state of emergency. why? because some of the mps didn't turn up. a political statement that they don't want to unite, that they feel it's too divided, sectarian divisions. the prime minister not a yunt bodes very ill for the current situation. despite that, the government says denies what isis is saying, the extremist al qaeda splinter group, is saying the government is now retaking control of tikrit, shown no evidence of that so far even if it has. it's a long way from taking control of -- retaking control ofs mosul. the government in iraq has said they will -- that they would look at supporting u.s. air strikes in the country. it's not clear that that's about to happen. the united states considering its options at the moment, doesn't seem likely that anyone's rushing to get back in. more the view that the iraqis can get trained by the united states, and that's sort of the limit. that's where we're at right now, brooke. >> nic robertson, thank you for us in jordan this morning. let's stay on this because iraq is a huge story bringing in retired major general spider marks, military analyst and former commanding general of the army intelligence center and top intelligence officer du