the ukrainian president is keen to show that this is one united country that remains in control of its entire sovereignty. everybody now is really looking forward to an all-important meeting next week between president poroshenko and russia's vladimir putin. both sides know they are under a tremendous amount of pressure to bring about an ends to thisgoing cock conflict both fail to see eye to eye on the future of the country. russia hinted it feels ukraine should be broken up into a federal republic. >> sets off alarm bells in kiev. the government there are keen to show ukraine must remain a complete, whole and independent nation. >> the italian navy has rescued 5,48 would be refugees. claudio reporting from the coast in galipoli in southern relief, and in fact assured us that there will be no military members as part of this convoy. >> reporter: you said under the guise of a humanitarian convoy. does the u.s. have evidence that equipment? >> i'm not premared to speak to specific evidence at this time. we made our position very, very clear that they should not be using this under the g

. >> translator: we want our government to make a united country and give us back our peaceful life. >> in june the militants seized iraq's second largest city, mosul, forcing residents out. about 1,000 people have taken shelter in the suburbs of erbil in the kurdish autonomous region. many have been suffering in soaring temperatures. kurdish leaders have been locked in a dispute with maliki's administration about who owns an oil field and they've welcomed abadi's nomination. united nations secretary general, ban ki-moon, has called for the protection of a religious minority. the yazidis, too, have escaped the insurgents and have taken refuge in remote mountains. >> u.n. humanitarian personnel are in the area doing all what we can. air drops of food and water are reaching some of the trapped people. but the situation on the mountain is dire. >> u.s. forces have carried out airstrikes for a fifth day. they used drones against militants in the town of sinjar. they say the insurgents were attacking kurdish fighters escorting yazidis to safety. >>> u.s. officials have sent in more help.

formed, we'll anticipate and continuing to urge that government to have an agenda so they can unite the country. the united states stands ready to support that formation and the government's efforts to depel isil. and the keployment of military force. it will not include however the additional american combat troops deployed to iraq. >> on the humanitarian situation. is there a plan to get those people off of the mountain and a role from the u.s. in those operations? >> the strategy right now is to try to meet the basic and immediate humanitarian needs of those trapped in these pretty terrible conditions. that is what prompted the air drop of splois that occurred overnight. and the second prong in that strategy as the president stroibed it last night is the possibility of targeted military strikes that could dislodge the isiowa l forces that are carrying out a siege on the mountain and that is in support of kurdish forces. we will support the kurdish forces that are trying to feed those at the mountain and again. what is not contemn plated is the american troops in the combat role to alleviate

us to have a sustainable solution, it is critically important for iraq's political leaders to unite the countryso they can have a united front as they confront faisal -- as they confront isil. the united states is also deeply engaged in conversations with regional governments who obviously have a very clear vested interest in the outcome. unite states is also in touch with our partners in western europe and around the globe to engage the international community. all of that is ongoing and the conversations talked about this ongoing effort. i'm not in a position at this point to give you a whole lot of detail. >> because he does often talk about wanting an interfacial coalition -- international coalition, will he need that before he goes in? the would anticipate that threat posed by isil will be a topic of some conversation at that meeting. there will obviously be leaders of some countries that have a vested interest in the outcome. we will have the leaders of some countries that we believe can and have already demonstrated a willingness to play a constructive role in dealing with this challenge

and this is most important one, the president believes that iraq's political leaders need to unite that countrythe country of iraq, to confront the existential threat that isil poses to their country. >> josh, wait, can i stop you on one? >> sure. >> that is not -- given what the iraq political system has looked like since the american invasion in 2003, if item one on your strategy is iraq has to do something that it has not yet ever done as a political entity, which is find some genuine cross-confessional national unity to take on isis, you know, okay, fine, sure, but that's like saying, you know, if isis just goes away tomorrow is the first plank of our strategy. >> not really, chris, because the stakes for iraq's political leaders and for that country have never been higher. they face an existential threat that's posed by this violent extremist organization. it's never been more to focus on the common enemy posed by isil. there's a clear motivation for them that may not have existed before. so there is some optimism and evidenced by the fact they have made progress in the last several weeks

