support of that is also the city of fallujah organizing neighborhood watches so as not just of between the insurgents and but if their employment neighborhoods in as that the look at the approach that from emily for the. >> one thing is necessary you have to get off the fence one way or another that is a dangerous thing to do to join the government side to early you're in trouble but if they join the insurgents side even quicker is the difficult problem. one of the things of previous deployment you ask people to help and then they say no. that is your problem. not mine. we have the weapons. they didn't. it is a stark contrast into one of the things this is what real do it and the iraqi people just come off. because they don't put this in the quarter and try to get to understand what we're doing. room i was not happy in that way. sue but we hired 200 sets of eyeballs of the time. in that neighborhood reporting and insurgents could not deal with it. very be a strong reaction when the book of women's was told to go somewhere else we have operations of that. and again and would like to ech

city of fallujah which fell under control of i.s.i.l. and its tribal soldiers. government led forces have liberated the force he, government soldiers take the city back. in heat, in heat which is in anbar province, report of air strikes, 24 people apparently killed, 37 others have been injured in raqqa, this incident, who do we understand was responsible for it? >> well, what happened in the initial aftermath of the attack can anbar operations, u.s. led air strikes killed most civilians. what we're told now is that u.s. air strikes hit air strikes on the outside, but artillery and helicopters that went inside the town and it's likely that they were responsible for the deaths of those civilians, some very big issue here in iraq. the iraqi government had welcomed the coalition air strikes saying that this is a good thing but we all need to be very careful about civilian casualties. now because of the nature of the warfare in anbar province particularly have changed, air strikes have destroyed bases on the border with syria which meant i.s.i.l. fighters are now taki

one person has been killed and 11 others have been injured in the city of fallujah, that is also in anbar. we'll have more on the situation. but first this report from stephanie decker on the latest from kobane. >> there is an intense battle going on we spoke to ypg source inside the city. those are the kurdish fighters who have confirmed that. they say this is perhaps the new front, they also told us that they managed to push isil back for a little bit in the eastern side of the town. this is a position that isil has been holding. i think to put it in perspective the nature of guerrilla warfare is to and from. no major gains have been made. i think if we talk about gaining territory another interesting development, we spoke to a fight who are came out to the town just yesterday. he told us he's injured and he remains positive. once he made the recovery he would be heading back. he said that isil was not able to use it's heavy machinery like tanks inside the city. they havcity. they remain upbeat on the ability to push isil back, it is still a very active fight and has not been resolved.

city's green zone. we're also watching fallujah. very, very closely. that's the city captured and then lost by isis. as iraqi forces are struggling to keep that city and u.s. apache helicopters are now moving in. joining me now, john warden, retired u.s. air force and author of "the air campaign." you developed the so-called five rings theory of air attack. hit its leadership, communication and transportation, infrastructure, popular support, and troops in the field and we'll get to that in just a minute in your own experience but first welcome to you and let's begin with this shelling, colonel, in baghdad's green zone. a major push on nearby fallujah. we keep hearing that baghdad is too big to fall but might that be the u.s. underestimating isis again? >> well, that's entirely possible. they have taken cities this big but the mere fact that these guys are able to get even close to it i find that to be extraordinarily disturbing. it simply should not be happening. >> what about this apache helicopter offensive now in the area? your take? >> so helicopters are certainly useful but they don't have the

city towards us. and i thought, "my god, what have we gotten into here?" >> narrator: the battle raged for ten days. >> fallujah2, first of all, is an extraordinary, difficult and violent battle. (gunfire and explosions) i think the most intense combat u.s. forces had seen, certainly since the vietnam war. >> much of the city was simply flattened by the attack. >> fallujah is, at that point, a victory for the united states. >> the city was basically destroyed after that. >> narrator: but casey's victory in fallujah would have wider consequences. sunni refugees spread stories about what they described as a brutal american assault. >> ultimately, if you draw out all the events that followed fallujah, that certainly decreased the sunni arab support. and in that sense, it did help the insurgency and it did turn people to be more violently opposed to the american presence than they had been before. >> and so the insurgency began to step back up in an effort to undermine that political process and undermine the legitimacy of the new government. >> we're following reports today of two suicide bombings... >> narrator:

