Its a whole new world. Correspondent on how a similar app brought a high school to a standstill. And why the reaction to yikcad on this campus is yuck. And the journey to redemption. And then suddenly, they saw the great valley below them. The vick yards, the orchards, the great flat valley green and beautiful. Marking the anniversary of the extraordinary image of american life, and hardship in the great depression. The california sign beck chronicled and the life of the modern day tom goad. Good evening thank you for joining us. Is that American Forces wont be sent back into combat, as he announced some inching forward of the presence there. The president will send 300 military advisers to help train iraqi securities toes. Pave i have fighter jets who fly Surveillance Missions and the president is sending secretary of state john kerry into the region for talks about resolve it is crisis. America tonight begins our reporting on iraq in turmoil. Right now is a moment where the fate of iraq, hangs in the balance. After meeting with National Security advisers under pressure to act, president obama clarified what the u. S. Will and will not do in iraq. This will be boots on the ground, not as combat troops but advisers. American combat troops will not be fighting in iraq again. Heavily armed f 18s. Ordereordered into the aran gulf by the president earlier this week. Ran effort to bring the fight to what the president called terrorists. But there is widespread and that iraqs political system and leaders need a fix. And fast. Right now, at least, there is deep divisions between sunni, shia and leaders. As long as those continue or worsen lit be very hard for a Central Government to direct a military to deal with these threats. Earlier this week, iraq Prime Minister elect finally made a call for national unity, at his side, a senior sunni leader who pointedly did not speak to him, and turned and walked away. Maliki has had two terms in office, increasingly he has sidelined sunnies and curds made the army a sectarian force, and appointed military commanders accused of sectarian atrocities to govern cities with large sunni majorities. As for iran, a key ally. Our view is that iran can play a constructive role, if it is helping to send the same message to the Iraqi Government that we are sending. Which is that iraqi only holds together if its inclusive. This is the leader of one of the most influential sunni tribes in iraq. His tribesman fought alongside the u. S. During the search. Thousand they have joined forced. Leading a sectarian war, we will not recognize the role. He must do and a real government must come that is truly able to govern iraq. If he stays iraq will divide. After their light strike, gathering territory and riches, rebel fighters attacked iraqs largest oil refinery. Foreign workers have been evacuated government portions fought back, and there are conflicting reports as to who now controls the facility. The refinery supplies much of iraqs domestic needs already there is evidence of shortages, with long lines, and growing anger. They are Still Producing but have conflict spreads that could change. The markets are already nervous the price of a barrel of crude today hitting a nine month high. Sara is president of svp energy international, and Energy Consulting firm. Iraqs target, Oil Production is almost to be doubled in the near future, and already most of the Oil Companies in the southern part of iraq started to evacuate there, employees and the threat on iraqi Oil Facilities and countries start to expand, of course, the insecurity in the country, and unstable political system is going to lead these International Investors to lead the country, and this is going to effect the long term supply of market. Taking a page from the wartime play book, iraqi t. V. Is cranking out patriotic songs and images trying to portray a face of. All of us are ready to lay ourselves down for iraq, the government claims it is sunni as well as shia have responded to the call of arms but they have offed no proof. And the division seems to deepen. Joins us here, sheila, the public defender did not turn mr. Maliki outright today, but he was certainly sending a message. He said listen, whoever govern governs go s up to the people, but he has also said that the divisiveness cannot continue. And of course, the u. S. Embassy in iraq, has been having discussions with various people who might possibly be a successor to mr. Maliki. Well, lets bring on again this hour al jazeera correspondent, who is in baghdad for us again. Omar, you have heard mr. Obamas comments, is it clear that Prime Minister malachi is getting the message. I dont think so. And i think the Prime Minister is acting in the opposite direction. He is already trying to gather a wider coalition to secure a third term. He also thinks he has the upper hand now, he made the speech yesterday, and he said that the army are now on the offensive, and the forces have taken the initiative against the rebel advancements. So a clearly that he is no willing to compromise. And he is talking with leaders to try to stand united. So omar, you say he thinks he has the upper hand, is it clear he has that support. Well, look, hening maaed to secure the backing of the highest religious shiite authority in the country, and this is very crucial. And thats why you have tens of thousands of people, volunteering to join those forces. He also restructures the army, and he sent his elegal units and making some advancements the question here is important these gestures in the part of mr. Maliki are too little too late. There is certainly the suggestion on the part of reporting coming out of baghdad that the u. S. Ambassador is clearly of the view that this cannot go forward. That he cannot sufficient hi reform, glymph his past. He cannot reform himself or his government to make an all inclusive government of national unity. And to the u. S. Has unbelievely enough been talking to familiar figures. The shiite politician