounted for so it seems that the estimate is now over 300 people dead or missing just from this incident. >> unhcr is quite critical of operation it true to know, which is the program that exists at the moment to monitor the mediterranean, saying that europe can't afford to do too little too late. what do you mean? >> well, what we mean that is we've been asking now for the past year that search and rescue capacity in the mediterranean be strengthened from a very good initiative a massive operation conducted by the italian gover

and a few others for a few decades now that has tried to fight the going battle inside the policy of rome in the beltway here, and then combatant commands. what would you offer as advice? when we woke up in this alternative universe this one where we've got representatives from the joint staff, dod advertising that the afghan national security forces and police are going to be able to take care of this problem but at the same time we're sitting here listening to you all the things we know about the realities. we have a severe policy disconnect. so what would you offer for advice on how to fix that? and don't just say vote for the right people. >> well, i mean, you know the signal and direction, in some ways the way it should work. the strategic direction by the civilians elected commander-in-chief is the military should any civilian and military be in line with that. but there are some fundamental issues within, particularly to arm itself, that are also regardless of who gets elected in two, four, eight years from now. and when is that the army in particular still wants to fight big wars.

so rain in rome also extending into the iberian peninsula. further up toward the north and to the east snowfall once again for warsaw moscow and kiev as we go through tuesday. snow is an issue as we take a look at the forecast for north america. we already had some record amount of snowfall in one week record-setting snowfall in to the new england states. and we're looking at a range anywhere from 50 to 60 or more centimeters of snowfall that took place during the storm period just from this past weekend. you add on top of the snowfall from the week before it's really big deal. and i think we're going to see even more of this active weather as we go through the week. high pressure right now trying to move in. so drier for just a little bit into the new england states and the southern portions of canada. but the low back toward the west will generate some more steam, picking up the moisture moving over the great lakes and that's going to bring some snowfall into the windy city into chicago, and into toronto and also to new york as we go later

comparisons to machu pechu, ancient rome are inevitable.enting the boundless greens of the dead, left to rot. yet unlike ankor and magna, people still live here. we forget that. >>> you tell people you go to detroit and chances are somebody from the home team is going to say, be sure to get a coney. i never understood that. i'm 30 minutes from a place called coney island where presumably they know something about freaking hot dogs, right? maybe the early greeks or mass done yans who first experienced that golden land by the shore took what they saw with them to florida, michigan, and beyond. maybe they knew something. they've been doing coneys here for over 90 years, that's almost as long as the hot dog's been around. i can't tell you how deep this runs here. deep dish in chicago, cheese steak in philadelphia, you'll find some ambivalence. not here. >> how are you, sir? >> good. now, if i were from detroit, would i be eating this with my hands or a fork? >> probably your hands. >> i'll do my best. logistical problems. mmm. that's delicious.

italy is on high alert after a video by isis showing, warning that the group is south of rome. this comes after previous warning last october when the jihadist group said they would hang their black flag over st. peter square. >> that's pretty amazing that they are that concerned. obviously tourist, western tourist, american tourists are soft targets and significant targets for isis. in italy they are worried about how isis militants may get into the country. it may be easy to come from libya. >> reporter: that's right. they are very, very concerned about an influx of migrant boats coming from libya. the italian navy is doing what they can to rescue the migrants. they are concerned that they don't know if they'll be able to tell the difference between potential jihadi fighters and true seekers looking for a better life, a safer place fleeing war. >> gives a whole new perspective. thank you. libya is calling on the united nations to lift the arms embargo so it can fight against isis. the terror group is filling a power vacuum. >> reporter: the images released by isis tells a chi

