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the fans are absolutely amazing. they bring great spirit to the world cup and certainly the u.s. team is one that i can tell you that has impressed all of the big powerhouses here at the world cup. >> nice job trying to cover your tracks there. fred in brazil for us. thanks so much. we appreciate it. that's it for us on "the lead." i now turn it over to will wolf blitzer in "the situation room". john, thanks very much. iraqi troops head to the front lines of what their prime minister is calling a holy war against terrorism, but with american adviser, syrian air strikes and drone flights it's quickly becoming a wider war. next target, are isis terrorists now sending bombers to lebanon and weil go live to beirut and i'll ask about concerns that the iraq conflict could spill over into jordan. plus hillary clinton on wealth. in a new interview she tells what she meant to say about money. >> my inartful use of those few
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words doesn't change who i am, what i've stood for my entire life. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com getting ready for battle. iraqi troops move to the front to fight isis insurgent, but this bloody conflict is getting a whole lot more complicated as syrian warplanes hit villages in iraq, iran sends surveillance drones overhead and u.s. advisers go to work on the ground. the war is clearly spreading. the former jordanian foreign minister is in the situation room. mohammed jamjoon is in the situation room and barbara starr has the latest. >> i think you just laid it out. this war getting more dangerous by the day. as iraqi army forces battle isis militants west of baghdad, there is disturbing evidence the war is now not limited by borders.
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in the iraqi town of al kei mercks, the carnage of syrian air strike, at least 57 iraqis killed and more than 120 wounded up and down iraq's border with syria after syria launched air strikes inside iraq. the u.s. doesn't know yet if syrian president bashar al assad who fights isis inside syria has formally joined forces with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki's regime. iran also deepening its involvement flying surveillance drones over iraq sending in its own military advisers just as the the u.s. did the same. with the iranians now trying to mobilize thousands of shia militiamen in southern iraq the war is ide widening. >> widened from what? widened from five minutes ago? yesterday? it's been widened, obviously, in
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the last few days with people from iran being engaged in iraq, with perhaps even some syrian activities therein. that's one of the reasons why government formation is so urgent. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is pushing for a new government to be formed to unify shia, sunni and kurds. maliki avoided that issue even as he rejected forming an emergency government to deal with the crisis. >> translator: it is no secret to all iraqis, the formation of a national salvation government as they call it, it is simply an attempt for those who rebel against the constitution to end the democratic process. >> as the u.s. watches this, wolf, they see isis beginning to get a bit scratch stretchtretch battle lines before they go much further and regroup and consolidate their positions, but perhaps the real question now is whether iraqi forces can launch an effective counter offensive,
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push isis back and gain territory and even hold on to what they already have as part of the iraqi security forces. >> clearly, the u.s. wants to go after these isis terrorists and the iranians want to do the same thing and the regime, bashar al assad in syria want to do the same thing and is there any coordination between the u.s., syria and iran given that these three countries have very, very different goals, if you will? >> you know. it's absolutely fascinating, with this worn out would washingtons and the iranians band together in some sort of cooperative effort? we are told no that there is no mr military docooperation with syr and iran and it could be strange bedfellows and it could come to pass when there will will will be some opportunity when they will communicate about what is
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going on. if air strikes were to be launched by the u.s., clearly there would be an effort by the u.s. to make sure everybody in the region knows what the u.s. military would be up to after it happened. they want mow miscalculation here. >> you're absolutely right. barbara, stand by with us. i want to bring in cnn's mohammed jamjoon. he's joining us from beirut. how much concern is there in the region this war being get a whole lot wider? >>. >> reporter: wolf, there is a lot of concern. in all my years reporting from the region i've never seen as much concern from my sources in those countries that possibly a region had-wide war could be sparked because of what's going on in iraq, and the problem is the more countries like iran intervene the more you will see countries like saudi arabia which is the archrival of iran try to interfere in that war as well. they're going have to do something if they think iran is getting deeper involved in the iraq crisis and when that
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happens you will see sectarian divisions deepen across this region at a time when they're boiling over and they're as deep as they've ever been. >> there's been a bombay route and that's where you are. what can you tell us about this bombing? what does it mean? >> reporter: wolf, this is the latest in a string of bombing this past week. i can tell you this city, this country is on edge and now the burning question on the lips of so many in lebanon is is isis now on the attack in lob nonas well? >> the third suicide bombing to rock lebanon in less than a week. a scene of panic and chaos. even security forces were left scrambling and injured. tonight tensions very much on the rise here in beirut after a suicide bomber blew himself up in one of the hotels just behind us on this street. police have cordoned off the area and they're fearful there might have been a secondary explosive device planted somewhere nearby.
