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benjamin. benjamin: yeah, another sign of ukrainian resilience. there's no way they're going to let, from what we've seen, the russians take over. i want to pivot to another story, jennifer, because this is something we've been following in iraq. missiles fired early this morning out of iran, the u.s. consulate in erbil, northern iraq. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, u.s. officials do confirm that the ballistic missiles that were fired at erbil in the kurdish section of iraq came from inside iran. the iranian revolutionary guard corps said they fired up to 12 ballistic missiles. u.s. state department officials, however, say missiles were not targeting the u.s. consulate there, but the iranian ballistic missiles did land right next to the u.s. consulate in erbil. there are u.s. officials and u.s. military working out of that consulate. no one was injured, but this comes at a delicate time as the u.s. presses iran for a new nuclear deal, and it appears as if the u.s. does not want to have to respond militarily to
iran for fear of general. tizeing those talks. -- jeopardizing those talks. benjamin: it is hard to believe that the iranians were aiming at anything other than the consulate, but we'll see what facts bear out. and, of course, important to remember that russia is at the table in those iranian negotiations, so a very complex set of events there. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thanks. molly? molly: benjamin, thank you, covering the escalating tensions there on the ground in ukraine. meanwhile, russian airstrikes, we've been talking about those, they hit a ukrainian base just 15 miles from the polish border. this comes as more than 1.5 million ukrainians are have already fled to poland through this area in the western part of the country since the russian invasion began. alex hogan is in poland's second largest city, krakow, with the latest on the refugee crisis. alex. >> reporter: hi, molly. washing your hair in a bathroom sink of a train station in another country and then
al baghdadi killed himself when encountering the forces to a evade capture and the u.s. tried to capture high value targets and detonating the force and united states forces on the began efforts to identify this is the targts they sought. and they are highly confident that he was, in fact, killed in this operation. >> ryan browne thank you so much. let's go to iraq where we find international correspondent nick paton walsh in erbil. this is a big blow to isis. >> reporter: absolutely. this is a man who offered the ideology and behind the way they piped down social media, the brutal gory images of violence, of suffering, of execution of western hostages over times and hundreds of iraqi army recruits. he honed their skills of spreading around the world the idea anybody with a twisted view of the world could join isis
try our new warm grain bowls today. order now on grubhub. in just a few hours, the five-day cease-fire between kurdish forces and syria will end. erdogan met with vladimir putin in sochi. the u.s. and our troops withdrawing from syria moving into iraq but the iraqi military is saying they cannot stay. barbara starr is at the pentagon. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us in erbil, iraq. hearing from leaders in iraq
new evidence is emerging of alleged atrocities. here's a warning, the video is disturbing to watch. nbc news has blurred the most graphic forces. it appears to show arab militias executing a kurd by the roadside. multiple officials teld nbc news that the video appears genuine. they say they include al qaeda and isis supporters. take a look at this video. that's an isis prison coming under fire. detainees scampering for the exits. this was yesterday near the turkey/syria border but today hundreds mores escaping under similar circumstances. there's a lot to discuss with our team of reporters and analysts so we'll get ryeight t it. bill neely in erbil, the capital of afghanistan. what are we learning about the withdrawal of troops?
fired across the border which is literally just down at the bottom of the valley into syria. this is an operation that the turks have been saying that they want to carry out for quite some time as you described. and it was difficult for them to carry it out when there were american troops just over the border working alongside the kurdish that are now being targeted by turkey. >> that mark stone reporting from the turkish side of the turkey/syria border. joining me now is matt bradley in erbil east of the area we are talking about. democratic forces spokesperson says that there is a lot of panic in the region. and there is legitimate fear that this could lead to a new humanitarian crisis in that area. i remind everybody syria has been in addition to a civil war a humanitarian crisis for several es. >> reporter: that's right. i mean, the story of syria since 2011 has been one of successive
bolton, pompeo and others who have called for regime change in the past. with america's track record here, we've got a problem. and people in the state department know that there is a lot of skepticism about what they are claiming. they say that the draw down in baghdad was necessary as well as in erbil. that's also very suspicious. you've been there. i've been there. this is the most heavily fortified embassy in the world. it's very hard to understand why a post such as baghdad, where there's no family, no dependents, only people who are supposed to be essential, why they would have that drawdown. that seemed more symbolic than real. >> that was really -- >> it just -- it seemed to be part of a threat tempo. the real problem here is congress has not been briefed. there will be a briefing for the gang of eight tomorrow but tim kaine won't be in that briefing. others, lindsey graham won't be in that briefing and the fact that the foreign relations and
called for regime change with america's track record, they have a problem and people in the state department know there is a lot of skepticism about what they are claiming. they say that the draw down in baghdad was necessary as well as in erbil. that the suspicious. i've been there. you've been there. this is the most heavily fortified embassy in the world. it very hard to understand why a post such as baghdad with no family, no dependents, only people who are supposed to be official, why they would have that draw down? that seemed more symbolic. >> that was really -- >> it just -- it seemed to be part of a threat tempo. the real problem here is congress has not been briefed. there will be a briefing for the gang of eight tomorrow but tim kaine won't be in that briefing. others, lindsey graham won't be in that briefing and the fact that the foreign relations and intelligence committees have not been briefed tells you how much distrust there is even among
those talks could prove to be difficult. george? >> senior international correspondent ben wedeman live for us in erbil, iraq, thank you for your reporting. the world health organization may reconsider naming zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. health experts and rights activists are stunned by the pick because the long-standing corruption and abuse of power allegations that stand against mr. mu gau mugabe. they're rethinking the appointment in light of who values. he says the agency is listening to critics' concerns. kenyans are set to cast ballots on thursday on the country's second presidential vote in two months, but doubt is growing over whether the new election will even happen as frustrations among kenyans boils into the streets. this report from nairobi. >> reporter: since the presidential elections, kenya
resolve this conflict. and that's anybody's guess. >> ben wedeman, thank you so much, live for us in erbil, iraq. still ahead, the u.s. president likes to call things that he doesn't like fake, but now art critics are using that word against something he owns right back there, why an art institute is calling president trump's renoir a knockoff. directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a papercut. and having their arm trapped in a vending machine. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable switch to directv. call 1-800-directv.