negotiations with syria. i spoke to bashar al-assad last week for “60 minutes.” here is the full conversation. charlie rose: thank you for allowing us to come here. we asked for this interview because your country has been at war for four years. it is a humanitarian crisis. perhaps the worst on the planet. 10 million have left their homes. life expectancy is down. 50% of your country is occupied by hostile forces. it has become a battleground for outside forces. what is next? we have seen, since i last visited, they rise of isis. hezbollah. we have seen the united states becoming increasingly concerned about isis, so much so that the president and the secretary of state have said there is a need for a negotiated settlement. president assad: the meaning of your question is exaggerating the numbers a bit. [indiscernible] actually three families who lost their dear ones, it is a tragedy that has been going -- every family has lost something and their livelihood. a few thousands or hundreds of thousands, it is a tragedy. every conflict should end up with dialogue. article solutions between differ

year in 2014 were from syria to give a sense of the kinds of people who are desperate enough to risk their lives on these unseaworthy boats. we have seen a significant increase in the number of people attempting the journey. obviously the multiple humanitarian crisis in the world today are feeding this human mobility and the situation in libya are facilitating the depastures. >> there is an emergency of what to do about this crisis. what can be done immediately to address the issue? >> well, look, the humanitarian i am imperative is to get out there and save lives. people are going to move and attempt these journeys, and there are going to be more deaths an unbearable number of deaths very soon if the e.u. does not committee to a full-fledged mediterranean- mediterranean search and rescue. clearly the time is now. >> in fact, the e.u. scaled back search and rescue operations in november. why would they do that? >> well, essentially what happened is after a terrible shipwreck off the coast of lampedusa, italy's island in the mediterranean in october 2014 italy established a massi

these kids are losing their childhoods. >>> from syria and iraq, to the central african republic and south sudan - 2014 was the worst year for young people since world war ii. >> if you look at now the map of the world and imagine the countries in crisis, and tell me which one looks like it's going to get better. >> war aside, millions of children die every year from preventible causes. >> those kids dying every day are an abomination. >>> even some of the wealthier countries are failing to care for their own youth according to u.n.i.c.e.f. >> no society is healthy if the inequalities in that society are growing. >>> lake has served in a variety of roles for the u.s. government, including as national security advisor in the clinton administration. his advice for president obama now about the wars in syria and iraq... >> join with other nations and do everything you can through bringing influence to bear through diplomacy to end this war. >>> i spoke to anthony lake in new york. as i sit and speak with you your office put out a frightening report about what is going on in syria and ir

have seen in libya and syria. the u.n. negotiates endorsed by the security council remain the best chance to help get the transition back on track and preserve the country's unity, and territorial integrity. for over two months my special envoy has facilitated all inclusive negotiations. all disagreements remain on some critical issues many others had been resolved. there needs to be a return to political negotiations. all parties to those negotiations must participate in good faith. there is no other solution. as the fighting rages on all parties to the conflict in yemen must adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law. i call on all of them to protect civilians and enable humanitarian workers to safely deliver life-saving assistance wherever it is needed. i expect remember states to do everything possible to make this happen and get the parties back to the peace table without conditions and without delay. ladies and gentlemen of the media, the syrian war [ inaudible ] words to describe the mayhem. now the fighting has prompted new depth in the horror that is

remember the heartland of the bible where jonah was with a profit daniels to in iraq and syria to have biblical significance. so it is just good old fashioned pillaging as they conquered will sold -- model -- and what what they took from that conquest where isis kaposi's oilfields and they sell that on the black market in the middle east of turkey and syria began the lebanon and their making two or $3 million per day. so lots of different revenue streams. you see the tower and the village you make them pay tribute to with it exorbitant taxes so multiple revenue streams without a doubt. >> i cannot say kiwi neff. faq for coming. to have that intellectual courage of the ushers. syria. this was held at columbia in new york city. >> good afternoon. and welcome on this snowy day to the book round table with david phillips. i am a professor of political science science at barnard and deputy director for social sciences and programming. on behalf of of the hammer institute and columbia university and want to welcome you to this book launch, book conversation, "the kurdish spring" a new m

