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Baghdad speaking with officials. trying to shore up the security situation, trying to get the iraqis to really improve the security, to bring the military back in shape. but, here in baghdad, there is no obvious presence of iranian troops or iranian personnel from. my understanding, thats a different story further south. in some of these shiite majority cities, of qatar or -- there is supposedly quite a large presence of some iranian troops, some of the revolutionary guard soldiers who have take...

Baghdad speaking with officials. trying to shore up the security situation, trying to get the iraqis to really improve the security, to bring the military back in shape. but, here in baghdad, there is no obvious presence of iranian troops or iranian personnel from. my understanding, thats a different story further south. in some of these shiite majority cities, of qatar or -- there is supposedly quite a large presence of some iranian troops, some of the revolutionary guard soldiers who have take...

>> reporter: another tea party backed senator was calling for compromise. >> i think its not a good idea to go through the debt ceiling deadline. i think we should go ahead and have an agreement in advance. secretary of state state kerry and karzai have reached a preliminary agreement to a deal to allow american troops to stay in afghanistan after 2014. the only sticking point is karzai over its troops allowing immunity from afghan law. its up to political and tribal leaders of the afghan parl...

Its up to political and tribal leaders of the afghan parliament to give their approval. in iraq, the number of suicide bombings blamed on al qaeda is rising. this past weekend at least 42 people were killed in a new wave of attacks in afghanistan, mostly in shiite majority cities. the terror group has come back in full force since the u.s. troops left in 2011. the death toll from these bon bombings is said to be at its highest level in five years. now irans deputy foreign minister says negot...

Here in new york city, half of the public schools are more than 90% black and hispanic making new york one of the most segregated school systems in the country behind only dallas and chicago. segregation may no longer be the law, but it is in so many schools the reality. back here with me are lila leff, and jonathan alter, and megan behrent, and daniel denvir and once again, jonathan and i were in a shouting match over it. and that is where i want to go because it is a passionate subject, and no...