more in mosul. were of the same, greater numbers of advisors? are you talking about qualitative change and specifically putting advisors putting closer -- putting advisors closer to the front line, and using full air control to call in strikes? if i could ask you to be more specific on cyberattacks against isis? secretary carter: let me start on the first one and ask the chairman on both of them. with respect to the first one, i think we are talking about both. more of the things that we did in ramadi, but also about traditional things of the kind that we have offered previously. but that were not necessary in the case of ramadi, but might be helpful, might well be helpful, as iraqi forces moved north. includes, in addition to directly enabling iraqi forces, some things like logistics, bridging, and a whole lot of capabilities. we fully expect to be doing more. iffering in both scale and the kinds of things that we are doing. with respect to ciber, i think you are referring to our use of cyber, whic

but also just on mosul i'd say operations against mosul have started. in other words, we're isolating mosul even as we speak. same thing with rocca. it isn't something that's going to happen in the deep future. people have confused, when would mosul be secure with when will operations start? both in terms of the cybercapabilities the secretary spoke about as well as operations to cut the line of communications and go after some of the targets in and around mosul those have started. >> a question for general dunford on a different topic, afghanistan, which you mecked in your opening statement. given the taliban's resurgent activity, with attacks over the weekend in kabul, do you think the trend is heading in the wrong direction and are you considering the possibility that toward the end of this year, you're going to need to keep more american troops there doing more than currently planned? general dunford: what i would say is in many ways what happened this summer isn't that surprising when you think about then difficulty and political transition over th

you don't have to send electricity to mosul. don't tell me that if the mosul dam breaks if you don't send electricity to the enemy. >> by keeping it running -- >> that does mean you can send electricity to isis. >> we don't want electricity -- >> so bomb those, outline, the transmission lines right outside, inside or outside of fisa controlled territory. >> something we've looked at and we'll look at it again spirit you have looked at it but she will not tell us why you are not doing it. why does the iraqi government provide electricity to mosul for free? is a consistent with the approach we took in world war ii when we were serious? >> probably different but nobody is more and isil and the guys i know in the iraqi government. there is a debate between local leaders and the government about we do want to try the population in defense of isil in some of these areas. the each of electricity to malls is something that i can give you a very specific and detailed answer on speed and i look forward. finally we had a zero civilian casu

>> the problem in mosul is that a lot of the electricity in mosul comes from the mosul dam and we have to keep the mosul dam running. >> we keep it running but why use it to supply electricity to isis? >> it's a sophisticated engineering issue. we don't want electricity going into mosul. >> it's a sophisticated political question. electricity going into mosul -- >> it's not a sophisticated -- it's a sophisticated political question. you don't have to send electricity to mosul. don't tell me that the dam breaks if you don't send electricity to the enemy. >> by keeping the dam running as i understand -- >> the dam should be kept running, that doesn't mean you have to send the electricity to isis. >> we don't want electricity going into -- >> so, bomb those -- the -- the lines -- the transmission lines right outside -- inside or outside of isis-controlled territory. >> something we've looked at. and we'll look it again and i'll get you an answer -- >> you looked at it but you won't tell us why you're not doing it, will you? is that consistent with the approach we took in world war ii when

to goason we decided after the bulk cash storage sites in mosul. they are in downtown mosul. a risk that some civilians might lose their life like?airstrike line yes. strike thetant to sites. this is how they are paying and recruiting their fighters. we eliminated the fights. we're careful about civilian for a reason. we're not going to be like the russians and some others who are using dummy bombs and trying to kill people they consider extremist. the most precise air campaign in history. we're proud of that. it has been show most effective campaign by sharing coalition u.s. government to identify the targets and then to action those targets is takes time to peace together. sometimes it takes longer than we might want. we have pieced it together. we have done the airstrikes. very effective. they have lead to very credible information that we have now its pay toas cut 50%.gn fighters by nearly representative keating: thank you. i wish we could say the same thing about the russian and the way they are conducting their bombing exercises as we can own exercises. i yield back. mu

sinjar was the name -- main connector between rockland mosul. shah.he is the cutting off connection between iraq and mosul and making sure they cannot travel those roads anymore and so it's been sinjar, shabad the cutting off the connection between raqqa and mosul. sinjar is where isil broke into the international scene with everything we know about the yazidis. in fact they used to take, they would take these young women off of sinjar would mount and collect them separate them and bring them to shah.he and trade them as slaves. what we are we are doing here is not only a military operation but a moral imperative to take these areas away from isil. sinjar was very important because it cut off the main highway into muscle. muscle everybody else about. we are -- we don't put a timeline on it that mosul has started. we are working to constrict it. we are cooling -- pooling our information intelligence to basically learn more about them based upon that intelligence in again most importantly working local politics. i'm in constant touch with the dipl

