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sunni insurgency that is sweeping much of northern and western iraq. president obama set the show with miki. >> the test now, not just for mr. maliki, but all the relationship in iraq is are they able to set aside their suspicions, their sectarian preferences for the good of the whole. we don't know. the one thing i know is if they fail to do that, then no amount of military action by the united states can hold that country together. >> kerry diplomatic's offense comes as isis takes control of four more iraqi cities and border crossings with jordan and syria. the video obtained by reuters but not independently verified shows a border controlled by sis. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent is traveling with secretary of state kerry.

andrea, good morning. >> reporter: we're at the u.s. embassy. john kerry arrived to meet with all the players on all sides of the iraqi political debate. because they believe there is very little time before the insurgents are going to take and hold more ground. there's a real threat of iraq falling apart. a real civil war again. and parentally not -- partly because of prime minister maliki. his inability to reform a government, the refusal to include sunnis and kurds. they're trying to build pressure from other leaders in the region. kerry was in cairo yesterday meeting with the new egyptian president on a lot of issues but also on the fact that they want egypt and jordan and all the other leaders in the persian gulf, as well, to try to weigh in with sunni and shy ya leaders into the equation.

eye toll ya said yesterday that he does not want america getting involved. there's a push pull here with iranian influence, u.s. influence, and maliki very much in the middle and so far hanging on. >> nbc andrea mitchell in baghdad. thank you. let's bring in elliot ingall. good morning to you. and thank you for stopping by. >> good morning. >> secretary of state there to press on to the prime minister maliki you need to be more inclusive. how will it be different with him there saying this? >> well, i think it is a moment, unfortunately, grasping at straws. what maliki failed to do was be inclusive. in my opinion, it's part of the problem not a solution. he's there. he was elected democratically. and we have to deal with him. so what we have to try to convince him to do is have a coalition so that iraq doesn't break up. but at this point, itting loos

like that's a long shot. >> as secretary of state might be intimated they might be looking for the next step the new prime minister. is that part of the strategy. he's there with the leadership from kurds, sunnis, and shiites. i think the strategy is to say the united states, first of all, was not going to get militarily involved with boots on the ground. nobody wants that. the president doesn't want that. i think he's telling maliki if you don't do what you're supposed to do, try to be inclusive, we're not going support you. >> and part of that, congressman, as we speak, u.s. navy planning conducting surveillance missions over iraq. over 300 special forces being deployed. you poll out this morning on top showing a deeply divided public. 50% saying the u.s. didn't have a responsibility to do something about the recent violence in iraq. 42% saying the u.s. should do something. you support the president's military action so far. what is your case to the 50% who

say we shouldn't going back even if it's a very limited situation. very limited capacity >>well, i would say that when the russians were pushed out of afghanistan many years ago, we didn't go there. we let it fester. as a result, we got terrorists and safe havens and al qaeda and the taliban in september 2001. we cannot allow it to happen in iraq. if isis is left unfettered they'll be planning attacks against the u.s. mainland. we have to disrupt them. i don't think we have a solution. but we cannot and should not get involved with bots on the ground. in the ground war. there are a lot of things we can do. i know, that the administration is trying to do it. it won't be easy. but i think we have to work in conjunction with our allies and arab allies. we have a stake in protecting jordan, we have a stake in lots of things. i think that it's not an option

to ignore it or turn the other way. really it's not an option. we don't want to see another attack on the american homeland. >> the wall street journal front page. in an interview with morning joe the president talked about the difficulty. the challenges in respond together fast moving challenges in the middle east. let's listen to that. >> we're going have to deal with some of the worst impulses there. the extremism that isis represents. what we're not going to be able to do is play whack a mole and chase whenever extremists appear. occupy those countries for long periods of time, and think somehow that we're going to solve the problems. >> from a foreign policy perspective. what is the best option here? >> the best option, again, by the way, the president is right in what he said. i think the best option is for the united states to work with our allies in nato. europe is a lot closer in the middle east than geographically

