they have rapidly gained control of key areas. those -- that's where isis is in control in the red area. and iraq's neighbors, the iraqi government says thousands of volunteers have stepped up to defend their homeland. >> even iran's president said it will consider helping if iraq requests it. a u.s. official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. we're covering this story from multiple angles. and cnn's arwa damon is in the northern iraqi city of erbil. and cnn's jones in the white house. >> arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. the question is, will they make it to baghdad? will they take over the city? where are they now? >> right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, they're about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with iraqi security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 police officers who had been shot and then burned. those bodies were found in an orchard. they suspect that isis was behind this, but they say the investigation is still ongoing. isis also advancing on baghdad again from the north, but this time further to the west of diyala seeming to advance on the capital from two different directions. quik remarkable when one thing the entire advance by isis only begaen on tuesday, so in favor days i'm covered significant territory. >> hey, a. what, i understand you exclusively -- are bur viewed an affair who abandoned his position. what does he tell you? >> reporter: that's right, we did. this also helps explain that why i.s.i.s. was able to advance so rapidly. as we look at the map they're predominantly sunni areas shlgt and he asked that we not disclose thinks identity, but his unit was sunni as well, and as i.s.i.s. was advancing, they got a goal to pull back to brig dade headquarters, he said by the time they got there, i.s.i.s. had already taken over. and now in i.s.i.s.'s hands are humvees purchased from the americans, to mortar rounds, heavy weaponry. this is a pane we've been seeing repeated throughout as i.s.i.s. was making its advance. he was saying because they're bakley predominantly sunni areas and units, they do not feel as if they should or can fight for the predominantly shia go. in baghdad. this underscores just how sectarian the conflict here has become. we also asked him if he thought that i.s.i.s. and its alook is, not because they believe in the ideology or the establishment of an islamic caliphate, but because they want -- but he was saying if they do manage to make it to the capital, there they will encounter fierce resistance, because the varies shia groups, the former shia militias are rising up, are taking up arms. they are ready to fight. when it comes to the iraqi security forces defending the capital, this one particular commander said that he believed the sunnis would not fight, it would just be the shia. so again this very much becoming an existential battle at this stage. >> we know many responding to the call to arms from the ayatollah sistani during friday prayers, asking them to take up arms and fight off the sunni fighters. arwa damon, thank you so much. as we mentioned president obama says he will not searched u.s. combat troops back to iraq, no boots on the ground, but he is reviewing several other options. >> our athena jones has details. >> iraqi security forces have proven unable to defend a number of cities chrks have allowed the terrorists to overrun part of iraq's territory. >> reporter: three years after troops were pulled out, he says the growing sectarian crisis now threatens, america's national security. the president and his advisers are discussing a range of options, including air strikes to help iraq fight off the sunni militant group that has captured the second largest city, mosul. he says iraq's government won't get any military help unless nuri al malaki makes big changes. >> the leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decisions. >> reporter: he's long resisted partnering deals. >> unfortunately what we have seen from the prime minister over the eight, nine years he's been in office is that this is a man who is very reluctant to bargain with his rivals. >> reporter: shiite iran has an interest in protecting iraq from falling to militant and could help to push him to bargain. >> the united states and iran actually have something of a confluence of interests. >> reporter: meanwhile, republicans are criticizing iraq's policy, saying it was a mistake not to leave some u.s. forces behind. >> i predicted that this would happen when they decided not to have a residual force, and anybody tells you they couldn't isn't telling the truth. >> reporter: a president under pressure at home, pressing iraqis to do more to help themselves. >> our troops and the american people and taxpayers made huge investments and sacrifices in order to give iraqis the opportunity though chart a better course, a better destiny, but ultimately they're going to have to seize it. >> so athena joins us now from the white house. if i.s.i.s. carries out this threat, what does the u.s. plan to do at that point? how soon might we expect a decision? >> reporter: christi, these are the options that the president and the national security team are looking into and discussing over the coming days. certainly if i.s.i.s. forces make it to baghdad, it will be a serious problem and contemplation, and also symbolically giving the time and money and american blood and treasure the u.s. spent winning the war in iraq. i can tell you the president has said he'll be reviewing these options in the coming days. any, will take several days to plan. it won't happen overnight. >> athena, thanks. let's bring in a former u.s. ambassador to iraq, christopher hill. good to have you with us this morning we heard from the president yesterday that what the u.s. does in some ways depends on what prime minister malaki did next, if he starts to reconcile and bring sunnis into the fold, into the government, if he starts to make those gestures, considering this would not be his first gesture of reconciliation, and sometimes that's all it is, does he have enough credibility with sunnis to even pull this off? essentially is malaki the right man to move forward? >> i don't think he's the right man. i don't think he has a lot of credibility with the sunnis, but it takes two to reconcile. the sunnis have never really reconciled themselves to the idea of shia government. this is a long-standing government, as arwa damon correctly said, it's become a sectarian conflict, but it's broader than iraq, and it goes back some centuries. the idea this just depends on sunni outreach from a difficult prime minister is really underestimating the degree of problems here. >> ambassador, stay with us, too, because coming up we're going to dig deeper into this, and we appreciate you sticking with us through the break here. giving involved in iraq, what could it look like at this point? let me get this straight... 