fighting has been fierce around abu bakr al-baghdadi -- around baghdadi. that base is home to u.s. military trainers and the coalition partners, and an attempted suicide bombing attack. according to security sources, i.s.i.l. retook the bridge on the euphrates river. after that they sent a military truck with suicide bombers to try to bomb a gate to the base. they didn't make it to the gate. they did make it to a checkpoint. that's where three suicide bombers detonated. several officers and soldiers were killed in the attack. baghdadi is where families are under siege. the military opened a corridor to avoid the treacherous route to the capital, or vending them on an around about route by road. there's few families left and the situation is still dire. >> an iraqi air strike is said to have fuel fighters. it is believed to have sheen attack in western iraq. i.s.i.l. commanders are among the injured. for months now videos showing a masked man threatening to behead westerners in iraq and syria shocked the world. now he's been identified as a kuwaiti born british man from london. lawr

iraqi troops have been trying to take baghdadi back from the group. town is close to an air base used by u.s. and iraqi soldiers which was also attacked by suicide bombers on thursday. >> reporter: the iraqi military is continuing to evacuate families from the city of baghdadi amid fierce fighting there. isil has taken a bridge between the city of baghdadi and haditha, that in that vast western province where tribes combined with iraqi military are trying to fight isil. but it still controls most of the province and fighting has been particularly fierce around baghdadi which is near the huge air force base which is home to u.s. and iraqi fighters. according to security sources, isil retook the bridge on the you fray tease river, after that they sent a suicide bomber to try to bomb a gate to the base. they didn't make it to the gate but they did make it to a check point nearby just a couple of kilometers away. that's where at least three of those suicide bombers detonated. several iraqi officers and soldiers were also killed in the attack. baghdadi is

why don't we know more about baghdadi?formation about it we know we want him and know we want the information. what's the problem? >> three times now he has been forecast to have been killed. twice forecasted to been wounded. turns out none of that may be. certainly he is not bed he is still wounded he's getting around. we have zero human, rue man intelligence does not exist. >> they need their heads in agreement. >> peas people have lurned how to dress. >> we systematically minded s ourselves we don't have our own eyes and ears on the ground any more. we became sri rely p ant. this administration hadz gotten out of the interrogation business they have gotten into business with killing operatives with drones. you have that intelligence vacuum as well. >> these are hard targets as colonel north ak sen rated we are lacking human intelligence. while we have other means to collect on these targets they are evading our various counter measures in part because of the weeks inside of our own government and in part there are a lot

why don't we know more about baghdadi. we get more information we know we want him. >> he has been forecast to have been killed and wounded. certainly he is not dead certainly if he is wounded esz still getting around. we have zero humans, human intelligence does not exist inside this organization. >> they have learned how to communicate without getting on a cell phone or satellite. we don't have our own people on the ground any more as eyes and ears. we became reliant on the iraqis. the administration has gotten out of the interrogation business in serious ways gotten into business of killing operatives with drones. you have at that intelligence vacuum as well. >> these are hard targets as colonel north said we have star gets. while we have means to collect on the targets they are invading our counter measures because of the government individuals hiding and in part there are a lot of dead terrorists learning from their mistakes. it is a little bit of a cat and house all source intelligence but ultimately it will save the

al baghdadi he said was seen as clever scheming. quote, using a policy of conquer and divide to get what he wanted. a u.s. intelligence official tells us baghdadi built street cred there. baghdadi and other jihadists at the american prison weren't always segregated, essentially allowed to meet freely to plot. they had an ingenious way of communicating. >> him and others wrote contact details on the white elastic of boxer shorts -- prison-issued boxer shorts. that was the way to network. when they got out they had phone numbers, details, fathers, villagers, uncles whatever. >> camp buka was the incubator the of isis saying it was a management school for leaders. quote, if there was no american prison in iraq there would be no islamic state now. >> most of the senior leadership and probably a good portion of the mid level management and foot soldiers came from bucca. tens of thousands of people were held there over the years. so when they got out they had little to do and they had established networks. it's clear they had done their h

