robertson wanted to identify the exact size of the marks down to the micromillimeter.canned every autopsy photograph of the marks, which enabled him to create a three dimensional model. >> we're extracting the measurement, say from the left photograph, extracting it from the right photograph, and the computer software merges that into a three-dimensional measurement or a model that we can extract and view later. >> judging from the size and shape, robertson suspected that at least one of the marks was caused by the top part of a seat belt buckle. this was precisely what hans bosma thought, too. but he wanted robertson's independent analysis. >> well, normally, i don't have any information. so i wasn't aware of anything about the vehicle. >> next, robertson flew to modesto, california, to conduct an experiment in doug mouser's car. he wanted to try to recreate the same skin pattern that was on genna's thigh. he placed a live model, the same height and weight as genna in the back of the vehicle over the rear seat belt buckle. it was a hatch back and one of the back seats

robertson is an excellent editor. huge mc marked up manuscript amateurs form them from -- redsforming them with his pencil. his graduate school found of buying christmas presents for him was easy, buying a box of red pencils were easy any put them to good use. 444 years, dr. robson was the alumni distinguished profession -- profession -- professor of history. tommy at this church today manyded his classes -- how active this church today attended his classes over the years? that is wonderful. was fortunate to have attended many of his lectures. i was always amazed. hundreds would fill the auditorium to overflowing with students from every department including athletes, scientists, architects -- all spellbound in the way dr. robertson made history, live. in my opinion, if there were more teachers like the dr. robertson and the school system, we would not question why students do not understand or care about american history. [laughter] today, dr. robson serves as a key member of the commission that was established to pl

we've got ben wedeman, arwa damon, nic robertson, kimberly dozier.t to get your thoughts as somebody who lived in the region and spent so much time in iraq about this notion of the caliphate and whether it has much support amongst those that you know. >> no, michael, it doesn't. and i think it's fair to say that the vast majority of muslims do not support the notion of the creation of an islamic caliphate nor do they want to see themselves living under the kind of draconian islamist laws that an organization like isis is trying to impose on the population. even if you look at what is happening in iraq right now and the fact that isis has gained so much momentum, so much territory. yes, other sunni insurgent groups are right now fighting alongside it, along with the sunni tribes, it's not because they subscribe to that ideology. and you can look at them as them fighting alongside isis or you can look at it as them simply fighting the predominantly shia-led government. because at this point in time they feel like they have no other choice. again, the v

the outrage led to robertson being suspended by the a&e network. but the broad support from prominent conservatives from all wings of the conservative movement resulted in robertson being taken off suspension, and that was only about a week after the controversy resulted. erupted. this example showed that when the broad conservative movement defends the statements of conservatives, the conflict dissipates, and the media backs down. this stands in contrast to the example of two republican senator y'all candidates in 2012. you all remember aiken and murdoch. they were abandoned by many wings of the conservative movement as well as the republican party. question is, are the phil robertson case and the aiken/murdoch cases different because of the statements each made? maybe. but it's also possible that the main difference in conservative unity was that aiken and hur dock were -- murdoch were candidates more office, and robertson wasn't. other wings of the conservative movement didn't like aiken and murdoch. they didn't like them to begin with. and they

. >> let me turn to jeffrey robertson at this point. did you surprise you that the government hardly brothered to put on a prosecutorial case, hardly presented any evidence in court? >> no, it didn't because the judges are rigged. these are judge who is will do what the government and in this case the army wants. there has recently been an arrest report by the international bar association which makes it clear that you cannot get a fair trial, which is what international law requires. it may be on appeal the sentences will be reduced. there was a case the other day of some school girls, teenage school girls who had been sentenced for 11 years for a peaceful demonstration, and their sentences were changed to a suspended sentence. we've had hundreds of people sentenced to death for being members or supporters of the muslim brotherhood, and it may be that those sentences will be stayed. but what is going on in egypt at the moment is that there is a demonization of the muslim brotherhood being run by the authorities and the judges at low le

thank you >> next up it betty robertson harris. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is betty robertson harris i'm an early educator with the san francisco school district i'm a classroom teacher and currently work in the classroom with young children i'm here to be reappointed to the board. i am one of thousands of early educators that work with children in san francisco you my ask why i want to be reappoint the folks need a voice open the commission and having been working in san francisco as an educator since 1975 i feel that my experience with working with young children and their families in san francisco highly qualifies me i've worked on board in the mission and the bay area and the tenderloin and the sunshine and curling working in other district. i carry the needs and perspectives of all those children and their families with me as i educate children reggie see the needs for the folks receiving minimum pay i represent educators from ail sectors private schools private for profit and public schools, private-public and, of course, the san francisco scho