with large numbers of isil fighters in control of the two largest cities, fallujah and are rimadi, taking those back is a challenge. >> anbar province is strategically crucial, isn't it? >> that's absolutely right. it borders saudi arabia, jordan and syria. the saudis have brought up troops to try to defend their borders and stop isil fighters coming across. jordan is doing the same thing. both are part of the airstrikes coalition against isil targets, but the weak sink is syria. isil fighters go across to border back into syria. we've seen that happen this morning. there was a bottle for another city in anbar province. isil fighters took that city over but quickly after that, you saw iraqi army and sunni troops surround the city and move forward. every time we see a battle like this, the sunni troops make gains but isil fight back. they sent a suicide bomber, killing at least 17 iraqi army soldiers. it is a result of those airstrikes weakening isil in parts of anbar province. this looks like a renewed offensive against isil. >> i'm looking at details of a u.n. report listing a staggering

well, 4,000 americans died and he didn't lift a finger as ramala and tikrit and fallujah, all these cities our american soldiers fought, bled and died for. here's my question, it's the one-year anniversary of health care, the illegal immigration, the flood of illegal immigrants crossing our border, add to that afghanist afghanistan, russia, crimea, ukraine, israel, gaza, the south china sea. is there -- add to that the economy. is there anything this president from your perspective has done well that you can say good job, sir? >> no. there's not a thing he's done well. here's the problem, sean. people who support big government, centralized government, liberalism, well, congratulations, you have it. and it's an absolute disaster. here's what's remarkable to me. he doesn't go back and actually look at something, have some circumspection say we're going to fix obamacare, let's pull back. maybe we bit off more than we can chew. it's full speed ahead, the foot on the gas pedal. now it's going to be executive imperial fiats for amnesty. he's looking for all these other areas where he can nation

the coalition strike three units near the mosul dam and on the western city of fallujah. two service members have died. a marine was killed thursday in what the pentagon called a noncom bat incident in baghdad. >> reporter: the u.s. central command reports that bombers and u.s. fighter jets were used to take out isis' position and artillery vehicles and buildings used for the production and storage of weapons. u.s. air strikes hit isis artillery in kobani on the turkish board. we are getting reports that the militants launched a ground offensive with the fighting concentrated on the southern and eastern areas of the town. isis has attacked the kurdish troops. they have managed to hold off the isis militants for a month, the question is if they can continue to do so. if ground troops and artillery and supplies don't come soon. in iraq there are allegations that isis militants used chlorine gas and shiit militia men last month. and that raises the serious questions of chemical weapons by isis. >> a man who attacked a new york city police officer with a hatchet has prompted

and also part of the larger cities of romani and fallujah. but now it's being concentrated on the town of amaria, a crucial town. if that town falls and is taken over by isil, it gives isil a base to be able to attack baghdad. of particular concern are the abu ghraib area. the attack will have a massive impact on commercial traffic coming into the country, and it will have the affect of really scaring the residents. what the iraqis are doing, they say they're in control and they have the baghdad belt reinforced and that's the area that surrounds it. it won't be able to be breached by isil fighters, but however, because of these airstrikes in syria and not in iraq, many people are wondering when the coalition will take seriously the iraqi demands for aid, having much closer support for troops into isil fighters, and also sunni politicians are saying that the only way we're going to win against isil is if there are international boots on the ground in places like anbar province helping the iraqis fight. >> in iraq, four car bomb attacks in the

earlier, isis fighters captured parts of that city and took control of fallujah, where more than 140 u.s. troops died during fighting ten years ago. in syria, warplanes from the u.s.-led coalition once again struck isis targets in the besieged border city of kobani. despite repeated bombing, isis forces are attacking the city from three sides and have captured portions of it. we'll have more in a moment. elsewhere in the middle east today: at an international conference in cairo, secretary of state john kerry announced that the united states will send more than $200 million to help rebuild the gaza strip following hamas's war with israel. >> this money will, we hope, help promote security and stability and economic development. >> sreenivasan: the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, has said $4 billion is needed for the reconstruction project. qatar today pledged $1 billion. back in this country, a michigan toddler has died of enterovirus 68, the disease that has infected more than 500 children in 46 states and the district of columbia. the victim was identified as

