essentially bleeding oes ining influence from areas they now control inside syria. they also control parts of, and parts of cities in the west of iraq. so their influence has been gray. the indication is that this group, this splinter from al qaeda is going from strength to strength. and why the government, the prime minister malachy wanl lac calling to take them on, the government is losing ground to this al qaeda offshoot, carol. >> nic robertson reporting live for us this morning. thank you. happening now in the "newsroom" -- >> highway to vegas, baby. >> breaking this morning. brand new details about the las vegas cop killers. >> i feel sorry for any federal agents that want to come in here and try to push us around. >> this -- is jerad and amanda miller. a self-branded revolution backed