tikrit, too, they took tikrit? tikrit and mosul, the twin cities, as no one there calls them. [laughter] although now i think the militants will probably consolidate their gains, fortify their position research schools for their kids maybe. >> the militants are advancing towards iraq's capital of baghdad. >> jon: what the [bleeped] is going on over there. how are the militants moving so quickly? is it... ez pass. [laughter] and we brought that there. [cheering and applause] no. don't cheer for the militants. i didn't think we'd have do this anymore. well, looks like we're going to have to return to our old coverage. let me just get this out there. let me just get... let me get it. there we go. [laughter] mess 'o potamia coverage is back. [applause] so who are these militant overcheevers? >> the militants belong to the islamic safe of iraq and syria or isis. >> their ambition is to create a muslim callie fate, a single islam state. >> their leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi. >> 44 years old, a highly regarded professor, has a master's degree and ph.d. of islamic studies from the uni

. >>> more than iran. 40 indian nurses stranded in tikrit after fighting broke out are back on home soil. they arrived from iraq on saturday and were reunited with family and friends. we have this report from mumbai. >> exhausted and relieved 46 indian nurses who were dropped in iraq are back home, working for a hospital in the northern city of tikrit when detained by fighters from the armed group islamic state. >> i'm so happy because i tell my children, and they are happy. if i tell them, they would be orphan. >> despite the ordeal the women were freed well. when we saw them they were in fear. they did not harm us, they behaved nicely. >> the crisis was a major test for the newly elected government. officials are not disclosing how they secured the release, but the situation in iraq is dire. >> nobody is responsible. this is not a normal situation. the normal functioning of the government or embassy is not possible. we have to look into the issues in the given circumstances. in iraq there is no normal situation. >> while the nurses are celebrating here, others are trapped in iraq. 39 i

they are fighting offer tikrit and up tos -- and towns around it. it's stail mated. a week ago we were worried about the possibility that they would push on to take baghdad. the longer they are stalled 100 miles north in tikrit, the less worried everyone gets. that gives the government a boost in moral and support. >> there's a lot less concern that the fighters might move south and attack the capital. >> there's a lot less concern. i don't think people would dismiss them. they are not likely to become the rulers of the known muslim world. they have a lot of capacity and weapons. they controlled much of syria and defeated jihadis, and have a huge chunk of iraq under their sway. they are a serious threat. >>> iraq took delivery of 12 russian su 25 ground support planes, and, you know, the strange bedfellows, that we are on the same page with the russians, and the you rainians, and to some extent -- you iranians and to some extent the irrians, and you wrote that three special forces teams are said to have been deployed north of baghdad. a lot of talk was most of the ad

tikrit, tanks- in backed by helicopter gunships tried to force them out. >> more than 70 terrorists have been killed and dozens of vehicles have been damaged. >> the army said that troops have reoccupy part of the city, including tikrit university, a claim impossible to verify as fighting wages on. >> in turkey, the prime minister has officially become the candidate for president. hasp tayyip erdogan dominated turkish politics for more than a decade. the presidency would keep him on top for at least another 5 years. for more ono ankara this. how likely is it that recep tayyip erdogan will win the presidential election this summer? >> last week 2 opinion polls said he would win out right on the first round on august 10. his strength is his economic performance. erdogan's government in the last 12 years has given turks high-growth growth and low inflation, such as they have in the seen in decades. his weakness -- the corruption allegations surrounding him and his family and 4 of his cabinet ministers, who had to resign in december, and also his polarizing style of talking to people. in his

a day later, insurgents took control of tikrit.inued the advance towards baghdad moving into towns an hour away. isis declares formation of islamic state. the first session of the iraqi parliament ended with no agreement at all on the prime minister, president or speaker. the kurdish leader did announce an independence referendum will be held in a matter of months. now today the united nations has said materials seized by isis do not pose a security risk. it's a response to news isis may have obtained nuclear materials from the university in mosul. we are in baghdad. >> of course there's alarming -- despite the initial assessment from the international agency for atomic energy. i said earlier this whole thing of weapons of mass destruction. it's been used in the past for political reasons. the fact here we're talking about is the control of militant organization, radical organization, isis, of a large swatch of iraq and syria. big cities like mosul and tikrit that have universities and scientific institutions. this is actually the

