six christians is one family and zero yazidis. in iraq, most of the christians and yazidis are displaced in iraqi kurdistan. all of those years pushed them north into the city of nineveh. most of the christians remain in iraq or nineveh during -- most of them are now in a iraqi kurdistan with no resettlement rights. they are not refugees because they are within their own country, yet they cannot resettle in kurdistan. they do not have rights to drive a car, open a bank account, start a business. there has to be some kind of plan for them, for many of them. many of them are too traumatized to go back to their home. in the event that their land is not liberated from isis, that is still a question, they will all have to be resettled in the west. there is nowhere in the region for them to go. the second thing would be land and property restitution. these minorities lost their homes, businesses, and farms. isis in many cases has passed them on to other people i selling them or giving them away. other people could have possession of the

christians, yazidis, muslims. differences of religious perspectives, sometimes tensions, but found a way to continue to contribute toward the well-being of that community. ut they were invaded by eighth century barbarians with 21st century weaponry, isis. the christians who were there convert or ave, die by the sword. many fled with just what was on their back. the remaining christians in their homes had this painted on their door. this is the arabic symbol for the letter n, it stands for nazz recent, which is a derogtory term used by some in the middle east to describe the christians. this was painted on their door as a sign that it was time for them to go or they would die. except it wasn't painted in nice gold like this. it was painted in red, blood red. now, we can -- we have so many tragedies and difficulties facing humanity. we can sometimes become numb because it's overwhelming. to the violence that's happening in so many places in the world. when you have one group of people who has extreme disregard for t

yazidis because they are yazidis, shia because they are shia.s is the message it conveys to children under its control. it is entire world view is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. there is no question in my mind that if daesh succeeded establishing so-called caliphate -- >> we'll leave secretary's rememberkies remarks. -- secretary kerry's remarks. this is forum on influence of the u.s. this is institute for research. this is just getting underway. . .

yazidis, because they are yazidis, shia, because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control. its entire world view is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. there's no question in my mind that if daish succeeded in establishing a so-called caliphate, it would seek to destroy what remains of ethnic and religious mosaic once thriving in the region. i want to be clear. i am neither judge nor prosecutor nor jury with respect to the allegations of genocide, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing by specific persons. ultimately it must be brought to light by independent investigation, and competent court or tribunal. the united states will strongly support efforts to direct can be document and observe and analyze the documents of a truce cities and see to it that pepper traitors are held accountable. i hope my statement we will ensure victims that the united states recognizes and confirms the despicable nature of the crimes that have been committed against them. second, i hope it

yazidis because they are yazidis. shia because they are shia.tt -- its entire world view is based on the illuminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. there is no question in my mind daesh succeeded in establishing a so-called caliphate, it would seek to destroy what remains of ethnic and religious mosaic once thriving in the region. i want to be clear. i am neither judge in our prosecutor or jury with respect to the allegations of genocide, crimes against humanity and ethnic lensing by specific persons. ultimately, the full facts must be brought to light in an independent investigation and a full legal determination made by a court or tribunal. but the united states will strongly support efforts to collect documents, preserve and analyze the evidence of do allies and we will that we can to see that the perpetrators are held accountable. today that my statement will assure the victims of atrocities that the united states recognizes and confirms the despicable nature of the crimes committed against them. we will highlight the

yazidis because they are yazidis. shia because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control. its entire worldview is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. gary: the u.s. also believes incidents such as the execution of 21 coptic christians in a beach in libya last year was genocide. the only other time the u.s. declared a genocide when it was actually happening was in 2004, when the bush administration determined that atrocities in sudan's darfur region met the test, which describes genocide as acts meant to destroy ethnic, racial, or religious groups. : what happened to be y -- calling what happens to the yazidis genocide does not imply more u.s. actions. though human rights campaigners say more action is needed. >> the mass graves have not been excavated, evidence is preserved and protected, that we are clicking testimony in which we can see future prosecution. we need to see the duration of an -- the creation of an international investigation. gary: the us-led coalition says i

secretary kerry: isis is responsible for genocide against groups under its control including yazidis and christians and muslims. what it saysdal in and does. it's also responsible for ethnic cleansing directed at the same groups and in some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and other minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that dash is ding and all that it has done. we have not been able to -- compile a complete record. i think that's obvious on its face. we don't have access to everywhere. but over the past months, we have conducted a review of the vast amount of information gathered by the state department, by our intelligence community, by outside groups, and my conclusion is based on that information and on the nature of the acts reported. we know, for example, that in august of 2014, dash killed hundreds of yazidi men and older women in the town of cocho and trapped tens of thousands of yazidis on mount sinjar without allowing access to food,