relationship with syria. this was held at columbia in new york city. >> good afternoon. and welcome on this snowy day to the book round table with david phillips. i am a professor of political science science at barnard and deputy director for social sciences and programming. on behalf of of the hammer institute and columbia university and want to welcome you to this book launch, book conversation, "the kurdish spring" a new map of the middle east authored by david phillips sitting here to your right. david is director of a program on peacebuilding and rights about the study of human rights. he has worked as senior adviser to the united nations secretariat and the foreign affairs expert and senior advisor to the u.s. state department. so positions, different academic universities conflict resolution program director at the american university program on conflict and peacebuilding. he's a visiting visiting scholar for middle east studies and a professor at the academy of kenya. he has written numerous books. this is the latest one and he has been involved in peacebuilding operations, practic

against terrorism. what we believe it doesn't discuss is the fate of bashar al-assad syria's leader. that is important because remember the syrian national coalition, the main opposition group in syria has been boycotting these talks. it sees the removal of bashar al-assad as the main precondition for any kind of negotiations but the landscape for syria's opposition groups has shifted considerably since the war began, nearly -- five years ago. recently we have seen the rise of the islamic state, and this has replaced bashar al-assad as the main bad man in the region. so we have detected a notable softening in the language. the other thing that has happened is the nuclear deal with iran. when sanctions are lifted against iran this will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting its allies, one of those allies is bashar al-assad. so what is good for bashar al-assad is of course bad for syria's opposition. >>> the international committee of the red cross and the u.n. have called for immediate access to a camp in syria to deliver humanitarian aid. thousands of ref

. >>> syria's president is speaking out today highlighting syrian national day. it is meant to be a day of unity, but there is no end to the civil war in cite. thousands living in lebanon say bashar al-assad's words mean nothing to them. mohammed reports. >> reporter: today we have spoken to all of the refugees here who say that they are not marking syrian national day in any way whatsoever. there is not any sense of any kind of pride in syrian national day. what we have encountered here are people who's lives have been devastated who have children here who are just trying to get the most basic fundamental medical care. if you look behind us there is a line there. those are mothers and their children. many children born since they have been here trying to get vaccinations so that they don't get sick. now you have a huge refugee community here in lebanon. in fact one quarter of this tiny country's population is comprised of syrian refugees because of the political situation here you can't have official encampment that's why you have makeshift camps like this. and in that interview that bashar al-

. >> an american arrested. returning to the u.s. accused of training with terrorists in syria and coming home to launch a terror attack here. iraq helping to fight isis as terrorists try to take over a new city. >>> al qaeda making advances in yemen. team coverage breaking down the threat at home and around the world. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is friday april 17th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. developing this morning, a naturalized american citizen back from terrorism training in syria with plans to attack on u.s. soil. this man now in custody. he is charged with providing material support to terrorists and lying to the fbi. evan perez is in washington with the very latest. >> reporter: john and christine, mohamud is the terrorist threat that the counterterrorism officials warned us about for months. an american who traveled overseas to fight for al qaeda and come back to plot an attack at home. the 23-year-old resident of columbus ohio is providing terrorist support to nusra. he became a u.s. citizen last year. two months

daniels to in iraq and syria to have biblical significance. so it is just good old fashioned pillaging as they conquered will sold -- model -- and what what they took from that conquest where isis kaposi's oilfields and they sell that on the black market in the middle east of turkey and syria began the lebanon and their making two or $3 million per day. so lots of different revenue streams. you see the tower and the village you make them pay tribute to with it exorbitant taxes so multiple revenue streams without a doubt. >> i cannot say kiwi neff. faq for coming. to have that intellectual courage of the ushers. and i am so privileged to be his friend. [applause] >> wed you raised your hand to take the oath of office what were your mom and dad thinking? to rec i knew my mom would be crying but my dad was 82 he showed up without his cave in and i said dad july need to run someone to your hotel? he would straighten up and say i am in the capital. i don't need the came to day. but another was super proud. syria. this was held at columbia in new york city. [inaudible conversations] good aftern

