. >> alfonsi: scott joins us from the jord man capital amman. scott, how long will the jordanians be willing to accept these refugees? >> reporter: well, sharyn, the ruler of jordan is chitted to the humanitarian project here, but jordan is neither a wealthy nor populous country. there are only eight million people here, compared to 50 million in syria and iraq. today, one of the refugee camps is among jordan's largest cities, so the country is really feeling the strain. but, shoorin, one of the largest contributors in the world to all of this is the united states, giving jord about $1 billion a year in aid. >> alfonsi: all right, thank you, scott pelley reporting from amman tonight. the crisis in iraq is driving oil prices higher. oil closed in london today at $114 a barrel. that's up about $6 in the past two weeks. anna werner tells us gasoline prices are heading up, too. >> reporter: the coff of a gallon of gas often goes down this time of year, but it's already six cents higher than a year ago, largely because energy traders are worried abou

he's following the developments from amman, jordan. what do we understand now?ment in iraq is meeting to decide if they're going to declare a state of emergency. they also, through state tv, say they've retaken the important town of tikrit. it's far from clear whether or not that's true and accurate. ice s isis, on the other hand, threatening more and more to come. >> reporter: the battle is not yet raging, says an isis spokesman in a chilling new message, reportedly uploaded by the terrorist group. don't give

this is 80-year-old amman duncan at home closing his gate at night when these two jerks in mask come up to this y, force their way in, knock him down,o begin ransacking the place. he was not going to be scared. they tried to fight back. he kicked one guy in the groin and also hit another guy with a beer bottle nearby. he did put up a fight. didn't suffer serious injuries, was taken to the hop but okay. they stole electronics, cash. but this guy's widower and stole his deceased wife's wedding ring and engagement ring. that he was hanging on to as well. >> that will make you mad. so will this. from aberdeen in scotland, this woman here, beverly bernie, working at wilson's news agents, like a convenience store, she had been working there for 30 years. now you'd think, 30 years service, trust an employee, i can count on old bernie. check out bernie, going inside the register, take money and putting it in her back pocket. in this video that we're watching right here, five separate times she's caught on security camera taking money from the till, from the register, counting it, and then pu

. >>> want to bring foreign correspondent, amman, explain to us what you're seeing on the ground. how are people reacting to the news and the spread of isis. all right, we're having trouble with our shot with eamon. we'll get back to him there. >>> as the iraq descends into chaos, mitt romney took -- >> the result of the president to react appropriately a couple of years ago in syria and also his failure to achieve a status of forces agreement to have an armed presence in iraq. bad things happen as result of inaction. >> when romney increasingly making his presence known in the 2014 election cycle endorsing candidates all over the map. now he's using his experience from 2012 to ding at a possibly 2016 run for hillary clinton. >> the playbook on her is to look at her record, consider what happened around the world in the years that she's been secretary of state. her most recent comments as she was rolling out the book, whether the bergdahl trade was one that presented a threat to the u.s. she came back with a clueless answer. >>> want to go back to erbil, iraq and with eamon. how a

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has retreated and militants are running and manning checkpoints in large stretches of the baghdad amman highway. >> the army has withdrawn from the border. this is an unstable border. the entire situation is unstable. only the police remain here. >> the armed islamist militants are now are 35 kilometers away from this part of the border. >> the capture of the main border crossing with jordan mes after the fall of four towns in the islamic state of syria. that has cut the main boundary to its neighbor making jordan a target for the al qaeda breakaway group. meanwhile, the u.s. state, john kerry, has warned of the isis activity for the entire region. with iraqi security forces fleing, it's up to jordan, an u.s. ally, to dispatch reinforcements to protect itself from the conflict. >> the israeli prime minister is warning that more troops and tanks may be deployed to the goalan heights if required. benjamin netanyahu's comments come a day after israeli air strikes on military positions which left 10 dead. those strikes were in response to an early crossing the border attack of that cost the