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even more violence especially with isis posting announcements like this one online. >> we will go to iraq in a few days and we will fight and come back and we will even go to jordan and lebanon with no problems. >> reporter: worry here is growing. >> i'm really very concerned because for the simple reason that the stability and lebanon is very fragile. >> reporter: analysts say lebanle isis could weaken security forces and deepen sectarian forces. a rising tide of sunni anger toward shiite military group hezbollah has been to blame for several car bombs targeting shia-populated areas around beirut. now blood is being shed once more and many suspect isis is behind it. on friday, a car bomb targeted a security checkpoint in the baqa valley. another worrying sign.
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angry islamists in nearby tripoli held a demonstration. at one point, chants of support for isis could clearly be heard. >> i'm worried about this collapse, this total collapse of the lebanese institution. the excellent word for these movements is a divided society which is the case in lebanon. >> reporter: wolf, everybody i spoke with on the scene of the suicide blast tonight said that while they're worried that this is going to continue, they also hope that it's going to stop, and they all said that they have no doubt that this is going to lebanon and hitting lebanon now because of what's going on in iraq. >> the spillover from iraq to syria, could be hitting lebanon and jordan, as well and the reg orn clearly, clear worried. as iraqi troops are having's
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let's get back to our top story as iraqi troops go off to battle they're getting help in their battle against the isis insurgents. they're getting air strikes from syria and drone surveillance coming in from iran and support from u.s. military advisers. about 150 u.s. military advisers are already on the ground.
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the president says up to 300 will be deployed. joining us now republican senator saxby chambliss of georgea and marwan washer, the former jordanian foreign minister and one-time ambassador to the united states. gentlemen, thanks very much for coming in. syria goes ahead and they use warplanes to attack isis inside iraq and in the process they wind up killing 50 civilian iraqis, men, women and children injured scores of others. what is going here? >> that's the dilemma that the white house is facing right now, wolf, and has been facing for the last several days regarding air strikes. if you have air strikes in congested areas you will have collateral damage. you would hope that you could get all of these bad guys out in one area that's isolated, but that's just not going happen now. the unfortunate about this is that this has bled over from
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syria into iraq. now we have a terrorist organization that controls more territory than any other organization that we've ever seen. this is a perfect breeding ground for operations as well as other terror firsts that will seek to kill and harm americans and the real fear we have, of course is that it may bleed over to jordan next. >> a key u.s. ally. a very key u.s. ally. who knows where it will go next? these folks want to control jordan, they want to control lebanon and israel. they're a large, nasty group of folks. >> ambassador, do you agree with that assessment? >> well, i think, of course, we have all the reason to worry. they are terrorists and they are extremely radical and trying to influence a large part of the territory. i would caution a little bit against, you know, over worry
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that they will spill over into jordan. remember they are going to be able to -- they're going to have to face a very strong army with planes, with tanks and a very army and they don't have the n - social supporting environment. >> because i've heard in these reports that there are already in some of these refugee camps and as we know, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees coming in from iraq and coming in from syria. there are already isis gently and they have supporters, even among john jordanians, but this number only in the 200 and that's what they do in iraq, and has allow said them to achieve military successes. we're talking about a group of people that might have 10,000 fighters atmost.
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they're not going to be able to fight three countries at the same time. so while they are certainly a huge security threat with them exerting influence over a large piece of territory, i would still caution against thinking that they are going to be able to achieve these. >> is nuri al maliki, the prime minister of iraq, the man to get the job done now or should he simply move on? >> no. he's certainly not provided the leadership we need to get through this crisis. wolf, the problem is his party just had a pretty significant election and he is the choice of his party at least right now to be the prime minister so he's being very defiant and very stubborn about stepping down, but there will have to be a political solution on that side at the same time we have a military solution on the otherwise, stability there and the violence there will
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continue. >> secretary of state goes to baghdad and it's not an easy thing and appeals it create a national government and nuri al maliki goes on air ask says foe way. that would be a violation of the iraqi constitution, basically telling the united states never mind? maliki has ruled in a very exclusionist way and will probably continue to do so, but as the senator said this is going to abbying ay cal krieres. >> it looks like the sclok is a lakerly scenario will be program therl that there feeds to be a political ises is and finally i put someone that came trt same matter, but someone who was more
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open minded and is ready to give the other forth, the sunni community in particular of a, how is it, senator that why and the fed tear, i run, they're getting inhaved after the it thes fit you said, the president of the united states may authorize air strikers on drone strikers on something along those lines. i don't know if you have inside information and this is a very unusual situation. >> the american people just are having a very difficult time understanding the fact that here we are, an adversary of iran from's nuclear weapons standpoint and we're on the opposite side in syria and we may -- we may wind up being supportive and on the same side against isil. so it is extremely complex.