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that said i want to thank betty robertson hastings shooesz she's been a dedicated person to family and children's she's got heart and a great voice, however, it's time for another opportunity unfortunately, i have not had any opportunity to meet ms. crews i don't know much about her >> do you have small business from the mental health commission. >> we don't have dr. sandra in the child division it's more about child development i don't think we do in that way. >> okay. thank you. any other pbts seeing none, public comment is closed. here's another one we have qualified people and only two seats open. as you know, i was on the first 5 commissioner years and years and years ago. and i know that a good composition of the commission can really make a difference. and one of the pieces that i do care of k care about it the mental health piece because so much of what we did in the early education prior to the consultant we didn't have mental health and we knew i know first hand that we having centers in protecting areas like chinatown and tenderloin that we were in desperate need of having p

phil robertson, "duck dynasty" is dropping many the ratings but robertson won't drop his twisted viewshat they are. he defended his homophobia at a music festival. robertson said he's actually a nice man who was just trying to turn those poor souls to jesus. the self-proclaimed nice man also doubled down on his support for teen brides. according to a birmingham news reporter roberten son said 20 is too old for marriage. robertson concluded his appearance with a plea -- vote the ungodly presence out of washington. >> hey, alabama. whatever you do, whatever you do, go register to vote, especially in this next presidential election. register to vote and you ought to register for the house and the senate, too. get your tail down there and vote this ungodly bunch out of washington, d.c. [ cheers and applause ] >> we all know there is no sin in any of the music festival crowds. robe robertson has run out of sense but keeps running his mouth. if he believes his views are godly. he can keep on pretending. wow! you're really looking out for us. we are. and if there are unauthorized purchases on

joining us now is nic robertson here in baghdad. acosta at the white house, jim sciutto also in washington, and arwa damon is in the north in erbil in kurdish controlled areas. nic, let's start with you. let's talk about this chemical plant. you have actually been there. what is it like? >> with the weapons inspectors 2002, and i was just looking back at my notes, bearing in mind that what we're hearing from state department officials now who say that the stockpiles that the isis are coming across there are the old, degraded, have probably no chemical weapons value, could be dangerous if moved. looking back at my opening lines from when i visited there, the first impressions you have, rows of rusting chemical warfare equipment rotting in a warehouse. and the last line was this is a sight that the weapons inspectors probably won't have to come back to. it was bombed in 1991. it's a large site, 15 square miles roughly out in the desert. a lot of bunker-type warehouses, the birthplace of saddam hussein's biological weapons production.

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. >> senior international correspondent nic robertson is live. are iraqis saying the same thing as the white house about their prime minister? >> reporter: it depends on who you talk to. a lot of them answer the call to step up and join the fight, join the iraqi army which means joining shia militias here. he has a certain amount of supporters. that said, across the sectarian divide and sort of more moderate circles, no, they say he's not the man, he isn't inclusive, he's exclusive of sunnis and the divisions we see now are the divisions he's created. the actions he's taken this week and the actions that distanced him further from making the political compromises. it's made it impossible even though sunnis on the opposite side to deal with him because of the decisions he's made in the past week. if they were ever in a position to compromise, it's worse now. his office is saying he hasn't received an official statement from the united states telling him to go. it's the religious leaders we understand from politicians are the ones that may tell him