team of correspondents on this and begin with margaret brennan, traveling with secretary kerry now in amman, jordan. margaret. >> reporter: top sunni and shiite leaders will begin crafting a political solution to this crisis, but kerry also said the threat of i.s.i.s. on the ground, u.s. could take military action before the new government is formed. >> they do pose a threat. they cannot be given safe haven anywhere because, given safe haven, they will continue to plot against governments locally, regionally and abroad. >> reporter: following a nearly two-hour long meeting with prime minister nouri al-maliki, kerry said the u.s. will continue to work with the iraqi government. >> the support will be intense, sustained and, if iraq's leaders take the necessary steps to bring the country together, it will be effective. >> reporter: kerry said prime minister maliki will abide by the country's constitution and begin forming the new government next week. >> pelley: thank you very much. the civil war is between the two main branches of islam, sunni and shia. maliki's government is predominantly s

james rosen joins us from amman jordan. before secretary kerry made it to jordan, he met with a strategic partner in the middle east, if you would tell us about that first. >> jordan is secretary kerry's second stop on the week long tour of capitols which is unfolding as we know. very tight security. earlier the secretary became the highest ranking u.s. official to visit egypt since the national election last month. a large part of kerry's message to egypt and other sunni allies in this region was to urge them to do more to cloak off financing for is the islamic state in syria and iraq, which kerry describes as a highly capable terrorist organization and a ruthless and well financed criminal syndicate, that is mounting an assault on the central government of baghdad. >> we also discussed as i said earlier, the grave security situation in iraq. over the next week, i will make the same case to other leaders that i made to the president tod today. isil or dash as many people call it here is the ideology of violence and repress

margaret brennan is traveling with john kerry and joins us from amman, jordan tonight.argaret, isis appears to be taking this fight to jordan now, what is the secretary hoping to accomplish? >> reporter: well, jeff, the secretary's leaning hard on arab leaders to use their influence in baghdad to get iraqi politicians to quickly form a new government, one that has support from tribal leaders that the u.s. hopes will then stand up and resist the isis offensive. kerry is also trying to cut off funding for isis. the u.s. believes that it's private donations from donors in gulf countries that are fueling these insurgents. >> iran is playing a role now, they made new comments today. how does the u.s. view the role of iran? >> reporter: well, the u.s. acknowledges that any new leader in iraq is going to need the support of iran, but so far, tehran is sending some mixed messages about whether or not it will continue to back prime minister maliki or whether it will broker the type of political solution that the obama administration wants. i asked kerry today about the supreme l

crisis in iraq at the top of the agenda, our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitch sl in amman, jordan tonight with more on the diplomatic efforts. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. john kerry is trying to get iraq's government to stand up to the militants. but privately u.s. officials don't think that will happen as long as prime minister maliki is in charge. kerry arrived in jordan tonight and is expected to travel soon to iraq. his trouble shooting mission began earlier today in cairo hoping egypt's new president will help pressure iraq to form a new government quickly before isis grabs even more territory. but resentment against the u.s. runs deep here. an egyptian asked if america wasn't responsible for all this by invading iraq. >> what is happening in iraq is not happening because of the united states in terms of this current crisis. the united states shed blood and worked hard for years to provide iraqis the opportunity to have their own government. a . >> reporter: kerry puts the blame squarely on isis. >> thery're the ones marching t disturb the c

secretary of state starting us out from amman, jordan. >>> back in this country t sunday evening roller coaster ride that had much of the nation kicking and screaming all at once, right up until the stunning turn of events in the closing seconds. it turns out last night's u.s.a.-portugal game was the most watched soccer game ever broadcast on american television, just under 25 million americans tuned in and spent today recovering as a result. nbc's bill neely reports from brazil. >> usa. >> reporter: american fans were defiant leaving the game. >> we love you, we love you. >> reporter: this was a tie that felt like a loss. >> really tough. >> the worst thing to ever happen to me. >> so close! it was literally the last play of the game. >> reporter: emotions were high from the start. the u.s. had goals until five minutes put jermaine jones put the u.s. level. captain clint dempsey had players and fans alike believing it was game over until this. there had been just seconds left. the faces said it all, and not just at the stadium. >> usa, usa. >> reporter: in chicago a crowd of 20,000 wat

