with republican senator landsy graham of the armed services committee and our correspondents and guests are standing by for full kov respect coverage. we begin with barbara starr. what's the latest? what are you hearing about ramadi? >> reporter: wolf the pentagon and obama administration calling it a setback for the iraqis but the state department already saying it believes that the iraqis will be able to retake ramadi. i think it is fair to say there are a good number of questions about whether that is possible at this point. whether they can retake it anytime soon. right now isis digging in. they took ramadi with waves and waves of attacks, carbombs fighters moving in. it was a pitched battle. ramadi had been under siege for months by isis but this time over the weekend they were able to mass a significant offensive isis military force. that's what the u.s. had been saying isis could not do. they were down to moving just in small groups, but not in ramadi. they were able to mass fire power. now the question is can iraqis even with the help of shia militias move back into this sunni area if isis is digging in minute by minute? can the iraqis actually d