iraqi state tv released this new video reportedly of fighting in the tikrit offensive. it's important to the government following two weeks of defeat by the al qaeda splinter group isis. >>> new video claims to show isis militants in syria. nbc news has not confirmed the content. the footage reportedly shows isis militants driving tanks and vehicles through the city. it was allegedly part of a celebratory parade after the leader of isis called on muslims to travel to iraq and syria to help build the islamic state. >>> here in the u.s., there is growing concern commercial aviation remains an attractive threat to western extremists. government sources tell nbc news that screening procedures may be enhanced in the coming days for people flying into the u.s. from foreign airports. >>> it is all over for the u.s. at the world cup. team usa put up a good fight. the score was 0-0 after regulation, but overtime proved too much as belgium defeated the americans 2-1. nbc's jay gray was at the nation's largest watch party inside chicago's soldier field. >> digging out, the danger.

up in tikrit there is fierce fighting between the sunni rebels and the iraqi army. army saying they have gone into the town. they used artillery and air strikes and now they are inside the town. they have taken over key government buildings there. and the iraqi flag is waving on top of those buildings. however, the rebels say they are still in charge of most of the town. both sides reporting fierce clashes continue. >>> iran's foreign minister says progress has been made in talks about his country's nuclear program. they held several meetings in vienna, and want to reach a long-term deal within a week. western powers want tehran to curb its uranium enrichment program. iran wants economic sanctions lifted. >> there has been tangible process on key issues, and we had extensive conversations in which we moved on certain things. however, there are also very real gaps on other key issues. and what we are trying to do is find a way for iran to have an exclusively peaceful nuclear program, while giving the world all of the assurances required to know that iran is not seeki

these soldiers stormed buildings in tikrit, overrun with the islamic state last month.arlier attempts by national army to take back the city have failed. the city rebellion in iraq was years in the making. they long fell marginalized and targeted by the shia-led government of al maliki. we have the report. >> reporter: he says he's a target because he is a sunni, and those from anbar feel particularly betrayed by the government of prime minister nouri al maliki. this former officer once served in saddam hussein army. they won't end until the rights are restored. >> translator: we will continue the war. we are ready to deal with modern shia leaders, but iranian influence has to end. maliki has to leave power. >> reporter: for many months of people of anbar protested in the the streets. the government viewed the demonstrations that spread to other sunni areas as a threat. the government responded with force and said it was fighting militant groups. the province is a battleground since the start of this year. armed groups pushed the iraqi army out of the sunni heartland in

they are quite close, about 100 miles to the north in the city of tikrit. >> to the west, close, the closest city being -- which -- and they are quite close to baghdad in the south, and there have been clashes there, where abu ghraib is the huge, where the u.s. forces were seen torturing and harassing prisoners, that prison has been evacuate add couple of months ago because of how close the militants were coming so they are really pretty close to the city, the thing is that baghdad is not like -- the islamic state which is known at isis was able to take, because baghdad is quite a large shiite population and not really possible for this militia to move in quite as easily into baghdad as they did in mosul and some of the cities to the north. >> matt, we understand there have been some, some successes by government forces. what is the reality, at least the way it feels there in the streets? you know, will government forces be able to move into any of these major metropolitan areas they have lost? >> well, it doesn't look good. the military has been trying to take tikrit, which is the c

iraqi troops of last another offensive to retake the city of tikrit that was the day when it was taken up by insurgency and the army operation to push militants from the islamic state out of tikrit started two weeks ago but became bogged down south of the city the bloody uprising spurred by the islamic state has already left thousands dead with islamist controlling vast areas of iraq. libya considering calling for international military assistance to tackle the deteriorating security situation their country's main airport hit by multiple rockets late monday killing at least one reportedly destroying most of the planes on site clashes between rival militias to control the air hub started sunday violence between paramilitary units in libya has been rising since the fall of moammar gadhafi in twenty eleven. this is philip hammond britain's new foreign secretary having served as defense minister for years he now be replacing william hague who's overnight resignation came as something of a surprise so who is philip hammond as minister of defense and british media dubbed him mr boring he was

