not islamic radicalism, not islamic extremism, but islam, and by definition, the 1.5 billion adherents of it, regardless of their political or military views, and that includes the 1% of the american population, citizens here, under the united states constitution, that actually follow islam as a religion. >> well, reza, i just want to quickly respond, because, you know, when confronted with facts a lot of times, the other commentators ad hominem attacks, which is what you just did to me. i have read the bible, and there are academic scholars that disagree with your facts, andy mccarthy, i named him, federal former prosecutor -- >> he is not a scholar of religion -- >> -- with your characterization. so let's not descend into ad hominem attacks, and worse than that, let's not descend into absurdities and suggest that islamic americans will not have constitutional rights. they have all the constitutional rights that i have as a christian. president-elect trump has never suggested otherwise. and it's irresponsible to come on here and cry racist, islamophobic. let's listen to president obam

islamism is the political ideology. islam is a faith. and we need -- nobody needs to know that more -- more clearly than our military leaders. and that's a very important distinction. by not making the distinction we actually shelter islamism. remember that's a totalitarian ideology that speaks to a world order which masquerades as islam as countless countries will tell you. >> he's melding the two. i know you fear that for a military leader and certainly the national security adviser because there are so many muslims in our armed services. >> that's one. so many muslims in our armed services. the second is, don't forget we have american special forces now in iraq, alongside muslim armies from iraq and iran, in fact, combatting isis. now how did they digest this? it's absolutely not useful. but it is a golden nugget if you are an islamist. if you are proposing and if you are supporting radical and violent islamism or radical institutional islamism, this is a gift from god. and that's the kind of opportunity, i'm not here to berate the ne

not islamic radicalism, not extremism, but islam. and by definition, the 1.5 billion adherence of it regardless of their political or military views. that includes the 1% of the american population, citizens here under the united states constitution, that actually follow islam as a religion. >> redsa, i just want -- reza, i just want to respond. when confronted with facts, a lot of times the other commentators add honorable anyone attacks, what you did -- >> i corrected your facts -- >> and -- i read the bible and academies disagree with your facts. a former prosecutor -- >> he's not a scholar of religion -- >> with your characterization. let's not descend into ad homonym attacks. let's not descend into absurdities and suggest that islamic americans will not have constitutional rights. they have all the constitutional rights that i have as a christian. president-elect has never suggested otherwise. it's irresponsible to come on here and cry racist, islamophobic, and use these terms and misconstrue people's words. it's sad. let's gym

islamic state movements. the muslim brotherhood, political parties, our countering violent extremism program needs to end and be replaced with countering violent islamism. until you do that, the vetting's going to be a waste of time because all they're vetting for is terrorism instead of islamism and this separatist ideology. trish: doctor, thank you so much. good to see you. >> anytime. trish: all right. a plane crash in colombia has killed 76 people including many members of a brazilian soccer team having a cinderella season. officials say at least six people have survived the crash including three players, a journalist and some crew members. the plane declared an emergency at 10 p.m. local time last night because of an electrical failure. investigators are still looking into what happened saying weather conditions may have been a factor. the tragedy affecting our own fox family here as well. six of our fox sports brazil colleagues were on that plane. our hearts go out to them, to all the victims, to all th

iraqi forces are trying to defeat so-called islamic state. but civilians are caught in the crossfire. reporter: islamic state are 200 meters in that direction. look over here. you can see children running and children playing. this war is having on people's doorsteps. has w and when he harlow harlow has made a name for herself in the world of fashion. she reveals the source of her inner confidence. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. a powerful earthquake has struck off the east coast of japan. it had a magnitude of 6.9, its epicenter was located 70 kilometers from the fukushima prefecture. fukushima is home to the nuclear power plant that was destroyed by a giant earthquake in 2011. a tsunami warning has been issued. rupert hayes is with us now. what did you feel when the earthquake struck? rupert: we are quite a ways from the epicenter but it was still very much felt. the building i live in suede quite alot -- swayed lot. it was differently enough to wake me up and it was very clear as soon as i

