there are no troops in iraq. there is no over the horizon that would help momentarily help iraq cope with some of the domestic violence that the country is seeing now. this violence that we've been talking about. the violence that the president was criticizewas criticized for. they said no american force could help in these circumstances. these are political problems, they have to be worked out within iraq. i think we've sound bite as well of jay carney. i had a chance to ask him with 979 iraqis dead in october alone. both the white house and al maliki saying it's th it's al-q. >> the violence is coming from al-qaeda and it's affiliates. there is no question. when it comes to resolving differences between the parties and factions and ethnic groups and religious groups within iraq, that's hard work, and it's every leader's responsibility in iraq to make sure that that work is done in a way to make sure it doesn't foster violence. >> very crucial meetings going on down here at the white house. >> we all know that a

ambassador to iraq is critical of nouri al-maliki's leadership. >> the underlying problem is iraq has the kurds, the sunni arabs and the shi'a arabs and politicians play this card in dealing with security problems and national problems. despite that, the mistakes of nouri al-maliki, the country remains a constitutional democracy and has not collapsed under the weight of the horrific terrorist attacks. >> president obama is pushing nouri al-maliki to hold elections to bring the country back to its political use. nouri al-maliki assures him it will be held next year. >> the obama administration says it will have 7 million people signed up for health care by march 2014. to do that they'll have to pick up the pace. according to new documents released by congressional investigators only six people signed up on day one of the website. 248 on day two. official numbers of how many people signed up could be released this month. >> speaking of insurance, if you are one of 14 million americans who bought your own, it could get cancel. >> erin is a self-employed scin care therapist, wife and moth

help with this situation in iraq? >> there is no question there is a great deal of concern that iraq is sliding towards another civil war. the unitedations without a report today, more than 900 iraqis killed last month alone. among them, 852 civilians. another estimate has 5,000 iraqis killed since april as the country slides into more strife. the question is who is responsible? and this is his third day in washington and many believe this is not sectarian strife. many suspect that his forces are attacking sunnis, and a non-stop violence of sectarian violence continues today. not so says malaki. he says this is al-qaeda. what does he what from the united states? what can the united states do to stop these killings? he wants more m hardware apache helicopters and other items from the administration. there are many influential members from congress who say he is attacking sunnis, criticizing him for allowing iran to overflying iraqi territory to supply bashar al-assad in syria. and there is not much that the united stat

and iraq about to face a big test. the iraqi prime minister, maliki, visiting the white house today. and he said that the violence has killed thousands of iraqi. 1,000 people dying in october alone. mike is live at the white house with the preview of the sitdown, and what's on the agenda in >> reporter: first and foremost, del, the number that you just mentioned. 882 iraqis have died just in the month of october alone, and the violence that's racking that country, many fear that it's moving into civil war. maliki. three hours meeting with the president, and he has been in washington for three days, and he has met with vice president, joe biden, twice already. and he gave a speech, and his point this. the violence in iraq is not sectarian, and many believe that it's exactly that, many of maliki's opponents accusing him of fostering the strike against the sunni minority in iraq. they are using it as a staging ground to launch attacks into iraq. the destabilization of syria is bad news, and for allowing iran, one of basha

this is iraq -- or i mean al qaeda once again trying to destabilize iraq and take advantage of the instability there. a former u.s. ambassador is critical to the iraqi leadership. >> the problem is iraq has three separate groups. the kurd and the sue any arabs and shi'ite arabs. dough spite of the mistakes of malki the country remains a constitutional democracy and it has not collapsed under the weight of the horrific set of terrorist attacks. >> now president obama is pushing the president to hold elections to bring the country back to together through the political route. he assures him that those elections will be held next year. >> with us from ann arbor michigan. is a professor of history at the university of michigan. professor cole good to have you we saw in that piece there is a division between the house who stand to growing violence in iraq and we have numbers of the senate saying know, but this is because of sectarian tensions. who is right here? >> they are both right, david. the problem is that the terrorists have a base in the sue any arab communitie -- sunni arab communities in