yazidis because they are yazidis . shia because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control. its worldview is based upon a lemonade and those who did not subscribe to its perverse -- is based upon eliminating those who do not prescribed to its perverse reality. there is no doubt that it would seek to destroy what remains of ethnic and religious mosaic that once thrived in the region. i want to be clear that i am neither judge, prosecutor, nor jury with respect to the allegations of genocide. crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. ultimately, the facts must be brought to light by an independent investigation and formal legal determination made by a competent court or tribunal . the united states will support document, collect, preserve, and analyze evidence of atrocities. we will do all we can to see the perpetrators held accountable. i hope that my statement will insure the victims of the atrocities that that the united states recognizes and confirms the despicable nature of the crimes against them. second,

to cleanse the caliphate, isis death squads viciously murdered tens of thousands of christians and yazidisnorthern iraq. most captured men and boys eliminated but thousands of young women and girls taken as trophies of war. >> we know that isis takes particularly yazidis, christians, young women, turns them into, quote, wives or sex slaves. >> is that doctrine within the koran? >> of course it is. it is doctrine in the koran. you can have a slave. sometimes one of the girls, and i recall -- she was 9 years old. that they used to rape her 20 times a day. we have succeeded in rescuing a number of those women. >> describe without creating a vulnerability for the process how you go about finding them and getting them out. >> through the relationship that we have with the kurdish tribes that we will be able to go across the borders to isis territory and we will be able to save and rescue some of the girls back. we was able to locate for markets where they sell the girls. most of them in mosul and some of them in syria, these girls have different price depend on her beauty, depend on her age, de

it's no secret that isis terrorists capture yazidi women and girls and lock them into a life of sexual slavery and repeated rape. many of these victims choose to take their own lives, seeing suicide as their only escape amid hopelessness and unimaginable suffering. it's no secret that thousands of christians and other religious minorities have been systematically raped, tortured, beheaded, crucified, burned alive and buried in mass graves, if buried at all. and it's no secret that the word we should use to describe the whole of these atrocities, the word we must use is genocide. the plain reality is that the schaik -- islamic state is seeking to eradicate christians, yazidis, jews and mandarins and other religious groups it sees as apostates and inif he dels, part its focus on establishing a caliphate first in the middle east and across the world. christians, yazidis and others who have managed to find refuge have seen isis's genocidal campaign firsthand. they can list name after name of missing family members, wives and daughters kidnapped into sexual slavery, is sons and brothers kil

the yazidis were on the verge of annihilation, but also said the yazidis and christians face this genocide together. the bishop testified, christians have encountered genocide in the obama administration refuses to recognize their plight. dr. george stanton of genocide watch testified, failure to call isis's mass murder of christians, muslims, and other groups in addition to the yazidis, by its proper name, genocide, would be an act of denial as grave as u.s. refusal to recognize the rwandan genocide in 1994. my first question is when and will christians and other minority faiths be included in a genocide designation and secondly, last year a reuters investigative report, it was a very incisive report, and that without objection would like that to be made part of the record. of the record -- found that tier 3 recommendations made by the trafficking in persons office experts in 14 incidents, including malaysia, china, cuba, india and oman, were rejected further up the chain of command that state an -- and artificially given a clean bill of health for other political purposes. i convened a h

. >> under its control including yazidis, shias and christian muslims. question in my mind if daesh was able to establish a caliphate it would seek to destroy mosaic, once thriving in the region. stuart: general jack keane. general, genocide is a strong word. it implies that you're going to did something about it. are we? >> that remains to be seen. this is an important step to make this statement. you know, the u.n. in their convention in 1950, defined and criminalized the genocide based on the holocaust and world war ii. we've only done that two times and this is the fifth time. this is the first time that a terrorist organization has ever been attributed for genocide. so that's historic in that sense, but to get to your specific question, it's largely symbolic, it's important that a civilization condemns the event of genocide no matter where it's taken place. i don't believe it's impacting the war because the obama administration constrained the military as we know, nothing more is happening of great consequence during this administration. they are li

the ethnic cleansing of the yazidis, of the christians, drudes, kurds and of course how they're exploiting the shia-sunni divide and how you're describing the genocidal desires when it comes to the shia. >> antonio, i.s.i.l.'s very simple. whether it's a minority or whether it's sunni, i.s.i.s. is a hyper-sunni organization. any sunni, any sunni muslim any believer who does not accept who does not believe in its totalitarian ideology would be killed. so i.s.i.s. or the so-called islamic state does not really distinguish between minorities being the shias, the yazidis or even the christians and the sunnies, anyone who doesn't accept its absolutist its any hilnilisticnilnilistic ideology. putting out the fires in the heart of the arab world of course i.s.i.s. will be able to succeed and find a base in the future. >> there was a vacuum of ideas and i.s.i.l. stepped into that vac up a and then you argue that woe need a revolution of ideas in order to defeat the group in the long term. is there any hope for such a revolution? >> not in the short term antonio. you're absolutely correct. i.s.i.s.

