skin. i grab his nose with my hand here and tried to pull it off of me. forcely, the shark released itself. >> very fortunately. glad to see he is with us. thanks for watching, everyone. waffle starts right now. security threat at overseas airports. parents may have to power up electronic devices or leave them behind. the u.s. state department pressing israel for answers after an american teenager is beating while in police custody. the pope begs forgiveness for the church's sexual abuse scandal. that's coming up from rome. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we start with a new security guideline put in place because of possible terror attacks on airplanes. air travellers may be asked to turn on their smart phones

before boarding flights to prove they aren't bombs. everybody and is joining us. he has the latest. what trig therd latest tsa move? >> wolf, security officials say it's not a threat, per se, or a plot. they say there's growing intelligence that indicate s al qaeda is intent on increasing. the homeland security secretary was asked about this on nbc's "meet the press" yesterday. here is what he had to say. >> we know that there remains a terrorist threat to the united states. aviation security is a large part of that. this part week i directed we step up our aviation security at some last point of departure airports coming into the united states. this is not something to

overreact to or overspeculate about. it's something we felt was necessary. we do this from time to time. >> wolf, as you know, the aqab has been growing. it's not seen cooperating with militants in syria. the growing threat is what's important. >> the fear is that this bomb maker in yemen, he may have come up with a way to take a smart phone or a laptop and disguising it? >> that's right. it's about the devices that he could use to try to mask a bomb. again, these are explosives that don't have metal in them. this is something that would, under normal circumstances, perhaps bypass some of our security. >> you go to aefr airport overseas. you go to an airport in europe or asia.

if it doesn't turn on, you either don't go on the flight or you leave the equipment there, right? >> right. what they are saying is that you may have problems bringing that device with you on the plane. they will look at your device and check to see whether there's any explosive residue on it. there's ways -- they are deploying devices at these airports. that's where the concern is and i think what you have to do is make sure the devices are power up before you get to the airport. >> it's going to take more time if everybody has to power up their -- everybody has a device. it will -- get there earlier. thanks very much. now to iraq where video surfaced showing a leader of isis forces. he appeared to be leading a sermon. if this is the man, it would be

one of the first known appearances he has done on video. barbara starr is at the pentagon. what are they saying about this video? >> wolf, the u.s. government as well as the iraqi government has been scrutinizing video since it emerged after friday prayers when this person appeared at the mosque. now, two u.s. officials tell me at this point the u.s. has no reason to believe it's not baghdadi. they are worken on the assumption it is him. can't be 100% sure. you are never 100% sure unless you have a dna sample. everything they see at this point, they are working on the assumption it is him. what does that mean? that the secretive leader made one much his first extended public apierce answee appearanc. felt comfortable and secure enough to come out for some period of time in public there.

according to eyewitnesses, a very large security convoy rolled up to this mosque on friday. this man got out, conducted the service. there are reports that cell phone service was interrupted while he was in the area. no word on where that may have come from. this is now something that the u.s. is looking very closely at and sharing -- they are sharing intelligence that they can with the iraqis about isis and what they are up to. make no mistake, the u.s. not engaging in combat operations, not targeting this man as far as we know. that is going to be up to the iraqis. >> very brazen, if it is him. it appears to be on the video. it surfaces on these isis websites chlts they have been effective in using social media to generate propaganda, enlist supporters. does this fit into the strategy we have been seeing? >> i think it does. you are absolutely right. very savvy masters of social

media and internet communications. right now though, what will that mean other than propaganda? how do they really stand on the ground in iraq? u.s. officials are saying is that isis is stretched very thin right now on the ground from the syria iraq border to the northern edges of baghdad. that's a very long line, a very large piece of territory for them to try to control. that may not be what they want. maybe the propaganda war may be just stirring things up further and holding on to what they have in places in northern iraq may be their strategy at the moment. because they know right now, iraqi security forces are perhaps not able to rapidly get into northern iraq and chase them down. they can stay put for a while. >> let's not forget, mosul is

