the provincial capital of the namely unbar province has been under isil ace control for months. for weeks those forces have been trying to reach the main government complex, but ramadi is an urban battleground. isil is fighting back using suicide-bombers. it is not known how many men the armed group has in the city, but iraqi intelligence believes it could be up to 300. there are also civilians trapped inside, and there are reports of casualties. the iraqi military dropped leaflets a knew days ago cal--a few days ago calling for people to leave. will you iraqis are trying to use them to use them as human shields. isil stormed ramadi in may. ramadi's fall was an embarrassment for the iraqi government. the iraqi government did not put up much of a fight and withdrew quickly. months later they are back on the front lines and the iraqi government spokesman said that the fight is being led by iraqi special forces and paramilitary troops are not taking part. but sunni tribal forces are involved. >> there is big support from the table fighters, and the attack was coordinated by the att

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the pressure at times became unbarable during his four years as mayor. >> they wanted to bring me down. if they could bring down a sitting mayor of the district of columbia, the nation's capitol. jeff thompson could get six months detention. >> first you've got to wonder why jeff thompson and the other seven do this for gray. >> if they had funneled that $660,000 in to that committee that it would be legal, but they were trying to hide it from adrienne fenty. and he was a vindictive person. if they found out they were working far guy trying to take the jobs that they would have lost the contracts as they were trying to hide all the activity and that's when this all started. >> some people say it is just dumb. thank you for that. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> to the other side of the country now where schools are in los angeles, the second largest school district as those schools got shut down today after a safety threat. officials say in light of recent terrorist attacks at home that they are not taking any chances. some are calling that decision an overreaction. >>> and over a lenting e-

militias, who are extremely brutal, rough, and anti--sunni to go into ramadi which is the capital of unbar, which is sunni. we have tried to keep them out. we have been supporting elements in the iraqi army who are sunni or tribesmen and they have to inherit the city. they have to be given control. if that happens and we can begin the possibility, this is a long shot, to rekindle the alliance david petraeus had managed during the surge which destroyed al qaeda in iraq and which helps us stabilize iraq which is to bring the sunnies into reconciliation and into the central government. so, this is a test not only will isis lose but it's a test whether the iraqi government, which is under the thumb of the iranians abandoned by obama in 2000 is 1 -- 2011 will allows the sunnies to retake ramadi and keep it. that, i think, is the most important issue on the table, and we don't know the answer yet. >> a.b., you were asking groups that have some things in common but a lot of things that they do fight about to come together, to make this win. and as charles said is, there are so many different comp

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the unbar weakening. very much because we had good people on the ground. good commanders.t we suffered terribly as far as combat losses there. 2005, 2006, some of the bloodiest battles in ramadi, that's something we need to remember. we already paid for that province, we paid for that territory in blood and treasure. we need not only to get it back for the iraqis to control it, but it needs to stay in the hand of the iraqi government. neil: well, can they do it, can the iraqi forces do it on their own? when you do say with help, there isn't as much help there. >> right. they've been trained. they have the ability to go in, they have the equipment to go in. i think. neil: what did she they have the ability. the record is a little dicey. >> exactly right. they need the combat support, they need the air support, and they certainly will use coalition assets i'm sure in this battle, including people on the ground to assist. because this is something that's too important not only to iraq but a lot of what we're facing here, neil, threats to our homeland are because there are so