human rights international testified that the yazidi is on the verge of annihilation but said the yazidiis an christians face this, this is his quote, faces genocide together. a bishop testified. christians have a countered genocide in the obama administration refuses to recognize their plight. dr. george stanton of genocide watch testified, failure to call isis's mass murder of christians, muslims and other groups in addition to yazidis bity proper name, genocide, is grave as u.s. refusal to recognize ro wandian genocide. secondly, because i know i only got five minutes, last year a reuters investigative report, a very incisive report, that i would ask to be made part of the record, found that tier 3 recommendation made by the trafficking person's office experts being 14 instances, including malaysia, china, cuba, india and ma lan were rejected further up the chain of command and artificially given a clean bill of health for other political purposes. johnson testified in november. i asked a lot of pointed questions about were there other political factors involved. tight-lipped, very go

took >> dash is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including you yazidisristians and sunni muslims. >> genocide broad coalition of lawmakers have been pushing the administration to use. in the context of ongoing isis or dash violence against religious minorities in iraq and syria. today's designation by satisfies john kerry as month long at time very public push to get the administration to do something others in the international community had already done. >> sometimes there can be a paralysis of analysis, too much analysis, especially when the inter national association of genocide scholars had spoken. our own international religious freedom conference committee in state had spoken. and others, including pope francis and presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle. >> just yesterday the state department indicated it would not meet today's congressionally mandated deadline for deciding whether or not to call the tortures, kidnappings and rapes boy the group genocide. the white house couldn't explain what was taking so long. >> there is a very prec

kerry | secretary of state: "we know for example that in august of 2014, daesh killed hundreds of yazidi men and older women in the town of kocho, and trapped tens of thousands of yazidis on mount sinjar without allowing access to food, water or medical care. without our intervention it was clear those people would have been slaughtered." slaughtered." this is the first time the u-s has declared genocide in more than a decade. it does not mean the u-s has to take any specific action against isis, but could clear the way for more aggressive military action or humanitarian efforts. the u-n has been trying for years to punish north korea for its nuclear program. it added new sanctions just this month. month. but now we're how limited those rules may really be. despite the sanctions... this ski area in north korea has the perks of a world-class resort. that includes a luxury hotel, european chocolates, imported snowmobiles and heineken beer. north korea isn't supposed to be able to import any of those luxury items. a report by the u-n security council says part of the problem is countries di

in is unfortunate because the problem of the genocide against christians, yazidis and other religious minorities in syria is very syria. in fact, a main area in syria where christians and other religious minorities have protection today from being slaughtered and where they can practice their religious faith without fear of prosecution is in the territory that is still controlled by the syrian government of assad. the reality is that the language added to this resolution, coupled with its sister resolution, house concurrent resolution 121, is really aimed at justifying the overthrow of assad. the result of which would be a complete assault and elimination of christians and other religious minorities in syria. the fact that this resolution, which was originally introduced to increase protection for christians, yazidis and other religious minorities, has now become hijacked so it becomes the vehicle to increase the likelihood of an even greater genocide against those religious minorities is an absolute disgrace. the reality is that if the asaid regime is overthrown tomorrow, every chris

he named christians and yazidis as victims of genocide.ficant move. and there's many action -- policy actions within his purview that he can take. for example, refugee resettlement. only six christians and one yazidi have been admitted for resettlement into the united states in the five years of the conflict. that's outrageous. second, peace talks. there are peace talks going on in syria, but there's no minority voice. the christians should have a voice. they have lived there for 2,000 years. borders are going to be redrawn. constitutions drafted. and they need to have a voice in the future of their country or they will be marginalized. the lands, the secretary has talked about preserving their lands, preserving what isis has tried to destroy. and to do that, they're going to have to have someone like the united states sticking up for that. because -- >> which, you know, we finally did that yesterday where we -- it's extraordinary that it took so long. clearly, it was genocide. so what can we do? because it's genocide, people are looking f