attack the dam if they're defeated in mosul, which they currently control. money is a real issue. it costs $300 million to repair the dam. that money is likely to come from the rural bank, but even that is in doubt considering the budget crisis. al jazeera, baghdad. >>> the race for the white house is hotting up with two candidates cementing front runner status. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is breathing a sigh of relief after narrowly beating her rival, bernie sanders in nevada. donald trump scored a decisive victory in south carolina, winning 32% of the vote, while senators marco rubio and ted cruz were locked in a tight battle for second place. after coming a distant fourth, jeb bush dropped out, ending his dream of becoming the third president bush. alan fisher reports from south carolina. >> donald trump back-to-back wins, first new hampshire, now south carolina. >> there is nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, nasty, it's mean, it's vicious. it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. >> if this was a good n

god willing, they will liberate mosul province with allies. more than 1 million people still living mosul, the largest iraqi city controlled by isis. all of this as iraq is now seeing large numbers of naked iraqis returning to the country after making long journeys to europe hoping to find a better life there. >> translator: everybody was leaving and they were saying it's like this and that in europe. when i went there, it wasn't like that at all. we were starving there. >> reporter: sunday's bombings marked the deadliest event in a wave of events targeting commercial areas. in new york, brian younis, fox news. >>> the vatican is calling for an investigation into the death of a receptionist at the hotel where pope francis lives. local media says he was very upset when he heard she died. she was found dead in her apartment after her brother says she wasn't answering her phone. she was seven months pregnant and had diabetes which can be deadly during pregnancy. her funeral was held yesterday and the pope visited her body and said a 20 minute pra

, move things into mosul. but even as we succeed on the ground against daesh, we will not have a sustainable success unless we also end the civil war in syria. because as long as assad is there, he is the number one recruiting tool for assad. the reason foreign fighters are trying to get into syria to fight with daesh is because of assad. that is another reason we have to get this political transition. >> rose: assad is the main recruiting tool for isis. >> for daesh, exactly. >> rose: if you retake mosul, that will have a significant impact in terms of what happens in syria? >> it will happen. >> rose: in addition to the more important point, assad. >> so what is so porn about mosul but also raqqa and syria, they are two bases, the heart of the self-declared caliphate is this. one of the reasons that daesh succeeds or has succeeded up until now is by creating the perception that it has forged this caliphate, this homebase, that it is marching forward, that it's ten feet tall. if you take away that foundation,

mosul.nd in you have to focus on that core o inur iraq and syria where it's controlling territory and and resources. >> how manyia u.s.-led air stris in iraq and syria in the past hu year? >> i mean total air strikes, kes congressman, it's about 10,000 now. i can get you the breakdown. total air strikes as of yesterday, 9,901 to be specificr there's 6,615 in iraq, 3,286 in syria. the u.s. has conducted more tha. 7,000 of those and the rest of the coalition about 2300.lost 4% >> and in that, the past year i isis has lost 40% of its territorial gains in iraq and 10% of its territorial gains ins syria? >> yes. >> okay. isis -- the one thing that's constant in reading michael weis's book "isis inside the army of terror", the one thing that seem constant about isis il change. and isis. has evolved in its k i reach and organizational ability. libya i presencebin ing. think is particularly disturbing. it's a pivotal strong hold in it north africa.oit. africa is -- there's a lot of instability to ex

we could have still taken a taxi back, back to mosul. it was basically no one on the streets except for small groups of armed men. basically mujahadeen and our guys were beeping the horn and waving to these guys who instinctively waved back. that struck me as odd that mujahadeen fighters would be waving to the police. we pulled up to a building, we all got out of the vehicle, they were being very friendly, assisting us, taking our bags, helping us through -- around the corner to this gate. and it was like going through a portal. this was not dr. yashir's house. this was a mujahadeen fighting position. >> everything changed. >> it was suddenly very obvious that the mujahadeen controlled the town. the lanky guy that welcomed us into his car turned out to be the emir, which means the leader. he was going to come back and deal with us at some point down the road. and she whispered to me -- they think we're spies. >> and i said we'll straighten this out. >> we were not that very much afraid. i was believing they would learn we were journalist

