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Their heads common. its fairly common to western delegations not to have their women cover their heads. >> right. >>, but still symbolic. >> judy, i want to ask you another question because we saw secretary mattis speak on friday and he said the president will not push out eye sis, but annihilate isis and so many things that the president needs to be threading on this trip, not only islamic extremism, but the gulf states so much want to get a handle on iran. how does a strong saudi arabia play a...

The reality, theoretically we should be focused on fighting isis russia cares about it more parochially, they have radical islamic elements in their country, chechnya in particular. but we have a broader responsibility at the united states leading the coalition that de fights eye sis, we have be a di -- isis and we have abdicated that authority. you see russia going into crimea with little kwenls and examiner kiezing muscle in the middle east. what i think you heard general mattis say, i dont an...

His popularity? >> look. yes. whatever you want to say about whether that statement was inarcticticulate or inappropriate or just not structured well the point is he is speaking the things about the united states in eye sis that voters are listening to. look who else is up there. ben carson. a famous neurosurgeon who has been running the question about values in society. look whats happening to the democratic party. bernie sanders is rolling against hillary clinton. the mainstream media watching...

Important message from nuri al maliki, then what? >> then youll see a continuation of this sense of disenfranchisement among the iraqi sunnis. the kurds has taken kirkook, theyre pretty pleased with that, as long as i.s.i.s. doesnt get into the kurdish areas, the kuds are pretty happy. 10,000 sunnis seem to have joined this eye sis push. if they dont see support from their own government. if they dont see any support from the international community, the only game in town that is left for iraqi ...

Because it shows the type of smart thinking military type strategy they used. they bypassed that town because they knew it would put up resistance. they swept south, then went back to deal with it and have taken control of it. this comes at the same time theyre releasing horrific images they say are their fighters killing iraqs security forces. chilling images inside the country on the brink of another civil war. the radical islamist terrorist group i.s.i.s. apparently capturing dozens of iraqi ...

Here are the big stories we are following this hour. just in to cnn, radio and tv icon, casey kasem, has died at the age of 82. thats been confirmed by a representative for his daughter, carrie. kasem was suffering from dementia. last week, a judge gave his daughter the authority to have doctors end his infusions of water, food and medicine. kasem had said he would not want to be kept alive if it would "result in a mere biological existence." to many, kasem was the worlds best known radio host...

Tensions which exist in the area? >> of course. we have worked with iran before on iraq. my colleague ryan crocker had conversations with the iranians. and let me say there were various quiet contacts over the the years. heres the problem. right now isis, as you are reporting is moving on baghdad. they cant take the city. they cut off from supplies which will have a destabilizing effect. iran would intervene. thats a short term military decision the president will have to make. if they dont its ...

Engage iraq -- iran when it comes to iraq. >> you could almost pick my jaw up off the table. >> i know. i know. he was -- he was quite adamant about it, too. >> sure was. thanks, gloria. this was fun. >> happy birthday i dana. >> thank you. >> thats it for us today. thanks for watching "state of the union." candy crowley returns next week. >> a very happy fathers day to the dads and husbands in your life and in ours. fareed zakaria "gps" starts right now. this is gps, the global public square....

Airport and the latest we are hearing from the saudi source, an intention potentially to shell the northern outskirts of baghdad to put pressure on it. the sunni tribesmen i talked to said we dont want casualties in baghdad. we want to avoid that. different faxes fighting toward the city here, not clear which one is going to have the upper hand when they arrive, fareed. >> nic, the iraqi army on paper has -- the iraqi government, on paper, has 800,000 troops between the internal security forces ...

Whatsoever of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions and the local populous to ice sis. >> who is erasing the slogans and symbols of eye sis on the walls says the interrogator? >> i wear, i dont know, as god is my witness, responds this man, who identified himself as hamad. >> what were they saying about the islamic state, he asks. say the truth, save yourself. >> i will speak the truth even if i lose my head responds this man who says he is called...