fight to isis. >> general marks? >> we must ensure baghdad does not fall. >> even raising the question about the capital of iraq, a huge city falling, raises fears and reminds people about saigon. >> there are discussions now the national security council talking about the options. the options are we can't allow that to fall. this cal fate that's been create -- caliphate that's been created cannot expand, cannot gobble up territory. this has to be contained. more u.s. troops on the ground now is not the solution. >> there shouldn't be center what do you say? >> we are a supporting actor in this. this has got to be the iraqi government that wins this. later on, something different in syria. we have got to provide more than just force and a military approach to this. it has to be governmental, informational, economic, and diplomatic. we've got to put more effort into this beyond just -- >> you have confidence in this iraqi government now is. >> no. i don't have a lot of confidence -- >> what makes you think the u.s. can win? >> i think you've got to work the iraqi government, an

history of opposition to the let government in baghdad a year before this district in west with became an isil strong hold, it was a battleground. many people were with killed and arrests by the army, like many predominately sunni towns there were months of protests accusing the government of neglect. isil was able to exploit who sunnies say were legitimate demands. >> it is not clear if the tribes who did pledge allegiance did so out of con can vices or fear, what is clear that that it was a strong hold for al quaida and other armed groups who fight the iraqi government and forces when they were in the country. for some time they were able to secure sunni areas these men are now asking for arms so they can recapture but arms may not be enough to bring peace part of the strength comes from the inability to bring the community to it's side. the family of former pine minister says his body has been snatched from baghdad international airport where it was waiting to be flown to jordan reports suggest it was taken minutes before it was taken minutes. he died on friday following a he

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audience, a arrived here today from baghdad with a brief stop in paris not your typical route to doha, but one in keeping with the theme of this conference, which is changing assumptions. of course the brookings doha center is one of the magnificent institutions here in qatar. institutions that from their very beginning have challenged the way we think about exchange and partnership between the united states and the islamic world. it is centers of excellence like this one, in addition to the cities world renowned cultural institutions which makes doha an increasingly important meeting place between east and west. and few other places across the world can you see a until. [ inaudible ] in the morning attends a lecture on the history of gulf security in the afternoon and listen to the sim fun that i evening. in fact, this is these kind of opportunities that his eye core extra vin ski the great russian-american composer credited with his create creativity i and said it was through expose a to his own false assumptions and is not the thoughts of wisdom and established knowledge that he develop

"living in fear." why many in baghdad shia are afraid to leave their homes in an increasingly divided city. >>> pakistan said that it's ready to throw out more foreign aid groups after expelling save the children. >> what they have done is stop the boats. >> australia's prime minister refuses to deny reports that the navy paid people smugglers to return to indonesia. >> but first there are deep concerns for the welfare of ten people taken hostage from tunisia's consulate in libya. all thought to be members. they'll all meet to try to deal with the crisis. it's describing the incident as a blatant attack on tunisian national sovereignty and flagrant violation of international laws. the prime minister said that he's keeping a close eye on the situation. >> we're closely following the kidnapping of some tunisians. a crisis committee has been form and they're trying to look closely into the events. the outcome of the investigation will be announced in due course. >> al jazeera has this update from tunis. >> well, we understand that the foreign ministry as well as the defense ministry and

defeat isil, in part because i don't see the commitments in baghdad on the -- on behalf of the government to amend the fissures that have been created. so right now, i don't think we have a partner in baghdad that can ultimately cut off support for isis. that has nothing to do is in ideological affiliation with isis, it has everything to do with some tribal leaders. so the best hope is that this death cult, this terrorist group -- right now, i would certainly admit we have a lot of work to do, but that work we have to do is not tens of thousands of american troops. that work we have to do is with the government in baghdad giving a real answer to its people as to why they should affiliate themselves with the central government and not isis. and we can help in that. there certainly economic support that we can offer and there is history in terms of what we can do during the search to tell of us that works. ground troops is not the answer. host: during the debate over the authorization bill, there was an amendment offered that would directly fund the kurds, directly arm the kurds,

people on the ground take this fight to isis. >> general marks? >> we must ensure that baghdad does not fall, which means we have to maintain -- even raising that question about the capital of iraq, a huge city falling, that raises all sorts of fears and reminds a lot of people about siagon. there are discussions right now in the national security council that are talking about what are the options and the options are we can't allow that to fall. that caliphate condition expand and continue to gobble up territory. this has to be contained. more u.s. troops on the ground right now is not the solution. >> you say there shouldn't be more? what do you say? >> we are a supporting actor. this has to be the iraqi government that wins this and later on something different in syria but we have to provide something more than just force and a military approach to this. it has to be governmental and informational and economic and diplomatic. >> you have confidence in this iraqi government right now? >> no. i don't have a lot of confidence. >> so what makes you think the u.s. can win? >> because you

. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer, 1:00 p.m. in washington 6:00 p.m. in london 8:00 p.m. baghdad, wherever you're watching from around the world thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news a report on the u.s. transportation security administration the tsa, revealing some truly stunning security lapses at u.s. airports and says undercover agents managed to smuggle mock be explosives and weapons through airport checkpoints and able to do it 95% of the time. details of the widespread security failures are coming to light right now in a brand new report from the homeland security department that was supposed to be released later this summer. let's bring in suzanne malveaux working the story for us. these are shocking statistics. >> it really is. it's alarming. what we have before us here it should be noted is a classified report leaked to us it's a preliminary finding. there are some holes in the report we're just not privy too. what we have is pretty damming here. the department of homeland security's office of inspector general conducted a series of tests with their officials, called

islamic state fighters have even gotten closer to baghdad. they're on the rim of baghdad. there's been a couple reported clashes there. so they're clearly on the move. and the moderates all across syria and of course the sunnis are not doing well. there's no support for this. and, yes, we are failing in the middle east. >> isis is dictating the terms here, especially in the battle for iraq. and there's this talk of arming, you know, the sunnis within iraq because the shiite-led government in baghdad isn't going to do it. is that a bad idea for the u.s. to directly arm the sunni tribes? >> i think we would like to be able to arm the sunnis, but the sunnis that remained in ramadi and the other major places will not meet with the americans at this point, they're too scared. so how do we even get arms to them? i don't think they're ready to fight. the sunni tribes we're talking to in baghdad are beholden to a shia government, they've lost credibility. we have to not forget there's no political framework for a settlement in iraq. and by the way, should we expect the shia army to fight to keep

anbar province. that's the vast area to the west of baghdad that's been the main target of isil's advance. to the north of fallujah government forces repel suicide-bombers with air support from the u.s.-led coalition. just west of baghdad 2 iraqi soldiers were killed in an attack. in samarra they say they've killed 55 isil fighters. we have reports from baghdad. >> the aftermath of an attack at the air base anbar province. the battle for this iraqi outpost is filmed by isil fighters. it those that their advance for ramadi is not slowing down. >> the mounting losses here suggest they're right. at least 22 people have been killed. most of them are iraqi soldiers and shia militias who have fled ramadi. the u.s. carrying out airstrikes to help the iraqis say even sow the strategy won't change. and so the plan continues to the west of samarra it's military commanders call this a second phase. backed by airstrikes, they continue to regain control of pockets of terrain. >> we reached the more strategically pocket of terrorists. i saw intense presence of terrorists. we seized a total cont

for those wanting to leave and we are on bridge on the outskirts of baghdad has has become almost the only way out of and anbar. >> reporter: those who cross the bridge a painful journey, on one side is i.s.i.l.'s biggest stronghold in iraq. on the other side are the outskirts of baghdad and they left fallujah three months ago for the countryside and now they are heading further to the kurdish region. >> translator: they were ready to attack from if first day of ramadan and aiming missiles at fallujah and everyone is leaving. >> reporter: no doctors in fallujah and no government resources and the decision to leave is almost as difficult. iraqi security leaders worry that i.s.i.l. fighters will infiltrate baghdad, just ten kilometers from here. to get to baghdad those escaping anbar need someone in the capitol to vouch for them and controls 80% of anbar including almost all of the border corrosioning and almost all highways and this small bridge has become a lifeline between anbar and the rest of the country and the only way out for many families trying to escape the expected fight

elsewhere as well for the people over there, we are still relying on the baghdad government. it is still our hope that there will be an iraqi government that is sufficiently inclusive so that sunnis will be willing to fight for it. i just don't see that happening. starting with al maliki they set up a very sectarian, separatist government that did everything to shove the sunnis into then"u arms of isis. i've not metg÷b al badi, but i've heard he had a desire to change that. the problem is the people below him do not have the desire to change that. he does not have the power to make them the minister of defense, the minister of interior, change their minds. as we continue to try and do that, i fear that strategy won't work. now, i know why we do it, because what's the alternative? how do we offer the sunnis a reasonable place to be if they don't have some support from baghdad. but i think we need to start thinking about it. i think we need to put a lot of pressure on our gulf allies like saudi arabia, like the uae to say, look, these are your people. the baghdad government has aban

