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and america reaches farther into the unknown. well take a look at that. a good friday morning to you. im craig melvin here in new york. hackers are taking credit for a interrupt of microsoft xbox. does not appear related to the original hack. this happened on the same day the controversial comedy "the interview" opened in select theaters. sony had said it would not release that film after threats from a group identifying itself as hackers prompted the countrys largest theaters to pull ...

Into gaza. its not a perfect arrangement, but it would change the status quo and put us all on a more stable and secure footing. >> that sounds like -- look, it sounds great to talk about. it sounds very unlikely when you talk about the practicality of all this. because of the number of troops on that border right now, the israeli troops on that border, because hamas has now used these longer range rockets and presumably would use others that could hit tel aviv, isnt it necessary for israel to n...

In fact, from a military point of view, the iraqi army today said it was trying to retake tikrit and twhen did so it had one of its helicopters shot down. its struggled to get a military foothold to deploy soldiers in some of these small towns, let alone trying to make it ultimately to mosul in the northwest part of the country. even in the small towns and strategic cities on the outskirts of baghdad, they are struggling to advance on to those and to hold them. at the same time as you were sayin...

interview. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" joins me now. that was some interview. i want to throw to the first part of it which was clinton talking about iraq. >> okay. >> the former vice president dick cheney said of president obama in an op ed that claims that al qaeda is decimated, is clearly not true. that al qaeda is on the march. the argument that america is less safe under president obama. do you believe dick cheney is a credible critic on these matters? >> well, i ...

this comes as the al qaeda linked insurgent group, isis continues racking up battlefield success in northern parts of iraq. we have following developments live from the israeli-syria border. john? >> reporter: jon, it is unclear whether secretary of state kerry proposed the idea to prime minister al-maliki to resign from his position, to step down from his post. what is clear is the situation in iraq continues to spiral out of control. nonetheless take a look, secretary of state kerry ...

Determined. if one was going to be inclusive, fine, they may have had a chance. but without that, and clearly maliki was getting pressure and is aligned more to iran, iraq has become a proxy of iran whether we like it or not. >> and right now going forward, there are a lot of people believing that the ultimate answer here is to divide that nation up and redraw the lines. >> well, i think theyll go through a temporary division. and then the iraqi people themselves will have a chance of coming tog...

whats next, is he an enemy combatant or criminal? alberto gonzalez will be here to break it down. and an agency americans love to hate gets a grilling as angry lawmakers react in disbelief to the head of the irs unapologetic answers about missing e-mails related to the targeting of conservative political groups. well have the very latest on lois lerners lost e-mails from d.c. hello, everybody. americas news headquarters live from the nations capital starts right now. we begin with th...

recipient inspiring generations. >> ive been given a second chance to do good things and enjoy the life, the second chance that ive been blessed with. good friday. im peter alexander in washington filling in for andrea mitchell. president obama announced his strategy to deal with the violence and instability thats erupted in iraq. up to 300 military advisers will be working alongside iraqi forces to hold off isis militants. as the battle for control rages on in that country. joining ...

>> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists who threaten the iraqi people, the region and american interests as well. i want to emphasize, though, that the best and most effective response to a threat like isil will ultimately involve partnerships where local forces, like iraqis, take the lead. >> if there is an obama doctrine at...

why didnt we act then? >> for a lot of different reasons. not the least of which is we didnt have operational theater capacity at that point in time. partly because prime minister maliki denied the kind of permissions necessary. >> that raises the question, why come to malikis rescue now? isnt he a big -- >> this is not about maliki. >> and savannah joins us now from new york. back in new york, great interview. first of all, he said all options are on the table. bloomberg news posted t...