nic robertson. and the overriding concern of the american government at this point was we bring our guys home. that's why they did this. nic robertson, thank you. >> what about the other side of the equation, the five taliban suspects who were swapped for sergeant bergdahl? they are in qatar this morning. these pictures released by the taliban, reportedly showing their arrival. under the terms of this prisoner exchange, they will have to spend the next year living there with their movement and activities restricted. this morning we are getting a clearer picture of who these former detainees are and the threat that they still may pose. let's go back two years right now. listen to national intelligence director james clapper warning congress that these five men were too dangerous to release ever. >> i don't think anyone harbors any illusions about these five taliban members and what they might do if they were transferred. >> becky anderson is on the phone live from qatar this morning. good morning, be

cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson is in baghdad this morning. >> reporter: on their way to fight isis. answering the call of their leaders, young and old, religious and tribal, hundreds of volunteers marching for a middle class baghdad neighborhood, following the first ever call to arms sermon by the country's top shia cle c cleric. "we are here to defend our country. we're obeying our religious leaders" this tribal sheikh says. "we're not here for money. we are under attack and we will defend all iraq." "we're not here for sectarian reasons," this volunteer says." we're against the oath batist regime and the mercenaries who came from abroad." security extremely tight. car bomb killed two men here a few days ago. real concern these recruits could be cut down before they ever reach the front lines to help and there are people desperately waiting for that help. we've been talking by phone with a man who says he's an army officer in hiding in the north of iraq. he said his colleagues deserted the base. he was forced to take off his uniform, hide out in a house. he says

let's get to nic robertson live in baghdad.nse of the situation on the ground. >> reporter: john, i think we can learn a lot from the fact isis has taken a town in the north. to get to the big sweep they did, they bypassed it. they knew the army would stand and figtd. they did stand and fight, so they sent a force after the rapid advance to take care of it. they have reached a town 45 minutes northeast of baghdad. they were told to pull out and evacuate. isi s moved in to take over. north of the city now, there are many contested parts of that province. the government says it is fighting back against isis and released video of helicopter air strikes against isis targets. we don't see people that are being targeted here, just buildings and the fact that these images are taken from helicopters and on the ground does tell a story, if you will, about the lack of control the army has here on the ground. the prime minister is telling his countrymen that he will take the country back. the facts on the ground seem to indicate it's very

a viewer wrote into the 700 club to ask pat robertson about the crisis in iraq.ush administration. >> to sell the american people over weapons of mass destruction, wmd and it was a lot of nonsense. and we were sold a bill of goods we should never have gone into that country. >> wow, robertson had some coherent remarks. unfortunately all good things come to an end. >> we've got to fix it, it's too late to fix it. it's unfixable. and then those simmering animosities have been there for centuries, centuries. >> sold us into the war but the end of days isn't going to dig us out. if he thinksz the anti-christ is a diplomatic solution, he can keep on pretending. and down the back of my neck was intense. it would have been virtually impossible in that confined space to move to change radio frequencies. i mean it hurt. i couldn't even get up and drive let alone teach somebody and be responsible in an airplane. as a pilot that meant i was grounded. of swedish experience in insidperfecting the rich,ars never bitter taste of gevalia. we do it all for this very experience. [

mike robertson was 19 years old and away at college when he was diagnosed three years ago. >> mike robertsonere was people around me, like, bad people or nice people. >> kroft: even when there was nobody there. >> robertson: yeah. and that's what really, that's what really got to me. >> linda doran: he told me over the phone, "i feel like i'm going insane. i swear there is a bug in my head and i just want to tear at my eyes and my skin and my scalp to get it out of there so i don't have to hear it anymore." very scary. >> kroft: michael's mother, linda doran, brought him back to california and got him into treatment, which consists of regular therapy sessions and daily doses of heavy-duty anti- psychotic drugs that stabilize him and help control the symptoms. >> robertson: clozapine. it's an anti-psychotic. haloperidol. cogentin or benztropine. fluvoxatine or prozac, lorazepam for anxiety. >> kroft: they often leave him listless or groggy, which is one of the reasons people with severe mental illness often stop taking them. a lot of people with your illness say the drugs make them feel worse

