so interesting about that. >> i know. >> great interview. thanks for watching cnn "money." find us online 24/7 at cnn.com. follow us. let me know what you like on the site and you might see it here on the show. have a great weekend. hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. the big stories we're following now in the "cnn newsroom." the u.s. is moving an aircraft carrier closer to iraq today. defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the aircraft carrier "uss george h.w. bush" to the persian gulf. it has been in the northern -- north arabian sea and the pentagon says it will arrive in

the persian gulf with two other ship it's later this evening. vaek in a major crisis as militants are threatening to march on baghdad. the islamic state in iraq and syria also known at isis is also taken iraq's second largest city of mosul and they've left a trail of blood and violence behind them. today iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters. shiite supporters are answering call in baghdad, boarding bus, ready to take um arms and fight. president obama said his national security team is keeping a close eye on the situation and coming up with a range of options. but the u.s. will not send troops back into combat in iraq. this, he said. republican senator and former presidential candidate john mccain says it's time for the president to fire some of his national security team. when asked to name names, here's what he told wolf blitzer. >> name names. you've said the president should

fire as national security team. >> yep. >> who specifically should the president fire, from your perspective. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, number one. the national security adviser, number two. who should probably spend time think their family on sundays. i would certainly have all of her deputies, national security advisers gone as well. kerry and hagel were not there when some of the most crucial decisions were taken, but i don't have a lot of confidence in their performance either. >> senator john mccain a frequent sunday talk show guest himself was making a rather, some would say, sexist reference to susan rice, appearing on sunday's shows on behalf of the administration. all right. white house officials are condemning the shooting down of a military transport plane in ukraine and warned russia to stop sending heavy weapons to militants across the border. government officials in kiev say pro-russian rebels used

anti-aircraft machine guns to bring the plane down earlier today. all 49 people onboard were killed. secretary of state john kerry called the prime minister to compress condolences. one of the deadliest attacks since the crisis began. today is the second day on u.s. soil for army sergeant bowe bergdahl. the 28-year-old soldier still has not talked to his parents. army officers at the san antonio military hospital treating him saying it will take time for bergdahl to adjust. after being held five years by the taliban in afghanistan. earlier this month his father acknowledged that it may take some time. >> we're talking like this, because we haven't talked to bowe yet. we haven't called him on the phone. although you all know we have the capability to do that. with satellite technology.

there's reason for that, and that's because bowe has been gone so long, that it's going to be very difficult to come back. it's like a diver going deep on a dive and la to stage back up through recompression. to get the nitrogen bubbles out of his system. if he comes up too fast it could kill him. >> bergdahl was freed two weeks ago in exchange for five taliban figures that were detained at guantanamo bay. every day hundreds of children are crossing illegally into the u.s. some come with their mothers, but so many others come all by themselves. and border officials are running out of places to put them. many of these children, in fact, and their parents, are coming from central america. mostly al salvador, guatemala and honduras. our affiliate is in honduras

what are you finding out why so many kids are taking this dangerous trip, in many cases alone? >> reporter: you know, fredricka what we're hearing is that these children are trying to escape the violence. the violent streets that you see behind me. now, if you take a close look, you'll see this green pasture here behind my shoulder. beyond that pasture is what we have learned is the most dangerous area in this area, the city where we are right now. now, that green pasture is actually sugarcane fields. right beyond that, two of the most dangerous gangs are fighting for that territory. that green field is where they drop the bodies. the dreams are dozens of honduran children shattered when their trek to the u.s. ends in their home country on a bus. filled with deported miners. some so young they're carried in their mother's arms.

honduras preparing for a new wave of deported children. the first stop off the bus is here to this processing center where all miners are processed. in the case of unaccompanied miners, parents must provide proof of legal guardianship. the kids who are not claimed end up here in this dormitory, take a look around. the conditions are very basic. the ceiling is open. there is strip lighting and there is no air conditioning, but for now, it's a roof over their heads. the emotions are raw when young teens reunite with family. francy says she was one of 28 miners that the human day modern smuggler was taken to the u.s. by bus. the price tag, $3,000. paid for by her mother who lives in memphis, tennessee.

i want to be with my mother, she says. i haven't seen her in eight years. she was one of the lucky ones. deported without incident. this young man says he was robbed and kidnapped in mexico, and held until his family delivered ransom. [ speaking in foreign language ] i turned myself over to immigration authorities, he says. now i want to stay in my country and leave the rest to god. uncertainty and fear is part of the game. on one end, miners waiting to be blamed, and on the other, parents hoping their child has made it out alive. [ speaking in foreign languag ] language ]. >> i have faith everything will be okay, says this mother of a 15-year-old boy. sometimes it's the parents who are kept waiting. >> now, one of the other themes that's very common here is unemployment. take a look around me.

the scene is absolutely beautiful, but if you look closely, you don't see midrises. you don't see high-rises. fred, places where people could actually hold good paying jobs, a lot of the jobs that we hear that people have here 0 who are in extreme poverty, which 65% of country is in extreme poverty. a lot of those are just out on the streets. >> reza, so heartbreaking. so you spoke to many of these kids, these unaccompanied children, who were returned yesterday. what did they tell you in detail about what their experiences were like? we heard from one young boy, held against his will until his family, you know, gave up some money, but typically what's happening to many of these kids? >> reporter: you know, they're very traumatic story, and what we keep on hearing is these modern day coyotes or human smugglers. they call them guides, and so what they do is, they take packs of kids, about 28 of them, and these just commercial buses in

mexico, and they're instructed and also given money just in case they can pay off the police, if they're asked to get off of these buses. so they leave on these buses. they are trained to say that they are going alone, and if they get off these buses, they just give the police money. they say, okay, we are just in mexico by ourselves. and the hope is that they make it all the way to the u.s. now, here's the kicker. so these coyotes tell these kids that all they have to do is get to the border, turn themselves in to authorities and that authorities will reunite them with the -- their parents in the united states. that, of course, we know is not true. according to u.s. law. so that's where the big disconnect is here. these kids have high hopes, but they get to the border, and the reality is very grim. >> they are misled. it's costing them a lot of money. their families a lot of money that they don't have in the

first place and then in some cases, costing them their lives. rosa florez, thank you so much. that is simply matter breaking. >> reporter: you're welcome. president obama is getting ready to speak at the university of california, irvine's commencement momentarily. live pictures right now. the president is expected to take the stage shortly after 3:00 eastern time. you see everybody, faculty, staff, assembling there and the graduates, of course, super excited about this day. of course, when the president takes to the stage, we'll take that live. all right, meantime, all this with this backdrop. the aircraft career "uss george persian gulf.ading to the - the president says diplomacy is still the preferred option in iraq. the former assistant secretary of state explains how that will work. the eyes may be the windows to the soul. but in the case of the lexus ls...