president and iraq's prime minister have been discussing how to stop the threat of al qaeda in iraq. nouri al-maliki is in washington to garner u.s. support to deal with violence in the country. barack obama says he wants an inclusive iraq and democratic elections should be held as soon as possible. >> iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki came here to the white house, he said, with an urge request. he wanted the obama administration to speed up for promise additional equipment for the armed forces in iraq. at the end of the meeting barack obama said the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout the discussion, the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> we had a common vision about all issues discussed when it comes to diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways of counting terrorism and had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he'd change the way he's governing, making i

president obama wants an inclusive iraq and elections should be held as soon as possible. more from patty culhane in washington. >> iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki came to the white house with an urgent request. he wanted the obama administration to speed up or promise additional military equipment for the armed forces in iraq. at the end of the meeting president obama said that the u.s. was committed to helping iraq fight al qaeda, but did not give specifics. >> throughout this discussion the main theme was that the united states wants to be a strong and effective partner with iraq. >> translation: we had a common vision about all issues we discussed, when diagnosing the return of terrorism to the middle east. we talked about ways to counterterrorism and we had similar positions and ideas. >> the obama administration wanted concrete promises from iraq's prime minister that he would change the way he governed in iraq, making it an inclusive prospect leading to the election. they said that was the goal, but didn't out line what, if anything, they agreed to. >> in yeme

this is iraq - i mean al qaeda trying to destablilize iraq and taking advantage of the instability. >> a former u.s. ambassador iraq is critical of nouri al-maliki's leadership. >> the underlying problem is iraq has the kurds, the sunni arabs and shia arabs and politicians play this part when dealing with security and national problems, and despite the failings of nouri al-maliki, it is an democracy and has not collapsed under the horrific attacks. >> president obama is pushing nouri al-maliki to hold elections to bring the country back together. nouri al-maliki assures him those elections will be held next year. >> for years the obama administration with the c.i.a. at the forefront has been trying to track down the leader of the pakistani taliban. according to the fighters, one was killed in a drone missile attack. he was suspected of planning an attack that killed seven c.i.a. employees at a u.s. base in afghanistan. >> leader of the pakistani taliban, he was the most wanted man in pakistan. the u.s. had a $5 million bounty on his head. >> this is one of his last public appearancesm

iraq has a terrorism problem. back when we had the violence like this five years ago, it was multifaceted. you had mortars, gun fire, i.e.d.s - there were six different ways to get killed in baghdad. now it's car bombs, other different characters. all al qaeda focussing on discrediting the government. >> it seems the u.s. comes into a country, sets up a government, pulls out and the country collapses. what responsibility does the u.s. have in these cases? >> it has some. i contest that iraq is falling like a house of cards. it appears like that to someone not following closely. we can't stay there forever. the real bill for us is not the relatively paltry $5 billion we'll give to the afghans to maintain their army, it will be the $25 billion it will cost us to maintain their army. that's where the real money will be. it's maintaining themselves. we need to question if we will spend that kind of money. in both case, to give them diplomatic support, selling them weapons or in afghanistan's case to underwrite the pur

budgeted $200 million to improve the security situation in iraq. in the past in exchange for aid and weapons the u.s. demanded iraq stop letting iran use the air space to transport weapons to syria and officials are more focused on the violence in iraq and what it could eventually mean for the u.s. and it's security. the prime minister will ask barack obama what he is going to do to help stop it and hope he has an answer, patty with al jazeera in washington. >> reporter: four palestinian fighters in gaza have been killed by troops and violence broke out across the border into the gaza strip and the latest in the area. electricity is cutoff across most of the gaza strip due to shortage of fuel and that forced production to stop at the power plant and supplies a third of the territory's electricity needs. in september the gaza energy authority warned of an impending shortage of feel. joining us live from gaza is deputy head of the gaza energy authority, thanks for being with us sir, what is the problem here and why has gaza run out of fuel? >> actual