across the border near the city of fallujah. despite the air strikes. the group managed to fight its way to the outskirts of a nearby town near fallujah. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters took obvious part of a hill overlooking the up to of kobani. kurdish forces are holding the line. i.s.i.l. attacks are spreading the the border into turkey. we have more from the border. >> turkish authorities evacuated residents and the media from the border area with kobani, because i.s.i.l. fighters seized a hill. they are shelling the town. some of the shells, stray shells have been falling on turkish soil. a family was injured when a shell hit the house, not far from when the media recorded event in kobani. as the vehicles leave, military vehicles go in to kobani. military forces, a significant presence along the border. while it is happening, the leader of the main syrian kurdish party, he's been in ankara meeting the turkish officials. we don't know what happened in the meeting, the subject of the meeting, but what has to be on the agenda is how the kurd will defend kobani

in other sunni cities and towns-- fallujah, mosul, tikrit, -- other protests halted traffic and commerce. with youth unemployment running as high as 40%, young men were free to gather. and support poured in from around the sunni arab world to pay for tents, meals and transportation. one of the principal funders was a wealthy iraqi businessman living in jordan, a man with ties to the baathist regime of saddam hussein. >> smith: how much money did you spend in support of those protests? >> (translated): all that the demonstrations needed. >> smith: and how much was that? >> (translated): all that was needed. i don't know. whatever was needed. >> smith: khanjar also paid for the establishment of pro-sunni tv stations. >> (translated): we encouraged channels like baghdad, al-rafidain and fallujah to defend our people. >> (shouting in arabic) >> (translated): maliki is the cause of all of this. he has a problem with the sunnis. this is the revolution of the tribes. i am proud of it and i support it. >> (chanting): allahu akbar! >> smith: 60 miles away in baghdad, iraq's shia were organizing t

and within six to eight months they were conquering cities like fallujah -- within a couple#/.g fallujah -- had done so when he said it. anyway, my point isq truth about what they knew? because they later claimed we were caught by surprise.ó2 >> both things are true. they knew isis was a problem. they were getting intelligence on that, what they didn't understand as well this had8:+Ñ lot to do with the fact we had no u.s. military advisors in any capacity on the ground, didn't know how hollowed out the iraqi security forces were. that's where they miscalculated. isis did not roll into fallujah and fight a battle and take it over. they didn't roll into mosul and fight a battle. they pushed on an open door. the army had collapsed. it was a ghost army. >> would that have happened if we stayed? i realize this is all 20/20 hindsight, but do you believe based on what you've seen that that would have happened if we had stayed, if we had been more engaged with theñca y sunnis on ground and more understanding of what exactly was happening between these two factions such that the'/#sunni

the red flags were obvious all the way back in january when the militants attacked the iraqi city of fallujah. >> once fallujah fell, that should have been a wake-up call that we were not just dealing with a bunch of, you know, rabble-rousers. we were dealing with a very sophisticated terrorist operation that was conducting a war on the ground that effectively was gaining territory. and that it was only a matter of time that if they could take fallujah, there's no reason why they shouldn't be able to take baghdad. >> joining me now is nbc military analyst and retired army four-star general, general mccaffrey. nice to see you, appreciate your time right now. i want to get your assistance, if you can, explaining this sort of u.s. air strategy right now. to get a better understanding of how it would seem possible isis could effectively walk right into kobani, just miles from the border with turkey, and appear to be taking it over, despite air strikes in that region without really anything, it appear, slowing them down. >> well, you know, peter, i would argue there's a lot of very confused thinki

4,000 americans die in iraq, the surge worked, and he stood by as ramallah and tikrit and fallujah and mosul and city after city fell. and he didn't lift a finger. he bragged about how he got us out of a war. he didn't keep the troops on the ground for intelligence and training purposes. is that his fault that iraq has been lost and isis now has this land mass? >> absolutely. it was clear to all of us who go over there for any length of time that we were leaving iraq in a bad spot if you pulled everybody out. if you'd left 10,000 behind, isis wouldn't be in iraq today because we could have stopped them. the iraqi army would still be in tact. political progress was still being made. i think he has two legacies he jealously guards, obamacare and ending the war in iraq. and this political strategy to defeat isil is going to fail is actually -- excuse me, a military strategy to defeat isil is not what we have. we got a military strategy around a campaign promise that i'll never have to go back into iraq. and he's creating danger to our country by allowing these people to grow and be unchecked. the air st