. >> reporter: these men are from tikrit.s outskirts have been a battleground for week. and it is off-limits to international journalists. these are witnesses to that conflict. they now live in this school further north. the iraqi government has been bombarding the region in an attempt to recapture the area. >> translator: the attacks have been indiscriminate. they are targeting civilian homes. why are they targeting us? why don't they target the islamic state group? >> reporter: these pictures may provide a glimpse of what life is like for the civilians trapped inside. and these short videos explain little about the intensity of the aerial bombardment. human rights groups are worried about the number of civilians killed, which hasn't been documented properly. >> translator: the media is not showing these pictures. many civilians are dying. it is the sunni areas bearing the brunt of the shelling. >> reporter: apart from the pictures, the conflict is largely being fought away from the cameras. these people are only a handful o

we've started to actually see them move closer to the city of tikrit, which if you remember is one of the cities that was taken over after the islamic state took over mosul and charged down the tigris river. so right now from what i understand from u.s. officials, the u.s. advisors are telling the iraqis that they shouldn't draw the enemy into an urban warfare situation like in tikrit, that they should secure the highways outside of tikrit and try to just choke the area and prevent the islamic state fighters from really bedding in any further that be they already have. so right now it's really -- this whole situation is in a slow boil and looks like it's going to take a very long time for the iraqi military to make it all the way up to mosul, the first city that the islamic state took back on june 10. >> jonathan: matt bradley of the "wall street journal" in baghdad, thank you, matt. >> thank you. >> jonathanhello, welcome to che rose show. my name is tommy smyth, i'm an analyst with espn and it's my privilege and honor to sit in charlie's chair at charlie's table because charlie is n

the next stretch to tikrit the same thing. we did not advise them to go into tikrit city itself because that is a difficult military environment to operate in. that's why general austin is on the ground to discuss with their new commanders who we have good relationships with, and the iraqi political leaders, how we can better approach this going forward in a more cooperative way. >> there's been widespread reports of sunnis bristling under isis rule. they are extreme and conduct not just terror attacks and suicide bombings and target assassinations, but are imposing a particularly harsh form of sharia. what elements of the sunni community might assist the iraqi security forces, might play some role in rising up against isis in a replay of what happened previously? >> yeah. i think we've seen this story before in our own experience in iraq that many of these groups who may give tacit support to terrorist organizations and their neighborhoods, as soon as there is some prospect of turning against them and they know they have some

getting teased continuing to deteriorate is now you can see shalini east continue and we hear that tikrit in troops now getting closer to the city center and to give and far just confirm to us that there are ten to twenty kilometers from where we are now and this is where the major shelling is happening and we saw a number of new checkpoints today on the roads leading out. good looks like and government forces are now trying to fortify their positions we also heard about fire on the highway connecting the guns and yes two big cities here in eastern ukraine that the operation commanders in kiev named as. targets on sunday also for the first time so-called southern district of the gods came on to very intense fire before the ukrainian army was all only approaching the city from the north. from under her where being shelled by mortar schools in sandwiched the cleaning lady was killed and a fourteen year old boy injured the also he's a kindergarten the block of flats in the neighboring yards has been destroyed there are cranes is everywhere. people say the bathroom is the safest place to hide

they are trying to get the home town of tikrit back, and they failed. this goes on as iraq struggles to form a new government. is i.s.i.l. gaining power. >> yes and no. on the one hand the coalition of sunni groups that has aligned with the islamic state is entrenching nz the north and west of iraq. the longer that there is a stalemate, the more there'll be tensions in the coalition that the islamic state aligned with. and many groups, whether tribal or other militant networks formed out of military officers, they will not put up with the extreme understanding of sharia for long. the coalition will crack eventually. >> both of us should feel honoured or scared. we have been controlled by the islamic state group. they targeted me. after a show we did earlier, where we talked about glen's latest report about the n.s.a. surveying leaders, i tweeted about that, and they responded with a tweet saying: >>> one of your quotes was featured in an i.s.i.s. congrats on that, i guess. they are paying attention to what is said about them. the question is for what pu

