have the powerful lob by and kourds in congress who are stopping us from doing it right now. >> cliff scheckterhank you so much for sharing your insight. we did reach out to the nra. we did not hear back. thank you, cliff. >>> now, to the escalating crisis in iraq. the violence is spreading causing chaos. a shiite cleric said he is ready to defend the holy places of muslims and christians. residents are fleeing, more than half a million. and all qaeda-backed insurgents are gaining major territory. they control mosul, the second largest city. casualties are said to be high. nic robertson has more. >> reporter: after just five days of fighting, terrorists now control large swaths of iraq's second largest city. power, water, and phone lines have been cut in parts of mosul, 250 miles north of baghdad where the all qaeda splinter group, isis, has seized the important transportation and administration hub. iraqi prime minister, nuri al maliki, calling it a humanitarian crisis and asking parliament to declare a state of emergency, calling on men to volunteer to fight. the speaker of iraq's parliament