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president obama says the long-term solution to iraq's crisis must be a political and diplomatic one. but diplomacy heading? >> i think what we're going to see, civil war in iraq continue for some time, and we're seeing the combination of civil war in iraq and civil war in syria create a broader conflict between sunnis and shiites. the sunni forces that combine with the terrorist forces, what you essentially had here was a breakdown in the politics of baghdad. without america as a moderating influence when we had forces on the ground we were able to moderate the policies of maliki,

and with the rise of the sunni terrorists in syria, these two things together created a vacuum in which civil strife returned. the on wonly way to turn it around other than the military steps that may be necessary is to get some of our sunni friends back in the means jordan, saudi arabia. right now, wolf, we have an awkward bedfellow. on the same side as tehran. working with the maliki government, trying to persuade them to take steps to improve their relationship with the sunni community. meanwhile, maliki's government is getting help from tehran, from forces possibly going inside. revolutionary guard forces perhaps going inside iraq. it's a very awkward situation for the united states. >> yes. speaking of awkward, not only is iran supporting nuri al maliki going after these isis al qaeda affiliated terrorists but bashar

assad going after them as well. what the former secretary of state hillary clinton told the bbc about the situation in iraq. she said, i adegree with the white house's rejection and reructens to do the kind of military activities the maliki government is requesting nap is not a role for the united states. she wants basically, from what i hear her saying, she wants the u.s. to stay out of iraq right now militarily? >> well, i don't know what she specifically meant by that, but presumably the air strikes called for by maliki were in the newspapers when she was asked the question. and i suspect what the president is doing is putting aside the specific maliki request, and sitting down, saying, okay. i have two military challenges. one, i don't want these al qaeda affiliated terrorists to create a base from which they can then attack our friends and personnel in the region and ultimately our

homeland. so what military step, drones, perhaps, will i need to take the way we have done it in yemen, in the afghanistan, pakistan area. then the second military challenge is, what happens if this sunni force starts to sweep into baghdad? will we do anything? i think what hillary clinton is saying is that, like the president, the public focus ought to be on why this happened, and this happened because maliki stopped working and moderating his policies, and working with the sunni community. if he doesn't turn that around, iraq is going to break up into three pieces. a kurdish piece, a sunni piece, through the civil war, and then the larger shiite piece in the south. so it's up to maliki to change policy on -- on how he treats, how he deals with and how he works with the sunni community. >> do you think he will? >> some sort of unity government. i'm skeptical, because right now

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cnn has obtained a remarkable collection of videos, evidence of the draconian and brutal tactics employed by the radical islamic group isis to control much of northern syria. a group so radical, even al qaeda distanced itself. in the video recorded by the group itself, isis is seen interrogating prisoner, and completing executions. the video is disturbing. ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: the voice off camera asks, how old are you? i was born in 1980. are you married? yes, he responds. i have two children. do you want to see them again? god knows i do. i have nothing to hide.

a man who calls himself basal and a doctor causes, collecting his thoughts. so, talk, answer quickly. are you cooking up lies, shouts the other. vis video is one of eight interrogations obtained by cnn from syrian operationists. speaking with distinct iraqi accents and asking about what's going on in a town northeast of alep aleppo. from the questions it's clear they're not with the president, bashar al assad but rather with isis, the iz loomic state of iraq and syria. it's not clear what happened to these men, but another chilling video will show you later may be a clue. early last year, isis emerged as a major power in opposition controlled areas of northern syria. since then, the ultra extremist group has imposed strict islamist law, held public

floggings and executions and most recently joined other groups left well over 2,000 dead. even al qaeda leader demanded isis leave syria. missing in the interrogations is any mention whatsoever of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions and the local populace to isis. [ speaking in foreign language ] who is erasing the slogans and symbols of isis on the walls, demands the interrogator. i swear, i don't know, as god is my witness, responds this man. who identifies himself as mohammed. another interrogation. what were they saying about the islamic state, he's asked. say the truth. save yourself. i'll speak the truth, even if i lose my head, responds this man, who says he's called mustafa. all of the clips found in the the iraqi, describing himown by,

emir. they found it in january after fled between isis and other factions. some of the clips and still shots show a young woman in the company of him trying her hand and shooting an ak-47 exalt rifle. -- assault rifle. steady he tells her. steady. isis is imposing the strictest possible dress code on women in the area it given her face is uncovered, clearly this was a private moment. so what happened to the interrogated men? it's not clear from the videos, but one of the last recordings documents in detail ruthless isis-style justice, execution by flashlight. ready, asks a voice off camera.

14 men, some apparently quite young, are shot one after the other. the scenes are too graphic for us to show. some fall into the mass grave already dug. the new boss in this part of syria, not unlike the old boss. ben wedeman, cnn, turkey.