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believe it or not, it's been more than a decade since we saw this. take a look. this iconic image of civilians snatches down that statue of saddam hussein. we remember seeing this. >> oh, yeah. this morning iraq and baghdad a much different place. radical militant tightening their grip on cities like mosul and fallujah. right now i.s.i.s. threaten to push toward baghdad. their goal is to create an independent islamic state. >> let's bring in former u.s. ambassador chris hill, also joined from baghdad nic robertson, knick, let me start with you real quickly, let us know what's happening in the capital city right now. >> there is concern and fear that the fight will reach to baghdad, and some panic stocking up on oil. there is increased security here. there are more checkpoints and of course young shia men from this city are joining or listening to the call of many prime minister and the country's most senior shia cleric t. ayatollah sistani to mobilize and go fight with the arm north of baghdad, to stop i.s.i.s.'s advantage. i would not describe it as a city? panic, but one that is concerned and there a level of expectation about what may happen next. >> mr. ambassador, yesterday the president made it clear while the u.s. is considering military aid, this is something that needs to be taken up by the iraqis. the headline was -- this is a you problem. >> we can't do it for them. in the absence of this type of political effort, short-term military action won't succeed. so this should be a wake-up call. iraq's leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decisions and compromises on behalf of the iraqi people in order to bring the country together. you know what i found interesting, christian amanpour was on our air yesterday from london talking about this. she said she had a conversation with former prime minister alla allawi niche she talked about some of the forces laying down their arms and walking away, and she said the former prime minister said they don't see they have something to fight for. they have nothing to fight for. what's your response to to that? >> well, first of all, there's no question that nuri al malaki does not remind anyone of nelson mandela. req sill dwrags has been not been on the top of his agenda, but i look more broadly at the political briefs in that country and make the comments that the sunnis have never accepted shia rule. they would much prefer something where they would take turns with the shia or something like that. i don't think that's been an offer from any of the shia. you know, malaki, who is a very flawed politician nonetheless is still the most powerful shia politician. he was able to put together the parliamentary majority that he needed. so it's clear he's not succeeded with sunni outreach. i would just caution your viewers on the view that somehow malaki could solve this if he only gave the sunnis a few more ministries. when you look at that i.s.i.s. crowd, these are not people interested in a deputy prime ministership. they're interested in something much more fundamental, and ayad allawi was in -- and they failed to get anywhere close to the votes they needed. so i think we need to understand this is a promise. >> ambassador, such good points to make. knick, i want to toss it back to you quickly. we know that i.s.i.s. is not alone in their fighting. we have sunni tribes and insurgent groups fighting alongside them. maybe not for the same purpose, but they are fighting. how strong tactically are i.s.i.s. fighters. would they have made it this far without that help? >> i.s.i.s. has an agenda, since they grew out of the embers, if you will of al qaeda and iraq, and there they figured out that they wanted to create space, so that they could be free to grow and prosper in the chaos, attract foreign fighters and money. they had an agenda there. they have an agenda in iraq, but strategically, having talked with at least one city tribal leader here, there are also elements of the former baathist army, if you will. many generalist disaffected, forced out of the army, now returning to give guidance and advice, so that helps them. there is some military expertise planning and strategy going on. not necessarily within i.s.i.s., but within the sunni movement against the government. >> nic robertson and ambassador christopher hill, thank you both so much. >> thank you, gentlemen. ahead, i.s.i.s., uses hollywood type of propaganda to, this video purports to show the military taking out a convoy. plus migrants at the border, thousands of children, many alone without their parents. would some are now being sent home. new images coming out of iraq this morning, allegedly showing iraqi military helicopters firing on convoys that reportedly belong to the terror group i.s.i.s. of course the iraqi military trying to do something, though there are reports of iraqi forces walking off their posts. meantime in baghdad civilians are gathering to join the fight, volunteers to fight and protect their city. >> they're going to be facing down a brutal enemy. they have released thinks videos that show how deadly they can be. mohammed jamjoom has the story, and i don't want been to you taken by surprise. some of these images are extremably brutal. >> reporter: a chilling sights, cheering on the takeover of their city by the islamic state in iraq and syria. so brutal that even al qaeda has disowned them. far more worrying, they now control an arsenal of weapons left behind when iraq's army fled the scene. here you see a terrifying display, i.s.i.s. proudly showing off missiles they promise to use on their march towards baghdad. scary scenes like this are nothing new when it comes to i.s.i.s. the group that is perfected propaganda techniques, like this recent video, over an hour lounge, highlighting horrific killing scenes in iraq, deliberately videoed. bombings, executions, kidnappings, and worse. this production displayed glossy camera work and high-level production techniques. as though i.s.i.s. were taking cues from hollywood films such as "zero dark thirtiy" and "the hurt locker." it show you hose effective a threat i.s.i.s. is becoming. >> there's money behind them. it's not just idiots. it's idiots that has equipment and being controlled by. >> they're setting um fake checkpoints. in another scene a man is hunted down. after being shot, he pleads for his life. i'm just a driver, he says, just a driver. what appears to be the man in a iraqi uniform is shown, then sheer brutality. this man was accused of working with the u.s. he and his two sons forced to dig their own graves. >> what happened to these people to lose their humanity. that is. >> reporter: it shows no signs of abating, which i.s.i.s. wants even at the risk of their tactic backfiring. mohammed jamjoom, cnn, washington. as brutal as that was, i think it's important for people to see so we're not just having conversations about politicians and maps and city that is we see 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plea in ukraine. officials say pro-russian rebels used antimachine guns. this is likely the deadly incident as government forces face off against rebels. a federal judge has put a halt to same-sex marriages just days after she first allowed them. the attorney general asked the court to stop the marriages while he appeals a ruling. some 600 licenses were issued, and those marriages are now in legal limo. bowe bergdahl is recovering at the san antonio military medical center, brook medical center there. officials say his condition is stable and he was able to walk into the hospital, but they added that he will be doing more tests and bergdahl's full recovery and rehabilitation will take months. number five. all right, all you who are still up and alive in l.a., celebrating, the l.a. kings win the stanley cup champions after a thrilling double overtime victory before one raucous home crowd in game 5. alec martinez sending the new york rangers home. kings may be a new dine citi in the making, this is the second championship in three years, so congratulations to them, to the fans, and all of you who are going to spend the entire weekend -- >> celebrating, quote/unquote. you know, hundreds of they're doing this by themselves. i think that's what so jolting about this. coming from honduras, el salvador and guatemala. >> u.s. authorities are struggling to find space to house them. national correspondent paula sandoval joins us from mission texas. do they expect the volume of crossings to at least not stop, but slow down at any time soon? >> guys, good morning. the numbers we have seen so far any indicator, really law enforcement expected to only get