though determined, the islamic state is losing its grip. taken, moretreet intelligence is discovered. --e and far beyond the far beyond iraq, the islamic state is being diminished. laura: the man who helped engineer the u.s. military withdrawal from vietnam has died. 'slvin laird was richard nixon defense and helped to end the national draft. he also served in the house of representatives. he was 94. you are watching bbc "world news america." still to come on tonight's program, the u.s. election may be over, but in china they are having a nationwide ballot where not all candidates are welcome. 2 white men are on trial for a video that shows a man being forced into a coffin with a threat to set it on fire in august. it was shared on social media. politicalvarious parties came out in numbers to oppose the bill application of 2 white farmers charged with kidnapping and assault. this shows the video of the terrified black man being forced into a coffin after he was accused of trespassing. two out the video the accused, areking in africans, thre

is retaken from the islamic state group. the battle for mosul rages on. government forces make a gruesome discovery, the bodies of some 100 people, many of them decapitated. business, wer, in will be going to lisbon to get the latest from the web summit, an annual gathering of some of the biggest names in the technology industry. do stay with us for that on "france 24." there is much more coming up. first, the ballot boxes are out. polling stations are open across -- across america's east coast for the much-anticipated presidential election. hillary clinton and donald trump are in new york. they will be casting their ballots later this tuesday pretty in her closing remarks, clinton urged people to look for a hopeful, inclusive, and bighearted america. her republican rival ended his campaign with a foul to reunite to country -- with the vow reunite the country under "america first." philip crowther is standing by. the big day is finally upon us. philip: we cannot quite believe that we finally managed to get to this spot after almost two years of campaignin

the city is the islamic state group's last major urban stronghold in the country. thomas: for more, our chief foreign editor joins us live from the outskirts of that town. what more can you tell us about the fighting going on around where you are? rob: it has been going on all morning. so far it has been going very well for the peshmerga. i was in communication with peshmerga fighters on the ground. this is a time before the islamic state organization moved in, strategically it was important. it is clear that islamic state organization has been putting up quite a fight during the day. there were numerous casualties on the peshmerga side. a group of journalists became trapped. during the day, during the last half hour. the fighting is still going on. it does appear that they are very close to having things back under their control. thomas: thank you very much for joining us. apologies there for the poor sound quality of that interview. next, it has been described as beijing's most direct intervention into hong kong's legal and political system since the 1990 seven h

it seems to me that particularly our military engagements in the islamic world has not succeeded. indeed, it has failed and,it therefore, it's incumbent upon americans to begin thinking about a different course in some sense of the purpose of my book is to try to promote an awareness of the failure of our military, and, therefore, to encourage americans to begin to think about the different course. >> host: here's the cover of the book, "america's war for the greater middle east" as well as into jim in erie, pennsylvania. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for taking my question. i guess that the states the quandary here in terms of what we are looking at. how do we disengage from a blatantly flagrant openly hostile islamic culture that seems to be intent on murdering as many innocent people as possible, cares nothing about human rights, and dispatches terrorists and inspires terrorists all over the world to murder innocent people? your disengagement sounds nice but in this type of culture clash, clash of values, i'm a retard coast guard guy is self and i don't understand how we consi

we should expect very high islamic state casualties. historically, when we look at their rosters, they continue to pay families of fighters who have been killed. we are able to identify from the roster, how many are killed. we saw an anbar in 2005-2006, a third of them had been killed. comparing mosul rosters from 2007-2009, a higher proportion had been killed. they are almost expendable to leadership. we are seeing casualties inside mosul being executed. we should expect residual casualties. isil has been wiring cities as it leaves, so people want to go home. so, they will, even if they are told they shouldn't go home, they will go home, open a refrigerator and pick up an object and there will be an explosion. i haven't tracked it all, casualties on iraq or other coalition forces. >> i can address one aspect outside the iraq operation. it was largely kurdish affair with the special operations. that, you know, there were hundreds of kurdish casualtieca upwards between 300 and 400 with injuries well over 1,000. it's unknown how many the

