house correspondent kristen welker, and how optimistic is the administration that iraq s leadership can pull the country back together again? well, milissa, not a whole lot of optimism here, and a deep frustration here with nuri maliki, because the administration believes he is much responsible for the violence and the unrest that is wreaking havoc throughout the country right now. they say he failed to create a more inclusive government, and you heard president obama with strong calls to nuri maliki to do that going forward and in the meantime, because of a deep distrust, that is why you are seeing the obama administration send advisers, up to 300, to iraq and the first wave by the way, milissa is several dozens, and there are special forces already in iraq and they will be charged with a couple of things, and that is to set up joint operation centers, and there will be two. one located in baghdad and one in the northern part of the country. they will be charged with advising, asses
maliki that it is in his best interest and the country s best interest to create a more inclusive xwovinclu incollusive government, and that is something that he is resistant to do, and then secretary kerry is going to reassure other allies in the region. jordan has taken in millions of refugees from syria and iraq and really suffered economically because of it. i think that secretary kerry is going to be charged to reassure some of the allies that the u.s. will continue to try to help resolve the crisis there, but he has difficult and steep goals as he heads to the middle east and europe this week, milissa. do you know how long he is going to stay or who he intends to talk to? well, they have not released an itinerary, but we know he is going to be making several stops and visiting iraq in the coming days and the state department saying that he is heading there
this instance. if you look at the law whether it is international law or the u.s. law, there are certain criteria that you have to meet before you can put somebody into a military commission. he does not meet those criteria, and so the fallback and the appropriate fall fallback in the instance is a civilian court. and people say, why not treat him as an enemy combatant instead? well, the difficult cull ti of defining people the way we have as an enemy combatant as we did in guantanamo is the gray area of the normal criminal law and law, and those two things do not line up together. you can try somebody in one system or another. and in this instance, if you look at the law of wall, it is not looking up to what khattla has done, but another thing to keep in mind here is, milissa, what the justice department and the others need to follow what the law requires and not following the debate of terror
good is maxwell house. good to the last drop . pope francis is in italian mob territory today. he went to town where there is a three-year collaborate. there were threats against the pope, but he plans to attempt to address some of the biggest problems which are organized crime and unemployment among young people. milissa, the pope s visit is described as highly emotional by a spokesman. it took place in the courtyard of a prison where the father of a murdered eed toddler is held. may a child never again have to suffer like this, he said. the boy s two grand moers the were present and the spokesman
according to the minneapolis star tribune. on the rivers of the west bank yesterday, there was a section of hills and trees and road into the river. anne thompson has the latest. hi, milissa, the job of the banks of the mississippi river in minneapolis is how to fix the gaping hole that you see over my shoulder. that is the result of the mudslide that happened here thursday night after a day of absolutely soaking rains that sent tons of debris and trees on to a road that is very popular with joggers and bikers. that road is now closed and in fact, closed by debris that stands from 6 to 8 feet high. crews have been drilling into the soil trying to find out where the bedrock is, and trying to the figure out how best to shore up the bluff. there is no plan on exactly how to fix it yet. there are two buildings that sit above the bluff, a nd they belog