but then we went to meet with some yazidis, yazidi refugees, and the experience with the yazidi refugees just accented the day and made it so much more powerful. i'm gonna let abbas talk about what happened with the yazidis. >> yeah. i mean, we met with them at the hotel, and there were about three or four of them that came and shared personal stories. one was when the yazidi refugees -- which, yazidis, which i didn't know, they're not muslims or they're not christians. they're in a religion of their own. and they were isolated in the mountains, and the isis folks did not provide them with access to food or water for more than a week. and that one by itself was very disturbing, trying to just isolate people and leave them by themselves. but the worst one was when they were talking about how the isis people were forcing women with infants to take their kids, they used to kill their kids, and force them to actually eat their own kids. it was just -- it is something that is embedded here that will never go away. i mean, that kind of stuff. you know, it was very disturbing. >> how do you eve

yazidi women have faced additional abuse, the abuse of sexual torture at the hands of their captors.any were sold into sexual slavery at slave markets. nadia is a survivor. she was one of the fortunate who managed to escape her brutal captivity and has since devoted her life to being a voice for those left behind. she said, it never gets any easier to tell her story. each time, she said, she relives it. is the bestd, it weapon she has against terrorism and she plans on using her voice until the terrorists are put on trial. she has recently written a book about her experience entitled, "the last girl: my story of captivity and my fight against the islamic state." i hope you will all buy it. she has joined forces with amal clooney to insist that the international community bring the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity the justice. justice.t this -- to she has also founded an initiativen, nadya to help women in marginalized groups to have a role in stabilizing and rebuilding their communities. in 2016, the united nations named her the first goodwill ambassador for the dignity

>> there are some yazidis left. of northern iraq has been obliterated by isis. so a lot of these ancient villages, they don't have water, they don't have infrastructure. so it is very hard for them, the kurds, the christians to begin a new life after everything isis did. even if they have been kicked out the whole region is still a huge mess. stuart: michelle, i want to say again, congratulations we're in awe of what you did. we hope you can do it again. michelle rigby assad. >> thank you very much. stuart: there is the book. michelle rigby assad. our special guest. >>> this for you. medical breakthrough? new treatment for the flu that can completely kill the virus in 24 hours? how about that? dr. siegel will tell us if it works. ♪ the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. (snap) achoo! (snap) achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy

unfortunately what we are seeing right now that there are shia, there are sunni, there are kurds and yazidis from different backgrounds and different sects. we don't -- we don't like to interfere and having, like, one sunni front. this is not qatar policy. and we encourage everybody to come along based on -- we talk to sunni leaders, we talk to shia leaders, we talk to different politicians to have a united front among them with a common national interest that iraq should remain together, but the integrity of iraq shouldn't be undermined. and to stay -- to stay together for -- for a better future. but just fueling and leveling this sunni pack or shia pack, i don't think this will be good for the iraqi people themselves. >> thank you very much, minister. >> thank you. >> i hope to host you in the future and better times. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] "washington journal." coming up this morning, law professor stephen broderick discusses the release of the nuÑez house intelligence memo. then they representative from judicial watch will talk about reaction to the me

tekkal is a yazidi, the iraqi minority subjected to genocide i by the so-callslamic state. >> ( translatedviolence is very much a taboo subject to a taut, especially when related to migration. ndt we have to be open and honest about it,e need to talk about the connection that naturally exists. >> reporter: at the berlin state assembly, the alternfor germany relishes being the iuntry's main opposition. latest polls sugges gaining popularity at merkel's expense. regional leader georg pazderski says crime is a contributory factor. >> ( translated ): she does very poorly with this problem, and what i really think is, she's not listening to the people. i think you can only cure e crime rate if you are closing the borders, just to find out who is in germany. and then also to be very strictr as fs crime is concerned. >> reporter: germany may have a new coalition, but as the demonstrations in kandel and cottbus clearly illustrated, the d.country is deeply divide for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabant in germany. >> yang: now, a story of love and marriage in a society undergoing tremendous chang

there are efforts to encourage the prosecution of isis, perpetrators of rape and genocides against yazidis in national courts, using domestic laws that provide for such prosecutions. this bill would make it clear that the u.s. government should also be encouraging such efforts. the genocide by isis fighters in the middle east, war crimes perpetuated by syria's brutal dictator, and the north korean regime's crimes against its own people must all be opposed by the united states. it is my hope that the passage of this bill will send the signal that these brutal atrocities and the cowards that perpetuate them will be hunted down and punished with all means possible. -- by all means possible. i thank my good friend and ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, eliot engel, for his role as the lead democrat co-sponsor of this bipartisan legislation. and again i'd like to thank chairman royce for bringing this to the floor. and lastly i'd like to thank the committee staff for their thoughtful contributions and assistance and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the