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hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." here are the big stories we're following for you this hour -- we're learning new developments about the crisis unfolding in iraq. today u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the aircraft carrier "uss george h.w. bush" move into the persian gulf. the islamic state in iraq and syria also known at sys isis, a

video showing them driving through other towns nearby with weapons. today's iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters, and shiite supporters are answering the call in baghdad, boarding buses ready to fight. we're covering this story around the world today. athena jones is live for us at the white house. arwa damon, live in erbil, iraq and nic robertson live in baghdad. at the white house we begin what do we know about the "uss george h.w. bush" moving? >> hi. we know this is expected to arrive in the persian gulf by later this evening. those two other ships, a guided missile destroyer, the "uss truckton" and a guided missile cruiser 'the uss philippine sea." we know the order to send the ships to the persian gulf, which came from defense secretary chuck hagel is meant to provide the president with "additional flexibility should military options be required to protect

american lives, citizens and interests in iraq." that's part of the statement from pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby. as you know, the president is in california this weekend celebrating father's day weekend and also delivering that commencement address, but asked his national security team to come up way range of options for how to help iraq fight off this insurgent force. now, they're not going to send u.s. troops into iraq. no ground troops, but air strikes are among the options that are being looked at, and so this ship, the bu"bush" could b used and they can use it for intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance missions. this is why those ships are coming into that area and the president is expecting to get these recommendations from advisers in the coming dayed and will review them. >> athena jones, keep ug posted. thanks so much. again, the president at a commencement ceremony in california speaking with all of

this being the backdrop. let's move to iraq now and the prime minister there saying there will be harsh consequences for anyone that deserted the mail tear in mosul. arwa damon live from erbil. you spoke exclusively to a colonel. what was his explanation. >> reporter: one of the first questions we posed to him. he did want his identity concealed, his voice altered. we started why him and his 600 men abandoned their post. >> translator: we got a dpraul our brigade commander saying, leave the base, move to headquarters. bring whatever you can with you's when we got there, the brigade headquarters was already taken over. the terrorists were right behind us. >> reporter: you grabbed whatever you could as you and your unit were fleeing. so what kind of weaponry and military hardware did you leave behind that's now in the hands of isis?

>> translator: 25 humvees, 80 other vehicles and trucks. weapons. 600 kalishnikovs, ten sniper rockets. 122 millimeter mortar rounds and more. >> reporter: now, he and his men are mostly sunnis, and they have been feeling really alienated by the shia government in baghdad and al mag kill kipp polarizing. quite active during the u.s. occupation of iraq and also the support of the sunni tribe. part of the reason they have been able to advance so quickly towards baghdad but don't necessarily have the same aim in mind as isis. they do not want to see creation of an islamic taliban but at this stage believe they have to join forces to a certain degree

to defeat what they view as being the shia government in baghdad, becoming an ex-es special battle twee sunni power and control of iraq. >> arwa, no matter your personal conflict to the reason you may have defected in the iraqi army, al maliki is very serious saying, those who desert and left positions are not safe in their homes. is this colonel or others expressing how fearful they are about being at their homes? that they will be weed woulded out and punished for defecting? >> reporter: yeah. very much so. now, he and the majority of those in his unit, he was saying, are, in fact, from northern iraq, and at this stage, they do feel as if they are far away enough from the grasp of this in baghdad. he was saying other individuals in his unit from central and southern iraq are very

frightened. they've been hiding out in the homes of some residents in this area, but they're fearful on the one hand that the iraqi government will come after them and their families and fearful isis also is going to be hunting them down. so a lot of concern about that, quite naturally, at this stage. as this conflict, in the words of one iraqi politician, is becoming a sheer and utter ka tr tr catastrophe for iraq. and knick robertsnic robert worse has this gotten? >> reporter: it's gotting a lot worse. what we're seeing is isis has advanced towards baghdad, perhaps slowed down by these shia militias stood up, volunteer forces, called for by prime minister al maliki, by the top shia religious leader in the

country, who's never, ever gotten involved in politics before, but is now. so they seem to be blunting the advance. while they say this is not a sectarian battle, that the shias are brothers with the sunnis, that is what's happening, and the country is dividing along these, along the shia/sunni sectarian fault lines. it still has a long wray to go yet, but it's hard to say at this time how it can be reversed. i talked with a sunni tribesman backing isis. he doesn't share they're radical islamic views. he wants a government of national unity. he's angry with nuri al maliki. this is how he explained to me what he thinks is happening. so who exactly is fighting? >> translator: the people fighting right now are the sons of the iraqi tribes. from all around. regardless of their sect. all iraqis who have been affected by al maliki's

abhorrent sexitarianian policy are the one whose bear arms against maliki's politics >> reporter: does this mean for iraq? >> translator: we are currently seeking not to enter baghdad, because we want to avoid the bloodshed. we seek to form a caretaker government made up of all iraqis. so we can prove to the world we are not isis, and prove to the world that we are not sunnis. we are all iraqis. >> reporter: do you think this could, where we're going now, could this become a sunni/shia religious war now? >> translator: it can, yes. it already began. the sunni/shia war has begun today. >> reporter: everyone here, fredricka, is really getting themselves in an emotionally very bad position, psychologically they believe their leader's rationale or common sense or logic is disappearing, evaporating.

that bodes ill for the future. however this battle takes shape in the next few days. >> people in baghdad have to be very afraid. what are they considering to try to protect themselves, or their families? >> reporter: well, they're looking to these militia. we saw hundreds of people here on the streets today. young men, old men, christian, sunni, shias. majority shias but joining up for these defense forces. so they'll mount defense sources. increased security around the city. people are looking to that to provide safety and security. but there has been over the past few years a massive increase in the number of car bombings. you know, six -- a week ago today, car bombs in the city alone. people live in fear all the time, but now that fear is different. it is, what if isis does come? what am i going to do? right now people are stockpiling cooking gas, to cook on in their houses. heating oil so they can have heat, if that's what they need. food as well.

