shocking i thinks from baghdad. a massive show of force as an estimated 20,000 shiite militia men march through the streets of the capital bearing weapons, including what looked like suicide vests. their message? they ll fight to the death to keep the mostly sunni forces of isis from taking baghdad. mike giglio is the middle east correspondent for buzz feed. he saw all of this unfold and joining us on the phone right now from baghdad. so, tell us what it was like, mike. you were there, you saw this demonstration. give us a little feeling for what was going on. thanks, wolf. yeah, it was really an amazing it show of force. i was shocked by how many people were there. the ap estimated 20,000. it could have been much more than that. and almost all of them armed. some very heavily. you saw ak-47s to rpgs and rad
armed forces in the country. that they knew their movements it, knew their ranks and sears and knew their families. i ran that by some analysts and some politicians here. they said that s their understanding of isis capability, as well. when that s going on and these people really have fear in their hearts, they know it s not just going to be a battle on the battlefield. their families are in danger, as well. i think they re terrified. mike giglio from buzz feed. be careful over there. it s a rather dangerous situation as we all know. thanks for joining us. let s get more. retired u.s. arm colonel derek harvey is joining us, former advisor to david petraeus in iraq. thanks for coming in. good to be mere. did the iraqi government underestimate isis? i believe they did underestimate isis and the nature and character of the leadership and the vision of the
idea that foreign media is working against egypt, can t be trusted. especially american media. you point out it could be worse for you two two journalists were killed, including mike dean, a former cnn photographer. he s been working for sky news for the past 15 years. are you familiar what happened to the other journalists who were actually killed? yeah, i ve heard the reports and most that happened while i was detained. i guess it s not clear whether they were targeted directly and i guess it s not clear whether i was, either. in my case it was well established i was a journalist before any of this happened. so they knew it was a journalist they were beaten. they knew it was a journalist they were arresting and the two photo journalists that were arrested with me had the exact same experience. our own arwa damon came under fire as she was reporting, showing video of that dramatic footage. a very, very, dangerous situation. be careful over there, mike and we ll stay in close tou
was beaten by police, forced to hand over his laptop and arrested. he s joining us by phone. what exactly happened, mike? i was at the main sit-in when the crackdown commenced. and i was able to report on it. from front of the police line to about an hour and a half. and eventually they just decided they didn t want journalists there any more and they rounded me up with a couple other journalists, and they took us away. what did they do? first they found out that i was an american, second, they found out i was a journalist and both of those seemed to be counting against me. they demanded my laptop. when i wouldn t give them the password to open it, they started beating me. and you know, i saw them beat the other journalist with me as well. they took us into a paddy wagon with about 30 other people who had been arrested from the protest and brought us to an arena nearby. where they were housing detainees. did you eventually give them your password? yes. did they ever return
terrorism. trager says that s already started to happen in one area of egypt, the sinai peninsula. which borders israel. what s scary now, he says, is that the new round of violence signals that egypt s cities are starting to become unstable. wolf, a very bad sign. you and i were just talking in any city in america, what woo woe be saying if 300 people died in one day and 40 policemen? d it would be a disaster. and it s a disaster in cairo. trager said they could be escalating toward the military now. the problem with them a lot of their top leaders have been arrested. in that event, some of the more unstable and some of the more violent elements of that group could take control. watch what happens next it could spiral from here. brian todd. journalists among the casualties in cairo. at least two have been killed and newsweek and the daily beast correspondent mike giglio had a terrifying experience, he