in iraq isis militants taken control of the town of al baghdadi. that is just 9 miles from the al asad air base where some 400 u.s. military personnel training iraqi forces. and today, eight isis suicide bombers attacked that base breaching the outer security limits. in the ukraine, the defense minister says eight soldiers died and almost three dozen injured in the past 24 hours and no let-up in the fighting so far today. reports even of tank battles under way. a cease fire is scheduled to take effect at midnight saturday local time. we begin with isis on the move in iraq. militants taking control of the town of al baghdadi after attacking it from three sides and activating sleeper cells inside the town. they then deployed eight suicide bombers to attack the al asad air base with the u.s. military personnel and u.s. officials saying there's no plans to evacuate u.s. troops from the base at this time. western iraq is not the only place where isis is advancing. phil black is on the ground in northern iraq by telephone now. phil tell us we have been t

fighters attacked the we siege the al baghdadi in anbar province.ose to an air base where the u.s. marines are training iraqis. most surrounding towns fell under isil control last year. more from imran kahn who is in baghdad. i don't know what you have been able to find out in the last 60 minutes, imran update us if you can. and tell us how many u.s. soldiers are there. >> reporter: well, what i found out in the last 60 minutes more details have emerged what we are hearing is that isil fighters were inside the city of baghdadi and what they had what a number of sleeper cells that's what the iraqis are calling them, that they activated that they were able to take control of parts of that city and use it important a base to try to make a push towards the air base. now, that hasn't happened. they are still fighting inside the town. now, according to the iraqi government source that his we have spoken to, the area has been cleared of isil fighters. but locals and eyewitnesses within the town of baghdadi say that there are still a number of isil fighters

the day before ice sis took baghdadi. good news, al assad got its own power and water and sewage system. self-contained city of its own. unfortunately, the iraqis were able to -- unable to react to what was taking place in baghdadi. so, are they ready for prime time? no. this is a case where in previous events, not much different than this one. entire iraqi garrison has fled. they didn't do that today which tells me, one this is the success of the american training mission that we never should have abandoned back in 2011. and, number two the message have to be re clear. don't pull out of afghanistan like we did out of iraq. when you have got american trainers and advisors on the ground, as i say this becomes a live fire training exerpdz for those that you are training. >> all right. here is the thing that why, and, look it's no secret i have not been in the mickey hirten. a week ago, they weren't at the perimeter to the base a week ago they thnt taken baghdadi. >> we didn't lose any military. but it certainly seems like i

and at the top of the list isis leader al baghdadi.cture, another picture of him of al baghdadi taken back in 2004 while he was still in american hands. cbs news obtained this i.d. photo from 2004 taken while al baghdadi was being processed into the u.s. military prison at camp buca in iraq. >>> with terror attacks and isis topping the headlines, president obama is set to address a white house summit on combatting violent extremism later today. the white house has carefully avoided labeling it a summit on islamic extremism, and that is drawing criticism from some who say violence by islamic radicals should be dealt with head on for exactly what it is. senior white house correspondent jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: christine, the white house opened up its countering violent extremeism summit where it's in libya where christian egyptians were beheaded or in copenhagen but administration officials caution it's not about the military campaign to defeat isis. it's also about finding ways to address the root causes of violent extrem

he says he knows the group's leader abu bakr al baghdadi by sight. >> translator: it's him, baghdadi. this one also seems to be him. >> reporter: he says he reported directly to the group's senior members. he joined islamic state two years ago, and remained close to its inner circle for seven months. but he said the group's brutality was repulsive to him, so he quit. he showed us a chart of islamic state's organizational structure. >> translator: there were two commanders under baghdadi. one of them was in charge of syria. and the other in charge of iraq. i was with the organization in syria. >> reporter: he said the commander responsible for syria was originally from iraq. >> translator: before he came to syria, my commander was a founding member of the islamic state in iraq. he was assigned to syria because he showed himself to be very capable at what he does. >> reporter: nhk also spoke to a former member of islamic state. his commanders have placed him in charge of an oil field. we asked him about the group's top officers. he said baghdadi is only the religious leader. and that tr