amazing and risky life staying operations in iraq with children at the heart of it. hurricane sandy. and for many, loss of promised financial relief. now, one year later, al jazeera america investigates: >> finally with increasing 0 lenviolence in ironing the iraqs a dangerous place for foreigners. busbut there are solve of some e working there. jane reports from basra. but we want to warn you some of the images are quite graphic. >> there are lot of iraqis with broken hearts. but this baby was born that way. >> on this day he is just 17 days ol old. he is one of 5000 children born every year with serious heart defects in a country with hardly any ability to treat them. but he has also been lucky. >> he was born born just 3w-6 aa visiting cardiac team arrived. started by some 20 something-year-old officals. cody is one of them. i wanted to help people in the city. there he helped with water and sanitation when he ran across a child that needed heart surgery he and a friend started raising money to send kids abroad for treatment. >> after doing that for several years

thousands are at shrines in iraq, despite daily bomb attacks. million will mark the death of the grandson of islam's profit mohammad. >> now to our correspondent live in iraq. we'll get to ashura in a minute. first, the bombings south of baghdad - what do we know about them? >> what we are hearing is two suicide bombers hit a procession in a small town outside of the south of baghdad killing seven and injuring at least 25. on tuesday there was a bombing in diyala. it killed eight people. this is a pattern we'll see over the next few days. the bombers can't get to the big processions in the major cities because of security operations. they are going after the smaller towns and processions. what the special forces counterterrorism forces told us is they have mounted several operations. despite all of that, all the courtyy -- security that is goig on smaller towns and processions have been tarted. >> the security situation - has it deterred anyone from coming to mark ashura? >> well, the iraqi authorities tell us this is a record number of people t

many authorities in iraq don't want the people to get that sense of permanence. we're giving people kerosene stoves oh so they can have heating and cooking. the children are growing all the time. their footwear arrives in sandals. they're really shoddy. when i was in camps in iraq it was pouring rain and children running around barefoot or in sandals. these are human beings that children are growthing and it's a challenge to keep up with all the needs with the millions of people who have been displaced in the region. >> deadly violence in protests in thailand. one person has been killed. several others caught between pro-and anti-government protesters. >> it would become a flash point because the pro-government red shirts as they are known have been gathering in that part of the capital city in big numbers. and outside anti-government protesters gathered at an university which is popular with students from south of the country, which is a stronghold of the opposition democrat party, which is in turn behind or backing this anti-government movement. during the day

war to iraq. that's increasingly what we've seen happening. it's been the bloodiest year since the height of the sectarian violence in 2008. it's a very delicate situation here in iraq. the prime minister was in the u.s. very recently, saying iraq faces an open civil war if things aren't improved soon. >> thanks for that. >> shia mourners in lebanon are also marking ashoura. the leader of hezbollah said he will keep his forces in syria fighting alongside bashar al assad supporters. >> this is a duty and should not be seen as a challenge is what the hezbollah leader said. clearly was a message of defiance, a show of support to the shia armed group. a fee hundred thousand shia converged in suburbs where many of hezbollah supporters live and where mortar attacks and car bombings in recent months have killed civilians. >> we're not scared of people or terrorists. we don't fear much of them. >> we won't bow is what they chant, the slogan for this year's ashoura. hezbollah's under pressure to withdraw f

we go to a camp in northern ir iraq. >> it's early morning and women in this refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors in the summer but that will end soon because with winter comes plunging temperatures and heavy rain. >> i make a special effort to cook every friday a small treat to help get to about we are. but with the rains we won't be able to do this so much longer even the small treat will be taken away from us. >> reporter: preparations to get this camp ready for winter are well under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure that the camp doesn't flood. but the u.n. refugee agency said even though things are on track thethere is still a long way to. >> we will support the community for the winter. >> but there is a huge different between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of having to actually live there. disspiedespite the conditions rt around the corner, children find a way to smile and have fun. >> reporter: it almost doesn't matter how well prepared this camp is for winter. the one thing that these children and every resident of t