they'll take this at his pace, if you will. >> nic robertson for us this morning in germany. thanks, nic. >> what about the other side of this exchange, the five taliban terror suspects who were swapped for sergeant bergdahl? they are in qatar this morning. these pictures released by the taliban, reportedly showing their arrival. now, under the terms of this prisoner exchange, they will have to spend the next year living in doha with their movement and activities restricted. this morning we're getting a little bit of a clearer picture of who these former detainees are and the threat that they could pose. let's go back two years right now, listening to national intelligence director james clapper in 2012 warning congress that these five men were too dangerous to ever release. >> i don't think anyone harbors any illusions about these five taliban members and what they might do if they were transferred. >> becky anderson joins us live now from qatar. this is the country that brokered the controversial high-stakes swap. becky, what do we know about these men specifically and what

nic robertson across the border in jordan for us this morning.nks so much. >>> breaking overnight, u.s. drone strikes reportedly taking aim at terrorists in pakistan near the afghan border. officials say four compounds were targeted in the tribal areas of north waziristan, killing at least ten militants. these are the first drone strikes in the region in six months, and they come just days after an assault by the pakistani taliban on the airport in karachi that left 36 people dead. >>> a major aftershock from the political earthquake that jolted the republican establishment. eric cantor says he'll step down as house majority leader at the end of next month. the announcement coming on the heels of his, quite frankly, stunning defeat at the hands of a little-known tea party candidate, david brat. cantor's resignation sets up a potentially bruising leadership battle just ahead of the midterm elections. let's get more from cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: christine and john, eric cantor's loss is already giving way to a s

live to baghdad, and nic robertson in a minute. i want to talk to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto in jordan. a man who commanded the marine division during the iraq war, james williams. general williams, you're a straight talking man. what is the first element of american advisers? what are they going into? they've got to assess the situation but now you have shias who are marching in baghdad and they're ready to confront isis, the sunnis. >> well, you know, first of all, they're going to have to make contact with the military government in terms of working with the ministry of defense. they'll have to be assigned to various units of the iraqi army and make an assessment of the situation. remember, they're in an advisement role. in this advisement role, they're not going to be in direct combat but they're going to direct the individual iraqi army elements on how to resolve their issues from a military perspective. >> you know, general, you talk about the iraqi army. but now you've got the shiite forces and als

nick robertson is here, arwa damon, the breaking news tonight. isis forces apparently now having occupied an old chemical weapons facility from saddam's days. nick robertson was there. we actually have video you shot. what year is this? >> 2002 and it was bombed by coalition forces back in 1991 and weapons inspectors, un weapons inspectors were there. when i was there, i was writing about these rusting rows of chemical weapons equipment. again, i was back there with the un weapons inspectors. it must have been an important site because that was the seventh site they visited so it was a key one. iraq was at war with iran and it had been identity lle after tha. when i was there, you have a desert site, sort of 15 square miles, bunkers, semi secure site, some places the wire around the outside was torn down. >> you raised the question before we went on air, which is a good one, if it is isis forces there if they have former members with them or former sunni militias or former saddam forces who does that? >> you have to fight. they are using the stra

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senior international correspondent nic robertson is at landstuhl medical center this morning.ve us an update on how the sergeant is doing. >> reporter: yeah, stable condition. his situation requires hospitalization, we're told, particular attention on diet and nutrition. it very much gives the impression that during captivity, he wasn't getting the right foods to eat. and certainly, that's what we understa understand, the reason to make this exchange with the taliban prisoners, make it happen so quickly, was because sergeant bergdahl's physical health was deteriorating. that's what we're being told here. we do understand part of the process that he goes through here will involve questions about what he saw, what he experienced with the taliban, and obviously, questions about how he ended up in their hands, john. >> nic, of course, there is a suggestion he could provide intelligence about the taliban that could be helpful to both the united states and afghanistan going forward, no? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. i mean, look at what happened monday. there was a service person k