. >> translator: we want our government to make us a united country and give us back our peaceful life. >> in june the militants seized the second largest city forcing residents out b 1,000 people have taken shelter in the suburbs of erbil. many have been suffering in soaring temperatures. they are organizing over who owns a oil field and welcomed abadi's nomination. they have called for the protection af religious minority. the yazidis have taken refuge in remote mountains. >> u.n. personnel are in the area doing all what we can. airdrops of food and water are reaching some of the trapped people. but the situation on the mountain is dire. >> u.s. forces have carried out air strikes for a fifth day. they used drones against militants in the town of sinjar. insurgents were attacking kurdish fighters escorting yazidis to safety. >>> officials with the world health organization has made a decision on using experimental drugs to contain the ebola outbreak. they said it would be ethical to use the medicine for treatment and prevention under certain conditions. >> there was unanimous agreeme

immediately to remove gaza from this very difficult situation and bring it back to palestine as one united country. >> looking at how severe the damages in gaza. it will be a long time before things return to normal. where is money going to come from, $6 billion needed to reconstruct gaza? >> the palestinian government is going to do its best given limited resources to help with the situation especially with immediate needs. as you correctly said, damage is huge. cost of the repairing damage and putting gaza economy back to normal would take more than $6 billion. the donors obviously have been very generous in the past. we hope they'll work with us to insure we can bring normality to gaza as soon as possible. >> have you got actual commitments yet from donors? >> well the plan is to have a donor's conference about september 1st in egypt with p participation of norway, united nations, united states, european union, a arab countries and many other countries invited shortly to come to listen to our presentation about how bad the situation is and request from the palestinian government to support the

. >> host: your organization compared aging population for the united states and other countries and provided a chart for us. what are we looking at and why is it important to see the comparisons. >> aging isn't just a united states issue. it is happening around the world. if we look at this graphic we are showing on the left the percent of the world and selected countries and the percentage of their population 65 and older in 2012 and on the right the projected percentage for 2050. the world is projected to grow older. 8% of the population is 65 and over and that is projected to increase by 17% by 2050. looking on the next session, this is developed countries. the united states is one of the youngest with about 14% of the population 65 and older. we are along with russia, canada and ukraine. japan, italy have 25% of the population 65 and over. we look over to 2050 and there is a big shift but the united states is the youngest developed country. with japan, germany, italy, spain and these are countries where more than a third of their populations are projected to to be 65 and older. t

certainly be continuing to urge that government to pursue an inclusive governing agenda so they can unite the country to confront the threat posed by isil. and the united states stands ready to support the formation of that government and the government's efforts to repel the advance of isil and that includes, where necessary, the deployment of military force. it will not include, however, the additional american combat troops being deployed to iraq. >> the humanitarian situation, is there a plan to get those people off of the mountain and would there be a role for the u.s. in any such operation? >> what is being -- the strategy right now is to try to meet the basic and immediate humanitarian needs of those who are trapped in these pretty terrible conditions. that is what prompted the air drop of supplies that occurred overnight. the second prong in that strategy as the president described it in his remarks last night is the possibility of targeted military strikes that could dislodge the isil forces that are carrying out the siege of that mountain. that would be in support of kurdish security forces

i want to thank the united kingdom, france, and other countries working with us to provide much-needed assistance to the iraqi people. -- this advances the limited military objectives we have outlined in a rack, protecting innocent citizens, providing advice and assistance to iraqi forces as they battle these terrorists, and joining with international partners to provide humanitarian aid. i authorized these operations, there is no american military solution to the crisis in iraq. the only lasting solution is for a rack to come together and form an inclusive -- is for a rack to come together and form an inclusive government and unified countries fight. today, they took a promising step forward in this article effort. last month, the iraqi people name a new president. today, the president named a new prime minister designate. the iraqi constitution, this is an important step toward forming a new government that can unite iraq's different communities. calledsident biden and i him to congratulate him and urged him to form a new cabinet as quickly as possible all stop one that is inclusive