>> well, i'm talking about a very large swath of the islamic world. i could have called it america's war in the middle east but it seems to me to use that narrower term really understates the expanse over which we have been involved, certainly includes places like afghanistan which doesn't fall in what we think of as the middle east. frankly now includes very large parts of central and western africa which again doesn't fall within the typical definition middle east. >> why was the year 1990 so significant? >> the year significant is 1980. basically said the persian gulf is national security interest and more to the point in place that the united states is worth fighting for. we have been involved milt -- militarily and prior to 1980's the greater middle east wasn't on our map. we hadn't made all the arrangements for basements or overflight rides. is now prepared for what then becomes interventions in the regions. >> prior to that, very few lives lost, military lives lost. >> i do. sadly i think to some degree, since the end of world war ii the americ

and when it comes to islamic state, that's something donald trump has said is not right. they should be on the same side when it comes to fighting that jihadist group. even under president obama, there have been negotiations to try and bring the russian and the u.s. militaries, who are both operating inside syria, together to try and, you know, target with combined firepower the forces of islamic state. the problem is that it's complicated on all sorts of levels. not least of which is that if you join with the russians and fight against islamic state or any other jihadist group, it puts you, washington, on the side of the syrian government, on the side of ba har al assad and, of course, on the sad of assad's allies first and foremost iran. so the united states will be fighting alongside iran. and it also alien ates the traditional arab allies on the opposite sides of the conarthritic. turkey is not going to be happy about it, either. so yes, it's in theory a great idea. in practice, it's going to be very, very difficult. >> matthew chance for us live in moscow there. than

some 5000 to 6000 islamic state fighters are thought to still be in mosul. isis is going to the rear and we will defeat them. >> us-led airstrikes have eliminated all but one bridge crossing the river tigris which flows into mosul, limiting the islamic state groups movements. that could also restrict civilians looking to flee the fighting. 1.5 million people are still thought to be living in mosul. tens of thousands are being displaced every week as the battle to retake the city intensifies. in colombia the government and farc rebels are to either controversial revised peace accord today. the last peace deal to end the 50 year conflict was signed but rejected in a referendum. the deal is said to be ratified by congress despite bitter complaints from opponents who say it is too soft on the left is yours blamed for thousands of killings and kidnappings. this time around the expectations are that the peace deal will be ratified. the original one was branded as historic by the president, but he was embarrassed a week later when the deal was rejected in a referen

we should expect very high islamic state casualties. historically when we look out their rosters, they continue to pay families of fighters who've been killed. so we are able to identify from the rosters how many are killed. we saw in anbar in 2005-2006 about a third have been killed. we saw comparing mosul rosters from 2007-2009 even a higher proportion have been killed. they are almost expendable to their leadership. we are also seeing casualties inside mosul from resistance movements being executed. then we should expect some residual casualties because i sold has been wiring cities -- isil has been wiring cities as you leave. people want to go home, even if they are told they should not go home, they will go home. they will open a refrigerator or pick up an object and it will be an explosion. i haven't tracked at all casualties on iraq or other coalition forces. >> i can address one aspect outside of the iraq operation, which was largely a kurdish affair with american special operations. there were hundreds of kurdish casualties, i

radical islam. and he has called islam a political ideology, and senator sessions is a strong supporter of tough immigration enforcement policies. some of the nominees are getting mixed reviews, with critics worried nay will be too anti-islam, too anti-immigrant. for the latest on the controversy surrounding some of the nominees, i want to go to our connell mcshane outside trumptory right now. >> reporter: interesting with, everything you just went through, no surprise know that these three gentlemen would be hearing it from the other side, the democrats that are processing the nominations today. the important point is two of the three positions require senate confirmation, general flynn, national security adviser will not. on senator sessions first, chuck schumer put a statement out and i'll read part of that to you. he says i know senator sessions and we work out at the gym, the fact he's a senator does not absolve him from the tough questions of the confirmation process given past statements and

to it's for the iraqi army take the battle to the islamic state organization in mosul itself. thomas: robert parsons reporting. a brand-new reception center for migrants has opened its doors this thursday. the center will be home to 400 migrants. it's in the north of the capital. the opening comes a few weeks after the jungle camp in calais and a makeshift camp were both dismantled. >> this giant inflatable dome is paris's newest reception center. a place of transit where new arrivals will wait to be transferred to other camps. it was also set up to host up to 400 people. equipped with bedrooms, showers, bathrooms and on-site medical aim is toproject's offer a dignified alternative to life on the street. located in northern paris, the center is reserved for men. a similar one for women and children is set to open in 2017. french authorities cleared 3000 people from a makeshift camp near the stalingrad metro station last week. this followed the evacuation of another 7000 migrants from the calais jungle in october. most were relocated to centers across france. some more thought

