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forces swept across northern syria and northern and western iraq. capturing iraq's second-largest city, mosul in june. critics charged that turkey chose to overlook the black market, smuggled into turkey. by some estimates, black market oil supplies i.s.i.l. with as much as $2 million a day in revenue. now, if i.s.i.l. is smuggling oil over the border. maybe some turkish people benefit and it's not a threat to course. >> yes. it gives funds to the islamic state. turkey's view of the islamic state is slightly ambivalent in that they are determined to see the end of santa barbara. and they do not, in looking at syria see many players likely to achieve that help. >> one of turkey's complicated relationship is with the kurd, who have autonomy in northern iraq. turkey fought a three decade long insurgency in its own territory, which took the lives of 30,000 people. over the past few years, turkey forged a relationship, yielding 6.2 million barrels of oil, worth $600 million through a pipeline. the iraqi kurds, in turn, used the money to finance kurdish pe

. >>> there are reports that eight people have been killed in an airstrike in western iraq. we have more on that, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that according to the hospital sources that we have, eight civilians were brought in as a result of an airstrike. these were civilians for adults and for children. two of those adults were women. also we're hearing that five were injured as well. now we don't know whereabouts in anbar province the airstrikes took place. we also don't know if they were coalition airstrikes. but what we do know there is a fierce fight going on between isil for ramadi city. they managed to talk from the south or north on friday, and we're seeing iraqi forces and tribal militias within the center of that city fight back. it's likely these airstrikes would be an as a result. like i say we can't confirm who was behind the airstrikes. >> put in perspective for us how crucial are some of these areas to the advance of isil? >> reporter: it's not just ramadi. it backs on to syria. it is a key border crossing to get fighters in syria i

> reporter: on october 23rd, the golden express luxury train pulled into the city of sanjan in western iraq. onboard were about 60 passengers from nine countries around the world. for most of them it was their first visit to iran. >> we are afraid to come alone and that's why we joined the train. we will encourage our people to come to iran. >> reporter: it took the train two weeks to cover the 7,000 kilometers between budapest and tehran. after entering iran, the passengers were taken to visit six world heritage sites including the 14th century sultan dome and the ancient city. ♪ >> there was a strong demand for places on the train despite ticket prices of up to $15,000 per person. this man runs a travel agency in holland. his reason for joining the tour was seeing this little-known country for himself. this visit his given him a totally new impression of iran. >> it happens that it would be -- it isn't a hostile population, but it's not the case. it's the most friendly people i know. yeah. >> reporter: this is the first time iran has allowed a luxury train to enter the country since the 1

we'll still influence over a broad swath of territory in western and northern iraq and eastern syria. but as president obama has said, isil will not be defeated through military force alone. our comprehensive strategy -- sustaining a broad base regional and global coalition and strengthening local forces on the ground. it also including undercutting isil flow of resources, counter messages, constricting the flow of foreign fighters, providing humanitarian assistance and our intensive regional. much more needs to be done to reach reform. iraqi prime minister is leaning forward by engaging in all of iraqi's diverse communities. he's appointed sunni defense minister after that post was left vacant more than four years. and he's moving to create an iraqi national guard that would empower local forces especially sunni areas of the province aligning them with central government. you may have noticed yesterday it was announced he replaced 36 of his most senior commanders s integrating the forces with more sunni leaders. this is essential to strengthening not only the iraqi security forces bu

they say they want to break up the isis occupation of northern and western iraq. the u.s.sive with airstrikes and advisors on the ground. >>> coming from our delaware news room police in elsmere say they've put a local drug dealer out of business and they raid add home on the 1900 block of seneca road and arrested someone inside. they say they found $15,000 worth of cocaine as well as guns and cash. police say this was the result of a four month long investigation. >> minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson may enter a plea today on child abuse charges. our partners at espn are reporting peterson and prosecutors in texas are close to a deal. peterson is charged with beating his four year old son. prosecutors also want to revoke his bond because peterson admitted he smoked marijuana before a court appearance. peterson was banned from the nfl back in september to resolve this criminal case. >> it's 5:48. and endsless possibilities. a customer is the olive garden gets very serious about the restaurant's all you can eat offer. >> scientists try to identify the mysteriou

