thank you for joining us. time now for "newsroom." >> good morning, you guys. a busy morning so let's get right to it. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, i'm ana cabrera in new york. carol costello has the day off. thanks for joining me. this morning the crisis in iraq deepens and the sense of urgency

grows grows. >>. in baghdad, tensions are rising as isis are closing. they have advanced to just 35 miles from the capital. the white house faces tough decisions, not a lot of time. president obama has met with his national security team to discuss all the options both military and diplomatic. we will have a live report from baghdad with our anderson cooper on the ground in just a moment. b but first, a thrilling and perhaps unexpected win for team usa in the world cup. oh, yeah, the crowd goes wild. the opening match victory setting off earthquakes as watch parties across the country. it was substitute john brooks, just 21 years old, who scored that winning goal with that amazing header in just a few minutes left in the game. the 2-1 victory over ghana, revenge after they beat the u.s. in the last two world cups.

what an exciting game, and here to break it all down, rachel nichols, the host of cnn's "unguarded." also joining us is ted roland with fan reaction. he's in chicago and has been seeing watch parties all over the country. rachel, let's start with you. big win for the usa. what does this mean? >> it was fantastic. there was so much tension leading up to this game. there was controversy over the roster they brought in. long-time u.s. soccer star landon donovan left off the roster. and also the coach came out before the matches and said i don't think it's realistic that the u.s. can win the world cup, which may be true but it's not really what you want to say and caused a lot of controversy both inside and outside the locker room. then they go out and are facing ghana. this is the team that knocked the u.s. out of the last two world cups. imagine walking onto this field with a boulder, pressure on your shoulders. they score that early goal, the boulder rolls off. they win this game. it just gives them confidence

going into the rest of the tournament. really relieves a lot of the pressure on them in this, quote, group of death where they have to get out of this opening round robin. >> so much to be excited about. we're seeing a lot of fans just jumping on that bandwagon because everyone wants to be part of this victory. ted, let's turn to you. you were there at grant park. i know thousands turned out to watch on that giant screen. compare the atmosphere there to maybe a watch party for an nfl game. >> reporter: well, i don't think you can get a better atmosphere than we had last night here. about 10,000 people crammed into grant park in downtown chicago. the weather was gorgeous. and you didn't have just -- it wasn't just the young men with their bodies painted, it was families and a lot of women. if you think about it, soccer in the united states is growing every year. women's soccer is a huge part of the youth soccer programs around this country. we saw that not only here in chicago but across the country. i was talking to someone from usa soccer. they put the event on last night. and he's been around this game

his entire life and he says he really thinks that the united states has turned the corner. you mentioned the nfl. soccer is nowhere near the nfl and probably never will be, but he really thinks that the u.s. has turned the corner in terms of fan participation and a game like last night's sure does help. >> well, the fans will be flying high on that victory certainly into the next round against portugal which is on sunday. ted rowlands, rachel nichols, thanks to you. you can watch "unguarded with rachel nichols" friday night at 10:30 eastern right here on cnn. parts of the midwest are in the cross-hairs again today as severe weather bears down on the region, threatening more than 40 million people. it is the same storm system that spawned this pair of side-by-side tornados. unbelievable sight captured on video. these tornados levelled the small town of pilger, nebraska. two people were killed, more than a dozen injured, several

critically, and search teams are still going through debris looking for people who may still be trapped. >> there was a couple houses on this side of the street and across the street there was three houses, which are gone. there were three houses on the opposite side of the block that are gone. >> everything is just leveled. indra petersons is there in pilger this morning. i imagine now that the sun is out you're getting a better sense of just how devastating these tornados were. >> reporter: complete dru destruction is what everybody is saying this morning. this was a town of about 350 residents and this morning you can tell about 75% of this town has been completely wiped out by twin tornados. what's so unusual is not that there's two tornados, that is something you can see often, but what you don't see is two equally sized violent tornados, one right after the other, directly hit a town. unfortunately, that's exactly

what happened here just yesterday afternoon. you can actually see the tornado moved in a northeasterly direction here, about 25 to thif miles an ho 35 miles per hour. this town is only about one square mile so that equals about 75% of this town. unfortunately this isn't just one lone incident yesterday. we saw incidents like this all across iowa, nebraska and even wisconsin. >> let's move, guys. >> reporter: an incredible outbreak of deadly tornados tearing through northeastern nebraska monday resulting in a rare and stunning sight. >> where has that happened before? >> reporter: storm chasers capturing not one, but two massive tornados side by side on the ground, ripping through the town of pilger. >> that's a town. that's the water tower. >> reporter: the twin tornados surprising even the storm chasers who thought the video. >> two, possibly three. i've never seen anything like this. this is just very, very dangerous. >> this is definitely the first time i've seen two tornados like that, that violent, on the same storm. >> reporter: they'll resume searching through the rubble today, but so far no one is

unaccounted for. the governor of nebraska issuing a state of emergency, putting the national guard on standby. the storm carved a path of destruction 25 to 30 miles laurn long, leveling homes, towns and farms. the town of pilger hardest hit. >> full blocks of houses are destroyed. >> reporter: the funnel cloud spawning nearly a mile wide power fully turning up the ground below. >> that's crazy! >> reporter: tossed around by the sheer force of the winds. estimated up to 200 miles per hour in each tornado. sirens blaring, warning residents to get underground ands twister barrelled through nearby wisner. >> these are the kind of storms you need to be underground to survive. >> reporter: another storm chaser caught the same twin tornados devastating this farm around wakefield. >> they're merging. they're going to merge! >> reporter: before merging into one colossal funnel.