air strikes, al baghdadi may be running a risk. >> the mystery surrounding abu bakr al baghdadi is both his greatest strength and greatest weakness. strength because it's allowed isis to create a myth around him, able to project him as this religious leader with serious islamic credentials but weakness as well for al baghdadi because there is so little known about him that there's very little for his supporters around the world to get excited about. >> reporter: for now, u.s. intelligence says al baghdadi relies on trusted lieutenants and allows local commanders to make decisions. now, this personality profile says baghdadi has probably been married a couple of times, has children but it likens him to a mob boss using brutality and terror to get what he wants. wolf? >> barbara, good reporting. thanks very much. let's bring in our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, retaking mosul certainly would be very difficult. this is a city as you well know of nearly two million people. it would almost certainly require house-to-house battles. >> no question. this would be unlik

for baa baghdadi it's cosmic. >> we have the successor to bin laden, then baghdadi in isis and coalitions building between al qaeda and isis. and then we talk about islamic jihad and hezbollah and hamas and the muslim brotherhood and now boko haram. of all of these groups, you know, they're the most fierce, isis is. are they now pulling all these other groups toward their level of radicalism and evil? >> there's definitely a race to be the standard bearer for terrorism. however the groups actually in many cases hate each other. zawahiri is not very well liked by isis. they are competing in a sense that the one that grabs the headlines, that causes the most terror, is going to be the one a lot of people is going to see as the leader of terror. >> it's amazing. our president, you have james foley beheaded, he's playing golf in 30 minutes. jordanian pilot is killed and within hours king abdullah is all over it with a fierceness and toughness. same with general el sisi with the beheading this weekend. they are fighting back with a fierceness. you also talked to anjam chaudhry, a guy i've foug

omar al-baghdadi. he was a much less of a speaker than the present baghdady. the present bagbag present baghdadi is a teacher and preacher and written a book on islamic law and a book on recitation. he speaks compellingly. >> charlie: you've read his speeches? >> i've read all his speeches and everything he's -- >> charlie: tell me more about him. >> he's rumored to be about 40 years old. he was born -- where was he born? >> charlie: iraq. yeah, he was born in iraq. yeah, he's iraqi. he was born in samara, iraq, and he does his ph.d. in baghdad so this is where he gets the name baghdadi. it's not clear when he joined al quaida in iraq but he was one of the early leaders of the islamic state of iraq, i was a a -- he was a jurist in the group. this is what the islamic state itself says about him. also in the biography that i've read of him it gives the lineage of the man all the way back to the prophet muhammad saying he is a decedent of the tribe, one of the requirements inning islamic law for being the kale off. >> charlie: how do you think this turns out? >>

militants took full control of the town of al baghdadi. very close to that base. cnn's phil black is in northern iraq. >> reporter: at this location west of iraq al baghdadi over the last 24 hours and the entire town is under control of isis. another piece of land that they have grabbed it would seem successfully in a region where they maintained momentum against the iraqi army and local sunni tribes. concerning because it's so close to the iraqi capital. when it comes to this particular town it's also just ten miles from the al asad air base which is where hundreds of u.s. military personnel are involved with training the iraqi military the iraqi army. what we are now hearing is even more concerning this morning from iraqi officials and that is not only have they taken the town of al baghdadi but moving toward the al asad air base. iraqi officials say that isis sent eight suicide bombers in that direction toward the air base. they say so far they have killed that number eight. it's clearly still very much a fluid situation. one where that base is under it would s

>> reporter: brooke baghdadi may well be a psychopath.bad daddy operates like a mafia don using techniques of kweshs to intimidate people. but he's also very savvy in his leadership style. he's willing to delegate to a set of trusted lieutenants and he was not personally close to al kau would he. czar could youy he smars his vision of establishing an islamic caliphate in iraq and syria and that whole region, book as we know al czar carry was killed by u.s. forces in 2006 but now with he mow what makes baghdadi pick. >> a psychopath. but then there is a totally different picture of a man who i had no idea has children? >> that's right. this intelligence official. >> and a wife. >> he is probably in his early 40s he has been hair yeed to possibly two wives, has at least a couple children. now, we've reported before that baghdadi was educated in islamic history at the university of baghdad. but this personal information about him is very interesting. we've also reported before brooke that he is obsessive about his security. he's obsessive ab

