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high court. we will bring you those decisions as soon as we get them this hour. good thursday to you. this morning we start with iraq where u.s. surveillance planes are now patrolling the skies. u.s. navy fa-18 fighter bombers, hawk eyes and prowlers are among the planes being launched from the george w. bush aircraft carrier that's right now positioned somewhere in the gulf. they'll be gathering video and photos from military intelligence to analyze. meanwhile, down on the ground, the fighting rages on key oil fields between the iraqi military and fighters with the al qaeda off shoot isis. exxon and bp are evacuating staff and back here in washington, president obama briefed top political leaders in the oval office telling them that he plans to keep them in

the loop on any major decision he makes with regard to iraq. that does not exclude air strikes as we heard from secretary of state john kerry on that exclusive interview on today. >> all options are still available to the president. the president has not made a decision on those options. we are very intensely vetting each of the possibilities. >> let's bring in washington bureau chief lynn sweet and times senior editor brian walsh. on the latest issue, there it is right there, the end of iraq. we just heard from john kerry. he says all options are on the table. what do we know about the latest white house thinking and how soon a decision could be made? >> well, we're not sure about timing, but the latest white house thinking is that they don't want to be accused of ignoring congress, going around congress, because they don't

want to have that fight again. they've had it periodically on different issues. however, i don't think this consultation with congressional leaders would necessarily end the cry from some people to have more of a way in from congress. i think the likelihood of any kind of vote couldn't happen because as we know in the '08 campaign how a presidential candidate would talk about iraq, what votes they might take or their positions are very big deals in coming mid-term and coming elections. >> savannah gutherie spent time talking about the prime minister. this is what secretary kerry said. >> why come to malachy now? >> let me stress. what the united states is doing is about iraq, it is not about malachy.

nothing the president decides to do is going to be focused specifically on prime minister malac malachy. it's focused on the people of iraq. >> how much of this is not about malachy and if it's not malachy, then who? what's the alternative right now? >> i don't know if there is an alternative right now. he's in power and he has the shiites behind him. you have to deal with him but as the president has made clear, any military action is going to have to come with some tie to some change on his part to have a more exclusive regime but he's showing very little willingness to do so. >> is there any reason to think that the political dynamic has changed to a point where he might change his stripes? >> you would think having rebel troops would be a near death experience and might cause you to change but there's been no indication. he's not reaching out to kurds.

>> dick cheney has reignited the war in iraq taking aim on the president obama and listening to the snarky response from jay carney on his last day on the job. this is the outgoing press secretary said. >> the policies of the last six years have left america diminished and weakened. our enemies no longer fear us. >> rarely has a u.s. president been so wrong the expense of so many, talking about the situation in iraq. >> which president was he talking about? >> meanwhile as we speak, lynn cheney on the floor in the upper chamber. there you have it, south carolina senior senator lindsey graham apparently really going after the administration hard on what is happening in iraq. right before lindsey graham we're told arizona senator john mccain also taking the

administration to task over its strategy in iraq. what are you hearing right now on the hill from politicians about how the administration has handled this so far? >> john mccain, lindsey graham, long-time critics of president obama's approach, one of the biggest political issues on capitol hill right now for the white house is within its own ranks, within the democrats who want to make sure that there is no engagement in iraq, who are against even air strikes. there are democrats who have concerns about the use of drones. the one thing that does seem clear is that why we won't have boots on the ground which is a way to describe ground troops not off the table, still may be controversial in congress, within mainly the democratic party at first and then the republicans is bringing in small number special forces. >> brian, let's look at this time cover one more time, the end of iraq.

it offers an eye opening and troubling look at the sharp sectarian divisions in that country. neither man nor america itself fully appreciated until now the continuing reign of much older spirits, hatred, greed and tribalism. those spirits are loose again and the whole world will pay a price. what drives the hatred between the sunnis, the she ya in iraq? >> we're talking about a divide that goes back over 1,000 years. it has to do with theological difference but now power differences. you have iran on the shiite side for regional influence. it's both a deep religious divide but also something with politics within that region and those players are pushing this along. >> how does it play out? >> i don't know how it's going to play out. at this point for iraq it's a real possibility that we may not see this country remain in the form it is. that's what our cover story

