four-letter word. george w. bush a lot of republicans he mismanaged the iraq war, medicare part b, no child left behind a big government conservative. jeb bush has the legacy of his family to worry about in the republican primary before worrying about convincing a general electorate if you need another bush in the white house. humor is probably the best way to go at it and raise a boat load of dimes and hope to win the nomination. john king thanks so much. you can get more of this on inside politics with john king this weekend. that s sunday 8:30 a.m. eastern time. do not miss it. isis in iraq al qaeda in yemen, what can the international community do to stop rampaging terrorists? we are going to talk one-on-one with the u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power here with us in studio next. when you do business everywhere, the challenges of keeping everyone working together can quickly become the only thing you think about.
americans here at home. fighters from the most dangerous al qaeda affiliate, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, overrunning an airport in southeastern yemen. chaos engulfing the lawless country with deep implications for safety on the u.s. homeland. the new american defense secretary conceded that the fall of the u.s. allied government the withdrawal of u.s. special forces and the closing of the u.s. embassy in yemen have all reduced america s ability to fight the terror threat. it s hard to imagine for people at home to imagine there s the same control and response. it s easier if there s a government with which we can cooperate in existence in that country. we re not going to find that all the time in all places in the world. and that s why we have counterterrorism capabilities that don t depend upon that. [ gunfire ] reporter: in iraq it is the terror group isis that is on the advance with a punishing assault on ramadi. iraqi officials inside western
in iraq are threatening to overrun the city of ramadi. these are new images just into us this morning. what you see is families in droves trying to flee that city hoping to find some sort of safe haven in baghdad. and in yemen al qaeda forces have just seized control of the key airport there. america s new defense secretary conceding the options that the u.s. has to stop these terrorists may be limited. let s bring in cnn chief national security correspondent jim schutto. it s troubling to hear that from ash carter. no question. this was a sobering assessment on iraq. you heard general dempsey basically granting that isis is going to take the largest city in western iraq anbar province 60 miles from baghdad. then in yemen you have aqap advancing there taking territory. they took over an airport yesterday. this is not just something happening thousands of miles away because aqap direct threat to americans and the u.s. homeland deep implications for
worried about the houthis. we are going to have to regain control or you re going to have all of it in flames for some period of time. and that does impact the united states. and with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula having safe haven and access now to if reports are true access to oil sales, even black market oil sales in the south, that means they have cash to do operations in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the one affiliate of al qaeda that wants to strike the united states. so it s very serious. creeping up like a tornado maybe, right? i mean there s nothing subtle about this situation. you re fighting shias in one place with a group of allies fighting sunnis in another with a different group of allies. and then there s some overlap. and you know what all this begs? where the heck is congress on the vote for the aumf? how do you look at this situation? you re not there anymore, lucky for you because i d be all over you this morning. how are they not holding hearings on thi
america s new defense secretary concedes frankly there may not be much the u.s. can do at this point there. let s bring in cnn chief national security correspondent jim schutto. there s been so much talk about ramadi. it s strategically important. you have a u.s. official telling you they haven t seen anything to indicate it will fall. where do we stand? i ll tell you, this was a pretty sobering stark assessment to hear from the any defense secretary ashton carter and chairman general dempsey on ramadi granting the city may very well fall and making the case it s not strategically important. but you hear them on russia talking about foolish and reckless encounters in the air between russian and u.s. warplanes. and yemen, home based aqap one of the most severe terror threats to the u.s. homeland with aqap gaining territory. they took over an airport there