but it's really vilifying other islam and erasing islam and islamic history as if it had no significance in the context of our world. and saying that we should be, you know, taking it out of textbooks all together. we've made inroads with the department of education but they're saying that's really up to the schools, the individual schools. there's a jurisdiction question of of what guidance can the federal government give to local schools of how to conduct the curriculum. this is a subtle way that is sort of infiltrating the overall discourse in the schools that there's something wrong with islam, we shouldn't be talking about islam. which is also impacting how kids are feeling in schools. >> if all you hear is the cr crusades of 9/11. >> exactly. that's the only historical fact you need to be aware of. >> i think it's important that you mentioned the overall climate for students. and one thing that i always try to remind folks is that when we talk about anti-muslim hate crimes, what we've seen in the past year, you know, just to give it a date, since the attacks in paris we started map

is global fighting among those in the islamic state. trying to retake their religion from those islamic extremist. he says the media and some of our leaders may share part of >> reporter: shaking the stigma is the priority of giving them a voice and pushing back the terrorist. >> trying to recalibrate our policy to rather been centered to violence and terrorism to be >> reporter: one is the muslim brotherhood. >> it believes that the state, the constitution, and its legal system should be driven by islamic law. >> reporter: they continue to be ignored by the mainstream media. saying in part the real divide of the american muslim who reject the fantasy of the islam state. >> that is what we see from a lot of people they want to suppress the education. there are muslims that are not islamist. >> reporter: progressive muslims it unfairly gives the loudest voice. >>> coming up, do you own your i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody any voters, okay? and you

it is the sound of sniper fire coming from islamic state. they are trying to respond and stop the shooting coming in. few expected they would advance this far, this fast. but the closer they get to mosul, the resistance only grows. we are now literally just a few hundred meters from the outskirts of mosul with counterterrorism forces. they have come up against significant we stiffer resistance than we have seen the last couple days. we're hearing the sounds of grounds coming in and rocket propelled grenades as well as automatic weapon fire. they have brought in tanks, heavy weapons, they are targeting a number of buildings where they think islamic state is based before it is safe for them to move into mosul itself. there are reported to be more than one million people trapped between the warring parties. with nothing but a white flag for defense. many fear a mass civilian exit -- civilian exodus may lie ahead. it is hard to exaggerate how dangerous this was. islamic state fighters on the skylines barely seem to care that the troops are advan

that is not islam phobia. that is reality. >> -- that is fine but that is not what he said. >> he said within the body of 1.7 people. >> he said within. >> the question is how big an issue is this going to be? >> we know that flynn has strong views about radical islam. to me that -- what he just said there pushes -- probably pushes over the line. okay? i had a problem with president obama and not being willing to say. >> not using the words radical islamic terrorism. >> yes. but you don't want to say that 1.7 billion people are our enemy. that doesn't not help. >> that is not what he's saying. >> -- go back to the water boarding for one second. i hope trump if he appoints mattis will listen to him on this. because trump's experience on this is probably watching "24." mattis is a general and the other thing he knows if you water board, if you violate the geneva conventions you have set your own soldiers up for terrible experiences if they are captured by the enemy and he's very aware of that. >> stay with me. b

. >> a self-described islamic state news agency called artan a soldier of the islamic state who carried out the operation. >>> north dakota officials hope to shut down those oil pipeline protests with fines. yesterday, state officials said that they would fine anyone bringing supplies to the protesters. but emergency evacuation order to protect people from harsh weather was not enforced. demonstrators charged the four-state dakota access pipeline to contaminate water supplies. >>> coming up on the "morning news." inauguration access. big donors are being court for events surrounding the president's swearing in. the nfl players wear custom cleats for charity. this is the "cbs morning news." orn for charity.