spilled over the border, not only to launch inacks in lebanon, but back 2006, they launched attacks in amman, jordan. they have also had attacks in turkey. all of the neighbors of this -- at this point they have a border with saudi arabia. hopefully, part of secretary of state carries diplomacy, in addition to shoring up national consensus within a rock that would support the iraqi , also would be reaching out to saudi arabia and other gulf states to have them cut down on their support for islamist militants inside iraq. >> any response from the white house today about israeli airstrikes into syria? >> no, they have been quite about that, but i am sure there is no problem that the u.s. has with that. that is a separate situation. israel has from time to time .eached into syria in this case it is sort of a counterattack from a border attack that they had. >> onto thank you very much. steve, rob joining us and my thanks to jim phillips of the heritage foundation. let's move from iraq now to argentina. thatove follows reports the country may be closer to reaching a deal with its creditors. join

he's following the developments from amman, jordan. what do we understand now? >> the government in iraq is meeting to decide if they're going to declare a state of emergency. they also, through state tv, say they've retaken the important town of tikrit. it's far from clear whether or not that's true and accurate. ice s isis, on the other hand, threatening more and more to come. >> reporter: the battle is not yet raging, says an isis spokesman in a chilling new message, reportedly uploaded by the terrorist group. don't give up a hands' width of ground you have liberated, he says. only over your dead bodies and march towards baghdad because we have scores to settle there. isis already closing in 100 miles north seizing tikrit, the hometown of saddam hussein. mosul, iraq's second largest city, and parts of beijing, an oil refining town, iraq's foreign minister said action is needed. >> i hope this incident really will lead all iraqi leaders to come together to face this serious mortal threat to the country. >> reporter: suggesting a wider aim by the terrorists. se

amman. a major announcement today about a driverless car. one could be on your screen within six months. >> simon is joining me today. >> on friday we hit fresh all-time highs, taking a bit of a breather so far, today at least, as we embark on the afternoon session. it's interesting, of course, the s&p 500 is up about 6% year to date underperforming, the dow is up about 2%. one of the major reasons to that is 23 of the dow 30 stocks have hit 52-week highs, seven have not. so are they now poised to catch up? and can you make money from them? dom chu is on the case. >> so, simon, yeah, those seven stocks have not made 52-week highs so far, but we looked at them to see what the stars are. is there a way to help thing out? because all seven of them, none have gained value since the dow first 4i9 16,000 back in november of last year. number seven here, which is nike, year to day shares are still down 4.5%. there's concern right now. obvious lir the world cup is kicking out of. adidas versus nike, but for nike shares they have been a laggard. numb

the organising committee denies the accusations saying amman was not involved.ashar al-assad is expected to one a 7-year term. millions will not be able to cast ballots. james bays looks at how the community responded to the situation. they are the two most senior diplomats in the world. former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan and veteran negotiator lakhdar brahimi, but all efforts failed. peace in syria seems a distant prospect. the death toll is higher than anyone imagined when the conflict started. no one is able to keep an accurate kouftenlt it is, without -- count. it is, without doubt a deadly conflict. annan and lakhdar brahimi's peace efforts were based on a rare moment of international agreement, the geneva accord of june 2012, and it called for a transitional government in syria with quif powers. lakhdar brahimi got both sides to come to geneva, to work out how to create the transitional government. the bashar al-assad delegation would not agree with the agenda. there's no chance of a government if president bashar al-assad is relcted. >> for the -- r