to the united states because of thelj genocide that was committed against my people, against the yazidisitting genocide. it's not a mystery. what is a mystery is why did it take the obama administration so long to figure that out? that's really disturbing. and that's my off-the-record comment tonight. live twitter results on the screen would a brokered convention rupture the g.o.p. results are 81% say yes and 19% say no. if you don't have twitter, follow me it's tom shillue. let's check out what exciting stories we'll be discussing this evening. >> thanks. coming up on the big show. white sox slugger adam laroche walked away from $13 million after the team tells him he needs to stop bringing his 14-year-old son to work with him every day. i guess he wants to spend the exact same amount of time with the family. tom shillue will be here. >>> finally a

is responsible for genocide against yazidi, christian and shia muslims. dash is genocidal by self prom lambation, ideology and actions in what it says, believes and does. >> kerry's statement meets the march 17th deadline included in a spending bill and comes three days after the house passed a non-branding resolution. it was a rare vote. 393 to nothing. the declaration does not oblegate the u.s. to take action against i.s.i.l. much like the other time. in 2004, secretary of state said atrocities in sudan's darfur region constituted genocide. but only after lawyers did not intervene in sudan. meanwhile on capitol hill. defense secretary ash carter and the top military advisor said the effort to deal a lasting defeat ratcheted up pressure on the group. neither could say if the strongholds in iran or syria would be retaken. >> did you see raqqa fulling this year, taken away from isil. >> limiting the freedom of movement. i can't put a time line on it. i can say we were working closely with indigenous forces. >> the likelihood of raqqa falling between now an

as terrorists systematically killed christians a and yazidis and other minored.ond of state john kerry who for the first time label el i'd sis at genocidal. lawmakers have been call knowinger state department to make this designation. the house of representatives voted for it and it's only the second time in history this has happened. the last one back in 2004, over sudan. cñ8b he. what arous officials saying? >> today secretary kerry was calling the group by it's arabic acronym, daesh, and he namedded atrocities. killing children, raping people in frond of families and executing them. >> we must recognize what daesh is doing to its victims. we must hold the perpetrators accountable, and we must find atrocities be able to survive on their ancestral land. naming these crimes is important. but what is essential is to stop them. >> and the u.n. defines genocide as acts committed with an intent nationalx he says they kill christians because they are clips and ya sid diz because they're yazidi. >> what does this change. >> an expert says the designation is important b

the group is targeting christians, yazidis, and shiites. but despite that, it doesn't mean the u.s. has to take further action to stop them. >> i hope that my statement today will assure the victims of thesa, strosities that the -- astrosities that the recognize recognizes the despeak >>> today investigators said they were reenacting the concert hall attack and suicide bombings at french national stadium to better understand how the attacks unfolded. gunmen claiming allegiance to the islamic state opened fire, killing and wounding hundreds of people. >>> and the alleged mass shooter is suing uber for $10 million. he claimed that his work caused him psychological damage, telling investigators the app took over his body. he killed six people and injured two others. he faces 16 criminal charges including six counts of murder. >>> a man wasn't involved in an orlando shooting but his car matched the suspects, and officers say he tried to get away. eventually he crashed his vehicle and started running away away. police say that formerly innocent driver is paying for how he reacted to bein

intervened to rescue hundreds of yazidis trapped on that mountain top in late 2014. but now the u.s. determining that not only against yazidis but other crimes, beheadings, crewsifications, rape also considered a tool of genocide do constitute such a war crime. and as you said this will definitely reach calls for the u.s. to get more militarily involved. congress almost unanimously approved a resolution earlier this week calling these crimes genocide. the administration under intense pressure not just from congress but christian groups, activists and others to provide some protection for these ethnic groups, carol. >> all right. elise live from the state department. still do come, some republicans signaling they could be open to the president's supreme court pick. the latest on the intense battle next. wfrom your cold & flu. you give them a case of the giggles. tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold & flu symptoms... you can give them everything you've got. tylenol® it takesi'm on the move.. to all day long...ss. and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should.

