U. S. , because today isis militants stormed iraqs Largest Oil Refinery, just north of baghdad in the city of beigy. At one point, terrorists controlled most of the site. Meantime, reuters is reporting that oil giant, exxon mobile, is carrying out a major evacuation of its staff with its Branch Offices further south in both baghdad and basra. Bp is also reportedly evacuated 20 of its staff. All of this here as isis is moving evercloser to baghdad. But the word from iraqs Prime Minister today, everything is under control. Lets take you straight to iraq to cnns anderson cooper, host of ac 360, hosting out of baghdad every night this week. When we talk about the advance of isis on baghdad, what do you know about that, a. . And youre on the ground. What are iraqis telling you about everything. Reporter well, certainly bakuba is the latest town theyre fighting, the closest to baghdad, as we talked about, some 37 or 40 miles or so from the capital. Thats obviously of great concern. Still, as
How. We saw an opportunity and we took it. I make no apologies for it. One of our values is we bring everybody home off the battle field the best we can. It doesnt matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation. As a prisoner of war, Bowe Bergdahl deserved, and we had the obligation and the commanderinchief had the obligation to do what was necessary to bring him home. Our first headline comes from abc news. What the u. S. Gave up to get Sergeant Bergdahl back. The price was high. Five socalled enemy combatants freed from Guantanamo Bay then greeted as heroes upon arrival in qatar. White house opponents say the president cut a bad deal. Senator john mccain called the price incomprehensible. Hes among those republicans who publicly challenged the president to bring bergdahl home and then criticized how it was done. So did president obama break the law . Did the u. S. Negotiate with terrorists to win Bowe Bergdahls freedom . What about bergdahl himself . His doubts about the war
House. Good afternoon and welcome to the lead. Jared and Amanda Miller took three innocent lives in las vegas on sunday before killing themselves. I can tell you that theres no doubt that they have ideology along militia and white supremacist and they equate government with fascism and they believe Law Enforcement is the oppressor and they are associated with the nazis. They pinned a note that said the revolution is beginning. The killers then ran to a walmart where they gunned down another independent victim. The killers took the coward route and took their own lives. The couple told their neighbors they wanted to commit the next columbine. Amanda miller posted to the people in the world, youre lucky i cant kill you now but remember one day i will get you because one day all hell will break loose and ill be standing in the middle of it with a shotgun in one hand and a pistol in the other. The couple had just moved to nevada but they had a checkered past. What more are you learning abo
And baiji is the town with the Largest Oil Refinery. You see the yellow, the southern section of iraq . Oil refineries predominantly in that section of the country responded to whats happening in the north very quickly. Oil giants even before this happened. Exxonmobil, bp, began these massive evacuations fearing for the safety of their own workers. All of this as isis moves ever closer to baghdad. But the word from iraqs Prime Minister today, that everything is under control. Joining me now, dana bash, chief Congressional Correspondent and mark kimmit. Dana bash, let me start with you. Right around now this meeting is happening at the oval office, not too far from where you are. Do we know, will the president be presenting these top, you know, leaders in congress with a specific plan . Or might he say well put the ball in Congress Court, syria. Reporter its unclear how specific hes going to get today but i can almost guarantee hes not putting any balls in Congress Court right now, part
Our security is quite clear. It is a poisonous ideology of islamic extremism. I was wrong. Hes as clear as obamas schedule during golf season. Compare and contrast cameron to this. Before getting to the strategy, is the United States presently at war with isis, yes or no . Well, no, chris. Battle. Were not at war with a group thats at war with us. Is it because were at war with other stuff like coal, fracking or obesity. Right now the white house is giving you free advice on packing your kids school lunch. I can make a sandwich but cant make a bomber. You are at war, mr. President with so many other things, climate, carbs, caddie this indecision makes hamlet look resolute. The fallout while isis explodes we ground our planes and delay our nukes. The percentage of the economy devoted to defense is at pre9 11 levels. Were turning from lion to a lamb. Defense suffers. Obamas best strategy is to beat holiday traffic for Marthas Vineyard because as isis strategy wreaks because his prioritie