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it's extremely sensitive, but as we head interest ram dab this week something's going have to give, and it theed are thing in the snuz. >> should the u.s. get involved militarily in iraq. >> it depends on what you say from a military standpoint. if we went in with air strikes right now we would kill too many civilians than military and that will cause more problems than it will solve. the advisers will report back to the president when they gather the intel they were sent there to gather. they will talk about command and control with isf and see if they cannot garner some spine among the troops that we spent so much money and so much time training to fight these guys, to stand up to them and if they would do that that would be the solution and it would be without an american militarience. >> is there a military solution
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here? >> i don't think so. you have to differentiate with isis who has to be fought by all means and between the sunni community where you have to find a political solution. so get, you know, weaken isis militarily to every point possible, but then work out a political solution. >> and you're cob fittedent that the jordanian military, unlike the iraqi military, which simply kroum belled on the face of some day coming in. it is resolution and can get the jn. as well as the ord aynian opposition. opposition to these, to the homeland, if you give them free if, and eebt ally in the united states. do you believe that? >> well, remember that isis,
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isil, whichever one you call them broke off from core al qaeda because they're more extreme than al qaeda. they've been in syria fighting. we know that there have been some americans inside of syria fighting. we know that an american inside of syria strapped a suicide vest on himself and blew himself up. if those folks that have now bled over in iraq have the opportunity to train americans to come back to the united states to carry out missions like that, you bet they will do it. >> does the u.s. intelligence community believe that's a realistic scenario? >> it is always a possibility and our worst fear that someone would get into this country who is from this country or someone in this country that's grown up here would carry out a terrorist act like that. and with the movement into and outside of syria right now, they're so very difficult to control. i think the possibility within the intelligence community is that it is very basketball. >> senator, thanks for coming
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in. marwan, thanks to you as well. we'll stay on top of this story. much more coming up later. when we come back, though, for the second time in two weeks hillary clinton is now clarifying some controversial comments made about her wealth. what she's now saying to critics who suggest she's simply out of of touch, and why the house speaker john boehner announced he's planning to sue president obama. we have new details coming into "the situation room." when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america.
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in fact, wolf, he just released a statement saying he wants to look at voter irregularities because he wants to be, quote, that absolutely certain that republican primary voters won a big part of this republican primary. so he is as defiant as ever. this was anything, but a concession speech. >> so much for bold colors. so much for principle. you've got to be combative to challenge a 36-year senator in your own party. he took anti-establishment tea party fervor to a new level. upon. >> there is something a bit unusual about a republican primary that's decided by liberal democrats. i guess they can take some consolation in the fact that they did something tonight by once again, compromising, by once again reaching across the aisle and by once again a bandzonning the conservative movement. >> mcdaniel was talking about an
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aggressive cochran effort to win his republican runoff with the help of democratic voters allowed in mississippi. on the coast where cochran brought federal dollars for defense contractors in aid after katrina and by enlisting african-american organizers by jackie bland who handed out 5,000 flyers. >> i'm a democrat, but i'm supporting thad cochran. that kind of outreach worked. we saw it first hand at this voting precinct. >> did you have people in your community coming up to you and saying we've got to get out and vote for senator cochran? >> yes, they did. >> reporter: what was their argument? >> they were just showing where we need a man that could support us. >> reporter: when polls closed turnout here tripled from primary day three weeks earlier up 7,000 votes for cochran in the broader hines count pep henry barber helped lead the unusual effort to spend big bucks to get out the democratic vote for a republican in a gop race. >> chris mcdaniel clearly feels like he got robbed, that the
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vote turnout and the victory that cochran had was in large part because people like you got democrats to the polls. >> well, in america we have a right to vote and in mississippi we don't register by party so whites and blacks get to vote in a republican primary if they decide and i think the constitution gives them that right. >> barber, the nephew of former nephew of haley barbour also sits on the republican national committee. >> thank you very much! >> he hopes a white mississippi republican getting african-american votes can be a model for expanding the gop nationally beyond largely white voters. >> it just makes sense that you would talk to folks who aren't just like you and i think that's a healthy thing. >> reporter: but it's really unclear, wolf, whether cochran and the coalition of his supporters like henry barbour built for his win here in the runoff really can be transferred to a national level to other
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republican candidates. he is in many ways unique. he has spent four decades and i'm seen it and talked to people here, building bridges and building ties with the african-american community and other non-traditional republican voters. so that is a big part of why they felt it was important to come out in a republican primary. the other side of it it is that they also were very much afraid of having chris mcdaniel who they think the traditional democrats is way too extreme for this. >> you better get inside. it looks like those clouds are pretty ominous behind you. >> summer in the south. >> in mississippi. >> let's dig deeper on this and more, our cnn political commentary, ryan and our chief political analyst gloria borger and jeffrey toobin. they both right for yoet the new yorker magazine." >> i read the new yorker, how about that? >> a good night for the gop establishment.
