what do you make of this plo poles for a united arab force. that would be boots on the ground, as they say, combat force to go in there and destroy isis and iraq in syria, libya, presumably elsewhere. how realistic is this idea? >> strategically it sounds great and would be a great piece for all of the arab nation to get together. the gcc, the gulf council countries, they already have a force called peninsula shield 40,000 folks. so strategically it's a great idea and it's great for us in the u.s. to get the arab forces out in front. however tactically is whether you start to run into problems and commanding and controlling. a few years ago the u.s. helped bolster the command and control by setting up a joint command headquarters to help the aspects which egypt is not part of. again what i like to see is at least we're talking about it and maybe we can help get some mo men full to make this an arab fight. >> the gcc, gulf cooperation council, including the uae in saudi arabia other countries in that area. what do you think, bob baer? is this p

he did bring up this idea for united arab force. take a listen. >> this is a stance that we see a unified arab force together. we see it is now and necessary an important and necessary because the challenges in the region and facing our countries are huge challenges and we can overcome the challenges once we are together. >> reporter: and brook, we don't really know any other details apart from what we just heard from the president. we reached out to his office today. they didn't offer any details as well. in the speech he also mentioned egypt's military's main roll is protecting its border. if the need were the rise in the region it could be used elsewhere but only with the cooperation of the arab neighbors. we haven't heard anything else. the arab leaders are notorious for not being unified. it will take a lot of diplomatic efforts to try to get this coalition together if that's ultimately what the presidency's goal is. >> excellent final point there. i want to get to my next guest here. the examples have faltered in part because o

saying a united arab force needs to be developed to battle isis. he did not give many details about what that means or what it would look like. he did say the role is defending egypt's borders. if the need arises they could be used in the region with the cooperation of the arab brothers. >> how likely is that call for a pan-arab force to resonate? we heard in the past decades the idea of a pan-arab force. >> yes. president sisi is not the first one to call for this. decades. we heard it before. late egyptian president stated it as well. back in the '50s, '60s and '70s, the arab world did not trust each other. now a threat every arab country had to deal with in some sort. arab leaders are not known for unity. there will take a lot, and i cannot emphasize this enough, a lot of work with the arab capitals to get the force together. >> ian lee, thank you. >>> this morning, new defense secretary ash carter in kuwait to consult with state department and intelligence officials on the fight of isis. this comes on the heels on the isis video showing peshmer

what do you think of this move, if you will, proposition by the egyptian president of a united arab force you think it's possible? >> yes, it is. it's what needs to be happening right now. we talk about having ground forces to battle these islamic extremists groups like isis and al qaeda, having these ground troops being made of people from egypt, jordanian troops and others, some of the non-isis sunni tribes, this is critical that needs to happen on the ground in order to undercut isis' primary recruitment message which is this is a fight between muslims and the west and infidels coming to invade our land. this is what needs to happen. the united states needs to do more than just watch and see. we need to actually directly support people like the kurds, directly support the egyptians and jordanians both with our air force, with sharing intelligence and ammunition and all of the other things we can do so they can be well equipped and empowered to fight this fight on the ground. >> you say directly involved in support. there's big talk now of a ground invasion of mosul coming this spring.

>> reporter: well, alisyn we heard from the egyptian president saying a united arab force is needed. it's more pressing. he didn't give us too many detailsant what that would look like although the united arab emirates around jordan have offered assistance in their battle against isis. libya is something for now egypt has turned down. the egyptian president also says the goal is to protect the country's borders but added that if there were needed in other parts of the region that that could be an option with cooperation from arab brothers. we also are following the categorying of those peshmurga fighters in iraq by isis. a gruesome video coming out, a very telling video as well we are seeing these men are being paraded around this video intersupplies interspliced. we do not know the fate of these peshmurga. >> thank you very much w. le check back throughout the morning. we appreciate the report. there is however, a new threat from the al qaeda linked terror group al shabaab . they are calling for attacks on shopping malls here in the u.s. homeland security officials are giving shopper

in this piece he calls for the need for a united arab force to confront isis. it is desperately needed. he didn't give any picture what this force would look like. the egyptian presidency also not giving many details about what they're calling for. the egyptian president, in his speech said the egyptian army's main goal is to protect the borders of egypt. but, if they're needed in the region they would be -- they would act in cooperation with their arab brothers. this sort of call has been made before decades ago. air arab nationalism isn't new but this new threat touch inging everyone in the region. it is a popular call in egypt. we'll wait to see what the other arab capitals say. arab leaders are not known for their unity when it comes to really big decisions like this. it will take a lot. i need to emphasize a lot of diplomatic talks to get something like this off the ground. >> we're just getting word egypt shut down its embassy in yemen. can you tell us more about that? >> reporter: we know they shut it down today, citing security concerns because after the