the second larger city in iraq. people fled. clearly, isis in control of that major northern city in iraq. barbara, thanks for that report. president obama is under pressure to respond to immigrant children crossing the border illegally. they are blaming the obama administration for the problem. the president traveling to texas on wednesday. the challenges for him is for ahead of the situation. >> it would be nice for him to come to the border. i think he is one step behind. they knew this was happening a year ago last year. again, they are just -- they are not reacting fast enough at this time. >> michelle has the latest over there. the president will be there in texas on wednesday. any plans for him to go to the border and see for himself

what's going on? >> this has been a question. multiple times a day in the afternoon briefing it comes up. why doesn't the president go down there? he is going to be in texas. why isn't he going to be at the border? the administration keeps calling this an urgent humanitarian crisis. doesn't he want to see it with his own eyes? the answer has been consistent that the president knows what's going on down there, that he is briefed on the situation often, that top members of the administration have been down there to see it. basically, the administration is on the problem and that there is no need for the president to go there. that's in some ways inconsistent with what the administration has been saying and the response they have been taking. but that seems to be the way that they are going to play this. however, i will say that last week when the questions were coming up, the press secretary said, well, plans could change. we could have an update to his schedule. at this point, we know there are no plans for the president to

visit the border. >> do we know anything more about what the administration plans on doing with these tens of thousands of unaccompanied young children who crossed into texas from mexico, most of these kids coming from central america? >> look at the pictures and you look at the numbers, especially. more than 60,000 could possibly be up to 90,000 unaccompanied minors alone this year. you see that it's a crisis. what the administration said they are focused on is speeding up the process. there's a law that was passed in 2008 that indicat kate -- that children to have a hearing. it's so backlogged that it takes years in some cases for the individual children to go through the process. the president is asking congress for more money, at least $2 billion to handle all the staffing on that.

lawyers, judges, facilities to house and get these kids through the system quickly. the administration also wants to expand the powers of the department of homeland security to use discretion to get them through the process more quickly. they say they have had some success with that. in the end they say ultimately, most of these children will be deported. the question then is, okay, you have this law in place. if most of them are not going to meet the requirement for humanitarian needs to stay on in this country, why have that law? why isn't the administration advocating to change the law? they say it's anti trafficking law. there's a humanitarian val to the law. they are focused on remedying the situation basically speed to get these kids processed and out of the country, wolf. >> the u.s. customs and border patrol, they are out with a new campaign designed to try to discourage the illegal crossings. what's the message behind the ads? >> they want to send a strong

message. that's something they say they have been working on. it's in spanish, targeting those countries. shows a young man writing to his parents. he made -- he took the chance to try to cross the border. in the end, it doesn't end well. it shows him appearing to be dead lying on the desert floor. that's an image that some of these department of homeland security officials have said that they have seen. some of the people -- there was a hearing last week, some of the people working one on one with these children, they said they have seen children die trying to make the crossing. the administration is trying to emphasize to the countries how dangerous this process is and the administration wants to see more coming from those countries to try to stem this tide more than what the u.s. is trying to do on its own. >> michelle at the white house, very important story we are following. thank you. coming up later, suing the

president. john boehner lays out his reasons, his timetable. this is a cnn exclusive. the beating of an american team. the latest in events that has israeli and palestinians on the brink. ♪