commanders and troops who fought hard in the years of iraq to especially places like fallujah, to take those cities and to give them to the iraqi people. but the alarm now, i think, is past them. right? these groups of owe -- these cities have fallen, groups have taken them over. now it's baghdad. air strikes, what comes next. i think that's the concern the question that you are hearing over and over again. >> they use the term influx in anbar and because it looks pretty bad. so i am just having a hard time that they don't think that baghdad is influx in light of the fact that they keep marching closer and closer and closer and shooting down iraqi helicopters. >> well, if isis is in anbar and actually in control of a lot of those cities and pentagon describes it as influx they are not in baghdad. each if some elements of isis get into baghdad. it would be like you have seen elsewhere with terrorist campaigns, ieds very disruptive. not divisions marching into the city you hope that the calm that to have alarmist. i think the signs are are bad. anyway you are closer to it anyway. kevin, thank you. >>

control parts of ramadi, fallujah, and the biggest cities. the three major cities, and they are pushing further into the province. they are coming close to baghdad. the latest reports suggesting they are 10 miles away. the government put in around baghdad, reinforcements, heavy artillery to repel any threat. they are not in large numbers near the capital, but they are near the capital. >> it is an issue. imran khan reporting live >>> a gaza donor's conference is under way. the foreign ministers of about 30 countries are there. there's not a representative from israel. the talks are centered on the reconstruction efforts in gaza after a war with israel. officials raising more than 1.5 million for its rebuilding. this week marks six months since hundreds of nigerian girls were ab tucted from their school. a candle light procession was used to mark the milestone. some managed to escape the boko haram captors. six the abduction, 11 parents decide. >> cyclone hudhud is pounding the eastern coast. there has been damage as storms brought winds of 12

anbar province where isil has gained significant gains, strategically important cities of ha haditha, ramadi and fallujah, is the iraqi army going to completely lose control of anbar? >> it is close to losing control of anbar. undoubtedly this is another set back in the spring of military set backs suffered over recent weeks. heet si city is an strategic cally important city of anbar and that raises the capability of iraqi forces. they have not been able to recapture territories but they can't even hold their grounds. and the united states relying on these forces on the ground to try to get rid of isil. a strategic province we heard iraqi officials issuing warnings to help them control this province, which is just set at the iraqi capital. >> so, a coalition airstrike against isil helping iraqi forces in anbar in any way at all? >> well, there have been a few airstrikes mainly helping the iraqi government forces keeping control of the dam. the critical infrastructure in haditha, the haditha dam. the government is still in control of that. overall the airstrikes have not changed the battle lines. isil con

the iraqi security forces had gains, wimp is positive, but they've got to take key cities back, fallujah i think is where the next battle will take place. >> where does isil seem to have an advantage despite the airstrikes. we've seen a bar acknowledge of airstrikes, but where does that not effectively contain isil. >> in iraq, in these cities where they've co opted the local strikes and have them on their side and have tremendous in-roads in these cases, it's going to take a tremendous amount of infantry, armor and airstrikes to gain them back especially around kirkuk. >> when these airstrikes don't work, do they strengthen isil? do they get to say we took your best shot and survived? >> history often shows that's the case. you can't bomb these people into submission. they do survive, come out of it and become stronger. you've got to have ground forces that follow up these airstrikes. in syria, we don't have that. >> two battles in syria and iraq and homegrown terrorism and the threat that have in the u.s. dyan feinstein over the weekend, the senator said this is a growing problem. is i

iraqi security forces tried to dislodge isis from some of their strongholds, rah maddie, fallujah, these citiese. with american air strikes and abatchie helicopter gunships involved in the mix they can't seem to dislodge it. i don't know what happened to the iraqi army. >> where are they? >> they're not capable of doing this. they're on the outskirts of baghdad within artillery range of baghdad airport. we know how important the airport is. >> vital. >> and able to get mortar rounds into the green zone. >> the airport is key here. >> i talked to some of my contacts at the pentagon and the situation around baghdad now is becoming dire. that's the word they used, dire. >> so overall if we were to talk to but your strategy, if you were in charge, since we're standing on the world here what would you do? you talked to me time and time again talking about the limited capability of air strikes alone. you talked about the importance of ground troops. >> go big or don't go. these small numbers of air strikes puzzle me, why aren't we putting more air power into this? five air strikes? we should be doing