we'll still influence over a broad swath of territory in western and northern iraq and eastern syria. but as president obama has said, isil will not be defeated through military force alone. our comprehensive strategy -- sustaining a broad base regional and global coalition and strengthening local forces on the ground. it also including undercutting isil flow of resources, counter messages, constricting the flow of foreign fighters, providing humanitarian assistance and our intensive regional. much more needs to be done to reach reform. iraqi prime minister is leaning forward by engaging in all of iraqi's diverse communities. he's appointed sunni defense minister after that post was left vacant more than four years. and he's moving to create an iraqi national guard that would empower local forces especially sunni areas of the province aligning them with central government. you may have noticed yesterday it was announced he replaced 36 of his most senior commanders s integrating the forces with more sunni leaders. this is essential to strengthening not only the iraqi security forces bu

in western iraq, it's paying sunni tribes. in north earn iraq, it's sending guns to the kurds. in southern syria, the regime is still in power. in a wider reason e reel joon, the u.s. is counting on support from muslim regions. >> but they have, at time, supported radical groups like isis. the u.s. has tried to sort out the divisions between sunnis and kurds in the past. it did not go well. now we're trying it again. on a larger scale and by remote control. the president has said it will take years. he's been fairly cautious. vice president biden, not so much. >> we will follow them to the gates of held until they are brought to justice. hell is where they will reside. >> well, for the past several weeks, the gaets of hell have had a very specific address. the town in southeasterly ya just across the border here. it was almost too late, but khobani is still holding on as we found out when we visited the little city that stood up to isis. >> there are two things about k e chobani that made this small, curdish city in syria the focus of gnash atepgs. the first is its location. ju

i'm talking about the sunnis in western iraq and the kurds in nowhere iraq. this is after the u.s.he iraqi army and equip it with state-of-the-art american weapons. they are not holding the people of coban whoa received no outside support. in general they received nothing. they are not paid or equipped. they are holding out against isis yet the army which the u.s. built has not been able to hold up to kobani. that is reflected in the statements they are starting to hear from general dempsey. he was not saying that the troops will go into combat, but he was not ruling it out either. saying if forces try to enter a battle to retake the city of mosul, they might need or at least wouldn't roll out the possibility that they might need combat troops. that speaks a great deal of the state of readiness of the iraqi army. >> fascinating group from the ground. we want to remind you something you should tune in for. it's on at 9:00 p.m. he was inside and got incredible footage on the battle against isis. richard spent time with all of the players at the heart of that fight at 9:00 p.m. easter

is a charismatic leader and has been able to push out around his holding of eastern syria and western iraq. it will provide disruption in the leadership. that's a good thing. it doesn't mean that we wrapped up this problem if we take him out. this is a problem where he has cultivated leadership in a way that has been pretty impactful at them gaining ground and holding ground and including by the way using violence to control cities and it's the population. none of that is going away. we need to have a sustained high tempo effort if you will disrupt or dismantle isis the way they operate today. >> thank you so much. good to see you. keystone pipeline legislation, executive action on immigration, two more years of wrangling with the congress for president obama when he returns from asia. chuck todd is the moderator of "meet the press" and the author of the stranger. barack obama in the white house. i don't know how you do it all. your day job and night job and weekend job. you are just off a plane. y in doing the book, what did you learn going back over your notes and all your rich reporting

it drug its feet for about a year, so now the comeuppance is eastern syria and western iraq are in the hands of the islamist radicals, and the question is will we now begin to discuss with others in the region, the steps that might bring them into the effort, including turkey. and they've indicated, look, we want to see a strategic plan, before we get engaged here. we're still, as you and i discussed, we're still not selling to the kurds the arms that they would like to have for their 190,000 soldiers there that are strung out across a 600 mile border, fighting this isis. fighting them without the anti-tank missiles, the artillery, the mortars, the tanks that they need. let's sell them the equipment. let them do the fighting, but let's get the administration off the dime on a plan here that's going to work and is going to have our allies or others in the field pick up the burden of carrying out the struggle. lou: mr. chairman, have you spoken to the complexity or part of the complexities that exist here in one instance. the turks are extraordinarily sensitive to the kurdish issue. kurd

military advisors have arrived in western iraq to train government forces.ork at the base in the volatile anbar province. previously it only worked in areas around bagdad and erbil in the north. [ explosion ] >>> meanwhile state tv say iraqi soldiers have retaken control of the strategic northern down of beiji. they are trying to take back the biggest oil refinery in iraq on the town's outskirts. >>> five place men decided in a suicide back in the capitol of bagdad. the car bomber blew up a check point injuring nine people. six voerlsd been killed in is suicide bombing targeting the military. they say 14 isil fighters were killed and several vehicles destroyed. >>> let's take you to indea now, and four health officials have been suspended. a panel has also been set up to investigate the deaths of several women after they underwent serialization surgery. at least 13 women died after their operations at least 50 others are still in hospital. the women were patients of a government mass sterilization plan. some suggest that rusty instruments were used. >> repor

