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Julie:we are getting this in washington as we identify the intruder that jumped the white house fence last night and was obtained and arrested and facing his arraignment, his name is jonathan friend, reports that he is 26 years old, whether that is true or not he did manage to get over the fence, he was arrested on the front lawn. he had a backpack, no hazardous weapons found in the backpack, said to be mentally disturbed but did not have a criminal record. more to be learned in his arraignment ...

U.s. forces in japan. thats especially sensitive because china and north korea and really asserting themselves in a strong fashion. we sent general maddis there for a trip. what are you looking for to come out of these conversations between the president and the prime minister? >> if the rest of the trip goes the way that this mornings events have gone, its going to be a slam dunk for president trump. he has sort of had this change of heart, or change of attitude about the japanese since he beca...

Kirkuk. if these groups fill the vacuum, does that make the situation on the ground there even more complica complicated? >> thats exactly whats making it more complicated. the forces doing pretty well. also, they are there attaining kurdish political goals which are control of mosul. a political balance shift in the north. in the south, it should have been expected that they would call for shia militias to come up. reports now that al sadr is out controlling his forces as well. the problem is l...

Of a battlefield. >> how close are we to that, sir? >> in the next couple of days were going to find out. if we are able to, number one, on diplomatic side persuade prime minister maliki to make necessary concessions and on the military side assist them and give them spine to go back on the counteroffensive, this may work out well. >> that sounds like a big if and its perilous. is there a lesson here with whats happening in iraq for u.s. forces and u.s. future in afghanistan? >> the lesson has a...

Sunni insurgency trying to push toward the capital baghdad with fighters now joining in the battle with calls from shia mosques of fighters and weve seen video of this to rise up and join the fight along the iraqi security forces. they are viewed as a majority. shia fighting force part of the reason why they abandoned their decisions and fled with other militias also being called to arms alongside a call by the spokesman for the most prominent shia cleric here calling on people to volunteer and ...

By u.s. forces, funded by the under, you spent a lot of time in iraq, why arent they taking their uniforms off handing over the weapons to the insurgents moving in? a rag tag army, if you will. why are they giving up so quickly? >> i think one of the issues is isis isnt as rag tag as people think. they are ares fairly well organized. as weve seen in the last few days, they have been able to take enormous swathes of land without too much trouble. as far as the army, on the face of it, it seems ab...

Going on in russia not far from the border. what more do we know about it? what are the details? >> what we know is the russians are conducting an air defense exercise, an air defense exercise by its very nature is not offensive, its not provocative, and its clearly the right thing for putin to do. this is the message that he is sending to the rest of the international community, which is if you, snarl community, want to get frisky with mes im getting myself prepared for a possible military oper...

Call the pointy tip of this spear in terms of the exercise. >> and general marks, just finally and very briefly, the movements by u.s. forces, the jets, the destroyer, how much is that really geared toward russia and how much is it really geared to other u.s. allies, to lithuania, poland and countries which are getting nervous? >> this is really done by the united states to bolster our relationships with our partners in the region. thats the intended recipient. russia is looking at this. putin i...

Significant territorial gains in neighboring syria attracting thousands of foreign fighters. whatever the causes, iraqs prime minister is issuing an ultimatum, put down guns. >> translator: they have been involved without knowing in supporting al qaeda projects. >> fallujah has a history of resistance in a massive offensive in 2004, u.s. forces tried unsuccessfully to crush the insurgents. the group reimmerged, al qaeda got a hold. in 2007 tribes joined u.s. forces and al qaeda was finally pushe...

Japan to ask a question. from tbs television. i have a question for both president obama and prime minister noda. how do you regard the relocation issue in the context of the joint statement? although you did not refer specifically to the location, and the interim report on u.s. forces/japan realignment leaves this question open to some extent. what do you think the possibility that it will be relocated? it is most meaningful in the two plus two joint statement as well as the summit meeting toda...