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We begin with the growing concerns about isis in iraq and syria. And isis militants are threatening to overrun ann bar, a key province west of the capital. Iraqi forces are up against the wall, and some units are in danger of being cut off. The Islamic Terror Group already controls a number of cities in ann bar. Anbar province is in trouble. We are helping the Iraqi Security forces. As i have said, the president has said, all of our senior officials have said, this is a difficult effort. It is going to take time. It wont be easy. And, of course, what about the threat to baghdad itself . Joining us now live from the iraqi capital is cnns ben wedem wedeman. Doesnt sound good in anbar. Whats the situation . Doesnt sound good, but it hasnt been very good for several weeks, what with the fall of a town last week to isis. But we are getting messages from iraqi officials that the situation is increasingly urgent. We heard for instance from an official in anbar that the provincial council aske
Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Hes a war hero because he was captured. Okay . After that, trump tried to cover his tracks saying captured or not all our soldiers are war heroes. Joining me live from the u. S. Open from iowa mark preston, the executive editor of cnn politics. He was speaking to a big crowd of social conservatives. We could hear some of the reaction. But you were there. What was that like . What did they say . What did they do . Reporter ive got to tell you what i think people were surprised by that exchange with donald trump and the moderator just a few hours ago. As we heard, the moderator came out and said he was a war hero which only further fueled trump to continue to be critical of john mccain specifically his service and as a pilot for the u. S. Navy and then of course being captured as a p. O. W. In the vietnam war. Now, trump after he left the stage, he tried to clean it up a little bit and this is what he had to say.
Republican debate after he fails to correct a supporter at the New Hampshire town hall. A supporter who claims obama is a muslim and not even american. Cnns sara murray was there. Reporter good morning, alison and christine. Donald trump was on the campaign trail fresh off the cnn debate. He is fielding questions from voters in New Hampshire. Something he doesnt do all that often. It got off to an awkward start when one said the problem with america is muslims. I like this guy. Im from white plains. Amen. We have a problem in this country. Its called muslims. We know our current president is one. You know he is not even american. Birth certificate, man. Anyway, we have Training Camps growing where they want to kill us. Thats my question. When can we get rid of him . A lot of people are saying bad things are happening. We will look at that and plenty of other things. Reporter you can see donald trump seemed to be caught off guard by question. He did not refute the statement. We will hea
Maine, grabbing the most delegates that day. Mr. Trump won both kentucky and louisiana but by slimmer margins against cruz who came in second place. The billionaire still leads in the delegate count here which directly determines who is nominated, but no question cruz is closing in. Trump is acknowledging this competition is emerging in a twoman race, calling for florida senator marco rubio to get out. Chris frates is live in concord, North Carolina where donald trump just wrapped a rally. What did donald trump say . Well, ill tell you, brooke, its not a big surprise here, aiming most of his insults and vitriol at ted cruz. Thats because look at the map on saturday. You had ted cruz pick up two states. Donald trump picked up two states. Cruz winning in kansas and maine. Cruz saying of course he won maine, hes from canada, thats basically home turf for him. This is not just about what won what states. They both picked up two states. Cruz won the bulk of those delegates. Really closing i