tell me if they can move some of those employees out to the north, to basra in the south, across to amman in jordan with a support office, this will ease some of the burden on the staff in baghdad if they need to, you know, ride this out for a while. additional additionally, if things take a turn for the worse and there has to be a full evacuation, this will also ease the burden of having to evacuate so many people at once. on the flip side of that, michael, these people are nearby, they can be brought back to baghdad if this crisis is over quickly. >> all right. thanks so much, elise there, also nic. earlier i discussed this increasingly grave situation with iraq's first head of state, allawi after the fall of saddam hussein and won more seats than nuri al malaki in the 2010 election only to be out-maneuvered in forming a coalition. we'll have more of this conversation later in the program and one thing to show you is his answer to a question of whether u.s. intervention of any type was a good idea. >> the u.s. is being asked to help out militarily, perhaps from the air. do you think tha

he's ending the day in jordanian capital amman. he was in cairo earlier, talking to the new incoming president who has been in power for 10 days, abdul fatah al-sisi, and the foreign americans and the head of the arab league and his message was washington recognises egypt has been though a difficult transition from the days of the arab spring, but there was a desire for the transition to be successful. it's not all sweetness and like. the u.s. looking for big improvements in the realms of politics and human rites and other areas. secretary kerry mentioned the detention of journalists and n.g.o., including the three al jazeera journalists and would prefer for ses to refer -- abdul fatah al-sisi to refer to those issues in the coming days and weeks. on iran, secretary of state john kerry in cairo saying it's not the yats fault what is happening -- united states fault what is happening with i.s.i.l., and the u.s. wants to see the irane people choose a group of leaders that will represent all of them. when that happens, the u.s. will b

let's get the latest on the ground in iraq from foreign i do not amman mohyeldin. >> reporter: it is northeast of the capital baghdad and sits on the same highway that links the two cities together. if they're able to overrun baqubah and bring it under its control, it's symbolically important because it's the capital of the diyala province and a short drive into the capital baghdad. they can then use baqubah as a staging ground for trying to launch the type of attacks they would need to if they wanted to create havoc in the capital or perms some point try to overrun the city or parts of the city. but for the time being, the iraqi army says they have been capable of repelling any isis attempts to overtake baqubah but that's the scene of intense fighting and an incident at police station that left 44 detainees killed and been trade of accusations of both sides who's responsible for this. >> nbc's ayman, thank you so much for that report. >>> one day after secretary of state john kerry opened the door with responsible engagement with iran, some members of congress are pushing back. here

you might have seen the headlines, amman zo drone plan runs into the faa.e's planned drone delivery illegal. but that's not the case. amazon has so much money and power riding on this technology we wanted to get to the bottom of it richard quest is outside to fly such drone first thing you got amazon you got facebook you got google you got mcdonald's want to deliver to people's home. if droens were able to fly and deliver things the sky would be the limit. >> the faa is saying if you're a hobbyist if it's recreational if it's under 400 feet, then the faa's not interested. they're not going to regulate it if you're doing it safely. but commercial operations would not be recreational flights. flights for the furtherance of business would not be hobby flights and they are likely to be regulated. >> and who knows what that means. >> absolutely. >> but the ban won't be the thing. >> no, they won't be banned. they'll be regulated. what would that mean in reality. >> there we go. why is it that i'm supposed to swifble in my air while you get tot fly. >> because wo

andrea mitchell, nbc news, amman, jordan. >>> concerns over the turmoil in iraq are expected to affect the price at the pump in the coming weeks. the lundberg survey reports that the average price of gas rose about two cents a gallon nationwide over the last two weeks to $3.71 a gallon. according to the survey, crude oil prices have gone up a bit and will likely go higher as the violence in iraq continues. >>> here the breakdown in our region. aaa says that drivers are paying an average of $3.77 a gallon in philadelphia, $3.66 per gallon in delaware. and $3.53 in south jersey. >>> tonight in montgomery county, ten families are out of their homes after a fire spread through their apartment building. the fire started around 6:15 this morning inside the building on 4th street and pennsburg. the flames were extinguished in 45 minutes. nobody was hurt. the american red cross has been providing food, clothing, and shelter to the people who have nowhere to go. >>> it was a crime that police say had deflated the fun in one south jersey family after a manbounce and a dunk tape -- moonbounce and

