you made previously which is the iraqi security forces back when there was the original isil advance into iraq back in the summer you saw the iraqi security forces fall back quickly from areas like mosul, like fallujah and around ramadi an area that's been threatened for some time now. we've been trying to get trainers on the ground additional equipment to the iraqi security forces and with air strikes is try to create the space for the iraqi security forces to regroup, but also very importantly to have a more inclusive political process in the country so that those sunni communities are not disaffected from the government in baghdad, rather working together. >> stand by. i want to continue this conversation. ben rhodes president obama's deputy national security advisor. looking at al qaeda in the arain yab peninsula, an around under their control. what is going on? stay with us's