and just launched a suicide attack on the perimeter of al assad air base a few miles from al baghdadi. more than 300 u.s. marines are stationed there. here's rear admiral john kirby on where things stand now. >> we're talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 25 total isil fighters. at least several suicide attackers. and we do -- early indications are that yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves. they were immediately engaged by

fighters attacked the western town offal al baghdadi in anbar province from two directions. it's been besieged by isil for months. the violence was close to the air base where u.s. marines are training iraqi forces. most of the surrounding towns in anbar have already fall to know isil after the armed group advanced quickly across the syrian border last summer. we have more now from baghdad. >> the attack began around 12:00 p.m. thursday in what iraqi security fores are telling us are a number of what they say are isil sleeper cells activated themselves within the center of the town of baghdadi and took over a number of buildings. they were then reinforced by isil fighters coming in from the west of the city, and were able to take and control a number of government buildings. however, what we're hearing from the iraqi security forces is they were able to go in and be able to take control of the town itself all the local sources say there are still a number of isil fighters within the center of the town itself and clashes are still ongoing. americans have 300 security training

al-baghdadi, not a big city. and then they could just pick up targets to allow lazing of those targets so air force or navy aircraft could actually hit targets with better weapons system from a higher altitude. so it's a pretty good team. it's called a joint air attack team and it's a pretty good capability with attack aircraft in the area. >> and bob, the 300 military personnel or so could be more who are at that base training the iraqis isn't this the kind of scenario feared by many people the u.s. troops on the ground there would be at risk because of isis intentions? >> well john i think what we're seeing here is mission creep. and the iraqi army is not up to the task. and without the united states air force and the military on the ground a lot of these, you know bases would be overrun. on the side of baghdad, you have some shia millyitias. they're clearly on the offensive. hit al-baghdadi. took it this morning, 19%. moving around to crete and other parts of western iraq and they still have stronghold on the

the attack of al baghdadi puts significant pressure on local security forces. in terms of the air base the pentagon says it was successful. the iraqi forces dealt with it. that attack failed. but it was clearly a significant attack, one that involved some planning 20 to 25 attackers, all of them in iraqi military uniforms and a number of suicide bombers. iraqi security officials in the area say there were as many as eight suicide bombers that took part in this assault. so a big attack certainly. but the u.s. military for the moment is saying it isn't too concerned because the attack took place at the other end of this very large facility a long way from where its personnel were but it does believe that these attacks will continue and clearly now that isis has control of al baghdadi it has a position from which to launch certain attacks from. >> phil black in iraq. thank you. i want to stay on this. this is a huge strategic gain near this air base as the pentagon has admitted they're gaining a foothold. broadening out this picture for you, you can see we've high

he says it happened near the town of al baghdadi. cnn cannot independently confirm the report. >>> meanwhile, u.s. president barack obama is holding a osu countering violent extremism in washington. he's going out of his way to draw a distinct between elderly on-- between religion and groups like isis and al qaeda. mr. obama says the groups have perverted islam. >> responsible for terrorism, premresponsible for violence and terrorism. >> and over and over again we've seen the very public be brutality isis uses to shock and terrorize basically anyone standing in the way of its mission to build caliphate. crucifixions beheadings and burning people alive are a few examples. >> iraq's ambassador to the u.n. claims isis is involved in a new systemic horror that could be adding to the terror group's riches. jim sciutto on w allegations of traffic in human body parts. >> reporter: with isis locked in battle with iraqi forces in al baghdadi baghdadi eyewitness accounts from the western iraqi town claimed the terror group is burning the bodie

the horrifying taking place al baghdadi. reports the victims may have been members of the iraqi security forces and former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld joins us, good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> stunning, 121 christians in lib i can't tell other day and now this. >> it is terrible thing that's happening in our world and it brings back to mind the period before world war ii where people said i didn't know or i was just following orders or it's random when you systematically kill jews and kill christians and say that's what you are doing it's not random. it seems to me a lot of the country is still in a state of denial about it and the only way you can deal with something like that is to put it up on the table call it what it is, deal with it and any idea that you can defend everywhere at every moment of the day or night against every conceivable technique is simply wrong. if you try to defend everywhere. you defend nowhere. the only way you can deal with it is to go after those people. >> well, you know, i have