is saying islamic state militants killed 44 members of the islamic state islamic -- e to use them as human shields. alexander al qaeda has the latest. alexander: -- alexander a alcot has the latest. fighting intensified with the iraqi special forces to the edge of corona district. late on monday the prime minister traveled to the outskirts of the jihadists stronghold in iraq. in on the close islamic state group on all sides. we will cut off the head of the snake. they will have no way out and no way to escape your their choice will be to surrender or die. the c.t.s. will halted to france until forces on other fronts get into position. troops in the south have the most ground to cover. they are currently battling islamic state group fighters in the city of shura, 54 kilometers from mosul. and while, and radiant backed military have started west to cut off the supply line from the syrian border. the operation has moved swiftly until now. many of the captured towns are largely abandoned. heading for the more densely populated areas, the advance will slow down significantly. the vastly o

islamic state group put up a fierce fight. the militants used tamils they built to hide from peshmerga forces and avoid the attack. >> they created a network of titles so the militants could come out and fire at us and then go back into the tunnels. now we are in control of those tunnels. peshmerga officials say there are still some jihadists inside the city. troops will now be clearing the tunnels of explosives and driving out any remaining islamic state group fighters. stepss one of the final in securing the outskirts of mosul. the goal is to surround and isolate the besieged city before mounting an assault. be a long and bloody battle ahead. and kurdish00 arabs fighters are advancing on the de facto capital in syria, but it's a tricky operation. turkish authorities want to keep syrian kurds from entering the city and forces clashed with them. meanwhile the application is operation is further complicated by landmines planted by islamic state fighters. the new is tightening around the islamic state group in raqqa. now the u.s

seems to, doesn't see a distinction between islam and radical islam. is that something that could actually embolden, say, isis, in its recruiting of, let's say people in the west even? >> well, first of all he's going to be a part of a team. so not the president. donald trump is the president. going to be his policies. he's brought someone into his team advise him on the policies. second thing, bigger picture, a sign the president is serious about the war on terror and going after isis. putting people in place to do exactly what he said he would do in the campaign. win this war and be aggressive and change the policy and failed policies of the last administration going after terrorism. so we're getting into a policy debate about, watch lists, that's for later. once you get in the administration. he's sending signals he's bringing in tough people he believes in that will help him fight this war. >> this is a very troubling nomination and significant this is one job as you pointed out that does not need senate confirmation. because i'd have to tay michae

do you think he's very important to islamic state? >> he's, to the islamic state, he is very important. laden had bin much more of an international following. because of 9/11, he had made a name for himself far larger than al-baghdadi. so, al-baghdadi has been important to islamic state but not important to the jihadist movement overall because you see other jihadist groups are fighting independently. he's probably the most preeminent leader that we know but he is not of the stature of bin laden. >> thank you very much for joining us. 110 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya after a ship capsized. is expected to rise up at hundreds of migrants were trying to make the perilous mediterranean sea crossing to italy. 4000 people have drowned trying to make the journey this year. a norwegian vessel was the first on scene, 29 people were rescued and transferred to an island. aid workers said they spent many hours waiting to be rescued. one incident took place 25 nautical miles off the libby and coast. the floor of the din

on american islam -- >> so a lot of controversial things. >> the nation of islam supports the millian man marks. >> he did a lot more. >> let her talk. >> he spoke against the anti-semitic comments and people still believe that are not anti-semitic. and again, i say again, is senator bernie sanders not jewish? is he not the one that said he would be the best to represent the party? the dnc is in complete disarray. they need to come back to the bernie sanders supporters and surrogates to get them involved in the party. they need to fix it because they clearly got whooped all across the country. they are going what they need to do to get it together and it won't come with someone who has essential attitude. >> interesting. fascinate pg. nicely done. good to see you both. thank you, tezlyn. thank you, brooke. >>> president obama with his toughest remarks yesterday on president-elect trump. we will show you what he said and what happened. and reports that lieutenant michael flynn could be the next national security adviser. >> a lot of what george w. bush tried to do was too ambitious, to

qatar and saudi arabia don't want us to talk about islam, because if we do, it indicts the islam that they practice. >> asra nomarami, i appreciate you being on the program tonight and talking about the way you see it and what influenced your vote and i urge everybody to read your piece and we'll put a link on your website. >> thank you, anderson, and thank you for having an open heart and an open mind to all these ideas. >> it's great to get people from all different walks of life and different perspectives. asra, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> we'll take a quick break and then hear what hillary clinton said to her campaign volunteers tonight. this is just coming in. we'll listen to the audio in a moment. and how doable is the to-do list for trump's first year in office. tom foreman takes a look ahead. i'm fa-reezing! well, i told you to bring a warmer jacket. when? every day since you could walk! now i just say it with my eyes like... folks, park ranger mark. -sup, bro? -hey, forest cop. you're taking up a lot of space. i'm going to need you to move a vehicle. todd, load the fo