they're going down the road that links damascus and amman.g to get the whole border area under control. we're not going to see much fighter from the iraqi army until they get closer to baghdad. i think it almost looks like to me that the iraqi army has ceded most of this territory and are setting up the battle to defend baghdad. >> ambassador hill, does that worry you that the fighting would -- if there is fighting or some resistance from the iraqi army it would be when isis is so close to baghdad? >> well, it is clear that the iraqi army has ceded the western part of iraq, and what we really have a de facto partition which i don't think is very good news for the future of iraq. i think also isis is very interested in maintaining that connection with syria. after all, they're claiming to make a single caliphate. we have a transborder issue right now. and the iraqis are incapable of defending their own -- their own border. lots it worry about. >> that's what's confusing, i guess, colonel. why is iraq so indefensible at this point? it outnumber

my wife, barbara, and two sons are in amman.i'm grateful that my family has been gained for every new posting. mr. chairman, i am both humbled and thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as chief of mission at the american embassy baghdad. one of our largest and most complex diplomatic missions. i served in iraq twice as you mentioned, and a structure for iraqi affairs on the national security council. these jobs have helped me to prepare for the complexity and challenges of the assignment ahead. we are also me with a history of iraq's past decade. it is impossible to serve in iraq without recalling and honoring the sacrifice and achievement of our u.s. servicemen and women and civilians. more than 4000 lost their lives but they also put an end to the oppression and regional threat of the saddam hussein regime. today, we are all committed to help build a new iraq, securing its borders with strong, democratic institutions where all can benefit from its abundant resources. i rock has indeed made important economic and democratic

he's currently serving as our ambassador in amman, jordan. and in our embassy in egypt. dana shell smith is truly a global diplomat. served throughout the world in her capacity as a public affairs officer. she too is a career foreign service officer. s rank of minister counselor currently serves as senior adviser to the undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs. so let me thank you. let me join senator corker this thanking all for your service both past and moving forward in the future. we have a large audience than we normally have for nominees so i assume there may be some family members or friends. >>> if they are here with you, we would urge you to induce them to the committee when you have your time to testify. we understand and appreciate that families are a big part of the sacrifice and the service and we honor their willingness to have you be willing to serve our country as they themselves face sacrifices as a result of it. your full statements will be included in the record without objection, so we ask you to summarize your openings in about five mi

has pulled out 35 of its employees from iraq, sending them across the border into amman. the u.s. isn't taking any direct action right now in iraq. again the white house weighing all of its options but they have several aircraft carriers and war ships heading to that region. biggest issue is, if the u.s. does take any type of military action there, do they have a partner on the ground, an iraqi military on the ground that will help on the ground? we've seen them fleeing instead of fighting. it is tough to say that the u.s. has a partner on the ground in iraq right now. >> connor powell, thank you. >>> the u.s. embassy located in baghdad's green zone. remember that? it houses our largest diplomatic post in the world. right now there are about 5,000 people working there, including about 100 non-combat military members. >>> though the embassy remains open right now, about 1,000 of those americans are leaving in fact for jordan or consulates in smaller iraqi cities like basra. 500 marines are also on their way to the persian gulf but there are no plans to actually evacuate yet. >>> no

to the original religious side where you have our gulf allies all sunni and the potential healdge amman in e gulf are the iranians. we don't want to get back into that. we don't really understand this. we've been out of there too long. we've lost our intelligence viewpoint, the eyes on the ground and an understanding if we ever had one of what's going on over there. now is not the time for us to jump back in. >> thank you so much for your insight. we really appreciate it, captain chuck nash joining us. thanks. >> my pleasure. >> he always has such great incredible insight. >>> you can find an abundance of sodium in some of our favorite foods. now the fda is proposing a plan to make them less salty. we'll tell you what's in store and how it could affect your diet. >>> also, get this. gm facing a new lawsuit. what's at stake with that? and what it makes for the company. >>> i'm not afraid of the truth and i'm not going to accept business as usual at gm. it's time, in fact, it's past time to insist on total accountability and to make sure vital information is shared across all functions of

