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Want the conflict in iraq, including ambassador and turn this around. >> reporter: an estimated 500,000 have fled as the militants moved in, seeking safer ground in kurdish-controlled areas. former commander admiral bill fallon says any lasting solution lies with nal maliki bringing i kurds to fight for their country. >> they have a lot of equipment and i believe they are pretty well-trained by the allies and nato before we left. they need to get the political will. >> al maliki, however, has be...

In controlled areas. bill fallon says any lasting solution lies with iraqis shiite prime minister bringing together iraqi shiite and kurds to fight for their country. >> many of their forces are pretty well trained by our folks and the inato allies before we left. >> it has been a massively devicive iraqi leader. if they are to face off this threat, they need a true unity government, and he might have to go to make that happen. it needs an educator response or there are real questions being rais...

Impropriety. >> thats what weve been kbeg is the appearance, as you say. weve been dealing with this. you look at the fact that the prosecutors asked for $500,000 bail, ankle bracelet. she gave back and gave him only $100,000 bail. no ankle bracelet. she volunteered for his charity. never discloses that to the prosecution. and donated $500 to $1,000. never exposed that. i mean, this has all of the appearances of a conflict, and whether the letter of the law there makes it that or not, i dont see...

Another sex years. joining me now is bill fallon, a form prosecutor. he has dealt with many sec abuse cases involving the catholic church. thanks for being here. first, bill, what about this judge? was there a conflict of interest here? >> certainly from what we know. its something that should have been told to the parties here. so whether it rises to real conflict of interest under the statue chtes statutes, i have to tell sh, i would be taking a notion. if its true, if the facts as present rd ...

Decisions. now, that is an exclusive to nbc. but it really does not -- is not consistent with the grand jury reports of his actions. >> well, having read the grand jury minutes, al, he says i went, i told the people. i did what i had to do under the law. first of all, hes going to been an important witness in the case, why the prosecution may want to treat him gingerly. this is the problem with the la. even if somebody up the chain has to report to the department of social services. no one has t...

As i said, it should have been noted and left to the prosecutor to say i want the judge off this case. again, not because there is a conflict necessarily, but certainly at a minimum is the appearance of conflict. and certainly when we see that film i just have to throw this in, when you saw the film, if im the prosecutor on the case, that shows sandusky, thats my opening statement to the jury. >> now heres something else that bill, we have in. an e-mail last week, just last week, from mike mcque...

Defense lawyer. joining me now from penn state is michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. bill fallon, a former prosecutor who oversaw the sexual assault and child abuse units. hes dealt with many cases involving the catholic church. and john martin, staff writer for "the philadelphia inquirer." michael, tell me about paternos hire of this lawyer and what is it an indication of? >> well, its an indication of just how serious the legal issues are for coach paterno. hes bee...

Going to be trials of the principles in which coach paterno is going to be a key witness. anybody in that situation neither a top-flight lawyer. in addition, there is the very real prospect of multiple civil lawsuits here. i can tell you the paterno family and advisers are certainly kerr are concerned about that. they know its coming. weve seen it as issues in cases of the catholic church and boy scouts, where there have been massive judgments. inevitably the threshold in civil lawsuits like tha...

Naked in the shower. when you look -- >> not for the first time. >> yeah, go to that, fallon. this wasnt the first time. there was a case in 98. tell us about -- >> this is what is absolutely outrageous, which is why i think the college has got to give up and butte out everybody. if in fact you had someone in the shower with the kid and whether or not they could prove they were molesting the child, and then he somewhat apologizes or whatever, hes out in six months. the university is on notice, p...