we saw that just in the last couple weeks as isis moved into the town of al baghdadi. just 9 miles in between them. and at the end of last week, we saw isis fighters from al baghdadi come out and assault the entrance to the air base some eight or nine suicide bombers. they were stopped and neutralized by iraqi forces on the ground. >> clearly a danger to the 400 some odd coalition forces you have here. we're told by u.s. officials they were never in immediate dangers. that base is the size of boulder, colorado. you could be over here and miles away from an attack over here. nothing's going to stop them from trying to carry out further attacks on the base. >> is it too early, or are there evacuation plans if it obviously gets worse to evacuate the americans, the other coalition forces based there? >> this is what i'm told. there are contingency plans in place to evacuate those forces if necessary. but at no time so far have they been in immediate danger where those action plans were called into or prepared to be acted upon. this is a problem that the u.s. faces around t

al baghdadi. it's now controlled 93%. they've suddenly surged in this town because they have activated sleeper cells as they say. the air base nooebearby has consistently come under attack but this now much more established isis presence certainly is providing a more continued, more sustained security threat brooke. >> from the isis progress that you're outlining can you compare that to where you are in northern iraq and hue that situation differs from there? >> reporter: there are two regions at the moment. al baghdadi and the province west of iraq. it's an area where isis has continued to maintain its ability to go on the defensive where the local city tripebes haven't been able to stop them contain them stop that advance. whereas here in the north of the country, the northern kurdish fighters have been able to stop isis, roll back some of their territory, a significant part of their territory really but isis still controls big towns and cities here and is still able to lash out on daily basis. so still very much a thre

as we saw in al baghdadi yesterday. the iraqi security services in their efforts to retake the that town have only got as far as the perimeter. isis still controls the center of the town itself. boosted on line taking the police station and letting all of the prisoners go. isis launched a big attack yesterday, some 20 to 25 people wearing iraqi uniforms. the iraqi security forces dealt with the attack. it involved the u.s. apache helicopters as you mentioned, but only in a support role some media role providing the information of the movement of the forces on the ground. the pentagon has been keen to point out that its 300 or so military trainers located at that base were under no risk. sit a huge sprawl complex, city-like in size and scale. the attack reached the perimeter on one side. but the military personnel we're told were never under any threat because they were located at another point inside the base spom miles away. >> obviously al baghdadi was one of the few towns in the province that was still held by iraqi

isil fighters have secured a bridge between the cities of baghdadi and hadita, a main route. more than 20 iraqi soldiers were killed. at least 190 people died in a series of avalanches in the northeast of the country in the pangiere region of afghanistan. >> other secret cables obtained by the al jazeera investigative unit revealed details about the hunt for al-qaeda. they show how agencies track individuals, monitor religious groups and warn one another of attacks. south africa's former minister of intelligence says many warn ins are just hype. >> throughout the spy cables, we see intelligence agencies hunting their great enemy al-qaeda. in south africa, spies monitor islamic groups and track an apolitical religious movement. this secret document includes available information does not implicate the group in radicalization or terrorism but reports that it has a perceived vulnerability to the influence of al-qaeda without providing evidence. >> it is political and has nothing to do with terrorist activities. it has got absolutely nothing to do with any affiliation to any othe

isis burned alive up to 40 people during its recent attack on al baghdadi. and the u.n.oking into allegations that isis is harvesting human organs to sell on the black market. >>> greece is expected to ask for an extension on its loan agreement with the eurozone the current deal is set to expire at the end of the month. germany has been reluctant to negotiate an extension without economic reforms. >>> on the witness stand, eddie ray routh's sister said he told her he killed two people and had to take their souls before they could take his. defense attorneys argue he was insane and did not know right from wrong when he killed chris kyle and chad littlefield in 2013. >>> we're learning that the former thai prime minister has been indicted for her role in a rice subsidy scheme. critics say it was wasted public funds in a bid to please rural voters. a march court date has been set. >>> u.s. president barack obama said extremist groups like al qaeda and isis do not represent islam, that they are terrorists. mr. obama spoke wednesday in washington at a summit on countering vio