than the united states is. this is a spill over from the civil war in syria. we have to try to end that as well as we can. and we have to just try to disrupt isis. no boots on the ground. we can't occupy countries. there are things we can do and should be doing. >> and as the problem seems to grow, we were reporting the border with jordan as well as syria right now. another headline from the new york times reads iraq's military seen as unlikely to turn the tide. so congressman, it's a troubling headline. military experts telling the times a quarter of iraq's military forces there are combat ineffective. one out of four. it's air force's minuscule, and the troop morale is low. how can it happen base order the investment. it's a question you have heard the united states made not only in training but in money. >> it's a good question. it's disheartening to see

iraqi-trained troops. we saw that a few days ago, abandoning their posts and letting isis run all over. i think that, you know, again, points to the fact, you know, we went into iraq on a lie. we were told that there were weapons of mass destruction by saddam hussein. we were fed faulty intelligence information, and we need to be very careful. but it's a fact. i mean, i think iraq will probably break up. these are the old colonial drawings of nations. there's nothing that say it is has to stay that way. you have the sunni, shia and kurd. you echo joe biden's thought on that. i thank you for your time today. we appreciate it. let's get the latest on the ground in iraq. live in the northern iraqi town. let's talk about the lack of

readiness. when we look at the iraqi military. the one out of four the new york times is saying is not capable. they are unlikely to be able to turn the tide. what is being done to address it that you're seeing? >> reporter: well, the iraqi army suffers from a lot of problems over the course of the last several years that have really taken root. part of that is actually the sectariani sectarianism. the senior leadership of the military did not reflect the diversity of the country, the morale was done, and part of the reason why the iraqi army melted away over the course of the early hours of the fighting against the isis mill about its because they felt they were opening their guns on their own people. as a result of that felt they didn't want to defend the government in baghdad. you need to reinstitute the iraqi army with a different docket rain and different mind set. try to cross breed the officers into different units and divisions. a lot hasn't happened. it didn't happen in the last couple of years. to try to do it now at the

accelerated rate is going to be difficult. more importantly, you also suffer from a very strategic problem, which is iraq's second largest city is hundreds of miles north of baghdad, close to the syrian border. to try to transport thousand of iraqi soldiers from baghdad and other areas where there are still units and divisions fighting side-by-side. to move them to mosul is difficult. they would have to go through areas where the local population is going to be hostile to them. they don't have the air capacity to transport those thousand of troops to hold on or retake the territories. >> there's the issue of supply chain. getting resources and supplies to those on the ground. with the development of the borders now -- with jordan as well as syrian being controlled by isis. what does mean in term of stemming the supplies fuelling isis? >> reporter: well, you're right. if you take a look at the syrian iraqi border. the majority has been december

ma -- decimated. they're allowed to transport weapons. some of the american humvees and helicopters could be transported to the syrian battle field. the only quiet border is on the jordan began side. say that have expressed a tremendous amount of concern that isis may begin to turn itself sights on to neighboring countries like jordan. perhaps even saudi arabia. we appreciate that. developing right now just learning the last of syria's chemical weapon stockpile has been handed over. they were loaded on a danish ship. syria's government agreed to hand over the 1300 ton stockpile after threats of possible military action from the united states. the chemical weapons will be destroyed at sea. former pow bowe bergdahl is being treated as on outpatient at san antonio.

the army said his reintergracious is ongoing. he's slowly being exposed to more people and social situations. the taliban captured bergdahl in 2009. he was freed as part of a prisoner swap last month. the fallout continuing in the scandal in department of affairs. the administrations have known about data manipulation of doctor appointments for two years according to records obtained by the arizona newspaper. it's sharp contrast to top officials claiming the first time they heard of the manipulation when the news broke in april. coming up hillary clinton has the money problem. not the fund raidsing type. is she at risk of appearing tone deaf over wealth. rand paul and dick cheney square off over the iraq war. >> were they right in the predictions. were there weapons of mass destruction there? >> rand paul, with all due respect, is basically an