the residents here sought shelter yesterday at a nearby town of wisner and it looks like now they are slowly being allowed to return. this is the sight they're looking at this morning. remember, 40 if not 50 of these holes have been completely leveled down to the ground. we're hearing the fire station, completely gone this morning. the middle school, beyond repair. and the entire business district completely leveled down to the ground. right here behind me, this was actually a home. it looks like it was about a two-story home, but this morning you can barely see just a little timber and lumber left on the ground. this is the sight they're going to be looking at this morning. they want us to get the message out today, please, rescue agents, do not come in today. they want to let the residents come in first and pick up the pieces of what was once their lives and let them get settled first and they'll get that help through tomorrow. but unbelievable the destruction you see here. 75% of the town, ana. >> tough images to see for sure. indra petersons, thank you so much. if you want to help out the victims of the tornados, visit

cnn.com/impact. now, let's return to the crisis in iraq. witnesses tell cnn that terrorist fighters are now within 35 to 40 miles of baghdad. they did storm a police station in baqouba northeast of baghdad stealing all the weapons, engaging iraqi troops in firefights there. in baghdad fears are building, security is intensified. "the new york times" now reporting the first flash points of major violence there in baghdad since the terrorists invaded the country. four men shot to death, their bodies left on the street. the left of sectarian bloodshed in the capital is appearing more imminent. president obama has notified congress that up to 275 troops were sent to support the u.s. embassy there in baghdad. most are already on site, beefing up security. and there is now more american fire power. the aircraft carrier george h.w. bush is in the persian gulf along with another five warships. and still developing, whether the u.s. will work with iran to

stop the militants' advance on baghdad. we now know officials from the rival nations talked a little briefly yesterday. only cnn has the vast worldwide resources to bring you every angle of this rapidly changing story. so over the next couple of hours, our correspondents, analysts and guests will dig down through the many layers of what's a very, very complex story. let's begin in baghdad on the ground with cnn's anderson cooper. i know, anderson, there must be a growing sense of urgency there, as there is here in washington, that the u.s. maybe has to decide very soon on a course of action. let's listen to this from mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> look at what happened in afghanistan. everybody pulled out, said that's it, we're done. the taliban took over. it fostered al qaeda. a safe haven like we've never seen. 9/11 happens. and so what we see here is all of the recipe is there. all of the ingredients are going

in the stew and we see it happening on our watch. here's the trick or here's the question, not the trick. how can you disrupt it long enough to have iraq do that political reconciliation and get their army back in the fight? that's going to take a little bit of investment. it's not going to take huge military presence. it's not going to take huge amounts of sorties from an aircraft carrier every day. it will take some of that to change the momentum. but it is in our national security interests. >> so let's head back out to anderson. what's the view among iraqis? are they wondering where the american involvement is? >> reporter: well, there's certainly a lot of concern about that and a lot of questions about that. the government of nouri al maliki here, the prime minister, would like to see a greater level of u.s. involvement, a greater level not just the support that the united states said they are willing to give thus far but clearly want to see a lot more u.s. involvement and u.s. support militarily in order to try to turn the tide.

there is a lot of concern here about the capabilities of the iraqi security forces. i mean we've seen that for the last five days, and now this dramatic news today about fighting some 35 to 40 miles from the city of baghdad itself. yesterday we were talking about isis forces being 50, 55 miles outside the city. well, if they are able to take the city of baqouba, that is 35 to 40 miles away. sources on the ground in baqouba are telling us there has been intense fighting there, that isis forces and their supporters on the western side of baqouba, they made a foray, as you said, took over the police station, took the weapons, killed a number of personnel there and then withdrew. the fighting is said to be going on there. again, if they are able to take that city, it's a straight shot to baghdad and there are real concerns about just how capable is the iraqi military. can they actually stand up and fight effectively when needed. thus far we haven't seen that,

certainly not in mosul and yesterday in talifar a city of of 200,000 up in the northwest. that was taken over by isis forces so a lot of certain here in baghdad. you can feel it. a lot of checkpoints all throughout the city. we're seeing more and more volunteers trying to join the fight but their capabilities are under question as well. >> anderson cooper in baghdad, we appreciate that reporting right there on the ground. still to come, the terrorists gain ground. president obama loses precious time. michelle kosinski is at the white house picking up that part of the story. >> reporter: hi, ana. u.s. troops are on the ground in baghdad. we'll have all the latest coming up. they're serving a very specific purpose. [announcer] play close-good and close.

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at the white house, president obama has summoned his most trusted national security advisers to discuss this crisis in iraq. with terrorist fighters now less than 40 miles from baghdad, the debate over options, both military and diplomatic, becomes even more urgent and we're giving you a look at some of those trusted national security advisers. michelle kosinski is at the white house. michelle, are you getting any sense that this administration is closer to a decision? >> reporter: not really. they're not giving us any detail in terms of a timeline. they're always going to be sensitive about that. what we've been hearing the last couple of days, even from the president himself, is this is not going to be an overnight decision, it's going to be several days in the making. we know there was a very big meeting last night. the latest we're hearing this morning from the national security team is that they continue to work on options for

the president. i think what we can look at is the action that's already been taken, the moving of troops, about 275 troops to the region. even some of them within baghdad already. but for a very specific purpose, to protect the embassy in the first place and then, if possible, if needed, move more in to protect air fields. also the moving of an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. so there are these moves in preparation that have been taken. we know that there have to be specific options associated with those preparatory moves. >> timing not known yet either. michelle kosinski, thank you. i want to bring in one of our contributors here in a moment, as we're seeing these american troops and warships assembled there in the persian gulf. a key question still looms large. is there going to be an attack? what are the targets?