back in recent weeks. >> translation: troops from the 71 of the brigade moved towards mosul. god willing, it will liberate mosul province, the peshawar forces and allies. >> reporter: violence in baghdad has decreased and many fighters were moved elsewhere. in 2015 a long running night time curfew in the city was end. it is a response to i.s.i.l.'s recent dweed. for the iraqi people, like those in the city, there is no sign the i.s.i.l. threat is diminishing. rob matheson >>> we've made enormous mistakes and let people down. those are the word from cardinal george pell who has about become the highest relative joij personnel to give-- religious person emto give evidence. >> reporter: taking the witness stand on the other side of the world. on sunday night cardinal george pell answered questions by a sex abuse commission in sydney via rome from a video link. he was a senior priest in his native ballarat and later the arch bishop of nearby melbourne from the 1970s to the 90s where tens of children's were abused by police. the commission wants to know whether he knew and why he

but the fight for mosul is expected be long and difficult. it is by far the largest city isis has claimed ... with more than one million people living in it under isis control. 3 zika infections in south american continues to grow this morning. especially in columbia... where nearly 37-thousand people are sick with the mosquito borne illness. 3 colombian health officials say the country has seen a 17-point-2-percent increase in infections in just the last week. that includes more than 6-thousand pregnant women. the virus the international health community is working furiously to develop a vaccine ... but it could be nearly two market. a fire at a hotel in germany may be linked to influx of middle eastern migrants. police say people cheered as flames engulfed the building. the hotel was being converted into housing for refugees. investigators are calling it a possible arson, after finding fire accelerant at the scene. thankfully no one was hurt. they have arrested two people... police say they were drunk and refused to leave the scene and were

god willing they will liberate mosul with peshmerga forces and allies. more than a million people still live in mosul the largest iraqi city controlled by isis. all of this as iraq is sending large numbers of native iraqi's returning to the country after making long journeys to your covert -- hoping to find a better life there. >> everybody was leaving. when i went there wasn't like that at all. six of these twin bombings marked a deadly event and a wave of attacks targeting commercial areas in and around baghdad. in new york bryan llenas "fox news." kayla: coming up, something all air travelers want. the proposal one lawmakers looking into that would regulate regulate -- on airlines. a girl suffering from brain you will find out how to make a bill: demolition on the rental car building in charlotte airport will kick off tomorrow to. the work is needed to make room for phase one of the airports concourse a expansion be the budget rental car building will be the first one to go to plans are part of $2.5 billion pension that will add 18 new gates. this pro

mosul will remain a tremendous challenge. there's about a million people in mosul. it's a politically diverse city and to get it right we have to work politically and militarily hand in glove. when i was in iraq last week we met with iraqi leaders in baghdad and with the kurdish leadership including the prime minister and others and we now established a joint operational headquarters on the map here and that's where we're going to pool sunni fighters, kurdi fighters and with our advisers to plan the liberation of mosul. this will be an integrated campaign across multiple lines of effort. it will not be a d-day-like campaign. it's not going to tart on a date certain because it's already starting. we're already cutting off the road access to mosul. we're already doing air strikes in mosul every single day and we're learning more about what daesh is doing in mosul that's why we're striking their cash warehouse sites. the campaign has already begun. however, it will be an extremely difficult endeavor and we are not going to put a timeline on when mosul will be liberated

mcgurk: if they are living in mosul, they shouldn't be able to do that. representative sherman: check on that. i'm told they can. we also have a bombing and world war ii, we bombed electric generation facilities. and iraq the iraqi government provides free electricity to isis. are we willing to bomb the transmission lines through which the free electricity flows? mr. mcgurk: the problem is the electricity comes from the mosul dam. we have to keep it running. representative sherman: keep it runs. but why use it to supply electricity to isis? >> is a sophisticated electricity issue. >> it is not a sophisticated question. it is a sophisticated political question. you don't have to send the electricity. don't tell me the dam breaks if you don't send electricity to the energy. -- the enemy. mr. mcgurk: by keeping the dam running -- representative sherman: the dam should be running. you don't have to send electricity to isis. >> we don't want electricity -- >> bomb the transmission lines right outside -- inside or outside of isis-controlled territory. >> it is

but that work stopped when isis captured mosul in august 2014. kurdish and iraqi forces seized back control of the dam. an italian firm has been hired to make repairs. and troops will be deployed to protect the repair crew. >>> you know that donald trump is triggering controversy in the u.s. is the rest of the world listening to this man? we'll get the international view of the republican presidential front-runner. >>> war veterans wounded in combat, are putting their skills to use, taking down child predators. we're back with that and more. >>> we cannot be a party that nominates someone that refuses to condemn white supremacists and the ku klux klan. >> we need to be whole, where all of us have a place. where everybody feels like we're all in this together. >> democratic and republican presidential candidates there, ripping into donald trump for refusing to disavow former ku klux klan leader, david duke, who says he is supporting trump. trump failed to condemn the white supremacist group in an interview on sunday. >> over the weekend, felipe ca