isil control parts of fallujah and two of the biggest cities in ambar and moving further west and controland two other towns. iraqi army has surrounded them and fierce, intense clash going on all through ambar province and what we see is another isil offensive in where sheer maysha r malishia and making a big difference and the fighting is spreading to much more urban areas and we saw it before in the village's and the large offensive when it began in june and isil forces are spreading further in the provinces of iraq and fighting in urban areas and led to massive concern here in iraq about civilian casualties, that is a big issue here in iraq because air strikes if you go in heavily populated urban areas you're going to get civilian casualties and that is problem and tackle trying to get isil and avoiding casualties. >> reporter: thank you. african union and somali government troops recaptured one of al-shabab strongholds and important source of revenue and the operation in the coastal town is clear of al-shabab fighters and they have controlled the port town since 2008. the joint defens

seized parts of the cities of ramadi and fallujah. according to the united nations as many as 500,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in anbar. up to 7,000 families live in the kurdish region in northern iraq. >> these men are among them. they say their lives have changed since january. now they have lost more hope. i.s.i.l. managed to take more territory in anbar, despite the u.s.-led coalition air strikes. >> there is no other solution for anbar, unless the people of the area rise up against i.s.i.l. we need ground forces and the army is weak. >> these people may call i.s.i.l. terrorists, and they are angry at the undis crime nate air campaign that -- indiscriminate air campaign. >> translation: we want more rights for the sunnis, we have then and officers that served in the former iraqi army, why are they not part of the security forces. this is part of the solution. >> reporter: it's a desperate reality for the people. anbar saw 10 months of shelling, air strikes and street battles, the security situation is worsening b

of attacks on the outskirts of the city, but as far as actually taking over the city like isis took over mosul or fallujah earlier in the year, they don't see it happening. yet. we're watching it every day. the operative word is ., ., .yet. >> see you, gretchen. >>> breaking news. as the suspect in the oklahoma beheading investigation is seen here lshgs arraigned moments from now, so will this turn into a terror investigation? after this man beheads a woem at his former job, or should it only be workplace violence? >>> and more secret service slip-ups. try saying that three times. as we learn the president was being protected by a former convict during a trip to the cdc. now we're learning the secret service tried to keep the story from actually getting out. what's the real story? >>> and some buildings in atlantic city go up in smoke just steps from the boardwalk and all the casinos. >>> the suspect in a beheading of an oklahoma woman set to be arraigned moments from now. this is a new mugshot, by the way. alton nolen arriving at jail. he is facing charges right now of first degree murder after that brut

city of pham uma, u.s. planes destroyed two -- fallujah, i.s.i.l. planes destroyed targets. despite the air strikes, the group fought to the nearby town of fallujah. we explain why that is significant, imran khan. >> this furious exchange of fire shows the battle against i.s.i.l. is not showing down. backed by tanks and heavy weapons, government forces are in the town. this is a strategic town linking anbar with baghdad in the south of the country. holding it against i.s.i.l. fighters means they can reach anbar province. >> translation: we'll never leave the city. this is the homeland that we will not abandon. because there is a conspiracy, we'll fight them, whether they call themselves rebels or armed groups, we are all iraqi, christian, sunnis, shia'as. if they want to talk we should have dialogue. there's a few kilometres twine i.s.i.l. and the troops. they keep up the push to the city. we are seeing the effect of coalition air strikes on i.s.i.l. bases on the border with syria. it may not be the effect the coalition expected. i.s.i.l. fighters are pushed into the provinc

city fell. we lost 4,000 americans senator mccain. those families have to be asking why tonight. >> joe lieberman and i were in fallujah and ramadi wheredreds of americans were killed and wounded, the black flags of isis fly over those cities today. it's hard to talk to the parents of those families and those brave veterans that literally put everything on the line. but let me just say, it's a bigger problem here with this president. the dog ate my homework routine is getting a little tiresome. it started for six years with biob, blame it on bush. now the jv has turned into more than -- has been turned into super bowl contestants. he does not -- fails to realize that it is his policies and decisions that led us where we are. when ryan crocker yesterday, most respected diplomat that i know of, said, yes, we could have left a stabilizing force behind, these brave americans had stabilized the situation in iraq. isis was nothing when the president of the united states announced that we were going to withdraw everybody from iraq. and by the way, if he does what he says he's going to do in afghanistan, you'll see the same movie. that is just

