but could today s news mark a turning point in the war on terror. lieutenant colonel oliver north goes on the record. thank you for joining us tonight. how do you feel now reflecting on this what was once a big set back and loss now hopefully a gain in the war against terror? kimberly, i have spent probably ten months total in ramadi during this early 80 s early parts of this decade and there is no doubt there this is a very important city. and it s a good thing that about 65% of ramadi is now in the hands of the iraqi troops. and surely the obama administration is going to claim that this is a sign that their strategy is working. in fact this would be the fourth victory as they count them between baghdad and washington. in march tikrit fell in 2015 to shiites, they destroyed the city. the oil refinery city and october this year, shiite militias and the so-called popular militia units were incomplete in seizing it sinjar, the only one in november this past year,
it s calorie smart and tastes so good. beneful healthy weight from purina. good morning. today is tuesday, june 24. i m elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. a late night hearing on capitol hill and the commissioner of the irs getting defensive about the missing lois lerner e-mails. you had the evidence and there is no e-mails from the white house. you have all of the treasury e-mails. so the basic premise that this was an argument and a conspiracy driven by the white house. but the response from lawmakers wasn t something he saw coming. an day two of john kerry s trip to baghdad, iraq s largest oil refinery city falls to the hands of terrorists. what is plan as of now? and don t do this if you want to get hired. what do you think of the internship so far? well, you know, i really
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
i ll get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i ll have more on what he s saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero s welcome from man s best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. let s get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi s government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they ve taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya s capital, the rebels pushed government forces out of the key city, the oil refinery city of zawiya, about 30 miles from tripoli. cnn filealed this report and
it s no longer safe for us to head up to the front lines the rebels often run away before they see the gadhafi troops coming down the road and gadhafi has heavy artillery and also his air force, to bombard the rebels. at the town of brega battle, a time for them to make a defensive stand, high ground and a chance to hold it and also an oil refinery city which holds the key to the rest of the eastern part of the country for gas. remember, without gas, the rebels can t move their troops, unable to move their ammunition or anything else and now gadhafi holds the two major refineries in libya and it s going to make a big difference in the coming days and certainly an expectation there will be be be fuel shortages and the rebels are proving to be a very incoherent fighting force and mostly young men signed up, either students or young professionals and said victory or death and gung-ho, drunk on