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nic robertson. thanks very much. >>> general motors ceo mary barra heads back to capitol hill, testifying in a house investigation the company's handling of an ignition switch defect now linked to at least 13 deaths. gm knew of the problem for over a decade before issuing a recall in february. barra's testimony will focus on corporate culture that discouraged the flow of bad news and treated the problem with no sense of urgency. gm has already recalled 20 million vehicles so far this year. >> yeah, it will be interesting to see what mary barra can say today. >>> time for an early start. european stocks up, asian stocks mixed. stocks rose for the third day in a reyesterday on higher inflation data. fed officials previously expressed concern that inflation was too low. the sent travel bank is expected to continue tinkering its bond buying program. the fed is not expected to raise rates until sometime next year as the economy continues to strengthen. >> so mark your calendars. >> that's right. >>> 11 m

colleagues down in the buy used to cut a nice seventy thousand dollars check and send it to the robertson family stars of the hit reality show duck dynasty for every episode that airs that's because louisiana offer some pretty hefty tax breaks for television shows movies that use that state as a backdrop to date as addicting info dot org points out duck dynasty has suckled on the government teat for a whopping total of four point five million dollars over sixty four episodes ironically members of the robertson family have railed against government welfare for poor people repeatedly but apparently they're just fine taking four and a half million bucks to big government to sell and make matters worse the robertsons were already millionaires long before duck dynasty hit the airwaves here's the clean cut wealthy family vacationing on the beach they certainly don't need any more money from the louisiana government meanwhile is the already super rich robertson family is getting richer the rest of louisiana is suffering that's because governor bobby jindal has refused to expand medicaid under ob

i'm one of the few robertsons that has to act like a professional. >> you may lose phil robertson's votends with him. i know him. >> i got his number. >> you're run for office. it's amazing -- well, not really amazing. they're well loved. well liked. people respect what they stand for. but the power and support of the family is pretty important in this race. what difference does it make to you, do you think? >> well, the support of the family means a lot to me. we share very similar background and philosophy, albeit political or spiritual beliefs as well. they're going to be a big part of the campaign. i'm going to have phil as my pr director. he's so good with the media. and probably going to have si as my strategic consultant. >> i might -- i don't know about that. >> we're still working on the details. >> what about the issues that have come up when the family comes under fire and issues involving social issues. where do you stand on all that? >> well, obviously i'm a social conservative. my platform begins with god. that's what this whole thing is about. and washington when we look a

nic robertson in landstuhl for us. thank you very much. >> of course, the reason sergeant bergdahl is free now is because the white house agreed to an unusual prisoner swap with the taliban, sending these five fighters to qatar from guantanamo bay. the senate intelligence committee is set to hear from administration officials today in a closed-door briefing, as some question whether qatar will hold up its end of this bargain. stopping these men from rejoining the fight in afghanistan and elsewhere. former defense secretary leon panetta says he had similar concerns when he had a chance to okay a prisoner swap years ago. >> i had to ensure that the greatest security would be established so that none of them would re-enter the battlefield. and that was my obligation under the law. there were very strict conditions to maintain security on each of these individuals, and those were not acceptable, either to the taliban or to the qatarees at the time, and it was for that reason that i did not support doing it at that point be

nic robertson for us in doha. va is set to release more results of a nationwide audit of scheduling practices today. the va has been under the microscope since cnn revealed secret waiting lists, cover-ups and long treatment delays at the va medical center in phoenix. dozens of veterans there died waiting for care. the house veterans affairs committee is expecting updates on the investigation at a hearing tonight. >>> relief may be on the way for some 5 million americans with student loans. we are awaiting a major announcement today from the white house. the president expected to expand an alternative repayment program that would cap monthly payments for certain federal student loans at 10% of the borrower's discretionary income. the president also expected to back a democratic proposal that would allow borrowers to refinance student loans. >> income-based repayment. if you can keep your student loan bill at 10% of what you bring in every month, then you have the oxygen in your budget to do other things, and that's

