isis the militant islamic state in iraq and syria captured one city after another in just a matter of days. the u.s. response to their attempted take over could, and i stress could include air strikes but one person that would be against that move is former secretary of state hilary clinton. she told the bbc that the u.s. should not provide military assistance, particularly air strikes to the iraqi government. not at this time she says. i want to go to michelle kosinski joining frus the white house. the president says he is considering other options. what s on the table here? reporter: they re not telling us exactly but based on questions and the responses they have given, we know that air strikes is the number one thing that could be effective and that they are considering. they have spelled that out. something else, though, when you just look at the capability and what s ahappening on the ground it would be drone strikes and using drones to gather better intelligence.
would require for the u.s. to intervene this way, it would require a serious concerted effort on the part of the iraqi government. a commitment to inclusive politics there. would that change the situation on the ground as it stands right now? probably not. but the u.s. is clearly putting it on the iraqis to do something along those lines before the u.s. acts. president obama said clearly that if the government doesn t do that, if it doesn t make an effort to have other voices in the government to promote stability, then frankly, any u.s. action, like this, would simply not work, pam. yeah, and michelle, as we heard president obama say that this decision, it may take several days and we re hearing that isis insurgents may be battling 60 miles from baghdad right now. what do you think. how much time does obama really have to decide here? reporter: if the u.s. deems
bedfellows with isis and they have a strategic vision and exploit it to their own advantage whenever these suni tribal leaders and fighters are doing in iraq at the moment. isis exploits it and they will turn it around ultimately and take it back to the citizens of europe and potentially the united states. thank you for that report. and back to our special coverage in just a moment. but first, a recent spike in unaccompanied children crossing the border from mexico into the u.s. sparking a lot of controversy and debate on the topic of immigration. we re going to look at both sides of the story. we have reporters standing by in texas and honduras. up next. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. what if it were more than something to share?
role for the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says isis is a threat to the world and they must be stopped. it is a fundamental basic terrorist structure that seeks to do everything outside of any rule of law and structure in order to dominate any territory or location where it is. it s frankly the enemy of civility. the enemy of rule of law. the enemy of pluralism and decency and we need to make crystal clear that the united states uses it to our interest as well as interest of our friends and allies in the region. joining me to discuss, michael weiss, i was reading your article and in that article you wrote, you called the
to doing more politically. and also the president pretty much slammed the situation there on the ground, how much money, training, time, you name it the u.s. has poured into these fighters. the government fighters and now they re not willing to stand and defend their post. the president said that is a huge problem. so they want to see something from the iraqis before the u.s. acts. of course the big question there that we seem to all be talking around is what is the u.s. going to do and what would be best? that s what we don know at this point. however, going along with what you said in the words of hilary clinton and others now that have been talking to cnn, especially on the department of defense side that when you look at doing possible air strikes, well, look at what any force would be up against. you have these fighters that are dispersed. they don t have really fixed targets or at least that anyone really knows about on the ground. we know they don t have things like military bas