telling the associated press he may have been injured in yesterday's coalition air strikes in western iraqfox news has not independently confirmed this. the pentagon also is not saying it has any immediate information on any such air strikes. in germany, a milestone in freedom, the berlin wall came down 25 years ago today marking a victory over communism and unofficial end to the cold war. some 1 million people gathered in the suty watching white balloons released into the sky to symbolize the resistance of the barrier of east and west berlin. i'm harris faulkner. we will see you tonight on the latest with the targeting of the isis leader. >>> sharyl attkisson spent 20 years at cbs news going on bombing missions, covering 9/11, winning emmys and other awards. but the network increasingly refused to air her investigative report, especially on obama administration reports and found her work hacked. she has a book and she joins me now. welcome. >> thank you. >> cbs initially aired your stories on fast and furious and benghazi, then is dried up. what happenes? >> it is hard know what decisions

. ♪ >> reporter: isis quickly built out its base in eastern syria and western iraq by tapping wealthyi sympathizers. >> they have managed to get into new areas and new fields of taking control of territories, taking control of oil fields, establish i establishing bases everywhere. >> reporter: air strikes have curbed the group's oil output, less than a third of the level of june, when it was earning $3 million a day. legislation dates back since the 9/11 attacks. experts suggest it was pressure from the united states and the international organizations to get the middle eastern states to push ahead with laws. now they suggest there's a gap between what's been put on the books and what's actually being enforced. u.n. security council resolutions have been expanded to force member states to step up international cooperation. >> once you have that political commitment, the second level and more important is that these institutions sometimes have lack of ability and lack of capacity, experience, expertise, cannot perform and use these tools efficiently. >> reporter: by the region's own me

it happened in western iraq. the town is on the border of syria. isil fighters have been in control since june. >> i see this opportunity to reiterate that we stand in the stretch. we're in the process of irradicating them but we need corporation from neighboring countries, namely regional states in order to hunt down terrorists and drain the resources of funding. >> his remarks come as fighting is intensified in the western city province. isil fighters are battling in the southern part of the city. we have reports. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: once this was a quiet suburb, but since june the southern parts of ramadi have been taken over by isil. the iraqi army has mounted an offensive to try to retake the area. coalition airstrikes have hit targets in the border areas of the city, and now it's time to retake the streets. the main fighting forces the counter terrorism unit nicknamed the golden squad. this is an unit with the mixed reputation who have appeared in the past of union rights violations. >> the golden squad is not biased to anyone. it protec

we'll take back this territory in the north and western iraq. to isolate them in urban centers where they have their strongholds and then eventually at some point also assuming the iraqi current government is able to be inclusive. we're going to defeat isis in iraq and then we'll turn our attention to isis in syria. this is, again, in theorr you can understand what people are thinking, we don't want to get preggant. we want to be seen as taking action. in reality again, i would argue that unless we take decisive bold action, at this point we are doing nothing more than engaging in an exercise -- melissa: the flip side we go in with our own troops thrrnlingsz seem like the appetite for that here in the u.s. >> that's absolutely correct. we're all fatigued and tired of engagement in the middle east. and so the idea that the us is going to commit ground troops is right now just not acceptable. and the current white house has no intention of doing that. we're already in mission creek. we're already adding more advisories. those advisories will move

in western iraq the first u.s. troops have arrived to bolster the region's fight against isis.bout 50 military personnel are in anbar province to begin training iraqi and kurdish allies. just last week president obama approved up to 1,500 u.s. troops for that mission, essentially doubling the american forces now in iraq. cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon with the latest for thus morning. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, randi. let's go back to that have you had we could for a moment, that is the latest video from isis, should be viewed as another propaganda video sources are telling me, this is what isis is so good at, taking their cameras out onto their front lines, recording a good deal of violence and gruesome activity, some we cannot show you. this message from isis is that they believe they have inevitable victory. they show this, it is intimidating. they believe this sends the message that they are winning. the coalition of course begging to differ. those 50 american advisers now in anbar province west of baghdad, they are at a place called al assad airbase an