the policy. we turn to baghdad and said you can't slow this down to in the earlier days they were slowing down and i was getting directly to the kurds, not on our stuff at some of the stuff coming from europe and elsewhere which is very good because the sky truly defied. >> i appreciate that and understand the policy bank shot as you call it but i'm concerned maybe were not putting enough english on it. i hope you continue to work in that direction. the deadline, general dempsey for the p5+1 nuclear negotiations with iran is weeks away and the perception is you do it in into a deal with iran. it's my judgment and many others kind of have a great effect on china and russia as they watch our superpower in their minds capitulate to a lesser power. i'm afraid saudi arabia considering its nuclear future and that the u.s. appears weaker with every step forward isis takes. i know that the supposed decisions on the administered level and not your level, but a near-term decision like this could have much greater complications across the middle east as you know better than anyone, anyone of

>>> this week on the journal editorial report as isis tries to liberate baghdad the white house orders 450 more advisers to iraq but is it enough to stop them? >>> an already strained relationship just got a little more tense as president obama criticizes the supreme court again. is there a strategy behind the scolding and will it work? >>> and ge threatens to call it quits in connecticut after one too many tax increases. will other blue state governors take heed? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." just days after saying that the u.s. did not yet have a complete strategy for fighting isis president obama wednesday ordered an additional 450 u.s. military advisers to join the more than 3,000 already in iraq. the move comes as militants continue their advance on baghdad, vowing in a new propaganda video to, quote, liberate the iraqi capital soon, so is the administration's latest escalation really an escalation at all and will it make a difference in the fight against the islamic state? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan heninger and columni

iraq's capital but life in baghdad is increasingly divided and dangerous. many live in fear of isil fighters and the constant threat of car bomb explosions. >> this is one of baghdad's largest neighborhoods and home to a large shia community. people here are too scared to leave their own neighborhood. >> life in baghdad has become a living nightmare. there are car bombs and suicide attacks. we only leave the neighborhood if it's a life or death matter. better to keep our movement to one place only, because security is unpredictable. >> isil car bombs have had such an impact that they're suspicious of traveling across the capital. >> last month, two car bombs flew up at this corner, look at the damage. we don't leave our neighborhood at all. >> across town and the situation is much the same for baghdad sunni muslims, who after 2003 were forced out of their traditional homes in the capital and now live in different neighborhoods. >> i personally don't leave here. we fear arbitrary arrests from government forces. >> it is not safe to drive through the streets of baghdad anymore. after

falling into isis' hands. a live report from baghdad when we come back. >>> also a valuable relic. folks, we're talking vintage apple here of the steve jobs era, turning up at a silicon valley recycling plant. why the search is on to find the owner who ditched a rare apple computer. you're watching cnn. after all, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned... every day... using wellness to keep away illness... and believing that a single life can be made better by millions of others. healthier takes somebody who can power modern health care... by connecting every single part of it. for as the world keeps on searching for healthier... we're here to make healthier happen. optum. healthier is here. >>> more women and children are among the dead in fallujah a city overrun with isis terrorists and just less than 50 miles from the capital city baghdad. witnesses telling cnn at least 31 people were killed in the last three days of ground and air assaults by iraqi forces and this is the aftermath here. this is the aftermath of the deadly bombing attack on a mosque there

more christians hostage and threatening to conquer baghdad. meanwhile the president said he still doesn't have a specific plan. >> when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon i will share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy and so the details of that are not yet worked out. >> the president blames the pentagon but general jack keen says the military has given him plenty of options. >> there were recommendations to do considerably more training than what we're doing in terms of numbers. that's a fact. secondly we wanted -- the pentagon wanted advisers down at the frontline. they've also recommended many more special operations raids than what we have seen to date. all of those recommendations have been categorically denied by the white house and the president. normally what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention he tells the pentagon put together some options to accomplish my goal. and the goal as you stated was defeat isis. they would put together options based on the kind of ri