mosul and the army are withdrawing from the streets because we managed to train a few of these police units and they are capable of holding the city. i think this is the solution. these are locals. locals who belong to the local police. this is an incentive we have to find out because they spoke. the parliament was registered. we are working very hard on it. >> thank you very much, mr. prime minister. >> every election cycle we are reminded how important it is for citizens to be informed. >> c-span is a home for political junkies and a way to track the government as it happens. >> i think it is a great way to stay informed. >> there are a lot of c-span fans on the hill. my colleagues will say i saw you on c-span. >> there is so much they do to make sure people outside of the beltway know what is going on inside. a recent event at a computer history museum is discussed next. let's take a look: >> if you just walk in as an engineer and walk in and look at a bunch of other engineers and see what they are doing and how they are doing it and it was total insanity when you first looked. the

push isil out of raqq and mosul. the national security jamie mcintyre is live for us. how much detail did the pentagon outline on the new cyber strategy and what they're trying to do. >> they described it in very broad terms. the u.s. is not just dropping regular bombs on isil and iraq and syria, but also cyber bombs. what he meant was that the u.s. is using it's new cyber command to mount attacks to try to deny isil access to the internet. so that they can not communicate with their--the people in the region. and also can't send their message out to the world. the pentagon said that it's not going to give a lot of details because it does not want isil to know what it is doing, but both secretary ash carter and the joint chief chairman talked about it at today's pentagon briefing. >> we can't allow them to freely command control enemy forces. it's just lake in any other war, we have to attack their commanding control. one of the ways thats of doing it. it may have beneficial effect of driving them to the kinds of communications that it's in fact, easier for us to disru

that's less than a year. >> mosul possibly and i heard there's a hope if you take mosul you don't need to take raqua and if you take mosul raqua you don't need. >> rose: you predicted the biggest stories of 2016 in my hand on nbc january 1. one, rise of the far right. part is fueled by the migration crisis. >> most is fueled by the migration crisis. >> rose: you have been covering that in 2016. >> undoubtedly. >> rose: it could destabilize europe in your judgment? >> the middle east collapse into chaos is the natural reaction. people are running from this and running to safety which is running west and north. >> two, more consensus against isis. i think that's happening. >> i know what all the players want. >> rose: what they want is not isis around. >> none of them. >> rose: more domestic terrorism. you mean back in the united states which is like paris. >> the more pressure there is on isis and i think isis dies eventually. this is not a group that has a winning philosophy. >> rose: and the money is not as it once was. >> but they still have enough and enough people. it's an organiza

reports suggest that mosul is no different. these tunnels allow them to move freely around the city, and fight iraqi security forces house to house. it's clear that isil is a formidable fighting force. whether it's mosul or fallujah that comes next, there is concern that iraq's fighting forces have been stretched thin. the iraqis say they want more international community assistance. >>> venezuela supreme court has overruled the opposition-controlled congress and granted brood decree powers to the president. last month the congress refused to allow maduro to declare a state of emergency. >>> the leader of the catholic church has left italy bound for cuba, where he'll hold the first meeting of its kind in almost a thousand years. hope francis will sit down with the head of the russian orthodox church. they are expected to address the rifts between the western and eastern branches of christianity, and the persecution of christians in the middle east. after cuba brought the heads to mexico, to talk about the drug violence. >> repo

elijah's monastery of mosul has been completely wiped out. in his office in compile, in iraq, the reverend paul, 39, stared quietly at the before and after images of the monastery that once perched on a hillside above his hometown of mosul. shaken, he slipped back to his own photos for comparison. quote, i can't describe my sadness. he said in arabic. quote, our christian history of mosul is being barbarically leveled. we see it as an attempt to expel us from iraq. eliminating and finishing our existence in this land. the islamic state group, which broke from al qaeda, and now controls large parts of iraq and syria, has killed thousands of civilians and forced out hundreds of thousands of christians, threatening a religion that has endured in the region for 2,000 years. along the way, its fighters have destroyed buildings and ruined historical and culturally significant structures they consider contrary to their interpretation of islam. madam speaker, i find it interesting that these writers know what leaders in this administration have still