what's known is the fact isis may be facing a new enemy on the frontlines a united arab force. egypt said it's in talks figuring out a military strategy to take down isis. welcome to you. >> hi, brook. >> i had a fantastic expert on last hour who was saying brook, the idea is great on paper but the notion of having jordan and egypt with a story past of issues this realistically is not possible. >> i disagree some. >> how? >> first off, there already is an air force called peninsula shield. it's where the countries on the persian peninsula, saudia kuwait. it's a 40,000 man force. the last guest rngs, strategically, nay sayers will be nay sayers and i think it's great he's pushing this. we've seen the president of jordan he's pushing it now. for us this is what we want. we want them to do this. what we should become is let's coach them together to do it. >> what would this look like? >> some type of arab led force that can eradicate isis. iraqis are going to do this. eventually we've been talking about this for months. eventually we have to have a policy about syria and then what

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you have some good air forces, it isn't just jordan, it is the united arab emirate. most of the arab forces are quite capable. certainly our nato allies, forces like australia are very effective. but the key problems are that the iraqi army is still very weak. it has not recovered from the dictatorship or almost dictatorship of maliki. it's going to require at least months more before it can have even limited offensive capability. and when we come to syria we need to remember a lot of the fighting is there. the fact is that it isn't just the islamic state. the force that defeated the rebels that we had backed most and shipped arms to is the al noussra front which is allied to al qaeda. almost all of the movements that are rebel movements that are active in the field have some sort of islamist character. so the problem there is it isn't just the al noussra front, it's both the rebels and to some extent, of course, the assad forces. it's not just one threat we're dealing with. >> anthony cordesman, thank you so much for your analysis. >> a pleasure. >> sreenivasan: and

now there's a new call for a united arab military force to join the fight.ut that. >> reporter: this is coming from egypt's president. he said the need for a unified air force is growing and becoming more pressing everybody day. egypt is facing the threat from isis now on two fronts. in the east and the west. in libya, this is a direct operational tie to isis not just rebranding islam is rebanning themselves. jordan and the uae have offered help. last week during the president's countering violence conconference i met with arabs who want a unified response a strategy to confront isis outside of iraq and syria as they spread more and more in places such as egypt and yemen and further afield. >> it would be encouraging if they could do that. thanks very much. >>> let's get more now. >> great to be here. >> thank you for coming in. what do you think of the recommendation that there be some sort of joint combined arab military force to go out there and crush isis? >> well there's a lot more we need to learn. we have seen proposeals like this put out there in the

. >>> united arab emirates is sending a force of fighter jets to jordan. jordan recently increased its air strikes against the group after i.s.i.l. released a video showing a jordanian hostage being burned to death. >>> in iraq's capital multiple bombings killed multiple people. witnesses say women and children died in the attack. other attacks happened at markets in the city. officials are still investigating who was behind the bombings. >>> in mexico at least 12 people are reported kidnapped in kukula, that is the same place where police officers were charged in connection with the disappearance of dozens of students last year. now there is conflicting information on this latest incident. the exact number of missing is unclear and some may have worked for canadian owned gold mining mining project in the city. >>> also new information tonight has an independent team of forensic experts questioning that missing student investigation, does not support the mexican government's conclusion that the students were killed and their bodies burned to ashes. >>> the

it should be activated and that a task force from all arab countries interested can take action -- >> including ground forces? i know egypt and jordan the unitedates bahrain, they're getting involved in air strikes. but will these arab countries, the arab armies go in there on the ground to destroy isis? >> the question you have asked is put before the arab foreign ministers and it will be put before the summit. the next -- >> when is the summit? >> end of march. >> we have to wait till the end of march? >> no we have another meeting on the 8th of march. and we hope that action will be taken and that these countries will decide that along with the long-range comprehensive strategy to confront the terrorist attacks which really is global if you look at it -- >> because the threats. there may be threats but the real threats are in the arab world. >> the arab threats -- it has been individuals from all over the world joining. from australia and new zealand -- >> how do you fight that and convince these young men and some women not to go ahead and join isis? >> this is a very delicate and important question and has to be addressed in all candor. y

