With George Stephanopoulos starts now. Good morning. Im Martha Raddatz in baghdad where the battle for control of iraq has take an dire turn. The Jihadist Group isis gaining new ground, capturing four key towns. Near the syrian border. Threatening this country and the entire region. And the u. S. Homeland with its growing strength. We have Team Coverage of the latest developments including breaking details on the u. S. Special forces preparing to advise the iraqi army. We begin in baghdad, where shiite militias took to the streets this weekend in a show of force. Members of the madi army who once led the fight against americans in baghdads city, now vowing to stand up against isis. The jihadist fighters threatening baghdads borders. Isis gained critical new ground this weekend, after wiping out an entire iraqi brigade. Isi sirks now controls al qaim, on the syrian border, giving the terror group the ability to move weapons into iraq from syria. They surrounded iraqs largest oil refiner
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This is the cbs morning news chris christie. This is the cbs morning news for tuesday, june 24th, 2014. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Secretary of state john kerry is in Northern Iraq this morning as he tries to convince iraqi leaders to pull together to stop the militant sunni advances. Kerry is speaking with kurdish leaders in erbil. He wants them to be part of a new government Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki says hell start forming next month. Kurdish leaders want maliki to quit. Yesterday, kerry met for more than two hours with maliki in baghdad. Kerry said the time for a political solution to the crisis is now. But that the u. S. May take military action before a new government is formed. They do pose a threat, they cannot be given safe haven anywhere. Because given safe haven, they will continue to plot against governments locally, regionally and abroad. They now control a large portion of the north, including much of the borders wi