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in israel a powerful statement from netanyahu, he called the murder of a teenager abhorrent. he spoke with the boy's father. he promised justice for the apparent retaliation killing. the cousin of the murdered boy, a palestinian american teen, says he was beaten by israeli security forces. it was caught on video. you are seeing it right now. it sparked outrage around the world. this began with the murder of three israeli teenagers last month. ben is following this for us. he is joining us from jerusalem. ben, what's the status of the american teen right now who was beaten pretty severely by the israeli border police, whoever did that? >> he is currently under house arrest in east jerusalem in a neighborhood. his family residence is close

by. under the conditions of his release from jail, he was ordered to stay away his home. his family had to pay a 3,000 shekel bail. that's about $900. he is expected to return to the united states in the middle of the month. we have breaking news for you, wolf. just moments ago, we heard another salvo of rockets was fired from gaza into israel. the iron dome alert system was used to knock some of those missiles out. according to the israeli military, before this latest salvo, 50 rockets a s had been fired. there is escalation. the israeli security cabinet met for three hours today to discuss its options. we heard from one army spokesman saying they have mobilized several hundred reservists and may mobilize as many as a 1,500

in preparation for trouble in the south. >> some of the rockets i'm told actually reached about 25 miles into israel actually. is that right? >> that's correct. it is about 25 miles from gaza. it was the second missile that was fired in the direction. one was intercepted by the iron dome. the other landed in the desert. what this indicates, wolf, is that before it was believed that many of the rockets that were being fired out of gaza, they are short-range, locally made, fairy crude, no guidance systems. when you get these rockets which have that kind of range, that means that hamas is pulling out weaponry. >> is this a powder keg that's about to explode? we have seen it happen over the many years. >> it certainly -- it's pointing

in that direction. now, one israeli military official we spoke to said that at the end of last week they were talking about deescalating. the expectation that if there is quiet, that israel would respond in kind. now they are talking about an escalation. perhaps not on the scale of november 2012 or the war at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009, but definitely there's a feeling that the clouds are getting dark over gaza and things could get much worse. >> it looks like that from this vantage point as well, unfortunately. ben, we will stay in close touch with you. aron david miller is here with us in the studio. he spent many years as a negotiator working this israeli palestinian problem. unfortunately, not much success. what do you think of john mccain's suggestion that the u.s. -- that john kerry should get back to that region, start

talking to the israelis and the palestinians because they are on a powder keg right now. >> i like john mccain. i think that now is not the time for the secretary of state to re-engage in this process. >> what can the u.s. -- the u.s. has a lot of influence with the israelis and palestinians. >> they do. but the blood is up right now. if -- between hamas and israel, there's little the 'cause do. >> equgypt has problems, too. they have a history of dealing with netanyahu. shouldn't the u.s. do something? can't the u.s. do something. >> we have been faced with what the united states should do. the secretary of state finished a ten-month effort much to the critics who say he was negotiating over nothing. that's not the case. at the end of ten months, you

have a situation in which there is insufficient basis to reach an agreement. i'm not sure that secretary of state wants or should put himself in a situation of trying to negotiate a cease-fire between israel and hamas. the fact is, hamas made a decision to unify that clearly increased influence on the west bank. who knows who kidnapped the three israeli teens. probably a cell. whether it had the direct approval of the leadership or gaza, who nose. the fact is hamas perceives weakness. they know the israelis don't want to go in on the ground. >> what do you think of the reports that the israelis are mobilizing units to get ready. >> they are getting ready. getting ready for what?

massive shelling and retaliation in november 2012? i'm not sure. they are hoping, i suspect, that over time hamas will understand that they don't want an escalation. right now, it's not just israel gaza. you have politics. the blood is up. you have retaliation. >> teenagers killed on both sides. there's a lot of furry right now. that could really, really get out of control. >> there is. it's nationalist. it's occurring in a terribly partisan environment with distances that are literally meters apart. no. the question that needs to be asked is, are we on the tipping point of a third sustained escalation? >> what do you think? >> i think no. i think there are differences. >> palestinian authority president -- >> palestinian public is more interested in social economic issues. they know pain and suffering

caused. and even hamas weakened by the fact that they don't have much support. bad governance. i'm not sure they are prepared either. >> i agree with your assessment. i do feel that the united states could do something right now. maybe send a special envoy. bill clinton, for example, talked to the palestinians, talked to the israelis. maybe john kerry is not the guy to do it. i suspect something could be done and should be done. they are at the boiling point. >> we are prepared to mediate between hamas and israel -- it's ham hamas. >> what might not help probably can't hurt. >> maybe not. >> maybe it will work. >> thanks very much. on the way, at first -- a first at the vatican. a meeting with victims of the sex abuse scandal.