he was taken hostage in december after he was forced to eject. the united arab emritz stopped flying after his capture. meanwhile jordan stepped up thele booing campaign today and delivered the message in the space where isil post ms. of it's videos, youtube. >> is the video features dramatic music and the aggressive campaign in response to the pilots murder. jordan's military is calling the operation martyr. and targeting isil positions. king abdul la the second delivered news to the pilots family in person. reports in jordan. >> this is where jordanian pilot and his family wanted to celebrate his return. instead, it has become a place where they are receiving condolences after the islamic state of iraq and the levant burned him alive. >> he pays his respects to the tribe, he told the pilots father that jordan's royal air force had just shelled forces in the province the king has already promised what he called a relentless response. and now hi has more support for going to war. >> planes from the royal forces have just arrived after bombards them, god willing

cooperation council states plus jordan in the late 1995 through '99 in the united arab emirates and they've been training forcesd to do the same thing. it takes a long time to develop capable military forces. we need to stick to the plan. we need to stick to the middle east. we need to stick with the coalition and we need to show resolve. >> and of course on the subject of that coalition, all eyes are on jordan and their next activities. we're just getting in king abdullah who had been in d.c. for a trip to the united states is cutting the trip short and returning home in this time of mourning. how critical a partner is jordan for making this operation work? >> well i think they are very critical. the fact that the jordanians have committed to this process. they have hundreds and thousands of refugees in their country, part of the moderate arab leadership in the middle east. king abdullah has been a strong leader. they've demonstrated the fact that they will fight against extremism. and i think along with the other more moderate countries they will be part of the key to the end state that's going to take years

forces. isis released this video of raqqah syria. it says the damage was caused by jordanian air strikes. the united arab help to fight isis. >>> tony abbott has called a special party meeting for monday pushing a vote forward by one day. a member of his party plans to seek a motion tuesday to declare the prime minister's job vacant. >>> nigerian officials are postponing next saturday's election due to increased concerns over boko haram attacks. the new date is march 28. they are urging people to refrain from violence over the delay. >>> the coalition forces battling isis has another helper. the united arab emirates. atika shubert is live now with reaction on more airplanes joining in the fight to push isis back. atika, hello. >> reporter: this is a significant show of solidarity by the united arab emirates. they are sending an entire squad ran of f-16s to be based out of jordan. and they will help carry out missions to strike isis targets in syria. so it's an expression not only of solidarity but reenforces jordan's view that after the murder of that jordanian air pilot, jordan sees itself as the spearh

united military force with the singular goal of destroying isis. forces from his own country also bahrain, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. that's how he sees it. he says the need is there and it is growing every single day. this is a significant development. i want to talk about it with object bob baher, our security analysis and also with me james reese, global affairs analyst. thank you, gentlemen, for business here. al sissi says this on today. he didn't outright demand it or say we've had a conference and we're going to begin this offensive tomorrow but he did talk about his vision for this. do you think that that changes the game? >> i think we're getting there, poppy. i see changes every today, today or yesterday in saudi arabia the al sheikh came out strongly against the islamic state, saying they're not real muslims, we have to crush the movement. the bombing in libya, the egyptian air force hag bombing. i think what the arabs is heading twoords a nato-like organization and frankly this is the best way to crush this disease. >> to you, colonel reese, we saul jordan go all in against isis when their pilot was so b

the paper's editorial implies the arab league who had an emergency meeting on the situation in yemen should maybe have issued a threat of force. >> helping the uniteds in the fight against al-qaeda in the arab peninsula and concern what is going on a cartoon in the economist magazine and financial situation in greece caught our attention and shows the finance minister pointing a gun at a symbol for the euro zone which is pointing a gun back at the finance minister and he has been negotiating a new loan bail out plan with several european organizations, germany rejected that plan. >> they have actually said in the economist that particular finance minister has run afoul some of other ministers in the euro group and may not be working in greece's favor. according to the world food program 805 million people don't get enough food everyday to live healthy, active lives and a third of all food produced for people to eat lost or wasted is 1.3 billion tons of food. people living in wealthy nations waste almost as much food as the entire production of food in africa. in the united states alone 30% of food produced is thrown away $48.3 billion. >> a solutio

united arab emirates, kuwait followed in the same footsteps. they embraced the same stance his hinesship mohammed asked, what forces should i sdpai to support you in your action there is a dire need for a joint force. it is now a necessity simply the challenges facing our respective cust trees in the entire region are huge. we can easily stand up to them if we are standing united. again, i express all appreciation to the armed forces for the efforts existing not only in the western region when i visited the western region it was a chance for the egyptians to take firsthand information on what the armed forces are doing there. not only in the western region but, also to the east in the peninsula of sanai and the southern border lands. i reiterate, armed forces never takes the initiative to launch offensive, yet acting in defense, and we will do what it takes in joint forces with arab brothers and leaders. >> this is a brief interlewd in the speech. it's going to last we are told run about 42 minutes. with me here in doha is political analyst moma mashawa. what do you make apart from we have been discussing the various camera angles they use, whi

