the number that the tajikistan has given to us is about 600 as of now. if confirmed, i would be focusing on this important issue and to deepen our already robust relationship with the tajikistan government to address issues such as this one. >> do the tajiks have any testimony in place to do anything about this? >> my understanding is that some of the recruitment is actually happening in russia. the guest workers, as you may know, many, many young tajiks are guest workers in russia, so the problem is most likely happening in russia. as far as what the tajiks themselves are doing within t tajikistan, i will look into that and be smarter on that, if confirmed, i will get to that. >> thank you. senator murphy? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. as the father of a 7-year-old and a 3-year-old, let me remark on how remarkably well-behaved the youngsters are that are here with us! frankly, they will do more credit to the united states in these new roles than their parents, given their disposition. thank you all for being here today. let me sort of go down th

if confirmed, will work to strengthen our partnership with tajikistan to address these challenges. given the difficult neighborhood must maintain its security and stability goals that united states support only with a strong commitment for respecting of the rule of law am protection of the people's rights and freedoms. these are critical components of security instability for any country and if confirmed there will encourage the government to promote and protect the civil society for international organizations to register and function freely. being an american ambassador is not only a great honor but a great responsibility. if confirmed i will endeavor to be a good steward of the american people's trust and they carry a leader for my colleagues for as a faithful representative of our values and interests and will also insure that the mission continues to provide u.s. citizens residing in or visiting texting in the highest quality in times of need communication and trust build the best relationships not only two hours engaged in a foreign government but also to engage with congress

putin says they should expect that fighters should push through the border into tajikistan. putin says some 7,000 people from russia and from the cis states are currently fighting for i.s.i.l. and the fear that they have is that at some point they might try oinsti to in8th e unrest. >> rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. just a little while ago, hungary closed its border with croatia after shutting its border with serbia a few weeks ago. the borders are closed with razor wire. most refugees will be forced to go through austria. >> $3 billion needed under a draft agreement the money would be used in part to help turkey take on people-smugglers and prevent syrian refugees crossing to urine by sea. >>> why the death of an elephant is sparking new international outrage. also the financial and environmental concerns surrounding the construction of the nicaragua canal meant to compete with the newly enlarged panama canal. judge the killing of cecil the lion sparked outrage worldwide. but an elephant, not just any elephant but an enormous one, the largest shot in africa in

the mountainous hindu kush region of afghanistan, though tremors were also felt in northern india and tajikistan. >>> national security advisers are recommending measures that would move u.s. troops closer to the front lines in both syria and iraq. right now, the pentagon is reportedly considering several options to expand the military campaign against isis. the changes would represent a significant escalation of america's role in the region. at the same time, the associated press is reporting that iran has sent more military advisers to syria to help bashar al assad in the fight against insurgents. both russia and iran are key allies of assad's. >>> now to business, where u.s. stocks closed mixed in monday trading. shares of apple fell more than 3%, making it the biggest drag on all three major indices ahead of its key earnings report due out after the close today. >>> cnbc's carolyn ross joins us live from london. what is wall street watching for in apple's earnings? >> well, first of all, the expectations were pretty high after a number of very strong tech reports coming out last week from th

beneath the hindu kush mountains in afghanistan's sparsely populated province, which borders pakistan, tajikistan and china, the u-s geological survey said. five people are dead and one is still missing after a whale watching tour boat sank off the coast of western canada on sunday. police divers headed back out onto the water yesterdayto twenty-seven people were on the boat when it local boats and the coast guard were able to rescue 21 people. canada's joint rescue coordination center said the quick response from nearby boats saved lives. s/ lt. comm. desmond james/ joint rescue coordination center spokesman :14 "we had a helicopter on scene within 30 minutes and then by the time the helicopter was there there were already coast guard assets on scene. so they were there very quickly and number people as well, vessels of opportunity, were on scene." lieutenant commander desmond james also expressed his condolences to the families of those who did not survive. a popular entry way into mexico was shutdown by a group of protesters yesterday. the bridge of americas is located in el paso, texas. mexic

ggological survey, the quake was actually centered in afghanistan near it's borders with pakistan, tajikistan and china. protestors close down a popular entryway into mexico. the bridge of americas is located in el paso, texas. mexican farmers staged the protest monday. they say that high taxes by the mexican government, and discount products from the u.s.a. being sold in mexico are making it hard for them to make ends meet. in the fight against forest fires -- indonesia is turning to elephants. the animals move easily over the swampy land. they carry in the crews and equipment. a tree trimmer is saved from a palm tree moments before parts of the tree fell away. the man was dangling 25 feet high when firefighters reached him. it took firefighters about an hour to complee the rescue. police are searching fro three suspects who knowcked over a nun while shoplifting in saint louis. you can see them running out of a sporting goods store here -- they took almost three- thousand dollars in merchandise. the male suspect plowed into an 87- year-old nun on his way out the door. police say the suspects