we understand that al baghdadi as of yesterday have taken complete control of al baghdadi and now therebar province and the al assad air base also coming under attack. what are your concerns this morning? >> let's step away for a moment from what we're seeing tactically on the ground. i'm not concerned about what happens at that air base today or tomorrow. i suspect the iraqis with u.s. help will hold it. over the past six months or since the summer of last year when we saw the isis advances there are a couple things you have to focus on more broadly that we're seeing play out day to day, week to week and what we're seeing at that air base is a snapshot. number one, when you're dealing with religious based insurgencies, as with isis you've got to think about endurance and what we've learned since the summer of last year is the endurance to withstand the onslaught of an organization like isis is going to take years. the commitment of a religious based insurgency is more significant than the commitment of other insurgencies i witnessed, people who are focused on politics or economics as t

this base is short time from the town of al-baghdadi which the militants now largely control. chuck nash is retired navy captain and a fox news military analyst. nice to have you captain nash. how vulnerable are our marines today? should we be concerned about their safety based on the latest information? >> well, anytime you have troops in a combat zone like iraq we should be concerned but i would not be overly concerned. massive installation and although there are 320 marines and probably some special forces there training, they're training an entire iraqi division. so the place, they're more than enough folks to defend the facility and the facility was set up to be defended. so, for the isis forces to present a very clear major danger, they would have to mass and as soon as they mass, we'll take them out with air cover. so i think this is something to be concerned about, yes but not overly concerned. jenna: interesting to see the news though, about what our own people could be dealing with in the region and contrast it with what is going on politically in washington d.c. wit

number one on that list, no surprise, abu bakr al baghdadi, the reclusive leader of isis. he is now the number one person that they want to get. but once you go below that, we're told there are about two dozen names or so they have probably killed about a dozen top operatives, people are killed off. they get replaced with other isis operatives. they go on the list. this is not about getting after everybody. this is about really trying to develop the very fine-tuned intelligence that will tell them who the top leadership is. and it's very tough to understand isis' command structure, we're told, because baghdadi is so reclusive, it's not clear who's around him. getting to how that command structure works, who the people are and then determining their locations, getting the intelligence on where they may be. one u.s. official said it has been months now since they had any really solid intelligence at best on baghdadi's whereabouts. that gives you an idea of how hard all of this is. >> certainly. ben, to you now, in erbil, is isis actually on the verge of seizing erbil? what a

the predominantly all of the fight to go get rid of isil, who are very close to the base itself, baghdadi is very close. what we've seen time and time again is taking over a town and village near a government base and using that as a staging post. there are conflicting reports as to whether isil fighters remain in the center of baghdadi itself, however is a tactic seen time and time again from isil fighters and is a really concern. president obama said isil was on their back foot. that might be the case in anbar province and that's not the case where isil still control huge parts of those provinces. there was a fierce battle that began in november to take back the town of beiji and the oil refinery. the iraqi security forces took the refinery, but not the entire of beiji center. there are still isil fighters within the center that have town itself. that means iraqi forces have come under severe pressure. let's take a look. >> after 103 days under siege by islamic state of iraq and the levant this iraqi special forces unit is finally free. >> in mid november, the town of beigeie was retake

just a short time ago isis seized the town of al baghdadi in northern iraq and then immediately unleashed mortars and rockets on al assad airbase fewer than ten miles away. more than 300 u.s. troops are there. they're training iraqi forces. those iraqis have pro felled waves of suicide bombers trying to breach the airbase. u.s. troops have called in for reinforcements. phil black is in northern iraq. he joins us by phone to tell us more. hi phil. >> reporter: hey, carol. the information on the ground it's still a bit patchy. this is very much an unfolding situation. certainly local security forces on the ground iraqi security forces on the ground in al baghdadi they're telling cnn that, yes, much of the town all of the town is under the control of isis. the iraqi central government is saying that iraqi national forces are still fighting isis around this town, around al baghdadi suggesting that some of it is still being contested, but it would certainly seem that isis has made dramatic progress moving into this town taking on a lot of it as you say moving on to that nearby airbase about te