to the united states because of thelj genocide that was committed against my people, against the yazidist a mystery. what is a mystery is why did it take the obama administration so long to figure that out? that's really disturbing. and that's my off-the-record comment tonight. live twitter results on the screen would a brokered convention rupture the g.o.p. results are 81% say yes and 19% say no. if you don't have twitter, follow me it's free. follow me on facebook. see you tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern. good night. >> "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> she has gone way past that to overt language and i think, therefore, we have to use overt language and call him the racist he is. >> the far left continuing to brand donald trump a racist. and if you don't go along with that description, you might be one, too. we have a specialwjtq(ort. >> for the longest time the republican party has told us that they can't win with just republican votes. guess who is doing it? donald trump is doing it. >> talk radio divided over donald trump's dan casey. we will take a hard look at that sit

isis considers the jad -- yazidis to be devil worshippers. look, let's be realistic here.terrorists being tried for war crimes? no. they'll be killed or captured or interrogated. to say isis is guilty of genocide, we're already at war with them, i don't see how this is going to make any material difference. >> all right, thanks to both of you, we appreciate it. >> sure. >>> on to politics, again, donald trump set to give a highly controversial speech on monday. but could he end up talking to an empty room? the reason top jewish leaders are boycotting the frontrunner and asking others to do the same. whewhat does it look like?ss, is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student? is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves? is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the natural world? whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. t-i-a-a. when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urin

they had suggested a while back that they were going to say that the yazidis were, you know, victimso include christians, and the christian community really rallied and started putting a lot of pressure on them. i think they, ultimately, came around to it. i will say, to be fair, because i've followed this very closely, i think kerry has all along recognized it's a genocide. the question is, who hasn't? someone has been keeping him from saying that. harris: and i know you wrote a column in "usa today" about this specifically saying that the white house had taken so long. you're right, it's a mystery. but going forward, it still doesn't obligate us to fix the problem. kirsten: it does have some pretty serious obligations in terms of how you treat people who are fleeing the violence, in terms of giving them preference for immigrating and things like that. it's actually a very important designation -- andrea: but it does mean both covert and outward military, they can be used. it's medias sets of funding to -- immediate assets of funding. i think to your point, kirsten, we've seen the h

and that's the debate here, where isil in iraq and particularly in syria have been targeting the yazidisistians, something that has drawn a lot of concern here in the united states. just yesterday there was a sense of the congress resolution passed in the house that pushed the administration to make this kind of declaration. >> could it alter the u.s. coalition fight against isil? >> reporter: probably not dramatically. but it adds a new moral imperative. the characterization of genocide carries some legal action requirements. but the united states says it is already taking actions against isil. and this is trying to gal van nice the world community to realize that isil is not just a local threat in iraq and syria. >> jamie thank you. >>> the united nations says it still cannot deliver aid in some parts of syria despite a three week cessation of hostilities there. the special envoy to syria says there are six areas where people are in desperate need but aid is being hampered by isil. james bayes filed this report from geneva. >> reporter: remember one of those besieged areas is deir ez-z

for heaven's sake, for the sake of the christians, the yazidis, the jews in the area. is it too much to ask that this united states administration take notice that there is a genocide going on? and though the administration is not doing much of anything about it, is it too much to ask that this administration at least ? ll it what it is that this house on both sides of the aisle unanimously said the same thing. is it too much to ask, even if you're not going to fight the genocide, at least call it what it is. then that will embolden others with courage to stand up and fight more fearlessly, is that too much to ask? i hope and pray not, mr. speaker. in the meantime, what we find here at home, while we're still having the administration struggle over whether to call genocide, genocide, we have a eport from i.c.e., the immigration customs enforce, i.c.e., it's revealed that 124 illegal immigrant criminals released from jail by the obama administration since 2010 have been subsequently charged with murder. center for immigration studies report on the data from i.c.e. to th

the member of the yazidi minority shows me pacts of atrocities he says was committed by i.s.i.l. fighters. beheaded bodies. hour homes have been destroyed. our friend, sons and daughters were slaughtered. we have nowhere to go back to. the stream of refugees is a serious problem. this used to be a transit group. many are stuck. including in victoria square. it's turned into a temporary camp. most are no longer permitted to across the boarder. >> countries that they are not allowed to across the boarders. they are feeling sad and hopeless. >> the governments await. their struggle to find a home is paused, but not over. every day they are in greece, they remained welcome. >> the u.s. secretary of state says none of the ceasefire violations are significant enough to end the truce. john kerry has been discussing the deal. the pair agreed not to discuss violations in public, and future attacks targetting isil. there are reports of violence in some hearse, this shows fighting in hama, where the main opposition says the government is violating the ceasefire. these pictures show soldiers

he said not just christians, also yazidis, that's true, that is valid.ms. shia and sunni muslims in the middle east are in a great islamic civil war by diluting it, by diluting genocide there is less pressure taking on christian refugees. the other problem, biggest one and ugliests one he limited to isis to daesh and it is not just them. it is not just isis. there is destruction that has been accelerates for year of christian civilization in the middle east. it is also al qaeda, al nusra, hamas, hezbollah and even to an extent the muslim brotherhood. kerry and the administration made the smallest tiniest statement they could make on genocide. basically, yeah, this is genocide, but look and this and we're really not going to do anything. bill: finding this does not obligate the united states to take any action or any additional action defense isis militants. what is this about? what it's worth, colonel? >> symbolically it is very important. it does have legal implications under international law, certainly perpetrators of genocide, that is a significant c