busier, the struggle there means having to put most of these children into holding areas, and also in holding facilities that are already overcrowded. more on that, of course, in just a second. we can tell you for now, law enforcement on the ground struggling to get by. they're trying to do the best they can. we see them on patrols. the main issue which changed lately is a lot of these people, not only these children, but families, men and women all together are flagging down law enforcement reports. which is where most of these people are from, are that there's a promise, or at least this misconception that if they travel to the united states now, they at least stand a better chance of eventually staying here. guys? >> all right. so there have been these allegations of overcrowd. we've seen the number of people crammed in some of these cells, and so there has been some outcry here, and really calling on the government for some improvements. the government, though, is responding to that. they are making it very clear they're in several prepared statements they have released that these children are being dealt with in the best way possible. they are being fed, they are really in a sanitary sort of situation there. so the government ensuring that they are working extra hard to make sure that these children are kept safe, but a lot of these pictures telling different stories, a lot of children really huddled together, but the bottom line is the numbers already, 1800 kids crossing this stretch of the border in south texas. that's a lot of them. let's britain in dan stein, the president for the federation for immigration reform and on the phone is immigration lawyer matthew green. matthew, what role does the perception of maybe leniency in u.s. immigration policy play in this migration of children to the southern border? >> good morning, i'm sorry i'm not able to be with you over the television. i don't think in a that is a significant contributor to this. i mean, we had a situation a couple years ago where the obama administration decided to exercise prosecutorial discretion and pass the deferred action for childhood arrivals policy to deal with children who have been here in the united states for a long time. if this was actually a contributing factor, we would see a huge amount of mexican children storming the border. we would see a huge amount of orel central american countries' children like panama and nicaragua, but three quarters of these kids are from three countries, honduras, el salvador, and guatemala, all of which have seen surges recently in the gang problem. >> dan, 47,000, i think, went up to 60,000 that are expected to try to cross the border? that was not a small number by any means. we know the u.s. is in talks with the countries to try to get the children home faster. a lot of people are looking at these children an the gang violence they're coming from and they're saying they're kids, 5, 6 years old, is that the right move to send them back? won't they try again once they get home? what do you say to that, dan? >> the united states has a lot of experience handles these uncontrolled immigration situations, and we know basically one thing. if you give somebody an incentive to cross our border illegally and that gives them an advantage, then they're going to do it. there are very specific reasons why this is happening, very specific reasons. the smuggling operations are taking advantage of intelligence in the united states that says dhs is not deporting most illegal immigrants who are here in the united states. they also know there's this deferred action program for childhood arrivals that though wouldn't apply initially to this group, make it clear there's going to be potentially leniency if you're able to get here, for some period of time. you have an asylum system that's virtually collapsed and requires years to resolve any case and you have discussion about congress passing an amnesty. that's what the senate bill is, so people are saying the smuggling operations are able to say to people, hey, this is the time to go, because under this childhood arrival, the unaccompanied minor detention policy, border patrol has to release them within 72 hours, so in the end, we, the united states, this administration that is created this perfect storm, if you will, to incentivize this kind of uncontrolled influx. you don't see 6, 7, 8-year-old kids crossing an international border by themselves unless there's a rational expect aches of what's going to happen when they come in. the only way to stop it unless you said border anarchy and lose control, the only way to stop it is for those planning in the future to see people immediately put on planes and returned back home. if they could find the guardian or parent, obviously they have to detain them, but this is completely out of control. >> let me go to matthew on this. is there a case, do you think that many of these will be able to stay as a problem. they are escape and violence. >> what i would say is that we have a very tried-and-true system in place. it is the occurrence detention and deportation system that's been operating for decades and principally since 2002 when the homeland security act was passed, as part of the homeland security and bureau of immigration and customs enforcement were created. the problem we have right now and the reason this is newsworthy at all is simply because the system at this point, because of the this humanitarian crisis, because of the huge surge, doesn't have the capacity over the last few weeks to accommodate this. the best definition of a refugee crisis, that's a definition of a humanitarian crisis, but all of the infrastructure is in place. what dan was talking about actually already exists. within 24 hours, the department of homeland security and the department of human and health services, they go to work immediately trying to find out whether or not these kids actually can be removed to their countries of origin, but listen, this is whole system is in place especially for kids, is because the most important thing is they are kids. we want to be sure they are safe. >> that's what many people are hoping, the outcome is that these children are safe. thank you both very many. as the fighting in iraq seems to be getting worse, there is growing concern that islamic militants are going to march on baghdad. that is balance sheet. belief. we're going to bring you the latest in a moment. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected, hp big data and cloud solutions make sure you always know what's coming - and are ready for it. make it matter. let's go back to our big story this hour. militants from the group islamic state in iraq and syria, i.s.i.s., they're threatening to march towards baghdad. >> the journey may not be easy, though it looks like it has been up to this point. cnn's tom foreman has a real good way for us to look at this and understand better. good morning, tom. >> but it's not the toppling of the government that they may want, nor is it the establishment of the islamic state that they want. okay. so -- >> we do have tom foreman. >> we're having some technical problems >> we'll get back to him in a moment. let's start over. >> reporter: let's talk about the worst, best and most likely scenarios. we'll talk about this area where i.s.i.s. has been able to seize a lot of territory, and day by day, closer and closer to baghdad, bringing them within about 50 miles of the city here. worst-case scenario, this continues, and importantly sunnis, who have been supporting them already because they're angry at the shy i'd government here, so the 800 or so fighters are multiplied by millions of angry sunnis who in fact keep moving to topple the government in baghdad. best-care scenario -- the iraqi army responds well, they surround the city as they're already trying to do. they're able to fend off this attack and just as importantly the i.s.i.s. fightersing become more isolated. they have little pockets there and they can't sustain it, so with their supply line spread out, they essentially have to grind into something less effective than what they had before, so what's the most likely thing? one military analyst says something in between. they may want to push in toward baghdad, but if stymied by the iraqi army they may have to turn to a long, slow campaign, smaller attacks. it's a painful grind, it's difficult, but not the toppling of the government they may want nor is the establishment of an islamic state that they want. >> all right. from top model to top chef to real housewives of anything, who would have believed it could all be traced back to this, a ford bronco on the run in the real world. 