officials in the united arab emirates reportedly suspended their involvement out of concerns for the safety of their pilots. they reportedly wanted u.s. forces to improve their search and rescue capabilities in iraq before resuming air strikes. >>> two key european leaders are pushing a new peace plan for ukraine. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are taking their proposal to moscow for a meeting with president vladimir putin. they've already given details to the ukrainians. still, western governments are working on other strategies should the conflict continue to get worse. more from nhk world's craig dale. >> reporter: the leaders of germany and france are using their diplomatic muscle to try to stop the bloodshed in ukraine. angela merkel and francois hollande presented a new, highly confidential peace plan to ukrainian president petro poroshenko. before they meet with russian president vladimir putin. poroshenko outlined his expectations. >> translator: the release of all the hostages cloeszing the border, the internationally recognized border for all the foreign troops. >> reporter: those terms are p

estimate 250,000 children in 20 countries have been forced to fight in military units, and not just in african countries, but increasingly asia and the arab world, too. like in syria, where reports say children are being armed. a ban on small arms is called on for countries outside the eu and nato. >> these countries can often be very problematic and you cannot control at all how these weapons will be used. they are either handed over legally or illegally and can end up in the hands of children. >> children like him. he says while he is physically now in germany, his soul is still back in sierra leone reliving the trauma. >> myanmar is marking unity day to mark the countries postcolonial unification. celebrations come as the government struggles to overcome major challenges. >> we've been unable to reach a cease-fire deal with at the rebel groups sweeping across the northern part of the country. negotiations with those rebels have stalled as violent unrest is threatening to tear the fledgling democracy apart. >> dw traveled to one of the regions where the conflict is raging. we have this report. >> for as long as he can remember, these fi

popular protests and the military coup forced it out and it's now labeled a terrorist organization. >> a professor of political science from the united arab emirates university said it is unlikely to effect the relationship between the country and the gulf states. >> really, people just laugh at them. it's good for the media but it doesn't really affect policies or government's relationship to each other. i don't think, you know, gulf-egypt relationship relations are going to be affected in any way or shape. it's going to make a few people here and there unhappy and probably they'll use it for their own private consumption with a bit of sense of humor. i, you know, the gulf relation, gulf have a lack of interest in egypt, egypt has a lack of strong relationship with the gulf and that is not going to be harmed one way or the other. >> activists say 14 people have died in a province, killed in fight, the army. two civilians also died in shelling by the government. >> french police arrested six expected of running a recruitment network to send fighter to say syria and other con applicants abroad. >> india's prime minister could face his firs

of the gruesome murder of a jordanian pilot, galvanized coalition forces are stepping up strikes against isis targets and the united arab emirates is re-entering the fight after pulling out, sending in a squadron of f-16s to fly alongside jordanian fighter jets. wolf? >> so jordan is clearly trying to establish a major new arab-led sunni arab-led coalition, the uae coming in other arab states presumably going to join in and intensify attacks against isis as well. >> it's clear they are galvanized in the wake of the killing of the jordanian pilot, and now you see the uae which had initially pulled out when that pilot was kidnapped, now rejoining the fight and helping out jordan. >> an impressive coalition. let's see how they get this thing done. thanks very much. in iraq right now, coalition war planes have been pounding isis targets around the city of mosul. kurdish forces are battling isis on the ground. ahead of an expected offensive aimed at retaking the city from the terror group. cnn's phil black reports on the front lines in northern iraq. >> reporter: kurdish peshmerga fighters alert, watching. their enemy is clo

one of the friendly -- a very friendly country, the united arab emirates they are concerned that the shia dominated forceabout what happens next. a lot of the shiite militias they are backed by iran closely aligned with iran. ir ir forces are there with them. >> whatever you commit to mosul must be successful. you've got to have a win here. what is it going to take to get a win? if that includes some of the better iraqi shiite units, fine. i was in mosul, and i saw an iraqi division commander, happened to be a sunni, with a very goody vision. that was in 2007. >> the united states was in iraq at that time. they were closely working with the iraqi military units. it was basically a different world at that point in 2007. i was in moss until 2005. it was a different world than it is now. >> but i think the challenge is going to be how do you create the condition for success? that includes the structure you are going to use. i would think the peshmerga should be included in what we're doing. because i think they are some of the best fighters we have in iraq. >> they are not well armed right now. the u.s. is