we will have the latest on the battle against the so-called islamic state. myanmar'ss growing on de facto leader aung san suu kyi to investigate claims that her country's army has been abusing muslim civilians. jonah fisher is in an area that has been shut down the army. jonah: it is off-limits to western journalists. the burmese military does not want is looking into claims that its soldiers have been killing and raping muslim civilians. we send someone into film secretly. this is the group that triggered the latest violence, made up of what appears to be muslims from the rohinga minority, they killed nine policemen before fleeing. most people fled, but for some reason, these 2 brothers from age 13 and 18, stayed in her home. >> the soldiers pointed a gun at them and then took out documents that showed them at school. they didn't accept that and said they were terrorists who had become. jonah: we were shown where the boys were shot and their bodies dumped, along with a third man. there have been scores of stories like this that we've been prevented from ver

>> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion. >> reporter: cnn's k file found flynn routinely retweeted unfounded conspiracy theories and promotes users tweekt anti-semitic messages. he came under fire for quoting an anti-semitic message linked to a cnn video. the corrupt democratic machine will do and say anything to get #neverhillary into power. he retweeted a tweet that read not anymore, jews. he quickly apologized calling it a mistake. but after flynn's announcement, david duke cited the tweet as evidence flynn, quote, knows that the saudis, isis and the jewish neo cons are the real enemies. calling him a great pick. democrats are very concerned about flynn's choice. >> on a lot of policy matters, his views scare me, frankly. he has a difficult time differentiating between the entire faith of islam and those who pervert it like isis. >> reporter: and elijah cummings is seeking more information from the transition team about potential co

qatar and saudi arabia don't want us to talk about islam, because if we do, it indicts the islam that they practice. >> asra nomarami, i appreciate you being on the program tonight and talking about the way you see it and what influenced your vote and i urge everybody to read your piece and we'll put a link on your website. >> thank you, anderson, and thank you for having an open heart and an open mind to all these ideas. >> it's great to get people from all different walks of life and different perspectives. asra, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> we'll take a quick break and then hear what hillary clinton said to her campaign volunteers tonight. w we'll listen to that audio in a moment. and how doable is the to-do list for trump's first year in office. tom foreman takes a look ahead. okay google, show me korean restaurants in boulder. google assistant: i found a few places. vo: the new pixel, phone by google. exclusively on verizon. the only next gen network that lets you get the most out of it. how is this possible? vo: because verizon lte advanced delivers 50% faster peak speeds

hasa: in iraq, the army defeated islamic state jihadist but the ancient sites will never be the same. iraqi officials are looking to see if any of the runs can be salvaged but some of the most important sites have been completely destroyed. robert parsons is in the city and sent us this report. to believet's hard it now, but this was once one of the most magnificent archaeological sites in the world. it's here that a king 3000 years ago built his power. many of the statues and frescoes from that time were preserved, the highest quality, but all of it destroyed an act of wonton barbarity, the likes of which in ourrely been seen time or any other time for that matter. in the destroying of what it calls idolatrous images. the iraq he army is celebrating the defeat of isis here, but the damages irreversible. the place was completely destroyed. the islamic state group is destroying our heritage and fighting against humanity. >> the destruction is even worse than that inflicted by isis on the archaeological site at paul myra in syria. you can just make out one of the stone carvings for whic

the islamic republic is modernizing its fleet of aircraft. it would be the latest sale to tehran amid lessening sanctions after last year's nuclear deal. many of the aircraft components are made in the united states. more businesses a little later. first, back to christopher. christopher: we're going to talk about the dodo, a flightless bird that used to live on the island of malicious -- the island of mauritius before europeans arrived in hunted them to extinction. a skeleton up for auction is made of bone's for several birds and isn't quite complete. it sold for almost 400,000 euros. you are watching "dw news" in berlin. up next, japan's meteorological agency warns there could be another major earthquake in the next few days after a powerful tremor earlier today issued an event near the fukushima nuclear plant. that story and much more in just a minute's time. we'll take a short break. christopher: welcome back coming here with "dw news" in present -- in berlin. turkey suspends the new law that would allow men convicted of underage of use a

