very quickly if it all goes south on them. there are a number of apache helicopter gunships in iraq now. they can quickly move in if the perimeter was to look like it was being breached by isis the apaches can move if from the air, push back the isis fighters. there is a capability to evacuate troops by air very quickly. this would be in the most dire of circumstances, right now the pentagon says they know the risk they think they can manage it. that s for now, wolf. all right, barbara, thanks very much. a disturbing development in iraq. other news we re following, the trial of the accused boston marathon bomber is now under way and cnn has learned about secret efforts to try to reach a plea agreement that would have spared the life of the suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. our justice correspondent is joining us now. what are you hearing from your sources, evan about this effort to get a plea deal? this was something the
i would consider more drones, more fire missiles, apache helicopter gun ships. the problem is the army is deserting. they re leaving. there s no foundation for support of a military but we do have to try to maintain some kind of iraqi stability. we don t want a militant islamic state on the iraqi/syrian border. now we re on the same side as iran on this terrible situation. i think the president we cannot have troops there. we possibly should look at some kind of military assistance. you know, if you recall, al maliki refused a residual force. we offered to put that there and he said no. they need a dramatic change in the political leadership and maybe these kind of changes of
what is iraq looking for now, jennifer? reporter: well, bill there has been a flury of meetings and phone calls this week with u.s. officials from iraq. iraq has submit adlong business of billions of dollars of weapons requests to congress including apache helicopter gunships. there is concerns that the shiite prime minister, maliki won t just use weapons against al qaeda fighters in fallujah but against his sunni opponents. he express ad willingness for the first time this week for u.s. forces to train iraqi forces in neighboring jordan. here s the response to the request for more weapons from the state department. we will keep work the congress to, as quickly as possible, get more more things, for lack after more technical term, more materials to the iraqi government that they can use in this fight. we are very committed to supporting them in this way through foreign military sales and politically and
we re getting reports that they probably are, then they may not necessarily live in these areas, which means that when they go into other people s compounds, that they may just have intel relayed back to us so that s what we re hoping on. reporter: apache helicopter gunships circle the valley searching for the enemy who has made their escape, but they have already vanished blending back into the community and the landscape. you know, i admire their resiliency and conviction, for sure. a degree of mutual respect, but it doesn t mean we want to kill them any less. reporter: while america s war may be finishing up soon, these brave soldiers know it s yet to be won. anna coren, cnn, eastern afghanistan. thank you, anna. just half past the hour now. let s get a look at your headlines. after a week of threats against south korea and the u.s., north korean leader kim jong-un issued just one bizarre statement today telling the world that nuclear weapons are a national treasure and wo
cartridge cases littering the ground. they are taliban. we re getting reports that they probably are, then they may not necessarily live in these areas, which means that when they go into other people s compounds, that they may just have intel relayed back to us so that s what we re hoping on. reporter: apache helicopter gunships circle the valley searching for the enemy who has made their escape, but they have already vanished blending back into the community and the landscape. you know, i admire their resiliency and conviction, for sure. a degree of mutual respect, but it doesn t mean we want to kill them any less. reporter: while america s war may be finishing up soon, these brave soldiers know it s yet to be won. anna coren, cnn, eastern afghanistan. thank you, anna. just half past the hour now. let s get a look at your headlines. after a week of threats against south korea and the u.s., north korean leader kim jong-un issued