>> nic robertson in bagdad, thank you very much. >>> as we said, the aircraft carrier "u.s.s. george h.w. bush" as we were talking about last hour, is near the coast of iraq. >> defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the move. cnn's athena jones joins us live from the white house. we hear reports of the bombing in bagdad. the president, the national security obviously will decide this weekend, decision time, on plans to take action in iraq? >> reporter: good morning, victor and christi. that's what the president has been working with his national security team to do all weekend. they're trying to figure out what to do, come up with a range of options. you know the president is spending father's day weekend in california with his wife and eldest daughter malia. he's been getting updates from his national security team, national security adviser susan rice. this team is strig to come up with a range of options to help iraq push back the insurgent forces. these options don't include troops on the ground, but they could include air strikes. this ship, the bush, is a shipped moved i

nic robertson is in baghdad this morning.a sense of the latest on the isis advancement here. is the government correct in holding off the advance for now? >> reporter: it seems to be slow. the confrontations we hear about, two-thirds of them go in favor of isis. there have been three major battles in the last three days. the oil refinery, there was a battle raging yesterday. that's the most important and largest oil refinery in iraq. that seems to be mostly, not entirely, but mostly in the hands of isis. it's unclear, but seems isis and the iraqi government control parts of it. what the iraqi government hasn't been able to do is roll the advance toward the city back. that's significant and why the situation is ongoing. that's why, potentially, isis could achieve their own to encircle the capital. >> give me a sense of whether there's confidence in the country of whether nuri al maliki can bring them together so it doesn't evolve into sectarian conflict. the white house has serious concerns about who is running the country. >>

we'll see how it plays out. >> candy crowley and nic robertson, thank you so much. "state of the union" with candy crowley is coming up next hour 9:00 a.m. eastern as she talks with national security adviser susan rice about the release of sergeant bergdahl. let's talk about the guantanamo bay detainees released. the group has tried to free them for more than a decade. here are their pictures. i do need to put a disclaimer up here. these pictures of photos obtained by wikileaks that matched the names released by the department of defense. the department of defense would neither confirm or deny their accuracy. all these men held important positions with the taliban ranging from interior minister to chief of army staff. >> other stories breaking overnight, all seven people on board a private jet were killed in a fiery crash, pictures here. this is in the boston area late last night. officials say the plane apparently caught fire. you can see this is a photo from social media purporting to be of the crash site. there are flames there. the victims have not been identifi

senior international correspondent nic robertson is live in brussels this morning. the president in brussels today for key meetings with european leaders, but nic, it seems like the situation surrounding bowe bergdahl will once again overshadow these meetings. >> reporter: it sure does. and there are two phases to the meetings. in the morning, a working lunch, then david cameron, a press conference where president obama can likely face much more questions based on what we've hea heard, so he can expect there will be questions coming about sergeant bergdahl's release, particularly on the issue of what other soldiers have been saying about the circumstances of his disappearance from the base. but he will be essentially having his whole morning very full of international and g-7 issues. perhaps he'll have a little bit more time free this afternoon european time, morning time east coast, of course, to deal with the issue of sergeant bergdahl. john? >> it does seem like the white house is trying to move this ball forward. they met -- white house staff met with senators l

senior international correspondent n ic robertson been with us. michael weiss, a writer for politi politico. a u.s. marine who saw combat in fallujah, iraq. crucial to this whole story. and major general james williams, a retired u.s. marine commander who also has some valuable insight when we discuss when's going on there. thanks to you all for being with us. major general williams, let's talk a little bit about what you did back there, we laze to have that turnaround with a major shift in how the insurgency went on. do you think they're in the mood to be turned around again? >> well, i think that's really a good question, michael. of course, at the time i was out there, nic robertson was there, in fact, a couple meetings with me and good to see nic again. you know, the challenge i think we have right now is really to find what the issues are and you've talked to the former prime minister. we have had discussions with ambassador crocker today. and when you look at the challenges, this sectarian battle in my mind has always been about the economic

nic robertson live for us this morning.to dig a little deeper into the kries and the stakes involved and the options available. jim sciutto is our security correspondent and from london, charlie cooper, a middle east researcher for a think tank formed to combat extremism. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> so jim, you just heard nic robertson. this is disturbing, to say the least. and also, these terrorists, you know, now taking over iraqi cities are so vile. these are the people who tweeted out images of crucifixions in syria. should the united states get involved? >> let me tell you, the other thing about isis is that they're also the most popular group to join for foreign fighters partly because their requirements are so low. you can just kind of come in on a kind of jihadi vacation and join up for a bit and then return home. and this is a real concern because u.s. intelligence officials have been telling me and others for months that they are concerned about how syria has attracted these foreign fighters. what hap