overnight iraqi forces fighting militants for control of tikrit university.s fighters try to gain both sides of the iraqi border. they are calling for muslims worrell wide to help in the fight. iraqi parliament disbanded in less than two hours for what should have been a crucial section of national unity government. >> things heating up along our southern border as the immigration battle wages on with an intense standoff between protestors on both sides. kelly wright joins us with the latest on the ongoing crisis. >> the intense situation is being described as a humanitarian disaster that has no solution. protestors are outraged blocking bus loads of undocumented families from arriving at a u.s. border patrol station in mir t marietta. >> you have to stop giving them a reason to come over. >> president oesh is asking congress for $2 billion and legislative changes to stop the flow from coming to the u.s. >> the lives of children cannot be put at risk this way. we have a responsibility as leaders to do our part in order to solve this problem. >> and after tour

there are reports that a helicopter has been shot down over a university in tikrit. also the man that calls himself a leader made an appearance on camera. a video shows abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of the sunni rebel group the islamic state, giving a sermon. >> if this video of abu bakr al-baghdadi in mosul is confirmed, it send out a strong message. the first message is the. >> s will say that abu bakr al-baghdadi, the cal af of the islamic state is able to travel within his territories and not get harassed and hit by the security forces. clearly he has come from syria, across the border into north-western iran and appeared in a public place. that is a big message. what did he say? >> well, it's stuff that is consistent with what we is heard before from the audio tapes delivered. once again, he says to muslims, come to the islamic calafat. it's your duty to fight. we will win, we are the only people that can bring peace. it's consistent with the messages we heard before. but is this abu bakr al-baghdadi - is this really him. well, let's take a look at what we kn

they are in control of tikrit in the center and mosul. militants have been huntsing down opponents and non sunnis. the question of whether u.s. troops should be deployed once again is raised by americans and those a broad. bbc asked the former secretary of state hillary clinton if she thought american boots on the ground is a likely scenario. >> i hope not. i don't think that's in our interest and don't think it's in the interest of trying to bring an end to the insurgent conflict inside iraq. the biggest regret i have is that after setting up a democratic process in iraq that the government prime minister maliki was either unwilling or incapable of governing in an inclusive way. >> hillary clinton. let's stay on the theme. for the first time today, sunni and shiia leaders have given an open letter signed by more than 100. they're urging in this letter the british muslims do not fall pray to any form of sectarian divisions or social discord. they add that people should continue to support those affected by the crisis in syria and unfoldin

proof in a nouri al-maliki has not been able to control and they would continue its advance to regain tikrit on foot. choosing a new unity government postponed in political gridlock. >> what does it mean to millions of, to be under the leadership of the man who appears to be caliph. it has not seen a caliph in a century. what does it mean for abu bakr al-baghdadi to claim that title. joining us our guests judith, let me start with you. from the time that the u.s. forces let him go until last friday, do we know anything about where he's been, what he's done, his m.o. how you end up in this position? >> we know very little about where he was expect to assume, i think it's a safe assumption that he was always in iraq, and he was rebuilding the movement which threatened to fall apart when zarkawi, his mentor and predecessor, was killed in 2006-07. there he was. i think he had to rebuild. he had a reputation being good at security, good at military planning, strategic planning, and i think that shows. a lot of these movements, what he has planned, and the rapid success once he started within a we

this video shows iraqi soldiers taking on rebels at tikrit university staging an attack to take back the city, roughly 110 miles north of the capital baghdad. the attempt by the iraqi central government to regain control of several rebel run cities comes after isis declared itself a caliphate, renamed itself the islamic state and the iraqi parliament failed to form a new government, adjourning until next week. all that resulted in this warning from washington. >> isis is not fighting to take over iraq. they are fighting to destroy iraq. it's why it's particularly important for the political leadership to come together, to place the interests of that country ahead of their own political ambitions. >> their ability to find political reconciliation among groups and to present an inclusive face to the people of iraq who are counting on them to lead will be an important factor in determining what we do going forward. >> reporter: that message reiterated by vice president joe biden who spoke by telephone with the speaker of iraq's parliament, a sunni who oversaw yesterday's parliament sess

fighting continues in tikrit. >>> arthere are calls for immigration reform, powms is asking for emergency funds oadd more resources to the border. >>> today's trial over the sale of the l.a. clippers is delayed. it is expected to focus on whether or not donald sterling's estranged wife has the authority to sell the clippers. if so, sheri sterling has the right to sell to form he microsofmicrosoft ceo steve bau. >>> some are suing a small hawaiian community. residents want the community to disclose what toxic chemicals are being tested niche their homes. shahib ratanzi went to c cawz , hawaii. >> these conditions make the hawaiian islands perfect for their vast open air laboratories. here on the west side of kauai, hawaii's garden island, they experiment with pesticide. for years, chemical companies test the market with genetically modified seeds. the soil is loose, from the repeated tilling, and this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> right here as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. colon cancer, the husband. >> those

