them back. america will not accept the presence of al qaeda and isil in the region because that will impact the middle east region and the air states. it will have an effect on america too. therefore, i think there is a solution in kerry s bag to solve the crisis. reporter: despite a lot of speculation that kerry went to iraq in part to push prime minister maliki out, he said that is not the case. he said the u.s. is not in the business of choosing or advocating for any candidates but that should hold not only for the u.s. but also for iran as it exercises its influence there. wolf, just one more story. as i was in baghdad, i spoke to an american diplomat who said to me it has become the norm, the status quo, to have isis within 40 miles of the capital, on two sides, fallujah and looking in the north as well really just an alarming status quo when you think how quickly the situation has deteriorated just in the
closer to iraq s capital. we are live in baghdad. how are things going there? reporter: well, secretary kerry arrives in a very tense baghdad. 72 hours of back-to-back gains for the militant groups. they have taken two strategic border crossings that opened up syria for them. they have also taken almost three courses of the province between syria and iraq thachlt gives them a clear run moving assets. creating one battlefield for them of syria and iraq. setting their sights closer to the capital. we have been hearing of clashes in the sunni towns on the outskirts of baghdad, right on the doorstep of baghdad. just now, before we came to air, miguel, we have confirmed 71 prisoners were killed during a convoy move, five militants and
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breaking news overnight. u.s. secretary of state, john kerry arriving in iraq as militants capture more cities, moving in on baghdad. we are live in iraq with what s happening right now. dangerous storms ahead. millions in the path of severe weather as communities clean up after tornadoes touched down in their town. indra petersons is tracking what you can expect today. team usa moments from clinton. a victory. the game a draw. this morning, we are breaking down the big plays, the big mistakes and what comes next. welcome back to all right. it is 31 minutes past the hour. breaking news from iraq where isis continues the seemingly relentless march through western iraq. there are reports 71 prisoners and five police officers were
they breezed by pretty quickly. i m pretty sure that was a suicide battalion and those people were marching to send a message when it comes time for this, we re ready to die for the cause here. isis is really driving regular iraqi army troops, security personnel into desertion. they re just running away interest these guys. explain. you ve been there for a while. explain what s going on. why is the iraqi military simply crumbling? i think it s more deep seed seeded than we ve realized an this point. i spoke to an army captain from the fallujah. isis took fallujah in january. he told me the first thing isis did when they took the town was to go door by door and threaten the families of anyone in fallujah who was a member of the armed services or the police force. and then captain had taken his family out of the city. but he was hiding here in baghdad. and he thought that isis knew where he was even here. he told me that he thought they had databases of everybody in the security forc