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was the eric cantor defeat by a tea party activist, was that the one off? >> i think it looks now to be an outlier. it was a warning to republican incumbents and i think what thad cochran showed last night is that he was able to use the levers of power. he had haley barbour, former governor of mississippi, his political machine behind him. he had outspent his challenger by 6 to 1 and he had organizations outside the state like the chamber of commerce who were coming in and said, you know, we're not going to lose this seat so the republican game plan to take over the senate which i'd like to do is now very much on course because they don't have to spend money anymore in the state. >> they're not worried. >> and he did get apparently, anecdotally a lot of support from african-americans who are democrats. >> it's a republican primary. most -- most african-americans
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in mississippi are democrats. >> but they're allowed to vote. >> their open primary. and there are rules and i doubt this is a model going forward for most republicans. this these are unique circumstances down there, but on this issue of the tea party's success, i don't think you can really judge it in the wins and losses. the tea party does not have a lot of wins under their belt in this election cycle and if you're looking at how you're influencing the republican party overall, they're the driving ideological force right now in the republican party and they are putting the fear into every establishment republican and they're moving the party to the right end and you can't forget how big a deal the cantor loss was. they now have steve scalise, very, very conservative in their leadership. >> even when they lose they win because their message clearly comes forward. >> john boehner, he's speaker of the house of representatives now threatening to sue the president
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of the united states for some of the executive orders he has signed. i want you to listen to boehner. >> congress has its job to do and so does the president. and when there's conflicts like this between the legislatesive branch and the administrative branch it's -- in my view, our responsibility to stand up for this institution in which we serve. >> could this lead to an impeachment proceeding against the president? >> this is not about impeachment and this was about his faithfully executing of the laws of our country. >> let's talk about the laws of our country. does he have legal standing to go ahead and sue the proz this issue? >> almost certainly not. this is not the first time members of congress have thought about suing the president. democrats during the nixon administration in the '70s sued over the continuation of the vietnam war and the courts very clearly said we are not getting in the middle of fights between the the legislative and xekt tiff branches. you want to impeach the president go ahead, but we are
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not going to get in the middle of these fights and i think this is a political attempt by speaker boehner to -- rile his troop, but this is not something that will go forward in the courts. upon. >> this is -- this is about motivating your troops to get out and vote in the midterm elections. i've talked to republicans. the numbers they're looking at show that the thing that pulls the best for them in terms of motivating their base is not obamacare. it's the imperial presidency. and what this speaks to is a president who is doing things on his own, who is acting above the law and this is about raising money for the republican party. it's about getting out those voters because they're looking at these numbers and they're saying wait a minute. we have an issue here that we have not tapped into yet and that's exactly what john boehner is doing. >> let me move on and talk about hillary.
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hillary clinton, that is, she's not necessarily frurrunning for president. she just sat down for an interview with pbs and she once again had to clarify what she meant when she said they were flat broke. and now she's saying. >> i shouldn't have said the five or so words that i said, but you know, my inartful use of those few words doesn't change who i am, what i've stood for my entire life, what i stand for today. bill and i have had terrific opportunities. both of us have worked hard, but we've been grateful for everything that we've been able to achieve and sadly, that's just not true for most americans today. >> so she's trying to contain some of that damage. is that serious damage or not so serious? >> i think a little bit because i don't think the clintons view themselves as the kind of people who should be or open to an attack that they are privileged and wealthy now, right? i just don't think that they
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ever saw this coming because that's not their sort of self-identity. and the fact of the matter is they are part of the 1% whether they like it or not. they're on both the left and the right in this country right now. there is a populist movement and the politics are different on the two sides and she's encountering that. i think the other thing is remember, even in 2008, the media environment that existed is not like the current media environment today given what's going on with social media and this is the first sort of test and her stepping into that. >> so she's clearly trying to pivot to her record and her record of being there for equality, et cetera, et cetera and she had her husband out there, although i don't think she planted his words with him, but he was out there defending her which by the way, you will start seeing over and over again as we did in 2008. >> it's tuesday. election day is only two years or five month away so she better
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clean this up. >> it angers not as bad, but almost the way when bill clinton in 2008 was attacked for not being for african-americans and he argued that the obama campaign said he was racist. that really cut to the core of who he thinks he is. this is similar. the the clintons just don't believe that they have ever been, you know, for the wealthy and privileged and that's -- they believe it's not where they come from. >> it's affecting her in that way. >> i think there is a sense with the clintons that they weren't born into great wealth like maybe mitt romney was born into great wealth that they've earned their wealth lately and she talks about her blessings and all of the rest and bill clinton said i'm still surprised that people want me to talk. >> that talk is not cheap. as you know, jeffrey, since leaving the white house he's made like about $100 million mostly giving speeches. >> life is good when you can make that kind of money.