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the crisis in iraq highlights strains within the republican party when it comes to foreign policy. the neocons versus the libertarians. element simultaneously kentucky senator rand paul and former vice president dick cheney talking about iraq. paul taking aim at iraq war architects. >> were they right in their predictions. there were weapons of mass destruction there. that's what the war was sol on. was the war won in 2005 when many of the people said it was won. they didn't really, i think, understand the civil war that would break out. what is going on now. i don't blame on president obama. maybe there's no solution. i blame the iraq war on the chaos that is in the middle east. >> on the other side, former

vice president dick cheney taking aim at senator paul. >> we spend our time debating what happened 11 or 12 years ago, we're going to miss the threat that is drawing and we face. rand paul, with all due respect, is basically an isolationist. he doesn't believe we ought to be involved in that part of the world. i think it's essential. >> this could be a preview of the debate, no doubt, over what type of foreign policy that gop voters want in 2016. joining me now is opinion writer dana -- cheney versus paul. we played sound there. whose view reflects what republicans want and think? >> well, the party is divided. you have two wings here. rand paul's isolationist wing and dick cheney's ext extraterrestrial wing. >> the e.t. wing. >> right. what he's doing is revising the last dozen or so years of

history. the fact of the matter is, the blame game doesn't matter. that's what we all sort of retreat to here in washington. but there's an actual crisis now. and if people would stop trying to figure out who is to blame and start to figure out what anything the united states can do. we would be in a better position. right now we're not having an effective response to this as people are arguing over events of the last decade. >> one contributing editor at conservative magazine national review wrote this, quote, left the left bemown the return of darth vader. the cheneys are right to raise the alarm. we have a lot of outer space illusions here today. e.t. and darth vader. >> i think they speak to a large part of the parties. there is a leadership vacuum right now in the party over foreign policy. a lot of issues. but in particularly foreign policy after the push years.

and you are seeing folks like rand paul really rev up people who are advocating a less aggressive foreign policy as they try to broaden their appeal to younger voters. people not in line with the iraq war. there's a large segment of the party, still, particularly in congress that support a more aggressive foreign policy. people who are much more hawkish. they dominate the senate republican conference. the chain knees are filling the vacuum. there aren't a lot of people who can generate that headline and get -- have the megaphone that the former vice president has. so in some regards, there are people who are happy that they're back. there are people on the more aggressive side, the more hawkish wing of the republican party. they like him being back in the fold to take on the people like rand paul who are challenging their point of view. >> i guess so, dana. is it hawkishness still there. there's a good portion of the party that have interest in what

cheney is saying. in recent times, you know, we haven't seen an isolationist republican get electsed. paul is looking at 2016. have times changed? >> i think they have to an extent. he's right that the majority of the congressional party remains that hawkish toward the interventionists. but they have gone to ground right now. and basically you have a john mccain standing up and lindsey graham standing up beating the drum saying we have to do something. others may be sort of passively inclined to agree. you're not hearing a lot of support. and, you know, the fact of the matter is, whatever you're ideology, everybody knows the whole nation is exhausted and even the most hawkish right now are not talking about significant ground troops. so i think you have reached a point of exhaustion here that is overriding everybody's ideology. >> exhaustion. another divide to talk about the mississippi runoff election between long time senator thad

co cochran and mcdaniel. take a listen to this. >> i feel like he's done a marvelous job working for the people of mississippi. he's brought industry in. he's brought money into this state. >> it takes money to get big things done. i think we should have more of a say so of what we want it spent on. >> so here we are. we have heard the turnout for the race is going key in what happens in the end here. does mcdaniel have the intensity to win it? >> he does. i think he has the advantage going in. the runoff elections typically favor the more activist type. the people more hard core base voters. those are the people that support medicare daniel. what you have seen cochran do is try to get democrats to the polls to the runoff. and people who are not nearly as conservative. the hard part for them is if mcdaniel wins, democrats have a chance. so we'll see if democratic voters will actually support thad knowing they have a chance

