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United states. state department requiring all countries to provide thorough information for those applying for u.s. visa. the department giving countries 50 days to comply or show progress. if not, the u.s. could restrict travel from their country. the department detail this information in the cable it sent all u.s. diplomatic posts. reuters reported it and a senior state department official confirmed it. the memo notes "this is the first time the u.s. government is setting standards for the information that's required from all countries, specifically in support of immigration and travel vetti...

United states. state department requiring all countries to provide thorough information for those applying for u.s. visa. the department giving countries 50 days to comply or show progress. if not, the u.s. could restrict travel from their country. the department detail this information in the cable it sent all u.s. diplomatic posts. reuters reported it and a senior state department official confirmed it. the memo notes "this is the first time the u.s. government is setting standards for the information that's required from all countries, specifically in support of immigration and travel vetti...

Beginning to show progress. it's starting to take hold. >> our sources on the ground saying there was more air power, more coalition strikes today as you're trying to route out the seven and eight-man teams within the city. are you worried about an insurgency, are you worried about having trouble holding on to that city. >> there are pockets of resistance, maybe they have an rpg, a machine gun. maybe they can plan an ied, a roadside bomb. we don't know assess this enemy has enough strength left to knock the iraqi army out of its positions in ramadi. again, the enemy always has the opportunity ...

The re-establishment of the caliphate. isis even changed its name. they don't want to be called isis anymore to reflect this new empire that they claim to have established. they only want to be called now the islamic state. not the islamic state in iraq and greater syria. just the islamic state meaning the islamic state that will in their opinion, expand to everywhere. this militant group is -- has u.s. officials very concerned. they have a lot of fighters. they have a lot of foreign fighters by declaring this caliphate they are clearly trying to recruit more people and show progress. this cou...

This is precisely the thing we're doing. everything is a war or reconstruction. >> no. that doesn't make me uncomfortable. it makes me uncomfortable saying we're moving backwards the. i think in the obama era we're moving forwards and not the election of president obama but the policy achievements are helping the country move forward. now you showed some statistics at the outset which suggest regress, but i think there are a the lot of statistics that show progress, the black/white student achievement gap is shrinking. the rate at which african-americans suffer violent assault has been shrinki...