. >> the mosul dam has hundreds of millions of dollars worth of repairs to stop it bursting. but the dam in iraq needs more because the risk of collapse is greater than first feared. imran khan reports. >> if this dam ever failed, engineers fear millions of people will be affected and northern iraq flooded. a 55-meter wall of water will come crushing down. since the dam was built in the 1980s some say that it has unstable foundations. now the u.s. core of army engineers say there is a significantly high risk of failure than previously thought despite efforts to strengthen it. since the 1980s iraqi and foreign companies have been regularly pouring concrete into the bam walls to reinforce them, but this is not a permanent fix. repair work was interrupted when isil fighters briefly took control of the dam in 2014. >> the dam is secured now. the foreign companies would cement the dam and reinforce the dam. that was handed over to us afterwards. and we've been given a number of he is can aggravators, but we need spare parts to continue with the process. >> the huge task of continu

what are the prospects for turning the situation around in mosul and freeing mosul from isil's? >> i'm less optimistic in the near term about mosul. i think there's work to be done yet, western part. don't believe ramadi is completely secure, so they have to secure ramadi. they have to secure the hadithah corridor in order to have some opportunity to fully encircle and bring all the forces against mosul. mosul will be a complex operation. i'm not as optimistic. as you say, it's a large city. i'm not as optimistic we'll be able to turn that in the near term, in my view, certainly not this year. we may be able to begin the campaign, do some isolation operations around mosul. but securing or taking mosul is an extensive operation and not something i see in the next year or so. >> thank you very much, general stewart. >> thank you, mr. chair. welcome back, director clapper, general stewart. thank you for that predictably cheery briefing. director clapper, i've always believed that the ground war against isis must be won by our arab partners rather than by american ground forces. and

troops for the 71 st brigade of 915th position moved towards mosul. god willing, it will liberate them with peshmerga forces. >> reporter: an offensive launched two years ago when many fighters were moved elsewhere. a long running night-time curfew in the city was ended in 2015. the attacks are a response to i.s.i.l.'s recent devote defeat. for the iraqi people, like those inside the city, there's no sign the i.s.i.l. threat is diminishing >>> al-shabab fighters in somalia are claiming responsibility for suicide attacks in two restaurants. at least 30 people were killed. the first bomber rammed his car into one of the restaurants before a second attack at another restaurant nearby. a top adviser to pope francis has admitted the catholic church made enormous mistakes allowing thousands of children to be raped and abused by protests. cardinal george pell has tested to a royal commission inquiry into allegationd sex abuse cases that happened-- alleged sex abuse cases. >> reporter: taking the witness stand on the other side of the world. pelll answered qu

than 1 million people still live in mosul. the largest iraqi city controlled by isis. >> reporter: all of this as iraq is now seeing large numbers of native iraqis making long journeys to drop hoping to find a better life there. >> translator: everybody was leaving and they were saying it's like this and that's in europe. like that at all. we were starving there. >> reporter: the deadliest event in a wave of recent it -- recent attacks targeting commercial areas. in new york, fox news. >>> people headed to brazil are tabling their travel plans because of the zika virus pick the cdc issued precautions saying that pregnant women may want to consider not going. and if they do go, they should speak with their doctors and follow measures to prevent mosquito bites which can transmit the disease. the agency also said male partners who return from brazil should use condoms or refrain from sex if their wives are pregnant. researchers believe the zika virus is linked to babies being born with abnormally small heads. >>> starbucks is hea

in iraq, a key objective would be the city of mosul. i.s.i.l's second largest city. so if you're thinking in terms of the old world war ii news reels with arrows on the map. if you think of iraq and syria where is where you have to start in the defeat against i.s.i.l which is where the parent tumor was, in iraq and syria we need to destroyed i.s.i.l around the world and defeat it, but we need to defeat it in iraq and syria and in terms of arrows on the map, that means the two biggest cities operated by i.s.i.l. we're going to separate them and capture both of them. >> rose: do you believe you can do that in the term remaining for the obama administration. >> we're going to do it as soon as possible. i would very much like that. we're aiming to accelerate the campaign in i've which possible way. >> rose: do you think you can. i'm going to be very reluctant to predict the course of a war, but certainly as soon as possible is our objective, and i would very much like to get it done, and i also know that president obama very much wants to have this behind us by the time

we're caught off road access to mosul. we're learning more about what . daesh is doing in mosul.on cam so the mosul liberation campaigl has begun. however, it will be an extremely difficult endeavor and we won'ti put a timeline when mosul will be liberated. moving south i'll go to number t seven which is tikrit. tikrit an iconic sunni city.the it was depopulated by sill. not only that killed thsds of ba people. iraqi force were able to liberate the city and we're not focused on defeating isil but what comes after isil. i give the prime minister great credit into devolving powers, delegating powers to local u. leaders. we have been ablee top return te population to tikrit. u.n. reported that 95% of i citizens of tikrit are now backe we're building on those lessons now. i'll go to number eight which is ramadi. ramadi was the first significant fost for tick rather security force. this was anal operation which wh done entirely by the iraqi security force and local sunni y tribal fighters.it sunni tribal fighters in anbar continued to grow in capacity.. we hav