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look, it didn't hurt franklin roosevelt to be rich. it didn't hurt john f. kennedy to be rich. both democrats and associated with progressive causes. >> right. >> i just think they'll have to deal with this. they're rich, so what? you know? >> there is some democrat out there trying to figure out a way to challenge here and i don't think anyone has identified who that person is yet. these are the kinds of issues that will go after the clintons. >> it would be where the money is coming from and the ties to wall street and that's the question sort of populist democrats have about the clintons which is are you making your money from wall street? what are your ties to wall street? this is a problem. upon. >> elizabeth warren going to do that? i don't think so. >> there is someone that has figured out. >> i don't think joe biden will do that either. i don't think anyone will do that on the democratic. maybe dennis kucinich or someone like that, but is a viable democratic candidate making those arguments. >> wolf, i think you just
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started the seukucinich alert. it may happen. >> politicians have a very difficult time talking about their personal wealth. >> right. >> it's not easy for them. >> guys, thanks very much. when we come back, a rare unanimous decision just out of the supreme court which could affect your cell phone and your privacy rights and jeffrey toobin is sticking around and we'll explain what happened. when a pro at any 2014 pga tour event sinks a hole-in-one, quicken loans will pay your mortgage for an entire year. that is how it's done. truly amazing!
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involving police and your cell phone. privacy rights versus police going after alleged criminals. sensitive issue. >> and actually a very simple issue when you think about it. everybody knows that when the police arrest you they can pat you down. the question in this case is let's say they find a cell phone as is often the case. can they read what's on your phone without getting a warrant? and unanimously the courts said no. you need a warrant. they said, look, it's not accurate to call them phones anymore because they have text messages. they have internet records and emails and photographs. there's more information in your phone about you than there probably is in your apartment. so the courts said you need a warrant and i thought it made a lot of sense. >> it did to those nine supreme court justices. the conservatives and the liberals all nine of them unanimously agreed. how unusual is that? >> at the end of the year, the supreme court only has two more days for opinions. tomorrow and monday.
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you almost always get the 5 to 4 decision and i thought it was interesting that this was unanimous and it was a great example of how the court can take the 18th century united states constitution, apply it in a circumstance that james madison couldn't possibly have imagined, but in a way that i think recognizes privacy interests, but also the interest of law enforcement because law enforcement can get that warrant and they can maintain their own safety by seeing if you have a weapon, but if they find a cell phone which is really the key to all of our lives that the point they can't just search it it willy-nilly. they have to have a magistrative judge give them the warrant. >> how long does it take to get a warrant? >> usually it can be done over the phone if it's an emergency. it is not a big burden on laufrment, blaw enforcement, and if you're in prison now because of a search
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of your cell phone like this, those people will start to bring their cases. >> we'll see what happens. jeffrey, thanks very much. >> coming up at the top of the hour, defending iraq's capital from a terrorist onslaught. our own nic robertson is in baghdad where iraqi troops are using old military tanks to keep those isis insurgents out. >> plus with the violence spi l spiraling out of control, is it better to hole the country together. why some experts say divide the country of iraq into three. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. but we're not in the business of naming names. the volkswagen passat is heads above the competition, the fact is, it comes standard with an engine that's been called the benchmark of its class. really, guys, i thought... it also has more rear legroom than other midsize sedans.
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serge of children crossing the united states border. thousands and thousands of them are winding up in detention. the homeland security secretary went to arizona today to get a firsthand look at the problem. we have an update. >> this is the second visit to the southwest border in less than a week. today he toured a detention facility housing some of the thousands of undocumented families. >> reporter: the brush along the southern border, it's the front line of an urgent crisis. since october tens of thousands of unaccompanied children and families have poured over the rio grand and into the cuss day of border protection. >> next year more than 150,000 unaccompanied children may attempt to cross our borders. this is a crisis. it's a crisis that's been in the making for years. one that we should have seen coming. a few concrete actions have been
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taken. >> reporter: the fed's are running out of detention room. pictures show the overcrowding in the facilities like this one. homeland security secretary is back at the center of the crisis. >> we're extensively engaged with the mexican government and central americ central american dpoft about stemming this tide. we're building more space for adults that bring kids. >> in south texas a temporary ban. federal contractors are working overtime to turn this 55,000 warehouse in mcallen, texas, into a holding facility. cnn obtained the floor plans. each complete with five cells, an isolation area and porta potties. about a thousand detainees will be held here to keep up with the flood of people crossing the border illegally. the private property turned
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detention center could provide only a measure of relief. the obama administration struggling to deal with the children cross iing the border, many driven here by a misdpieded dream. >> there's no free pass. there are no passes for your children that come to the united states. >> he continues to drive that point home that illegal entry into the united states and not guaranteed. a permanent stay. also the last point about the children in place of the hands of o smugglers, those are the organizations right now that are truly making a killing off of this. major profits, regardless of your age if you cross illegally, you have to pay the protection to the drug cartels to use those established routes. so while u.s. officials see that the major headache and major problem, these organizations on the mexican side seeing major dollars. a lot of money on this. and continues and continues.