we learned as we landed in amman that isis had reached just within 0 miles of the or-- 70 miles of theordanian border, pushing up toward syria, opening a corridor from syria toward baghdad and now jordan. you know, every day you have a reminder of how it threat as secretary kerry said, extends far beyond iraq. >> it does, indeed. do we know yet whether the military advisers have any legal protections to go into iraq? >> reporter: it's a remarkable question to be asking. the fact is we don't have that answer yet. on thursday, u.s. officials were saying they were confident that u.s. troops that are already on the ground in iraq in the embassy compound, some of which are going to be retasked with this surveillance mission, they're okay. but that new troops were coming in, u.s. officials said they were confident the iraqis would give them that protection. i asked secretary kerry today do they have that protection, i asked other officials, they said it is still being worked out. still a question to be worked out. they say they're working it actively and believe the iraqis will get. it after

think of the leaders in riyhad, amman, jerusalem, seoul, tokyo, they're worried and being very clear about it. the next disaster is the eye rangian weapons field, the subject of that book. by the way, megyn you're on page 87 of that book. you're one of the good guys. they all ask, when i go overseas, where's megyn. >> right here. >> you're much popular with the troops than obama. you know what they called december 2012? obama bugout. >> people supported pulling troops out of iraq, which is why colonel, it's curious, when you see barack obama asked, specifically, do you regret p l pulling all of the troops out of iraq? you think he would stand by the decision he once made and defended in a debate with m.iit romney and so on. this is what we got. >> do you wish you had left a residual force in iraq. any regrets about that decision in 2011. >> that wasn't a decision made by me, it was a decision made by the iraqi government. >> well, we all know he could have, if he wanted to. he could have left enough troops that maliki would have agreed to. by the time he cut it down to 3,000, maliki

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the military personnel would take them to amman or basrah in the southeastern part of iraq. if there is strike or drone support or u.s. activity that will help the iraqi army counter the offensive, where would they go? we talked about mosul and tikrit. but this is the section the isis now controls. so those can be some tarring test as we move forward. why is that so important? the president will talk about it with the leading in the members of the white house and senate. john boehner said he wants a coherent strategy from the white house to figure out all the american gains, all that blood and treasure were not lost. martha: we heard from some experts on this program that they think isis is not as powerful as they fear. but they are extremely well funded and that leads up to a difficult situation to combat. as the situation in iraq deteriorates the chorus of criticism for the white house is growing louder. vice president cheney releasing a scathing op-ed. he writes this. rarely has a up s. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many. let's bring in chris

the sunday times" painting this trail of bribery that involves the former football official mohommad ammans much as it clearly shows. because if you look at the fact he was handed a life sentence earlier on for conflict of interest as president of the acc, so he himself has been involved already in a lot of pesky issues. what they are questioning is to what extent did he know about the ongoing process with qatar. he said he's respecting the state of qatar during the bidding process. that's what "the sunday times" sheds light on. i have looked through a lot of the documentation, a lot of e-mails and brazen communication. you would be shocked if you read some of the material. again, cnbc has not been able to independently verify any of it, but it raised a lot of questions. qatar drew the supreme court for delivery and has made it clear that it has nothing to do with that. it's denied all allegations of wrongdoing. and also made it clear that it has to convince hayman about qatar's position to host the world cup. in any case, there's a lot of unanswered questions. we have to see how the meeti