several cities along the way now in the hands of isis, notably fallujah.hey are fighting for control of hadita and ramadi. if isis consolidates its control of anbar, it will surround baghdad for a possible attack on the iraqi capitol. michael holmes, cnn. >>> across europe thousands of kurds took to the streets to protest what they say is the turkish government's inaction against isis around kobani. in paris, hundreds chanted and held signs of support for kurdish fighters, and more than 20,000 kurds in duesle door of germany demanded stronger support from the international country. one told reuters it was a slaughter. others pleaded for more weapons to help the kurdish fighters. >>> some refugees fleeing kobani are looking at a new hardship. they're being detained and as they await their fate behind bars, some are even now staging a hunger strike. cnn's arwa damon has this story. >> reporter: the authorities won't let us into the sports complex turned make shift detention facility for syrian kurds. by phone we reach mustaf albali, a media activist inside.

city in iraq, the capital, baghdad? >> it is better defended than places like mosul were and what we've seen around fallujah. e me, the iraqi security forces, they know what that city means to them and to their people and to their country. we see them stiffening their defenses and so far they've been able to protect the capital. >> do you think it would be necessary to increase the number of u.s. troops and advisers in baghdad to protect american diplomats and contractors who are right there with 1600 u.s. active duty personnel are serving in iraq. >> not all 1600 are there. most of them are and of the 475 that the president announced a couple of wednesdays ago, but they're all flowing in that direction. it's important to remember two things. one, the advisers are going to be just that, they're going to be advisers. they're not in combat and engaging the enemy. >> they are protecting the american embassy. that's different from the than the advisers and that's a completely different mission set. we see no need right now to increase their numbers. i think we think we have an adequate level of protection there a

here is iraq. 60 days later, isis in control of 14 cities and towns, the one they've taken on is the town of hit, west of baghdad and between fallujah, that is detested between iraqi and isis forces. and in syria, you don't need a before and after photo because in syria, 15 days ago isis controlled ten cities and today it controls ten cities and c kobani looking like it may fall to isis. and that is a problem over time. but they can still accomplish the goal of degrading isis in syria without gaining back the grounds by keeping isis on the run, making it have to hide and move in smaller groups, destroying some of the infrastructure, the weapons, et cetera. but in terms of measuring success in territorial terms, it is frankly hard to see. >> it is very hard to see and hard to understand big picture how you can say you are gaining ground when the other side is gaining physical land and controlling towns and cities. thank you, jim. >>> and joining me now is newt gingrich and president secretary burt oi milan. and you just heard jim. isis is gaining ground and officials are saying that is not the point. they are targeting things like su

fallujah. while the focus of the iraqi military and government is to keep isis fighters outside the city today there were several attacks inside baghdad including at least three car bombs that killed dozens and several mortar rounds were also fired. so far there has been no claim of responsibility, but all of the attacks happened in main ll shiite muslim district, a tell tale sign. mortars also at close range meaning they were fired from inside the district or just outside the district. >>> andrewhite is a priest with the church of england in iraq. he's ra storied figure in that country. earlier yesterday, this man who was guarded by 30 security guards sent out an sos on his facebook page saying, quote, the islamic state are on the verge of entering baghdad. he added, all the military air strikes are doing nothing. if ever we needed your prayer, it is now. he is in baghdad now. i spoke with him hours ago through an internet hook-up that was weak but his message was powerful. watch this. canon white, very good to be here tonight. despite the fact that you have a personal struggle with m.s., des