to knock off mcdaniel in the fall election. >> so dana, let me ask you the cancer question. if mcdaniel wins, les say more about thad cochran of the republican party? >> everybody will interpret it in a binunch of ways. i suspect obviously depends on what the result is here. i think you may actually see this playing into the iraq debate and the hawk debate. because cochran is standsing up for the internationalist credentials. if he goes down, that's another blow for any sort of american intervention. >> all right. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. still ahead. two texans are getting ready to wade into the humanitarian crisis at the border. as the plan to high hundreds of kids to california was processing was scrapped. we'll tell you what happened next.

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it's become a makeshift shelter if at least a thousand young undocumented immigrants since the last month. governor perry deciding to pump in an extra $1.3 million a week in border security funds. amid what he calls a humanitarian crisis. texas republican congressman mike mccall said this on meet the press sunday. take a listen. >> i have a crisis in my own state. we have what is nothing less than refugee camps at the air force base. i believe the failed border security strategy has resulted in this. i believe the messages, if you come to the united states within you can stay. and -- >> one solution to the situation in texas was scrapped sunday. the u.s. border patrol deciding against a plan to fly nearly 300 central american immigrants here to california from south texas for processing. joining us now is e lease field goally who covers immigrant

issues. any idea why border patrol decided to cancel the flight mans of moving them to california for processing? >> well, they so far hasn't said. they said things are in flux. what it shows is how much they're scrambling as they face the crisis. they have seen an influx -- they've seen more people coming in recent years. but this year has been such a massive increase that, you know, i think they're left scrambling for what you do with these kids. what do you with the families that need to be housed somewhere. there isn't enough room in these types of facilities. >> so one of the headlines on this monday is it looks like, you know, many of these kids, all the kids are not going anywhere any time soon because the development we were discussing. so the border states are they basically readying themselves for months or years of having to offer services to all the children? >> i think quite possibly. there haven't been any signs

that things are slowing con. even as the government hopefully gets a lot of these people into office of refugee resettlement end up resettling them with family members. even as it happens there will likely be more people coming in. these places along the border will continue to see the problem. going to continue to have to respond to the problem. so it certainly is a big crisis. it's something that the government is really trying to deal with as best it can. >> the amount of money we were talking about with rick perry, the governor of texas saying $1 minute 3 -- $1.3 million a week. is that enough? do we know the influx is enough to take care of all these children. >> right now they're not sure, i think. they're trying to figure out how to go about taking care of kids. right now the shelters they're putting in are so makeshift. they don't have enough, you

know, real beds for these kids. and so they need so much i think right now it's hard to predict how much they'll need. and on top of that is the amount of money that goes to helping these central american countries improve so that people don't want to flee them. and so it's going to be an enormously costly process. >> no doubt. elise, you've been reporting on the surge the obama administration is planning in the immigration enforcement. where are the flight plans factors into the surge and what does the surge intail? >> well, so the flight plans factor in they need to get the people into shelters. they need to get them into makeshift shelters that have more space so there is not so crowded or they need to get them into shelters that are better. so the flight pans are a part of it. they also are trying to process people more quickly. one of the important parts is sending more immigration judges to the border so they can look at the asylum claims and figure out whether they are legitimate

and deport them quickly or some of the people, you know, these children might be determined they're allowed to stay. in addition to that, there are these elements that are meant to quell some of the violence in central america. obviously that is much longer term issue. but they are trying to start dealing with that as soon as they can. >> and quickly, the refugee camp-like conditions we were listening to. at least from the quote, what do you know about that? >> well, it's essentially just a problem of these facilities right-hand turn set up to deal with so many people. >> is it -- >> i think they're improving. they're getting more funding and, you know, they're at least opening them a little bit more to reporters. i think that kind of is a sign they think they're getting better. it's not anywhere anywhere where it should be or what you want your kids to be in. >> thank you. huffington post, elys field goally. >> we go the white house where