. >> daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under itself control including the yazidischristians and shyite muslims. daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology, and by actions. in what it says, what it believes, and what it does. daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing, directed at these same groups and in this some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and owe minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing. >> reporter: the head of the u.n.'s humanitarian task force has outlied some of the challenges aid sees are facing trying to deliver supplies to besieged areas of syria. six of the 18 regions that were isolated still haven't been reached. it is thought that isil may target air drops to some of those besieged towns. >> it turns out it was more technically difficult than we thought. it has to be from a great height since it is the i.s. that is controlling the area on the ground. t

. >> daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control including yazidis and their genocidal by self-proclamation by its actions and what it says and what it believes and what it does. daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at the same groups and in some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and other minorities. >> jordan joins us now from the u.s. state department. i'm not entirely sure how he thinks talking about is going to stop members of isil from committing acts of brutality, but there is a league side to this, the choice of words is important. >> well, it is an important legal distinction, david, and officials here at the u.s. state department say that the determining was made not just because there was a congressional requirement that the secretary of state decide whether or not isil has been committing acts of genocide, but that there's also a real sense that in the ongoing coalition's efforts to try to destroy isil that making this declaration is going to be very important. for one thing, it is a way o

fact is the sunni victims of isis is more than the shia victims in the christian victims and the yazidi victims. not ever be deceived by the narrative of sectarian rift or sectarian violence. it's political conflict at the end of the day. those people are using religion, using sacked in order to achieve, not using and misusing this religious narrative in order to achieve a little goals. it's not about religion. it's not about different sex. let me conclude by a question. -- are those -- different sects. -- are those lessons learned or those lessons that we should learn? i think we should come back to this question in the q&a. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much, professor from morocco, please. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to tell you that i am very happy to be here. thank you for giving me this opportunity. it's very difficult to be the last speaker, and i will try to be brief and share with you some reflections about this topic. we have learned a lot about lessons, and in my country, morocco has been victim of this terrorist attack, first one was in m

to cleanse the caliphate, isis death squads viciously murdered tens of thousands of christians and yazidis in northern iraq. most captured men and boys eliminated but thousands of young women and girls taken as trophies of war. >> we know that isisyazidis, christians, young women, turns hem into quote wives or sex slaves s. that doctrine within the koran? >> of course it is. it is doctrine in the koran. you can have a slave. sometime one of the girls and i recall -- she was 9 years old. that they used to rape her 20 times a day. we have succeeded in rescuing a number of those women. >> describe without creating a vulnerability for the process how you go about finding them and getting them out. >> through the relationship that we have with the kurdish tribes that we will be able to go across the borders to isis territory and we will be able to save and rescue some of the girls back. we was able to locate for markets where they sell the girls. most of them in mosul and some of them in syria, these girls have different price depend on her beauty, depend on her age, depend on she is virgin or

to cleanse the caliphate, isis death squads viciously murdered tens of thousands of christians and yazidis in northern iraq. most captured men and boys eliminated but thousands of young women and girls taken as trophies of war. >> we know that isisyazidis, christians, young women, turns hem into quote wives or sex slaves s. that doctrine within the koran? >> of course it is. it is doctrine in the koran. you can have a slave. sometime one of the girls and i recall -- she was 9 years old. that they used to rape her 20 times a day. we have succeeded in rescuing a number of those women. >> describe without creating a vulnerability for the process how you go about finding them and getting them out. >> through the relationship that we have with the kurdish tribes that we will be able to go across the borders to isis territory and we will be able to save and rescue some of the girls back. we was able to locate for markets where they sell the girls. most of them in mosul and some of them in syria, these girls have different price depend on her beauty, depend on her age, depend on she is virgin or

yazidis because they are yazidis, shia because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control. it is entire world view is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. there is no question in my mind that if daesh succeeded establishing so-called caliphate -- >> we'll leave secretary's rememberkies remarks. -- secretary kerry's remarks. this is forum on influence of the u.s. this is institute for research. this is just getting underway. . . there should be five note cards. you can use those pins and those notecards to write questions asked the panelists are speaking. someone will go round to collect the notecards enhance into the moderate who live shuffle through them to ask the questions to the speakers but it allows us to keep things fast and stay on schedule. in the back of your badge you received there should be a red tape you. make sure you hold onto that. that will be needed for the reception that begins at 5:00 after the program. just a reminder that there is no recording inside and