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to politics. john boehner is laying out his reason for planning to sue the president of the united states. and his timetable for filing the lawsuit. it's coming in an exclusive editorial he wrote for cnn. dana bash is with me. when does he plan on filing the lawsuit? >> we don't know. there's a lot we don't know about this. what we know is that the house of representatives is going to take up legislation authorizing the lawsuit at some point this month. but the main purpose is clear for the speaker's op-ed was to hit back on the the president who this last week said, so sue me. that was his response. i will read part of boehner's op-ed. >> he said the president's response, it's disappointing where the president said sue me.

it's beneath the dignity of of the office. the american people are frustrated, too. he explains the general parameters of why they want to sue the president, which is they think he is just flagrantly gone against the constitution and against the balance of powers with a lot of the issues that he has had executive orders on. he put four general themes in there, the environment, forns po foreign policy, education and health okay. we don't know what the lawsuit will be on. >> i assume boehner and those who support this were encouraged by supreme court decisions which went against the president. they said the president was acting unconstitutionally, including 9-0 decision biz the supreme court, including justices, not only democratic appointed justices but two women appointed by the president of the united states. >> that's right. the speaker talks about the fact

that the supreme court ruled against him on his recess appointments, for example. what's very interesting is how vague still the house speaker and republicans who are putting this lawsuit out there still are. they are not what the best grounds for a lawsuit is. for example, on foreign policy i'm told they think the best grounds are the fact that the president and the administrative -- the executive branch released five detainees without giving congress a heads up. they feel that on healthcare, for example, the fact the president has waived or extended some of the deadlines that were put in the statute by the congress gives them grounds. they are not sur how they will do that. they will do this legislatively and then they will file suit closer to the election. i know that's not a big shocker. >> there are some conservatives, others who think that this is a waste. they want boehner to try to

impeach the president of the united states. they are critical of boehner, saying this is a stunt, the lawsuit. they want impeachment procedures against the president. how realistic is that? >> not at all. the speaker would likely say that that would be a stunt, because to impeach, as you know, you covered a president who was impea impeached, clinton, both congress -- both bodies of congress has to do that. the senate is run by democrats. not only that, even republicans who are the majority in the house, they don't think that that's a good idea. the speaker has layed out reasons, given history that they believe that the president has overstepped his bounds as president in using his executive authority and this is not the first time. there has been a battle between the two branchs and they will try to battle it out in court. >> you know what's frustrating? i will step back. boehner and the president, they used to have a good relation. there was a working relationship. at one point they played golf a

little bit, they spoke a little bit. that has gone away virtually completely. >> if you talk to john boehner, he insists they have a fine personal relationship. but it is -- things like this, the very big differences over the constitutional power of the president and, let's be honest, the fact that john boehner wants to remain house speaker and there's an election coming up. this is a raw-meat issue for conservatives, that's a big part of what's playing. >> to generate the excitement. >> no question. >> the deadline for reporting final results from the bitter mississippi senate race is later today. 6:00 p.m. eastern, once the results are certified, the tea party candidate plans to challenge. he lost. they say democratics had previously voted in the primary

and it's against the law. they dispute the claim. the mcdaniel campaign should put up or shut up. congressman darryl isa wants documents including the former irs administrator and he wants them today. this is the deadline set for the records from the federal election commission. he subpoenaed all communications involving lois lerner from january 1, 1986 to the present day. republicans are investigating where the irs singled out tea party and other groups for extra irs scrutiny. learner ran that division that targeted those groups. still to come, reports of a dash to freedom for some kidnap victims in nigeria. a first for the pope, meeting with victims of the sex abuse scandal. what he said.

welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. for the first time since he became leader of the catholic church, the pole has met with victims of the sex abuse

scandal. the pope received each of the six victims separately then celebrasel celebrated a private mass with them. during a sermon he expressed sorrow for the crimes and asked for forgiveness. then he added this. >> translator: i beg your forgiveness also for the sins of omission on the part of church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members as well as by abuse victims themselves. this led to even greater suffering on the part of those who were abused and it endangered other minors who were at risk. >> tell us more about how the victims were selected, how this meeting was arranged. >> well, wolf, the pope in march created an eight-person commission on sex abuse. part of that commission is a

boston cardinal who many people know. there are four women on that commission. it was the commission's job to identify and select together with the diocese of great britain, ireland and germany who the representatives would be. they arrived yesterday at the pope's residence. the pope said hello to them briefly at dinner time and then this morning, as you mentioned, celebrated the private mass with them and then was able to meet with them one on one with an unlimited a. ti ee eed amount o. it was a half an hour for each victim. >> a lot of the critics, they believe this meeting should have happened a long, long time ago. what's the reaction? what's the fallout? what are you hearing? >> yes. surprising for a pope who has been praised in this first year. this is the one area where he

has received criticism, that it has taken so long for him to meet with abuse victims. the father, the pope's spokesman said in a briefing after this meeting that that was really not a criticism as far as they were concerned because the pope has been outspoken on this issue during his time and the fact that he gave them as much time as possible this morning showed how seriously he takes their stories and that he wanted to sincerely listen to them rather than say anything in particular to them. the spokesman was leaving the door open for future meetings. one of the things said is these are all europeans. so the pope's spokesman leaving the door open for future meetings with victims from other parts of the world. >> what about reparations to the victims? the pope has promised reparations. >> wolf, he did speak about

reparations. let's put it into context and say he was speaking in a sort of biblical sense talking about the church, having the great to weep and make reparations for its children. so in that sense, he wasn't speaking about any particular monetary reparations. although, we know in the last ten years a lot has been paid out by the catholic church, particularly in the united states, in termless of reparations. reparations can happen in many ways. one is a psychological and healing reparation. perhaps the most important, as you pointed out at the top of this segment, is the idea of future accountability and ensuring that the measures that the church has put in place and have been working on for the past ten years are going to be enforced. it's one of the things that victim groups are calling for. it's something which the pope made sure to mention today. he pledged better procedures and policies to ensure the future of minors would be safe. wolf? >> delia gallagher in rome

covering this story. coming up, a cnn exclusive. an elite force in iraq as they try to keep isis troops at bay. stand by for that. 63 women and girls escaped from their captors in nigeria. how did they flee? where are they now?

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take a quick look at the markets. the dour made history last week by closing above 17,000 for the first time ever. the dow off to a slower start. still above 17,000. today marks the beginning of the earning season on wall street. that's expected to be the focus for wall street for remainder of the week. we will watch it closely together with you. now to a daring escape in nigeria. 63 women and girled kidnapped last week have fled the group, returned to the village that was burned down during their capture. more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in april are still being held by boko haram. the government has come under criticism for not doing enough to rescue the girls. what do we know about what's going on? the schoolgirls still being held.

>> they are. these women and children were from a different group, wolf, that was taken at the end of last month from a slightly different part of northern nigeria. it's a ray of hope in an unrelentingly dismal situation. have had almost daily attacks. finally, these women have managed to come out with their extraordinary story. they saw their opportunity, they say. the boko haram militants were holding them in a camp. they had to go back out to do another raid or to hold off a government attack that was coming towards them. and they left them unattended. threatened them with death if they tried to escape. after a few hours, the women say they decided it was worth trying. though broke the door down and walked for hours and hours. they described it took them almost a day to get back to where they were originally abducted from. they found, as you said, just