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the white house if she runs in 2016. good monday to both of you. margie -- >> good morning. is there a fair concern, margie? >> well, i think it's important to remember that hillary clinton continues to be popular. she's net favorable. has been for years. and what she said people don't see me as part of the problem is true. we know that because her policies. and we know that her policies compare to anybody that the republicans can put forward are about fighting for the middle class, reducing income inequality, and voters don't pick their presidential candidates based on how wealthy they are or when they became wealthy and what speed. every presidential candidate is -- comes from some privilege. people look for a candidate who is going to fight for people like them. and they know hillary clinton has a track record. they know what her track record is. that's how she's going to be

judged. >> some of the numbers behind those who might be criticizing the former secretary of state. the washington post found this on the clinton's wealth. hillary clinton's speaking see if upwards of $200,000. in 2012 former president clinton got $16.4 million in speaking fees. during the '08 campaign, the clinton's tax returns show they earned $109 million over eight years. the clinton also own two homes together worth almost about $8 million. joe, how do the democrats here -- how are they going to counter the argument? margie gave up some idea. it's similar to how president obama signed romney in '16. >> that's right. i think the way you handled it. it's not unusual for presidents and first ladys, former secretary of state to command high fees for speaking in order to make money once they leave the presidency. it happens all the time with presidents. i think the idea for hillary clinton is to be honest about it. and not to try to down play the

fact that she and her husband have been extraordinary wealthy and made a lot of money since he left the white house. just be honest about it. talk about it. i think that's the way you deal with it. every time a candidate tries to sidestep the issue they get slammed on it. the best way is be open and honest. not drive it to the side or say we're rich but not really rich. be honest. say we earned our wealthy and are wealthy people but we care about middle class people. >> put aside by both your suggestions here. there might be some issues that may not be able to be addressed as easily because of the dynamic. margie, one of the democratic pushes income equality. that message, would it be removed because of the situation? >> no. absolutely not. look, again, we've had presidential candidates and presidents from all kinds of backgrounds. what voters are looking for is someone who is going to fight for people like them.

you can be recently wealthy and still want to reduce income inequal ifit inequality. they're not mutually exclusive. i think the voters will look at. in i think she could have answered the question in a way that would not have made news. i think vote whers they look at her and deciding whether or not to vote, they're not going to be looking at her speaking fees. they look what they have known about her for decades. >> joe, quickly to you. former south carolina chairman telling the washington post, i don't know whether it's just she's been madam secretary for so long. she's generating an image. she's been living 30 going on 40 years with somebody bringing your coffee to you ever morning. is it more downton abby than america? >> is it more than money? >> i suppose it's the perception that matters here. it may be the first time if secretary clinton is the

democratic nominee for president that the democrat nominee is far wealthier than whoever the republican nominee is. that being said, it'll still be a fight for middle class voters to share of policies that get people to back to work that provide people with maybe better health care options than they currently have. all of those things are very important. i think she has to be open with the american people about her wealth. and not hide from it and say that, you know, i'm rich but i'm not that -- i'm not like a rich person. because the perception becomes she's rich and she's trying to hide it. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. let's check the headlines. five hikers had to be air lifted out of the hills from glendale, california. as wild fire flames closed in. what started as a brush fire grew to 150 acres by nightfall sunday. nearly 200 firefighters are working to contain the flames. later today soccer star hope solo will appear in court to

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today the economic crisis hitting working families will get personal at the white house. here are some live pictures of the working families summit where president obama and several speakers will address the major issues facing families from paid maternity leave to raising kids on the minimum wage. chris jansing joins us. >> reporter: these are important kitchen table issues. there are solutions. in fact, companies are already addressing some of them.