more than 1 million people still live in mosul. the largest iraqi city controlled by isis. >> reporter: all of this as iraq is now seeing large numbers of native iraqis returning to the country after making long journeys to drop hoping to find a better life there. >> translator: everybody was leaving and they were saying it's like this and that's in europe. when i went there, it wasn't like that at all. we were starving there. >> reporter: the deadliest event in a wave of recent it -- recent attacks targeting commercial areas. in new york, fox news. >>> people headed to brazil are tabling their travel plans because of the zika virus pick the cdc issued precautions saying that pregnant women may want to consider not going. and if they do go, they should speak with their doctors and follow measures to prevent mosquito bites which can transmit the disease. the agency also said male partners who return from brazil should use condoms or refrain from sex if their wives are pregnant. researchers believe the zika virus is linked to babies

you know, why in mosul? because a lot of the residents there, you know, looked adistance at baghdad, looked a ascance at the kurdish region, and that gave them just enough of a crevice to hang on. well, those crevices have now become canyons. and until the iraqis, with obviously, some help from outside, can start to fill in those canyons, we're not going to get rid of islamic state, just period. now, you know, back at that time, and mike was more directly involved than i was, there was a concerted effort to reach out to a whole lot of really nasty people. again, as dave petraeus and i said ad nauseam, but i'll say it again, you know, you don't make peace with your friends. so, we talked to a lot of very bad actors to see if we could shift them, and we did this in conjunction with the iraqis, obviously, but also, frankly, to mess with their minds, you know? some of the things we would tell them is, you know, come in out of the cold, you know? abu mohammed down the way did, you know? you should be like him. an

mosul is under the control much i.s.i.l. but the dam was recaptured by iraqi informs in august 2014. >>> a u.n. aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in syria. dozens of trucks have arrived near the syrian capital, the u.n. is trying to reach 154,000 syrians in five days during the partial truce brokered by the u.s. and russia which came into force on saturday. >>> well despite the pause in fighting the government is reported to have taken territory east of dplasks and ai damascuss in homs and idlib. saying they have attacked several rebel held area held a. in a letter to ban ki-moon, opposition says make knowledge unaccountable. >>> urgent meeting. >> translator: we have received indications that attacks including baier have been continuing against zones controlled by moderate opposition. all this needs to be verified. france has demanded that the task force charged with overseeing the cessation of hostilities meet without delay. >> al jazeera's omar al saleh joins us. many blaming the other for violation of

soldiers from the army 16th division have recently arrived southeast of mosul to begin operations. there is a real fear that isil will attack the dam if they are defeat ed in mosul which they currently crouch. also money is a very real issue. it will cost $300 million to repair the dam. that money is likely to come from the world bank, but given iraq's budgetary crisis, evening that is in doubt. imran kahn, al jazeera baghdad. >>> nigeria has one of the world's highest infant mortality rates. it's especially acute in rural communities where doctors say hundreds of babies are dieing because traditional midwifes don't have proper medical training. but one organization is trying to help save lives. and as went now from the southwestern state. >> reporter: julianna lost her son a month ago. he died just 12 hours after he was born at home in a remote area in southwestern nigeria. an unskilled, traditional home bertha 10 can't helped her to deliver. >> translator: my son was born with very high temperature and was not breathing properly. i didn't know what to do. the bertha 10 can't didn

i think we will find a population in mosul eager to be governed in a different way. it's important to as we envelop the city, to have some form of resistance there. that is a city that is four times the size of ramadi. charlie: a crucial element in that war against isil are sunni tribes. are they coming over to the battle against isis? or are they still staying on the sidelines? sec. carter: more and more they are coming over to the fight. we are doing significant training, both of sunni army members, and sunni policeman. it is important that it happened because the bane of iraq has been sectarianism. charlie: the civil war between the sunni and shia. sec. carter: and the kurds, for that matter. there are three components to iraq. we vastly prefer a multi-sectarian iraqi state to any form of disintegration because we know where that leads. sectarianism leads to the kind of thing that isil represents. but for that to work in iraq, the sunni's must be represented and part of the fight to take back their own territory. charlie: does the iraqi government recognize that?

attack the dam if they're defeated in mosul, which they currently control. money is a real issue. it costs $300 million to repair the dam. that money is likely to come from the rural bank, but even that is in doubt considering the budget crisis. al jazeera, baghdad. >>> still ahead, trying to save babies when there are no doctors, how traditional birthing attendants are being trained. >>> on line lending in the spotlight after a massive financial scam in china. >>> is lamb bad takes a step closer to pakistan's super league final. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >>> there have been a series of bomb attacks in homs and southern damascus. at least 46 people in homs were killed. syrian state television says 30 people died in the four damascus blasts. despite the violence, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said earlier that a ceasefire may be getting closer. >>> at least 10 are dead in the northern indian state of hariana demanding more state benefits. they've disrupted water suppli