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to z hear the homeland security chairman say 150,000 unaccompanied, undocumented kids potentially in the networks year could cross that border, that's a large number. >> don't miss this documented. the story of a journalist livering in the united states illegally. watch "documented" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. coming up, new help from iran and syria. and will iraq be split in three. we're taking a closer look at the forces threatening to tear the forces threatening to tear that country apart. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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happening now, defending baghdad. cnn is with iraqi troops as they try to stave off isis militants closing in on the capital. life under isis, an exclusive look at the drastic and sometimes deadly changes the militants are bringing to the iraqi towns they have seized. what do ordinary iraqis have to do to survive. rejected, iraq's prime minister shuts the door on the idea of an emergency government. was the secretary of state john kerry's mission to baghdad a foreign policy flop? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and ornd the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the worst fears of many appear to be coming true with the new evidence that the crisis in iraq is evolving into a broader conflict. syrian war planes carriieied oun
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attack killing 57 iraqi civilians. men, women and children in iraq injuring scores of others. this youtube video shows victim's bodies being removed in a town near the border on the iraqi side. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of this video. at the same time, an official tells cnn iran is flying surveillance drones over iraq right now. amid-all this isis militants are moving closer and closer to baghdad. that's the capital of iraq. our correspondents are covering all angles of the crisis on the ground in iraq as well as here in washington. let's begin with our senior international correspondent nick robert son joining us from baghdad. tell our viewers what you're seeing. >> wolf, the last few weeks the
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iraqi army has had losses all over the country. now it is retrenching and refocusing and finally after a lot of pushing we got permission to go out with them to the front lines to get a look. they are not as tough as you might expect. >> reporter: war is drawing closer to the iraqi capital. and this ageing tank is what's helping defend it. these soldiers and the rest of the province are just 35 kilometers, 22 miles, from the center of baghdad. after all their american training and the billions of u.s. dollars in equipment, it's them and their soviet tank that are now lined up to stop isis's advance. that landed just by the trees there, you can see the smoke rising now. we're told there were snipers in the house there. that's how close isis is to the army front lines just a few
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hundred meters. the army brought us here to a tiny village to show us a recent battlefield gain. they say they chased isis out five days ago. this is the tank commander from south of baghdad. >> the fight here is good. the terrorists cannot fight with us because they lose battle with us. they are chicken. >> reporter: but in the north of the country, the army was the chicken. some of the soldiers ran away, left their weapons. are you afraid you might turn around? >> we are not afraid. >> reporter: the soldiers dance for us singing an anti-isis song. following a catastrophic collapse in the west, mosul in
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the north, they want to change their losing image. >> translator: i can't say anything about mosul. it's not my responsibility. what happened there will not happen in baghdad. it will not happen here. >> reporter: the battle here lasted five hours, we are told. 32 isis killed, they say. three dead on the iraqi side. on the store fronts many the now deserted sunni village, fresh, shia graffiti. the colonel in charge insists this is not a sectarian war. >> do you want the u.s. military advisers here to help you? his answer is simple. it's not up to me, but my opinion, yes, i want the strikes. he may well do outside of this village we see very few soldiers. and he left his expensive american tanks bank at base to
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defend that should the need arise. we were driving around those fields for quite awhile heading towards that front line. and the closer we got, the troops are really scattered. you get the idea if the isis fighters had an idea there, they could penetrate the holes, never mind the heavy armor there. it's more porous than you imagine. >> iraqis in cities across the north and the west of the country now find themselves living under isis rule. and for many of them, it's a very frightening and potentially deadly situation. our senior international correspondent arwa damon joining us now from iraq. what are you finding out there, arwa? >> understanding of what life under isis is like because of the strict regulations that the
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group has been enforcing in these various areas. video gives us an idea of what residents are going through. >> reporter: crammed on top of a vehicle in the mid-of an isis parade, the children shout bakia. too young to understand the implications of the single word, which translates here to stay. it's the required response. as seen in this video to the statement. the prisoners iraqi border guards later executed accused of being shia and working with the maliki government. isis seems to be on a two-tiered campaign. releasing multiple videos with terrifying images of the fate who dare defy them. but also trying to depict themselves as giving protecters of the people. this video was posted to youtube
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by the islamic state, which urges people who stood against isis to repent. even those that killed from our people we will form a relationship with that person if that person goes back to his relationship with god, the masked man states. later seen embracing a stoenl hand, those who allegedly did. isis banned journalists and unauthorized filming, but this video shot in secret and exclusively provided to cnn shows one of the mosques where people can repent. later given a piece of paper, as seen in this man's hand, which clears them. isis is also distributing much-needed cooking gas to families, even selling it at a cheaper price than the iraqi government used to. in a nation where the day-to-day basics are such a necessity for survival, acts like this do garner good will. but isis is also implementing
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its harsh interpretation of islamic law. prayers for all and banning women from movement outside their home without a male guardian. and we just also received more video that is of what was mosul's entertainment district. this is a street that is lined with restaurants. it has an amusement park. normally it would be packed with families, but under isis it has been transformed into one of the areas where they conduct their public preachings and it is crawling with gunmen. we spoke to two men from mosul who remember that area as being a place where they used to celebrate, as filled with joyful memories for them. for them to see images of it like this, they say it pains them in a way they cannot even begin to describe. >> heartbreaking stories. arwa, thanks very much. arwa damon in northern iraq.