is not whether you can put a mosque on this corner, but help us go save the yazidis in iraq today. make an impact. that is the fight they need to be having. that is what the interfaith alliance is to be talking about. the dialogue is how do we save these people being butchered all across the middle east? [applause] muslims need to be the tip of the spear to take ideology against their religion. >> last question. i want to ask you to do something, but i imagine a lot of us will leave thinking, what is going through the mind of barack obama? you don't mindif and tell us what you are thinking. only by watching -- does he love america? i'm not going to get into that. he fundamentally believes that by engaging with the folks that "were enemies of the united states," that because he was president, he would see us differently and change their behavior. no, they did not give up their self interest. the muslim brotherhood wants to destroy us today as much as they did 8-9 years ago, or 20 years ago, or 80 years ago. they want to establish the caliphate. by engaging with them, we gave an open

is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under control including yazidi christians and muslim. d.a.e.s.h. is genocidal by self prom lamb aches, ideology and actions. in what it says, believes and does. d.a.e.s.h. is responsible for crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing directed at the same groups, and in some cases against sunni muslims, kurds and other minorities. >> greece is calling for countries that could shut borders to face sanctions. refugees are being urged to move to organized camps. thousands are stuck in a small place on the greece-macedonia boarder. it's from there that mohammed reports reports. >> reporter: thousands of refugees are stranded. carrying them to the foreign locations. the with the borders closed, the only option is to seek asylum officially. in all eight. in this part of the camp. since october 2015, which is the operational date, starting dates on the ground. about 780 people have been relegated. hope is what makes them trek to the camp. hope is going to the north, to reach the european countries. it's the force that prop pills them, like e

judgment da'ish is responsible for genocide against groups and areas under its control including this yazidis christians and shia muslim. da'ish is genocidal by self trucks -- proclamation ideology and by actions. and what it says, what it believes in what it does. bill: carrie said part of the isis by military force. donald trump has a new warning for the gop establishment with the race going to the party's convention continues to grow. plus more groups jumping on more than a growing effort to take down the front-runner. "fox news" correspondent doug mcelway is in washington with the latest on the campaign trail. political and has continued to stress the importance of the`delegate map and looking at the map for the five states that voted in tuesday's primaries gop front-runner donald trump clearly has the lead with more than half of the delegates needed to secure the republican nomination. >> i started off with 17 people all smart and all coming into town to three. his closest rival has less than a third in order to beat trump would have to win 80% of the delegates going forward. winning the

yazidis, christians, shia muslims who don't subscribe to -- charles: why does it take so long for obamais the slaughter, the genocide? >> they got tripped up what the implication of the genocide label would be in terms of what they are responsible to do as a result. but the fact of the matter is, again, the thing they're doing is pushing back. you wouldn't know it if you watched certain outlets. charles: i got you. let me just -- less than a minute left in the show, and stacy, we're talking about genocide of christians and a lot of people are saying why have we allowed this to happen for so long? >> i believe the problem is first of all, we're calling isis islamic terrorists, radical islamists. what they really should be called is islamic fascists. because what is happening is islam is being politicized and islamic fascism can be shia or sunni, can be both. and it is an authoritarian government trying to impose its will on the world. and until we figure out how to beat that government, we can't beat isis. charles: all right, well, they are genocidal. erick, sorry we couldn't get to you.

. >> daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including the yazidisans, and shiite muslims. daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology, and actions? what it says, what it believes, and what it does. daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing, directed at the same groups, and in some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and other minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing. >> the united nations humanitarian advisor says they are still unable to deliver aid to six regions in syria where people are starving. the task force leader has revealed his fears that isil may target the air drops. >> it turns out that it was more technically difficult than we thought. this has to be from great heights since the i.s. may have surface to air missiles. so it has to be from a great height. it has to be at great speed, and the parachutes have to sustain this enormous jolt of the

to cleanse the caliphate, isis death squads viciously murdered tens of thousands of christians and yazidis in northern iraq. most captured men and boys eliminated but thousands of young women and girls taken as trophies of war. >> we know that isisyazidis, christians, young women, turns hem into quote wives or sex slaves s. that doctrine within the koran? >> of course it is. it is doctrine in the koran. you can have a slave. sometime one of the girls and i recall -- she was 9 years old. that they used to rape her 20 times a day. we have succeeded in rescuing a number of those women. >> describe without creating a vulnerability for the process how you go about finding them and getting them out. >> through the relationship that we have with the kurdish tribes that we will be able to go across the borders to isis territory and we will be able to save and rescue some of the girls back. we was able to locate for markets where they sell the girls. most of them in mosul and some of them in syria, these girls have different price depend on her beauty, depend on her age, depend on she is virgin or