are very active right now because they are free with in this ungoverned space in syria and now western iraq of boots on the ground will certly take some soldiers and not turned around strictly by air but the soldiers that we have in mind certainly in my mind are primarily iraqi in iraq and syria as things develop to try to help the free syrian forces have more capabilities and it's not going to happen overnight. and take it in steps and what happened is the air strikes have been very helpful in stopping and holding back from further gains but now to retake these areas there will going to be some boots on the ground, iraq boots if you would and u.s. would help with advising and assisting in tactical means and done by iraqis and iraq. >> thank you so much, admiral and former u.s. navy command who headed the command in 2007 and 2008. moving on and heavy shelling on the outskirts of ukraine city of donetsk and threatens a two--month-old ceasefire and at least 4,000 people died in the conflict in eastern ukraine. a memorial service will be held in the netherlands for an air disaster that touched

control of some of the oil fields in eastern syria as -- as -- and -- and they did have some in western iraq. we have been able to take back some of that. the iraqis have and most all of it, beiji oil refinery and so on. that's one thing we are doing and been pretty effective to not only disrupt that, but stop that oil flow out of there that gets into the borders, and they were -- they were getting a few million dollars a day from that. now other things, our treasury department is taking the lead on this. with partners all over the world, united nations, european partners, middle eastern partners. we're trying to shut those -- those money markets off any way of funding and resourcing isil has, continues to have. we had made a global effort that we lead. as you know, they also get funds from contributions inside. we try to stop that through our intelligence communities, so this is as much of a focus as it was when i was hear two months ago, has to be for the reasons that i mentioned, and as i always said in our comprehensive strategy, cutting off those funds is a very big part of what we're d

syria, much of north and western iraq, you can change assad today, and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly, and in syria. but who are you going to replace assad with and what kind of an army would take on isil? so, yes, assad is part of it, yes, it is the longer-term part of this, defto find a stable government, leader ys syria to be able to bring some stability to that country is part of it. but isil is right now, and isil is threatening the country of iraq and the government of iraq. and so that's why we are dealing with that component first, because we must. they're threat to our allies. they are a threat to us. >> thank you. mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes, and general dempsey, you get the next two. so for secretary hagel, there's been no discussion yet of the oco request for '15, which is $5.6 billion. wondering not what's in it. we have some information on t t that. but what do you know about a current 2014 oco request through the end of the c sflshgs what's in that and why do you need additional $

american troops have moved forward, closer to the front lines of the fight in western iraq. they're in the anbar province right now, major iraqi military base. the base around 100 miles from baghdad has been under fire by isis. the mission is to prepare iraqi forces but not necessarily to fight alongside them. let's bring in our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto who's watching this story for us unfold. it's a pretty dangerous part where at least 50 u.s. troops are now on the ground in anbar and many more on the way. >> this is an assessment team to set up for the advisers the president announced at the end of last week he's going to send there. there's good news and bad news. the bad news, isis has taken over a great deal of anbar. the iraqis need help pushing back against them. these advisers are going to help train up the iraqi forces to carry out that task. when the president made the announcement of his 1,500 troops going, it's not just anbar where u.s. troops are going outside of baghdad and erbil. they're going north of baghdad and a number of locations

there are people in western iraq. we had u.s.orces there looking at an air base to see if we could go in and out of there. so this is expanding in many ways. you will not see any sort of invasion. the president says that will not happen. but i think you're going to see a creeping number of ground forces or at least some sort of air controller in the coming months. >> and tapes like the one we're seeing this morning only galvanize this discussion. martha raddatz, thank you very much. always great to have your expertise. and a reminder, martha is going to be much more on this developing story coming up later this morning on "this week" and that is right here on abc. paula. >>> now to the latest ebola patient arriving in america for treatment from west africa. he is a surgeon with u.s. residency and believed to be sicker than anyone else who has been successfully treated here in the u.s. he's now at a special hospital in nebraska for people with that virus and abc's linzie janis is here with the story. good morning, linzie. >> repor

towns had been taken by islamic state militants back in august, when they tore across northern and western iraqn st. louis county, missouri decided not to indict a white policeman, darren wilson, for killing a black teenager, michael brown, in ferguson, last august. brown's family said in a statement they are profoundly disappointed. lawyers for wilson said the outcome shows he followed his training5u/tt and followed the that's the news for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you you know line where we will continue updates from ferguson. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your

really contr, western iraq and eastern syria.y also came to believe that the iraqi troops were a little more capable and it was time to move to the next stage. that said, i think they're putting u.s. troops in a more difficult and potentially dangerous position. >> woodruff: they're saying non-combat. >> right, and they're saying non-combat, but what's new here is there will be a whole new geographic reach. they will go to expedition gnash sites, quote, unquote, where they will be training and advising fighters on the ground. >> woodruff: this is new -- not at all. erbil and baghdad are pretty safe. all they needed was air strikes. these will be much more exposed areas, they haven't chosen by. fallujah, i.s. controls, the pentagon made a point of saying, yes, we understand, half of the u.s. forces won't be advisors, they will be force protection units, and the same with all the other new sites they'll establish to do training. so at least maybe as much as half of them may not be combat troops but will have to be ready for combat.