so it was like that in iraq war and now with syrian civil war. they try to hide their wrongs, but what they are doing wrong at home could be curtailed by actually accusing turkey, not giving enough water. >> reporter: but in the near future turkey is going to start taking much more water for agriculture, and that means new disagreements. >> turkey believes it could be managed efficiency, equitably, in a fair way. >> reporter: war, pollution, and climate change continue to mud y the waters. >>> we have someone from the peace conference. thank you for joining us. first of all coming off of that report we just heard, i would like to get your views on this particular issue. where do you stand between turkey, syria, and iraq? who is right? >> who is right or who is wrong may s maybe not the right question to ask. i'm sorry about that. the tygres, eufrates is one an area where we like to talk about the conflict. flip the coin and talk about those countries a few years ago. they wouldn't even sit in the same room together. and now after lots of efforts

jakari deployed to iraq twice, and survived not one but two--excuse me, three separate i.e.d. explosions when she was well enough she deployed again, this time to afghanistan, where she was often the only woman in our foreign operating bases. she proudly wears the combat action badge. today she is committed to helping other wounded warriors recover from the trials of war. helping the troops, she says, is what i'm all about. my fellow americans that's what we should be all about. our work is more urgent than ever because this chapter of war is coming to an end. soon one of the first marines to arrive in afghanistan 12 years ago brigadier general daniel yu will lead his camp pendleton marines to deploy. and in the coming months more of our troops will come home. our troop levels in afghanistan are down to 34,000. by this time next year our afghan-led security will be nearly complete. the longest war in history will come to an end. [applause] as it true after every conflict there is a risk that the devoted service of our veterans could fade from the forefront of our minds, that w

now they are focussed on iraq. the prime minister will ask barack obama what he is going to do to help stop it, and hope he has an answer. >> china's top security officials say they have identified the group responsible for a deadly car explosion in tina men square. the islamic east turkishize lal movement carried out the attack. five from killed and 38 injured when an suv rammed through crowds. police say it was a planned terror attack. knives, gasso lean and religious items were found in the vehicle. >> president obama is encouraging foreign companies to set up shop in the u.s. he talked to business and government leaders from around the world at a conference in washington, aimed at attracting foreign investment. >> you should find out why there's no substitute for those proud words - made in america. here is three more words - select usa. when you do you'll find some of the world's best workers, innovative entrepreneurs - a government and president who is committed to helping you create more good jobs. >> the wh

will work to help make iraq safer. that's what president obama told iraqi prime minister norial maliki at the white house today. the meeting came on the heels of a u.n. report that said that nearly a thousand iraqis died during violence in october. let's go to mike viqueira at the white house, mike, tell us about that meeting today. what was the prime minister asking for? >> reporter: well, he's asking for weapons. he's asking for american weapons systems to fight the violence that he and the white house lay squarely at the feet of taliban. there are some who say no,al maliki is response as well involving the sunniy shiite and kurd violence. more than 7,000 iraqi versus died in violence over the course of this year alone, that's an estimated figure. al maliki asked for weapons systems to help. >> throughout this discussion the main theme was tha theme wai communicated to the prime minister that anything that we can do to help bring about that more hopeful future for iraq is something that we want to work on. welcome, m

that is the primary goal of the saudi activities in syria and iraq and other parts of the middle east. the second issue here is saudi government, the monarchy has a goal or interest in surviving, and having successful arab spring will threaten its survival. really, one of the things that could be considered an arab spring spoiler there will be people like religious extremists and so that will not give syria the position it could influence others in the region. >> reflect on the complicated relationships for us in the region. the u.s. and saudi arabia has been allies for decades but news reports showed that insiders in the saudi government said that they found out about the cance canceled airstrikes from syria from cnn. >> i think that the saudis are in a bit of a fit of frustration on many levels. some, frankly, are just not justified. their stated reason, for instance, for leaving the security council that they were just elected to makes no sense. we threaten the use of force to get rid of the chemical weapons, then there was a deal to get rid of the chemical weapons. there was no po

this is a pattern we have seen in baghdad and across iraq - time and time again. it's typical of a pattern. a pattern affiliated to al qaeda. calling themselves an islamic state in iraq. we have seen a number of car bombs. the reason for that is these groups are affiliated to al qaeda. they want to keep the sectarian pot in iraq boiling. they want the tensions on the edge. when the attacks take place there's a definite pattern. you can see them taking place in homogeneous, shia and mixed neighbour hoods. these bombings took place on a day that is a holiday here in baghdad. it's been declared a government holiday due to rain in the country. the death toll could have been worse, most people being at home at the moment. we are hearing more. when we get that we'll give you more. it's interesting - we have not heard a reaction from the iraqi government as of yet. prime minister nouri al-maliki made a strong statement yesterday on the bombings in beirut. we've not heard an official reaction from the bombings in his backyard. >> we'll cross back as and when we hear more