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>> the glove clearly. it's interesting. i went down to the district attorney's office and got a rare glimpse at the glove and the cap that you just mentioned. the glove and cap were important, because the cap was blood-stained with the victim's blood. it was found at the scene and had hair, according to tests, that matched o.j. simpson's. that linked him to the crime. the bloody gloves, there were two, one found at the murder scene, one at rocking hamm, o.j. simpson's how. that had the victim's blood. that connected him back to the crime scene. they were very important. christopher darden was the deputy d.a. who discussed o.j. simpson to try them on in court. it's viewed by many to be the turning point, the key moment in the trial that shifted everything into the defense's favor. at it appeared when o.j. simp oy tried them on, they didn't like lie they fit. there are reasons for that. the intoed had caused the gloves to shrink, o.j. simpson was wearing latex gloves underneath, but none of that matter. if you didn't understand dna on anything you would, and johnnie cochran used that to his advantage in gaining the acquittal. >> a lot of people -- it's become a joke in some regards that he got off easy, because a lot of people believed hem to be guilty, but this is an interesting nugget. according to a new cnn poll, a majority of african-american respondents now today believe that the charges against o.j. were not true. what do you say to that, jim? 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>> aw, thanks so much. i know you've had a very busy morning. you set the stage for us, so we'll take it from here. you guys have a good one. >> thank you, i'll need it. the 11:00 hour of "newsroom" begins right now. coming up, the crisis in iraq, as the prime minister there promises to fight the islamist militants who are threatening baghdad. he could get help from the u.s., but president obama says that help won't include american troops on the ground. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces. i will be reviewing those options in the days ahead. plus the crisis in ukraine of t there. the president there is promising to track down the people who shot down a plane with nearly 50 people on board. and hundreds of children coming into the country every day illegally and in many cases alone. the problem is -- where will they stay after they cross the border? hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. first up iraq's government is rushing to -- shiite supporters are answering the call in baghdad, boarding buses, ready to take up arms and fight. they're trying to beat back radical militants from the islamic state in iraq and syria, also known as i.s.i.s. the group took over mosul this week, iraq's second largest city. they didn't meet much resistance. police and soldiers ran from their posts, taking off their uniforms and fleeing. this shows militants stomping on the uniforms. the united states is much whatting the situation carefully. yesterday president obama said the u.s. will not send troops back into combat in iraq, but will review a range of options. the rapid collapse in iraq has put the u.s. and the whole world on edge. everyone is watching to see if i.s.i.s. will follow through on its threat to march on to baghdad. we have crews covering this story around the world. athena jones is live for us at the white house. let's start in baghdad. knick, the situation there today, what is it? and what are iraq's leaders saying this morning? >> reporter: fredricka, there is concern in baghdad. there is some amount of panic buying, there's an increased level of security and we are seeing young men volunteers to join the militia. there is a sense here today that i.s.i.s. is rapidly advancing towards baghdad, has been slowed by some of these fighters being deployed to the north of the city. the prime minister nuri al malaki went to tamara, a scene that was a very bloody attack on an important shrine in 2006, it led to a massive onslaught of bloodheading that year and the following year. he said this is the town where the defend would begin, and it was not by chance that so many officers put down their uniforms. this is what he said. >> translator: what happened recently did not result from a lack of weapons, but it was a conspiracy. it was a trick. there was no collusion when orders made by people we know we are made to some army formation toss withdraw, which resulted in confusion, that we do not want to happen in the ranks of our army. >> reporter: now, i know by talking to tribal leaders that offers were made to senior army officers to tell them to put down the weapons if they left their posts, they would be allowed to go free. today i have talked by phone with an army officer who is now in hiding in northern iraq. he said he found all the soldiers at his post had deserted. he was forced to take off his uniform and now is hiding with a family in a small town, he says, where i.s.i.s. has arrived and are negotiating with the leaders of that town to take control of that town in the north of iraq. frederirick fredricka? >> knick, we'll neck in with you later. thanks to which. athena jones has the latest on how the president is planning to respond on this developing and growing crisis. if i.s.i.s. carries out its threat to march to baghdad, what if anything can the u.s. do? >> reporter: that's the question that the president and his national security team are trying to answer this weekend and in the coming days. the president himself is spending father's day weekend in california, but maintaining close contact with his national security team, which is working to come up with a range of options short of putting u.s. troops on the ground to try to help iraq force back these sunni insurgents. but the president has said that any larger solution to this is not going to be purely a military one. in order to have a long-term relation lucien to this crisis it's going to require iraq's government to make some political changes. >> iraqi security forces have proven unable to defend a number of cities, which has allowed the terrorists to overrun part of iraq 'territory. >> reporter: three years after president obama pulled u.s. troops out of the iraq, he says the growing sectarian crisis there now threatens america's national security. the president and his advisers are discussing a range of options, including air strikes, to help iraq fight off the sunni militant group that has captured its second largest city, mosul. he says iraq's government won't get any u.s. military help unless iraq 'shiite minister, nuri al malaki makes big changes. >> this should be a wake-up call. iraq's leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decision. >> reporter: malaki has long resisted power-sharing deals, deals that could bring stability to the oil-rich country. >> unfortunately what we've seen from the prime minister over the eight, nine years