play a supporting role. >>> let's talk to imran khan from baghdad. what is the iraq government planning to do with mosul. >> there are plans for mosul, but they will not be acted on soon. the priority is anbar, and retaking the city where the security forces and shia militias and coalition air strikes are focussing on. nil control two major border crossings from syria to anbar, which which they can enforce and create problems, mosul, if it happens, is likely to follow the same patterns that we have seen in the south. it will be shia militia, iraqi security forces, the main fighting forcers. mosul backed up by kurdish peshmerga and the coalition air strikes. a lot of people are not sure of how useful they are where you have a large civilian population. there's a conversation that what they would like the special forces embedded with the forces who can call in an air strike better, quicker and more accurately than the iraqis can. if that happens, it will be what the americans call a game change are, because it's unlikely to happen because mosul will not happen for a long time to

crossed into turkey in the past week. >>> residents of baghdad have said they're living in fear due to the threat caused by iraq. and the divided dangerous life in iraq's capital. >>> this is the city, one of the largest neighborhoods and home to a large community. >>> it has always been she a and people are now too scared to leave their own neighborhood- >>> life has become a living nightmare, there are car bombs and, suicide attacks. >>> it's better to keep our movement one place only because security is unpredictable. >>> isil car bombs have such an impact, that they are suspicious of traveling across the capital. >>> last month, two car bombs blew up and, look at the damage. we don't leave our neighborhood at all. >>> across town, the situation is much the same for sunnies who after 2003 were forced out of their homes and now live in just a few neighborhoods. >>> we can't feel safe, and i don't leave here, we fear arrest. >>> it is not safe to drove through the streets of baghdad after 2003, baghdad split into sunni and she a sections with no existence of mixed sections at all. >>>

in baghdad in iraq is dividing its community. s community. >>> the top stories on al jazeera. save the children is condemning pack stand for ordering them to leave in 15 days. >>> australia's prime minister is -- he did say australia would stop the boats by whatever means necessary. >>> the former head of the international monetary fund and french presidential hopeful always denied he knew the women were sex workers >>> it's world day against child labor and the international labor organization says there's 168 million child workers, 120 million of them between 5 and 14 years of age. 85 million of them do so in hazardous conditions. the highest percentage is in sub ahah ran ahaar saharan ahaar aafrica. a ahaarsahara -- >>> i want for him to go to school. >>reporter: existing laws curbing child labor in liberia are weak and not effectively enforced. activists say the practice is widespread in almost every part of the economy and they're calling on the government to do more to stop it. >> as a child you have a right to education so being out of school we think is violating our childr

to bring the sunnies into the fold with baghdad to create reconciliation. that's why all we can talk about is more training, and more arming but alas, isil is still expanding a year after it took over mosul. >> it's going to be interesting to see, march marwan how much pressure they're willing to put on baghdad when it comes to the trainers. for example who is going to recruit them? who is going to decide who is going to be trained? it will be interesting to see who has the lead role there can. >> and you know, it is confusing, over all on the one hand there is not the kind of will on the part of the government in baghdad. they're also divided themselves between mali and al abadi and their followers. and it's not clear if the sunnies are armed after they've been trained if some of those arms will be lost once again to isil. remember the 2,000 humvees that was obtained by isil when they occupied mosul? if it's going to be drip drip type of escalation by the united states, it's not clear to me how exactly america is going to bring out that geo-eccentric change that would allow them to

stanch defender in the media of baghdad's position. he surrendered in 2003 and was sentenced to death in 2009, although the penalty was never carried out. >> reporter: for many he was the best-known face of saddam hussein's regime. traveling the globe, meeting world leaders, he defended his boss's policies at every turn. he deflected blame. >> translator: according to the information i have it was the iranians who bombed the area with the chemical weapons, it wasn't iraq. >> reporter: he came to the party in the 1950s. by the time they came to power in iraq the former english teacher was already a prominent figure. he was named information minister. in the early 1980s, he became foreign minister tasked with strengthening diplomatic relations between baghdad and washington. >> reporter: but when saadam ordered the invasion of kuwait in 1990 he has to face the world and condemned arab leaders for not standing up to the u.s. the u.s. responded to the invasion by declaring war on iraq. for iraq the results were devastated. aziz's loyally was never shaken. he continued to defend saddam's poli