and martin dempsey revealing new details today about what life is like for cities under isis control that includes fallujahthat's still going on all the time. >> and hundreds of years. yeah. but isil's also clever to give the enemy its due. they are also providing basic goods and services. they seek to reach out to children to influence the next generation. >> joining me now is matt cartwright of pennsylvania. thanks for joining me. so -- >> my pleasure, alex, how are you? >> i'm well, thanks. despite these air strikes, they are drawing closer to baghdad. they're appealing for help, trying to stop isis from advancing, obviously. are the air strikes working? >> well, i think it's too soon to tell yes, we've had something like 385 air strikes. but the idea is to degrade the strength of isis over time. the idea is this is an enemy that is advancing. i mean, military strategists will tell you when you're dealing with an enemy on the advance that is on the offense, they are out in the open more. and air strikes are more effective against enemies like that as opposed to enemies that are dug in and standing still

fallujah. while the focus of the iraqi military and government is to keep isis fighters outside the city today there were several attacks inside baghdad including at least three car bombs that killed dozens and several mortar rounds were also fired. so far there has been no claim of responsibility, but all of the attacks happened in main ll shiite muslim district, a tell tale sign. mortars also at close range meaning they were fired from inside the district or just outside the district. >>> andrew white is a priest with the church of england in iraq. he's ra storied figure in that country. earlier yesterday, this man who was guarded by 30 security guards sent out an sos on his facebook page saying, quote, the islamic state are on the verge of entering baghdad. he added, all the military air strikes are doing nothing. if ever we needed your prayer, it is now. he is in baghdad now. i spoke with him hours ago through an internet hook-up that was weak but his message was powerful. watch this. canon white, very good to be here tonight. despite the fact that you have a personal struggle with m.s., d

. >> and joe lieberman and i were in fallujah and ramadi where hundreds of americans were wounded and killed. the black flags of isis fly over those citieshard to talk to the families and brave veterans that literally put everything on the line. let me just say it is a bigger problem with this predent. this the dog ate my homework routine is getting a little tiresome. it started for six years with bob, blame it on bush, and then they have turned into super bowl contestants. he fails to realize that it is his policy and decisions that led us to where we are. when ryan crocker yesterday said, yes, we could have left a stabilizing force behind. these brave americans had stabilized the situation in iraq. isis was nothing when the president of the united states announced that we were going to withdraw everybody from iraq. and by the way, if he does what he says he is going to in afghanistan you will see the same movie. and that is just disgraceful. >> let me ask you both this question because i think both of you recognize senator lieberman, i know you recognize that these -- isis is islamic. >> right. >> i know you understand that we're at wa

the town of hit right now, which is not far from fallujah and ramadi, and not far from baghdad, and we seem to have forgotten about that. >> the syrian city of kobani, meanwhile, locals say isis is gaining ground, reportedly trying to seal it off by blocking the only passage out of town. the united states has launched two dozen air strikes with minimum effect. turkey, meanwhile, is still sitting on its hands. that's despite public unrest, protests calling for the turkish government to save kobani have led to clashes with police there. more than two dozen people killed in those protests. the united states is also trying to push turkey off the fence. john allen and his deputy traveled to the turkish capital to deliver the message directly to local leaders. >> the events of last week have made it clear that urgent and rapid steps are needed to halt isil military capabilities and they'll make that clear in their meetings with turkish officials. >> turkey isn't budging. on thursday its foreign minister met with the head of nato to discuss the situation, but he said it's not realistic to expect turkey will lead a ground operation on its own. nb

city. >>> across iraq, the violence continues. at least 41 people killed, 61 injured by explosions in the country. 14 people have been killed in fallujah. we are live in baghdad right now. now, can you tell us about the iraqi prime minister visiting iran? >>reporter: the prime minister is on a two-day visit to tehran and has already visited with the president of iran. he's also going to meet with the heads of the national security organization, heads of the forces effectively the iranian foreign policy brigade. iran is absolutely crucial to this region and to beating isil fighters. for a very long time here, they've had small amounts of units fighting isil fighters. they've been in and out of baghdad as well as damascus. these are the guys that really directed the syrian efforts, so for them, the iranians, the red line, if the president gets removed, that's a big problem for the iranians. both regimes are very close to each other. what the prime minister will be looking for is assurances that he can continue to count on iranian support and intelligence gathering as well as what they're doing with the coalition air strikes. there's not