he's been in office, he's very reluctant to bargain with his rivals. >> reporter:, and could help the u.s. push malaki to bargain. >> iraq is one of those places in the middle east where the united states and iraq actually have something of a confluence of interesting. >> reporter: meanwhile, republicans are criticizing the president's iraq policy, saying it was a mistake not to leave some u.s. forces behind. >> i predicted that this would happen when they decided not to have a residual force. anybody tells you they couldn't isn't telling the truth. >> reporter: a president under pressure at home, pressing iraqis to do more to help themselves. >> our troops and the american people and american taxpayers made huge investments and sacrifices in order to give iraqis the opportunity to chart a better course, a better destiny. but ultimately they're going to have to -- >> now the president will be reviewing the options in the coming days, but it's going to take several days. any plan for u.s. action will take several days to put together. fredricka? irmgts thanks so much, athena jones. we'll return to the topic a bit later. all right. so now let's talk about the crisis in ukraine. the government there says rebels shot down a ukrainian military plane killing ought 49 people on board. now security officials say a homemade bomb was left outside the president's office in key jif. matthew chance is live for us in moscow with the latest. what can you tell us about these two developments? >> reporter:, well, first of all, the bomb, the ukrainian security services saying an explosive device was near the president's office, sworn in just a week ago. in the center of the ukrainian capital of kiev. they described it as being made up of several hand grenades and some metal screws, things like that that would have caused terrible damage. also a threatening note attached to the device addressed to president pourthat's where, of course, the government is conducting what it calls its antiterrorism operation to bring rebel-controlled areas back under government control. that's where the biggest single loss of life since the crisis in ukraine began several months ago took place earlier today with an aircraft, a giant jumbo jet seized transport plane from the air force, shot out of the sky as it attempted to land at an airport in a city called lahansk, blaming pro-russia separatist rebels for carries out that attack. 49 people on board, nine crew members, 40 members of the parachute regiment that would go into eastern ukraine to -- so as i say, the biggest single loss of life since the outbreak. fredricka? >> and then we also learned at least three ukrainian soldiers were killed in a battle. the government said earlier it was making some progress against separatists. how much of a setback is this? >> well, i mean, it's sort of six steps forward and six backwards, if i can mix my metaphor in that way. yes, the government has made a lot of gains. it recently took rebel positions in a city in which they had been held by rebels for some time. it reestablishesingses there, so it's made some gains. at the same time you can see there are regular attack that is cause a great of damage in the east on government forces. so the battle is far from over, and it could be a long-lasting struggle for control of that part of the ukraine. and then russia's response in all of this? >> reporter: well, russia has been pretty tight-lipped on the issue of the downing of the transport plane. there have been a lot of accusations circling between moscow and kiev -- kiev and moscow, rather, the past couple days, in particular the deployment of russian tanks inside ukraine. the kremlin denied that's taken plague, but kiev says that moscow allowed three tanks to cross its border in support of the rebels. that's been backed by the state department in want. and nato, the western military alliance has within the past few hours put out some images, which it says supports the accusation as well. so if it's true, that could have serious consequence foss that relationship between moscow and the west. >> matthew chance, thanks so much. keep us posted. all right. coming up, more of the crisis in iraq. that country has scene some vicious mill tans in the past, but nothing like these terrorists now storming through the country. so who are they? 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>> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, number one, the national security adviser number two, who should probably spend time with their families on sundays. i would certainly have all of her deputies, national security advisers gone as well. kerry and hagel were not there when some of these most crucial decisions were taken, but i don't have a lot of confident in their performance, either. >> and former secretary of state hillary clinton also weighed in. she said the bigs problem is with iraq's leadership. >> the underlying problem though, here, is not one of the military preparedness and security, although we have seen neither is present in the current conflict in iraq. the problem is the conception of leadership and governance that malaki brought to the job of prime ministership. >> all right. so its not just a political crisis. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says it's a brewing humanitarian crisis as well. she says as many as 500,000 people have fled mosul, and her agency has received disturbing reports of militants executing iraqi army soldiers. the number of people killed in recent days could be in the hundreds. i'm joined now by congressman doug collins. he is currently a chaplain for the air force reserves. he served a combat tour in iraq in 2008. congressman, good to see you. >> good to see you as well. >> when you were there, did you get a feeling then that the iraqi citizens would be worried that upon the u.s. troop pullout something like this would happen, that their country would be so volatile to militant extremists? >> i think there was a concern about that. as you look back at that time, i was in balad, which my understanding is now being overrun as well, just down from tikrit, that the people were concerned the infrastructure was not in place, the security was not in place, and they wanted their their country back. they wanted to run themselves and be a country as a whole, yet they understood without that the leadership and future leadership would not hold the security of the country together, and now we see what's happening today. >> was there an expressed concern then whether you were to have a shia or sunni leader, that that choice would lay the groundwork for what could come in terms of vulnerability to extremist groups. in this case it's the shia leadership that's getting a lot of blame for not doing enough for the sunni majority? >> exactly. i think what you saw is just a desperate people wanting their country whole, stable and bam to some accept ambulance of normality, which will be difficult anyway giving the years of the dictatorship and the war. there has been a pa rockialism, as shia or sunni, and malaki frankly has done a terrible job at managing this crisis internally as well as through the military. now we see that what we have left behind is being squandered and wasted away and people are fleeing from their homes again. >> it's not so simple. we hear from john mccain that now is the time for air strikes. he put it simply with wolf blitzer last night saying how difficult is it to launch air strikes into the desert, but it's far more complicated than that, isn't it? and if the u.s. were to get involved militarily, whether it be ground troops or whether to launch air strikes, isn't the u.s. being perceived as taking sides when you have a shia/sunni conflict? >> i think there could be a conception of that, though this group i.s.i.s. is very radical. even some in their own community don't want to be associated. >> meaning the sunni community? >> because of the stretchism. i have great respect for senator mccain, but i believe that simply a casual air strike or a series of air strikes with nothing that's followed up from the ground from the iraqi perspective is probably not the best alternative. we've gotten into the world where we believe if where he throw in missiles at it, or have a strike, that will cause the problems. this is inherently bigger than that. you could have an air strike to stall the progression, or maybe make them regroup, but ultimately the security forces in iraq have got to stand up, got to quit taking out of theiriums and have to strike. malaki has to lead in that regard. >> and the president, you know, underscored that yesterday saying it is this country that must -- that enjoyed some training, pretty significant training and an investment from the u.s. to get its military up and running. now that this has happened it's up to the iraqi leadership to take care of it, but there is confidence that the iraqi leadership can take care of it on its own? 