iraqi officials in race for their lives. isis fighters who shot this propaganda video, isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city's center. iraqi troops fought for two days leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the u.s. a decade ago, nbc news was in ramadi where hundreds of american troops grave their lives to gold the city. today it is held by the world's biggest terror group. >> it is possible to have the kind of attack we've seen in ramadi but i am confident in the days ahead that will be reversed. >> reporter: but u.s. air strikes that pounded isis for weeks. air power has its limits. >> the fall of ramadi is huge. >> reporter: critics like john mccain are calling for u.s. boots on the ground which the