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it would be bloody, but the outcome would be them in southern iraq and al qaeda in northern iraq. >> thanks. when we come back, the irs chief is in the hot seat after the agency waited two months to tell congress about those missing e-mails. so what can be done now to get them back? ael, i'm 55 years old and i have diabetic nerve pain. the pain was terrible. my feet hurt so bad. it felt like hot pins and needles coming from the inside out of my skin. when i did go see the doctor, and he prescribed lyrica. it helped me. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eyesight, including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or skin sores from diabetes. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of h

that's going to unravel the network of producing locations in southern iraq. that there were indications as early as this morning that some of the major western companies currently developing fields in southern iraq may be suspending activities and making provisional plans to move their -- liz: okay, all right, somebody's suspending activity because three planeloads in the last hour and a half of americans have turned tail and left iraq. so there are enough tensions and enough concerns about the entire nation falling into real disarray and drama so that some americans are leaving. no embassy people yet, but, andy, to oil and its price. we are now very close to $107 a barrel. in the less heavily-traded aftermarket session, what happens tomorrow? your best guess? >> i think the oil prices are going to continue to rise because the market is nervous about the loss of supplies especially on the back of libyan oil production at less than 20% of its normal level, issues in sudan, nigeria, sanctions on iran as well as the iea coming out saying that opec has to produce

. >> reporter: thousanders of iraqis from baghdad and southern iraq took up arms marching and waving guns and flags. they answered an urgent call to defend their country against islamic militants, a blood thirsty group that has overrun large parts of northern iraq and closing in on the capital. baghdad is bracing for an aike from the fighters of the islamic state of iraq and syria, knows that the u.s. labeled them as terrorists. the dramatic gains have a possibility. plunging iraq into war with ethnic groups fighting each other. hundreds have fled their homes, ref ugee camps are flooded. >> threats to the sovereignty and integrity of the country. >> reporter: the white house on high alert, pentagon officials drawing up contingency plans to evacuate or protect some 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out any ground forces to shore up the beleaguered government forces, but other options are on the table, including air strikes and drone attacks. americans are watching warily, a decade of war in iraq seared into memory. the call to arms across iraq echoed

as well as the number of other countries around the world including iraq, and those -- in the southern iraqduction, and that has kind of offset the losses that we've had from plitically driven events with iran sanctions, with the losse losses from libya andw with the losses from northern iraq. it's essentially balanced it. and crude prices have been relatively stable over the last couple of years. >> ifill: when you say u.s. production has been on on the rise, you're talking about shale production, fracking production? >> yeah, with a little bit of offshore. >> ifill: our reliance therefore? >> it's really one-world market. so the price is set globally. it doesn't matter -- it's fungible. so it doesn't matter very much who imports from where even if the u.s. wasn't buying that much from iraq and it does buy a little bit, you know, an outage in iraq would still have a big impact if it happened. >> ifill: let's talk about one area in the north, gianna bern, about the kurdish area and the area around kirkuk which the kurds want to control. if they maintain control over these oilfields, does th

most of that does come from southern iraq. but the militants are threatened some facilities already and investors fear they could disrupt supplies. those worries have pushled oil prices to a nine-month high. traders fear the fighting will affect exports. benchmark futures are trading at $107.34 a barrel. investors were already worrying about the fighting in ukraine and the possibility of that curtailing supplies from russia. they have seen disruptions from fighting in libya, too. now many think the prices will soar even higher. the conflict in iraq is affecting other markets, too. investors on wall street sold stocks overnight. all the major indices were down with the dow jones industrial average losing 100 points for a second day. here in tokyo, investors are also selling shares. the nikkei opened almost 1% lower and it is down about .6%. currency investors are also jittery. analysts say traders selling the dollar to buy the yen and the swiss franc in times of political uncertainty seeing the currencies as safer investments.

southern iraq accounts for a lot of the oil output. but it is in the north where the companies stand to lose the most. that is because many companies and oil field services have increased their investments and operations in that region. it held the promise of bigger profits than the south. an escalating conflict could derail those efforts. for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan. >>> we talk more about iraq and the impact on u.s. energy prices. the founding partner at again capital. john,'i)÷ thank you for joining >> thank you. >> let me start right off with prices and where they're going. you predict worse case scenario if things really get bad it could get up to $150 a barrel, talk us through your thinking on that. already in a multi-month high right now. we dust off the chart and see where the mark was. that was when the oil hit $247 a barrel. just rounding off the target that is the number. we have gotten through 105, next up is 110. i think after that, that will be generated by real damage on the ground or even real worr