. >> and we will conquer rome, by allah's permission. >> reporter: the barbaric act got the immediate attention of the vet can today, and pope francis. >> they were murdered just for being christians. >> reporter: and it also got the attention of the egyptian air force, whose jet fighters attacked isis targets in neighboring the new isis video underscored the group's continued expansion beyond iraq and syria, to alliances with and allegiance from terror groups in libya, yemen, pakistan and afghanistan. increasingly what was first seen by the u.s. as a rag tag collection of thugs, is evolving into a governing body. its recent propaganda videos showing what it says is everyday life under its rule of terror. in fact recent online messages say isis "not only needs fighters, but also needs doctors, engineers, et cetera." by making a move into libya, isis is that much closer to europe just across the mediterranean, claiming it is now on its way to rome a police of great symbolic importance for christianity. >> just a few hundred miles away. brian ross thank you. >>> back here at home, and t

pope francis led mass in rome.nt for catholics. >>> lance armstrong says he crashed his suv into two parked cars even though his girlfriend says initially he did it. it happened in aspen late last year. the girlfriend eventually admitted she lied to avoid too much media attention. prosecutors say it's unlikely the disgraced cyclist will face jail time. >>> it's not every day that the member of a british royalty hangs out in the sewer. this marks 150 years since london built its sewer system to help get rid of what people called them the great stink. bottom of the hour, top of the news right after this. >>> the united nations and security council holding an emergency meeting on libya today. that's after the islamic state released a video showing the beheading of 21 egyptian christians in libya. egypt launched air strikes and now they are calling for an international response. rick leventhal. rick? >> he welcomes the help from egypt and hopes the u.n. will stand up claiming there are thousands of isis fighters in lib

but tell me congress corresponding rome? ability lists we have tone today at fox rome has a couple of different means. one is that it is symbolic. a way of saying we are putting a target on the back of christians. and the second it's a way to drum up support within libya for those who really have a lot of hostility towards italy because of its colonial past in north africa. kind of a two-for for this group. drums up support for libyans and saying we are going to directly target christians. >> libya, i use the term wild, wild west which is you know, it is complete chaos there right now hard to tell who is in charge and who is not. the fact that isis is spread to libya, i imagine your intelligence sources are disturbed about this. >> i want to lay out something i think is really important here because what you see is almost a marriage group. an share al sharia was behind the benghazi terror acin 2012. they run these camps in eastern libya. isis has come, in formed a partnership with them. and that is where isis is based. and i

the crusaders will be defeated and rome itself falls to the islamic state. >> i'm not there. but reading about it, there's sort of two things happening in terms of isis. there's the kind of propaganda wing and the ideology, and then there's just a lot of sunny militants, right? folks who are providing a lot of the military strategy and troops who are sort of ail jenlienated from the iraqi government. how much is that fused together? >> they are closely connected. you certainly have a lot of ideological sophistication and doctrinal enforcement within the islamic state. but also a lot of political current of disaffected sunnis in a region where sunnis really in the last few years got the short end of the stick. so they are turning to the ideology as a result of that. >> what does isis want? i came away thinking they want war, and they want to fight everyone. because fighting everyone is what they see themselves as destined to do. it makes them bigger. it is fulfilling their legacy. when you see the videos you think what are they doing here? do they want a war with egypt and the

so it got the rome memorandum. so we had tremendous influence from a lot of countries and what are these 25 best practices? let me very tersely give you the cliff notes of this and then just encourage you to look it up. because it has since been used as a pioneering effort in at least five other countries' programs that has started since then and today we are looking and celebrating 14 program that are alive around the globe. this is doing well. not only at the country level but at the community level. so this document talks about the goals and objectives. and let me say at the offset if there's any one thing -- and there are people in this room that have helped off of this but if there is anything that we can agree on and the thing that we say all the time is that it is one size does not fit all. okay? one size does not fit all. i actually only know one program on the globe that actually is practicing all 25 of these or pretending to and got measured. but some of these practices don't culturally fit, they don't fr