way to access the area is by helicopter, with surrounding roads covered in snow. >>> syria's defense minister is visiting iran to discuss military cooperation. the two-day trip comes as the syrian military is losing territory to an alliance of rebel fighters. the rebels are taking ground in parts of idlib province. karla marlon reports. >> reporter: this activist video of what appears to be large numbers of syrian government forces on their way out of idlib province. it's the latest sign that the government is losing control of this part of syria. most rebel groups fighting here have joined together to make up what they are calling the army of conquest. they have taken control of the second largest military base in idlib province. nusra front fighters sent suicide bombers into the camps in trucks. >> translator: the last suicide attacker has just left and will deal them a heavy blow. he will be followed by command does and then fighters. >> reporter: as the fighters took control of the camp there were air strikes from government jets. the rebels have already taken much of the provinc

the program. the graphic video of a suspected chlorine attack in syria that left u.n. officials in tears. italy calls for international help as it struggles to cope with another influx of migrants. why some of the world's best coffee beans are leaving a rather bitter taste for traders in den i kenya. ♪ ♪ but first yemen's new vice president is urging houthi rebel to his end their offensive on the poured city of aden. bahah says the goodwill gesture could open the door to peace he's also appealing to renegade army units to support the legitimate government in exile instead of the houthis. now we have more. >> reporter: this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. khaled bahar is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to pull together a nation on the brink of civil war. bahah says he is willing to work with his houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president al saleh but only if they disarm. >> translator: we must give the law a chance, we should be united behind our project for a civic state and achieve militia hoyle to al saleh and yemen and

fighters, the focus is on anbar in syria. both sides are claiming they've made gains in the area. iraq prime minister meanwhile is in washington, d.c., there to ask president obama for more weapons to help in the fight against isil. the u.s. has already delivered 300 mine resistant vehicles, 12,000 sets of body armor helmets and first aid kits. we have more from washington d.c. what more is he going to ask for and how likely is he to get it? >> it's a pretty long list. the iraq prime minister not only wants weapons given on credit, he is looking for economic assistance to make up the budget shortfall and wants humanitarian aid. it's pretty unusual on the president's schedule, president obama has no plans to host a press conference with the prime minister on his first official visit to washington. the white house isn't saying why that is. iraq officials have been leaking quite a built to the press usually found upon. one story is that the u.s. is going to deliver f-16s long awaited f-16s this summer. there's been no confirmation from the white house. we'll be looking very closely to see

a lot of pressure. also being reordered in some way. more ungoverned areas. big parts of syria. in east asia and you have the rise of china. great for the chinese people. great for the global economy. history teaches us when you have rising powers in an international system you have to manage it care. those three challenges are the strategic problems. other factors bring instability to the middle east and competition. sunni extremism in terms of reorganizing the world. if you look at near and present dangers, it is a terrorist attack on the united states or a cyber attack on the united states. those are clear and present dangers. it depends on your time frame. which one will be more significant? we have all three to deal with. their associated delivery systems and particularly states that may use them is another factor as well complicated things in those regions, particularly in the middle east but also in the korean peninsula. it is not just limited to nuclear weapons. it is in the long run thanks to evolution and biotechnology. mostly good but also some dark sides to it and somet

at the yarmouk camp in syria as unbearable suffering. the security council is now demanding access to the camp to help thousands of refugees trapped by days of intense fighting after i.s.i.l. attacked. >> besieged but actions inside the camp for last two years have been very threatening to their lives and their livelihoods. but the current escalation that we have seen has led to a situation into the hour being more desperate than ever for civilians inside yarmouk. >> the fighting erupted last wednesday when i.s.i.l. stormed the camp five miles from syria's capital damascus. other armed groups are also fighting and contributing to the chaos. stefanie dekker has the latest. >> the syrian national news agency aired these pictures. thoag shoag how theyshowing how they got to safety. >> in a matter of 30 minutes they could have knowledge killed all in this picture. all with the government they will cut our heads off. they have no mercy. >> reporter: for the first time video of i.s.i.l. has been posted online showing the inside of the palestinian refugee camp. they have been fighting pal