. >> what about mosul? the city of a million that would not have the heritage of isil and that kind of extremism, what are the prospects for turning the situation around in mosul and freeing mosul from isil? >> i'm less optimistic in the near term about mosul. i think there's a lot of work to be done yet out in the western part. i don't believe that ramadi is completely secure. they have to secure ramadi, they have to secure the hadithah corridor to bring all the forces against mosul. mosul will be a complex operation. i'm not as optimistic -- as you say, it's a large city and i'm not as optimistic that we can turn it in the near term, certainly not this year. we may be able to begin the campaign and do isolation operations around mosul but securing or taking mosul is an extensive operation and not something i see in the next year or so. >> thank you very much, general stewart. >> thank you, mr. chair. welcome general clapper and general stew warstewart. director clapper, i've always believed the ground war

. >> the iraqi government pledges to retake mosul from isis. the military sent more troops to the northern part of the country for an offensive against the terror group. already forces including sunni muslim tribal fighters are expected to arrive in the coming days. there are more than a million people still living there, mosul is the largest city controlled by the islamic state. >> 20 people dead from tropical cyclone winston. the prime minister says there is widespread damage and flooding. homes are leveled, key services cut and remote areas are shut off. >> more than a dozen people escaped injury after their bus crash into an overpass. rescue crews had to dismantle to free drivers. there is no word what caused the crash. >> a double-decker bus catches fire this chicago. in flames by the time they arrived. passengers said they smelled rubber and heard a loud pop followed by an explosion. it billowed 30 feet into the air. the drivers and passengers got out just in time. >> a bus burst into flames in portland oregon and it was all caught on cam

people still live in mosul. all of this as iraq is now seeing large numbers of native iraqis returning to the country after making long journeys to europe hoping to find a better life there. >> everybody was leaving and they were saying it's like this and that in europe but when i went there it wasn't like that at all. obviously we were starving there. >> reporter: llenas, fox news. >> pressure mounting on donald trump to make his tax returns public. oooh, i think i saw dessert! hey! steven stay strong! at's that? you...you want me eat you? ney, he didn't say that!! don't fight your instincts! with each for 150 calories or less, try our lemon bars, brownies, and cheesecakes. are you eating lucky charms? no. this is a dream. they're magically delicious. >>> lots of sunshine today. my doggies were loving it. >> i think i deserve an oscar win for the temperatures. a little taste of spring. it was a we're going to keep it going for you just a little bit longer. let's take a look outside. you know what? tonight is no

mosul was under the control of i.s.i.l, but the dam was recaptured in august of 2014. the fighting and budget crisis has interrupted the dam's maintenance program. >>> a symbolic ceremony has been held in the palestinianen west bank. prosecutors are investigating whether this victim was pushed or fell. banner smith reports. >> it's for omar al naef who died at the time palestinian embassy in bulgaria last week. jailed in 1986 for his role in the murder of jewish orthodox seminary student. he escaped custody and eventually turned up in bulgaria. his widow has been convincethat the israeli security forces have finally caught up to her husband. >> translator: they told him that although he was inside the embassy they can't protect him. they were urging him to go and leave the embassy. be. >> reporter: al naef had been hiding in the embassy following an extra decision request from israel. his family says while he was there people dressed as security staff said a bomb was planted, checked the building including where el naef stayed. >> the palestinian embassy is responsible

will attack the dam if they defeat it in mosul which they control and also money is a very real issue and it's going to cost $300 million to repair the dam and that money is likely to come from the world bank but given the budgetary crisis even that is in doubt, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> voters are getting a bit of extra time to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections after delays on sunday and the president is hoping to secure a second five year term and up against 14 rivals. >> reporter: in a classroom without electricity his future was decided by the ballot box with the koubting extending through the night on sunday people were sand -- anxious for the results and had been a long and windy day and began with the president celebrating the democratic process as he cast his vote. he is looking for a clear victory, something that has not happened in niger's first election and they accepted the election needs as fair and people need to be happy with the outcome. >> translator: so far no case of fraud has been brought to my attention. i had cause regarding logistical issues re

now, it's been described as the greatest disaster waiting to happen in iraq: the mosul dam has had hundreds of millions of repairs to stop it bursting. it needs more though. as imran khan reports. >> if this dam ever fails, engineers feel millions will be affected and northern iraq flooded. a 55 meter wall of water isn't dam was built in the 1980s, some engineers say it has unstable foundations. the u. the u.s. corp of army engineers say there is a risk of failure higher than previously thought despite efforts to strengthen it. since the 1980s, iraqi and foreign companies have been pouring concrete into the dam walls to reinforce them but this is not a permanentfication. repair work was interrupted when the area was certain over in 2014. >> i can't say the dam is 100% secured now. afterwards, we have given a number of esc cap ators. we need spare parts for the machines we are using for the ongoing maintenance process. >> a huge task has been delayed over who controls the dam and the iraqi government's budgetary crisis. maintenance process is still ongoing and full swing and around the clock

