destruction and moving toward that goal. senior international correspondent arwa damon joins us with the latest from baghdad. up until now, arwa that's been almost a joke to suggest that isis could get that far. but now? >> reporter: now it clearly is a very different situation, chris. because the iraqi government according to the deputy provincial governor of anbar province is finally beginning to take this situation in iraq's sunni heartland seriously. as far back as november officials in ramadi were calling for reinforcements were warning that the provincial capital would fall without them. and then finally following relentless wave after wave of suicide bombers that city did fall. the iraqi forces that were trying to hold out there quite simply could not any longer to try to keep their positions. many of them say would have been suicidal. what is happening right now is that in an area where there is a military base this is located right between fallujah and ramadi both under isis control, there is an attempt to build up