means. >> carving it up, shared power? >> exactly. but how would they share power. it sounds clean now but the idea of trying to divide this country is a frightening one. >> it's a concept that vice-president joe biden suggested some years ago and folks laugh. let's take a deeper look into the new surveillance mission that's been launched over iraq. i'm joined by military analyst, jack jacobs. jack, let's talk about some of these planes that have launched from the george w. bush aircraft carrier, part of a strike force i'm told. what are the capabilities of those planes, what kind of intelligence can they provide? >> well, we have quite a few aircraft that can be launched from the aircraft carrier george w. bush as part of the strike force as you mentioned in the gulf. the principle one is this one, the fa-18 hornet dual purpose.

f for fighter and a for attack. it can carry up to 8 tons of ordinants, air to ground and a wide variety of air to air missiles. it goes to about 1200 miles per hour, can actually go faster than that. to control all of the assets up in the air, e-2c hawk eye doesn't need much force but do need commanding control. it's an all weather aircraft, talks to satellites, planes, talks to the ship with a long loiter time up to five hours and can be replaced by other aircraft on the aircraft carrier. you talked about surveillance, the global hawk drone can be unarmed for surveillance, can be armed huge, huge distance, 3,000 nautical miles, can hang around

up to 24 hours and it can stay up there five miles or so way out of the way of anybody who wanted to shoot it down. >> when you say loiter time, that's basically just the amount of time that the plane can stay in the air without having to land and refuel, is that right? >> this can't be refueled. there are other versions but 24 hours is a long time to hang around. >> quickly here, we hear surveillance aircraft, we hear surveillance mission and we think minimal risk. is that the case here? >> by and large, very minimal risk. up there about 12 miles or so, no risk. if you are going to be in the hawk eye or the fa-18 you're off stationed far from where you're going to attack. it has ordinance you can fire from a huge distance away, precision guided out of harm's way onto a target within a probability of ten meters.

>> thank you, sir. kyle carpenter badly injured in 2010 in afghanistan when he jumped on a live grenade in order to save another marine. colonel jacobs sat down with carpenter at 2:00 eastern. what he has to say about getting the call from president obama to let him know that he would be receiving the medal of honor. it's part three of this msnbc original. it airs ahead of carpenter's medal of honor ceremony at the white house. we will have it for you live. is it kevin mccarthy's to lose? and can he wrangle the tea partiers? we're putting the focus on our border. a texas congressman just back is diving into this controversy. i will ask him about the delicate balance between border security and the well-being of thousands of children who have crossed that border over the past few months.

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texas governor rick perry is taking unprecedented action in response to the massive number of immigrant children from central america traveling alone as they cross the mexican border into the united states. state leaders have approved an additional $1.3 million per week for the texas department of public safety to start what it's calling emergency surge operations, essentially allowing texas law enforcement personnel to conduct intensified border security operations. governor perry released this statement in part reading, quote, until the federal government recognizes the danger it's putting our citizens in by its interaction to secure the border, texas must do everything they can to keep our citizens

and communities safe. i want to bring in congressman henry cuellar from texas, just back from the border. i want to get to what you just there but first of all, here's an issue that i know hits extremely close to home for you. the district that you represent borders mexico. first of all, your reaction to this merge surge operation. how does it help address a legitimate humanitarian crises there? >> there are two issues here. we'll talk about the humanitarian crises, but on the surge, what the state officials want to do, we certainly want to welcome, as long as they coordinate with the border patrol, and the other thing is, make sure that they fill in the gap. they can't do the immigration part of it. as you know, a border patrol person right now takes up about 40% of its time right now at the border to fill out paperwork, take care of the kids, so they're away from the border. so having somebody help fill that gap, we certainly want to welcome them as long as they

coordinate with our federal officials. >> nearly 50 thousand children traveling alone have been taken into u.s. custody at the southern border. a new article in the los angeles times describes one center in brownsville, texas where some of these children have been taken, quote, immigrant youths covered tractor-trail the concrete floors, sprawled shoulder to shoulder, in a haze of sweat and body odor. i know you recently toured the border patrol facility in texas. are those descriptions adequate? is that what you saw? >> certainly when i went up there i got a snapshot of this wave of humanity that's coming across. you're right, it's a big problem. in fact, i got the numbers. just in the month of may from el paso so the texas border, about 48,000 people were apprehended by border patrol. about 20% or 9700 of them were