ashes where their homes had been. they kept walking until they finally made it to a safe spot where they were taken in by villagers and search parties were sent out for some of those too weak to make it to safety. most of the women that were taken -- most of them are home with their families. >> they are safe, those 63 women and girls, is that right? >> yes. absolutely. there are still five more of the original abducted group, they are still held. we don't quite know whether they refused to come out or whether they were lost when the original break for freedom was made. it does just give a sense that perhaps after all this bad news and all the criticism of the nigerian authorities for not quite being able to penetrate boko haram's security, that some pressure is clearly being felt by the organization. otherwise, they wouldn't have had to leave the women unattended. >> has there been official reaction from the nigerian

government, which has been bitterly criticized for not doing enough to help these women and girls? >> absolutely, they have been. for good reason, because there is a sense the government at the moment, all it can do very much is hold the positions that they have. they don't seem to have the capacity to go into the forest. we know where the school girls were being held. we know they are being held somewhere. we have heard it from sources. we have heard it from the government. they don't have the military capability to go into these areas. the worry is as we come up to the 100th day that -- we're on day 83 or 84 now since the girls were taken that the worry is that the girls will start falling off the adeath da. if these women could get away, perhaps there is hope that the schoolgirls can be rescued. >> the nigerian government, they have a military. they have police. what's the problem?

why don't they send forces into these areas and at least try to free these girls? >> they have a military. they have a police. they have a training agreement with the u.s. they have all that would you imagine they would need. the reality on the ground is very different, because there are allegations of corruption, of financial mismanagement. there's a lot of concern about what the reality on the ground actually looks like and what those in the ministry of defense headquarters are being told the reality looks like. what we saw when we went was very different from what the nigerian authorities are told us, which is that they were spreading out, they were sending airplanes, they were sending helicopters. we didn't find any of that. they seems to be outstripped and out maneuvered by the militants. the worry is that they don't feel the urgency in spite of all the reporting that has been done, in spite of all the talk that we have all been speaking

and we have all heard, that the military authorities on the ground aren't yet willing to do all that it takes to rescue these women and girls who are still extraordinarily vulnerable. abductions are still going on as are attacks. >> yeah. our hearts go out to those women and girls, their families. let's hope that they are found and returned safely soon. thank you. on patrol with a special militia force. they were once outlawed. they are back in action. they are trying to fight isis. our exclusive report. later, sterling versus sterling. a court battle begins over plans to sell the los angeles clippers for a record $2 billion. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account.

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on this day in history, july 7th, 1981, president reagan announced his nomination of the arizona judge, sandra day o'connor to become the first female justice on the united states supreme court. in a retirement, o'connor founded a nonprofit organization and website to teach students about the u.s. a husband and wife square off in court today in the case of shelly sterling versus donald sterling. a $2 billion deal to sell the l.a. clippers basketball team hangs in the balance. shelly sterling negotiated the deal to sell the team after the league banned her husband over racist comments. donald sterling says his wife did not have the authority to make the deal.

as cnn's brian todd reports, the attorney taking on donald sterling in court is no stranger to high-profile cases. >> reporter: a dramatic courtroom confrontation between two hollywood heavyweights. super lawyer burke fields squaring off michael eisner. eisner, accused of not paying former disney big wig jeffrey katzenberg what he owed him. you said you think i hate the little midgit? eisen, with visible anger, if you pursue this line of questioning, it will put in the public record those things i think are not necessary to be in the public record. fields: and did you say to mr. schwartz, i don't care what he thinks, i am not going to pay him any of the money. eisner: i would say again, in anger, i said that. eisner and disney reportedly paid katzenberg more than $250 million. now burke fields will face off against donald sterling. >> do you expect him to get under donald sterling's skin?