capable of defending the country, then we'll use that american military prowess in pursuit of that goal as well. it is, first o after all, in thr security interest of the united states for there to be a stable iraqi government, that can preside over a stable iraq, and a security force that has the necessary capability to address the security situation in that country. these are all difficult challenges, and i don't mean to minimize them. but we have a very clear point of view that's based on our recent experience about the limit of american involvement in that kind of endeavor. and what that means is this is a situation that is a very difficult challenge, but it's not a challenge that can be solved by the american military. there's support that can be given by the american military. but this is a situation that will only be solved by the iraqi people and a government that reflects the views of iraq's diverse population. >> reporter: do you hope that the actions authorized yesterday will effectively buy time so the iraqis will organize their government and the defense forces to repel isis? >> i don't think that i would describe it that way, and i don't think t

we will strengthen about for the to become aon democratic european and united country. we need different security arrangements. we have to restore this trust in that should also be aimed at restoring the status quo. we should be aimed at sticking to international law. it is our commitment. from anyone in the european -- their precondition for our success. we will make ukraine a real success. howeverfailed state someone could try to prevent desperate but in a real .emocratic and european country success in europe and success in the world. i am ready to take your questions. >> thank you very much. that was an insightful set of remarks. i am the executive vice president here at the atlantic council. i'm delighted to be able to host the conversation. we want to dig deeper on some of your issues. i want to remind all of you that are following this online to please use social media. i want to start by welcoming back the minister to the atlantic council. we share the stage together in july 2011, perhaps exactly three years ago. it was a conference i did with my colleague. depu

country forward. frankly, if they can't, and we are reaching the point of no return quickly. if they prove they cannot unite the country and work together, than we are on the verge of iraq's disintegration which will be a long, very bloody, violent and destabilizing event for the middle eastern stability and thus global energy supplies an the global economy. >> goes to show how crucial it will be to find political solution. appreciate you're perspective on that. thank you so much. >> we move on the the conflict in gaza. palestinian negotiators are giving an ultimatum to israel. we will have more on that in a moment. the talks in cairo have not resumed since the two sides failed to renew a cease fire that expired early friday. >> the fighting rages on with militants firing rockets in to israeli territory and israel continuing to launch air strikes in to gaza. >> with more on what's happening on the ground, let's go to cnn's john. they want the israelis back in 24 hours or they will leave negotiations and go back to their leaders if as they say israel does not take them seriously. what is the latest on the de

kiev keen to show that ukraine is one country, a united country. >>> laying it out, neve barker. thank you. >>> in iceland there's concern that an erupting volcano could disrupt flights. a small lava eruption has been detected under a glassier. the ragon was evacuated -- region was evacuated as a precaution. let's speak to steph about this. remember the last time it erupted in 20 so, and the disruption it caused. would we see a similar situation. >> we have a volcano we can pronounce. we are a step closer. this time it is looking better. let me show you what happened in 2010. there is icelapped. in case you are not -- iceland, in case you are not sure where it is. almost directly north of the u.k. in 2010 there was a high pressure to the south of it. that caused the problems. high pressures generally are lazy things that don't like to move anywhere in a hurry, we had high pressure there. it stayed put in position tore weeks. it dragged all the ash down across the north-western parts of the europe. for the u.k. and across germany we saw the ash cloud. that caused us major problems