kids with no parents, and just yesterday in my southern part of my district on the border, they got 280 people in one group that turned themselves in, so that wave has come in. now, border patrol is trying to do the best that they can under the circumstances. they don't have the facilities or the space. i know there's a little bit of overcrowdedness but they're trying to take care of them, feed them, provide meldical services. >> what are the conditions that you toured? >> again, it's one of those things that they're trying to do the best. yes, you do have the smells because some of them are just coming in, just being caught. there are places where they can wash up. there is feed there for them, medical screening, at least the initial part. is it cramped? yes, it is. but again, border patrol is being overwhelmed by the large numbers of people coming in from central america. 75% are coming in from central america, at least 75%.

>> just yesterday i know that you and republican senator john coin sent a letter to homeland security senator demanding answers concerning these children who have crossed the border alone. you said the administration and the state department do not have mexico or central america on their radar. what's the solution here? >> first of all, they certainly don't have them and i just saw your piece on iraq. i know we got a lot of issues, but this is our own back yard. this is a 2,000 mile border we have with mexico. there's a wave of humanity coming in. in fact, the administration proposed to cut almost half of the funding to fight drugs in mexico and some other central americans. we stopped the administration. how can you do this when, first of all, it's a small amount of money that we send to those chri countries, why are we doing that? basically they need to have a better communication not only with members of congress,

especially the ones on the border, but they got to have transparency with the people at the border. my hometown the last two weeks, they let out 2300 mothers and kids and put them at the bus station. 2300 in two weeks. there's a lot of other numbers. >> what should we be doing with these folks right now? we've heard from a number of politicians. hillary clinton earlier this week, one of them, saying we got to send these kids back. our system, our infrastructure in this country and many places along the border, as you know, already stretched to the hit. what's the next step? what can we do? >> first, let me start with what border patrol told me when i visited them. they said, quote, we cannot enforce ourselves out of this crises. this is our strong men and women at the border. number two, we need to do a better job working with the republic of mexico and those three central american countries, strengthen up the mexico border with guatemala. that's why drugs and people are

coming through. then we need to develop a stronger protocol like we have with mexico. with mexico we can expedite, do a quick removal with the people coming in. but with the central american countries and that's why i had those meetings with the ambassadors yesterday, it's a different thing. those protocols are not strong enough with central america. they got to be the same for removing people like we have in mexico. >> congressman henry kwa kwler, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, yet another tornado rips across the plains, this time in south dakota. that the the south major twister this week and the severe weather is not over yet. bill have you seen my keys anywhere? i'll help you look. maybe you left them in the bathroom again.

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it has been a relentless three days for severe weather and mother nature does not seem to be ready to take a break just yet. this time, the target south dakota, people in wessington springs will be surveying the damage from several businesses and homes. that tornado injured one person we'll told. bill karns is here. bill, give us a big impact on this week and what you think we minute seeing today as well. it's been a tough week. >> it's been our most active three-day period that we've seen this year. usually may is the peak for our severe weather season. this year it looks like it shifted into june. of course we started with the very memorable and historic twin tornados in pilger, nebraska. day two we went to coal ridge. it wasn't two but one big nasty looking storm. that barely hits the outskirts of one town. we shoulder you the pictures of

wessington springs, south dakota which is not far away from that, too. the storm that spawned all of these hasn't moved at all. it's been remaining in the same location. let me take you to the weather map and show you where the storm is. it's been spinning over the montana border over idaho. that stormed combined with the high pressure and the humidity, all the collisions of the air masses have been in the same spot. when you get three days of this, not only do you get the severe weather and the bad weather, but you get torrential rains. now we have a horrible flooding situation setting up in this region. we have record flooding that's going to go to the missouri river and even omaha a moderate flood. last night it poured up here. all of that water is collecting and flash flood warnings in this region. watch toward the cedar river and the quad river. you can't get a stationary storm that long in the same spot.