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>> reporter: he's in the building behind me, a special section reserved all to himself. it's security to keep people from coming in, not to essentially keep him from going anywhere. up until now, getting his freedom, making sure he's medically stable, that's what they did in germany, making sure he was fit to travel. but here's the long road mentally and physically where they are out to make him well. it's going to be a long process. right now they say his medical is not is stable. they also say mentally he's doing about as well as you can expect for a man held captive for about five years. >> family support is a critical part, making sure the family understands the reasons why we do it, the necessity of decompression, and and it's important they understand that, overall it's his choice, and i think the family understands that process at this time. >> what you are listening to there is bakley the psychologist, who is talking about the issue that has really stood out here, that is, where are his parents? 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okay. on the pitch at the world cup, the big story was friday's 5-1 rout of defending champ spain by the netherlands. the protest ven you are, safety and security concerns all continue to be subplots in brazil. let's brig in frederick pleitgen. the u.s. playing ghana. are we expecting antiu.s. protes protests? >> reporter: there's certainly a lot of people that are angry at the way the games are being staged. angry so much money has been invested into the stadiums and feel that many of the regular brazilians aren't even able to attend the games and yes, there are anti-american protests also scheduled for when the u.s. will play against ghana up north in the country. those protests have various themes to them. on the one hand it's against american capitalism, as people there say, but it's also once again against the way this world cub has been organized. one of the things that happened is because of the stadium construction and the infrastructure construction, you had a lot of people evicted, efederal slid from the poor areas around the stadiums. the people want to try to march to the stadium. however, it doesn't seem as though that's potential going to disrupt the games. certainly we are expectic a lot of security to be present there, especially since they're expecting joe biden to jowatch e game. frederik pleitgen, thank you so much. i wonder if that scares some ticket holders away. we'll talk about that later on. appreciate it. all right. next a doctor tells us many school shootings can actually be prevented. what he says needs to be done. but first the incredible story of rediscovery. sue mac is the author of "i forgot to remember" she talks about how at age 22, a bizarre accident erased all of her memories, anderson cooper talked with her about her long journey back. >> this is an incredible story. i know you don't remember the actual incident, but you've been told about it. what occurred? >> it was in may of 1988. my husband and i lived in texas with our two small boys. sunday afternoon benjamin's in his high chair and patrick crawled across the room to me, and patrick is my 9-month-old. i picked him up like you would a baby. and his back or legs or bottom or something lifted, a ceiling fan that was hanging was off a hook, so it wasn't hung properly, and the fan came crashing down on me, hit me in the head. i then hit a counter, then the floor. >> when you woke up -- i don't want to say when you remembered, because you don't remember, but when you woke up, you didn't recall anything. >> correct. >> so the people in the room, your husband, your children, you couldn't -- >> no, i didn't recognize them for a long time, actually. >> what does that feel like? that's kind of terrifying. >> well, it is what it is. it's not terrifying if you don't know any different. >> you knew how to speak? >> yeah. >> but you couldn't readian more? >> i had a limited vocabulary. in the records it says 60 words, i don't know how they came up with it. >> you learned to read while your children have? 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>> essentially yes, fred. it's nice to talk with you again. as my good friend patrick kennedy says, as everybody gets a physical every year, why shouldn't we have a checkup from the neck up as well? we can't say much about this latest school shooting in oregon, because we don't know much about the perpetrator or his motts, but it does seem to be one one of another on this is massive shootings involving our youth. this is unfortunately sort of the reap what you sow issues, because already elements that seem to be contributory to this phenomenon. we live in a per miss i have been culture where we celebrate individual freedom of expression, but this is where i come in. youth is really in the sweet spot of the and we do not proactively try and evaluate and then come to treat people who may have them. we wait until the illness develops, festers, and gets to a point of severity where they have to be brought in to see somebody, or if they're not, they do things like this, which are socially destructive. >> then i wonder, you said something with youth in that sweet spot of mental disorders, is that in large part an explanation why it is hard to identify, because it may be formulating, or perhaps it may not be formulating, but there are certain behaviors or characteristics that are outgrown as a person matures. so i guess i'm asking is it reasonable to think you can do a mental evaluation of a child that's developing in order to really definitively be able to determine whether there's a propensity of violence or any other kind of mannerism or characterist characteristic. >> there's tremendous overlap between the normal range of behavior that adolescents and young adults go through as they're growing up and maturing, identifying their identity, becoming independent, as they are going to college, entering the work force, getting married, or the military. but mental health evaluations can be done and can distinguish pathology from normative behavior. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. help me understand what is a mental evaluation, and at what age do you start conducting that evaluation and know that it is going to tell you something with some real clarity? >> well, an evaluation of somebody's mental status is no different than having a physical exam by the pediatrician or general practitioner. you go to the pediatrician when you're an adolescent, but they pay attention to how you're doing, but they don't do an in depth evaluation of your mental status to determine whether the early signs of a mental disorder, whether adhd, whether it is depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are occurring. >> you have been quoted as saying the diagnosis of adhd has been misdiagnosed and overdiagnosed a lot in recent years, so how do you know that the medical community is getting it right by labeling your kid as having a certain condition early on? >> well, you have to be very rigorous in your diagnostic assessment, and have to be certain or probablistic in the way you tell the parents and the person, the patient involved, that there may be the beginning signs. and it doesn't mean we have to give you a label, doesn't mean we have to give you a treatment you're on the rest of your life. it means we have to watch this and follow it along as opposed to saying have a nice life and come back if something bad happens. >> dr. jeffrey lieberman, always a pleasure to talk to you. appreciate it. >> thank you. hundreds of children are coming into the u.s. illegally every day, sometimes alone, with no parents or adults at their side. what happens after they get here? 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[ speaking foreign language ] a lot of violence and ruth says she doesn't want her daughter growing up with the violence. the u.s. government doesn't give them any necessities when dropped at the bus station. charity groups are there to offer that assistance. ruth declares she's happy to be here and then the gray hound bus arrives. first step is el paso. after 80 hours of traveling, she and her baby will be in washington, living with her brother in limbo in america. it is well known among central americans that children and mothers with children are treated more leniently once they get to the united states. and that along with the violence is a major reason why we don't expect to see any decrease to the number of children crossing any time soon. fredricka? >> that is incredible. all right, thank you so much, gary tuckman. we will be talking about the legal questions surrounding this sudden influx of children into the u.s. with our legal guys next hour. we have much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. hello again, i am fredricka whitfield. here are the top stories we are following in the cnn newsroom. the crisis in iraq, the prime minister there, needing all the help he can get to fight terrorists that even al qaeda says are too violent. he could get help from the u.s., but in what form? president obama says it will not include american troops on the ground. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces, and i'll be reviewing those options in the days ahead. >> meanwhile, american contractors working in iraq are being evacuated. how much time do they have to get out? a live report straight ahead. and how bad is it looking for team usa in the world cup? even their head coach is saying winning is rather, quote, unquote, unrealistic. we'll tell you why. all right, our top story, iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters in the face of brutal militants that want to take over baghdad. shiite supporters are answering the call in baghdad, boarding buses, ready to take up arms and fight. they're trying to beat back radical militants from the islamic state in iraq and syria, known as isis. the group took over mosul, the second biggest city. didn't meet much resistance. police and soldiers ran from posts, taking off their uniforms and fleeing. this video shows militants stomping on uniforms. and today, the prime minister newer newer eeal maliki says it didn't result from lack of weapons. >> it was a conspiracy, it was a trick. there was no collusion when orders made by people we know were made to some army formations to withdraw, which resulted in confusion we do not want to happen in the ranks of our army. >> the prime minister also says there will be harsh consequences for anyone that deserted the military. and says they will not be safe in their homes. one of those colonels who defected spoke exclusively to arwa damon in iraq a few hours ago, he didn't want to reveal his identity, but explains what happened. [ speaking foreign language ] >> we got a call from the brigade commander saying leave the base, move to headquarters, bring whatever you can with you. when we got there, the brigade headquarters was already taken over. the terrorists were right behind us. >> you grabbed whatever you could as you and your unit were fleeing. what kind of weaponry and military hardware did you leave behind that's now in the hands of isis? [ speaking foreign language ] >> 25 humvees, 80 other vehicles and trucks, weapons, 600 callish any calves, 20 sniper rifles, rocket launchers, mortar rounds. >> you say the unit is predominantly sunni and these are sunni areas of iraq, so there wasn't that desire to fight on behalf of the predominantly shi'a government. what's going to happen when isis and allies reach the capital. will the iraqi security forces there stand up and fight? >>translator: if they get to baghdad, the shi'a are there, there will be blood all over the streets. sunni officers and soldiers won't fight, just shi'a ones will, because the sunnis aren't loyal to the iraqi army. >> chilling words from an iraqi colonel that defected this week and deep sectarian divide between sunni and shi'a is putting the u.s. in a difficult position. president obama says we are not sending troops back to combat in iraq, but a security team is preparing a range of options, and he said it is time for leaders in iraq to step up. >> we can't do it for them and in the absence of this type of political effort, short term military action, including any assistance we might provide, won't succeed. so this should be a wake up call. iraq's leaders have to demonstrate willingness to make hard decisions, and compromises on behalf of the iraqi people to bring the country together. >> alexandra field is following the story live out of new york. we will get to her in a moment. but right now, i am joined by former u.s. ambassador to iraq christopher hill. he was in that role from april, 2009 until august, 2010. mr. hill, let's talk about what the prime minister said earlier today. listen in. >> they believed this was the beginning of the end. we say this is the beginning of their end. their defeat. it sparked passion and determination in all soldiers and officers and in all iraqi people. iraqis came in thousands. we were unable to mobilize all the people who volunteered and wanted to confront this evil organization, which is pushed by foreign forces that do not want good to iraq. >> so, you know, he is talking about this isis, the militants that have come in. he says in his view it's the beginning of their end, but do we have a bigger problem here, not just with the in filtration, but might it be that some militants are in bed with perhaps the iraqi army and it is difficult for even the government to discern on whose side some of these troops are on. >> well, no doubt this is a very deep problem. it's a long-standing problem. the sunni, shi'a schism has been over a thousand years. it's not going to go away with a few efforts by this prime minister. now, this prime minister is clearly over his head. he is not to be confused with nelson mandela. he has not done nearly enough outreach to the sunni community. but in fairness, i'm not sure the sunni community has ever reconciled itself to shi'a rule. so we have a serious problem in iraq, and certainly if you look at what's going on today, i don't think the real issue is whether the isis will be able to take baghdad. i think the real issue is whether we end up with a divided iraq, a sunni stand. the kurdish areas and shi'a areas in the southeast. the problem ahead is a divided iraq. >> it looks like we have it now. if you look at the map, we have a divided map, curds, shiites making