who is perhaps best remembers for concocting that most awful and wrong intelligence in advance of the iraq war. Do you hear that as welt, that those names are coming forward again as possible successors . Well, there is some talk among the politicians here, about looking for replacements, but i think a number of names could be discussed, how, i think it is too early to speculate that those names will even have a chance, because as you mentioned, for instance, he is the former Prime Minister of iraq, he won the elections in 2010. But neither in iran ever in the u. S. , wanted him, to secure that term. His member of that alliance, we are hearing some rumors that they might be thinking of finding a placement within. Now, it could be it could be anyone else that we cant really figure out. So we could see any surprise, i think the Prime Minister feels very strong, i think because he has emboldened be i the fact that he is the most popular politician. He got the highest votes in the elections and his block came in fist. S i think he will put up a tough fight to leave power. Now on the broader regional and global implications. We are joined by Columbia University economist. Appreciate your being with us, sir, can we start just on what sounds like a little kit connect, the push from washington to talk about possible successors. And our correspondent in baghdad suggesting that mr. Maliki feels he is in a good spot. A hot of the trouble we have right now, not only goes back to 2003, of course, but it also goes back to the very serious meddling next door in stir yeah. Where we said asaad must go, and that has helped to stir the including u. S. Support to parts of that insurrection, and that gave space to be operating both in syria, and next door in iraq. And one of the factors in that, doesnt it have to be iran. After all its connections if they stand by him how is. Going to be change . We didnt think about any of the implications from the first day the whole atom against osama decadewe spent an, and bemoaning that fact. Now we are looking to cooperating with iran in this crisis in iraq. We dont quite know what we are doing, except we are going around in circles. The United States should be appealing the the United Nations to be involved rather than thinking that this is another case for the United States to find a manipulated outcome. You have been known about your comments of a resource curse, where we are t a now, the rebellings are moving, at least if they havent fully controlled it, very important critical there, the curds have taken over. We are looking at very important resources of oil, and thousand that will effect the future, western security in the south, is there going to be a possibility that oil is the thing that holds the keys to the castle . Oil is the reason why we wasnt into iraq in 2003. It was a miserable reason then, and it remains part of the intense interest now. And, of course, oil prices have surges in recent days because of all of this uncertainty. Add in the uncertainties in ukraine, and the national gas markets we have quite a mess right now. With many of these criessies, libya, another mess that the u. S. And nato have contributed to sadly. It means theres a tremendous instability throughout the region. Thank you very much for being with us. Pleasure to be with you. When we return, with iraq in turmoil, a community of borrowing nebraska on the alert for news from home. We know soon they attacked the area, or passed the security line. And then we know there was that just killing everyone. Voices from the american heart land, and their ties to a nation. Also ahead, hanging on to every word, the latest app to launch an on campus crisis, it is called yikcak. How the vicious exchanges left even the principal speechless. Should juvenile killers serve life without parole . The didnt even ask for the money they just shot him. Horrendous crimes committed by kids. I think that at sixteen its a little too early to write him off for life. Should they be locked away for good . He had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong. Fran drescher bad things happen to good people an incredible fight there was like a perfect storm. An ability to overcome. I was able to turn my pain into purpose. Her inspirational story you pull yourself up, and you start all over again. Every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. Talk to al jazeera only on Al Jazeera America the violence plaguing an iraq in turmoil. Some have taken temporary shelter but other have crossed the border, threing for refuge. It is a pattern we have seen for more than a decade, in fact, since 2003 when the u. S. Entered the second iraq war, 100,000 iraqi refugees relocated to the United States. About a quarter of them arrived in the last year and a half. Twentyfirst stop is usually california, michigan, or texas, but many end up in mid western community where that do find new opportunities. You might imagine lincoln, nebraska, the heart of the white bread midwest, as an unlikely home to more than 1200 iraqi immigrants. But the federal government began resettling them here after the fist gulf war, today lincoln hosts to mosques and a bundle of iraqi owned businesses. Not star from the state cop toll, where this week he is keeping a close eye on the news from home. In the store i have. The. Have, i watch all the time news. Because my family is there. So far his family in the southern part of iraq is safe, but he worries. We are very afraid. Perhaps for group feels more threatening by the group, a small religious minority from northern iraq, near the border. There are about 300 families in lincoln, and they want their story heard. The rebel fighters are a threat to their small community, which could be annihilated by the group known as siil. We know is tunneys they attack the areas, or pass the security line, and then we know they will start just killing everybody. If the i. S. I. S. Finds their way into these towns, it will be wiped out in a