gathering information in this region is tough, especially since american troops left in 2011 and a majority of the intelligence being gathered on iraq comes not from inside the country now but starts in places like turkey or qatar. so let's bring in kimberly dozier, contributing writer for "the daily beast" who was in iraq covering the war from 2003 to 2006. i know you were actually wounded by a car bomb during that time. thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> kimberly, intelligence officers from the cia, the defense department now working from the u.s. embassy in baghdad, but you say this situation requires a different kind of intelligence. explain. >> well, what is complicating the pentagon's process of making recommendations to the white house right now is that it really doesn't understand the composition of this invading force that's moving south. yes, part of it is isis, the islamic militants that have spilled over the border from syria, but they also have

bathist leaders from the form erp saddam hussein government and they have tribal leaders all mixed in together, so they have to try to get a clear picture of who is where, what's the leadership structure, to try to figure out, okay, who do you hit to stop this force from moving. if they hit the wrong target, say they accidentally hit a house that's full of former baathists that u.s. troops used to work with during the invasion, well, they have just alienated that whole part of the country. what they want to try to do is figure out who is the enemy, who are the irreconcilables and can we separate them from people we used to work with. so it's a lot more complicated than just sending a jet over the town of mosul and taking out targets. >> well, and we've also heard secretary of state john kerry talk about how even in this

region there are so many foreign fighters too that may have in their mind a desire to go back and harm other countries even. and he said that they could have focused on doing harm not just in iraq but also europe and even america so i know that is weighing heavily on the u.s. as they make this decision. there's also a big debate about what legal authority the united states has. the president is already reaching out to congress, as we mentioned. do you think that's the right move? >> well, he has to decide on a couple of different options. he can either use the old authorization of use of military force against al qaeda. that was the legal basis for the invasion of afghanistan. but isis isn't technically al qaeda. they actually divorced from each other and have been fighting each other in syria. so he could also just say there are americans in danger in baghdad, therefore, under article 2 of the constitution, i am the commander in chief, i have to protect those americans,

i have to put a small number of forces in to make that happen. he's already done that with a vanguard of troops that will protect the physical compound and facilitate the exit of american diplomats if necessary, but he could take it a bit further. one of the problems is to send u.s. troops in there, you need immunity from prosecution under iraqi law. that's the same agreement we failed to get in 2011 that necessitated the withdrawal of u.s. troops. it doesn't look like prime minister maliki is any closer to granting that to the u.s. this time around even as he asks for help. >> and that's the question that i guess a lot of people are asking, what about al maliki, is he the guy to make a difference politically in this region that's going to get to the root of the problem. what's your take? >> well, he won the last election. he managed to cobble together a government. so this is the guy that the u.s.

is stuck with for now. they can say we'll only grant you x amount of aid if you reach out to your sunni minority, but at this point when you've got killing happening at the scale that it's happening and blood soaking into the ground, we've seen this in iraq before. that normally kicks off a period of blood-letting and revenge killings that could make it very difficult for maliki to reach across to the other side. and on the other side, on the sunni side of the divide, there's very little trust in anything he has to say. they have heard it all before. >> and that's also in part what's giving these fighters so much passion, is uniting against what they see or perceive as a common enemy. so that's something that's scary to be witnessing at the moment. kimberly dozier, we really appreciate your insight on this. >> thanks much. as the situation in iraq heats up, cnn covers it like no other network. join anderson cooper tonight.

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fast forwarding now, tonight at 5:00 eastern, hillary clinton will be answering tough questions from you, live right here on cnn. now, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate is sitting down for an exclusive town hall hosted by our own christiane amanpour and christiane won't be the only one asking questions. cnn has teamed up with tumblr to take questions from all around

the world. brianna keilar is at the museum where the town hall will be held. i imagine it's bustling already this morning preparing. how are things going? >> reporter: yeah, this is a really big day and this is a big event, ana, because this is the only televised town hall surrounding hillary clinton's book rollout. obviously she is really considering her options for a 2016 presidential run. as she has put out our book, "hard choices" last week about her time at the state department, there's so much curiosity about her foreign policy record, about what her vision perhaps for the future would be, and so there are a lot of questions that need to be asked. we'll be hearing them tonight from christiane as well as from members of the live audience, which cnn has picked by going through universities and colleges, civic organizations, social organizations, not just here in washington, d.c., but also farther afield. so we'll be getting questions from those folks. we'll also be getting questions

through tumblr, they have been submitted. all of these being closely guarded by an editorial teamworking with christiane amanpour. secretary clinton has not seen these questions, her team has not seen these questions, so no topic is off limits here tonight. >> that being said, can you give us some examples of the types of questions people are sending in or at least the topics they're asking about? >> reporter: well, there's all kinds of questions. i think some folks want to know exactly maybe what her economic plan might be or what she would see that as if she were to run for president. there are going to be a lot of questions as well about her foreign policy record at the state department, about benghazi. as you know, you're looking around right now and seeing international hot spots like iraq, like ukraine. she'll be asked questions about her role in relations with russia or that's very possible that she'll be asked. there are questions all across the board. many, many questions. so we've had to -- cnn has had to whittle them down for sure,