for a reason. many of them many most of them at least last summer were refugees from syria. if, you know these people are stuck in turkey in jordan lebanon, with no future in sight. they will examine anyway because that's what we would do in their shoes. we should do what we've done for the endo chinese 30 years ago. a comprehensive plan of action and resettle probably 1 million or 2 million of those refugees before they get to the smugglers. it would be an orderly process, lives would be saved, asylum claim procedures would be avoided, and the market for the smugglers would be reduced. >> when you say reschedule or resettle these people a million people where do you want them resettled? >> well in the global north. that's what we did for the indough chinese. we took about 3 million indough chinese 30 years ago, we could take 1 or 2 million syrians now. >> take them and resettle them in europe? >> in europe in north america, in australia and new zealand. i've calculated if we take 1 million syrians, for example over the next five years, for a country like canada it's less than 9,000

accelerated taking of territory in syria and iraq and just, you know, as experts who spent a lot of time in the region what explains why these nine nations would react with such speed and force to the houthi takeover of yemen but would not be so engaged in the fight against isil? >> sir like you i am very encouraged that we've seen, what we've seen here recently with the number ofgations coming together to address a problem, the core of these nation's are gcc nations. and i certainly believe that they all think that yemen is a very critical piece of real estate, just based upon the geography. most important it shares a border with saudi arabia and oman and i think so, the gcc countries are naturally predisposed to helping protect another gcc country and then the relationships between the saudis and egyptians and others are really what's driving tear participation there. i would remind you senator, i know you are very, very well aware of this. the fight we flew into syria for the first time we had five sunni arab-led nations fly in that formation with us, which is really unprecedente

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circumvent the airstrikes. and will make sure that they can survive in the black market. beyond syria and iraq so. two very important things that originate in the 1990s and are relevant. so after the iraq war the second snapshot. after the iraqi war, sunnis to feel they have lost power. so they are in a minority. and iraq. and felt that they were not in control and that americans were conspiring with the shiites and the kurds and even with iran to take over. there are indications that these were a basis for the conspiracy thinking. because you note first election that's happened after the americans handing over power to iraqis and dominated by the shias and the kurds. and both for the elections and lost control. there is arrest relation. and a sense that at the are losing power. and you will have to start to have a movement. that is dedicate today restoration of sunni domination in iraq. and now that meant. have you like a strange alliance between baptists. and and the other so you have a lot of people that we have with a lot of people that interviewed people in the beginning and a lo

al jazeera america i'm morgan live in new york city the humanitarian crisis in syria is mounding the word from u.n. asking for the help in the growing crisis and leaders from the world were at the u.n. just moments ago and syria neighbors need more aid for housing, protection and a lot of services to the more than 4 million people who fled syria over the past four years and we go to james live at the u.n. with us and james good afternoon to you and we know this meeting comes on the heels of a new report on syria but what else do we really know at this point? >> how bad the situation is getting because these reports come out every single month and every single month the figures of those that are in need in humanitarian need go up they now have figures they think of 220,000 people who have been killed, over a million injured and 7.6 million people displaced, quite observe these meetings are behind closed doors and really trying to get the world to listen and having an open meeting and listen to the words of the u.n. humanitarian coordinator. >> the government arms and terrorists groups

charged tonight. investigators say he went to syria to train with isis, then came home with plans to attack. >>> the tic call for help from the airport worker trapped in midair inside the cargo hold, pleading with a 911 operator from his cell phone. >>> and snoring risk. the new warning tonight about sleep apnea and snoring, the potential connection to memory loss and dementia, and what you can do to fight it. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. that bizarre aerial stunt in washington, d.c., is still rattling nerves today with the question what if on a lot of minds. we're talking about that copter that flew undetected to the u.s. capitol yesterday through some of the most restricted air space in the country. it was piloted by a florida mailman with a political message but who, as far as we know, had no intent to do harm. but what if someone else was at the controls, someone with deadly intent? tonight we're not the only ones asking, and some of the answers w

program the graphic final of a suspected chlorine attack in syria that left u.n. security council ambassadors in tears. reports of more violence as south africa's president calls for an end to attacks on migrant workers. why some of the world's best coffee beans are leaving a bitter taste for traders in kenya. ♪ ♪ >>> yemen's new vice president is urging houthi rebel to to his to end their offensive on aden. saying the goodwill gesture to open the door to peace and also appealing to renegade army units to support the legitimate government in exile instead of the houthis. now we have more. >> reporter: this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. khaled bahah is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to pull together a nation on the brink of civil war war. bahah says he's willing to work with his huge a components and forces loyal to the former president saleh. but only if they disarm. >> translator: we must give the law the chance, we shall be united behind our project and to achieve the militias lawyers to houthis and saleh should immediately. [ inau