this is a main checkpoint leading from the south of kirkuk to other areas in iraq, tikrit, baghdad. you talk to the kurdish force, the peshmerga forces and they are worried. it was an attack against them, a message to them. they have a lot of enemies and are planning to breakaway from iraq. we heard the central government make clear they will not accept that. sunni arabs do not want to see a divided iraq. there has been no claim for the bombing. i spoke to people here and they are saying this is the work of the self-declared islamic declared group. this is not the first tim peshmerga forces have been a -- time peshmerga forces have been attacked. there was a suicide car bombing attacking the peshmerga. they share sa 1,000 -- a 1,000km area. yesterday we travelled south towards tikrit, and what we saw on the ground was that kurds sunnis and shi'as are claiming territory and this war is about claiming power and tert trit. >> reporter: we are 200km from the iraqi capital. road sides mean litment. the -- mean little. the country is divided into shi'a, kurtz and sunnis. this is a vital s

fighters aligned with isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria, seized tikrit last month.ast month, at least 27 people died -- meanwhile in baghdad, at least 27 people died tuesday in a series of attacks including two bombs. isis now controls large parts of northern and western iraq and much of eastern syria. >> on the political front, iraqi politicians are scrambling to form a power-sharing government in an effort to save iraq from splintering into separate shiite, sunni, and kurdish states. in the first up, iraqi politicians named moderate sunni islamist celine -- salim al-jabouri to be iraq's new speaker of the parliament. to talk more about iraq, we go to baghdad to speak with hannah allam for reporting from iraq from the last two weeks. she served as the baghdad bureau chief for knight ridder newspapers from 2003 to 2005. welcome to democracy now! can you talk about the latest happening in baghdad right now as well as the choosing of the parliament leader? >> sure. hi. for a country on the verge of feelsse, the capital deceptively calm. people are going out and going

i was going to say sham but that's a difference -- >> you've been watching tikrit. you've picked it up for us and put it on our radar. you are indicative of what could happen to the rest of iraq. >> tikrit, the city isn't the key, the key is the performance of the iraqi army. i hope we're watching what they are doing. they have got all the tools they need. they got the helicopter, gunships, and art tillry. if they cannot dislodge militants from it, no matter what the tools they have, it's not going to be enough. >> it's frankly at this point it's difficult to tell, that the iraqis claim they have dislodged the militants, it turns out not to be true. >> we can't tell what the truth is. >> the death toll is rising, 1,500 civilians, it's hard to tell what's coming out of there. >>> ahead for us "@this hour," president obama says he's willing to go it alone on immigration and saying congress forced his hand. we'll talk about the politics of all this coming up next. at every ford dealership, you'll find the works! it's a complete checkup of the services your vehicle need

and he was -- i believe he is in tikrit area right now. and the other one flew the last airplane out of tikrit and they , wherey disillusiononned we can't depend on the u.s. and they were the same kids who are rotc ike any of our graduates academy graduates, sharp, intelligent, motivated it's veral of them said not our generation that is going o experience the peace and tranquility. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning. happy early 4th of july. i hope you all have big plans tomorrow. i'm going to make a couple of opening comments and then ask chairman dempsey for some thoughts and we'll go to your questions. i know as chairman dempsey does, you have been receiving updates on the situation in iraq here on a regular basis. and i would like to focus a couple of comments on iraq as i start. our efforts here at d.o.d. have been focused on two specific missions. and i want to lay a bit of a framework down and a base down on what those missions are and the