today i don't expect any pictures like what i just showed you. from washington d.c., baltimore, virginia beach and back here again around omaha and kansas city, more severe storms but not the tornado threat. as we head towards the weekend things quiet down. >> good news there. bill, thank you. still ahead, should the redskins change their name? more pressure coming now that the trademark registration has been cancelled. six trademarks. redskins hero joe thighsman weighed in. plus another legendary quarterback goes long. >> i've learned through football that strong leadership can be the difference between winning and losing. when it comes to our state's future, trust me, mississippi can win and win big with thad cochran. >> can brett favre quarterback this comeback? i spent my entire childhood

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it's election day on capitol hill. we are in the final moments before house republicans will

gather once again behind closed doors and make eric cantor's replacement official. all signs continue to point to this man, california congressman and current majority whip kevin mccarthy to win that vote. but can they control tea party figures in their caucus. joined by author of "big money" political strategist and principle of strategies angela rye is here and hogan beginly. angela, let me start with you. it isn't a question of who the next leader is going to be. it's a question of what is it all going to mean for the republican party? what does it say to the party and gop voters putting cantor's fellow young gun in cantor's spot? >> well, i think it says a lot. i think in part it says that they need to move a legislative agenda at some point. their only hope maybe is

mccarthy. the fact that he comes from a blue state is a positive. the fact that he's built relationships is a positive. obviously with cantor losing, it makes boehner more secure. he's made it very clear that he intends to run for speaker again. i don't know that it is going to resolve the factions that are running very deep in their party. the tea party is saying, quite frankly, that this is a temporary election, that today doesn't mean much more than you get to preside over the next 40 legislative days. there's still the fear of that. i don't know how they're going to really be able to move much with that type of fear. >> ken, did labrador ever have a legitimate shot? >> i don't think so, but it does show that there's still energy and momentum behind the tea party sentiment within the house republican conference, however it signals a likelihood of both kevin mccarthy winning and even

steve scalise who appears likely to get the number three spot. he has shown a desire and ability to work with leadership, the so-called establishment. i think it shows that on the inside game at least, the establishment still has the reigns of power, despite the tea party sentiment and sdidespite tea party's distaste for the establishment and their willingness to at least somewhat work with democrats on some of the important fiscal issues like raising the debt ceiling. >> but not immigration. hogan, i want to read something. this is something that the head of one of the tea party groups who did not back mccarthy said about this leadership race. to do the same thing again after the message that grassroots sent in the cantor race seems crazy to me. mccarthy's ascend doesn't bridge the divide between the younger foreminded members and the establishment. what would have bridged that divide in your party?

>> oh, gosh. that's the million dollar question. but the point that that person makes is a good one, but it's irrelevant because the tea party folks just don't have the vote in the house to get who they want in that position. i spoke to several tea party leaders in iowa and also in south carolina this morning. they use words like furious, angry. they can't believe what's going on. i was quick to point out, i understand you're upset, but you understand the establishment still does have a huge foothold and as many elections as you've won and ground that you have gained as a tea party, you're still at a lower place in the pecking order, if you will, to make big moves like this happen, and you've established no real consensus building to get people you want in leadership positions in those positions. >> another gop-er chimed in, current mississippi senator thad cochran facing a tea party challenge of his own, chris mcdaniel runoff this coming tuesday.

a fox news reporter caught up with cochran last week. he didn't even appear to know that cantor had been defeated. look at this. >> you have no comment that you want to make? >> no. you asked me what happened. i don't know. i didn't follow that campaign very closely. >> eric cantor lost his seat as the majority whip. >> well, that happens. members of congress, some win, some lose. it's not an automatic proposition that you get re-electioned just because you've done a good job. voters make their own decisions and i respect their judgment. >> you're an old miss guy, hogan. what's that judgment going to be in mississippi next tuesday? >> look, i think mcdaniel wins the race only because you can't have someone elected like mcdaniel time after time -- like cochran and then tell the voters he's a bad guy. that doesn't make any sense on its face. you have to do what mcdaniel did

which is say this guy is out of touch. he's too washington. he's too establishment. he's now part of the problem. that's why mcdaniel is able to gain ground and why cochran is in the fight for his life. whether he knows about cantor or not, it's indicative of a candidate who is so mired in his own difficult race he's not paying attention to the bigger picture. >> he did get the mississippi chamber of commerce down there, just to get another sports metaphor in there. that a hail mary on the chamber's part for cochran? >> of course it is. it also is a way for them to demonstrate that they are still about big business and big business interests. so will it help to hogan's last point that he's the establishment candidate, absolutely not. cochran, you're wondering why he didn't know what's going on with cantor, he's got the other side crawling in back windows into courtrooms to find out what's happening with the race. he's in the fight of his life