last 24 hours, john kerry is in baghdad as we speak after visiting cairo and amman. the american general reported that the iraq he army is in shambles and cannot stand up to face the most more formidable isis. during the past couple of months, the situation has become untenable with the erosion of the power of the central and thent in baghdad empowerment of the rebels, both in syria and iraq, which have gathered together under the name of isis, islamic state of iraq and syria. they have crossed the border recently and in no time at all have rolled over major cities including the second-largest become iraq. they have an unstoppable force. nothing could stop them and needless to say this has generated a great deal of interest in the region, in iraq and in the united states. this president of the united states, president obama, who is so averse to military intervention, has found it impossible to avoid iraq again, after he was so happy to leave it. that's why you have mr. kerry there. that's why you have actual forces as experts in iraq to see how to mount what the pres

on defense forever and run this -- hedge ammanic way for 40-50 years. but that's not what it's saying. it would take something sforblee flip our politics in another direction. so more powers -- more politically mobilized and armed groups of every kind all so the u.s. can play a much tighter game. to me implemental adjustment looks insufficient. we need to set policies more rig lousely and subas i dies the security and others muchless generously. thank you. [applause] >> we have time for a few uestions of professor posen. >> yes. go ahead, sir. >> john with the american conservative. professor, how about our allies? can you add to here in the view of the prior panel what we have compared sometimes to athens eaninged land our empire, but we have all these allies of that in many cases can trigger events that get us into wars very closely we have discussed a few islands and uninhabited in the pacific. can you elaborate how would you strategy work with endure of our allies and their commitments and can they drag us into wars? the worst example is serbia trig

some sent to amman. but the embassy is inside ring after ring of security. it is in the green zone. and it is perhaps one of the securest buildings inside baghdad. that's been ramped up with an additional 100 marines on the ground. it is the embassy itself very secure. the fact that this -- these additional -- this additional marine and airlift capability is in the gulf is an indication of the potential for -- potential level of concern that there should be something on stand by if the situation escalates and gets worse. >> and there on the ground, are you feeling or sensing a clamoring of the iraqi security forces as well as u.s. marines protecting the embassy there, are you feeling they're kind of getting ready for a fight? >> i think all bets are off. nobody really wants to make predictions on this at the moment. why? because we saw this rapid move in towards baghdad from isis. their goal is to surround the city and take the international airport on the enl of the cidge. they're getting slower. they're moving into problems to the province to the north and around. why? because it

consulates in basra and erbil and to the iraq support unit in amman.ow there have been a number of times we have filed similar war power resolution letters and when we we needed to augment security. and that is consistent with that. the military moved approximately 100 personnel into the area for logistics support if required. but we are not -- that is a very discreet and distinct mission. we are not as the president made clear, contemplating a of sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> you are putting americans into a country that has a crumbling security situation, are you not? >> well, again, for this absolutely important mission, which is to ensure the security of our personnel who are there and we have obviously although we have reduced the number of personnel and are relocating the ones that i mentioned we do have a number of americans there and it's the right thing to do, make sure we have the right personnel necessary to provide them the security they need. jeff. >> jay, congratulations. good luck. >> thanks. is that it? >> we're done.

nic robertson in amman, jordan, tell us when's happening on the ground. >> reporter: we know that the iraqi government supposed to meet today to declare a state of emergency. guess what. they couldn't get enough mps to show up to make the vote happen and that's an indication of how divided the country is, underpins the rapid advance through the country. the prime minister clearly not in control. not able to bring about enough influence to make political compromises, to even get a state of emergency declared. despite that, we have heard from the state television saying that the government troops have taken control of tikrit. that city about 100 miles north of baghdad. they say they've taken control of it from isis but they haven't offered any evidence of taking control of it yet. even if they did, it is a long way from mosul. there are other controls isis controls between baghdad and mosul for the government to be able to reinforce the forces there and also heard now that the kurdish forces in iraq have taken control of kirkuk province and not sits well for nuri al malaki and iraqis. w