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more manpower, more fire power. the united states now has military assets in place in and near iraq. top of the list, those 275 armed forces that were deployed to protect americans in baghdad and the surrounding region and more options are still on the table. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr explains. >> reporter: as the fighting rages on in iraq, the pentagon is moving more fire power and manpower into the region to prepare for whatever president obama orders. already at the u.s. embassy in baghdad, dozens of marines and army troops have moved in to beef up security. a top priority, evacuate all americans at the embassy if it comes to that. the aircraft carrier george h.w. bush and five other warships are now in the persian gulf. more than 500 marines and dozens

of helicopters are on standby if an evacuation is ordered. the former top u.s. commander for the region warns it may not be enough. >> i also think we ought to have a more robust capability to evacuate americans if necessary. i don't believe just the carrier itself. i would like to see an amphibious ready group in there, more helicopters, more marines. >> reporter: fighter jets on the carri carrier could be used to strike isis targets. the u.s. has increased drones over iraq in an effort to gather more intelligence to share with iraqi forces for targeting isis on the ground. but a former u.s. commander in iraq says it will be very tough. >> it's the same reason it was so hard to target them when we had 160,000 troops there. they intermingle with the people. you know, i think some of the media has shown these truck convoys going down the roads, and i think the uninitiated might say what's so hard about

that? let's just drop a couple bombs. >> reporter: president obama has ruled out troops on the ground, but can there be effective military strikes without putting some troops in to find out exactly where isis fighters are operating. >> i do believe we ought to put special forces teams on the ground. with the iraqi forces, certainly with the kurds in the north and also with the jordanians, they can provide some of that ground intelligence. >> joining me now is barbara starr there at the pentagon and retired army major general and cnn military analyst james "spider" marks. barbara, i want to start with you. the president has basically ruled out combat troops in iraq, but the fighting we see inches closer to baghdad. how much longer can the troops stay on the sidelines? >> well, the president definitely ruling out u.s. forces on the ground. of course still the question is would he order air strikes. i think you've hit the exact point, ana, the question is baghdad right now.

this is the debate going on inside the administration, has isis been slowed down enough that it could give -- on its way to baghdad that it could give the iraqi regime time to regroup, protect baghdad, strike back at isis and slow their advance. if isis makes it to baghdad, if they start to lay siege to baghdad or even shell parts of the city, that really becomes a quite different problem, preserving the iraqi current government, preserving the regime and doing whatever the u.s. military has to do to get americans out of harm's way. baghdad right now may well be the turning point one way or the other. >> general marks, the president suggests these troops could be used in the security in baghdad if it collapses or maybe even for training purposes, which seems at least to me not fully understanding, it seems kind of odd that they might be doing training during a time of an emergency, but maybe you can explain that a little bit better, and also talk a little

bit about what other purposes some troops might serve. >> ana, great question and thank you for having me this morning. there are several missions that these soldiers -- these troops need to perform, and clearly, i think, they're an insufficient number to do the various tasks that are exojent and need to be addressed right now. number one, there has to be an ability to stop the bleeding so that forces can get some distance between themselves and isis so you can preserve the government in baghdad. that's mission number one. maliki has to exist day after tomorrow so we can move forward, irrespective of our tenuous relationship with iran. mission number two is among those 300 some odd soldiers on the ground, clearly there will be an advisory role as well as intelligence sharing. mission number one of achieving distance is there has to be some targetable intelligence and the united states can generate that, can share that with isf as well

as help develop its own target folders for strikes that might be provided for isf in support of their operations. and then the advisory role is really all about capacity building. we're well beyond the point of capacity building as a first step. we've been doing that for years. obviously it's failed so far. that doesn't mean everything is lost. we have to be able to gin that back up. that's a necessary step but not a critical step right now. >> i was just reading a "new york times" article from 2004. we were in iraq, it was titled "the strategy to secure iraq did not foresee a second war." and in this article, you criticize the u.s. strategy at that time saying we didn't have enough troops for intelligence, not enough troops to act on that intelligence and the insurgents took advantage of our limited number. how do we avoid that happening here with the resistance to put

troops on the ground? and do you think, knowing what we know of the president's proposals, that we're proceeding in the right way? >> past is prologue, isn't it? it's a very difficult situation we're in right now. clearly the assumption was, is that the u.s. effort over the course of the last decade to grow and build isf was going to be sufficient to give iraq a new start, to assist in their democracy moving forward, and to secure itself through a professional military force. sadly what has happened with isis is that the isf, the iraqi security forces, have crumbled in those engagements with isis. clearly what that means is there isn't within isf a shared objective that the notion of protecting the government of iraq gets beyond sectarian interests but can be more encompassing of the entire iraq and the notion that iraq moving forward has a future. what we have seen in calm balom

that's just not the case and that the growth of a professional force clearly takes time. that's what we're seeing right now is a force that's immature in its infrastructure and now it's really, really struggling. >> and we have no time. barbara, are you hearing any more about how quickly the u.s. might take some action? >> all indications from the white house, ana, are the president has made no decisions about how he wants to proceed, but you just have to look at the map. you can see that all of the ships and aircraft are in place for any contingency that comes, whether it is evacuating measures from the embassy or engaging in air strikes. >> all right. we're ready, at the ready at least, you could say. barbara starr, major general james "spider" marks, thanks to you both. still to come, terrorist fighters gaining ground and pushing closer to baghdad. up next, why long-term success in this region could hinge on a strategy in syria.