. >> thousands of iraqi from baghdad and across southern iraq took up arms saturday marching towards assembly points waving gun and flags. they answered urgent call to defend their country against islamic militant. a blood tliingty group of militants in northern iraq and closing in on the capital. baghdad is bracing for attack from the isys fighters from islamic state of iraq and syria and known the u.s. labeled thermometer riingts. >> the dramatic gains made by jihadist fighters have potential to plunge a rock into warfare with different ethnic and religious groups fighting each other. hundreds of thousands have they had anywhere homes of refugee camps overflowing. and officials say the situation is grim. >> but very serious threats to the integrity of the country. >> the whitehouse is on high alert. pentagon officials are drawing up contingency plans to he jackiate or protect 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out any ground forces to shore up the iraqi government forces and other options are on the table including air strikes and drone attacks. an

this morning al qaeda-inspired militants are pushing deep into southern iraq headed toward baghdad. in about 48 hours the insurgent blitzkrieg has overrun cities once controlled by u.s. forces during the nearly nine-year iraq war. first to fall, iraq's second largest city, mozle, then ta creek and then. they're offering little or no resistance. many are laying down their arms and hundreds of thousands of iraqi citizens are on the run. susan mcginnis is in washington where the obama administration is plotting its next move. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the white house says the situation in iraq has deteriorated in the last 24 hours or so and is quickly becoming a humanitarian issue. now the white house is considering sending help. some iraqi troops abandoned their posts and were seen walking in civilian clothes near the city. the retreat comes as the obama administration is moving closer to sending aid to battle al qaeda-inspired militants i crass iraq. in a statement the white house acknowledged the ongoing violence and quote, will continue to provide and as req

against the iranians globally, while exploiting oil with ours and british and chinese companies from southern iraq, we have done both of those things. who is ahead in there? influencing the situation. >> let's talk about the people who are really suffering. global refugee crisis. >> ices fighters in iraq are capturing cities and towns and spreading terror. the number of iraqis who have fled their homes and left their belongings exceed a half million people. an estimated 300,000 of these iraqis flooded northern iraq. life is harsh for the uproot. living in makeshift camps under sweltering skies, no electricity, no gas. these people whom the u.n. calls displaced persons, are adding to a shocking total worldwide that has risen to proportions not seen since the second world war. get this. as of 2013 last year, according to the u.n., the number of refugees internally displaced persons, total 51.2 million people. the first time that number has surpassed the 50 million total as noted since world war ii. >> it's because we are witnessing a multiplication of new conflicts in the world. and the global confl

she's an refugee living in northeast philadelphia her father lives in basra, southern iraq, while he is removed from the violence her friend and families are not as fortunate. >> we cannot go out. at 6:00 o'clock you cannot go out. >> reporter: her father says video like this clips shown on the news of attacks by militant groups. he was eight years old when two of her own uncles were killed after speaking out begins saddam hussein. >> we just want to keep them safe. >> reporter: the nationalities services center which help relocate immigrants and refugees says it has relocated close to 800 iraqis to northeast philadelphia, so much so that this part of the bustleton avenue is becoming known as little baghdad and it is one of the first places many stop right here, right here. she owns that restaurant. two employees are from iraq. >> i can see my friend but next day they disappear. >> reporter: as she watches what happens next, she hopes to hear her father's voice and one day see them again. in northeast philadelphia, jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news

. >> oil exports on both northern and southern iraq are said to accelerate.shows exports from government controlled ports in the south will be 11% higher next month versus the yearly average. officials in the north plan to double crude exports next month. for more on the outlook for oil, i am joined by our next guest. let's talk about the outlook for oil. give us your assessment of how much or how little the oil production is going to be impacted in iraq by what we are seeing on the ground. >> absolutely. there is no doubting the belowground potential. the challenges are above the ground. these fault lines have been a place for some time. there are fears of sectarian influence. you have the kurds in the northeast. you have the insurgents to the west of that. and you have the shia controlled government in baghdad and the south. what does this mean for oil prices? we certainly have not seen an impact in the south were 90% of production -- were 90% of the production comes from. >> as long as we see the activity from the insurgents taking place away from the sout