he warned them about isis, by january of this year when isis rolls into fallujah and without a battle takes over a cityany miles from baghdad, he -- he asks for more aid from the united states. and obama, the obama administration had, was running on two, two currents there. they thought, we don't trust this guy, you know he needs to reform his government, he's not doing it we're not so sure we want to give him too much more. they give him a little bit more. they also don't see isis as a imminent threat to the united states. so the urgency isn't there. that they felt by the time you get into september and were, we're bombing them. zplits a lot more complex than that and you lay it out well in the documentary. >> a lot of behe had hgs, a lot of attention to that tactic of isis. you're worried about making a p.s.a. for them essentially where they're going to want to show people this documentary because it glorifies their tactics. >> we don't show any actual beheadings. >> but the references are strong. >> well the references are there, but that's the truth. and it's our job to present what is. we're not t

recently we captured the city or the town which is a strategic town on the border of iraq and syria. also ongoing fight in fallujahside of row mad row mad ro . >> how significant has the progress begin? >> peshmerga forces are still outgunned. web, isis has captured a lot american-made heavily artillery tanks, armored humvees but we are still on the offensive and have been taking some of the towns and villages away from isis. so now they have -- they are primarily focused in kobane, mobilizing some of their tactics. >> you bring up the issue you of the arming of the kurdish peshmerga forces. the u.s. promised to do that two months ago. what he is going on there? are are you get the weapons you need for fight the very well armed isil? >> this is the frustrating part for the peshmerga forces, while we are grateful for the air strikes, the u.s. coalition air strikes, they are effective to a certain extent, some of the equipment, light to medium equipment has been received by the peshmerga forces. the requested heavy artillery, heavy equipment that has been requested has not been received. yet the peshmerga is on the

they are on the outskirts of the city, and they are using shelling for pressure in the un much of more concern is a town south of fallujah, a town linking baghdad. i.s.i.l. forces are advancing on that town. we spoke with two, and commanders ready to compel offensive. if it falls, it's a key way in. a lot of concerns for authorities. lots of concern. >> imran khan, it's interesting to hear you talk about attention. what about in syria. the u.s. is continuing to bomb i.s.i.l., and frankly, is it working. is it impacting the group's vans? >> what it's doing in particular is cutting off supply roots between syria and iraq. it's a key strategy. it's narrowing an area that i.s.i.l. can move around. they hope that a ground force that is there will be able to pick them off. there are no real ground forces that the americans and coalition can rely on. at the moment in stiria, it's about putting i.s.i.l. under pressure, stopping them coming in and out of the border. it appears to be workingment in the territories that they control, they are hunkering down, using urban areas, civilians as a shield. there's con certain that the air

cities along the euphrates. like ramadi, like hadithah. they controlled fallujah, for months.ey made a move on the town of hadithah which is a critical town with a dam on the euphrates which the united states has tried to help or defend, help iraqi air forces with air strikes. we've spoken to the officials with provincial council who said they have made an urgent appeal of u.s. in baghdad to stop the advance of isis. we know that iraqi government has categorically refused that in the past. and in the united states, the obama administration has said time and time again, there will be no combat troops in iraq. but the officials in anbar are particularly concerned. one of them, the head of that provincial council telling me that they believe in, of course, we cannot confirm these claims, that there may be as many as 10,000 isis fighters who have been recently dispatched to anbar from syria and northern iraq. >> all right. so lieutenant colonel francona, hearing that, and knowing that 80% of anbar is reported is under isis control. is there any likelihood u.s. troops would go in v

fallujah. others further south, and then back up north to bag dad. one of our concerns is that with so many people on the move, we're receiving reports that some cities are turning people away, and not allowing them to enter unless they have a sponsor or relative in the city. >> it's ironic, isn't it, because i think a lot of them went in as a city of refuge in the first place. is this the work ultimately of all actors in this awful caldron? it's not just about islamic state. it's about air strikes as well coming from the coalition. >> david, i think we're having a problem with audio. you cut out. >> okay. i just wonder. i'll try and keep the question a bit shorter. who is the responsible for the exodus? it's not just islamic state, is it? >> david, i don't know your question. but in terms of the worst crisis, iraq is a huge displaced crisis. we estimate up to 1.8 million people in the country displaced with over 200,000 refugees. just here in erbil in the kurdish town region of iraq, just in the past eight, nine months, we've received almost 900,000 people. so throughout the entire country, you will find displaced people with very little possessions