so that's the sort of thing that people are doing. they're looking over their shoulder. as things stand at the moment, the south of iraq really is the vast majority shia. and there's a sense that, okay, you can go to the south and be safe there, if you had to get out of baghdad. clearly, that's something people really don't want to have to do. so they are looking to these new militias to sort of provide the bullwort against isis' advance, fredricka. >> making it all the more difficult for anyone to determine whose side is anyone on? nic robertson, arwa damon, and athena jones, to all of you, thank you. our u.s. senator john mccain says president obama should fire some members of his national security team, because of the crisis in iraq. he says inaction has created a direct threat to the united states. >> our failure to help the resistance in syria, which i've been begging for, is also one of

the causes factors. they're now going back and forth between iraq and syria. this is an existential threat to the united states of america. >> white house officials have condemned the attack on a military transport plane, meantime in ukraine and warned russia to stop sending heavy repens to militants across the border. government officials in kiev say pro-russian rebels used anti-aircraft machine guns to bring the plane down earlier today. all 49 onboard were killed. secretary of state john kerry called ukraine's prime minister to express his condolences. president obama speaking right now, in fact, at the university of california, irvine's commencement ceremony. not likely to comment about all that's taking place in iraq and what the next move may be, as it peritarians to the u.s. again, yesterday the president saying, no u.s. troops would be sent to iraq. but his team is considering a number of options, all the while

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the threat of islamist militants taking ober iraq capital grows by the hour. for american contractors working in iraq the threat hits close to

home. authorities are racing to evacuate many of them already. alexandra field joining us now from new york. how dire, how desperate is the situation? >> reporter: look, fred, the state department is clearly keeping a very close eye on the deteriorating situation there. they're concerned about security of americans still in that country, but at this point what the state department tells us is that it has not changed its staffing at the embassy or the consulates. the area we are focused now is balad, where evacuations of u.s. contractors continue to happen. those evacuations are led by the companies that employ those contractors. this is a response to the deteriorating security condition there. our own anderson cooper spoke to a contractor in balad and wanted to be identified only at tony saying he was evacuated from a military base in balad after it came under fire from isis. here's how he described what happened. >> local national security forces pretty much dropped their weapons and walked off base. not the iraqi army.

the iraqi army stayed and did what they were supposed to do. if it wasn't for the villages on our perimeter, we might not be talking to you right now, because the villagers stood up and helped out the iraqi army tremendously. they can be very smart and they can be very fast, and they can be very threatening. >> reporter: tony has now been evacuated from balad. we spoke to his wife here in the states. she is in texas. she says she has some comfort knowing that he is out of that danger, at least. here's what she said. >> i'll be happy when he's in my arm, but i'm not going to be calm until he's like, way away from there and away from water, and -- everything. i just -- safely on the ground. in this country. >> reporter: on thursday a state department spokesperson said the company is choosing to get their employees out of potential harm's way or harm's way,

getting all of the contractors out balad would take time. they are attaching a specific timeline and not saying exactly how many contractors we're talking about there. just saying the number is in the hundreds. >> and, again, the thousands of employees that say at the u.s. embassy in baghdad, one of the largest u.s. embassies in any country in the world, no evacuation there's? >> reporter: no orders from the state department at this point to evacuate. again what they're saying, they're keeping aen eye on the security situation there and have not changed their staffing at the embassy or the consulate, but we know this is a situation that's deteriorated rapidly. clearly, they are closely watching and we can expect that they'll continue to issue whatever guidance is necessary to their employees there. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate that. president obama says he is not sending any combat troops to iraq, but as we speak, a mission-ready uss carrier is on its way to the persian gulf. just what options are on the table for the military?

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new details this afternoon on the u.s. response to the crisis in iraq.

defense secretary chuck hagel has ordered the "uss george h.w. bush" aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. the mission-ready carrier accompanied by a guided missile cruiser and guided missile destroyer. the order gives obama "additional flexibility should military actionrequired to protect personnel in iraq." what could be next for the u.s. military, here's barbara starr. >> reporter: even as the militants continue advancing towards baghdad, president obama is still looking at all military options, except for sending ground troops. >> i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces. >> but the pentagon repeatedly not willing to endorse iraqi

security forces. >> i'd like to ask again, does the united states military think the iraqi military can hold? this department, does secretary hagel, think that the iraqi forces can hold baghdad? >> i don't give that, i take every opportunity to answer your questions. >> reporter: the joking, after spending $730 billion on the war with nearly 4,500 u.s. troops killed and 32,000 wounded. >> yes. we were surprised and disappointed by the poor performance of some iraqi security force units. they're up in the north. >> reporter: air strikes pose significant problems. there are no u.s. ground troops with up to the minute intelligence to guide air strikes. the militants don't have military bases, command and control centers, or missile batteries to attack, and, therefore, degrade their capability. fighters are disbursed in

trucks, moving in cities, civilian casualties could occur. one bright spot, this week the pentagon began drone reconnaissance flights over northern and western iraq to give the maliki government intelligence on where militants are located. but there are still so many holes. the pentagon says it doesn't know if iranian fighters have entered iraq. >> if the pentagon can't even confirm that there are iranian fighters on the ground, what is the quality of the intelligence? how can you give the president realistic options, if there's so many holes in the intelligence? >> intelligence is everybonever perfect. it's not a perfect science. nerve hear been, never will be. >> reporter: what the u.s. wants now is for the maliki government and iraqi troops to stand up and fight. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> thanks, barbara. so what happened to iraq's army? why did their forces fall apart

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iraq's military is claiming today its troops have regained key northern territories from extremist sunni muslim militants. a military spokesman says iraq's forces remain strong and capable against the radicals who have suddenly destabilized the country, but my next guest is characterized iraq's military as "ill trained, badly led and not particularly competent." james jeffrey was the u.s. ambassador to iraq from 2010 to 2012. he is now a distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. mr. ambassador, good to see you. >> good to be back. thank you.