they're going to hear a lot about families, the problems they face, and the companies and what they're doing about it. for example, let me gv you a couple of statistics. nearly half of workers in america have said that they have not taken another job, not taken a promotion because they thought it would have a negative impact on their family. and in a survey of 185 countries, only 3 don't have maternity leave policies. one of them is the united states. president obama's message is that's not acceptable. it goes beyond maternity and paternity leave. take a listen to what the president had to say. >> issues like equal pay for equal work. issues like child care. issues like workplace flexibility and paid family leave. those aren't just women's issues. those are family issues. >> reporter: so the question is what to do about it. the president is going to sign an executive action today. that will effect members of his

staff. but on a broader scale, it's very difficult. most of the large-scale challenges would require congressional action and i don't think anyone expect it is to happen. what they're going to do is put a push out there hoping to put pressure on some of these companies to take a look at other companies who say, look, when we do these kinds of actions that effect paid sick leave, paid parental leave, job protections. it helps us recruit and helps retention. that is the focus of the summit today, richard. >> chris, at the summit there's policies, as you were talking about, and data that you provided to us. behind all of that, some stories. what are some of the stories that are the atendees will probably hear about? >> one of the success story that's white house will point to is jetblue. everybody knows jetblue. they have more than 2,000 employees who can work at home. and they are able to go to training sessions, but day in and day out they're able to be with their families and with perhaps an ageing or perhaps

sick parent. what they're saying, their message is this is actually been financially successful for us in allowing us to retain important employees and, yes, while there is a cost upfront in the long run, it means a better and happier work force. and that makes a lot of economic sense, richard. >> nbc white house correspondent chris jansing. one of 12 walmart moms there today. a 25-year-old single mom working a the illinois walmart. many of the employees making less than $25,000 a year and having to take on food stamps. she joins us with more. good morning. you take home about $700 a month. how do you divide that up? >> i divide it up by -- i use $300 for my son's school. he goes to school and i pay $300 a month for school. and the rest goes toward my car note and goes toward a little bit of food. i also have my parents. they help me out a lot. i still live there. >> they help you as well.

you live with your parents. as you very well know here, 200,000 people signing a petition for the president to tackle income inequality, which they will be addressing today at the summit as chris was telling us. what do you and the other single moms hope to achieve at the summit today? >> we hope our voices can be heard. we also hope that the president can address the low wages we get and we want respect. we want to be treated as an equal. there's more working women now than before. we are hoping to get a better pay, respect, and treated as equal. >> now, walmart, as you know, being a walmart improved the pregnancy policy in marge. how is it better than before? >> it's better now because back then working, i mean, pregnant women wasn't able to get lighter duties. it hit home with me in february i had a miscarriage due to my assistant manager telling me i could not do lighter duties. he told me i was expected to

lift 50 pounds and i was four months. i miscarriaged the next day on walmart's bathroom. we got walmart to change their laws. when pregnant aboard the team they can get lighter duties if they want. >> walmart respond to the concern and said, walmart provides accommodations virtually every day for our associates' individual needs. in this case, we can't find anything to suggest that miss holmes notified the store of a pregnancy or miscarriage or she asked an accommodation. had she done so, of course, we would have provided her an accommodation, end quote. what is your response to that? >> my response is that's not true. i told my assistant manager that i was pregnant. i actually told him i was three months and two weeks. i asked for lighter duties. he told me when i signed up to do the job i was expected to

lift 50 pounds. the day before that i was lifting two bottles of bleach and my back was hurting and i miscarried on their property. >> you're part of a campaign as well called respect the bump. what is the reaction to the campaign? what is it about? how is walmart reacting to that? >> we're with the respect the bump campaign. it's about respecting the bump. respecting women that are pregnant in the work force. not retaliating against us because we're pregnant. not trying to cut our hours. not giving us heavy duties. so -- >> it's part of all of that. bnent holmes thank you. >> thank you for having me. you know sergeant has officially begun when joe biden is wielding a super soaker! where he was when the picture was snapped after the break. ♪

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