on this costly complicated bloody battle for control. >> reporter: fly in to baghdad and you just know it is 115 degrees out there. it is not the heat that will get you, it's the violence. on the rise again. so we ride in armored cars to our hotel. the place got bombed two weeks ago. look at this. this is the hole made by the car bomb in front of this hotel. you can see it just blew out a massive area of the pavement. steel reinforced pavement. three people were killed, many more wounded. baghdad is a broken city. it's a whoel whole new war out there. isis rolls on. the new enemy in a war-weary country, and the iraqi army keeps retreating fleeing from isis first in mosul last year in ramadi last month. so now, it's these guys, shia religious militias fuelled by faith and backed by iran who rushed in to the breach. we're here to get a look at this new battle for iraq. we're taking the armored vehicles and going out to anbar province. that's almost totally dominated by isis. we're going to meet up with the shia militia that are so crucial on the battlefield. they, not the iraqi army

. is almost a conventional military force right now, but the center of gravity is in baghdad and that's where we need to look to determine do we have the right military structure to complement the embassy the diplomatic structure who's there to work with the ambassador, do we have the right people and organizations to enable iraqi leaders who are includive and who will bring about the political change that bring sunni arabs back into the fabric of iraqi society and, as we mentioned a moment ago, this is about having a new anbar awakening. that's what also has to take place, even as we take the fight to ten my on the battlefield. >> rose: is it a threat to the united states? >> i.s.i.s. is clearly a threat to the united states our allies and partners around the world and, of course, very much in the region where it's instigating inl stability and violence and so forth and also in north africa and trying to recruit in afghanistan and pakistan. >> rose: when you look at what's necessary to do, we need a new strategy, you say part military part political. does it mean more american p

there. let's go to imran khan who is live in the iraqi capital baghdad. does the government have a plan to retake mosul, imran khan? >> the governor has several plans, but it's not going to be a plan enacted any time soon. because of the situation in anbar province the iraqi security force, shia militias and main forces are pinned down. they are mounting attacks to take back ramadi and fallujah. i.s.i.l. is not being ignored, but it's not on the agenda. if there's a plan it's the type of thing that we have seen in the past where it will be iraqi security forces leading the charge with the kurdish peshmerga backing them up. however, there are going to be-coalition air strikes involved. this is controversial it's becoming a big problem for iraqis and the u.s. air strikes are only useful when you need to cut off open areas, supply lines and things like that. in urban wor fare ramadi -- warfare, ramadi they are less useful because civilians are there. the u.s. are wondering whether to send trainers to train iraqi troops why not imbed front line special forces calling in air strikes mor

daesh. >> fallujah has been held by i.s.i.l. for more than a year now. >>> meanwhile in baghdad a series of deadly car bombings racking the iraqi capital this week on tuesday 22 people were killed in and around the city. as a result of the attacks many iraqis are living in fear constantly. imran khan has the story. >> this is satr city, home to a large shia community. it'salities been shia but even here people are too scared to leave their own neighborhood. >> translator: life in baghdad is a nightmare. we only leave the neighborhood if it's a life or death matter. it's good to keep our movement to one place now adays because security is unpredictable. >> reporter: suspicious of even traveling across the capital. >> last month this car bomb blew up, look at the damage, we don't leave the neighborhood as all. >> the situation is the same for baghdad sunni muslims after 2003 were forced out of their traditional homes and live only in a few neighborhoods. >> we only feel safe in our neighborhood of doomea. >> it is not safe to drive through streets of baghdad anymore. unfortunately a

fallujah pledged to the head of i.s.i.l. and we have more from baghdad. >> reporter: we have been expecting such a move for about two years because sunnis of anbar province complains to the government they have been ignored and sidelined and promised jobs and develop for anbar province and none has come. what is the catalyst part on this? shia attack on anbar province and sunnis see that as sectarian and the language used in the statement is sectarian and refers to the irans and let's see what they have to say and how he is going to mount this next attack on iraqi security forces forces. >> translator: we announce our allegiance and support to islamic state and commander of the fateful and muslim shake and we tell him we will adhere to and follow his path and stand by him to fight the enemy of religion. >> as you heard damning words for the iraqi government and they face a challenge and can win back the support of the sunni tribes if it reaches out to them. however, many people here are dubious that will happen and had two years to reach out to sunnis and simply have not done it.