states. six people arrested in san diego and in minneapolis, for either going to syria or trying to go to join isis. the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi will announce the brand new details coming up. we'll get to that as soon as it gets underway about 30 minutes from now. >>> first isis releasing new video of brutal execution apparently targeting christians again for death simply because of their faith. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," everyone. i'm marth maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. video appears them beheading one group and shooting another. the white house announcing violence. the united states condemns in the strongest terms the brutal mass murder of reportedly ethiopian christians by isil-affiliated terrorists in libya. that these terrorists killed these men solely because of their faith lays bare the terrorists, vicious senseless brutality. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with more from that in washington d.c. what are we learning about the tape? 29 minutes in length. what else, catherine. >> reporter: thank you bill good morning

in syria is mounding is the word from the u.n. as it asks for help with the growing refugee crisis there leaders from across the world meeting at the u.n. syria's neighbors say they need more aid to provide housing protection and other services to the more than 4 million people who fled syria in the past four years and james has the latest. >>> every month the u.n. security council gets a report on the humanitarian situation in syria, every single month that report shows the situation is getting worse, it's now believed 220,000 people have been killed in the conflict the u.n. says 7.6 million syrians have been displaced. this month they decided to talk about all of this in an open session to try and get the world to take notice, just listen to the word of the u.n. humanitarian coordinator valorie amos. >> the government arms and terrorists groups continue to kill maim rape torture and take syria to new lows that seem unimaginable a few years ago. people have become numb to figures that should everyday shock our collective conscious and infer urgent action. >> reporter: sitting next

full of terrorist. >> reporter: the chaos syria leaving them vulnerable to attack and a memorial service for the german wings plane crash in the alps. ♪ we begin in south africa where street bats have been fought through the night as anti-immigrant violence spreads to downtown johannesburg and fired rubber coated bullets to disburse a group of migrants armed with machetes after attempted break-ins on foreign owned shops and 12 people were arrested overnight. [gunfire] south africa hit by a wave of attacks against foreigners over the past two weeks and at least six people were killed in the port city of durban and hundreds forced out of their homes and sheltering in camps and police stations. and south africa is a country of more than 50 million people and thought to be around 5 million foreigners but it's hard to be precise because many are living and working illegally there. most around 3 million are thought to be from zimbobwae and the jobless rate in south africa is 25% and more dramatic for young people, youth unemployment is at 40%, not surprisingly then many local politic

terrorists in syria before returning home to the united states but authorities say this ohio man, what he planned to do before he was stopped. let's talk live in the "cnn newsroom"s. good morning, everyone. happy friday. i am deborah feyerick and i am in for carol costello this morning. the first interview with the reserved deputy that shot and killed an unarmed suspect after mistaking his taser for his firearm, and you will hear robert bates explain how this happened. >> on your stomach. >> oh, i shot him. i am sorry. >> and during this morning's interview, bates alternated between choked up and also defiant, insisting that anybody could have made this mistake. here is how he describes what happened in that deadly shooting. >> my taser is right here on the front tucked in a protective vest and my gun itself is on my side normally to the rear. >> people are going to look at that mr. bates, and they are going to say how can you make this mistake? how could you think you were going for your taser on your chest tucked into that vest and accidentally pull your weapon? >> let me say, this has

. syria as well big parts of syria. yemen now big parts, as well. but then in east asia you have the rise of china. great event for the maybe the most significant event of the 2 1s century as we look back. great for the chinese people in terms of lifting many of them out of poverty. great for the global economy. but history teaches us that when you have rising powers and in an international system you have to manage it carefully. so those three challenges occurring simultaneously are the big strategic problems. >> rose: since russia, sunni extremism and china. >> and other factors that bring instability to the middle east and competition. but sunni extremism in terms of reordering. then if you look at just near and present dangers what do i worry about every night, it's terrorist attack on the united states or a cyberattack on the united states. so those are the clear and present dangers. but not necessarily the longer term strategic geo political. so that's why i was saying it depends kind of on your time frame which one will be more significant when we have all three to deal with.