al baghdadi himself said if we're lucky we'll conquer rome and move on to spain.ave a presence in europe. and the other thing they do they say, if you guys if you can't come join the jihad in raqqa or mosul, stay where you are and perpetrate attacks. that's fine. so you'll see isis-inspired attacks elsewhere. >> colonel, all arrows do seem to point back to syria. >> well syria is their headquarters now, the basis of the caliphate, that seems to be where the direction is coming from. that's why al baghdadi issues these proclamations that many of his followers adhere to. so there's -- this is getting worse as we see this diversification of isis throughout the region. it's not -- and it's not limited to the arab world. we're seeing this happen in afghanistan as well. members of the taliban switching from the taliban to isis. we see people in yemen switching from aqap to isis. so this is an expanding problem. what has to expand is the activities against it. as colonel reese said this meeting in egypt is the first step. but this requires immediate action concentrated a

the horrifying taking place al baghdadi.he victims may have been members of the iraqi security forces and former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld joins us, good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> stunning, 121 christians in lib i can't tell other day and now this. >> it is terrible thing that's happening in our world and it brings back to mind the period before world war ii where people said i didn't know or i was j

in baghdadi western anbar, close to the air base where u.s. and other trainers are trying to prepare, the iraqi army is there, and al-baghdadi has been surrounded by i.s.i.l. they are clearing a road to the base. we speak with some. and they said that they are running out of food and water. >> we'll leave it there for now. thank you very much indeed. >> houthi rebels have taken control. they are fighting government soldiers, they control the capital. they'll bring him to justice. he fled the capital and is trying to consolidate his powers. he withdrew his resignation, put there by the houthis last month. it was moved to aden. they are concerned if there is the capital set up in the south, it will bing unrest. >> reporter: this is aden. houthi militia made a coup and put abd-rabbu mansour hadi under house arrest in sanaa. he managed to escape and is trying to rule from aden. the rehabilitation of people here is mixed. they are shouting "no, no no aden is the capital of the south. we don't need the north, we want independence." there's a long am

the horrifying taking place al baghdadi.y have been members of the iraqi security forces and former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld joins us, good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> stunning, 121 christians in lib i can't tell other day and now this. >> it is terrible thing that's happening in our world and it brings back to mind the period before world war ii where people said i didn't know or i was just

they've taken over the city of al-baghdadi.asically says is tháp!5j>ç raise questions is whether or not the iraqi army is able to fight against isis on its own or whether it's going to need a much more muscular u.s. presence on the ground than it has. obviously we have been trying to help the iraqis from the air in that part of the anbar province and we have notedsucceedded and it raises questions whether we need ground troops on the front line maybe at spotters to1wó?;[ç turn back isis. they're getting perilously close to this air base. >> maybe you can ask the questions the weekend. you have an important guest chris wallace, thank you. >>> catch chris on fox news sunday. he will have an exclusive interview with this man, house speaker john boehner. he will al talkdb1c4,ç withj & alabama's chief justice about the battle over same-sex marriage in alabama and beyond. this sunday on your local fox station. >>> president obama has just issued a statement about the shooting deaths of three muslim students in north carolina. preside

>> let's talk about the burned bodies in the town of al baghdadi. the first reports raise the possibility that those soldiers had been burned alive. soldiers or civilians which brought back horrible memories of the jordanian pilot. i read situational reports from the ground written by iraqis involved in the fighting who say it is more likely the bodies were burned after they were killed in the fighting desecrated which is a tactic isis has used before. that said this is in the midst of fierce fighting for the town of al baghdadi. it is in anbar province very close the a u.s. base there. no one involved would be surprised what isis is capable of as it continues to fight for this city. with isis locked in battle with iraqi forces in al baghdadi eyewitness accounts from the western iraqi town claim the terror group is burning the bodies of soldiers and tribesmen killed in the fighting to desecrate them. today, the pentagon indicated there is video of the victims which it is now analyzing. >> certainly wouldn't surprise any of us here if it turns out to