the united states, under the leadership of president obama, is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to try to meet the needs of those syrians who have been displaced by violence in their countryport the moderate syrian opposition, as they fight both of the assad regime, but also the more extremist elements like isil, that are operating in their country. so there are a number of things the united states has been doing for years, to try to address the situation in syria. the reason that this is on the front page of every newspaper across the country is that we saw a political failure to spread into iraq in a ways that is pretty alarming. that's the challenge we're dealing with right now. the president has put forward this comprehensive strategy that the people in iraq's political leaders, uniting that country to meet the existential threat that's facing their country. so that the united states is not, and the united states military, more importantly, is not solely responsible for preserving the security situation in iraq, it's time for the iraq's government and iraq's security forces and the iraqi people to step forward and take responsibility for the security situation in that

it certainly be continuing to urge the government to pursue the governing agenda so they can unite the country to confront the threat that is posed and the united states stands ready to support the formation of the government and the government efforts to refill the advance and that includes where necessary the deployment of the military force but i that it wit include, however, the additional american combat troops being deployed to iraq. >> on the humanitarian situation is there a plan to get those people off the mountain and would there be a role for the u.s. in any such operation? >> the strategy right now is to try to meet the basic and immediate needs of those that are trapped in the typical conditions. that is what prompted the supplies that occurred overnig overnight. it is at the possibility of the targeted military strikes that could dislodge the forces that are carrying out the siege of the mountain? that would be in support of the kurdish security forces that are trying to disrupt the siege so we will be acting in support of the kurdish forces that are trying to free those of the t

if you look back at the history of the three country relationship. we know that the unitedtates directly or indirectly tried to facilitate the improvement of relationship to join the two countries. it is that it was not just that for the sake of the japan-korean relationship of the interest of the u.s. on its own. this position and the role of the united states i think does not change. it has not changed. in fact, the u.s. government is already working in that direction in my view. the convening of the three country leaders is one good example. as i mentioned, in the united nations 20 or in beijing, why have another trilateral meeting? i think we should talk about something beyond our security issue or strategic issue. we can talk about our economic structure in asia including the financial structure. the chinese leader made a proposal in seoul about asian interest structure investment bank, aiip. b,. there is a concern in the united states about the chinese proposal because the u.s. will work with the world bank and the asian development bank is in operation. the korean pr

country's capital. but at the moment, the city is engulfed in turmoil over who should be iraq's new prime minister. deputy speaker of parliament was nominated to unite the country against the militants, a move welcomed in london. the old prime minister has called the attempt to replace him a dangerous violation of the constitution. earlier, his supporters took to the streets to back him. while the standoff continues, the threat from islamic state extremist edges closer. >> and increasingly complicated situation for iraq and the united states. the foregoing on to be head african command. president saying this is a limited operation. back thenough to roll forces of the islamic state? steps.e are good to arrest the expansion of the islamic state. the rollback of the islamic state will depend very much on this political process unfolding. and if a trustworthy government comes out of this new process, supporting their effort to roll back isis or the islamic state will be very important. >> how far do you think washington and the white house ?re prepared to go yet g yet is mostly in support, sustainment, air support, training, and advising. this will be a

will continr strikes in iraq and calls on the country to unite against islamic state fighters. hello you're watching the al jazeera news hour. life from london i'm mary ann namazi. also ahead, four people are are

invades afghanistan when the united states invades libya along with its allies and the united states bombs countries around the world where the people imposing sanctions on the united states for actions that are. as in hundreds of thousands and in some cases over a million deaths so we've got a situation where the united states is pushing a policy of isolating and diligent in my eyes in the russian leaders in a way that is not going to produce stability so that their produce peace is not going to resolve the serious issues there are very very serious issues with ukraine ukrainian economy is a basket case where ukraine neighbors after the end of the cold war if you look at russia you look at bella ruse you look at poland they thrived economically ukraine has not ukraine was controlled by corrupt guards who have profited immensely off of this but the ukrainian situation is one of serious economic crisis that can only be resolved by the west collaborating cooperating with the east it was the west that gave the ultimatum that said that ukraine had either be with the europeans or it had to be with russia