. >> what about mosul? a city of a million that was not -- does not have the heritage of icele and that kind of extremism. what are the prospects for turning the situation around in mosul and freeing mosul from isil. >> i'm less optimistic about mousesel. there's lots of work to be done itch don't believe ramadi is completely secure so they have to secure ramadi. they have to secure the haditha corridor in order to have some opportunity to fully encircle and bring all the forces against mosul. mosul will be a complex operation and so i'm not as optimistic, as you say it's a large city. not as optimistic we can turn that in the near term in my view, certainly nose this year. we may be able to continue the campaign through operations around mosul but securing or taking mosul is an extensive operation and not something i see in the next year or so. >> thank you very much, general stewart. >> thank you, mr. chair. welcome back, director clapper, general stewart. thank you for that predictably cheery briefing. d

an example of that is the mosul dam. the mosul dam is a major challenge. well, we have been talking with the prime minister as have the italians for some period of time. now in the last hours, last day or so, as we come here, there is an agreement -- i'll let pal low talk about it more, but to move forward with [ technical difficulties ] >> john kerry the us u.s. secretary of state speaking there after meeting of the so-called [ technical difficulties ] >> to be followed in the coming days, and to continue the fight isis in syria, iraq, and libya. saying they will saying they will [ technical difficulties ] >> to enable the local population to return, and to ensure that this is back on track, kerry has been insisting that this is going to be a long way to go, and that in places like syria, for example, for the target to be achieved to defeat isil, there needs to be an end to the conflict in syria. and he has been very critical of the syrian government, saying it has been denying access of aid to the thousands of people that have been [ technical difficulti

. >> authorities have warned people living downstream of the mosul dam to be ready to evacuate. floods could kill more than 1.5 million iraqis living along the tigris river. mosul is under the control of i.s.i.l. but the dam was recaptured by iraqi forces in august 2014. the fighting and budget crisis have disrupted the dam's crucial maintenance program. >>> a u.n. aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in syria. dozens of trucks have arrived at the rebel held complex of ma madamea. the u.n. has tried to reach 150,000 syrian in the five day truce brokered by u.s. and russia. despite the pause in fighting, the syrian government has reportedly taken land, u.n. blames russia, using heavy artillery and barrel bombs. moscow blames rebel fighters. opposition party says continued breaches would make new talks unattainable. >>> countries backing talks aimed at something to the conflict syria are meeting in geneva to discuss attacks since cessation of hostilities began on saturday. the u.n. foreign minister called for quimpletion. confirmation. >> ul this needs to be verifi

then mosul fell and afghanistan got in trouble, so he dropped that model as he well should have, because the model didn't really work. and i could go into for hours all of the details on how we would use special forces and the various elements of american power and training and fms programs and everything. the problem is if you do not have boots on the ground, if you do not have an american military presence in a potentially dangerous and difficult place, washington's ability to do hard things to focus on a very important but from washington's standpoint ever more peripheral issue that is in the green or quasi-green category drops and drops and drops. some of that's my fault, some of that is washington's fault a good bit of it was maliki's fault and people in iraq. but the point is we could have done better after 2012, and we didn't. >> thank you. i want to move on to talk about the popular mobilization forcings. so we now have -- forces. so we now have possibly 60,000, possibly 80,000 shiite militiamen under arms in iraq, and they've helped in the fight anything some areas. in other are

ambassador with baghdad to retake mosul from i.s.i.l. the army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a base 70 kilometers south east of mosul. iraq's second largest city was taken over by i.s.i.l. in 2014. it is the last day of campaigning in uganda ahead of presidential elections on thursday. the leader was detained twice as he tried to hold his final rallies in the capital. police fired tear gas while some of his supporters through rocks. one person was killed. there is one challenger who has been in power 30 years. a report from kam pala. >> reporter: the final campaign rally for the presidential elections are here in the capital. the main opposition leader and his supporters were met with tear gas fired by police as they tried to walk through the city center. police say he was held because he didn't stiblg stick to an authorisingd route and his diverse would disrupt businesses. his supporters don't see it that way >> the dictatorship is so scared of is, that they can't allow to be the supporters. >> reporter: the police say that when