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thanks for staying with us. as violent clashes spread all across iraq, hundreds of u.s. troops are on standby in that region preparing for possible military action. last night president obama met with his national security team to discuss a possible military response to these deadly gains we're seeing by the terrorist fighters of isis. this morning pressure is mounting for the u.s. to take action. right now isis fighters are just 35 to 40 miles north of baghdad. let's bring in the vice president of the woodrow wilson international center and author of "the end of greatness." aaron david miller. aaron, i know you have a lot to say about all of this. do you think the u.s. needs to put boots on the ground to repel militants? >> boots on the ground in large numbers, absolutely not. we've seen this movie before.

it costs 6800 plus american lives including afghanistan, trillions of dollars expendingeexpending -- expendinged, to produce a situation that leaves iraq a fractured and dysfunctional state even before isis began making its advances in the last several weeks. so, no, i think the president is going to be under enormous pressure to act and he has to act to protect the embassy. he may well be put in the position, if they can identify isis targets in formations, concentrated or moving along corridors or highways to use air strikes. if you can't fix the situation in syria, how do you stop the bleed into iraq of sunni jihad ees. but no amount of military pressure or force will substitute for what fundamentally ails iraq, and that is what it has become,

which is a sectarian battleground in which the iraqi prime minister, using american political, economic, and military support, has maintained a shia dominance throughout the country. and it is -- it is that problem, bad governance, sectarian triumphantism that is feeding and accelerating isis gains. >> and this is something that goes way back. in fact you've called iraq a trap for the u.s. in the past. what i'm hearing you say is maybe there isn't a good military option. but to be more blunt, should the u.s. get involved here at all? >> well, look, you know, as i said before, i don't think we have many options. we certainly don't have many good options. i mean the president is going to have to choose between an awful migraine headache on one hand and the pain from a root canal

operation on the other. there is no comprehensive solution to what ails iraq. there are a series of outcomes. and the administration has now put into position with isis massacres, some of the worst we've seen in recent years of shia combatants, with the reality that it is ensconced itself in certain enclaves, the administration is under pressure and is going to have to act. it just has to be extremely careful and doesn't get taken in by the notion that blowing up a lot of stuff, even isis, is going to fundamentally alter the basic problem in iraq. iraq is driven and plagued by two realities that are hard for nations to change. number one, what it is and its demographic balance, which is now hopelessly skewed in a way

that alienates sunnis and kurds, and, second, where it is. it is in a neighborhood in which other states, iran and syria, even though there's chaos and civil war there, are contributing to the problem. look, if you could cut a deal with the iranians, i mean a real deal, in which they would pressure maliki to either leave and create -- find another shia leader that was willing and able to create a real, real set of policies driven by good governance and a fair confessional balance, then i think you could actually begin to imagine this country with a better future. but give up the notion that you're going to see any time soon any sort of comprehensive solution. you're going to see an outcome. the question for this president is can he fashion an outcome through regional cooperation,

through limited and wise military intervention. >> i have a quick question for you. >> yeah. >> sorry, i don't mean to interrupt but i want to make sure we touch on this a little bit because we don't have a lot of time to talk. but i know that you've already talked about syria a little bit and that involvement. i mean realistically are we -- are we not focusing on the bigger picture because that's where the bleeding is happening right now. syria is where isis was able to nled up strength and establish a base and establish to could what it's doing, so should any strategy include both syria and iraq in how we approach this? >> certainly, if there was a way to reverse the current situation which make the iraqi syrian border completely porous, in which isis will continue to move its forces and elements across

the border. no, the syrian bleed really is much of the source of this contagion. the problem is, again, the president, if he had an opportunity in 2011 to do more, and frankly i'm not sure that was the case, really faces a situation now where he has a profoundly sectarian civil war which again is immune to american military action, so again we really are aught in a situation in which american military power right now either in syria and/or iraq are going to provide limited gains and benefits. we need to also focus on the reality that isis over time, in these enclaves could in fact present over time, not next tuesday, a threat to our interests in the region and actually to the continental united states, but that is a

longer term threat and we face that today in yemen, pakistan, we're going to face it in afghanistan and we face it as well in somalia and parts of north africa. >> we know the american people want to get to a solution that is a long term solution. not just a short term solution because a lot of america is not wanting to be in this situation in iraq, been there, done that, and unfortunately, aaron david miller, we're going to leave it on that. thank you so much for your time. "newsroom" is back in just a moment.

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gm is saying take off any heavy key chain things. this is recall fatigue for a company whose ceo is going before congress this week. can i tell you those sales are up, a month after month, we have seen sales rising, so even though people are now going to have to talk about the chevrolet impala, the buick, the regal. they are still buying cars from gm. the stock is up 13.5. >> we doe know this is will cost general moet ters, they have took some profit aside to pay por it. they have taken more hundreds of million dollars setting aside for facing this recall.

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happening now in the "newsroom," double twisters rip through neb nb, homes, cars, telephone poles obliterated, we're live from a town that was nearly wiped off the map. another day, another recall for general motors, a new reason why millions of cars are being told that your car isn't safe to drive without a fix. we're coming for the world cup title, i told you ma'am.

we're number one, we're number one! >> america is cheering after a stunning world cup win. meeting the rookie behind that last minute goal that sends the u.s. to the next round. good morning, everyone, i'm don lemon. thank you so much for joining me. carol is off today. we appreciate you joining us here. the morning crisis in iraq deepens and the sense of urgency is growing. witnesses are telling us that terrorist fighters about 40 miles from baghdad. they stormed a police station northeast of baghdad. baghdad, fears are building and security is intensified. the first flash points of major violence in baghdad since terrorists invaded that country.

four men shot to death. their bodies left on the the street and the threat of sectarian blood she had appearing more i am nant town. president obama says 275 troops were already sent to baghdad. there's more american fire power on the way. the aircraft carrier, george h.w. bush is in the persian gulf, along with another five warships and still developing whether the u.s. will work with iran to stop the militants advance on baghdad. we now know officials from rival nations talked briefly yesterday. only cnn has the vast worldwide resources to bring you every angle of this rapidly changing story. let's begin now. our coverage in baghdad with anderson cooper. anderson is on the ground. nuri al-maliki says he wants to

gain back what he's lost from the opposition forces. >>. >> reporter: it's a big question whether or not they can gain back the lost areas. as you reported, the big news this morning, the fact that there is fighting some 35 to 40 miles now outside the city of baghdad. you know, on your broadcast last night at 10:00, we were talking about 50, to 55 miles. now we're talking about 40 miles at the most, the western edges. they took over police station, stole the weapons, fatalities there and withdrew to the western part. fighting still going on. that would be yet another defeat for iraqi security forces on top of yesterday's defeat in the northwest in the city of tal afar. so again real questions remaining about the capabilities of the iraqi military to stop the advance of isis forces and their supporters, don.

