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it s going to be hard for them to believe that she could do this to him. but forensics don t lie. nancy grace. thank you so much. elizabeth cohen, thank you. make sure you watch nancy grace on our sister network, 8:00 p.m. weeknights. as the situation in iraq worsens and president obama discusses his options with congressional leaders as i speak at the white house, anderson cooper is on the ground, live in baghdad, reporting on the crisis. we ll check in with anderson momentarily. also ahead, congress is holding a hearing right now on the implications of trading those five mid to high-level taliban detainees for bowe bergdahl. one of bowe bergdahl s fellow soldiers testifies, and what he says about bergdahl s disappearance. we ll share that with you, coming up. she s still the one for you.
and baiji is the town with the largest oil refinery. you see the yellow, the southern section of iraq? oil refineries predominantly in that section of the country responded to what s happening in the north very quickly. oil giants even before this happened. exxonmobil, bp, began these massive evacuations fearing for the safety of their own workers. all of this as isis moves ever closer to baghdad. but the word from iraq s prime minister today, that everything is under control. joining me now, dana bash, chief congressional correspondent and mark kimmit. dana bash, let me start with you. right around now this meeting is happening at the oval office, not too far from where you are. do we know, will the president be presenting these top, you know, leaders in congress with a specific plan? or might he say we ll put the ball in congress court, syria.
flores. thank you for joining me. and we move on. i m brooke baldwin. and we move on. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the question now, will this meeting of the minds end with a u.s. strategy, a specific plan to stop isis militants before they reach baghdad or will it be mere discussions, consultations? we are hearing the military s top brass, including dempsey, have come up with a draft plan, a list of possible isis targets and ways to hit them, including dropping precision guided bombs from manned aircraft, and in iraq today, the political and economic stakes just got higher for the united states. isis militants stormed iraq s largest oil refinery. this is just north of baghdad. and at one point terrorists controlled most of that site. so this is significant here. also, if you look at the map,
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
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