warns that syria's refugee crisis is driving more and more people to join those risking their lives on the med. >>> you're watching al jazeera live from london. we'll also be looking at what libya's doing on this. >>reporter: the libyan coast guard is searching for migrants trying to reach europe. >>> also world leaders join armenia in commemorating 100 years after genocide. >>> plus a volcano in chili has an ash cloud reaching thousands of miles away. >> the strain on syria's neighbors is driving more and more people to try to cross the sea to europe. the european union is to double the emergency aid it gives to italy, greece and malta to deal with migrants to make it across the mediterranean but the eu is also diverting resources to stop the people smugglers. in tunisia a man appeared in court charged of being in charge a boat that crashed last sunday. at least 700 people on board the boat died. >>reporter: is this the face of a trader in human misery? that's what the court must decide. he says he was only a passenger on the overcrowded boat that capsized with the loss of hundreds of

. paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> syria has been marking its national day with no end in site to the four-year old civil war. many have fled to lebanon from where mohammed sent this update. >> reporter: in aleppo they were running in fear. the bombs brought more death and destruction. but in damascus they ran in celebration. for marathon marking syria's national day >> translator: syria is victorious. >> reporter: state television showed an embattled president trying to project an air of power. >> so there is good thing to do to give people refuge but if you ask the syrian people who fled from syria what do you want? they don't want to flee syria because of the war. they want to end that war. >> reporter: for the refugees here it was never a question of wanting to flee. they had no other choice. while the syrian government may be marking national day, there is absolutely no sense or talk of celebration in this makeshift camp in lebanon. in fact most of the refugees that we have met here today a lot of them lined up behind us they are just trying to ensure that their children get the

minister says syria's opposition and the west are moving closer to holding talks with syria's president, babb -- bashar al-assad. the main opposition group is boycotting the meeting. rory challands has more now from moscow. >> reporter: for the first two days of these four-day talks, it was just the opposition groups here discussing amongst themselves. the government's representative only turned up on wednesday. when he did, he wasn't handed a document formulated by the opposition groups and this includes things like discussions of humanitarian issues and what they call the fight against terrorism. what we believe it doesn't discuss is the fate of bashar al-assad syria's leader. that is important, because remember the syrian national coalition, the main opposition group in syria has been boycotting these talks. it sees the removal of bashar al-assad as the main precondition for any kind of negotiations. but the landscape for syria's opposition groups has shifted considerably since the war began nearly five years ago. recently we have seen the rise of islamic state, and this ha

you,. >> nice to have you here. >> nice to be here. >> let's start with syria, if you don't mind. today, the president gave a speech to the u.n. general assembly. sounded like it could have been given by george w. bush or maybe john mccain. maybe too conservative. but two weeks ago you gave a speaker e speech after the am herself college and questioned whether the president is two enough. is he tough enough now? >> we'll see, when i did the first book on obama's about his afghan war decision making when i interviewed him, stepped through the various high points and then at the end, i showed him -- because i'm trying to find out who he is, what's the inner obama on the issue of war. and showed him a quote from a world war ii book written by rick adkinson in which rick steps back and says war corrupts everyone. no one leaves war with their heart unstained. it's an ugly business. showed this to obama and he read it, and he said i'm sympathetic with this view. go read my nobel prize acceptance speech, 2009. i'd seen it and read it and, in fact, did not really understand it because i

in some way. libya being an example. more ungoverned areas. syria as well big parts of syria. yemen as well, it parts of it as well. and then in east asia and you have the rise of china. may be the most significant event for the 20th century as we look back great for the , chinese people. lifting many of them out of poverty. great for the local economy. but history teaches us when you have rising powers in an international system you have to manage it carefully. so, those three challenges happening simultaneously are the big strategic problems. and other factors bring instability to the middle east and competition, but sunni extremism in terms of reorganizing the world. if you look at near and present dangers, it is a terrorist attack on the united states or a cyber attack on the united states. those are clear and present dangers. but not necessarily the longer term, geopolitical. so that's why i was saying it depends on your time frame. which one will be more significant? we have all three to deal with. their associated delivery systems and particularly states that may use them is