violent time in iraq. a week before a helicopter was shot down. and that morning started with a car bomb, causing the iraqi guards to flee the venue. the call was made to have the people. our guys protected a usaid official to get them out there. they were setting up to block a traffic circle so the fleeing cars could get through. and a car didn't heed the warning signs and kept coming at the convoy. >> your guys opened fire. >> there was hand and arm signals, lights and sirens, warning signs through the escalation of force per the contract by the state department. eventually shots were fired and a firefight ensued. the guys were delayed because one of the incoming rounds cut the radiator hose, the engine drained and the guys were stuck. >> why does the united states need a blackwater in the iraq war? why did it. why didn't the u.s. military do it. >> they would have. it would have tied done troops from doing offensive missions. blackwater was there playing defense, providing executive security. the u.s. m

amazing and risky life staying operations in iraq with children at the heart of it. >> audiences are intelligent >> finally with increasing 0 lenviolence in ironing the iraqs a dangerous place for foreigners. busbut there are solve of some e working there. jane reports from basra. but we want to warn you some of the images are quite graphic. >> there are lot of iraqis with broken hearts. but this baby was born that way. >> on this day he is just 17 days ol old. he is one of 5000 children born every year with serious heart defects in a country with hardly any ability to treat them. but he has also been lucky. >> he was born born just 3w-6 aa visiting cardiac team arrived. started by some 20 something-year-old officals. cody is one of them. i wanted to help people in the city. there he helped with water and sanitation when he ran across a child that needed heart surgery he and a friend started raising money to send kids abroad for treatment. >> after doing that for several years iraq was able to progress and we were able to bring in medical teams to train wil loca. and by doing that an

iraq is a very good case in point. it is said that iraq has the most disappeared people as we describe them in the whole world. estimates up to a million people. and the minister for human rights has been here, the iraq minister of human rights has been in the hague consulting with counterparts from around the world and putting the handle on the problem is it goes back 30 years. we had international conflicts involving iraq and obviously we have internal conflict involving iraq and he says the figures date back as far as the iran, iraq war. >> translator: those who went missing are a big problem in iraq and goes back to sadam hussein and we need to clarify and those missing are because of the policies of dictators of hussein and there are 500,000 and we have the problem of those missing. the previous ones with iran and kuwait. the problems here we need international support when it comes to technical aspects in order to help the institution working with this problem. >> reporter: and paul it's a sad reality that people

one in the middle east, continuing one in afghanistan and rawnl iraq and continue -- iraq and. >> what caused that decline? >> it is a combination of factors. some of it are errors, some of them we made early in the first decade of this century, in the war in iraq, under false consequences, and to which we suffer to there day was a major destructive factor. but beyond that, the wolf itself has changed. there is now a dispersal of power to more states and there is now the phenomenon which i've talked and one about quite a bit, name reply global political awakening. never before in human history has the world been so politically activated, the public of the world. >> what do you attribute that to? >> oh the spread of literacy, mass media, even the progressive reach of technological outreach to the media. >> social media? >> well, look, it started with radios. radio was a novel phenomenon in the 20th century. and hitler made an impact worldwide. i remember as a child listening to churchill saying we'll never surrender and getting really kind of confused by it. then radio was reinforced by

