this morning president obama has already met with his national security team to discuss the crumbling situation in iraq. a senior administration official tells us a decision on what action, if any, could come as early as this weekend. terrorist fighters continue to parade through the captured towns. itn reporter jonathan rugman was at a checkpoint in keerp cook as fighting broke out and iraqi military abandoned their posts. reporter: outside kirkuk, iraqi troops from the 12th division were filmed trying to halt the islamist advance. it seems they didn t try for long. somebody filmed the iraqi soldiers fleeing, many in civilian clothing. apparently leaving behind this military base as a playground for jihadists from the islamic state of iraq and el sham.
toward baghdad. jonathan rugman was at a checkpoint in kirkuk as fighting broke out and iraq s military abandoned their post. reporter: outside kirkuk, iraqi troops from the 12th division were filled trying to hold the islamist advance but it seems they didn t try for long. somebody filmed the iraqi soldiers fleeing. many of them in civilian clothing. and apparently leaving behind this military base as a playground for jihadist from as la the islamic camp. we could count 14 abandoned tanks. so it was that kurdish fighters moved in to occupy kirkuk. they said to stop it from falling. kirkuk, the city the kurds have long claimed as their historical capital. the kurdish fighters here argue