continue to see the administration make the same mistakes it made in syria. and just like in syria today yemen is an utter chaos in large part due to iran's antagonism and meddling. but we must learn our lesson from syria and engage in the yemeni crisis head on with a comprehensive strategy before it spirals further out of control. there will be no political solution in yemen based on the gcc initiative or restarting the national dialogue conference that collapsed in early 2014 without addressing the underlying issues. they were reluctant participants in the national dialogue in yemen but it was clear that they had no interest in seeding power over to a centralized government. as a result, they withdrew from the national dialogue. it collapsed and they took control over sana and now other areas. so why would the administration think that the circumstances have changed that would allow for reconciliation to occur? it is naive and dangerous to believe that a political solution is achievable as long as the hoojys are unwilling to see their power and as long as iran continues its suppo

expert on central asia but i know a lot of central asian -- asians are in syria and iraq come from different countries. in terms of symbolism for isis they have this discourse which is an area that historically used to be controlled by muslims muslims. it used to be a center for a lot of movements which is in central asia. al qaeda appeal to them and isis appeal to them but i don't claim to be an expert. >> hassan thank you very much. [applause] you can purchase the book outside and hassan will sign it for you. >> when you raised your hand and took the oath of office what were your mom and dad thinking? >> i knew my mom would be crying and my dad was proud. my dad is 82 years old and he showed up to the capitol capital. he usually walks with a cane and he showed up and he didn't have his cane. i said dad, do i need to send someone to the hotel to get your your cane and he straightens up real stephanie goes, i'm in the capital. i don't need a cane today. he walked without his cane for the entire day. i know they were super proud. >> up next erick stakelbeck post a terrorism analyst

syria, and ladies and gentlemen, here's the key point about that, and for everyone watching here in america, if they don't get killed, these westerners waging jihad overseas, one day they will return home. theses are u.s. citizens, u.s. passport holder, and when they return home fresh off sawing off someone's head in the middle east, they're probably not going to transition peacefully back into civilian life maybe get a job at a gas station. no. the jihad will come here. isis right now is calling on its followers, they're saying, hey, come to the caliphate, establish this utopian islamic society, but it's also a good thing if you stay put. in chicago, new york, london berlin. isis calls them city wolves. city wolves. and they're telling them to rise up on american soil. you can be a one-man jihad in your own backyard. think of fort hood. think of the boston bombings. think of paris back in january 2015. look folks, in paris, perfect example of what i'm talking about. two well-armed jihaddists. brothers. they had trained in yemen with al qaeda. they returned home to france. and they

on central asia but i know a lot of central asian -- asians are in syria and iraq come from different countries. in terms of symbolism for isis they have this discourse which is an area that historically used to be controlled by muslims muslims. it used to be a center for a lot of movements which is in central asia. al qaeda appeal to them and isis appeal to them but i don't claim to be an expert. >> up next erick stakelbeck post a terrorism analyst for the christian broadcasting network talks about the appeal will isis in the middle east in the front the organization poses to people living in the united states. a positive. >> thank you for coming out tonight. first i want to thank my good friend sarah stern. i consider sarah a modern-day deborah for our times, for such a time as this. i've said it before and i have to tell you at the endowment i'm here in the belly of the beast in washington d.c.. i get to see what am it does and what sarah doesn't close the tireless work for israel or america on capitol hill where it really counts. they are making a difference for everyone

yemen and syria. >> i'm andrew simmonds reporting from donetsk. i'll explain why families are living in these conditions underground even though there's a ceasefire. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour - easing tensions between turkey and iran. plus rioters throwing molotov cocktails notice streets of athens, clash with police. we begin with suspects in the garissa university massacre that appeared in court, allegedly supplying guns to the men that carried out the killings. police vet a sixth suspect held in garissa. students held a vigil in honour of the victims. we have more. >> reporter: a sombre mood engulfed freedom park. hundreds of grieving kenyans holding candles turned up for the vigil to remember the victims of last week's attack on garissa university college by al-shabab gunmen. through the final hours of a 3-day period they declared a shrine of courses and candles set up photographs of the victims displayed. the assault on the university was the deadliest in kenya by al-shabab. >> every single attack in kenya, you never know