. >> this is iraq. are you can see his big teeth there, big smile right there, that was before his accident in iraq. >> jerald jensen joined the army when he was 34. much older than the average recruit. he was called to duty by 9/11, says his wife robin and deployed to iraq in 2006. sergeant jensen was the driver for a commander in his unit and by all accounts he was an exemplary soldier. in the fall of 2007 jensen's patrol was attacked, an explosive ripped through his huh hum vee, drove away from the attack saving his commander. that incident brought him a purple heart. >> you can see the stitching and then it goes all the way around. this was two months after that. and you can see he's had another surgery. >> doctors rebuilt his jaw with titanium. after two years and 16 surgeries, jensen volunteered for a second combat tour, this time in afghanistan. he was assigned to a remote outpost that faced nearly daily attacks from the taliban. soldiers called it barrel -- barely alive. six months later jensen

we are working in iraq, syria. what our work highlighted is the absence of a mechanism in the world and a need to sustain this. the dutch are supporting an initiative to have icmp become an international mekannism. since 2010 we have been working with interpol to try to develop a platform for what we call disaster victim identification so we can respond to disasters. now there is no mechanism in the world. we hoped we'd learn the lesson from the tsunami where the world's police forces came together to try to address missing persons. what needs to hoppen is we can't just respond to cases where rich tourists from western countries went missing. there's a discrepancy between addressing missing persons from rich countries and poor countries. we have to end that. we need a standard capacity available for rich and poor countries. >> how do you operate in a country like syria, where a disaster is unfolding as we speak, or somewhere like iraq, where conflict is ongoing? i think syria is a sad reminder to all of us of our f

on skype, ryan is honoringer for iraq veterans against the war. he is currently undergoing treatment for ptsd. and other conditions. we reached out to the military and the department of veterans affairs to appear on the program tonight, and they declined. however, a v.a. spokesperson gave us this at the same time, which reads in part, the v.a. takes seriously the responsibility to balance the need of veterans with pain and the potential dangers of precipitation drugs, including open oids. the v.a.'s statement will be available in full on our website website. >> so doctor, vets and active members of the military are dieing at a an alarming rate. expert point to the connection between these prescribed drugs and suicides and accident overdoses. what's going on here? >> i think you have a situation where a number of these, mostly young men and well, find themselves at the end of a rope. they have tried the treatments. and even the best studies show that these medications work only about half of the patients to which they are prescribed. so you have a

when i was in iraq in 2004 - i spent four months there - i was doing post-blast investigations. we go to the scene of a bombing, an i.e.d. attack, we scour the scene for make, type, design and signature of the bomb make e. there was combined explosive sell, sexy, and they were bringing the pieces together, cataloguing them, looking for physical evidence that may be attached to them, including fingerprints, dna and otherwise. that's been catalogued in a 100,000 device warehouse. outside washington is where the repository is held. it's where the devices are. they go back in to look for additional evidence. they had a fingerprint, went back to the period in time, to the physical locations and proximity and linked a fingerprint to this. >> it has to be a massive investigation. why weren't these guys arrested. why did the f.b.i. leave them out there. they had gotten the video tape tying them together a year into the investigation. why not arrest them, instead of having al-qaeda bombers on the loose in the united states. >> sometimes it's better to have them on a leash and tight surve

>> it is absolutely having an impact on people's perception of iraq. in the oil fields there have been riots when a security advisor tried tear down flags, that's not something you want to do. it scared a lot of people away but with everything else, the spaces in between the violence where things are actually flourishing. they declared the central marshes national parks. they are working on 15 areas in iraq, like azzam alwash and his friend who are working on things. >> really quickly what else are they work on? >> in the north where the water that creates this marshes, they are all interconnected. you can go white water rafting and do all sorts of things. great adventure spot. >> interesting to see this kind of turn around happening and these signs of progress isn't it? to be there on the ground and witness that. >> absolutely. they kind of coexist, i think people think there's an explosion everything goes back. it doesn't. it moves painfully slowly forward but it does move forward. >> al jazeera's jane arraf, with a beautiful story on iraq. stay with

to help stop sectarian attacks in iraq. we have joined by the founder of the iraq foundation for development and democracy. thank you for making it on the show. in april in a particular interview, you said maliki became part of the problem rather than part of the solution. what do you mean by that? >> actually maliki visit the united states -- this is his fourth visit. and he tried this year to meet obama, but for one reason or another they said that they cannot meet him at that time. and now they arranged the meeting today. in addition to that this is the first time that he is not going to see him today alone, but is scheduled to see the kurdish leader sometime during next month. also he would be seeing the head of the parliament which [ inaudible ] and representing a big sunni block. so in a way the message is being conveyed conveyed to malaki that the american support is not cart blanche. the other thing that he is asking for is more weapons and more assistance from the americans in the name of fighting terrorism. but fr