came out and said look what we did, we killed scores of marines, we forced the united states to commit these war crimes in a major arab city. this is going to be a global recruitment call for mujahadin to pour into iraq. i want to emphasize this sort of messiahic, we're talking about the 14-year-old boy with bad skin, that's the stuff we've all read about in the tabloids. these guys are fired by the radical component. that said. at the upper echelons, they are looking to restore the lost press seem of sunni islam. >> i want to come back to what would the islamic state be without the religious component. how would that work with the recruits? we'll be right back. d to use so many sheets per spill... the roll just disappeared. i knew i should've bought bounty. bounty is 2x more absorbent and strong when wet. just look how much longer bounty lasts versus one of those bargain brand towels. with bounty, the roll doesn't disappear and that's a good deal. bounty. the long lasting picker upper. >>> we're back with our guests discussing the islamic state. graham wood, he referred to islam as the marketing tool that gets you re

the united arab emirates are sending a squat rant of fighters to assist jordanian forces in the fightinst isil. jordan recently increased its air strikes against the group after isil released a video showing a jordanian hostage being burned to death. meanwhile in iraq, hundreds of fighters are preparing an assault to take back the city from isil. it's strategic because of its proximity to mosul dam which controls most of iraq's water and power as zeina khodr reports, there is question over who will take control once isil is force the out. >> reporter: they hide their faces because their families live under the rule of isil. these men are being trained owe few kilometers outside the city they want to recapture. they call themselves the sons of mosul. some of them have never been in battle. christians yazidis kurds arab sunnis, they say they have come together to fight an enemy that has destroyed their city's history and the lives of its people. >> translator: mosul say microcosm of iraq, all of its communities live there. already the people inside are waiting for us to liberate them. a

came out and said look what we did, we killed scores of marines, we forced the united states to commit these war crimes in a major arab city. this is going to be a global recruitment call for mujahadin to pour into iraq. i want to emphasize this sort of messiahic, we're talking about the 14-year-old boy with bad skin that's the stuff we've all read about in the tabloids. these guys are fired by the radical component. that said. at the upper echelons, they are looking to restore the lost press seem of sunni islam. >> i want to come back to what would the islamic state be without the religious component. how would that work with the recruits? we'll be right back. then there's trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. our expertise, technology, and high quality parts mean your peace of mind. now you can get the works, a multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change tire rotation, brake inspection and more. $29.95 or less. would you be willing to give up sharing your moments? sacrifice streaming all night long? is it okay to drop a connection, when you need it most? if you're not on the larg

united arab emirates defending a entire squadron of fighters to georgia. that will support the georgia air force against-- jordan air force. >> and the ua e had stopped carrying out strikes against isis late last year. >> and mother of four appearing in court on terrorism charges. she has been sending money to isis in the middle east. she could get 15 years in prison. >> how did the bosnian immigrants reach terrorist overseas? >> reporter: they used western union and pay pal and facebook and point people to supply terrorist with cash and weapons since may 2013. yesterday police arrested a 34-year-old illinois mother for conspiring to support isis in syria and iraq. she appeared in court. they collected cash among themselves and donations from others in the u.s. and either sent it directly to terrorist or used it to purchase military equipment like u.s. military uniforms and tactical gear and firearms and accessories. and the gear was purchased and shipped to contacts in turkey and saudi arabia who sent it to terrorist in syria and iraq. she is specifically accused of transferring $3,700. they po

the united arab emirates and other coalition members say the offensive which would be largely led by shia-dominated forces would alienate sunnis. isis tried to capital hooizize on sunni's disenchantment with the iraqi government. >>>er bill is at the center of fighting against the isis terror group. senior international correspondent went to the front lines where kurd canish fighters are trying to keep isis at bay. >> reporter: all is quiet at this moment on erbil. we went there with this man, the commander of sector six of the kurdish lines. one of iraqi kyrgyzstan's richest entrepreneurs last august as isis pushed close to erbil, he replaced his business suits with combat fatigues. >> i have many many projects in kyrgyzstan. famous projects and resorts, factories. >> reporter: as we approached the front lines, his radio picks up chatter among isis fighters. he's responsible for a network of fortifications and trenches running 120 kilometers or 70 miles. this is one of the hottest sectors of the thousand kilometer or around 600 mile front between. it wasn't far from here that isis launched major assault