seems to begin with iraq first and then syria. it seems to be that we support the iraqi central government and we encourage them, especially through the departure of prime minister maliki to have an inclusive government. the heart of the policy seems to be military airstrikes upon isis , apparently to help on the ground and also the iraqi security forces in the ground part of this particular campaign. the u.s. is of course engaged in striking military targets today, and we should explore whether we need more, what that means, and whether it should be expanded perhaps beyond the advisory role that our u.s. servicemen and women are in now, and whether we perhaps should even commit more ground troops, ground troops to the effort. finally, the state of the iraqi security forces is unclear. in many cases some of their success is at least in part attributed to the shiite militias operating across the region. we should discuss whether we think we are winning today and ultimately whether u.s. interests are being served when apparently if we believe it to be true that the u.s. is, as max

president of syria told me several weeks ago that he gets information from iraq having to do with airstrikes that will take place in iraq and syria. does your government give information to the americans take information from the syrians and give the information to the americans so they can be coordination of american airstrikes? prime minister al-abadi: our position on syria is we don't provide coronation. charlie: none at all? the president of syria told me he gets information from the iraqis. prime minister al-abadi: i am not aware of that. of any dialogue or contact with the syrians. we have contact with them with the embassy in baghdad and our foreign minister has visited syria recently. we don't have the information about the bombing mission in syria at all. we don't deal with that. of course, we're not even being notified. charlie: how is the coordination taking place between these airstrikes and iraqi armed forces and shia militias were on the ground so they can be the most effective possible? prime minister al-abadi: what we have done, we have caught every fighter there.

chemical weapons attack in syria. >>> back to earth with a bang the latest mission fails to land on target >>> yemen's new vice president called on the warring factions to stop destroying the country. he asked renegade army units to support the government instead of houthi rebels. here is hashem ahelbarra with more. >> reporter: this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. he is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to paul together a nation on the brink of civil war. he says he's willing to work with his houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh, but only if they disarm. >> translation: we must give a chance united behind the project. and to achieve that militia's loyal to the houthis. yemen's challenge is the deteriorating humanitarian situation. hundreds of yemenis have been killed since the start of the the city of aden is bearing the brunt of heavy fighting. >> translation: yemen faces a tough situation shortage in food, water and food. it repairs international intervention to prevent a catastrophe in yemen. a top priority

across the border and is making a contribution in the words in syria and iraq. and it is upping the tension across the area. a month of airstrikes has eight the rivalry sharper. societies say they are stopping now because they have achieved their military objectives. the airstrikes have been huge and the deaths of civilians of strength in the determination of the houthi rebels to fight on. this man is cursing saudi arabia's new king. i swear to god we will get our revenge he says. even the holy site at mecca is not worth one muslim life. these are government supporters of fighting houthis and yemen's the third city. they have not achieved their goal, of crushing the houthi rebellion. they may not be looking for a cease-fire. since his appointment last week he has been pressing for a political, not a military solution. >> our message to our brothers is to be a positive contribution and not to be a disturber. jeremy: you don't think they are being positive? >> no. jeremy: the capital rivalry remains stark. as the prince, a former saudi intelligence chief, and an ambassador to london t

. citizen is in custody this afternoon accused to going to syria for training and coming back with intent to kill american soldiers. pete williams has more on this troubling terror trend. >> reporter: these are new charges against an ohio man who had been under surveillance for several months and was then arrested by the state. he'll be in federal court later today to face these allegations. american officials say the charges reflect a growing fear. people in the u.s. going to syria and getting training and coming back as committed terrorists. prosecutors accused a 23-year-old somali born man of ohio of buying a one-way ticket to athens grease a year ago, getting off the plane and making his way into syria. for two months they say he got training in weapons, and hand to hand combat following his brother who had gone there in 2013 to join al qaeda in syria and was killed in a battle last year. court documents say when he returned in columbus he talked to others saying he wanted to target the military, police or anyone in uniform and wanted to quote, kill three or four american soldi