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they could be dividing the country into three. deadly conflict, plus the huge blow to u.s. efforts to contain the crisis in iraq. the prime minister of iraq rejecting calls for an emergency government of national unity. was secretary of state john kerry's baghdad mission a failure? i'll ask marie hearth. welcome. >> thanks, wolf. thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life.
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rejecting calls for an emergency government calling it a coup against iraq's constitution. it comes days after secretary of state john kerry pressed him to reach out to the people of iraq. we'll talk about that with the deputy spokeswoman here in the situation room. we'll discuss in just a moment. but first, brian todd is also here with a closer look at what some say the best way out of this crisis, simply splitting iraq in three. brian, tell us what this is all about. >> it is about dividing, separating iraq into shia, sunni and kurdish regions, all responsible for their own destiny. some argue that will make this place more violent. others say we're already there. why devote more blood and treasure trying to hold it all together? >> reporter: on the ground, violence. usual territory overrun, a
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sectarian war unfolding. some influential voices are reviving an idea floating at the height of the insurgency when u.s. troops were being killed every day. stop trying to hold iraq together. >> the united states should not be in the business of trying to put together a country that has broken up. >> former ambassador peter gallbrath advocates three sections. a shia region many the southeast shown here in blue, a sunni region shown in orange, and a kurdish region in yellow. it's a close to how iraq is divided right now. each region would be self-governing. >> you might have the possibility that the local folks, the iraqis would be able to take scroll of their own destiny. >> but a central government in baghdad would control foreign policy, divide up oil revenues
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between the three groups. the kurds already have a strong government supported by oil money. >> it has its own military and when isis approached the military, they made clear they were going to resis. isis didn't attack. >> in 2006 joe biden was one of the strongest backers to divide iraq. >> you have to give these three sectors breathing room so their main purpose is not to try to kill one another. >> how does he feel now? contacted by cnn, the vice president's office wouldn't comment. the obama administration says they are all on the same page. >> we have an interest in a government that can unite iraqis. >> reporter: some experts feel dividing iraq into three would not end the fighting. >> the boundaries between the areas of the iraq would have constant fighting and bloodshed. i think the three-state solution is a recipe for instability, not
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a recipe to solve this crisis. >> reporter: plus the colonel says to enforce these borders and then to ensure that sunnis and shias in iraq will not kill each other, you would need a peace keeping force. there is not one big enough to do that job and he says who would sign up for it. >> brian todd, thank you very much. let's dig a little deeper here. joining us is the deputy spokeswoman. do you believe that dividing iraq as joe biden recommended when he was a senator in 2006 into three parts is potentially a good idea? >> we really don't, wolf. our position has been very consistent across the administration that the strongest iraq is a unified i q iraq. and the leaders have said they are committed to forming an inclusive dpoft and that's what we're focusing on.
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>> so was joe biden wrong in 2006? it sounds like if the state department thinks that iraq should not be partitioned into three, it believes he was wrong. >> the whole administration that iraq should remain unified from the top on down. i can guarantee we're on the same page on that. there's different opinions about what should happen but we have been very clear that a strong iraq needs to be unified, needs to be led by a central government. >> a dangerous visit to baghdad, risks his life to go there in secrecy. can't even tell the world he's going there. he meets with the prime minister. you have to form a new government. you have to have an inclusive government of national unity. maliki today goes on national television and says not going to happen. rebuffing what the secretary of state speaking for the american government appealed to do. your reaction? >> i think there was some confusion about what prime minister maliki said.