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>> nic robertson, thank you very much. "outfront" military analyst, executive director to general petraeus during the surge in iraq and colonel francona. colonel monsure, you are hear isis advances. do you still feel with a that way? >> i do. i think putting 300 advisors or so on the ground, the only good that will come of that is it many give us good situational awareness or bet are situational awareness of the state of the iraqi parmy. that's that information we need going forward. but politically we don't need that. we need a comprehensive solution to the government in baghdad. once they form a government that has the support of the iraqi people, then we can think about those stronger military measures that nic robertson and baghdad discussed. >> and colonel francona, they were talking about anbar, bull dozing overtowns, and when i was there, i remember it being a deserted empty part of the country. what does that mean in terms of how significant the gains are? ? >> they are reeling into the towns that the iraqi governm

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nic robertson in baghdad, arwa damon in erbil. where are iraqi troops fighting right now and how high is the concern that baghdad could potentially fall to this militant group? >> reporter: deb, i don't think there's a concern that baghdad is about to fall. but the development today is hugely significant and cannot be underestimated. the border town of the iraqi to syria border town after three days of fighting has fallen. the iraqi brigade there has been overrun. this is coming from an iraqi security source in the western town of ramadi. what this means is, it's not just al qaeda that's fallen. it is the -- it is the town of rawa, the town of heat, the town of husaba. this means that isis now has a direct highway link from its strongholds in syria to the western outskirts of baghdad. we're talking about a four-hour drive for those strongholds in syria now direct to the western outskirts of baghdad. isis has control over the major parts of the euphrates river valley. strategically this will allow them if they so choose to surge th

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here he is right now, nic robertson, senior international correspondent joining us from baghdad. we should reiterate the state department is suggesting that this is not a huge threat. but take me back to that trip there, nic, in 2002. what do you remember about it? >> reporter: this was a very derelict looking site. we know it had been bombed in the first gulf war in 1991. the weapons inspector had been there in the mid-'90s as well to cement that stuff up. this was sort of an inspection check. it was really -- it was a place that felt it was just being unused. it wasn't really getting any attention.l comparing me to comparing then, they've only gotten older and rustier since then. the reality is, isis, they're fighting with tribal fighters. also men who were in saddam hussein's army. who built that base. who put the weapons systems in there. who helped manufacture those weapons. so possibly there are people onboard with isis and the tribes, and these are the sunni rebel groups who may know something about these weapons. but from what we can see back then, it would be incredibly

nic robertson report froms from baghdad. >> reporter: marching militiamen. a show of force for powerful shia cleric muqtada al-sadr, parading their weapons. only a few years ago, fighters here were doing battle with american troops on these same streets. their message to the radical islamists sweeping across. isis across this former colonel says, "we're here to free the land for everyone." "we don't need airstrikes or any external force helping us here, "this volunteer says. "we don't want these american military advisors." no love here for iraq's prime minister either. the main cause of the security deterioration says this cleric is the bad management of the prime minister, al-maliki must leave and resign. no sign that maliki is listening, busy directing the war, the country's air force on the offensive. isis fighters scattering under fire from missiles targeting their convoy, according to iraq's military, who released a video shot several days ago. impossible to know who precisely or how many people are hit. according to iraqi health officials, cnn has tal

nic robertson, appreciate it from baghdad. stay safe and thank you. >>> there are still americans in iraq we should point out, caught in this violence. tony was a contractor and has been air lifted out of the area. for security reasons he wanted to only be identified by his first name. anderson cooper spoke to him. here is what he said. >> local national security forces pretty much dropped their weapons and walked off. they didn't direct. if it wasn't for the villages on ore perimeters, we might not be in there. they stood up and helped out the iraqi army tremendously. they can be smart and fast. they can be very threatening. forces were here. obviously, we put up a resist tense. it was easier because they are not organize thad well. they have big forts and a lot of fire power, but they are not organized. they will push back and hard. if they don't get resistance, they are going to keep going. >> that was a u.s. contractor talking about the organization of the issa fighters right now. >> let's look at where they are and have b