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simply keep the coalition of 30 countries together, president biden and some of the hawks, some of the more hawkish countries are trying to balance what they re trying to do with those other countries, particularly those that are on the border with russia right now. general kimmit, ronald marks, thank you both very much for your expertise tonight. outfront next, first time, firsthand accounts of that brutal massacre in bucha from those who survived. reporter: she says, they came in, shot the woman, shot my mother, and then my father ran out when he heard something was wrong and they shot. plus, it is russia s greatest naval loss in a generation, but russian state media is telling a very different story. and tonight, cnn exclusive, text messages from republican lawmakers urging former president trump to contest the election. they were all in on the big lie, until they changed their minds.
their gains. it s a predominantly sunni area. they have the most civilian support in that region. it s highly unlikely they have either the manpower or the capability, or quite frankly, the desire to go well south into the southern predominantly almost exclusively shia area. and dana to you, as we know with these meeting in the oval office, will there be a stakeout camera? can we assume we ll be hearing from the mcconnells, pelosis, boehners, reids, most meeting? some we won t hear from, others waiting to see what happens in the meeting. and sometimes we try to read into the fact that they don t come out. maybe they know something they simply can t talk about. other times they actually make a bipartisan agreement, just to let the president do his thing. so we re going to wait and see what exactly happens at the end of that. we re not exactly sure. we ll be watching for it. dana bash, general kimmit, thank
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 what s 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 iraq s 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 we ll put the ball in congress court, syria.
is the right word with regard to air strikes because they want options open for the president. general kimmit, let me ask you, there were conflicting reports over whether air strikes would be a viable option or scrapped. what about the do nothing option? is that viable? well, it s viable, only if we don t want the to have an iraq state. i think the air strike options in support of the iraqi security forces may be one of the best guarantees to keep this country together. the oil refinery city, the largest in iraq, in baiji. this is north of baghdad. taken by isis. you know, i ve talked to a bufrlg of people who have been in iraq as we talk about the southern oil fields. they sa no way they could make it down there. what does that tell you about this strategy from this not ragtag quite sophisticated terrorist group? well, it looks like rather than try to it continue the assault towards bag tad, they re trying to connel consolidate