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he rejected the notion of an extra constitutional emergency government. what he said today was that he supports the formation of an inclusive government under iraq's constitutional process, which is exactly the commitment he made to the secretary, which is the commitment we were asking him to make. there was a little confusion about what he was saying. >> but there's an emergency underway. this is not a normal situation where you can just get a buchlk of political parties together and form a coalition. the country is on fire. people are dying. baghdad is in trouble right now. they got to do something. he seems to be living in a different world. >> not at pall. we believe there has to be a government formed very quickly because as you said it's an emergency. but we believe the process that needs to happen is the constitutional process ha all of the different parties have bought into. he certainly today when he spoke talked about his commitment to that and that's the commitment he made to the secretary. but to be clear, we're going to see in the coming days whether
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iraq's leaders are committed to this. that's what needs to happen. >> speaking for the state department, do you believe it's time for maliki to step down? >> it's not for us to decide. it's for the iraqis to decide. they had an election. it's a process they have in place. this constitutional process to choose their new prime minister. and really it's up for them to decide. but whoever that is, whoever that is, it needs to be someone who will govern inclusively, which we haven't seen over the past few years. >> the syrian air force now attacking isis positions inside iraq. the iranians sending drones over arming elements to go over after these isis terrorists inside iraq. is that good? >> let's be clear, wolf. the solution to the security problems is not the assad regime and it's not militias. and what we have said countries
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need to play constructive roles in promoting a role that's inclusive. we have called on them to do that. we still have some questions about -- >> what are your questions? >> exactly what they are doing there. iraq's problems need to be solved by iraq's political leaders stepping up and army stepping up. we're going to help it do that. that's a problem iraqis themselves can fix. >> thank you for coming in. we're counting on you and everyone. this is a horrible, horrible crisis underway. >> that's why the secretary was eager to go there. >> we'll see if maliki does anything. i'm worried he won't. thanks very much. just ahead, fresh fallout from the bite seen around the world. we have details of new developments in a world cup controversy. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me,
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new developments in the world cup controversy. rachel nichols is joining us. a player biting an italian player. there could be serious repercussions. explain what's going on. >> fifa launched an investigation into this.
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the disciplinary committee is taking a look at it. an hour ago was the deadline for luis suarez to submit his defense. from what's been leaking out, i have to tell you, it's not very convincing to me. first he told a span irk language newspaper that the defender's soldier ran into his teeth. this is like saying the light post, it just ran into my car. not very compelling. then the federation, some officials told other newspapers they are committing that the photos of the bite marks were photo shopped. again, not very convincing. the disciplinary committee can look at this player's past incidents. this is the third time that he's been accused of biting an opponent. his nickname is the cannibal. >> i suspect there's some smoke there. let's talk about the big game tomorrow. usa and germany.
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obviously a lot of trash talking going on between the german mission to the united nations, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, here's from the german mission a tweet. getting ready for the big match. shall we go through the rules again, ambassador? hey, germany, care to wager a case of beer that team usa wins on thursday? give us a preview of the big game tomorrow. >> germany is one of the elite teams in the tournament. they are a high scoring, aggressive team, except here's the thing. both germany and the u.s. can advance if they draw. so if it's a 0-0 tie, both teams move on. what you would normally expect, instead don't be surprised if you see a 0-0 game while both try to protect what they have and try to move on to the next
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round. the only exception is if one team finds itself behind expect a scramble. the united states are without their prime scorer. so this is going to be another test for them. especially come iing off the la match. they played in the amazon jungle. they are on a day less rest than germany, but they believe they can win. they just have to tie. they can even lose the match and still advance. >> it sounds so strange to hear they just want to play for a tie. those of us who follow american sports, we never want to see a tie. but soccer is different. >> the fact they can lose and move on is what part of round robin play is about. it's because they have accomplished enough they cannot have the best result and still move on. i think of all the different scenarios and there are a lot of them, there's a 75% chance that they will move on from this game into the next round. so certainly what a lot of american fans are hoping for. it's just a reminder that even
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if things look bleak during the match, don't worry too much. no tears, because even if they lose, there's a good chance they will advance. we'll have to see what happens. >> we'll check back with you. thank you very much. that's for me. thank you for watching. join us in the situation room monday through friday. watch us live. dvr the show so you won't miss a moment. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." after two weeks of trying, hillary clinton finally came up with a decent answer about her wealth. will anyone buy it? the debate starts right now. tonight on "crossfire", hillary clinton tries to explain her wealth one more time. >> my inartful use of those few words doesn't change who i am. >> are voters buy iing it? and does just about everyone agree with her on this. >> you have to be a little bit crazy to run for president.