the epicenter was in a remote area of afghanistan in the hindu kush mountain range which borders tajikistan and afghanistan. much deeper than recent earthquakes which cause major devastation. felt in kabul and islamabad and new delhi. we have correspondents in all of those location. let's begin with jennifer glasse in kabul. >> reporter: the powerful earthquake was felt across much of afghanistan. it brought down walls in kabul 260 miles south of the epicenter. >> translator: i was sitting at home when the earthquake happened, i came outside with one of my children, one of my grand sons started runnings, i asked him not to run but he continued and a wall collapsed on him and he was injured. >> reporter: ingeorgiin jalale have received 150 people including women and children wounded from the earthquake. five people were killed. >> reporter: there are casualties in at least 10 of afghanistan's 34 provinces spanning hundreds of kilometers which shows the power and reach of the earthquake. >> and just in the last few minutes we've gotten a new updated death toll which is 338 people killed in th

jordan maintained their possession with a 3-0 win over tajikistan. >> international officials meet in tokyo to hold a fourth product review ahead of games scheduled to be held in 2020. >> i.o.c. chairman john coates is one of the key figures. they are attending. but they'll discuss everything from accomodation, transportation, tokyo 2020 had its share of embarrassments. organizers had a scrap of plan for the new olympic stadium due to high costs and dropping logos over accusations of plagiarism. that's it for me. >> thank you very much, indeed. now, to one of the best known graphic artists, whose images are everywhere and whose name is less well-known. it may be about to change as the works of an artist goes on display in london. jessica bald win sees what is on show. >> reporter: the tower of babal shown from a bird's eye view. the graphic artist says he wanted to show the building. that's where the action took place. the top of the tower, where god gave different languages to people. normal rules of gravity does not apply. a staircase switches back on itself. it was an explanation.

it's strategically important because it sits on an important highway that links afghanistan to tajikistan to the north. kunduz is a relatively prosperous province. it's important from that point of view. the taliban have essentially been coming to the city for some time. they've taken over areas in the province north of kunduz city in the past six months. yet, the government was unable to stop them. this makes it a very important victory for them. everyone knew they were coming and trying to take the city a month ago. hundreds of people in the city protested to the governor saying, bring in reinforcements, we feel under threat. a month ago, about 2,000 families fled from just north of kunduz. all of these big indicators to the government that the taliban was coming. yet, the taliban was able to muster enough forces and trying to weaken morale in the afghan government forces that they were able to take the city in essentially a day. it means there were defections in the -- it means we understand that the army had pulled back and that certainly there were supporters for the taliban in the c

proselytizing effort has been doubled and tripled isis in central asia, especially uzbekistan, pakistan and tajikistan, given the flow of people such efforts are likely to result in increasing radicalization of the elements of the central asian diaspora in russia. if you add to this fact that with rush on the ground in syria, adding to other risks of putin's decision is also the fact the probability of retaliatory terrorist strikes inside russia are increasing. final point, the secretary of the russian security council said that the moment russian authorities do not have the means to stem the flow of volunteers to isis. russian foreign ministry estimates there are around 2400 russian speaking russian speakers among the jihad is in syria while the total russian nationals and those from the former soviet union and the ranks of isis could be a sci-fi thousand today, rush is the third most populist isis language after arabic and english. how long will it be before the veteran of isis coming back into russia decided to join our fight for russian caliphate inside russia? mr. chairman, let me conclude on thi

that there were graffiti in russia and syria which read when will buy you a new palace, or through tajikistan through russia which was a slogan of one of the groups. there is a movement of uzbekistan. this as a very vulnerable area. >> i tajik city was just taken over by the taliban. by the way, is not the so many are worried about russia will fall to these radicals. the issue because these radicals that are now motivated and back and have experienced that they may go back in that country and start killing people in large numbers, whether turning a bunch of kids into school and send them with explosives, or whether it's setting off the type of explosions and things that we've seen in railroad cars in western europe. there are fewer muslims in western europe than what we have in russia, and they are suffering from attacks, terrorist attacks of there. so again, i think the threat to the western, to western civilization, to the non-muslim world from radical islam, islamic terrorists is real and it makes sense if someone is also a target for that, that we don't try to do everything we can to unde