>> it is absolutely having an iraq. in the oil fields there have been riots when a security advisor tried tear down flags, that's not something you want to do. it scared a lot of people away but with everything else, the spaces in between the violence where things are actually flourishing. they declared the central marshes national parks. they are working on 15 areas in iraq, like azzam alwash and his friend who are working on things. >> really quickly what else are they work on? >> in the north where the water that creates this marshes, they are all interconnected. you can go white water rafting and do all sorts of things. great adventure spot. >> interesting to see this kind of turn around happening and it? to be there on the ground and witness that. >> absolutely. they kind of coexist, i think people think there's an explosion everything goes back. it doesn't. it moves painfully slowly forward. >> al jazeera's jane arraf, with a beautiful story on iraq. stay with us for more on america tonight. >> al jazeera america

. >>> a suicide bombing in iraq as tens of thousands of sh shi'a mt muslims mark an important day in their calendar. >>> a slow down in the euro's recovery as the economy grows by a slim 1%. >>> the crack smoking mayor of canada's biggest city now wants to take his staff to court. >>> aid was something that at least is finally reaching some of the communities in the pill philippines. that was devastated by typhoon haiyan. the u.s.s. george was washington will assist search an rescue operations and move supplies. twenty kilometres of coastline was ripped to shreds. tacloban was one. worst areas. the survivors flocking to the city's airports hoping to get out some how. he is looking for his parents and three siblings who are policing. policmissing. >> dead or alive. i need to see them. i'm left with nothing. it's difficult. so difficult. so difficult especially when i was not here for the typhoon i couldn't help them. the security situation is getting worse affecting residents and aid workers. the army is out in force with reports of gunmen and armed rebels causing fear among the upon

. >> it will not change the political conditions of iraq. for both the fight in syria is their fight. >> this message is useless and our deployment is not only strategic but political. iran's position cannot be changed by such a message. iran and hezbollah will remain allies to syria and hezbollah will fight to safeguard strategic enterprises. sunni and shiite factions support opposing sides.

. >> this is iraq. are you can see his big teeth there, big smile right there, that was before his accident in iraq. >> jerald jensen joined the army when he was 34. much older than the average recruit. he was called to duty by 9/11, says his wife robin and deployed to iraq in 2006. sergeant jensen was the driver for a commander in his unit and by all accounts he was an exemplary soldier. in the fall of 2007 jensen's patrol was attacked, an explosive ripped through his hum vee, drove away from the attack saving his commander. that incident brought him a purple heart. >> you can see the stitching and then it goes all the way around. this was two months after that. and you can see he's had another surgery. >> doctors rebuilt his jaw with titanium. after two years and 16 surgeries, jensen volunteered for a second combat tour, this time in afghanistan. he was assigned to a remote outpost that faced nearly daily attacks from the taliban. soldiers called it barrel -- barely alive. six months later jensen fell

>> it is absolutely having an iraq. in the oil fields there have been riots when a security advisor tried tear down flags, that's not something you want to do. it scared a lot of people away but with everything else, the spaces in between the violence where things are actually flourishing. they declared the central marshes national parks. they are working on 15 areas in iraq, like azzam alwash and his friend who are working on things. >> really quickly what else are they work on? >> in the north where the water that creates this marshes, they are all interconnected. you can go white water rafting and do all sorts of things. great adventure spot. >> interesting to see this kind of turn around happening and it? to be there on the ground and witness that. >> absolutely. they kind of coexist, i think people think there's an explosion everything goes back. it doesn't. it moves painfully slowly forward. >> al jazeera's jane arraf, with a beautiful story on iraq. stay with us for more on america tonight. >> every morning from