forces took control of village. a suicide bombing killed several iraqi soldiers, in fallujah in annan baranbar province. osama ben javed, al jazeera. >> meanwhile f 16 fighters from united arab emirates have landed jordan. planes will shorten pert of time pilots are in the air. >>> the fight against i.s.i.l. has been high on the agenda in a security summit in germany. they've also been talking about iran's nucialtion program. iran's nuclear program. a march agreement on iran's nuclear ambitions isn't met. iran's ayatollah khamenei. >> i would agree with that and believe that the iranian nation would not oppose an agreement in which its dignity respect and interests are respected. >> tony abbott has survived a vote and will stay in office for now. >> i suspect that the past weeks have been difficult weeks for the government but they've been difficult weeks for the australian people because the people expect and deserve a government that is getting on with the job. i'm confident that we are putting there time behind us and i'm confident that we are back at work for the people of australia. >> andrew thomas sent the upt fromupdatefrom sydney. >> he won the votes 61-39 amongst h

following the gruesome murder of a jordanian pilot, coalition forces are continuing strikes against isis targets in syria and iraq. the united arabates has also rejoined the fight, sending a squadron of f-16s to jordan to fly alongside jordanian fighter jets. right now, the u.s. military is trying to gather as much intelligence as it can about isis defenses in mosul, according to a central command official so that a key decision can be made about whether the u.s. should step up involvement in u.s. troops in the fight to retake iraq's second largest city. >> thank you so much. the war against isis in iraq has reached a critical point with kurdish forces now confident they are on the brink of driving isis fighters out of the country's second largest city. cnn international correspondent phil black is live near mosul. how big of a role are air strikes playing in helping the kurds as they try to gain ground in mosul? >> reporter: jake those kurdish fighters will tell you those air strikes have played a huge role. when you're standing at those front line positions looking out into what remains of isis controlled territory, you can see

force. we understand he'll be meeting the arab group of ambassadors here at the united states in the -- united in the coming hours. we know in about four hours we'll be meeting ban ki-moon to put these proposals forward. they are discussing iraq another place where isil is an important factor. i spoke to the iraqi ambassador about the plans with regard to to libya. he says his government was not opposed to the idea of some fort of intervention force, but he said it could not be linked to the international intervention taking place in iraq. he said that was separate. and he made it quite clear that the only reason that forces like the u.s. were involved in iraq was because iraq invited them in and that had to be the same situation with regard to libya. the libya ambassador would have to invite a force to come in. we understand there will be a meeting of the security council in 24 hour's time from now to discuss this issue. we understand the egyptian foreign minister will brief this meeting as will the u.n. special representative. now he's said to favor a few day's more talks. he still thinks it

against isis in iraq and syria this morning as coalition forces look to weaken the terrorist control of mosul specifically. this as the united arabde they will rejoin the fight against isis. so glad to have you with us. let's bring in our atika shubert live in amman, jordan. atika, help set the scene for us here. wondering why the uae has decided to rejoin this fight. and do we know what that's going to look like there, rejoining? will they actually be conducting some strikes? >> reporter: they will definitely be conducting strikes. the uae has sent in a squadron of f-16 fighter jets to jordan. they will be based here, and they will fly alongside jordanian planes to hit those isis targets in syria. now, it's significant because as you point out, remember, they actually stopped flying in late december when that jordanian air pilot went down behind isis enemy lines. and they were very concerned about the safety of their own pilots. but since that horrific murder of that air pilot, they are now back in showing their support for the coalition and supporting jordan as it increases its strikes against isis, christi. >> all right. atika

> egypt is asking the arab league to endorse a joint force to combat the growing terrorist threat it sees across its border in libya. >> on a lighter note, we will go to the united states to take a look at one of the biggest parties there, if not in the whole world the annual mardi gras celebration. people took to the infamous bourbon street for what is known as fat tuesday, the day before lent kicks off lent being the name for the weeks in the run-up to easter. mardi gras started as a small religious event started by french colonial settlers, and it has spread out across the country, but nowhere is the party as big as in new orleans as charlotte hawkins explains. >> a giant smoking how. -- cow. every year, new orleans goes large. the heart of the city beats to the rhythm of brass bands. the king of the carnival takes center stage in his chariot closely followed by the parade. despite the cold, spectators were quick to trade coats for costumes some taking the streets in nothing but tutus. >> this is the party capital. this is what i'm talking about right here. raw nola. >> you've got to enjoy life when the party starts, and you start the party. >> everyone is re