. >> i think the statutory requirements are met with respect yazidis. question is looking at what the consequences of that declaration would be. you know, if the administration had been pursuing an effective policy against isis for past couple of years. we might not be in such a perilous position. my guess would be is that the administration will acknowledge it's genocide but its policy in the region basically won't change. >> won't change. if mr. kerry declares genocide as you stated it's likely he might, what will that mean in terms of the united states and the international community's response, it may not change. will it require military intervention? would it be similar to what colin powell did in 2004? atrocities committed in darfur region of sudan was -- >> i think i was at the state department at the time that secretary powell made that decision to call darfur genocide. i think he was correct to do that and i think the legal interpretation that he followed at that time was also correct that it's really under american statutes which implement the

in my judgment, dash was responsible for genocide against groups in areas under control including yazidis, christians and shia muslims. no question in my mind that if dash succeeded in establishing so-called caliphate it would seek to destroy what remains of ethnic and religious mosaic once thriving in the region. lou: crimes of genocide, the secretary referencing dash, which most of us understand to be the islamic state. for whatever the administration's purposes they choose to use that language at the state department. >>> as for what the labeling of the crimes committed by the islamic state means for this country, the state department said this -- >> we hope it will help galvanize communities here at home and abroad to help us do more to defeat this group, as well as help us continue to collect and analyze information about their atrocities. lou: translation, if i may, there will be effectively no change at all to the u.s. policy in the fight against the islamic state. >>> we're coming right back, much more straight ahead. stay with us. >>> pope francis telling the world to open their

. >> and the yazidis and the other ethnic and religious minorities. but you know what? what we aren't talking about is what happens to those people that are captured on the battlefield against isis right now? where are we planning to put them? maybe we'll have some black site somewhere around the world. but is there a legitimate reason for gitmo at this point? i'm just wondering how it doesn't come up. you've been on these sorts of trips before. >> everything is scripted in advance. so there are no spontaneous conversations. and when the white house says we don't expect it to come up, unless the cubans raise it in an x party way, it probably won't come up, which is again a sign of really how we are just capitulating to the cubans. >> what you said about teheran is now resonating big-time in social media. >> and he may make a little pop-in on the way to teheran, hit pyongyang. >> oh, you don't know all that. >> this is a fantasy happening in john's head. >> an american in jail for 15 years. >> send bill richardson to get him out. >> with dennis rodman. >> the 21-year-old

. >> in my judgment daesh is responsible for genocide including yazidi, christians, and shia muslims. daesh is genocidal by proclamation, ideology and by actions, in what it says, what it believes, and what it does. >> kerry's statement meets a march 17th deadline included last year in the government spending bill and comes three days after the house passed a non-binding resolution saying that isis is committing genocide. it was a rare unanimous vote, 393-0. the declaration does not obligate the u.s. to take additional action against isil. much like the only other time the u.s. issued a similar declaration. in 2004 secretary of state colin powell said that the atrocities in darfur's region instituted genocide but only after lawyers ruled the declaration did not obligate the u.s. to intervene in sudan to stop the killing. meanwhile, ash carter and his stop military adviser general joseph dunford said that the effort to deal a lasting defeat continues to researc ratchet up the effort and training fight tours take them on. neither could say if isil's strongholds in iraq and syria would b

isis has not only targeted christians, they have targeted the yazidi community. isis slaughtered almost all the men on mount sinjar and then sold the women and the girls off into slavery, this demonic desire of theirs and gave them to their fighters. just another example of tragic cases of genocide in world history. isis will not stop, mr. speaker, exterminating these people until they bow down to their ideology, and their ideology is based on hate. isis does not just target those under its control. the terrorists seek to cleanse the world, the whole world from all people who to not accept their belief, including other muslims. it's time the united states and the rest of the world make it clear to all what isis is doing. we must denounce murder, this genocide that is occurring because of people's religious belief. i'm glad this bill is coming forward, and i'm proud to be a o-sponsor of h.con.res 75. mr. speaker, justice must be done, and after all, isn't just what we do -- justice what we do in the united states? and that's just the way it is. i'll yield back. th