biggest surge as patriquin and colleaguesbefo helped the iraqis launch of the awakening which is a suni tribal revolt against al qaeda.aken of al qaeda has never really conquered and howled larget al pieces of territory in theq world.has there is some exception but what happened with anbar provinceel say-- they set up a sharial government law, accords, parallel ministries of government.al of the rule of this version of radical islam was so t offensive of the local iraqis rebelled and we helped them in the awakening was born. if facilitated the surge in both turning points to help save iraq was the total full-scale civil war to a different kind of outcome which a is still terriblyvil dangerous but it transformed in the last five years.00 first two is travis patriquin and who is the man iraqi said help to shape thewa course of the iraq war? born in the midwest andwho joined the army on the day he finished high school iny 1993 abo devout catholic and christian who happen tao believe that and refuse toholi believe his religion wasd right and others were wrong. in fact, in went to afghanista

mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. named after the famous 10th century classic poet, al-mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. it has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a wider and continuing tragedy, but one that we want to isolate and address, not only for the loss of lives but also for the implications underlying the destruction of a street where books were sold. book selling on mutanabbi street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense, we feel that mutanabbi street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. mutanabbi street starts here. our first reader will be

the logic is to try to get economic sanctions, which would create additional pressure on the suny, commercial, and mercantile elite -- sunni commercial and mercantile elite. the assad's may still have a while to go, but the art is running south -- arc is running south and we can help orchestrate that. >> thank you. amidst the economic gloom that is the story for much of the world right now, there is an unexpected success story, too -- africa. confidence growth is expected to hit 6% this year -- the continent's growth is expected to hit 6% this year. can this west african giant continue to shoulder such a boom? andrew harding reports. >> it is not pretty, but it is booming. welcome to this vast and chaotic part of africa's rise. meet a member of the continent's growing middle class. >> we look at the level of infrastructure and development going on. it is obvious that it is changing. there is more investment coming in. we want to be part of that change, part of the growth of nigeria becoming the promised land. >> like many here, he took part in this month's street protests. an angry public dem

us starts shaking for more on this i'm joined by dr tony engraft the dwight's president professor suni of engineering at cornell university dr graff you're welcome good to be with you thanks for joining us for those who may not know could you quickly recap what fracking is and why it's spreading across the u.s. . sure fracking is a means of stimulating in this case and gas well to more easily give up its gets its the injection fracking fluid under relatively high pressure into in this case shale formations to fracture and reopen the practices that are naturally in the shale to release the gas fracking essentially increases the productivity of the well and makes for a better economic return on the investment and they do this by pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of of water mixed with chemicals under pressure into the ground to bust up the underground underground formations to either a yes that's essentially correct except in this case for shale formations it's called high volume perhaps during any typical shale gas well like the one you're seeing on the screen right now in pennsy

we started the new york suny 20-20 program last year. that allowed campuses to compete for grants to improve the academic excellence of the college but also become an economic development generator for the region. the research centers competed last year. it is going very well. we want to expand that competition to the 60 other campuses for suyn all across the state and have three awards of $20 million each to spur competition and provide funding for suny to reach the level of excellence we all want them to reach. it is an exciting program. suny is doing magnificently well. we're blessed with a great leader. let's give a big round of applause to chancellor nancy demfor. [applause] for all the progress and for all our sophistication, we still have wrongs to right and some of them are frighteningly basic. one in six children in new york live in homes without enough food. and when you think of that statistic, with all we've accomplished, with all we have, we still have in this state children who go hungry. my friends, that is just simply una

the bombing of pilgrims in the south are raising new fears of religious fighting between suni and shiites after combat troops pulled out last month. >>> president obama will outline a new strategy aimed at preserving the strength of the military in the face of hundreds of billions if budget cuts new framework focuses on shifting wars in the middle east to keeping the u.s. in a dominant role in the asia, pacific region. >>> another big story we are working on possible shake up in dc council harry thomas junior negotiating a plea deal with the fed that is would call for his resignation. >> he is accused of taking $300,000 in city money for his own personal use. stacy cohen is live with more. good morning. >> good morning council returned to work yesterday they voted on many measures had a lot of legislation on the table councilmember harry thomas was a? show it seems increasingly likely -- was a no show. it seems increasingly likely he will not return. he is negotiating with federal prosecutors to perhaps step down from his office as part of the deal. we have no official word that is just w