and he's going to need as much influence as possible to keep that seat. >> it's such a stark contrast in the race that we're seeing in mississippi where the tea party does have momentum and power and there are all these outside interests to try to put down the tea party and the inside game, the leadership race to replace eric cantor where the establishment does still hold the reigns and can use the traditional trappings of party power to get its way. hard to do that in an election. >> can the chamber money that's being pumped into mississippi, that leads us into another big money story that you have been talking about regarding the koch brothers planning to spend more than $15 million in this year's midterms, $290 million for 2016. you've quoted the president of the super pac in your piece saying the freedom partner's action fund will support candidates who share our vision of free markets and a free society and oppose candidates

who support intrusive policies that push the american dream out of the reach of the american people. how is this different from previous activity that we've seen from the koches? >> they're wading into partisan activity. they've walked this line where they say they're between the issues. you can read between the lines when they says call kay haguen and ask her why she supports obamacare. now they're going to cross that line and they're going to say, support the republican, defeat the democrat. that can be a huge boone for republicans headed into 2014 and 2016. >> ken, we'll leave it there. always good to see all of you. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. coming up, we are waiting for a couple of major supreme

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most. money. >> this would have sweeping implications for other teams as well. >> team owner dan snyder has resisted pressure to drop the name, calling it a badge of honor for native americans. >> what happens to the braves, the indians, the blackhawks. >> there are plenty more people today than ever before who think that the name needs to change. >> with fewer than 80 days to go until football season, some are wondering if washington's nfl team will look different soon. wednesday's ruling from the u.s. patent office called the team's name, quote, disparaging to native americans. the government's decision to cancel those six trademarks is on hold for now while team owner dan snyder appeals. make no mistake, there will be appeals. our next guest knows that. with me from capitol hill, congresswoman eleanor hole

manies. always good to see you. you predicted that this would happen. i went back and looked at the tape and you called it. but yesterday's decision almost word for word from that decision in 1999. that decision successfully appealed by the team. what leads you to believe that it might be different this time around? >> well, just as i thought that what happened yesterday would happen because the team followed -- the board -- the patent office followed its own precedence. remember the courts had not yet spoken. so what i expect to happen this time is the courts to reach the merits and they will almost have to accept what the patent and trade office has found. lower courts have to look at the fact finder, have to look at the expert agency and unless there is a compelling reason to overturn it, such as they didn't follow the law, then they must

affirm what the office, the patent office, has found. i think this is all over and it's going to be all over for snyder and the nfl if goodell doesn't get in there and exercise some leadership. all of them are now implicated. they share in the funds that are going to be dismantled. because trademark protects and that's why he's fighting so hard, it protects his mark. so the real question is what's in it for him to keep this going on when all the handwriting is as much on the wall as i think any good lawyer tells you. >> a pole in january found 83% of americans, 83% of focuses who are poled said that they think that washington should keep the team's name, the number even higher among football fans. there have been other polls that

have come out since that indicate that the majority of folks don't think the team should change its name. why do you think that so many people don't seem to have a problem with the name of the football team in washington d.c.? >> consciousness hasn't been raised yet. i used to use that name, too. i didn't know until the native american people reached me. i'm telling you, there's a movement in this country and it's reaching nationwide and it will reach those who now say, well, what's wrong with the name, i don't see anything wrong with the name. they don't want to look like they've been using a racial slur, so they don't want to have it implicate them. all i can say is all of us are using it so get of 0 f of it. now that we know it's gruesome, racist origins, let's find a new name. let's leave it up to snyder. he ought to get rid of this name and goodell ought to help him.