united arab military. abdul fatah al-sisi made a televised address, defending egypt's air strikes inside libya and said joining forces would be the best way to defend against such groups. >>> in less than two weeks the prime minister of israel is to address congress. he reiterated his intention to go to the u.s. and a reason for doing so. >> a red line should be drawn here. >> reporter: israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu made his position on iran clear many times. >> translation: the challenges with which the state of israel is coping is well known to you, the middle east disintegrates. it falls apart. into the space an empire. that is iran. >> he is likely to do so again ahead of a joint meeting of congress. it will be the third such appearance, a hat-trick equalled by one only international leader british prime minister winston church hill. during binyamin netanyahu's last visit, members of congress gave him 29 standing ovations. >> no better friend than israel. >> but this time binyamin netanyahu may face empty seats. the white house says vice president joe biden, a strong supporter of israel is not likely

training up 500 syrian rebels a year and creating a arab jsok team inside of there and also sending arms and training units to the iraqi security forces> will it work? >> no. we vhave been down it before, and to drop bombs from the sxi in fallujah and we have leveled the city. and within the first week of the major combat operation and he this is when we had marines and come combat operations on the ground, and within the first week the early incoronation of isis was setting up shop in mosul, and a game of whack a mole and the only thing that turned the tide is when the sunnis turned against isis is because they saw boots on the ground as a credible buffer against isis. and they don't have it now. >> and so some say that in order to defeat isis you need the sunni boots on the ground. >> absolutely. you need the tribal fighters in iraq to play a key role like they did in the anbar awake eenning, a a ndnd -- awakening, and if you take back mosul, you have to have more sunnis involved and more integration into the army, and in syria, it is going to be difficult, because there is moderate sunni opposition, and partners for the united stat

our leadership brought to bear the 1st night of our strike operations five arab air forces flying on the wing of the united states air force in strikes against isil target in syria. that is not anything that any of us could have imagined a year ago. our strategic leadership counts as an enabler to this process. other ways and means -- and your question is important. other ways and means we can bring success to the arab solution to this is providing technical support intelligent support focused special operations striking abilities the training and equipping that we are doing today, some of which can be done in country some of which can be done offshore in partner nations the aggregation of those activities undertaken with partners in the region ultimately to achieve the ends that we seek. the united states and our coalition partners really have many means at our disposal from leadership all the way through to potential for special operations strike to give our arab partners exactly what they want, which is the capacity for them to be the defeat mechanism, in the end, of dash. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >>

air campaign against "islamic state" forces got a boost today, when an arab ally rejoined the fight. the united arab emirates launched air strikes against the militants inside syria for the first time in more than a month. meanwhile, on the bbc, syrian president bashar assad said the u.s. is keeping him informed about the anti-islamic state air campaign, indirectly. >> that is through third party. more than one party iraq and other countries. sometimes they convey message, general message but there is nothing tactical. >> and is that a continuing dialogue that you have through third parties? >> there is no dialogue. there is let's say information, but not dialogue. >> woodruff: president obama has called for assad's removal, and at the white house today, a spokesman said: "the united states is not coordinating our actions with the syrian government, and we're not going to." >> ifill: there's word the u.s. embassy in yemen is closing amid growing chaos since shiite rebels ousted the pro-american government. it was widely reported today that u.s. diplomats are being evacuated, although the state

this comes after the united arab emirates said it would send a squadron of f16 fighters jets. the commander of the jordanian royal air force said the country launched 19 strikes and is intense filing its fight against isil. it said? civilians were killed or homes destroyed with that the strikes focused on isil's leadership, particularly abu bakr al-baghdadi. jordan said it marked the beginning of jordan's war against isil. the coalition that conducted 155 missions jordan said they have destroyed 20% of isil's combat ape bites and killed seven house fighters. >> we targeted garcons where they sleep and eat and successfully destroyed more than 19 targets. after that, the war against daish is going to continue. we are determined to achieve the objectives of this war and not only to degrade daish capabilities, we are going to destroy daish and that is the aim, and we are definitely going to achieve it. >> a refired jordanian general said the attack has been well planned. >> it's not an emotional retaliation or something like that. it's been studied very well and they attacked the isil target and they inflicted some damage on t

