humvees that they have stolen and today president obama says he s considering options, including military action. his first step, planning to deploy uss george h.w. bush to the persian gulf, a potential platform for air strikes. iraqi forces have been unable to defend certain cities. this poses a danger to iraq and its people and given the nature of these terrorists, it could pose a threat to eventually american interests as well. reporter: ultimately, president obama and aides insist that any long-term solution depends on nouri al maliki finally welcoming sunnis and kurds into his government. just seven months ago when al maliki visited washington, the
iraq s territory. and this poses a danger to iraq and its people, and given the nature of these terrorists, they could pose a threat eventually to american interests as well. reporter: ultimately, president obama and aides insist any long-term solution depends on iraq s shiite prime minister nuri al maliki finally welcoming sunnis and kurds into his government. just seven months ago when maliki visited washington, the president praised him for doing just that. we were encouraged by the work that prime minister maliki has done in the past to ensure that all people inside of iraq, sunni, shia, and kurd, feel that they have a voice in their government. reporter: today s reality on the ground is very different. many iraqi sunnis have joined isis. iraqi kurds seized oil-rich karkuk. and now iraqi shiite clerics are