sencom new training south in northern, western and central iraq will help train 12 iraq brigades andore than a dozen coalition nations expressed their intent to send trainers and advisors to help build the capacity of iraqi forces. third, we will concentrate on broader security sector reform. to help transform iraqi forces in a more coherent and capable unified force. this includes prime minister abaddi initiative for units that i mentioned earlier. coalition partners playing an important role in these efforts by providing efforts and trainers to help generate iraqi brigades and together we are also providing more arms and equipment to iraqi security forces. this year the united states alone has shipped more than 685 million dollars in critical equipment and supplies to iraq. ranging from grenades and small arms to tank ammunition, helicopter rockets and fire missiles and hundreds of which will be arriving this month. u.s. and coalition partners together have delivered over 2.7 million pounds of supplies including 33 million rounds of ammunition, to persmerga forces alone. mr. chairm

what isil dominates now, the swath of the control they have, eastern syria, much of north and western iraq, you could change assad today and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly in syria. >> warner: syrian rebel leaders reported the islamic state and al-qaida's branch in syria, the al-nusra front, have agreed to stop fighting each other, and work together. >> ifill: now, for a closer look at the administration's strategy to defeat the i.s. group inside syria, we turn to former u.s. ambassador to iraq james jeffrey. he's now a distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. and phyllis bennis, director of the new iernationalism project at the institute for policy studies. ambassador jeffrey, is our strategy, such as we understand it to be, the same for deeffect the islamic state as as our strategy in syria? >> no, it's quite different. as both secretary hagel and general dempsey said we have an iraq-first strategy but importantly dempsey underlined it is not an iraq-only strategy. we have put considerable resources into stopping isis in the s

towns had been taken by islamic state militants back in august, when they tore across northern and western iraq ifill: back in this country, there's word that the price of gasoline has hit a four-year low. it fell to an average of $2.84 a gallon in the past week. gas prices are down 88 cents over the past six months. >> woodruff: on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained more than seven points to close near 17,818. the nasdaq rose almost 42 points to close near 4,755. and the s&p 500 added about six points to finish at 2,069. >> ifill: president obama today awarded the nation's highest civilian honor-- the medal of freedom--to 18 artists, public servants and activists. three civil rights workers were honored posthumously: james chaney, andrew goodman, and michael schwerner were murdered by the ku klux klan in mississippi, in 1964. other recipients included singer-songwriter stevie wonder, actress meryl streep, nbc journalist tom brokaw, congressman john dingell-- who's served longer than anyone, ever- - and ethel kennedy, widow of senator robert f. kennedy. >> ifill: still t

the goal is to force isil out of northern and western iraq. >> iraq confirming more than 100 members of a sunni tribe were killed, tribal leaders blaming the iraq government for not giving them supplies and weapons to fight back. >> we are live in baghdad this morning. there were multiple attacks, mostly on shia pilgrims over the weekend. how are iraq forces preparing for more violence today, given that it is an important holy day for shias? >> that's absolutely right, the occasion is upon us and lasts until mid-day local time in iraq on tuesday. what we are seeing is a number of attacks and people are very worried here, because it's proven to be very difficult for the iraq security services to try to stop the attacks taking place, these are car bombs and suicide bombers. these are very difficult to attack, particularly when you've got thousands of people out on the street visiting the hospital at tents and going to hear the stories of times gone by, which is a tradition here. what the rack government is doing is trying to get the shia worshipers and faithful into certain areas and t

centcom's new training sites in northern and central and western iraq will train 12 iraqi brigades, and more than a dozen coalition nations have expressed intent to send trainers and advisors to build a capacity of iraqi forces. third, we will concentrate on broader security sector reform to help transform iraqi forces into a more coherent and capable unified force. this includes prime minister abadi's plan with the national guard units i mentioned earlier. coalition partners are playing a role in efforts by providing advisors and trainers to regenerate iraqi brigades. together we are also providing more arms and equipment to iraqi security forces. this year the united states alone has shipped more than $685 million in critical equipment and supplies to iraq, ranging from grenades and small arms to tank ammunication and hellfire missiles, hundreds of which will be arriving this month. u.s. and coalition partners together have delivered million of pounds of supplies including ammunition to peshmerga forces. mr. chairman, in syria our actions against isil are focused on shaping dynamic in