the leader of isis is well known and he was in custody in southern iraq and released. fbi had a 10 million reward on his head. he eulogized osama bin laden and pledged to carry out attacks. and now the iraqis are carrying out air strikes alone and the u.s. is planning out options for the president who made it clear on where he stands on u.s. air streaks. >> we can't do it for them. >> it is a wide range of military capabilities and the help to break the momentum and bolster the security fores. but any decision to employ those options rests with the commander in chief. >> the pentagon asked congress to expedite humvees. but this video shoes the insurgents driving around in american humvees that they took when the soldiers fled. and the chairman of the house armed services committee urged the president to protect the 1,000 plus u.s. personnel serving in the bass bsz in baghdad and indicated he does not support air strikes. the white house will consider all options and no quick fix solutions and i will not support a one shot strike that looks good for the cameras and no e

you saw them in southern iraq trying to fly in baghdad to help defend. it but many more who took off uniforms and dropped their gups and fled for the heads. this is an army we tried to celt up and they have deserted and fallen away and we are paying the price for the fact that we never had the status of forces agreement to keep the americans troops to steady the iraqi forces. >> it is worth the prime minister{for help would not negotiate that agreement. but the criticism is heavy on the united states. he was not a partner in that. it will be interesting to see how we go over the next few days. and great to it see you as always. chris will sit down with an exclusive grew with the chairman of the republican senate committee and greg wals mon. chairman of the republican congressional committee. eric. >> speaking of politics, a brand new poll shoes republicans and democrats decided on idea logical divide. there is more division than in any point in the last two decades. they are consistently conservative or consistently liberal has doubled to 21 percent. we'

dozen officers who advised the iraqi army on intelligence and help mobilize 2000 militiamen from southern iraq. we will be talking with the pentagon official in officials here in moments about why this president would send 300 military advisers into a region that is rapidly deteriorating into an all-out sectarian war among enemies. and a big primary day for the republican party. thad cochran beating back a challenge from chris mcdaniel who has still to concede the election. >> as you know, there were literally dozens of this reported across the state. >> not our job to make together the sanctity of the vote that will be a paled. so we have to be absolutely certain that the republican primary was won by republican voters. lou: congressman james lankford back backing his own tea party and oklahoma to risk secure the republican nomination in this state. he will be joining us in moments and senator jeff sessions says the homeland security department is advertising amnesty abroad and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in central america and mexico. >> the immigration reform legislation

if the central government in iraq collapses, that's the goal of isis iran will own southern part of iraq, they can operate isais baghdad all the way in to syria. eventually march even jordan, lebanon, our best ally, they will attack us from that part of iraq and syria according to our own director of national intelligence, next 9/11 is coming from herement. >> schieffer: that's a very serious -- >> that's what they say i agree. >> schieffer: we could have another -- >> inevitable. the seeds of known are being planned all over iraq and sear california you don't have to believe me. this is what they're telling you. they're not hiding. they are going to take the king of jordan down because he's infidel in their eyes as much as and drive us out of the mid east by attacking us here at home. >> schieffer: says malaki has to put in reforms bring sunnis in to the government should our aid or whatever she do should depend on what he does. >> if you use air power i can kill civilians. if baghdad gets infected the government collapses that's worst case scenario. any assistance we provide needs to b

there is the dollar yen so far today. 2.28. 10 oil exports from southern and northern iraq is set to rate even as militants advance on baghdad. data examined by bloomberg shows exports from government controlled southern ports will be 11% higher next month repaired for the yearly average. they point to double crude export next month. in a couple hours, the bank of england will reveal minutes from its last meeting. governor mark carney says a rate increase could come sooner than expected. and the european union will have to rely on antitrust rules. withn exclusive interview germany's interior minister. he says they cannot just break up the company. >> europe cannot unravel chinese american and indian, or south american companies. what kind of legal system would that be? that is not going to work. >> the south african president delivered the state of the union address to parliament on tuesday. it comes just after the nation's credit rating was cut to one not above -- our guest joins us from johannesburg. good morning. the president started off by expressing disappointment over low growt