>> pretty harsh words. ill trained, badly led, this after the u.s. spent $20 billion rebuilding iraq's army? are you saying they weren't trained adequately or a commitment from iraqis, is it the commitment in question? >> as a former infantry officer training is not something you do once. it's something you do continuously. our plan was to keep troops on in iraq after 2011, to train the iraqis on an almost constant basis, rotating them through with american units. we weren't able to do this when the iraqis decided not to keep u.s. troops on, or, rather, to give them legal immunities. secondly, you have very, very bad leadership at the top. generals are selected for their loyalty to maliki. these are cronies of maliki and some of his political advise rers. they are not competent people, and they do not provide the front line leadership that these soldiers want. it's a sectarian army in some respects. sunni units in sunni areas wouldn't fight against their

co-religionists and shia units felt isolated, beyond the areas they were willing to fight for and you saw the collapse in mosul as a result of this. >> is it your opinion the u.s. did not get much return for its investment? >> we did not achieve the result of a unified iraqi state where loyalty to the state as in america is greater than to one's tribe, one's family, one's federal state and so forth. and that's the underlying problem. it's a political problem, and president obama was right in citing that and stressing that yesterday. >> earlier today, iraq's prime minister, uk taed about the collapse of iraqi security forces even though he just reported they feel they've regained some control. mosul lost earlier in the week. let's listen now from what maliki is saying, and i'd love

to hear your reaction on the other end. >> translator: they believed this was the beginning of the end. but we say this is the beginning of their end. their defeat. because it sparked a passion and determination in all soldiers and officers in and in all iraqi people. iraqis came in thousands. we were unable to mobilize all the people who volunteerrd and wanted to confront this evil organization, which is pushed by foreign forces that do not want good to iraq. >> so maliki sounding very confident there. shouldn't iraq's army be able to take advantage of this isis, which is only comprised of a few thousand? >> it is only a few thousand but joined by some of the tribes from the sunni arab areas and there were five or six other different groups. former baathists and other insurgent groups, that basically were kept suppressed by us and after we left the iraqi security forces, these folks have all

sprung up. i would say there are quite a few thousand sunni insurgents right now in the sunni areas. the danger for maliki is, these people can take and hold territory, including territory all around baghdad, and near the shia shrine cities of the south that president obama mentioned yesterday. kebab la and another city. if they're able to cut off these places, particularly baghdad that could provoke iranian entry into the walk and a real disaster. basically a regional civil war. that's what president obama has to deal wit rye nh right now an that's basically a military problem. >> given that, to what extent should the u.s. be any more involved? >> once again i differ between the two problems. he said two days ago that it's not acceptable to have a per nent permanent presence in syria.

he's right. to nation problem that will take years and require political, diplomatic and other actions. again, he has stressed that in his speech yesterday, but what he's facing right now is, as he syd, the momentum of an isis force with military moves can cut off baghdad, besiege the city, put the people there under pressure. we saw this against us in 2004 when when we had 100,000 american troops. all the bridges around baghdad were blown and we had difficulty getting supplies in. good as the american military was. that's a real threat. if that threat materializes he'll be under huge pressure to use aismilitary force to break siege. >> do you think it's inevitable the u.s. would have to engage militarily? >> it's a set of consequences. if isis continues its momentum, which they said they would do and despite the news today, they seem to be continuing to gain ground. if the iraqi security forces

can't throw them back and they've shown little ability to do that, icy will not take baghdad and probably not the towns to the south but will besiege them and put the entire country under tremendous pressure. either we go in to break the siege of the shia areas where the sunni islamist if a nattiests should not be and the iranians will come in. i don't want to see us acting if unnecessary before the iranians. >> thank you so much, mr. ambassador. >> thank you. coming up, sergeant bowe bergdahl's road to recovery. two weeks ago today, watching his hand overfrom afghanistan and pakistan. how's he doing now? a live report, straight ahead. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in

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all right. today's the second day on u.s. soil for army secretary of state bowe bergdahl. it's been two weeks since the dramatic hand over in afghanistan when taliban captors freed bergdahl. friday he arrived in san antonio and is being treated at the brooke army medical center at fort sam houston, where our martin savidge does right now. what's the latest on his treatment and how he's doing? >> reporter: the military doctors when they gave a press briefing said he's doing pretty good. given what he has been through. he's only been here a short time. he's still acclimating to his new surroundings. medical condition, stable.

mentally, they say -- what you might expect after five years of being held captive. the four things they'll focus on from now on, medically, continue to treat him for after effects of his captivity. continue to work on the psychological aspect, likely the hardest road ahead, and on top of that, the briefings that will continue. they want to know where he was, how he fell into the captivity with the taliban and what allowed him to survive? very unique and could be lessons learned for anyone else who becomes held captive, and then lastly, it's the reunion with family that's really important to the integration. fredricka? >> all right. martin savage, thank you so much in san antonio. iraq's prime minister is trying to rally troops and volunteer fighters in a struggle with militants, but is he even the right manor t-- man for the job. that's up next. a young woman uses the tragedy that left her paralyzed to help others in a similar

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a new step in the u.s. response to the crisis in iraq today, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the "ussh.w. bush" aircraft carrier into the persian gulf. the pentagon said it will give president obama flexibility should military options be required. that comes after obama said yesterday he'll consider a range of options in iraq but sending troops back into combat is not one of them. i asked fareed zakaria what the u.s. can do in this situation, and if any of the options are good. >> i think that what the president is trying to do is force the iraqis, and particularly prime minister maliki, to make some political overtures to the sunnis, because i think he recognizes at the heart of this problem is a disaffected prop population that is supporting this insurgency. the problem is not the armed

men. the iraqi army is about thr three-quarters of a million men strong. they've supplied by the united states for ten years. . the insurgents or 2,000 or 3,000 people. the fact that the insurgents are taking the town is the basic problem is not a military one it's a political one. the army won't fight. the sunnis in the area are providing support for the insurgency. the only way to solve that is political. and i realize the timetables are off and you have to work militarily but at the heartve this problem you have a political breakdown and not a military breakdown. >> is this a surprise that something like this would happen or was there a bubbling up of problems that sent a signal that this is inevitable, this kind of scenario? >> you know, it was inevitable. it was predictable, because we've seen this movie before. this is exactly what happened in