the battle continues to drive the islamic state group out of its last major stronghold in iraq. we will have more from the ancient city nearby, a site destroyed by the militants. coming up, paris hotels have been forced to slash prices to fill their rooms. is the strategy working? we will tell you more in the business update. baker'sdecade of bickering over the best recipe for one of the best-loved cakes in france, a chinese company steps in and snaps up the trademark. ♪ genie: first in the united states, hill clinton has made her first public appearance since her defeat in the election. she was speaking at the children's defense fund in washington, d.c. she won one million more votes than her republican rival but lost the presidency in the electoral college. more on the difficult appearance for the former secretary of state. her first public appearance since conceding the election of a supportive crowd that it hasn't been an easy week -- a candidate hillary clinton tells a supportive crowd that it hasn't been an easy week. timesre have been a few this past week when all i wan

news agency for the so-called islamic state. and this is the place where the group has typically posted its claims of responsibility, particularly for attacks taking place not necessarily in iraq and syria, but outside in other parts of the world over the last year or two. so with that in mind, it will be taken very seriously by intelligence services and of course, investigators who are looking at what happened in columbus. brent: is there any concrete evidence that the suspect was a supporter of i.s.? richard: well, even before this claim came out, we where hearing from authorities right up to the level of the white house that possible extremist motivations behind this attack were being looked at by investigators. so far the investigators themselves are being tightlipped, as you would expect, just a day after what happened. but off the record, some have been speaking to american media and indicating they are looking particularly at facebook posts which might add to that degree of suspicion. we really have to caution, is very ea

the islamic state has been bleeding fighters out of that city for a period of about six months. they're probably down to about 5,000 hard core in the city. there's well over 100,000 closing in on them. we'll win this but they can make it painful. this will land on the desk of the new president. this is not going to be unfortunately resolved between now and january. >> let's talk about the new president turning back to what's going on in the united states, what's your reaction to president-elect trump's national security pick so far? >> we see lieutenant general michael flynn as the national security advice ser, extremely d line views on islam. the upcoming big pick is secretary of defense. the name you hear the most at the moment is retired marine general jim maddis, contemporary mind, solid officer, brilliant

he went to the islamic university in saudi arabia where he got his bachelors and masters in islamic theology. he then decided he didn't have enough degrees, so he went to yale and got his ph.d in islamic studies. but more important than any of that, more important than anything that i've just said, yasi qadhi is our own speaker today that has his own barbecue sauce named after him. if you go to tom's barbecue in memphis, tennessee, and ask for yq sauce, they'll bring you this special daisy barbecue sauce. it's kind of on the spicy side, but it is delicious. ladies and gentlemen, sheikh yasir qadhi. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's such a pleasure and honor to be here at isna. a little while ago, people come up to me to take selfies and take pictures. i pass by in the hallway and i said, people come to take selfies with me, but i need to take a selfie with you, and i took one with them. years from now, when historians and political analysts are going to analyze the strange rise and eventual fall of donald trump, when they're going to discuss how he lost resoundingly in the november 2016

here's the general speaking about islam p.m. he's made some controversial comments, some would say bigoted. nice lam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion it acreligion. it's like cancer. i've gone through cancer in my own life. so it's like cancer. it's like a malignant cancer though in this case. it has metastasized. >> a lot of reasons and you know this from your days with fbi and also on the house intelligence committee a lot of reasons why people in the bush administration and the obama administration say don't talk that way about religion, not only because it's not true it's because it emboldens the enemy and gives them propaganda material. what do you think when you hear that? >> two parts of that. i wasn't sure of the first part because there are a grouch scholars that believe isis and those like isis are using the political context for islam to do what they do including beheadings and other things which is entirely wrong. the other part of that we need our arab partn