>> we're talking about roger goodell who runs the league. howard bragman of reputation.com. good to see you in the flesh. the name, as i understand it, was the third most popular searched term yesterday on google. you've been scouring social media. what are people saying? >> it's very confusing because there's -- as i've found it, there's really three parts to it. the number one part as your survey said, most people don't believe the name should change. my numbers were slightly different. about 60% were happy with the name as opposed to 80 in the other survey, a reflection of the change in social media. a lot of people don't think it. but even among people who do think the name is wrong and disparaging, interesting social media, about two-thirds of people think the government overstepped its boundaries, the hope being that society would come to a point where there would be enough pressure on the team, on snyder, on the nfl, to want to make the change for the

right reasons. the third part is understanding what does it mean when you lose your trademark. they can still use the trademark but they will lose money. the bigger issue that the trademark money is thrown into a pot for the nfl. every team except dallas splits the money. >> some of the users yesterday as i saw it were coming up with their own names, alternative names are being suggested a lot on the internet, no? >> yes. i love the one called the washington red skins with three red skin potatoes. >> that's the one we just put up there. >> it's very funny. i would say to mr. snyder, you may this that this is honoring the brave native american warrior, but the native american community gets to decide for itself whether something is disparaging or not and i think we have to develop some sensitivity and respect from that. i would tell you, if there was a native american owner of an nfl team, we might be having a very different discussion today.

>> we're going to leave it there. the conversation of course will continue on social media and all over the country. thank you. we want to get back to the developments at the white house. we just told you about a power lunch talking about iraq. peter alexander standing by for us live. pete, what more can you tell us about this lunch? >> reporter: the national security advisor to the president, susan rice, is scheduled to be sitting down for lunch with secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel right now. a senior administration official told me president obama has not made up his mind about the next possible steps in iraq in terms of the potential military intervention in that country right now. we know based on his conversation with congressional leaders here at the white house yesterday that president obama has said he does not need congressional authority, new congressional authority to act. even as we're speaking to you right now we're learning that president obama is scheduled to make a statement that will take

place at 12:30. that's the breaking news. we expect to hear from president obama today at 12:30 based on the conversation with congressional leaders saying he doesn't need new congressional authority to act. that would rule out any large scale air strikes and would seem to make it likely that the president would be leaning towards the idea of putting special forces into iraq. there is some reporting that we are getting that that number could be in the range of 100, but we'll wait to hear exactly what the president has to say on this. the discussions here are that those types of strikes would be much more like the targeted drone-type strikes we have seen in places like pakistan and yemen. >> 12:30 statement by president obama on the next course of action in iraq, coming on the heals of this lunch that you mentioned between secretary kerry and secretary hagel.

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time is running out at the supreme court with some big decisions before the justices head home for their summer break at the end of the month. our justice correspondent pete williams is standing by at the high court. pete, let's walk through some of the things that are at stake. >> reporter: well, we're still waiting for the big one of the term which is whether there's a religious exception that allows

private employers an escape hatch from the contraceptive mandate of the obamacare law. that's probably the most closely watched. we'll also hear about cell phone private privacy and the recess appointment power, the power of the president to fill vacancies when the senate is not in session. those are the bigger cases, along about no protest zones around abortion clinics. there are 11 decisions left to hand out. we got decisions today but they were all the more technical cases, so we'll get decisions again on monday, craig. >> that aereo case we should mention msnbc is among those opposing the claims. quickly here, can we read anything into the time that the justices are taking? >> reporter: yes. they're hard cases. >> pete williams, thank you so much. always appreciate your time.

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when la quinta.com sends sales rep steve hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. you know what he brings? any questions? can i get an a, steve? yes! three a's! he brings his a-game! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is news station. we are following breaking news at the top of this hour right now. president obama is meeting with members of his national security team and the president will deliver a statement on the situation in iraq at 12:30 eastern time. and we are learning president obama could unveil his plan for iraq by tomorrow. nbc's chuck todd is reporting he's been told they know they need to get something in place by the weekend. to the situation on the ground in iraq, fighting rages

on for control of iraq's main oil refinery. we're now hearing from a critical voice, the former commander of coalition forces in iraq, general david petraeus who was behind the surge in 2007. he spoke at a conference in london. >> this cannot be the united states being the air force for she ya militias or a she ya on sunni arab fight. it has to be a fight of all of iraq against extremists who do happen to be sunni arabs. in washington, the iraqi blame game is in full swing with even former vice-president dick cheney now clammislamming the president and his administration. he wrote, quote, rarely has a u.s. president been so