the tribe had members that were involved in an attack by isil 10 days ago in baghdadi, which is west offal anbar. in that attack, isil set fire to the homes of about 30 police officers and other tribal fighters, killing them in their homes. they are not by any means the only tribe that's been attacked by isil, but it is an indication of how fierce the fighting is and that there is indeed a war within a war going on in places like baghdadi and anbar and tikrit. >> i want to ask you about the tribal significance of this, but the geographical one. are you able to look at whom is being taken in these kidnappings as to where isil sees priorities particularly and where those fighting see they have to make their biggest gains? >> there's fighting on a lot of fronts, as you might imagine. one of the focuses is still along that syrian border, and when we're talking about places like baghdadi, which is just a few kilometers from the air base, we are talking about the big western desert in iraq's biggest province to the west. all along the syrian border remains a focal point of fighting. the ir

: wasn't he -- al-baghdadi was in the inner circle of zarqawi. i think he was released from boot camp in the 2000 time frame and became one of his effect ich lieutenants actually. there are others who were captured and are back out. >> charlie: and went back to syria. >> yeah. so i think we're recognizing that we're dealing something here that we have to come to grips with defining it, we just have to. it doesn't mean that we're any less respectful of the islamic religion, it just means hat this segment of the islamic religion the extremist group, and not a small number, they are absolutely dedicated to destroying our way of life that's not just the u.s. way of life. we have to convince people these guys are serious and mean business. >> charlie: if the president of the united states was sitting at this table based on what you have heard him say and what you know, would he say, i understand everything you've said, mike, thank you very much, but that's exactly what we're trying to do is meet that challenge? >> yeah, i think he would probably say t

fighters attacked the western down of al-baghdady and anbar from two directions. it's been besieged from i.s.i.l. the fighting a few clms from an air base -- kilometres from an air base where u.s. troops are training iraqi troops. let's go to imran khan our correspondent in baghdad and tell us about what is happening down there? >> this is a serious situation. americans said there are squirmishes close to the base where the marines are based. it hasn't come under attack yet. we have seen this tactic via i.s.i.l. time and time again. when they want to make an attack on an iraqi army base - the first time in anbar province - every time they want to attack what they do is they take over towns and villages on the outskirts and use it as a launching pad. they have been successful. i.s.i.l. nose the territory really. a lot of fighters are were anbar, fighting it for a number of years. so this will be a formidable challenge for the americans. what the americans have is clearly airpower and they'll be relying on that if there is any attack. what the americans want to avoi

the lead -- back car al baghdadi. like they missed the one person they were really trying to get that being the leader of the group. >> going back to jihadi john though, could he be brought back to the u.s. to face charges if he is caught alive? >> it is certainly possible. we have seen the united states try to do these snatch and grab missions before. the latest one happening in libya. the benghazi attacks brought back to the united states. they say they will be put back on trial. obviously you will have to find somebody in syria and be able to get in and get out which is easier said than done. >> leland vittert live from washington. thanks, leland. >> families of the victims are the family of the american israeli journalist steven sotloff calling ott u.s. to capture emwazi to bring him to the u.s. to face justice in our courts. they are putting the trust in the governments just like they did the entire time their son was held captive. >> we don't believe the system failed anywhere. on the contrary we think it worked

it's in baghdadi where the iraqi army launch evacuation to remove civilians trapped by fight go there. that town is a few kilometers from the air base where u.s. marine soldiers and other western forces are stationed. it's the scene of some of the fiercest fighting. a corridor has now been opened to the town, they are taking people out and airlifting some to baghdad. >> the u.s. special envoy to as her i can't is trying to secure opposition support for a freeze in the fighting in aleppo. the syrian government is said to have agreed to suspend airstrikes and shelling on the city for six weeks. isil fighters are unlikely to observe ceasefire. he will nusra is also an obstacle. the u.n. has dismissed the deal as a conspiracy to allow the government to launching more assaults. >> fighters may well not comply. let's hear from beirut. >> isil does control territory in syria, as well as in iraq, particularly in the northeast. isil is not far from aleppo. opposition fighters say this war cannot end unless you deal with the syrian government and not just isil. the coalition is targeting isil f