the willingness of the government to accept new american air strikes. will america actually do that? militants are on the march. they are battling for a day after taking over the second largest city in iraq. half a million people have fled the fighting, which is also reporting civilian casualties with hospitals being rendered. cnn chief international correspondent jim sciutto has the report. reporter: this is iraq 11 years after the u.s. invasion, 3 years after the u.s. withdrawal and now in a state of crisis. after capturing iraq s second largest city, militants are boldly pushing on. taking over saddam hussein s hometown, the oil refining town
travel to their family members and stay in the u.s. for now provided they register after they arrive where their families are. these mothers don t speak english and now they are navigated bus trips to various points of the u.s. with no idea what direction they are traveling and how far they are traveling in a nation that s far larger than many of them knew. ruth is going to washington, d.c. to be with her brother. she left her parents behind. she says her baby has been vomiting. hard to smile? reporter: it s very much difficult to smile and she s very sad. so why has she done this? all the immigrants we talked to say the same thing. they are scared to stay in their home countries. a lot of violence and ruth says she doesn t want her daughter growing up with the violence. the u.s. government doesn t give them any necessities when they are dropped off. charity groups are there to offer that assistance.
placing a swastika and draping them with the flag used by anti-government groups. the grief palpable among officers pausing on bended knee at the growing memorial outside the pizza shop. many nabls knew the fallen men, not ticketed, some like saw the officers walking the neighborhood constantly. when i first found this out, i was really upset. you know? touched. i feel my deepest sympathy to their family. reporter: officer alyn beck leaves behind a wife and three young children. officer igor soldo, a new baby and wife. police officers reveal they had contact with the couple four months ago. they went to the apartment based on a phone call that the male suspect had made to the indiana dmv reportedly according to the police department he had made a threat saying that he would shoot anyone who tried to take his license.
and nearing the capital of baghdad. iraqi security forces following years of training and billions of dollars of weaponry from the u.s. have melted away leaving check points unmanned and stripping themselves of their uniforms. americans claim militant websites now in the hands of al qaeda-tied terrorists. today iraq s foreign minister said his country s survival is at stake. i hope this incident really will lead all iraqi leaders to come together to face this serious and mortal threat to the country. reporter: u.s. officials say there are early signs of kurds coming together to respond to the attacks and today the national security adviser said the u.s. will provide support under its strategic framework agreement with iraq. jim joins us now. the speed at which these insurgent groups, these sunni
eric cantor had been the second most powerful republican in the house thanked his staff and colleagues and then announced he s giving up his leadership position. now while i intend to serve out my term as a member in congress, effective july 31st i will be stepping down as majority leader. it is with great humility that i do so knowing the tremendous honor it has been to hold this position. which leaves a political vacuum. it sends a message that the tea party could speak volumes about who prevails in november. we cover all of it starting with dana bash. reporter: losing in an upset and a landslide against an unknown from your own party must be hard to wrap your mind around if you re a house majority leader. did you look in the mirror last night and said how did i let this happen? no, because i really do believe we did everything we could and i just came up short and the voters elected another candidate. reporter: the question is how did eric cantor come up so