if you look at the countries that have some form of worldwide taxation, you see that the united states stands out for having an extraordinarily high corporate tax rate. you'll also notice that there are not many major countries. we are the only major country that has worldwide taxation. let's ask ourselves the fundamental question. what are the reasons to block inversions? the good reasons -- i will postulate -- zero. what are the bad reasons? financial protectionism, political demagoguery, and the false idea that he keeps job in america. together byart put people who do not like inversion and makes it seem like we have this time problem. -- giant problem. $19.5 billion could be lost. weight. -- wait. what is a ten-year number? here is a chart showing projections from the congressional budget office. the little bar that you cannot even see is the amount of money that you cannot see is lost to inversion. i think if you did not do static revenue scoring, you actually of that tiny, tiny sliver revenue compared to the $4.5 trillion. that $19.5 billion would not exist. here something that i

it was hoping he would form an inclusive government and united the country. that did not happen. frustrations with maliki visible for months and crystallized today when the administration formally withdrew support. >> pelley: thank you. u.s. left iraq in 2011. what was gained has been lost as iraq is ripped into thirds by the two branches of islam and the kurdish ethnic minority. i.s.i.s. has seized much of the west and the north. last week the kurdish city of erbil was threatened. the siege of the kurds has been relieved somewhat by 19 american air strikes on i.s.i.s. over the last four days. holly williams is there. >> reporter: these men are iraq's best hope for defeating i.s.i.s. they're kurdish fighters from iraq's northeast the only ones on the ground in this region who are still taking on the islamic militants. iraqi government soldiers abandoned the country's north two months ago allowing i.s.i.s. to move in and capture their weapons and tanks many of them paid for by america. the kurdish fighters are famous for their courage on the battle battlefield, but today they lost

the challenge will be to unite the country. allies were absent. they will have to work with the new leader. a key ally in a region fraught with danger. >> he was prime minister and is now president. still to come on tonight's program, the fbi is investigating a possible cyber attack to jpmorgan chase. the hunt for missing flight in may 17 will focus on the southern part of the existing search zones. the deputy prime minister says new information says the jet may have turned south earlier than was not. australia, china and malaysia are to strengthen their search. it is the biggest mystery in modern aviation history. is expected toch start next month. ministers haveor again expressed their determination to find the missing airline. the deputy prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic. >> they are equipped with wide scan sonar. multibeam echo sounders, video cameras. the high-resolution search is a priority and expected to take about 12 months to complete. >> efforts to explain the disappearance of flight 370 is now focused on the southern par

the challenge will be to unite the country. allies were absent. they will have to work with the new leader. a key ally in a region fraught with danger. >> he was prime minister and is now president. still to come on tonight's program, the fbi is investigating a possible cyber attack to jpmorgan chase. the hunt for missing flight in may 17 will focus on the southern part of the existing search zones. the deputy prime minister says new information says the jet may have turned south earlier than was not. australia, china and malaysia are to strengthen their search. it is the biggest mystery in modern aviation history. is expected toch start next month. ministers haveor again expressed their determination to find the missing airline. the deputy prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic. >> they are equipped with wide scan sonar. multibeam echo sounders, video cameras. the high-resolution search is a priority and expected to take about 12 months to complete. >> efforts to explain the disappearance of flight 370 is now focused on the southern par

anything more than a british -- more positive for them than a british and western and united states intervention in their country. it will drive up donations, drive up recruitment, it will drive up support in social media and on the internet. it is the key to their success, not just an auxiliary, sir. >> michael, thank you, i think.

