only civilians are living here. reporter: we re told the target was a hamas commander but there s no way to confirm that. we re also told that people here were given a warning to get out. and israeli forceses have been amassed on the border. we ve seen tanks and heavy artillery. a u.n. representative told us today, gretchen, that people are starting to panic meaning they are stocking up and hoarding items like baby food, baby medicine and things already in short supply. a grave situation in israel. john huddy, thank you. republicans taking the first official steps to sue the president of the united states over what they say is abuse of executive powers and one of their biggest examples, obamacare. police say he executed six members of his ex-wife s family including four children. we ll show you his surprising reaction when he hears the
airport. that s very are bad news. defending the facility is a top priority for u.s. troops on the ground and the iraqis battling for the capital city. arwa damon joins us now from baghdad. tell us what you saw. reporter: a lot of what the iraqi forceses are resorting to is the use of unconventional militias especially along the critical front lines. we find the front line about 25 kilometers from baghdad s airport. these shooi shia fighters are w brigade, many hiding in the open field in front of us. you can see them in the distance, in the grass.
north, close to kirkuk. others of the special forces are actually going to be embedded with the iraqi military. they will provide strateg being advice, planning advice. president obama spoke with msnbc s mika brzezinski on friday. take a listen to what he had to say about the current situation there. some of the forces that have always possibly pulled iraq apart are stronger now. those forces that could keep the country united are weaker. it is ultimately going to be up to the iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again. now, alex, president obama was adamant this week that u.s. forceses are not going to go back into a combat role. as we come on the air as this hour, there are protesters gathering outside of the white house right now, protesting any reengagement in iraq. i was at the pentagon this week,
the u.s. military accomplished its mission. then what came next. and here we are. are we just going to reset things back to where we started or is there going to be a new leaf turned over with a new government in iraq and similar to what the ambassador was saying. mr. ambassador, the president has said several times the u.s. will not be sending combat troops. is that fair? or are these 300 inherently combat forceses? well, i certainly don t call them combat forces. although they re obviously trained in combat. and also there s a difference of degrees and a difference of substance here. when i was there, we had some 144,000 american troops and marines, sailors. now with about 300, i m sure many of which have to deal with the issue of force protection, particularly for the u.s. embassy. we re talking three-digit numbers of forces. that is not to be confused with
conviction. one way or the other, this should be a relatively easy conviction to get. i m talking about to get intelligence that can be used to stop terrorist attacks, to find out what the makeup of ansar al sharia is and to find out how these benghazi attacks came out. my focus is not touch on the conviction but on getting the intelligence out of him, and that can take long, sustained, intensive integration. that s what i m calling for. i also i m sorry. finish your thought. i think the administration may have announced this capture too quickly. you know, why tip off his comrades that he s been captured? i would just assume leave them in doubt to make it easier for our armed forceses to capture his cohorts in this. that s a fair point. let me talk about iraq with you for a moment. the president s meeting with the top congressional leadership over at the white house, 3:00 p.m. eastern. they re going to review