jim acosta is at the white house and our senior international correspondent nic robertson is in ammane white house has had a rocky relationship with prime minister maliki and now he's being asked to come to the rescue. how is that being handled behind closed doors. >> you can lay irony on top of irony here. this is a president who xwaned on a promise of ending the iraq war. he did that nearly three years ago. now he is on the precipice of making a critical decision as to whether or not to reengage the united states militarily in that country. it's a big critical moment for this president. there's no other way to put it. keep in mind, carol, i've talked to senior administration officials all morning. they say the president has not made a decision yet on whether to proceed with some sort of air strikes over iraq, targeting isis militants. i have been told that the president may decide on a route to proceed this weekend and that route may include air strikes. so we're just going to have to wait and see how they proceed on this. another senior administration official says the white house

secretary kerry plans to stay in cairo for only a few hours before heading the amman, jordan, where he'll meet with government leaders to discuss the insurgency and the political crisis in neighboring eye rachblth it looks like sunni militants have seized yet another town in western iraq. that's the fourth to fall. two members of the al qaeda offshoot i.s.i.s. residents are negotiating with the militants for the right to leave because an iraqi army unit outside of town is threatening to start shelling there. in fact, families in towns across the west are trying now to flee t. iraqi military released this video of the military aircraft patrolling the skies north of bagdad. the advances that i.s.i.s. has made this weekend dealt a serious blow to the future of the government of shiite prime minister nuri almaleki. we want to get to the latest from nbc current amen ar dean. what is secretary of state kerry hoping to accomplish with this trip? >> reporter: well, there's a regional and local implications for his visit. no doubt about it that his major concern when he comes to this part of the m

events of the last 24 hours where kerry is actually in baghdad as we speak after visiting cairo and ammannd the, iraqi, iraqi forces have lost control over several border checkpoints with syria and one with jordan. the, the american general reported that the iraqi army is in shambles and can not stand up to face much more formidable isis. during the past couple of months the situation has become untenable, with ther rogues of the power of the central government in turkey -- in baghdad and the empowerment of the rebels both in syria and in iraq which have gathered together under the name of isis, islamic state of iraq and syria. they have crossed the border recently and in no time at all they rolled over major cities including mosul, the second largest city in iraq. they have become an unstoppable force. nothing could stop them and this needless to say generate ad great deal of interest in the region, in iraq and in the united states. this president of the united states, president obama, who is so averse to intervention, military intervention and foreign ventures has found it impossible to

and i was thinking as we were flying in today from amman to baghdad, in this c-17 with secretary of states. militant s too radical for al qaeda. al qaeda kicked them out of the club, in fact. that's a real danger going forward. that's what the iraqis are presented with. that's what the u.s. is presented with. and you get the sense that these 300 soldiers, that this is a longer term commitment than weeks or months, it is a problem that will take a long time to solve going forward. >> it has been surprising for many just how quickly isis militants gained ground and moved completely west into the anbar province. jim sciutto on the ground in baghdad. jim, thank you very much. he's traveling with secretary kerry, talking with jim throughout the show. >>> president obama speaking out about the iraq situation. he did that in our interview, one on one. does he think there is a chance for peace in that region? here's what he had to say. >> you really believe in your gut that those -- this change can happen, that they can unify in iraq? >> i think we'll know soon enough. they don't have a lot of ti

. >> sounds like somebody messed up and it wasn't you, amman dap we're going to follow this story. emotional. we'll follow this and thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. i want to tell everyone that i appreciate all of the support i'm gettingen it's lifting my spirits right now. >> you deserve it. >> we reached out to miss america organization and have not heard back. >> she worked hard for it. >> don't make us send meredith vieira down there to talk to you. >> we have to keep -- so sad to see her cry like that. >>> major shakeup, people may be crying at meredith's old home "the view." the popular daytime show losing two hosts, sheri shepherd and jenny mccarthy. sheri tweeted out news thanking fans for seven seasons on the show. and jenny, who has been on the show a year tweeted "if sheri goes i go #sisters" saying it's a decision to evolve the show, creatively. >> well, they've broken down the show. whoo whoopi's just left. i was teasing people. >> it's the same rumor that evolved about rosy. >> may be returning which i don't know if it's true. >> rebuild the whole