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>> reporter: well, theyre going to have to rely very heavily on the iraqi security forces obviously. this is something of a replay of what we saw happening here in 2006 to 2008 where the u.s. was with the help of the troop surge trying to drive this wedge between what then was al qaeda in iraq or the islamic state of iraq and what the u.s. was loosely calling the sunni nationalists. the sunni northwesti inationali iraqs interest as to the very core reason why they were fighting americans. at the...

And she says what they dont realize is that women are a feature there. it is not about womens rights or social justice. it is about women being women. i think she has a point. in a world where a lot of girls play video games and especially from a business perspective you want to open your market to that. >> ultimately if it hurts business, they will change. the market will dictate whether they bring women into the fold or not. >> a guy who used to work for the older assassin creed games says the...

Zero. i can prove im an executive on how to get things done, i can rise above all this silliness. now youre right smack dab in the middle of all of it. regardless of where this ends up, there are front page stories now that say governor walker, focus of probe. governor walker equals scandal. and if you noticed in the "wisconsin state journal" today, below the fold is a more important story which is the economic situation in wisconsin, the employment situation not as good as nationally, right? an...

Kurds, and sunnis live in peace. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> lets dig deeper now in the political and the military challenges as well as the enormous complexities involved with ken pollack, is the center for middle east policy. he was an early supporter of the war in iraq and the former ambassador to iraq. you made a number of points which i think are really important that i want to get to. one, you said a lot of people we talk about isis forces. but this is a coalition of groups. its not just...

Kidnappings are big moneymakers for them. this official says isis made several million dollars a month for those tactics. they bend the locals to their will with public floggings, executions and crucifixions of christians. but thats also a tactic that may cause local residents to turn on them eventually. >> i know youre speaking to a lot of experts. . what is their weakness on the battlefield? >> one analyst told us one of the problems is all the different groups of fighters that it has. it has ...

And syria is in the spotlight at this stage. it is, at this stage, also garnering the support of the sunni tribes and insurgent groups that were active here during the u.s. occupation. that is because they believe that even though they dont subscribe to isiss ideology, they have no choice other than to use military action and violence to try to bring down the shia government of nuri al maliki. they have to be brought into the political fold. simply bombing them at this stage is not going to work...

Face and where? >> well, we know that the prosecutors here in washington have filed charges against cat tall la on terrorism charges. these are related to the attack on the benghazi compound. we reported them last year here on cnn for the first time. the president later on in a press conference confirmed the existence of those charges. so what is probably happening right now is khattalah is he is likely being held on a navy ship or somewhere in the defense departments custody and theyre question...

Brutality is something that is novel even for this country. the kurds have managed to hold isis at bay, especially critical is their ability to have kept isis fighters out of the oil rich city of kirkuk. that does not mean isis is not continually launching investigations. at the same time, the kurds are also urging a lot of caution moving forward, because of those escalating sectarian tensions that youve been speaking about right there. because its not just isis that is in this battle again at t...

Interesting to watch. vladimirs reaction to the former president blasting across the atlantic, fortunately, diplomatic relations werent severed at that minute. >> when you spend time with folks that know and love my father, hes got literally 200 people who think that they are among his five best friends. we always joke about having the fifth beetle, meaning four boys and another dude out there somewhere. >> we call those fifth beetles brothers from another mother. >> there are tons of them. co...

Years that i was president. i loved it. we had a great time together. i think we did a lot of good. >> the unusual partnership was tapped again the next year after hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. >> it made people feel good to see not only a republican and democrat but two people who run against p each other to work together. it caused people to relax because they realize you can agree and disagree. we still dont agree on everything. they refer to me as their black sheep son i am th...