>> and anderson, we have been been talking about the iraqi forces outnumbering the opposition 100 to 1 yet still they have issues fighting them off. we talked about a morale problem. what exactly is it? why are they having issues when they outnumber them 100 to 1? >>. >> reporter: a lot say morale is certainly an issue. they feel perhaps not as much support from the central government. the central government is divided. it seems weak. that translates down into the iraqi forces. they have not had the battlefield experience the isis forces have had. many of them have been fighting on the ground in syria and now they have come here to fight. we haven't seen obviously the same from the iraqi security forces. so there's a lot of different factors involved. there are more specialized forces which are now ringing baghdad, the hope is at least is

that isis forces continue to approach baghdad, those forces would come into play and they would be able to resist any kind of an advance, but again that remains to be seen. >> so anderson, what are they saying? what are iraqis saying about american involvement? are they wondering where are the americans now? do they feel like americans are helping them out right? >> certainly, maliki's government says they want help from the united states. they really want more. they want to see clearly some military involvement from the u.s. in terms of drone strikes or air strikes. something to help them -- something that will help them on the battlefield fighting in these cities and towns and in the places in between, as these forces advance. you know, this force, isis, though it fights like a terrorist force, it also is fighting like a conventional army. it's got vehicles and equipment

now. so they are a target that can be hit from the air. the question is will the u.s. -- will other western powers get involved. >> anderson cooper in baghdad. thank you. we'll see you throughout the day and evening on cnn. make sure you stay safe there. let's talk about options now. president obama has met with his national security team to discuss all the options both military and political on the diplomatic front. maybe none is more thorny than the possibility of cooperating with iran to stop the militants advance. is iran as squeamish about a co--operation as washington it at this point? >> reporter: they have some concerns, but the door is open according to iranian officials. based on what we've heard from them and what we know has taken place at the sidelines at the

vienna nuclear discussions between iranian and american officials, we're getting an idea what a potential alliance would like. both sides have discounted military operations on the ground. it's very unlikely we'll see a scenario where you have iranian forces fighting on the ground and up above you have u.s. fighter jets, that's not going to happen. it doesn't look like either side has decided what kind of military action, if any, they are going to deploy in iraq, and then if they are considering working together, it's going to be complicated. remember, these are two countries that have been bitter rivals for much of 35 years. there's no diplomat ic relation. there's a lot of mistrust. you have to consider iran's military doctrine. it's been a defensive one in

modern history. they have never deployed uniformed forces in a sovereign country and the president rouhani has dismissed that. still not clear what kind of alliance, if any is going to happen, if these two countries get together. >> thank you very much. and as violence intensifies, if iraqi store owners are seeing a boost in business after iraq's most senior shiite cleric called on them to strike back against militants. market owners say thousands of uniforms and combat boots have been sold. the possibility of isis terrorists taking over iraq could have dire consequences. the group has unlimited access

to cash and gold, which makes them a powerful force capable of almost anything. that's why mike rogers says acting now is critical. >> imagine a safe haven the size of indiana. that's what they have right now. meaning they can train and recruit and finance, some estimates as much as a billion dollars in cash and gold, they are well financed to do any operation in the world they want to do. that is what is so concerning. we have to find a way to disrupt that activity very quickly and this isn't a month long project or two months or six months. we need to start that nout and you can also have political reconciliation. >> but disrupting activity quickly is going to be quite a challenge. joining me is general tom wilkinson. do you agree with the congressman? >> you've heard a lot of experts talking about things and one of the most famous broadcast

journalists once heard top say in time like these, we need to remember there have already been times like these. that was paul harvey. my point is what is the difference between the end of the korean war and the vietnam war, and the u.s. forces stayed. what's the difference? american forces have left. we have ceded to those on the ground. what that means is whatever we do, when they are through and the smoke clears, the three forces that are currently engaged will still be there. shia, sunni, and kurd. >> you are saying that -- do you believe there aren't any real clear, good options here? >> that's right. >> that what you are saying? >> that's exactly what i'm saying. >> not even boots on the ground? >> well, boots on the ground have been eliminated by the president. he's indicated we will not have a long-term presence on the

ground in sizeable forces such as thoef remaining in korea since the early 1950s, so where we are today when the smoke clears from the temporary options, whether they are air strikes or support, the three fires are still going to be on the ground, and that's shia, sunni and kurd. there's one or thing to keep in mind. there's an overriding objective the president has to concern. that is americans killed in the action or americans captured in those actions by forces that are very clearly violent, that is something that's constantly got to be on his mind as it was on other previous presidents like jimmy carter when the embassy was captured. you can't afford that. >> i'm not putting words in your mouth. >> you are not. >> what i'm gathering militarily there aren't any options. the only options that anybody really has, including united