force, cameroon, chad. they have already sent nearly 3,000 soldiers to the border. fighter jets from the united arabitz are once again launching strikes. the f 16s were redeployed on sunday. winning 67 out of 70 seats. that result is the first major set back for prime minister. more from new delhi. >> the party is enjoying a second win in the state elections last time around, it form add minority government but steps down after only 49 days. it had failed to keep it's promise to pass anticorruption legislation. now with a overwhelming majority people are expecting action. >> we have done our duty, we voted now it is up to them to do their jobs. >> and party was able to gain sum a overwhelming majority by appealing to a broad range of voters. it's leader thanks the supporters for putting their faith the him and his party. >> we have to serve people. i can do anything alone. i am very small man. >> i believe together with 20 million people, we can make it a city that both the rich and the poor will be proud of. it was women that are thanking him, that's because the party has promised to keep them safe

arab league, and some key nato military forces. and the other thing important in the current situation is that the united states is going to want to see some kind of serious request from a libyan government that is comprised by more than simply the government that is now in tubruk. that's going to be hard, but there is a. [ special envoyis a special envoy that is trying to arrange for an unity government. >> to what extent are countries like qatar, the u.a.e. and turkey are muddying the waters in tripoli? what chance is there of there being any political solution in chaos to libya. you've got countries in the region supporting different sides? >> well, i certainly do not like to see unilateral intervention in libyan affairs by any government european or arab, or for that matter, the united states. i think it's very important to have some kind of concerted international effort. these are the only way that these feuding libyan partners are going to take the role of the u.n. and coming up with an unity government seriously. if they see that egypt is although very concerned and directly concerned is prepared to work through the united

force beyond jordan. >> we learned that uae, traditionally heralded in the united states as a reliable arab ally, that thesically dropped out of the coalition against isis. were you surprised when you heard that? >> no arab countries have flown since december 24th in syria except jordan. we are flying 80% of the combat missions inside of syria. jordan's had about 600 hours of flight. all of the arab coalition members combined have been less than 150 hours of combat time in syria. >> i don't mean to be glib about this but my understanding is that the uae stopped flying missions after the jordanian pilot was captured because they were afraid of what might happen to their pilots and the part that i don't want to be glib about is this is war. you can't guarantee anything for your pilots so i don't really understand that as a reason for dropping out. do you? >> no, i don't. and i don't understand why we don't have a ground component being formed as i speak. an aerial campaign can affect isil on the margins. they are still gaining territory in syria. but we don't have a component in syria. we've got the iraqi s

the united states while we have use of military force i think should play more of a support role and let the arabthe lead in the fight because they're the ones that are going to have to eliminate this threat that has hijacked their religion they want to safeguard and do what's necessary to safeguard the region, but larger the united states and our allies. >> commander, thanks for your insight. i appreciate it. >> thank you, carol. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," the biggest casual at this in the sony hack attack speaks out. what amy pascal has to say about leaked e-mails, bruised egos and hollywood's gender pay gap. here's cnn's brian stelter. >> she says no one ka imagine what it was like to be under the scrutiny she was under. she has some lessons learned. i'll tell you about them after the break. g that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we help

leadership brought to bear the first night of our strike operations five five arab air forces flying along on the wing of the united states air force in strikes against isil targets in syria. that's not anything that any of us could have imagined a year ago. so our strategic leadership counts as an enabler to the process. other ways and means -- your question is really important. other ways and means that we can bring success to the arab solution to this is providing technical support, intelligence support, focused special operations strike capabilities, the training and equipping that we're doing today some of which can be done incountry, some of which can be done offshore in partner nations. the ag gags of those activities undertaken with partners in the region ultimately to achieve the ends that we seek. the united states and our coalition partners have many means at our disposal from leadership all the way through to potential for special operations strike to give our arab partners exactly what they want, which is the capacity for them to be the defeat mechanism in the end. >> thank you. mr. chairman. >> senato

those is that there will be ground forces from arab countries, from muslim countries and that would be an essential element rather than ground troops from the united states or even from western europe. >> yeah. >> charlie: is that a winning strategy and how do you define winning? >> ground troops is difficult. pretty much all military personnel whose comments i read agree without ground troops this group cannot be rooted out. >> charlie: you agree with that. >> absolutely. >> charlie: everybody i know agrees with that. >> how do we define winning? it's important to keep in perspective this group has been around since october of 2006 and for many -- >> charlie: that's nine years. yes. as the group likes to -- there's a counter on the jihadi web sites that says the group is about 3,000 3,000 -- 3040-something days old. so the founding is symbolic to the group and its history and for many years, until 2013, it was understood as sort of a paper state. this is how its enemies ridiculed it and said this is really not a state. regional media and our own media and military and government officials refer to this group as al quaida in iraq, not as the islam