. >>> also from tikrit and hamas' parliament has finally chosen a new speak. a moderate sunni but there's growing concerns about iraq's ability to stop a stunning advance by those isis militants who now threaten the nation's very existence. the pentagon still not prepared to recommend any u.s. action, at least for now. here's from our senior national correspondent arwa damon in baghdad. >> reporter: good morning, poppy and john. the iraqi security forces forced to withdraw in the early morning hours from tikrit. you see the clashes in the center of the city that left at least 41 militants dead and iraqi security forces killed in battle. dozens more wounded. the fighting for this has been going on for weeks now the u.s. military's initial assessment on the capabilities of the iraqi security forces, it's pretty grim, saying that they are greatly concerned about the sectarian nature of the iraqi security forces. the possibility that they may have been infiltrated by shia and sunni extreme lifts. and that might pose a security threat to any future advisory mission

the first step towards oh forming a new government, there has been a set back in tikrit.orces retreating after heavy fighting with sunni rebels. the islamic state now controls a large portion of that country. >>> and a controversial swearing in in syria. syria's president bashar al-assad beginning his third term today warning western and arab governments that they would pay dearly. much of the international community. syria's silver war has left 250,000 dead displacing millions of others. >>> it is the worst atrocities of the bosnian war in 1895. today, a dutch court said the netherlands is responsible for 300 who massacred. dominick cane reports. >> reporter: a group of bosnian women arrive outside of a courthouse in the hague. they called themselves the mothers. they filed a lawsuit against the dutch government for the actions of its soldiers in july 1995. the mothers accuse the soldiers of failing to prevent a massacre that they have called genocide. bosnian forces seized the area while under the protection of dutch-u.n. troops. in the following days the men and boys o

. >> you are getting a sense how they are doing in the tikrit area. >> we talked about how tikrit mightow they are doing. they have secured the air field there and secured the military headquarters. it looks like they are nching their way back. this is good news. at some point, the iraqi army is going to have to eject these people from all of that tear tory. >> really a disturbing level of tension right now. there could be retaliation. there was a palestinian teenager's body found over night. if you are seeing this cycle, how do you get out of it? >> this is a problem. the tragedy of these three israelis is bad enough now we complicate that with what looks like a revenge thing, now bringing a palestinian teenager in this, we got the potential for this to spiral downhill. we saw the cnn crew there. cooler heads hopefully will prevail on both sides. the israelis are going to extract their revemping, you can understand that. i don't think this is something that either side wants to get into it. >> talk about the potential impact on the region. there's instability region as a whole. >> the

fierce fighting rages on in tikrit. government forces are working to recapture territory lost to the islamic state. >>> the senate returns to capitol hill and immigration reform is expected to be a hot topic. many are calling for a system overhaul to deal with the migrant children crossing the border into the united states. >>> some of the world's largest chemical companies are suing a small hawaiian community. they want to disclose what tox tookic chemicals are being used near their homes. the chemical companies say that would release trade secrets. >> the majestic isolation of hawai'i and diverse micro climates has produced a climate described as paradise. this makes the hawaiian islands perfect for vast laboratories. here on hawai'i's garden island they do not grow food, they experiment with pesticides. they have sprayed tons of toxic chemicals as they test for market. hawai'i's climate means that multiple formulations can be tested all year. the toil is loose from repeated tilling. this is what blows into adjacent n

. >> they've now taken mosul, iraq's second largest city, tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown, baiji, an refinery town, and today they are taking direct aim at baghdad. >> the country's government and military is literally disintegrating before our eyes. >> the situation is growing more urgent as american contractors are forced to evacuate and militants continue their march towards baghdad. >> happening now, iraq 2.0. >> stephen: yes, it's iraq 2.0, and like any upgrade, it's faster, once in a while everything crashes, and you get the error message: 404 government not found. [applause] because, folks,

that an iraqi jet is reported to have been shot done by gunmen and a helicopter over a university in tikrit. >>> the islamic state group posted pictures claiming its attack destroyed shia mosques and shrines. some of the buildings are in mosul, which the islamic state fighters overran. across the border the free syrian army says it needs more military aid following the advance of the islamic state fighters. the f.f.a. lost territory and blames a lack of support. the chief of staff is warning of a catastrophe unless something is done urgently. >>> the u.s. is troubled by reports that one of its citizens was severely beaten by israeli police. the family says this footage confirms the allegations. he was arrested at a protest. and was found to have been burnt alive this week. we have more from jerusalem. >> the palestinian authority attorney-general said that the preliminary autopsy of mohammed abukhdair states that the remnants of a burnt substance were present in his respiratory passages and lungs, indicating that he had inhaled that substance whilst being burnt alive. 90% of his body was co

