Of Anbar Province biggest province in iraq says there are still pockets of resistance. Joining me to talk about it because ramadi is so critical, former cia operative, bob baer. Bob, when we look at ramadi, lets set the scene and explain to people why its so significant, this afternoon, everyone on the ground is saying Iraqi Security forces have completely lost this city. Well poppy, its really important. Number one, is its the capital of al Anbar Province. Very important for isis. Very important for the government. It controls the road to jordan. Its a key strategic city. More than that the government has been expecting this offensive as we know for the last week. Theyve been sending reinforcements. Theyve been doing the best they can to hold the center of the city and clearly they were defeated once again like they were in june last year in mosul. The army is not protecting the Iraqi Government. You said sorry to interrupt, but you bring up a good point, you said its very important t
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Protests continue over the acquittal of a Police Officer involved in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people. Im going to tell you something right now, we have no justice. And oneonone with ash carter the defense secretarys first comments since the key iraqi town of ramadi fell to isis. The iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. Newsroom starts now. Hello and thanks for joining me im fredricka whitfield. Severe weather taking its toll in parts of the country, texas and oklahoma be hit the hardest. Thousands remain under weather warnings and watches. In houston, an Apartment Building collapsed around 6 30 this morning after apparently being hit by a tornado. Two people were sent to the hospital, but there were no serious injuries. In the suburbs north of houston, Montgomery County has issued an Evacuation Order for residents near lake lewis dam. The dam is still intact but they are taking precautions because of the heavy rain. In oklahoma where recordbreaking rain claimed a life a
Primged elite. Krnof privileged elite. Reserved for north korean favor by kim jongun. Why is much of the rest of the country struggling just to survive . Wolf blitzer is off. Im Brianna Keilar. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now an fbi investigation into threats against multiple airliners, one prompting the u. S. Military to scramble fighter jets into new yorks kennedy airport. And u. S. Defense secretary ash carter setting off a huge controversy after telling cnn in an exclusive interview iraqi troops showed no will to fight against isis forces that overran the city of ramadi. Were covering all of that and more this hour with our guests including republican congressman peter king. Hes a member of both the Homeland Security and intelligence committees and our correspondents are with us as well from key locations. I want to begin with cnns tom foreman with new information about the airline threat that send u. S. Air force jets scrambling. Reporter authorities think maybe one, one
To remove the Confederate Flag from government grounds. Plus one Million People flock to see the pope at an open air mass as the pontiff continues his trip across ecuador. Why his Close Friends and colleagues say this could be the beginning of big changes in the catholic church. But first, the plan to defeat isis. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter and joint chiefs chairman general Martin Dempsey are on capitol hill today defending the administrations strategy in iraq and syria. Heres part of that Senate Arms Services hearing. Take a listen. Isil is not ten feet tall. It can be and must be defeated. But that will never happen if we continue to delude ourselves about our current campaign. And so what were try dog is achieve an enduring defeat which means weve got to work it through partners because they tone they have more to gain and more to lose and finally weve got to find a sustainable level of effort since i do believe this is a generational challenge. Local forces on the ground we