'04, '05, and '06 when the shia government in iraq essentially started persecuting the sunnis, purging them from office, disempowering them in various ways. and the sunnis starting fueling and funding an insurgency. that's what created the several war in iraq and the solution to it was general petraeus coming in, a very important set of military moves, but also political outreach. crucially political outreach to the sunni community. the problem was three years prime minister maliki undid all that good work. he stopped paying off the sunni tribes. he stopped providing the patronage to the sunni groups. he started persecuting sunni politicians. jailing them. in many cases killing them through death squads and all kinds of mechanisms. sole, you're back in exactly the same problem, disaffected minority moves to an insurgency, al qaeda moves in and they tacitly support al qaeda.

the solution is general petraeus' solution, they've got to show some military strength but they have to do political outreach. >> it also sounds like al maliki was simply the wrong choice or the wrong leader. or was there a feeling that he was going to be able to appeal to sunnis and somehow in your view, you know, he turned on the sunnis along the way? >> it's a great question. in my opinion he was the wrong man always. i met with him before he was prime minister. i wrote a column in "the washington post" at the time saying this guy is a shiite thug, hard line, shows no signs of compromise. between us -- not between us, at that time i was called in to the white house and give en a briefg that he was going to do all kinds of outreach. i think you have to look at the shia religious parties, they're hard line religious parties that were funded by iran for 20 years and they're showing their true colors. the united states in a sense picked a side in a very

complicated, sectarian society. and we're reaping the consequences. >> so, wait a minute, then, there's a danger for this administration or any administration to pick sides in this case. is this what is in large part keeping the white house or the u.s. military from engaging, making a commitment, to engage here? because, again, the u.s. would be picking sides. >> absolutely. if we -- if the united states were to go in full bore and provide support to prime minister maliki, what it would be doing is acting as the air force for a very sectarian, very oppressive, ruthless regime in baghdad. which, by the way, is allied with iran. >> so, how does this end in your view? what is the next chapter? >> unless the iraqi government makes major political overtures to the sunnis, i think what you're going to see is a de facto partition of iraq. the kurds will keep their northern part which is

kurdistan. the shia will keep the southern part which is all shia, shiastan if you well, and in the middle will be a badlands ruled by a variety of crazy, radical sunni groups, very messy, very chaotic and a place where, you know, nobody should go and travel. i think at that point the united states best strategy would be to try to give security and support to the stable parts of the region and to just accept that they're going to be some places that are essentially badlands. >> oh, my goodness, what an abysmal scenario here we're talking about. all right, fareed zakaria, appreciate it. thanks so much. >> pleasure. and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth?

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hillary clinton is getting a workout of sorts. today she signs more than 1,000 copies of her new book, a steady stream of admirers, some of whom camped out overnight came to the northern virginia costco to meet her and she was also unexpectedly greeted by congressman john lewis and sonya soto meyer. >> here's a sneak preview -- >> people ask did you constantly seek your father's advice. my answer is no, i constantly sought my father's love. >> what strikes me whenever i see him is the joy he takes in his family and how much his family loves him and to have accomplished as much as he has while still investing the kind of attention and care in his

family that shows in how they view him, you know, that's a sign of a life well led. >> of course, i want to thank my entire family with this special emphasis on a woman named barbara. >> every parent lives in mortal fear that when their kids grow up they won't want to hang around them anymore and it's sort of like the ultimate validation in life when your adult children still want to hang around with you and his adult children like hanging around with him. >> very nice. watch or set your dvr for "41 on 41" tomorrow night at 9:00 right here on cnn. thanks so much for watching. and being with me all afternoon long. i'm fredricka whitfield. the next hour of the "cnn newsroom" begins right now. ooh, we got a team. good to see you both.

wow, what a welcome from fredricka. you are in the "cnn newsroom," don lemon has the day off. >> and i'm michael holmes here at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. well, it's been a while, hasn't it, since we've heard these words, a u.s. aircraft carrier headed to the persian gulf and it is not an exercise. the "u scht scht jorss george h carrier group steaming to iraq in case military power is needed to help protect american people and interests. that's what the pentagon is saying about this deployment and this is why. this red area we'll show you there the areas marked in red that's where the extremist islamic group called isis has been fighting, bombing, killing and in intimidating its way to control every major city and

town from the syrian border south. you can see them there close to baghdad. as well iraq's second largest city has fallen to the group as we've been reporting all week, and, yeah, the capital not far away. iraq on a major military recruiting drive this weekend. not just the government recruiting either. militias are recruiting. they all need people, lots of them, to quickly pump up the number of those who can hold a weapon and potentially fight. the prime minister said thousands of iraqis have stepped up to serve. the u.s. president, obama, making it very clear that whatever happens in iraq, no u.s. troops will be involved at least not on the ground. but now, something else, something a little bit unexpected. we are told that several hundred troops from iran are ready to fight alongside the iraqi army to stop the advance of those isis fighters. iran not confirming that, but um u.s. officials say an iranian general was in iraq in the past

few days, perhaps advising, perhaps planning more. no one knows for sure. arwa damon is in the kurdish area of iraq. you're in one of the places where the iraqi military says things are okay, and that is because of the kurdish fighters, not the types who are down weapons and uniforms and flee. what is happening outside of the kurdish area, though? >> reporter: well, michael, the minute you leave the border of the autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan you effectively enter territory controlled by isis or its allies or where additional troops have been deployed to kirkuk to prevent isis and the other various groups from taking over. what we've seen transpiring since isis stormed into mosul, hardly seeing anything of a fight from the iraqi security forces stationed there, the organization and its various

allies which include former sunni insurgent groups that were very active during the u.s. invasion of iraq and sunni tribes fighting alongside them as they've moved in an arc down towards the capital baghdad. a lot of heavy fighting place taking place in diallah province. and as the iraqi security forces have largely fled their positions they've been abandoning a sizable, massive arsenal of weaponry ranging from heavy machine guns to mortar rounds, rocket launchers. not to mention all sorts of humvees purchased from the americans and various other military vehicles. so they're acquiring quite the weaponry at their disposal right now at this stage, michael. >> at the heart of conflicts like this, of course, politics. you know, we got a situation where the isis fighters have been able to move so fast, so fast because they've had the