states, is -- lies with the government of iraq and the leader, and that leader appears the one in charge now does not want to cooperate with the other side and so that's the hold up. >> well, the unfortunate thing prime minister ma lick can i and his operation have a track record of not cooperating with the sunnis of not necessarily acknowledging the kurds and now he finds himself in desperate straits. it's probably a stretch to say he's the leader of iraq. he is not clearly. >> i don't know if i should continue on talking about the options that u.s. have. because obviously we can put boots on the ground. obviously we can do air strikes. there are a number of things we can do, it would all for naught unless there's a change at the top, with maliki. >> if you put boots on the

ground, how long do you leave them? in other words, look at korea. we thought the war in the 50s. our presence there is still a powerful military force in cooperation with the allies, the south koreans. do we intend to be in iraq for the next 50 years? >> so in a sense we're fighting a losing battle militarily and putting people in harms way militarily because, again, it really lies with neweri -- nuri al-maliki or whoever takes over. and that could happen soon. whoever takes over after maliki. >> we're making vice president biden a profit. when he was a senator, he postulated the ultimate posture of iraq it would be three different states. there are no good military options if you are not committed

to stay for the long term. what the smoke clears is what you are going to see is the same three committed entities, the kurds, the sunnis, the shias, still there, intermingled in the population and still engage. >> do you think kurds, shia, and the do you think they can work together to have a unified country? >> if you are from las vegas, you might not want to bet on it. >> still to come here on cnn. world cup fever, gripping cities all across the united states. look at those fans out there. i think that's in chicago in grant park. fans were reported with a thrilling finish to game one. cnn's laura baldacera is in i --

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>> we're coming for the world cup title, i told you, man. usa, we're number one, we're number one! usa! >> oh, my gosh, fans at lucky's pub in houston toast the winners with drinks literally on the house. >> usa! >> that was a much larger viewing party in the thousands watching on a big screen at chicago's grant park with the same wild reaction. wow! a lot of folks. i'm sure the reaction was just as strong where laura, where she was covering the match in brazil. i know it is just the opening game for the u.s., but i mean we can celebrate, right? >> reporter: oh, yeah, don we can definitely celebrate. this was a match that really the usa wasn't supposed to win. they weren't the favorites.

they weren't expected to win this. they have that past little hoax with ghana. no one really saw this being the usa's year for them to be something special, especially coming out of this group which is so strong being the group of death, with the strongest teams playing in it. everybody said, well, is this the year that jurgen klinsmann is assembling a team that's going to be for the 2018 cup. no. he's been putting together the interesting team. the excitement we saw last night got started right away. the usa couldn't have asked for a better start. just 29 seconds in and clint dempsey opened with a big goal. a shocking beginning. it was the fifth fastest goal in world cup history. the team usa crowd in the stadium and back home, they simply erupted. >> usa! >> it was that kind of support

inside the stadium that really lifted this team right from the national anthem. >> just hearing how loud they were and chanting the whole game. it was pushing us on. >> reporter: it didn't go completely the americans way. ghana was not pushover, with the game tied 1-1 it was the 21-year-old john brooks that found the winning goal. before the game, he talked about what it's like being on the the american national team. >> it was a big dream to come to this team. it's an honor to wear this jersey. >> reporter: it was a win for the usa that was remarkably hard fought. >> the determination to fight, the mentality, those things carried us through. >> reporter: it was really lake the americans were playing in a home game last night. there were so many american fans, they are so loud and proud, and they really helped to carry this team, don.

it was really fun to be there. >> i know there's a delay between us. did you get any sleep? did you play any beer pong? what did you do for fun? >> i wish. my fun was watching the game and talking to you right now. >> well, when this is all over and the usa wins and you and i will party together. thank you, we'll see you soon. have fun out there. twitter exploded with is a absolutes to team -- is a -- salutes to usa. the statute of liberty work for the u.s. there are no giraffes in ghana. what is the fallout? >> twitter exploded in a funny. this is a big oops for delta. you think about anybody following the world cup right now, they are taking the games very seriously. you saw how excited everybody

was at that one place. so you couple this pride with a tweet massive racism from a big airline from delta. you got people staemg mad. delta reduced africa to simply animals and an animal no less that doesn't live there. giraffes don't live in ghana. they call africa home, but they don't live in ghana. they probably should have chosen the flag, maybe choose an elephant or ant he loep -- antelopes. damage control kicked in. delta went ahead and tweeted an apology. we sorry for choice of photo and our precious tweet and oops, corrected that word precious, to the previous.

>> oh, boy, a flag probably would have been a good idea. twitter explodes for everything. they shouldn't have been so touchy. >> well, it depends. i don't think it was kind of not pc, don't you think? >> no, it was terrible that they did. >> at least have an animal that lived there. >> the rush to fix it, they screwed up, they should have just waited a bit. people on twitter respond to a lot of things. >> let me show you one tweet. i don't know if you guys have a picture of it. one twitter, i love this, tweeted this image of sort of the inside of an air plien and you can see the giraffe looking inside the airplane. isn't that funny? people are having a field day on twitter about it. >> another airline making an apology to golfer rory mci will -- mcelroy. >> if my airline lost my luggage

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now cnn is giving you the chance to do that. in just a few hours, she will be taking her questions live in an exclusive town hall. good morning. what's going on? >> good morning to you, don. we're awaiting this event that's going to be pretty interesting. this is the only televised network town hall that hillary clinton is participating in around the roll out of her book hard choices. she eyes obviously a 2016 presidential run. she says she's not decided on that, but obviously she's potentially crafting her campaign message as she's on this book tour, doing a lot of interviews, doing you events including this one. there's going to be a live audience at this event, don, but there are other ways for people to participate and if you have a

question for hillary clinton it's actually something that you can submit. you can go to cnn.com/town hall. we're having folks submit questions through tumblr. you can do so on at which time twitter with the #cnn town hall. >> is that the cops coming to get you there in d.c. with all the sirens? >> it's d.c. there's always something going on. >> always an entourage, a motorcade or something. iraq and benghazi. benghazi almost certainly to come up. what are the topics and questions are sending in and they are talking about the most on line? is it iraq, benghazi, is it other things? >> i'll tell you straight up i don't know exactly what the most popular topic is. all topics are on the table here and secretary clinton doesn't know what questions are going to be asked.