people over there, we are still relying on the baghdad government. it is bill our hope -- it is still our hope there will be an iraqi government that will be sufficiently inclusive that sunnis will be willing to fight for it. i just do not see that happening. starting with al-maliki, they set up a very sectarian government that did everything to shove the sunnis into the arms of isis. i have heard that all body has a desire to change that. the trouble is the people below him have no desire to change that. he needs the power to make them change their minds. so as we continue to try to do that, i fear that that strategy will not work. what is the alternative? how can we offer these sunnis and reasonable place to be if they do not have support from baghdad, but we need to start thinking about it. we need to put pressure on our gulf allies to say, look, these are your people. you do not want isis to be the alternative. what can you do to encourage the tribes in syria and iraq to turn on isis? it's not easy. i will close by saying we can drop 200,000 u.s. troops in the middle of this. it w

than 6,000 have crossed into turkey in the past week. >>> residents of baghdad, have told al jazeera that they are living in fear. now, the dangerous life in iraq's capital. >>> this is the largest neighborhoods and home to a large she a community. >>> it's always been she a, and even here, people are now too scared to leave their own neighborhood. >>> life, has become a living nightmare, everywhere you go there are car bombs and we only leigh if it's a life or dead measure. and security is unpredictable. >>> isil car bombs had such an impact that they're suspicious about traveling across the capital. >>> last month two car bombs blew up where my grocery stand is located and look at the damage. we don't leave our neighborhood at all- >>> across town, it is the same for seanmy muslims who were forced out of their traditional homes and now live in just a few neighborhood. >>> we don't feel safe, and, i don't live here, and risk from government forces. >>> it is not safe to drive through streets of baghdad any more after tweel baghdad split into sunni and she a sections with no mixed se

explosions and we report. >> this is the city one of baghdad's largest neighborhoods and home to a large shia community. it always has been shia but even here people are now too scared to leave their own neighborhood. >> translator: life in baghdad is a living nightmare with car bombs and suicide attacks and leave the neighborhood if it's a life or death matter and it's better to keep our place only these days because security is unpredictable. >> had an impact on these people that they are suspicious of even traveling across the capitol. >> translator: last month two car bombs blew up at this corner where my grocery stand is located, look at the damage and do not leave our neighborhood at all. >> reporter: across town the situation is much the same for baghdad sunni muslims who after 2003 were forced out of their pra traditional homes in the capitol and live in a few neighborhoods. >> translator: we only feel safe in our neighborhood, i personally don't leave here because of arrest by government forces. >> reporter: it's not safe to drive through the streets of baghdad anymore, un

outskirts of baghdad that has become almost the only way out of anbar. >> reporter: it's just a few meters across the bridge. but for most who crows cros it, a painful journey. on one side is anbar. a sunni-majority province that is isil's biggest strong hold hole in iraq. on the other side are the outskirts of baghdad. they left fallujah three months ago for the countryside. now they are heading further to the kurdish region. >> translator: they were ready to attack fallujah from the first day of ramadan. they were aiming missiles at fallujah. everyone is leaving. >> reporter: she says there are no doctors left around fallujah. the area is under isil control. and there is no electricity or government services either. despite the risk and hardship in staying, the decision to leave is almost as difficult. iraqi security leaders worry that isil fighters wilin fill trait baghdad just 10-kilometers from here. to get to baghdad those escaping anbar need someone in the capital to vouch for them. isil control more than 80% of anbar province, including most of the border crossings. and almo

center of gravity is in baghdad, and that's where we need to look in particular to make sure we have the right military structure to complement the embassy. who is there to work with the ambassador? do we have the right people there to enable those iraqi leaders who will bring about the political change? this is about having a new awakening. that also has to take place. charlie: is it a threat to the united states? david: well, clearly, isis is a threat to the united states. it is also into north africa trying to recruit in afghanistan and pakistan. charlie: when you look at what is necessary to do, it you say we need a new strategy. does it mean more american participation at any level? david: i think it does. you need to look at what you have and figure out where you need to augment. do you need to bring the troops to brigade level or battalion level? i think there should probably be . there is risk but there's also risk of not losing this fight. this is a very important fight against a very threatening organization, an extremist organization of considerable magnitude. this wants t

background. the sunnis feel the baghdad government ignored them. the catalyst, the reason they are doing it is the sunni tribes particularly the jam aily tribe feels that the militias have been brought in. in the speech he refers to the iranians and the iranian backed shia militia. the tribal sheikh feels that it is a sectarian war, and leads his people to join with i.s.i.l. they feel they are being attacked by the shias. all of this is a problem for the government. they were hoping to get a lot of these sunni tribes on board. they had the previous government that did not talk to the sunnis. they reached out to them, but not enough. that's why we see the moves apt the moment. >> what is the implications trying to take map anbar. >> well listening if to the i.s.i.l. successes, you may think i.s.i.l. had a tremendous success, that's not true. shia militias and security forces took a number of towns to be moved. they are getting ready to amount offensive on ramadi. where this is difficult is under fallujah. they have been under the occupation of i.s.i.l. for a year. those fighters ins