i want to thank in particular the united kingdom, france and other countries working with us to provide much needed assi assistance to the iraqi people and meanwhile our aircraft remain positioned to strike any terrorist forces around the mountain who threat-the safety of these families. this advances the limited military mrt on the tebs we've outlined in iraq protecting american citizens, providing advice and assistance to iraqi forces as they battle these terrorists. and joining with international partners to provide humanitarian aid. but as i said when i authorized these operations, there is no american military solution to the larger crisis in iraq. the only lasting solution is for iraqis to come together and form an inclusive government. one that represents the legitimate interests of all iraqis and one that can unify the country's fight against isil. today it, iraq took a promising step forward in this critical effort. last month, the iraqi people named a new president. today, president masum named a new prime minister designate. dr. haider al abadi. under the iraqi constitution,

whether he's efficient or not he was handed the country in a very very poor state. the united states was a very very big player in these whole quagmire trying to dislodge the governments in both iraq and in syria i wonder what will it take for the united states to every concede that even for good reasons like democracy or freedom regime change is rarely a good idea i think rarely a good idea is probably a good way to put it and by the way i would agree with a lot of your comments about maliki i think you've made them better than his government has made them in fact the criticism of maliki for not having enough sunni outreach that may be true but i think one can apportion some of the criticism on the sunni's who have made it very clear they're not interested in living under a shia prime minister that has a prime minister represent shia political power and so i think it's a very fundamental problem in iraq and so i don't i think it's a problem much deeper than maliki's behavior and whether he has kept or not kept various promises so i think he has a problem in how he's handled h

no little memories in the prospect with a united country, with a spirit of patriotism pervading the length and breadth of us, the american public of today is not the same as it was. okay, so while we talk tonight, i want you to think about the language being used. and we acan come back to some o it, but there can be no unworthy sectionalism and what that might tell us. as you probably all know, in 1913, union and confederate veterans re-enacted the charge of the battle of gettysburg. this is a photograph of union and confederate veterans shaking hands across the wall at the top of the hill. how many of you have been to gettysburg? so you know the wall. you can see this. i don't think as historians we should underestimate the importance of this gesture. given the extraordinary passage of the conflict we studied. let me ask you a question. what were the feelings of union and confederate soldiers for one another during the war? what do we know about those? they didn't like each other at all. jamie? okay. >> acknowledged it. sort of a commonality amongst experience. >> later or at the time. >>

the united states has offered assistance to those countries for those who are fleeing violence in syria. the united states is invested and is working to try to meet the urgent humanitarian situation in syria as well. but as i mentioned earlier, the situation on the ground in iraq is different from the situation in syria and merits different responses from the united states. when you are making decisions from the best core security. >> people continue to be slaughtered. >> it is a tragic situation and it is why our efforts continue in that country to try to bring an end to that suffering. the agreement to form a unity government in afghanistan and the restarting of violence, i would like your reaction. afghanistan,tes to the secretary of state was in afghanistan over the last day or two to try to broker an agreement between the two presidential candidates there. >> the goal to achieve a unity government? >> in afghanistan? >> yes. >> he went there with the goal to broker a political solution to that electoral dispute. that was centered on ensuring that both candidates remained engaged in

and these have hindered the country's ability to act when united action is needed. but the basic situation is this. iraq is a democratic nation of 32 million people who are horrified by the danger that is around them. and with everything on the line, if we help them, iraq can protect and defend themselves. in the weeks and months to come, we need for these and other military measures in iraq to become more obvious and urgent. president obama is going to hear warnings from his party. he is going to hear the word mission creep. and that is also a very valid concern. how can we not be mindful of that after what we have seen occur? and yet, in this case, it seems to me that we would be very wise to remember the isis version of mission creep. that is when they start following through on the threats they have been making by sending their recruits into this country. it may be a team of terrorists arriving with their passports and papers all in order, just like before, or it may be when one or more of them slips across our unsecured border. but what rational observer doubts

