february of 2011 he would not seek reelection driven away from arab spring protesters that thought egypt would be better off. after mohamed morsi became president, the violence continued, christian churches were burned. the military took control and impose what had is still today an authoritarian government, the new government designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization sentencing hundreds of supporters to death. it s only gotten worse in iraq since this moment in 2003. ladies and gentlemen, we got him. [ applause ] reporter: saddam hussein captured by the united states from a spider hole in takreet inspected head to toe but they didn t die with saddam hussein. a sectarian civil war soon followed leaving nearly half a million people dead. with saddam hussein long gone,
now the election results from the last couple months should have been ratified, and therefore, that should begin a process towards the end of this month that would determine the new prime minister speaker of the parliament being announced. there is a constitutional scope for that change to happen, but a lot of that depends on maliki himself. is he prepared to make the ultimate concession for himself and give up power? arwa, in the north, you ve been talking to christians outside mosul and in northern areas, a, do they have any confidence that maliki is the man to continue leading this country, and also, how concerned are they about life under isis? they very much feel, anderson, as if they are the victim of politics and believe that the country s leaders lack the political maturity that is necessary at this stage to actually move the nation out of this current crisis and horrific
irrelevant when isis is drive back and forth. they have a release in syria and mosul and baghdad. they control that. if their insurgency continues to take hold, that is undoubtedly going to detablize the region. this is history large at the moment. thank you so much for talking to us. appreciate it. martin the guardian. coming up tonight, details about the dangerous operation that captured a master mind of the deadly attack in benghazi and why it took nearly two years to get him next.
even though the central government is driving them back, the front line remains as close as some 37 miles from the capitol of baghdad where i am. faith remains low in many quarters, trust in the prime minister to look out for all i rockies seemingly non-kpes tablet. against that backdrop, the prime minister requested and the obama administration is considering air strikes. this afternoon, president obama met with congressional leaders giving his perspective according to house minority leader nancy pelosi but not running through a list of possible actions that he s planning to take. tonight, we will run through a list of possible actions but first, a wrap of the big developments here today. long live isis these sunni militants chant on the streets today. they are control of the city and at least part of its massive oil refinery. black smoke fills the air as think set fire to at least five
minority there. which exactly was the political component supposed to happen in the wake of the surge, which maliki has not followed through on. jim, the pentagon put together this draft list of isis targets. it has not finalized that, is that correct? it is not. what i m told they have a drift list but this list is always being updated with intelligence they have so it has the latest options for the president but this list has been prevesented the president to consider it. for several days now, speaking to military officials, myself and barbara starr a pentagon correspondent, we heard a consistent message about what those options are. yes, air strikes, though, limited air strikes, in addition to that, the u.s. sending additional military advisors into iraq to help coordinate iraq s military response. now to be clear, these advisors would not be on the front lines where they could be at risk breaking the president s promise