baghdad, the reality is different. isis claimed responsibility for two hotel bombings in the capital, unsettling residents in a city ringed by 100 iraqi battalions as many as 50,000 troops according to u.s. estimates. >> the fact is that isis has a lot of momentum right now. stow what we are dealing with is essential government that has in essence practically lost control over large sections of the country and large sections of its armed forces. very dangerous situation to be in. >> from falluja and ramadi in the west and mosul in the north. u.s. military officials privately acknowledge in the sunni areas, isis has gained ground and is not on the defensive. as the pentagon has publicly said. isis stockpile of captured weapons, is growing, the prime minister al abadi said. >> translator: we are going to lose more tanks and humvees. >> reporter: all this raising urgency at the white house, pentagon and cia about what happens if abadi cannot win against isis. >> on the military side, i actually have asked my staff before i left to look at what we can do to increase our enabling of iraqi

almost beginning a joke. do you remember baghdad bob the iraqi information minister. he would give daily press conferences as americans were zeroing in on baghdad. everything is great the revolutionary guard saddam hussein is victorious and you would see american tanks in the background until the day you never saw the spokesman again. the point of complete incredibility and absurdit. lou: i have never seen, and we may test your memory tonight have you ever seen an administration absolutely decide to speak contradict -- i will limit this to the u.s. administration, speak contradictly on every level when it comes to foreign policy? >> no and the administration they're politicians, they're going to always spin everything, everything is great wonderful, baghdad bob. but people i fault are the media. nobody is holding them to account. nobody is saying wait a minute you lost fallujah you lost mosul ramadi iraq doesn't even exist. it's the kurds, the anbar sunni tribes and not even the iraqi army it's the baghdad army. none of them fight for each other or defend each other. lou: and the f

attention as it quickly overran mosul, iraq's second-largest city even threatening baghdad. i was there last year when iraqis were volunteering in droves to protect their city. they have no idea of what they're getting into. and neither did the rest of the world. today, the u.s.'s back at war with more than 3,000 troops on the ground in iraq conducting more than 3400 air strikes in iraq and syria and spending more than $2.5 billion. in charge of this massive effort known as operation inherent resolve is. >> we're starting to see isis seek cover in terms of physically digging into positions the first phase of that campaign was halt dark. we feel like we have done that. >> reporter: you believe you have halted? >> i do. >> reporter: isis. >> i do. >> reporter: it doesn't look like that. the enemy overtaking the iraqi city of ramadi setting off 34 massive car bombs, some suicide bombs using stolen u.s. home vies. you think they're ready to go. >> i think they're preparing to go right now. >> reporter: you wouldn't say hold back until you know what you're doing here? >> i they they've

communities have long lived side by side in iraq's capital but life in baghdad is increasingly divided and dangerous. many iraqis are living in fear because of the anti-shia ideology of isis fighters and the constant threat of car bomb explosions. >>reporter: this is home to a large shia community. it's always been shia but even here people are now too scared to leave their own neighborhood. >> life has become a living nightmare. everywhere you go there are car bombs and suicide attacks. we only leave the neighborhood if it's life or death. better to keep our movement to one place only these days because security is unpredictable. >>reporter: isil car bombs have had such an impact on these people that they're suspicious of even traveling across the capital. >> last month two car bombs blew up at this corner where my grocery stand is located. look at the damage. we don't leave our neighborhood at all. >>reporter: across town the situation is much the same for baghdad's sunni muslims who after 2003 were forced out of their traditional homes in the capital and now live in just a few neigh

center of gravity is in baghdad. we need to determine to we have the right structures, the military structure to complement the embassy, the diplomatic structure, who is there to work with the ambassador, do we have the right people in the right organizations to enable those iraqi leaders who are inclusive and who will bring about the kind of political change that brings sunni arabs back into the fabric of iraqi society? this is about having a new anbar awakening. that is what has to take place even as we take the fight to the enemy on the battlefield. charlie: is it a threat to the united states? david: isis clearly is a threat to the united states and our allies in the region. it is also into north africa trying to recruit in afghanistan and pakistan. charlie: when you look at what is necessary to do, we need a new strategy. you say it is part military, part political. does it mean more american participation at any level? david: i think it does. i don't know that you need a whole new strategy. you need to look at what you have, figure out where you need to augment, do we need to