three buddies interests united states russia and many other countries to calm the situation down and for now i think it's going to be difficult if difficult to disagree with you on that you mentioned tens of thousands of americans serving in iraq and i just want to mention that four in the half thousand americans lost their lives there but the question is what for i mean president obama takes credit for winding down these two very unpopular wars one in afghanistan and one in iraq but i wonder if the same very rapid advance of isis is said cast the base self-congratulatory rhetoric on the part of the white house was a bit premature well i think it's very clear that president obama has wanted to extract the united states from these wars and he has done so over the course of his administration he did however try to see that there would be a residual u.s. force in iraq that was not finally accepted by iraqi politicians there are those who say this is maliki who opposed that and perhaps maliki did oppose it but everyone else also opposed it so i don't think it was something that would hav

what treasure, what a restored peaceful happy in the united country and the a free government can payhe precious blood that must be shed in the inexpressible sufferings that must be endured before this short distance can be accomplished. that pennsylvanian could not likely have imagined just how painful the answer to that question would be. we hope that you will join us, the staff here at fredericksburg and pospotsylvania and petersbe. one that reverberated across america, touching families and communities across the land. it is a sad but difficult story to be sure, full of bitterness and pain, loss and sacrifice. but the hardship is also a measure of the commitment and the determination of those who are here. and we hope as you walk these fields and woods, home places, and crossroads, in the coming days and weeks, that you will constantly ask yourself this question. why? why did these men consent to such hardship? why did they do what they did? the answers to these questions are on these fields. and in the words of those who were here. we hope you will join us in our collective quest

publicly, that if there's to be a successful resignation meaning a resignation that leaves the country happy or united or comparatively happy and leaves the country united without a bitter taste in its mouth, it must be a resignation which admits to some degree of guilt on the part of the president. can't say i'm bowing out because of the good of the country or my leaders in the congress and both houses have told me i have to because i'm going to be impeached and convicted. they feel he must come up with some time of resignation which admits to good on his part for the good of the country. they've been trying for the carrot and stick, if he does not resign in that form, this is to say with some admission of guilt, then the trial could go on and senator mansfield on tuesday and wednesday thought it was too late, things had gone too far, the trial should go on and have to go on. that's not a view that is generally shared up there but senators appreciate it that senator mansfield and lesser extent with him robert bird of virginia, the assistant democratic leader were sending that message to the president

ago is not going to help us get through this challenge my point is i think all like minded countries the united states and yes i would include russia in this as well needs to kind of get together and work on what syria should be in the future and how iraq how we can all help iraq overcome these sectoral enmities that i think it is fair to say have been going on for some one thousand years so rather than litigate the past let's see how we can go forward and what are workable arrangements for the national here we are not less a giving the past here and i'm sure you're aware of the current state of the relationship between russia gating the panel i'm talking to you about the of the current situation in our own neighborhood the crisis over ukraine and the kind of animosity that have exposed between russia and the united states and you know i think some russian officials would find it extremely difficult just discarding all of that you know just like let's move on for the sake of iraq but speaking about how to deal with this current problem on the hands of it being a advance of isis for obvious reas

what treasure, what a restored peaceful happy and united country, and a free government did repay forous blood that must be shed, and the inexpressible sufferings which must be endured before this comparatively short distance can be accomplished. that pennsylvaniian likely could not have manualed just how painful the answer to that question would be. we hope you will join us, the staff here at 23red ricks burg and spotsylvania at richmond and at petersburg, as we explore what was truly a momentous epic, one that reverberated across america, touching families and communities across the land. it is a sad but difficult story to be sure, full of bitterness and pain, loss and sacrifice, but the hardship is always a measure of the commitment and the determination of those who were here. and we hope, as you walk these fields and woods, hope places and crossroads in the coming days and weeks, that you will constantly ask yourself this question. why? why did these men consent to such hardship? why did they do what they did? the answers to these questions are on these fields, and in the words o