. >>> still to come sunni forces battling isis in western iraq face a gruesome fate after running outedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ho, ho, ho, ho] lease the 2015 e350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> in the middle east kurdish fighters are locked in a so-called death struggle against isis for control of a northern syrian town of kobani. while u.s.-led air strikes pounded positions east of the town isis attacked with suicide bombers on the ground. at least 30 people were killed in the most recent fighting. and to the south a grim outcome for iraqi tribal forces who have been battling against isis in anbar province. the iraqis were holding their own until they ran out of ammunition and were overrun. we've got this bloody aftermath and we've got to warn you here that these images are brutally graphic. >> reporter: body after body lines the street in this western iraqi town. the killings a chilling message from isis. fight us and this will be your fate. the men are believed to be

that's in the sunni anbar province in western iraq.aving historically has a lot of potential to resist against al qaeda in the past and isis now, they've been living amongst this controlled area for some time. saturday morning 50 of their men were taken away from one particular town near here and then we don't know the fate of women and children from that area as well. so one of a number of potential massacres that isis has been accused of. we're talking potentially hundreds from the tribe having been killed in the past week or so by isis. the key issue, they're part of the sunni tribes. they're moving into sunni areas. not all sunnis there agree with their ideology. this tribe potentially could have risen up against them. now they're saying they're gathering men nearby and in fallujah. they have the potential to move against isis there. that will be a key moment for anti-isis efforts. everyone accepts the coalition can only do so much with air strikes. they need people on the ground reclaiming areas from isis and the sunni tribes who

baghdad is inclusive and can reach out to the sunni majority in those regions in northern and western iraq. if they can't, this is a fool's errand. it's not going to happen because it's going to take the -- retaking these sunni areas and that's only going to happen if the indigenous population changes their loyalty. >> the u.s. taxpayers from 2003 until the u.s. pulled out of iraq at the end of 2011, spent tens of billions of dollars arming, training, equipping the iraqi military. isis comes in, they leave those weapons. they run away. what makes the u.s. believe that the training, equipping and arming of the iraqi military now and the deployment of all these u.s. military, quote, advisers starting with 200, then 500, then 1,500, now 23,000, not just in baghdad or mosul, but now in anbar, what makes the u.s. believe the outcome is going to be any different this time? >> the only basis for it is we have no other options. we have to work with this army. and they have to step forward. and there are units -- remember when the president sent about 1,000 troops over there four or five months ago

"der spiegel" wonders what draws these young westerners to fight jihad in syria and iraq. it asks specialists to draw a profile of these westerners. they seem to have some similarities. they often are isolated, solitary, lone wolves, who become self radicalized by the internet. >> let's come back to france with the french edition of "vanity fair." it lists its ranking of the 50 most influential french people in the world. the winner might come as a surprise to some. >> the winner is christine lagarde, the most influential french person in the world. there you can see her on the front page of "vanity fair, the french edition." the head of the imf holds the reigns of the finance world in her hands and that makes her one of the most powerful people among not only in france but in the world. they wonder if she could use this influence in french politics. could she be the first female french president? you can see the front page of "vanity fair" asks the question. what if it were her? and last year, the band daft punk won. >> number four on the list is a frenchman that has gotte

and they did have some in western iraq.'ve been able to take back some of that, the iraqis have, the oil refinery and so on. that is one thing we're doing and been pretty effective. been able to not only disrupt that but stop that oil flow out of there that gets into the borders. and they were getting a few million dollars a day from that. now, other things. our treasury department is taking the lead on this, with partners all over the world, the united nations, european partners, middle eastern partners. we're trying to shut those money markets off any way of funding and resourcing isil has, continues to have. we have made a global effort that we lead. as you know, they also get funds from contributions inside. we try to stop that through our intelligence communities. so this is as much of a focus as it was when i was here two months ago, has to be for the reasons that i mentioned. and as i also said in our comprehensive strategy, cutting off those funds is a very big part of what we're doing and what we're attempting to d