. >> thousands across baghdad and southern iraq took up arms marching and waiving guns and flags. they answered an urgent call to defend their country against islamic militants. a group of fundamental lists who have over run the large parts of northern iraq and closing in on the capital. baghdad is bracing for an attack, but the fighters of the easy law america state of iraq and syria are known and the u.s. labeled them terrorists. the dramatic gains made by the jihadist fighters plunged iraq into the vicious sectarian warfare with different ethnic and religious groups fighting each other. >> hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. refugee camps are over flowing and officials say the situation is grim. >> it is a very serious threat to the integrity of this country. >> the white house is on high alert. the pentagon officials are drawing up contingency plans to evacuate or protect some 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out any ground forces to shore up the be league erred government forces, but the other options are on the table including ai

to baghdad to advise the iraqi army on intelligence and help mobilize 2000 shia militiamen from southern iraq. we'll talk with former pentagon official k.t. mac far land about why this president would send 300 military advisers into a region that's rapidly deteriorating into an all out sectarian war among what are, for the most part, u.s. enemies fluchltz al . also tonight the republican party with another disappointing result for the tea party. six-term senator thad cochran beating a spirited challenge from tea party-backed chris mcdaniel who has still to concede the election. >> there were literally dozens of irregularities reported across the state. [ cheers ] >> you know why. now it is our job to make sure the sanctity of the vote is upheld. before this race endses we have to be absolutely certain that the republican primary was won by republican voters. [ cheers and applause ] >> congressman james lankford beat back his own tea party challenger in oklahoma to secure the republican nomination for senate in his state. he'll join us in moments. senator jeff sessions says the homeland securi

ever because we can see the price of gasoline in america is going to spike if the oil fields in southern iraq are taken over by the lunatic rebels of isis. why shouldn't it even matter? >> the infrastructure to make use of this new found oil isn't ready thanks to a combination of speed and disbelieve. 63% of their oil is shipped by the dangerous rail car industry rather than the pipe lines. you can build them pipe lines. the pipe line project requires thousands of workers to put many to work. because of a fractured political environment it now takes a tremendous politically to build pipe lines. the populace seems split between those who want it stopped in its track, by those who want limited pipe lines. they will just use a different means of transportation. the result is that we end up shipping it by rail. the rail is more dangerous than using pipe lines. not to mention more extensionive. and explosive. second statistic, because so few saw this revel augusolution com power system is completely wrong this this country. much more natural gas is being burned off or flared that is actually being

that kind of a scenario doesn't exist in southern iraq. they can encircle baghdad, send suicide bombers in, threaten it, but they can not march through north. >> you said that president obama must walk a delicate line, that we can't become the air force of the sunni militias. what should we do? >> we can be the airsupports of the shiites. >> i apologise, the shiites. >> our mission is clear. we cannot tolerate extremists of the kind we see in the band of terrorism. that is the mandate in iraq. we are not there to referee the shia sunni issue. we are there to protect that country and ourselves against extremism. how do we do that. does it mean we have to take the side of the she items and use -- shiites and use the air force to bomb the militia. >> one of the mistakes is to lijiate the appearance of -- legitimate the presence of i.s.i.s. the sunnis may be unhab with nouri al-maliki -- unhappy with nouri al-maliki's form of government. they are right. but it's not allowable for them to make i.s.i.s. the answer. >> let's talk about iran, the

quarter, hurtling through the first half of the year, barring a takeover of the oil fields in southern iraq, it would indeed send the national price of gasoline soaring to $5, i think we'll glide nicely through next week, once again use intraday sell offs like we seal to get every day, to pick up the stocks i've been recommending, including those soon tore covered in cramer's cup, which is coming up right after the break. >>> let's take a call from robert in florida. robert? >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah, robert. >> caller: >> caller: i've been trying to get my dad to buy some -- i got in lower, and please help me convince him -- >> you want to go gt advanced technologies. it's been one of my favorite specks and i remain it reiterates it remains one of she specs. anise in georgia? >> caller: i was watching the stock shows the other day and a guest suggested emc. >> look, when we look at what some companies are saying about storage, it looks lie emc is doing better. it still remains not nigh favorite. why? a lot of companies are coming in, taking shot at emc. i don't know if their fran