capable of defending the country, then we'll use that american military prowess in pursuit of that goal as well. it is, after all, in the clear national security interest in the united states for there to be a stable iraqi government that can preside over a stable iraq and a security force that has the capability to address the security in that country. these are all difficult challenges, and i don't mean to minimize them, but, you know, we have a very clear point of view based on our recent experience about the limits of american involvement in that kind of endeavor. what that means is this is a situation that is a very difficult challenge. it's not a challenge that can be solved by the american military. there's support that can be provided by the american military, but this is a situation that can only be solved by the iraqi government and a government that reflects the views of iraq's population. >> the government hopes the actions he authorized yesterday effectively will buy time so the iraqis will organize their government and their defense forces to repeal isis? >> well, i don't think i would describe it that way. again, what i would do, the primary goal of t

foreign assistance law, it bars any military assistance to any one country, unit, whatever, engaged innsistent human rights violations. well, you know, israel's violation of human rights violations is so extreme and consistent that you hardly have to argue about it. that means that u.s. aid to israel is in -- military aid, is in direct violation of u.s. law. and as pillay pointed out before, the u.s. is a high-contracting party to the geneva conventions, so it's violating its own extremely serious international commitments by not imposing -- working to impose the geneva conventions. that's an obligation for the high-contracting parties, like the u.s. and that means to impose -- to prevent a violation of international humanitarian law, and certainly not to abet it. so the u.s. is both in violation of its commitments to international humanitarian law and also in violation of u.s. domestic law. and there's some understanding of that. >> i wanted to get your response, noam, to nicholas kristof on the issue of palestinian nonviolence. writing in the new york times last month, kristof wrote,

what they need and we will be prepared to come behind them if they have a plan to pull the country together and unite country against this very serious threat. >> ifill: deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs brett mcgurk-- brett mcgurk, thank you for joining us. >> ifill: for more, we turn now to zalmay khalilzad. he was u.s. ambassador to iraq during the george w. bush administration. he now has his own consulting firm. and laith kubba is senior director for the middle east and north africa at the national endowment for democracy. what can you tell us about al-abadi. >> i know mr. al abadi. he was a member of parliament when i was in baghdad. he has very distinguished background. he was from baghdadi family, a very well-known family. he's a member of the party that mr. maliki alsoes with a member of. he spent a lot of time in the united kingdom, got a ph.d there. so he knows the west and maybe more open to alternative ideas. he's got a big and difficult task ahead, not only dealing with the challenge of mr. maliki, but also to bring iraqis, shi'a, sunni, kurds together, form a

can he unite the country and fight off sweeping advances by isis militants? >> he's someone who's never been involved in personal controversy. he will try to work with people. but at the same time, he's never been someone to push for reform. >> reporter: al abaudi has 30 days to form a government. as of now maliki is refusing to go quietly saying he deserves a third term. he's deploying troops to the streets of baghdad and threatening to contest al abaddi's appointment. >> translator: we assure the iraq people what took place is worthless, null and void. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry warned the utah would withhold its support if maliki didn't step aside. >> our hope is mr. maliki will not stir those waters there will be little international support of any kind whatsoever for anything that deviates from the legitimate constitutional process that is in place. >> reporter: the u.s. has signaled further military support once a new iraqi government is in mace. but with another shia at the helm risks pushing sunnis into the arms of it's assess, also su

international community has been calling on iraq he authorities to form a new government capable of uniting a country gripped by two months of insurgency and violence at the hands of jihadist militants. his election represents a major defeat for nouri al-maliki, who has called the rival shiite politician victory from within his own faction a violation of the constitution. >> we assure all the iraqi people and political groups that there is no importance or value to this nomination because it runs against constitutional procedure. the resolutions of the federal court today were clear. >> al-maliki is determined to fight for his place in the iraqi administration and his supporters show their commitment to the beleaguered politician on monday in the streets of baghdad. despite this, top cleric al sistan he has opposed it. >> the political battle comes as kurdish troops backed by u.s. warplanes are fighting to stop the advance of the stream it's from the isis group. join us live this charles dunlap junior, a law professor. thank you for taking time to talk to us. and you tell us in your opinion how effec