take a listen. >> islam is a political ideology. and it hides behind this notion of it being a religion. it's like cancer. i've gone through cancer in my own life. it's like cancer and like a malignant cancer in this case. it has metasticized. >> a lot of the reasons why people in the bush administration and obama administration don't talk that way about religion, not only because it's not true you about because it gives them propaganda material, what do you think when you hear that? >> there are a group of scholars who believe isis and those like isis are using the political context for islam to do what they do, including beheadings and other things, which is entirely wrong. the other part of that is we need our arab partners, our sunni arab partners, shia arab partners to help get a handle on this extreme islam. leaders like el sisi of europe there's a combination of this. and those isis who are outliers believe that's true. now we have to make sure our muslim partners in the united states and overseas, we can band together and co

and in public speeches, even calling islam a cancer. >> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion. >> reporter: more broadly, he supports a significant reversal of which states the u.s. views as threats. he has identified long-time ally saudi arabia as a danger, while growing u.s. adversary russia, who the u.s. blames for invading ukraine, atrocities in syria as an exaggerated threat, at best a potential friend. this is a view that contradicts the u.s. intelligence community and senior defense officials from both parties. he has also unsettled u.s. allies by arguing that military commitments to nato and other treaty allies should be conditional. >> i've been called an angry general. i tell you what, you know what, i'm not angry. what i am, what i am is i'm very determined to make sure that this country is ready for my children and my grandchildren. >> reporter: flynn's military record is impressive. as an intelligence officer, he is credited with helping turn the tide against al qaeda in afgh

islam is being torn down. i think as proud muslims who are proud of their faith, i feel like we have to counter the narrative for our children at home so that, you know, these voices are so loud. but i think that there can be much more emphasis placed on creating a strong identity which is not only in just religious teaching of doctrine of practice and rituals which is all very important, but also, you know, for example, civic engagement. it's the time for voting and i find it incredibly powerful that the first group that ever voted in islamic history was a group of women. that's a story that our children should be hearing. and i think that that idea of democracy and civic engagement from a religious perspective should be part of our conversations. we can't stop what the kids are hearing on the news or stop what they're getting on social media, so i think this idea of really teaching islam in its just and equitable sort of scholarship that's done, check out the website -- shameless plugs all throughout this. b

but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses the united states and to the american people. and i believe she understands how to wield american power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. your only choice for live local news john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 meteoroligist sam argier. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. how long are you waiting in local hospital emergency rooms? the difference could be a matter of hours depending on the hospital. fox5's eric hilt has been investigating that question and is live in the newsroom with a preview of this special report. most times when people go to the emergency room care... but some patients at las vegas hospitals are waiting hours to see a doctor or nurse. and with the busiest season for emergency departments right around the corner, those waits could get longer. "if you feel bad and you think you have the flu, this fall you may be sitting in an emergency department for 3 or 4 hours" we took a look at governmen

listen to this. >> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this, this notion of it being a religion. it's like cancer. i've gone through cancer in my own life. so it's like cancer and it's like a malignant cancer, though in this case that has metastasized. >> talking about flynn's comments with a representative from the trump campaign in a few moments. meanwhile, other news. trump supporters chanted "lock her up" during the campaign, but he apparently decided to leave her alone. donald trump does not plan to pursue an investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail server or the clinton foundation. that according to adviser former campaign manager kellyanne conway, and an msnbc, earlier this morning, conway said, trump's decision should send a message to other republicans. >> i think when the president-elect who's also the head of your party now, joe, tells you before he's even inaugurated he doesn't wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone and content to the members, and i think hillary

and what these men think about radical islam is quite strong. charles: we heard from the left big time when it came to senator sessions and going back to when he -- some of the issues he had 30 years ago. do you think that will play a role? do you think that will hamper him? president-elect trump should have the authority to surround himself with whoever he wants to. democrats are promising a serious fight on this one. >> you are already seeing it from their sycophants in the mainstream media. all day today has been nothing but a race to see who can get out there first to say michael flynn has been offensive towards muslim and the muslim community around the world. senator sessions made some comments 30 years ago. so we already know what their strategy is going to be. it's a shame in a sense. i understand, obviously, it's not rocket science. there are a lot of people upset about the fact that trump won. but he won in an electoral college process that if the role had been reversed, does anybody think the democrats would go along with republicans