we started the new york suny 20-20 program last year.that allowed campuses to compete for grants to improve the academic excellence of the college but also become an economic development generator for the region. the research centers competed last year. it is going very well. we want to expand that competition to the 60 other campuses for suyn all across the state and have three awards of $20 million each to spur competition and provide funding for suny to reach the level of excellence we all want them to reach. it is an exciting program. suny is doing magnificently well. we're blessed with a great leader. let's give a big round of applause to chancellor nancy demfor. [applause] for all the progress and for all our sophistication, we still have wrongs to right and some of them are frighteningly basic. one in six children in new york live in homes without enough food. and when you think of that statistic, with all we've accomplished, with all we have, we still have in this state children who go hungry. my friends, that is just simply unac

we started the new york suny 20-20 program last year.that allowed campuses to compete for grants to improve the academic excellence of the college but also become an economic development generator for the region. the research centers competed last year. it is going very well. we want to expand that competition to the 60 other campuses for suyn all across the state and have three awards of $20 million each to spur competition and provide funding for suny to reach the level of excellence we all want them to reach. it is an exciting program. suny is doing magnificently well. we're blessed with a great leader. let's give a big round of applause to chancellor nancy demfor. [applause] for all the progress and for all our sophistication, we still have wrongs to right and some of them are frighteningly basic. one in six children in new york live in homes without enough food. and when you think of that statistic, with all we've accomplished, with all we have, we still have in this state children who go hungry. my friends, that is just simply unac

one blast sent 15 people to the hospital near baghdad officials think suni insurgents are against the150 people have been killed in iraq since beginning of the year. >>> a fender bender, sends a jeep catapulting into a funeral procession. >> one of the sheriff's leading the procession saw it happen in his rear-view mirror he ran over with multiple patriot guard riders and busted out the window offs the jeep as it went up in flames they quickly pulled a mother and her 6-year- old daughter from the vehicle. a grandmother and 6-year-old boy were also rescued the woman and her young daughter were air lifted to hospital in chicago. denise. >> thank you adam other victims were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. >> investigators learning more after searching the home of the iraq four veteran accused of murdering four homeless men in orange county. >> why did this happen? why did this young boy, 23 years old, do something so horrific, and just ruin his whole life. >> reporter: ron short lives across the street from accused serial killer. the man police say fatally stabbed four ho

this suny shi a stuff that was going on earlier in our time there has flared up.ou have a new poier regime in north carolina. you've got syria. there's so much going on in the world. i want to know what they think about those things. sometimes america looks so inward that this is the commander in chief we're hiring. i know we have issues with the economy. i want to see focus on what they're going to do in the world as well. >> i have to say in america's defense. i've really admired the way you string out the debates and caucuses and primaries over a long period of time. by the end of it i get a feeling of what these people are really like. i'm not sure there's any other process in the world that is so forensic that lasts so long is so detailed. so no stone can be left unturned. the reality is by the time you pick a president very few surprises emerge. that's good for the process. >> it's like anybody can have a couple good cocktail parties and be charming, interesting, funny. but to do that 16 times, i don't know what the exact number of all of the debates have be

i believe that is a failed strategy, that if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the sunie arab states will wantuclear weapon and all hell breaks out in the middle east in items of nuclear proliferation. i want to take that option off the table. again, if we had a secure afghanistan with a follow-on u.s. presence, iraq turned out well, that would be a signal to iran that we have staying power and they would be ice layed, but if you leave iraq in chaos and afghanistan in chaos, iran is not going to take your threats with disarming them seriously. so they're watching what we do. jenna: that is for sure, as we are watching them, senator, we look forward to having you back, it's an important temperaturic and we'll be talking about it. thank you. >> thank you. jon: a fox news alert. and some sad news about one of the great american voices of all time. harris has the story. harris. >> reporter: etta james has passed away, we are learning from our los angeles affiliate kttv, they are confirming after talking with her manager that she has died in california from complications of leukemia. we knew she ha