>> i do expect him to get under sterling's skin. i think there are certain hot buttons, not the least of which is magic johnson and those kinds of things are hard for sterling's lawyer to control him on. >> reporter: sterling felt betrayed by magic johnson after sterile's racist remarks leaked to the public. when the trial over donald sterling's mental capacity starts, the future of the l.a. clippers at stake, sterling, a lawyer himself, will face a man who has a reputation as a pitbull in court. >> burke fields is one of the great once in los angeles. he is a legend. >> reporter: fields has represented superstars like tom cruise, ma dano, michael jackson, steven spielberg, and rarely lost. at this trial, sterling's estrang estrang estranged wife shelly will try to prove she acted properly and agreeing to sell the clippers on her own. >> i'm certainly not going to be stupid enough to be a bully or be abusive. i hope i've never been abusive in a courtroom. and i'm sure as hell not going

to be abusive to donald sterling. >> reporter: her side, according to court papers, will hammer at donald sterling's alleged mental incapacitytation, which his side den denies. >> it it will be very uncomfortable. i think burke fields won't have any problem at all just picking at donald sterling and getting him to fall apart right there in the courtroom. >> reporter: but those attorneys we spoke to experience litigators in los angeles, worn that donald sterling himself has been through tough cross-examinations, and is a wily operator in court. >> reporter: they also say if bert fields is too aggressive, it might blow up in his face. it could bring about something maybe none of us thought was possible. it could make donald sterling look like a sympathetic figure. brian todd, cnn, washington. up next, we're on the front lines in iraq. our own arwa damon is with a specially trained militia brigade as it takes up positions against isis. this is a cnn exclusive. hello! three grams daily of beta-glucan...

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go to iraq now and a major delay over the parliament in baghdad, which was supposed to get back to work this week on possibly picking a new prime minister. our senior international correspondent, arwa damon, joining us live from baghdad. arwa, progress in parliament is what the u.s. was demanding so many others wanted to see it. certainly the u.s. wanted to see that before committing air strikes against isis targets in

iraq. so what's going on right now as far as the parliamentary maneuvers are concerned? >> reporter: well, clearly, the iraqi politicians and leadership have been incapable of coming to an agreement. this does end up being something of a package deal when it comes to choosing the speaker, parliament prime minister and president. this is also causing great anger and frustration amongst the population who had hoped that at the very least, at this critical stage and time, there are varies political leaders who weren't able to put aside their own personal gains and ambitions and come to some sort of national unity government. because without that, moving the country forward, even beginning to make gains against isis, is going to be incredible difficult, wolf. already today, a top iraqi commander killed in the battlefield. the bloodshed most certainly does continue as security around the capital, we are seeing visible signs of that tightening.

baghdad's airport is about three kilometers, 1.5 miles in that direction. this is its first outer perimeter of defense with fighting positions like this one set up all along it. the boundary that they're using is natural. it's the canal just down below. there are seven similar concentric lines of defense between here and the front line. about a 20-minute drive away. which we visited last week. and is, we are told, still being held by shia militiamen that once fought the americans. but baghdad has been eerily quiet this last week, and everyone is on edge. anticipating spectacular bombings and sleeper cells emerging. that is especially of concern out here. this close to baghdad's airport, and the capital's western edge.

they're seeing a lot of activity at night, especially after 2:00 a.m. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: they don't know exactly what those cars are doing. they're quite suspicious, because they're coming at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. and this is one of the areas, because it is predominantly sunni that people are quite concerned that isis has sympathizers, if not sleeper cells. shia brigadier general tells us he doesn't want to turn it into a sectarian matter, but he says -- [ speaking in foreign language ] this area has safe havens. these men are with the butter brigade, trained in iran to fight saddam hussein's regime. they joined u.s. forces as the americans invaded iraq and then announced they would become a political movement.

now, officially, at least, taking up arms for the first time in over a decade, as iraqi security forces desperately need reinforcement. that house right there next to the cell phone towers, one of the locations where they have been seeing quite a bit of the suspicion activity at fairly odd hours. but they haven't yet been able to secure the permission to go in and search it. so they watch and wait, bracing themselves for battle. mos mosul, they vow, won't be repeated. >> arwa damon, reporting for us. arrest juan, amazing story, amazing report. thanks, as usual for joining us. be careful in baghdad. that's it for me. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now.