Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. We start in iraq, where the battle in iraq has now shifted back to the fight over iraqs oil. Right now, isis insurgents are fighting iraqi forces for control over the countrys largest oil refinery. This is a vital facility thats just 130 miles from baghdad. It produces about onethird of the countrys entire oil output. Our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson is joining us from baghdad. Were hearing conflicting reports on whos actually in control of this hugely important refinery. What do you know . Well, without this refinery online, the country is getting short of cooking gas. The prices have gone up fivefold were told in some cities. Fuel for cars. There are lines three or four hours at some of the gas stations now. People just dont have the gas. Because this refinery is continually being fought over. Just last night, we were being told by three independent sources that isis had, in fact, taken control of the refinery. Thi
Fast. Its government wants the u. S. To step in and help. The latest twist in the republican political upheaval. The speaker of the house will make much anticipated comments, and its happening right here this hour. Have you planned your 90th Birthday Party . This is what the president , the former president , george h. W. Bush is going to do to celebrate. Hes going to leap from a plane this hour. More of a bungee jumping kind of a guy. Thats quite a birthday. Im john berman. And im michaela pereira. First the breaking news out of iraq. Islamic militants are closing in on baghdad. This was just some of the fighting as armed radicals seized several key cities. Iraqi forces that were traine e by the u. S. Simply ran. They melted away. They dropped their weapons and ran in the face of this onslaught. Now, keep in mind more than 4,000 u. S. Troops were killed fighting in iraq. The longterm financial costs of the war to american taxpayers, thats expected to exceed a trillion dollars. So obvi
Police on how this tragedy could have happened. Thats all important, but what was compelling of that tape right there is weve got the fact, because that little boy died. I mean, there was rumors he was riding around standing up. I saw that tape. He was buckled up in that vehicle, and he died right there in that seat. You know what . He didnt deserve to die like that. We need to find out why. Whats important to me is what what caused those Police Officers to pursue mr. Few, what caused them do open fire at that traffic stop, t. Sell, because heres the deal, all that aside, you know, Jeremy Mardis 6 years old is dead and we need to find out why. Why was that many gunfire take place . Mr. Few didnt have a gun. He didnt return fire. There was no warrants. Thats important to us. The compellingness of that tape was simply there. The for ennics of the seen was there the information we received on all accounts, it was important for us bring that evidence, to bring that information to a judge,
To anybody to make anything better. The surgeon who fought to save the citys Fallen Police officers saying this dallas Police Officers see me, a black man, and understand that i support you. I will defend you. And i will care for you. That doesnt mean that i do not fear you. And meanwhile, the former mayor of new york takes aim at black lives matter. When you say black lives matter, thats inherently racist. Plus, with the Republican Convention just one week away, donald trump says this well have that for you just a little bit later on. I want to begin with cnns ed lavendera, Martin Savidge live in dallas and Paul Sandoval live. What are police finding in Micah Johnsons home . Reporter thats one of the mysteries here. Theyre really looking through a lot of items they removed from the now the hours just after the shooting. Some of the thing s theyve found, so some extent, bombmaking explosives. We heard from a federal Law Enforcement tonight, 3 1 2 pounds of bombmaking material, a pound
Rally in miami lakes, florida next hour. Well keep an eye on it and see if it continues the attacks he launched at trump at a rally in tallahassee, florida. Kaine told supporters that trump em bragss ku klux klan values. He has supporters like david duke connected with the ku klux klan going around saying that donald trump is their candidate because donald trump is pushing their values. Ku klux klan values, david kuk values with donald trump values are not american values, theyre not our values and weve got to do all we can to fight to push back and win. Rnc chair Reince Priebus firing back. Trump is scheduled to speak later on today at an event in des moines iowa. Were live there. Sun land, the week of fiery attacks have been capped off be ads airing online. Reporter the rhetoric on the campaign trail just reached some new levels where you had these big weighty allegations, words like bigot and racist from both of the candidates, allegations really flying back and forth. The candidate