there is a team at cnn working with our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. the questions are closely guarded. they are still be cure rated. no topic is off the table. they might be asked some of the areas where she differs with president obama. syria, for instance. her role in the russian reset. whether she's going to run for president. she's been asked that a lot, and she always has to come up with a different way to dodge the question. so we'll see -- that one exhausts, you don. >> she does. she's using the media. she's playing us and we'll falling right into it. she's running already without declaring. that's what she's doing. >> she is positioning herself for doing that, but i think there's also a desire to say on the part of her and her team to say that she's not. i really actually think she

hasn't completely made up her mind, i think there is peril of throwing yourself into that political spotlight. you've seen her approval rating when she left the state department 67%. that's to make a politician swoon. it's now 55%. she doesn't want to get out ahead of this too much, but she is certainly positioning herself for a potential run and she is heads and shoulders ahead of all the other possible democrats in the field right now when it comes to the polls. >> listen, i'm not criticizing her. i think what she's doing is very smart. i think listen now is the time, there's going to be a woman, lots of women are wanting for her to step up to the plate, as we have been showing you in the cnn promos and they will be asking questions tonight. i think it's all but inest bl. her time is right now. we'll be watching tonight. 5:00 p.m. eastern. christiane amanpour hosts a

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>> the planning in trven was to keep 20 to 30 rorks,000 troops after 2011. the white house leaked they really only wanted to keep 3,000. then they said to maliki, not only do we want a status of forces agreement but you have to get it through your parliament. so the first time since 1945, we have 84 sfa agreements around the world. we were telling the iraq government how to get approving. >> wasn't he trying to use his parliament to have them democratically support that agreement? >> after i answer the question. i'll answer your next question. oournl the system goes you ask a question, the guest answers it, then you ask your next question. >> that is true. i felt like i had given you plenty of time on the prior question. as long you finish it, please answer the one i just asked.

>> from al-maliki's point of view we had said we would have 3,000 troops there. they would sent is he air force base, and protect themselves. they would be less than a brigade. we put al-maliki in an impossible situation with that demand and effectively i think in many sideways, there are a lot of town that believe this suited the president's purpose. he didn't want to have to keep the troops there. certainly everything he has done since then in libya and in syria speaks very highly of a desire to get out of this region. good morning to you. ambassador brimmer not alone in his thinking. i spoke with bill crystal last night. he thinks along the same lines. is the white house gaining any

support with this? >> some. there has been a lot of criticism out there. when you really look at the totality of that criticism, it's not really not sure what to rest on. some of the critic are wanting air strikes now over iraq. others are saying no because we don't have enough intelligence. there's differing opinions on what to do. some of that criticism focuses on what obama did in the past and some on what's being said right now and some on what kind of plan we're going to have for the future. i think john boehner said it, he voiced support last night after the announcement came that president obama has already sent some troops to iraq. these are not combat boots on the ground, so to speak, but they are boots on the ground to again the u.s. embassy. part of which has already been evacuated. it's a good idea. we really need a comprehensive

strategy moving forward. so there's still kind of criticism within that support, but brimmer, he's been a pretty outspoken critic. he said in an op ed this week in the wall street journal, this situation right now is a flashing warning light for a reductionist national security policy that sends a message of weakness to our friends and enemies. there are people out there even among critic who support the sending of troops initially which is what president obama announced yesterday. >> it is a very testy situation. people from the past coming back and there are contentious battles who is right and who is wrong. thank you, michelle kosinski i appreciate that. nor prubl -- more trouble for gm this morning. a recall for an ignition switch defect. a look at that next.

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general motors dealing with yet another round of recall. this time more than 3 million cars affected. the problem deals with an ignition switch defect, which can turn off the car. this year gm has 3 million plus cars. >> you can see the ones from bu iks -- buicks, to cadillacs to chevys. the issue is the key can be inadvertently knocked from run to the it shuts off the power steering, et cetera. it has been linked to 13 deaths. this is in addition to the

recall earlier in the year for the same issue. we know that gm is saying this problem is tied to eight crashes, six injuries. they are going to fix the keys on all of the cars. it's very similar to the issue they have been having all year long. for now, if you want one of these cars, you have to remove anything you have on your key ring, so it can't be knocked or bumped. >> it's important to put them up again. buick, chevrolet cadillac. >> you've got the buick, chevrolet, you have a lot here, you can go on cnn.com and see what they are. the ceo is going to testify tomorrow before a house committee. she testified in april and she wasn't able to or didn't answer a lot of questions. she kept saying we are investigating, we are investigating. why this company for 11 years didn't tell the public about this deadly defect, tomorrow

she's going to have to answer those questions because that internal investigation has come out, and they want to know things like how could gm not have known this was a safety issue or is this internal report the end of your investigation. they also want to know how gm engineers didn't link a problem over a decade to airbags not deploying. >> can the company sustain this? is it affecting cutting into the profits or no? >> no. they are extremely profitable. they have their best sales in six years. it seems like people aren't affected by the recall. it's cost them nearly $2 billion. still to come here. you may know him for his popular t vx shows but now some people are accusing dr. oz of being nothing more than a scam artist. in the world, for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world.

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