support of sunni tribes and former saddam loyalists and baathists and other insurgent groups laying low, they've had support on the ground and nobody to fight and people to hold once they've gone through. that won't be the case once they get to baghdad. what sort of preparations are you hearing of in baghdad? one of the things that concerns a lot of people is the resurgence, the regrouping of militias. >> reporter: that's right, michael. the radical shia cleric already putting out a call for people to stand together and unite. various other significant religious leaders putting out that same message as well not to mention the massive recruitment that seems to be under way. what we're hearing and we have been speaking to a number of people is that once this advance reaches baghdad, if, in fact, it does get that far, that is when this is really going to take on a much different level of

confrontation. the bloodshed almost unimaginable at this stage, michael, as the iraqi security forces there at least the shia members of the iraqi security forces there, will most certainly stand up and fight alongside these various militias who have quite a lot of experience under their belts when it comes to warfare and unconventional warfare as well. this has the potential to bring about bloodshed that this country has not yet seen. and having said that, michael, we already know that iraq has seen more than its fair share of bloodshed and killing. the prospect of that is hair-raising to say the least. >> and the delicate nature, as it has been all throughout the war, really, of the sectarian divide between sunni and shia. now, if shia forces, government forces, are able to stop isis at the outside of the city, what must be of concern? you were there in 2006, 2007 -- i was for a while as well -- and we saw that sectarian blood

letting. the bodies on the street every day killed in horrific ways, pure sunni/shia hatred. even if isis is kept out of the capital, what would it take for that conflict within the city to start again? >> reporter: well, not a lot, michael. and i think if you were to pull up a map of what iraq looked like in 2006 with the various territories that were controlled either by al qaeda or the sunnis versus those that were controlled by the various different shia insurgent groups, that's pretty much what we're seeing emerge right now, what most certainly is going to be reemerging especially when it comes to baghdad. there is going to be nothing that is going to stop the slaughter at this stage. the iraqi security forces are crumbling along sectarian lines. the entire country is disintegrating. iraq as we know it potentially is no longer going to exist. to try to stop that is going to take a level of political

maturity by the various leaders that at this stage they are not displaying, nor have they historically shown any sort of indication that they are going to be displaying. when you speak to iraqis who are really caught in the middle of all of this, they are so angry, they're so frustrated, they're so desperate. they feel like they've been abandoned by everybody. they've been abandoned by the americans, by their own government. and at this stage they are victims of the politics that is happening and of these various different factions, michael. >> arwa, appreciate your insights and your breadth experience of experience in that part of the world. arwa damon. coming up at 5:00 p.m. eastern we'll actually be dedicating the entire hour to the crisis in iraq. we've got a team of cnn's most senior international correspondents. they're going to be with us to break down what is happening there. how it all came to be. what happens now. how dangerous the situation has become. we have three very experienced

people who spent many, many years in the middle east covering this war and elsewhere as well. so, do be sure to join us at the top of the hour 5:00 p.m. eastern. we'll break it all down for you, what is happening now and the hesstry that brought us here. back to you, ana. there are a lot of american citizens living and working there in iraq. they're now getting out of the country as the security situation is growing less certain. among those evacuating u.s. contractors who are there in iraq to help the country buy military equipment, in fact. now, alexandra steel is following this angle. how many people are we talking about here? where are they going? >> the state department isn't assigning a lot of specifics, they are telling us there's a group that numbers somewhere in the hundreds, they haven't given a timeline but they are trying to get the contractors to safety. these are the companies that

employ the contractors. they're the ones that have chosen to evacuate their employees. the evacuations are happening for contractors working in balad. our own anderson cooper to one of the contractors who was evacuated after isis opened fire. here's what he says -- >> local national security forces they pretty much just dropped their weapons and walked off. the iraqi army stayed and fought, they did what they were supposed to do. but if it wasn't for the villages on our perimeter, we might not be talking to you right now because the villages stood up and they helped out the iraqi army tremendously. they can be very smart and they can be very fast and they can be very threatening. >> and tony was evacuated safely. we did also speak to his wife who is here in texas, she like so many of the other family members of these contractors just really eager to see their loved ones back here at home and out of this increasingly volatile situation.

>> again, we're talking about u.s. contractors but we also know there are u.s. diplomats, people at the embassies, consulates there, are they evacuating well? >> the state department said they are keeping a close eye on the security situation there but at this point there's been no change to the staffing at the embassies or the consulates, a lot of this could change but at this this applies to contractors who work for companies who have made the decision to go ahead and do the evacuations. hundreds of children crossing the country illegally into the u.s. each day. a majority are coming from central america, and cnn is there right now. we'll have a live report right after this. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things.

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some as old as 4 years old and border patrol is not equipped to properly care for all these children, the majority coming from el salvador, guatemala and these photos are showing the crammed cells without enough food, beds, even toilets or showers. the number of children making this journey alone has doubled. each year since 2010. so, this means we're on track to see as many as 130,000 next year. let me bring in cnn's rosa flores, and, rosa, you spoke to some of these unaccompanied children who came to the u.s. they were actually returned yesterday. what was their experience like? tell us about their journey both to the united states and then the return home. >> reporter: you know, some of these stories are so traumatic. we spoke to one young boy yesterday who said that he was kidnapped. he was robbed. he was blindfolded. thrown into a house and held for

ransom and wasn't released until his family delivered thousands of dollars. now, this happened in mexico, so this is the dangerous trek that we've been talking about for days now. it's the trek between central america and the united states. we also learned how this pipeline of minors just keeps on moving and delivering into the united states. it's a modern type of coyote or human smuggler, but now they're called guides. and they give these youngsters tours to the united states, so they're actually bused in droves in just commercial buses. they are taken to city to city, and they're actually instructed and they're given money. and here's how it works. so, they get on these buses. if they by any chance are stopped by immigration these tour guides tell the kids, okay, you have to say that you're alone. here's a little cash. pay the officer and just tell him you're alone, you want to get back on the bus.