matter of hours. Lincoln industries, builds allamerican products but thinks all the time, of home. The whole problem right now is those people that come in. They get helped, in that city. Some groups they are still working. Most people, they dont want to do the democracy in the new government. Its not about shiites and sunnies. That story is old. They tabled in iraq in 2005, as violence at that time, threatened their family. Shay said if you dont leave your home, we ar are and we leave my country. Now they worry about the loved ones that stayed behind. My husband family lived is very dangerous. Many people, they kill from army. As difficult as it is to watch iraq unravel, it wasnt unexpected, he believes that the factions and their rivalries will destroy his homeland. Even. , i could never survive, because i know how the people over there think, i know what they think of each other, and with all the corruption, and bad politics, i dont think i would survive. It is heart to build something from nothing. To build a new government, for ten years, is really hard. But in lincoln there is an opportunity to build something from nothing. The people is very nice. We dont listen something bad word about us. The one inning about america is so nice, they always want to help you. Even if you dont speak english, they always have smile on face, and they try to understand what exactly you want. In the business he began building when he arrived after the first gulf war, he sees unity in his community, a far cry from the divisions of their fractures home. No problem. The sunni shiite, or azidi, it is all together. We dont have any trouble over here. When we return, slammed by a yikcak attack. It hit like a war, like someone has bombed the place. Before i knew it could hear the tone change, as more and more kids heard about it. Correspondent goes baaing to school, for a lesson in social media slander, and why it is so hard to stop. And later in the hour, the state of play, a preview of Al Jazeera Americas fault lines as it tackled the fight of College Players for recognition by the ncaa. Guns. There are two to three million guns in a population of only 8 million people. And gun laws. After those laws came in, there have been no more mass shootings. How Different Countries decide. Their father had a gun. Their grandfather had a gun. Who has the right to bear arms . 5 days guns around the world a primetime news special series all next week only on Al Jazeera America the Performance Review. That corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. And yet, theres someone around the office who hasnt had a Performance Review in a while. Someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. Im looking at you phone company dsl. Check your speed. See how fast your internet can be. Switch now and add voice and tv for 34. 90. Comcast business built for business. Now a snapshot of stories making headlines tonight. Change at the top for republicans in congress, behind closed doors they picked california representative as their new majority leader. Mccarthy hailed from bakersfield, he will succeed virginias eric kanter who suffered a stunning primary defeat last week. A bio hazard scare at the c. D. C. , where 75 Staff Members may have been exposed to live amtraks. Officials say researchers in a bio security lab didnt handle safe procedures with that deadly bacteria, putting technicians at risk. So far, nub of the workers have shown symptoms. Texas lawmakers governor rick perry says texas Law Enforcement must do everything it can to secure the border, some 60,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the texas mexico border this year. Back in the old days if kids were bullied they knew their considermenters, but in todays world, bullying are increasingly using anonymous technology. America tonight, on a new app thats turning high schools into harassment havens, and how a class of 6th graders in california is fighting back. If you click on yik y actionk. They created the platform for the worst Cyber Bullying behavior. Theres a hidden menace. It is called yikcak and it hit here with a vengeance. It is completely anonymous, and they are organized by geography. So if someone posts something 500 feet from you it comes up on your screen. Most read like juvenile insults. But with yikyak anyone with a smart phone can see them and spread them in real time. He says the app took off like wild fire. Within half an hour, everybody has heard about it, and downloaded it and everybody had it on their phone, and each post came in it was like a scene from mean girls. Halt. What were some of the things. They were the most horrible home mow phonic, racist, islam phonic, sexist remarks. It brings the most popular posts to the top, so if something were especially mean, it was extra popular, so the meanest were often towards the top. With user pros texted by a cloak of anonymity, it became a competition in cruelty. A constant barrage of hateful comments public humiliation, that no one could stop. All of a sudden all of the teachers were just like have you heard about it, have you seen it, what is going on. And everybody was just a buzz. What was your reaction. We were floored. Sick to your stomach. And we all just looked at each other like what doe with do. He says he learned about it during lunch hour. It hit like a war. I heard the tone change. As more and more kids about it. He has been an educator for five decades but he didnt know how to handle this latest threat. I didnt know what to do, other than to get on the public address system, and it is really causing a lot of pain to a lot of kids until we can figure out what to do dont log on, but of course saying that to a teenager is saying there are free donuts but dont touch, and by the end of the day, we had mostly girls who were crying, and then parents calling, i had never seen anything like that before, i have seen just about everything there is to see. I think we were very very lucky, that nobody has to my