. >> thousandfs iraqis from baghdad and southern iraq took up arms marching and waving guns and flags. they asked for an urgent call to defend their country against the fundamentalist group that has overrun northern eye rag and is heading toward the capital. the draw in thetic gains made by the jihadist fighters have the potential to send eye wrack into sectarian warfare with different ethnic groups fighting each other. hundreds have left their home. ref fewio camps are overflowing. the united nations say the situation is grim. >> a threat to the integrity of this country. >> the white house is on high alert. they are drawing up contingency plans to protect 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. other options are on the table, including air strikes and drone attacks. americans are watching after a decade of war in iraq is in a memory. the calls for help is echoed by iran which can put u.s. and iran in the same boat, trying to help the crumbling eye rookie government. abc news, new york. >>> the universities of california system is urging students and staff who might be in iraq to

period, on march 23rd, a long column of vehicles from the 3rd infantry division was driving from southern iraqbaghdad, when a maintenance company got hit by an ambush. with the nation riveted to the start of that war to what was supposed to be the shock and awe application of overwhelming force to what would be a short victory. that gave us our first household name.

if companies like exxonmobil and bp start to make the decision that it's not worth it, even in southern iraq even at the moment looks to be pretty stable, that's going to effect everyone around the world. these are essential industries. when oil starts to slow down in iraq, we'll feel it. >> these are essential industries, once that are on the commodities exchanges. they effect people's pocketbooks and affect people at the gas pumps. it's really key to make sure that output finds its way down street and into the marketplace, that that is a continuous stream and uninterrupted. not only look at the security but the continuity. what happens if we have to affect? what happens if we have to take people and intellectual property out of an environment? how can we continue our operations maybe using local nationals or whatever the scenario might be. >> or in this case the stuff that you produce, that's tricky because there are some who want to bomb a refinery, and there are others who want to take over. >> exactly. certainly there is value at keeping the refineries open no matter who own them. but o

facility in southern iraq. he has not sworn allegiance to the al qaeda network. in 2011 the u.s. designated him a terrorist. richard lister reports. >> reporter: the sunni militants swept through northern iraq with speed, burning vehicles, marked their advance on tikrit, just 80 miles from baghdad. they conquered iraq's second city, mosul, this week, quickly overcoming limited resistance. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: this was an army base nearby, now overrun by insurgents, not a soldier in sight. iraq's prime minister pledges to fight back. >> translator: we are dealing with a situation. we are not going to allow this to carry on, regardless of the price. we are getting ready. we are organizing. >> reporter: the militants themselves are an al qaeda splinter group fighting in iraq and syria. their aim? the creation of a single islamic state stretching down to israel and north africa. britain and the u.s. ruled out military intervention, but washington is promising more support for iraqi forces. >> we will provide assistance to the iraqi government to combat the

. >> reporter: thousands of iraqis from baghdad and southern iraq took up arms marching and waving guns and flags. they asked for an urgent call to defend their country against the islamic militants. the group has overrun large parts of northern iraq and is closing in on the the gains made by the jihadist fighters have the potential to send iraq into sectarian warfare with different ethnic groups fighting each other. hundreds have left their home. refugee camps are overflowing. the united nations say the situation is grim. >> a threat to the integrity of this country. >> the white house is on high alert. pentagon officials say they are drawing up contingency plans to protect 5,000 american contractors working in iraq. president obama has ruled out ground forces, but other options are on the table, including air strikes and drone attacks. americans are watching after a decade of war in iraq is in a memory. the call to arms across iraq is echoed by iran, which can potentially put the u.s. and iran in the same boat, trying to help the crumbling eye rookie government. abc news, new york. >>

period, on march 23rd, a long column of vehicles from the 3rd infantry division was driving from southern iraq toward baghdad, when a maintenance company got hit by an ambush. with the nation riveted to the start of that war to what was supposed to be the shock and awe application of overwhelming force to what would be a short victory. that gave us our first household name. the name was jessica lynch. 19-year-old blonde white female west virginia soldier. but apparently beneath it all, she was a rambo. on april 3rd, 2003, "the washington post" ran this front page story and photo of jessica lynch and told the story of her unbelievable heroism after the ambush on that day three of the iraq war. private jessica lynch rescued tuesday from an iraqi hospital, fought fiercely and thought several iraqi soldiers, firing her weapon until she ran out of ammunition. lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk, continued firing even after she sustained multiple gun shot wounds. she was fighting to the death. she did not want to be taken alive. lynch was also stabbed when iraqi forces closed in on her position said "