baghdad and said you can't slow this town. in the earlier days they were slowing it down and now it's getting directly to the kurds, and not only our stuff but stuff coming from europe and elsewhere, because these guys really do fight. >> i appreciate that, and i understand the policy bank shot as you call it, and i am concerned that maybe we are not putting enough english on it. i hope we will continue to work in that direction. the deadline, general dempsey, for the nuclear negotiations with iran is weeks away and the perception is that the u.s. is entering into a deal with iran, and the world feels they are watching the superpower capitulate into a lesser power. i'm afraid saudi arabia is considering its nuclear future and that the u.s. appears weaker with every step forward that isis takes. i know these are policy decisions on the administrative level and not at your level, but a near-term decision like this could have much greater implications across the middle east as you know better than anybody could imagine, and how is the administration ensuring the balance of the near-term

newsroom," a deadly suicide attack at an iraqi police base northwest of baghdad. at least 34 members of security forces are dead. more than 48 injured after an isis terrorist drove a tank packed with explosives onto the base. our nick paton walsh is live in baghdad and we'll check in with him in just a minute. >>> for the first time in more than a decade the nsa must stand down on some of its most controversial surveillance tactics aimed at catching terrorists. lawmakers failed to pass a bill to extend three key provisions of the patriot act including bulk data collection of phone records and roving wiretaps on suspected terrorists. that means the agency is now forced to stop collecting telephone data on millions of americans across the country at least for now. the white house now warning of serious national security consequences calling the outcome a "irresponsible lapse." let's bring in athena jones on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: strong words from the white house and tough talk on both sides of this issue in a rare sunday session. senate leaders are trying to make sure

of baghdad. the fighters seized one of i.s.i.l.'s bunkers in the area. meanwhile, in baghdad six were killed after a car bomb exploded demeer a restaurant and in -- near a restaurant injuring 13 and blew out windows >>> syria was on the agenda of the paris summit. the white house blasted the syrian government working in conjunction with i.s.i.l. it was said that bashar al-assad's regime was helping the rebels near the town of aleppo. >> reporter: a commander belonging to al nusra front urges his fighters to stand ready for their next battle. he says defeating syrian president bashar al-assad is a matter of time. these are fighters from the army of conquest a coalition including nusra, and other opposition groups. and they are on the offensive. they recently captured most of idlib province and are focus the on the coastal city of latakia, the heart land of president bashar al-assad's support. the army of conquest made gains in the last few months forcing government troops to withdraw. fighting has intensified on several fronts. in idlib, the rebels face hezbollah, and bashar al-assad f

baghdad's direction. this is not the u.s. going in unilaterally and training those who want to take up arms against isil. it's more of a revision of an i don't know going policy of providing support and additional assistance to the overall iraqi military. regardless of whether they are shia sunni or kurdish. >> they weren't very clear will they be sending arms directly it sunni tribes? >> well, as we understand it there is going to be a ramp up of this deployment of weapons to sunni forces. but again that's going to go through baghdad because ultimately it's the iraqi military that has ultimate command and control to use a military phrase over the actions of over smaller units. it's going to need to know who has what, what equipment has been given to which units which capabilities are going to be deployed in this fight against isil. it's not going to be a case of weapons certainly turning up in one part of anbar province and baghdad does not know about it. as part of trying to improve it's ability to deploy its forces in some sort of massive fight it does need to know who has what and who h

>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington 7:00 p.m. in munich 8:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we start with new details and new pictures out of iraq. isis forces are moving east from the captured city of ramadi. their next target is a key iraqi military base where iraqi forces mass and plan their next move against the militant group. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is joining us live from baghdad. nick you're just back from the area. what can you tell us about the fight and the importance of that iraqi military base? >> well, talking about the military base habbaniyah. this is between the two isis-held towns of ramadi and fallujah and is where for the past weeks since they declared the beginning of the operation to free anbar of isis iraqi security forces and fighting groups shi'a and sunni across the sectarian divide here in iraq are supposed to have been amassing to lead their counterattack. now, they say there are in evidence around the city we didn't see that. the furt