state department official and a correspondent in italy about isis' latest threat to invade rome. isis fighters are -- they are in libya, which is relatively short boat trip from the italian territory. people throughout the mediterranean are definitely aware of the this threat. listen. >> 72% of-in the latest poll didn't believe isis would invade. they think they'd mount some kind of terrorism. the authorities have been alarmed, they've deployed 4,800 soldiers onto city streets in rome to protect sensitive sites like synagogues landmarks like embassies, newspapers. they've the "charlie hebdo" massacre we saw a few weeks back. there is alarm and they are trying to monitor sympathizers in the country. the officials have talked about sympathizers who could present a problem. but officials have said their biggest concern are the people they don't know. you have to remember that they don't know about, haven't identified -- you have to remember about 100,000 immigrants poured into illegally italy last year alone. >> david, i want to follow up on jamie's point because it's a good point,

>>> plus more evidence isis is pushing into libya as the group vows to conquer rome and with the terrorist madmen potentially only 300 miles away from the shores of sicily italy saying it fears an isis invasion. good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with our world lead. we are waiting on president obama. he is set in just minutes to lay out his vision on combatting extremism everywhere violent extremism. but as the president zeros in on hearts and minds, the war against isis the actual war, the one being fought with guns and bombs, that rages on. overnight, u.s. and coalition fighter jets bombed 16 targets, 14 in iraq just as kurdish forces were fighting off an onslaught from the terrorists outside the city of erbil. today, a u.s. defense official told cnn syrians could soon be the ones calling in the strikes. the pentagon will equip moderate syrian rebels with gear that would allow vetted fighters to call in the coordinates for american air power. today, two more grisly claims of isis depravity. a local iraqi police chief saying isis burned dozens more innocent

they will head to rome first followed by paris and brussels. the new finance minister says greece wants a new deal with it creditors by the end of may. greece will not take more aid under the existing agreement. >> to i believe we should be taking another bunch of loans? no. it's not that we don't need the money. we are desperate because of certain commitments and liabilities that we have. >> they are promising to stick by financial obligations. the president will unveil his budget today. he wants a minimum 19% tax on future foreign earnings of us-based companies in addition to a 14% tax on $2 trillion in a stockpiled offs our -- offshore pilots. >> that is according to the near times. the ukraine forces have had recent setbacks. nato is asking the united states for weapons and equipment. john kerry will visit the country on a thursday. refineries are dealing with the biggest strike since 1980. they stop work sunday at nine sites after failing to agree on a labor contract. they had no choice. they rejected five contract offers made by royal dut

the crusaders will be defeated and rome will fall to the islamic state. >> there seem to be -- i'm not there. i'm not reporting from the ground there, but from all that i have been reading and talking to people who are there, there is sort of two things happening, right? there is the kind of propaganda wing, the ideology, and then there are sunni militants. i wonder how much it is fused together and how much we know. >> they're closely connected. you certainly have a lot of sophistication. and you also have, as you say, a lot of political currents of sunnis in a region where sunnis for the last few years have gotten the short end of the stick. >> the question that is posed, what does isis want? they want war and they want to fight everyone. that sees what is their destiny to do, it makes them bigger. you're thinking what are they doing here? do they want to end the war, and the answer is yes. >> yes, all of the videos it is goading the united states and nato into attacking them. they want their propaganda confirmed. there is a war happening between muslims and the rest of the world. an

. >>> targeting rome. isis vows to concur italy's capitol.g a warning about the danger from the killers at the doorstep. >>> ferguson lawsuit. months after the riots, we're getting new information about the u.s. justice department's investigation into the police force and the plans to take action. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and and the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight, president obama is challenging muslim leaders around the world to expose the lies of isis and other terrorists who have in his words, perverted islam. he spoeblg a little while ago about ways to combat violent extremism. even as isis fought the u.s.-led coalition on several fronts and committing more gruesome atrocities. congressman ed royce is standing by. let's get the latest from jim acosta. >> reporter: president obama confronted the criticism that he and his white house won't use the term is lamic terrorist as he called on communities to come together to confront violent extremism. trying to strike