they're based in southern iraq where the government is in control. i reported at the top of this newscast, militants reportedly took control of most of the company's biggest oil refineries. this video is said to show smoke coming from the refinery about 150 miles north and west of baghdad. the iraqi army claimed it fought off the militants. but frankly sources on the ground are saying the fight is very much ongoing. and for now at least, most of the things we have heard from the iraqi government today have frankly not been true. either way, the refinery is a very big deal. our producer ryan is over here gathering some more details. we could understand what a big deal this is. all the money comes from this thing. >> lots of money. we're talking about the fighting up here. this is iraq's biggest oil refinery. it's responsible for a quarter of the country's cooking oil, power supply, things like that. any problems up here, any long-term troubles you could be seeing long lines at gas pumps, things like that. i want to show you here in senior iraq you men

why iran is getting interested, maliki, the president and most of southern iraq are shia. also on the other side, the people helping assad in the civil war there in syria, they're hezbollah, shia. you're getting fighters from both sides, al qaeda and shia fighters from syria coming over and looking at what is happening. baghdad is saying that is a great target, if we can take over that area, we dominate everything from the persian gulf to the mediterranean. and that, of course, is going to disrupt oil in the gulf. it's going to disrupt the pipelines, they go into turkey, et cetera. neil: phil, what does opec do? public statements have been they will support disrupted oil supply in the markets, but i'm sure they're liking this uptick in oil they didn't envision happening and welcoming it, and it will do little to sort of keep goosing it. >> i think they're going to try to countries like saudi arabia and other members ever the cartel sent a message that if something in iraq happened, they would increase production, they're going to be laughing all the way to the bank. neil:

with the iranians now trying to mobilize thousands of shia militiamen, in southern iraq, the war is widening. >> it's been widened in the last days with the reports of some people from iran being engaged in iraq with perhaps even some syrian activities therein. that's one of the reasons why government formation is so urgent. >> secretary of state john kerry is pushing for a unity government to be formed under iraq's constitution. kerry contends maliki is committed to that. but the iraqi prime minister rejected any idea of a temporary emergency government to deal with the crisis. again suggesting iraq's troubles were due to a conspiracy. >> translator: it is no secret to all iraqis the dangerous goal behind the call for a formation of a national salvation government as they call it. it is simply an attempt by those who rebel against the constitution to end the young democratic process. >> you know, the real question now, the real urgency is the military lay of the land inside iraq. whether iraqi forces will be able to push isis back from the areas they are controlling, whether iraqi forces ca

unbelievable, we are learning that the jihadists behind the takeover of mosul was a detainee in southern iraq. t we had the guy and then he gets released. how could that happen and give us insight on this ruthless leader who's showing no mercy? >> right. his name, al baghdadi. basically an al-qaeda enforcer. he was incarcerated in 2005, but this is sort of a problem we have more broadly with detainees. he was released. we have a catch and release. he was let out in 2009 and if you look at detainees and this just happened with the taliban, we traded and look at khalid shaikh mohammed, the master mind of 9/11, who's been in prison for more than a decade. our inability to put these people in front of tribunals permanently or execute them shows how broken our government is. >> well, the president wants to take a few days and look at all the option, yet iran is reportedly sending about 2,000 troops, although the leaders there are denying there are troops on the ground there, to help out the maliki government. can the u.s. afford to wait much longer and what do you think about the surprising irony

would be we're seeing the start of civil war, al maliki is moving army divisions from basra in southern iraq to try to reinforce the capital. this is a very serious situation. it would be wrong to just say that this is a problem for iraq and syria and to dismiss it. these militants tens of thousands of them are very anti-american and don't see this fight as just being limited to this region. many of them also want to carry out attacks in europe and the united states. this is not just a problem more the middle east. this is a problem for everybody. >> iraq's leaders have now asked for u.s. assistance for air cover. i'm joined by michael leiter and counter terrorism and national security analyst and from the brookings institute, michael o han lynn and colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and msnbc analyst. let's talk about this group. they are in syria, they are in iraq. how have we let them become so dominant and the maliki government so weak? the isis is an offchute of al qaeda and iraq. it has broken with al qaeda leadership because they are so extreme. the fight in syria, they bec