budgets $200 million to improve the security situation in iraq. in the past, in exchange for aid and weapons, the u.s. demanded iraq stop letting iran use its air space to transport weapons to syria. now officials are focused on the violence in iraq, and what it could mean for the us and its security yip. the prime minister will ask barack obama what he will do to help stop it - and hope he has an answer. >> america's infant mortalitiy rate is among the worst in developed nation, 25,000 infants die from premature birth or complication, alabama's rate is 20% higher than the national average for the past decade. as robert ray reports doctors at the university of alabama says the affordable care act could save lives. >> bailey davis has been laying in the incubator fighting for her lich. she was born four months early and at two weeks old weighs less than two pounds. >> when we leave the hospital we think, "maybe she won't be here in the morning", she is so little and doesn't have as good chance as full-term baby. >> she is ar yell's first child. bai

than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s% are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. we'll go to jordan in the

on skype, ryan is honoringer for iraq veterans against the war. he is currently undergoing treatment for ptsd. and other conditions. we reached out to the military and the department of veterans affairs to appear on the program tonight, and they declined. however, a v.a. spokesperson gave us this at the same time, which reads in part, the v.a. takes seriously the responsibility to balance the need of veterans with pain and the potential dangers of precipitation drugs, including open oids. the v.a.'s statement will be available in full on our websi website. >> so doctor, vets and active members of the military are dieing at a an alarming rate. expert point to the connection between these prescribed drugs and suicides and accident overdoses. what's going on here? >> i think you have a situation where a number of these, mostly young men and well, find themselves at the end of a rope. they have tried the treatments. and even the best studies show that these medications work only about half of the patients to which they are prescribed. so you have a wh

we head to iraq for the observance of ashura. and trouble for the mayor of toronto - why calls for him to step down is getting louder. >> and a highs -- a highsan drovy candidate making news. >> and the sun rises over new york city. . >>> welcome back. there are a number of islands in the philippines difficult to reach in normal circumstances. now that typhoon haiyan has swept through it's tougher to reach victims in these remote locations. the crisis in a city to the west shows how complex the relief effort is, there is a city receiving aid, but there's no way for survivors to access it. we have the details. >> it is gridlocked here. the aid is gridlocked. there's plenty of aid here - none of it is getting to the people who need it. the u.n. are office for coordinating humanitarian chief baroness valerie amos pleaded with the mayor of tacloban to try to break the gridlock. there's no fuel for trucks to distribute the aid. there's nowhere for the aid - nowhere from it to be distributed. it's not going anywhere. at the same time a

she wanted him to draw her husband, killed in iraq. >> it was the first one. i've done dozens of these. >> simple imr answers: >> why are you here? why am i here, i think i'm here to do this work. >> every portrait is sent to recipients with a personal letter from regan. >> should be about the same. >> who this thanks them for allowing him to share their loss and ease their pain. we brought this portrait to corporal 10's girl friend. >> amy, we have a delivery from michael regan. >> and amy frost can once again look into fenn's eyes. >> sorry. >> there's an incredible broken heart in this cup and there's nothing i can do to fix that but part of this broken heart are these families and i can help fix that. >> you want to get as many as you can in this. this will help a lot. >> and even though he draws war dead he insists his art is not a statement about war or death. it's an acknowledgment of loss and service. a mission and a calling. >> i don't have a choice. this is -- i don't think i'm the one drawing at the table. i think it's my hands. i'm never alone down

. >>> the prime of iraq says his country needs more help from the u.s. to stop the growing violence that has killed thousands of iraqis this year. patty has more. >> reporter: who is to blame for the carnage seen almost daily now on the streets of iraq? the prime minister's message to the u.s. this is the work of al-qaeda and he needs their help to stop this. the groups insurgent is because of the vacuum left by the arab spring. but some u.s. leaders claim he shares some of the blame. shutting out the sunni community. they argue he is creating the conditions for another civil war. but the prime minister told this conference he has done nothing prong >> translator: if i act in an unconstitutional way please let me know when and ho and tell me to go back to the constitution. >> reporter: at the white house promises the president will raise currents about how he governs but there are indications they won't block the sale of the weapons. senior officials say they may help by sharing more intelligence but analysts don't expect a huge shift. >> the status of f