and then they also promise these miners that once they get to the united states that the gates of the u.s. are open and they can get there and either reunite with their families and find work or something. ana, we know that that's not true. >> unbelievable. we're hearing from an immigration attorney at least one of them here in the u.s. who talked to 1,000 children saying these children tell her they're trying to escape violence in central america, that that is the main reason they are coming to the u.s. is it desperation? is this a valid explanation of really what's going on? >> reporter: you know, the city that we are right now has been dubbed the murder capital of the world for three years in a row, and take a look around me. it looks absolutely beautiful, but if you look beyond my shoulder here, there's this green pasture-looking area, well, that is actually a sugarcane field. beyond that is one of the most dangerous areas in all of

honduras and what's happening there is there are two gangs that are fighting for the territory. the green pasture, that's where they drop the bodies. that's the violence that these kids are seeing on the streets. many stories of dads being killed, sons being targeted, so son decides to go to the united states. >> and it's a risky journey at that, so the risks to come to the u.s. they're thinking is less than the risk of the violence there in their own country. rosa flores in honduras, thank you so much for your great reporting there. bowe bergdahl back in the u.s., he's walking, speaking english, enjoying able to eat peanut butter, just a simple pleasure. but he hasn't yet seen or even called his family. we'll talk about his reintegration process after five years in captivity next. ♪

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now. a flurry of high-level phone calls today to the president of russia after a ukrainian military plane went down with 49 people aboard. everyone was killed. a nearby traffic camera capturing the crash here. if you watch closely you see the bright light in the distance. this is one of the worst such incidents since the unrest began. the ukrainian government said the russian-made plane was about to land when it was shot down by pro-russian insurgents with anti-aircraft guns. presidents of france and germany both called president putin to express their concerns. also u.s. secretary of state john kerry called his counterpart there in moscow to urge political dialogue. bowe bergdahl is back here in the u.s., but it's not yet clear when he's going to finish his reintegration treatment. bergdahl the last u.s. prince nerf war in afghanistan is recovering at the medical center in san antonio. officials say he's walking and speaking english. he's enjoying peanut butter and he has not yet reached out to

his family. >> family support is a critical part of the reintegration process, making sure the family understands the reasons why we do it and the decompression and overall it's the returnees choice to decide when they want to regain socially and the family understands that process at this point in time. >> cnn's martin savage is live in san antonio now. martin, it's been two weeks, yet bergdahl we understand that bergdahl has no idea about the strerv controversy surrounding his return. >> reporter: no, he doesn't. it is that that is standard procedure. it is not allowed usually or generally. those who are released after long times of captivity to expose them to media, they try to carefully control the environment. it's not that they are trying to keep anything from anyone, it is

that it can be overwhelming to go from absolute isolation or being in a very remote region for a longered. of time to suddenly be back with everything that is american, with everything that is modern life. as one military official put it to us last night, the colors are very bright for bowe bergdahl, meaning almost everything is sensory overload, there will be a time as he improves that he'll have access to the media and see the reporting but right now this is not that time, ana. >> are you hearing, is it common for prisoners who have been in captivity not to talk to their family immediately upon being rescued? >> reporter: this is, of course, the obvious that is hanging over his return to the united states, because many anticipated that his family was here. i know i was told by the military the standard would be his family would arrive first and he would arrive possibly the next day and everyone would think the reunion which the military considers part of their recovery would happen quickly. they are not in san antonio as you already heard, apparently the sergeant does not want to

meet with his family at this time. there are clearly issues they are working through. the military considers those private and the family has asked that the media respect their privacy so, you know, had you can imagine father's day tomorrow, you've got your son back in this country. >> wow. >> reporter: but right now he's not ready. >> kind of a heartbreaking situation. there's more to it, that's for sure. martin savidge live in san antonio, thank you. coming up, the u.s. takes on ghana in the world cup opener on monday, but the u.s. coach says, they probably won't win. care what age you are.

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♪ in brazil, clashes are happening on and off the world cup field. violence which has been simmering there for months is now erupting around the venues. today the streets, again, lined

with protesters furious over the millions spent on the world cup while so many there live in poverty. the latest protests brazilian police fire tear gas trying to hold back a small group trying to work its way to the stadium packed with spectators. amanda, the u.s. is going to play ghana on monday at their opening round. are we expecting anti-american protests? >> reporter: hi, ana. yeah, we've been seeing protests every day of this tournament so far. what we've seen today, not as bad as those in sao paolo on the opening day on thursday. we've had about 500 protesters involved in a peaceful demonstration because of the economic concerns. 11 people were arrested. but we do understand by via social media, the likes of facebook, that there are specific anti-american protests that are planned for monday in

about 2 1/2 kilometers away from the arena where the usa are playing ghana. we understand that people are going to protest against fifa, the world cup spending, and american capitalism because the u.s. vice president joe biden has said that he will attend the game with the brazilian president. and we've already seen some very poor receptions at the games that the president has attended so far. but so far the protests are relatively peaceful. >> interesting. it will be interesting to see how the u.s. team responds to the big distraction, of course. amanda davies, we appreciate it. okay. coming up in the next hour, 5:00 p.m. eastern, dedicating the entire hour to the crisis still unfolding in iraq. we've got a team of senior international correspondents who have been in the middle east for many, many years covering this

war and other stories. they know the region. they're going to be with us to break down what is happening in iraq, how it came to be, and what happens now. also just how dangerous this situation has become. do be sure to join us top of the hour 5:00 eastern, in the meantime i'm michael holmes at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> and i'm ana cabrera in new york. right now keep it right here for "sanjay gupta, m.d." hey there, welcome to a very special edition of "sg md," i'm reporting from india all this week you can see the taj mahal behind me. beautiful. one of the seven wonders of the world. people come from all over the world to visit as you can see. it was built by an emperor and dedicated to the love of his life. it took an army of more than 20,000 artisans and architects more than 20 years to build. it was completed in 1653. i'll be showing my three daughters this for the first