and there has always been a setback in tikrit.raq i will forces have been trying to recapture areas now controlled by the islamic state. >>> and syria's president bashar al-assad starting his third term today, a defiant assad, warning governments that they will pay dearly for backing those who fought against him. much of the international community considers his reelection a farce. >>> and in pakistan, at least 13 people are dead following awes drone strike. that attack happened at the hide out of a suspected rebel. pakistani leaders have been trying to wipe out the bases of pro-taliban leaders. many in pakistan say civilians are the main victims of those drone attacks. >>> the obama administration pressing its case on immigration before the senate today giving details of how they plan to use the money to stop the flow of children crossing the u.s. border. officials in virginia say they weren't told that some of these children are being housed at a private sentence in prince william county. randall pinkston joins us now live from

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the other sunni rebels are being squeezed in places like tikrit and say we will see more attacks like i this. >> soldiers were deployed to defend shrines, including one of the holiest sites in islam. sunni fighters blew it up in 2006 triggering some of the country's worst sectarian bloodshed. >>> many have sought refugee. >> reporter: according to the federally administered tribal area th more than 750,000 people have moved out of north waziristan. they are now being registered here, and are being screened for documents. most of the people who are here are those who will need those documents to receive aid, food, essentials and a government package, however, people are facing problems because this is ramadan here, and it is extremely hard. most people have to queue up in long lines. they are determined that these people will be registered even though the relief effort has started late. the screening process is underway, and the government is trying everything it can to try and alleviate the problems of the idps from north wazirista waziristan. >> indonesia is getting set for its presi

. >> they've now taken mosul, iraq's second largest city, tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown, baiji, an iraqi oil refinery town, and today they are taking direct aim at baghdad. >> the country's government and military is literally disintegrating before our eyes. >> the situation is growing more urgent as american contractors are forced to evacuate and militants continue their march towards baghdad. >> happening now, iraq 2.0. >> stephen: yes, it's iraq 2.0, and like any upgrade, it's faster, once in a while everything crashes, and you get the error message: 404 government not found. [applause] because, folks, the news is iraq is being rapidly overrun by a terrorist group out of syria isis, the islamic state in iraq and syria. these are some bad hombres. isis has been described as better arms than the national armies of syria and iraq, partly because iraqi soldiers are handing over their weapons and uniforms peacefully. it's no surprise iraqi soldiers are shi'iting the bed here. jim? >> we've already seen just how ruthless they are. the militants claim they have killed 1,700 iraqis in j

meanwhile, forces started an offense to recapture tikrit. it's important to the government following two weeks of defeat by isis. look at this. new video claims to show isis militants in syria. nbc news has not confirmed the content. they are driving tanks and vehicles in a city. it was a secelebratory one. >>> commercial aviation remains a threat to western extremists. government sources tell nbc news screening procedures may be enhanced. >>> this is a bizarre moment at wimbledon. take a look. a visibly unsteady serena williams withdrew due to a viral illness. she was checked prior to the match and allowed her to play alongside her sister, venus. after three games, it was obvious she couldn't continue. she released a statement saying, in part, i am heart broken i am not able to continue in the tournament. i really wanted to compete. this bug just got the best of me. she went on to say she looks forward to returning next year. >>> it is over for the u.s. world cup. team usa put on a good fight. score 0-0 after regulation. overtime proved to

one road lets to tikrit. the other to baghdad. the kurds want this land, but both sunnies and shia have said they won't accept a divided iraq. >> work begins monday on moving the disabled costa concordia. the passenger liner sunk off the coast of industr italy. it was raised last september. it will be moved out 100 feet out so it can be cleaned and assessed. >>> activists want to change its country drug policies. sentences are given up to 17 years in jail. that's equivalent to a murder charge. [♪ music ] >> reporter: it's a party atmosphere with serious protest. one of several rallies held in recent weeks. organizers say they're sick of being criminalized just wanting to get high. outside of the prime minister's office urine samples pile up to protest the hundreds of random tests police carry out each week. >> this is our right to have our freedom. and government does not have the right to put their hands in our bodies taking our urine for testing without our consent. >> reporter: fines net the authorities an estimated $4 million