up thirds, the country cut into thirds. but one has to wonder whether in a permanent way whether governments can be formed representing these three different factions or tribes, and if going forward, can the world accept iraq will be made up of three different compartments so to speak, based on sectarian, you know, views. >> well, i think it's obviously been a tough proposition to get sunnis to work with the shi'a led government in baghdad. those of us that have been there diplomatically have worked very hard to get communication between the sides, but it hasn't been easy. and certainly as this isis group came in, we have seen many sunnis defect to that group that is more interested in being part of a sunni formation than to be the minority in a shi'a government. this is a huge problem. whether there's another leader who can come forward, do a better job than he has done, it is tough to find such a leader. if such a leader existed, that person would have come forward before. he did well in the elections. so i think he's probably at this point the strongest shi'a leader, but he's nowhere near enough to keep that country together. so we have a very serious problem in iraq, but i would argue we've had that serious problem for a long, long time. >> you know, this president, we saw him yesterday, he said no commitment now of u.s. troops in iraq. this is a president whose legacy has been to end the war in iraq. he voted against the war as a senator, and as president, you know, he wants to be remembered as the man who helped end this war. now you have republican senator john mccain saying time for air strikes. there's no other way to handle it. this is a military plan he calls very simple. >> we should be doing air strikes now. we should be, look, the crisis of maliki's leadership is a political problem. imminent crisis is the military movement, isis, that can even threaten baghdad, and by the way, you can take out targets in the middle of the desert, it's not that difficult. >> is that true? it's not that difficult to engage, whether it is air strikes, taking out a very specific threat, hoping the target hits just isis members? or does this involve the u.s. to a degree that the u.s. will find itself in a point of no return? >> certainly there has to be a sort of recatalyzing of the iraqi army. and certainly air strikes would be a moral boost for the iraqi army. they need that army to start functioning, and that army requires its sunni members to believe they also need to get into the fight against these extremist sunni islamists. so a number of things need to happen. i think there does need to be american engagement in the form of advice and in the form of air strikes, so i would agree with mr. mccain on that. >> you do believe there should be air strikes? >> i do believe there need to be, there needs to be direct engagement in the form of air strikes. >> does the u.s. run the risk of supporting the shi'as in a conflict with the sunnis, and also by consequence, it also means engaging iran, mostly shi'a, so the u.s. finds itself in a huge diplomatic and political mess? >> oh, i think there are a lot of risks here and there are no good options here, but i think sooner or later the shi'a led government is going to need some help. i would rather they get it from us than get it from the iranians, which is also on offer. i think we need to be engaged in the form of some kind of air strikes. so i support that. but i think we also need to be engaged in terms of trying to help get that iraqi army put back together. after all, we spent years. >> after $20 billion spent for the u.s. to rebuild or help assemble this army, so the u.s. should devote even more you're saying? >> i think the united states needs to be engaged in trying to help get this army to perform. i certainly take your point. and by the way, those who argue what we need to do in syria is provide weapons or arm the so-called moderates ought to look at this situation, because i think it is a cautionary tale. but we are where we are. and i think we need some kind of engagement from the air and some sort of systemized advice how to get the army together. ultimately we have a political issue there where sunnis don't want to live under the shi'a, the shi'a don't want to share power with the sunnis. we are going toward a division of iraq. >> you're helping us understand how complicated this is. no easy answers. former ambassador, christopher hill, thanks so much. baghdad, home to the largest u.s. embassy in the world, with thousands of employees, now a race to get many of them out as militants march toward baghdad. what super poligrip does for 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and what's the worst? and what's the most likely? cnn's tom foreman has a look. >> reporter: hey, fredricka, let's talk about the best case, the worst case, and the most likely case to come out of all this. we bring in the map. we start with this area up here where isis has had so much success. they have been supported by the sunni population, people that feel like they have been given a bad deal from baghdad, and have been able to steadily march city by city by city up toward baghdad. in a worst case scenario, this continues. they get more support from sunnis that are diseffected. that multiplies their fighting number from a few 00 dread into millions. you could see the government toppled, establishment of a whole new state. that's worst case scenario. best case scenario. some military analysts say if the iraqis push back with force, they can exploit the fact that this group here, isis, is not capable of holding the territory they claimed here, there simply aren't enough of them. if they can strike a deal that turns the sunnis against them, the isis fighters become isolated in a few pockets and they're beaten into retreat. that's the best case scenario. what's most likely? one military analyst says what's most likely is you get something in between. if you can get the sunnis to turn off their support for the isis fighters, then they become much more isolated, they may in fact come to baghdad, be held off by the army, and then even though they'll have some attacks with car bombs and things into baghdad, that could turn into a long, slow grind, it will not be the collapse of the government nor the establishment of an independent islamic state out here. fredricka? >> thanks so much, tom foreman. up next, the legal road ahead for children crossing the border, making their way into the u.s. by themselves. it is a crisis and it is getting even bigger. i'll ask our legal guys what is happening and what can be done. meatball yelling c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... tums! that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪ let's close the gap between people and care. and now you get hit again.asis. this time by joint pain. it's a double whammy. it could psoriatic arthritis a chronic inflammatory disease that attacks your joints on the inside and your skin on the outside. if you've been hit by... find out more about psoriatic arthritis. take the symptom quiz at doublewhammy.com and talk to your doctor. it's a dangerous, scary journey. thousands of unaccompanied children, mostly from central american countries like honduras, guatemala, el salvador, flooding to texas through mexico. numbers are so huge, the federal government is now overwhelmed, they're actually being held by the u.s. in detention centers, often in cramped spaces. homeland security is talking with ambassadors from the central american countries about returning many of the children as soon as possible. let's bring in our legal guys, avery freedman civil rights attorney and law professor in washington, d.c. today, and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from las vegas. good to see you, gentlemen. >> hi, fredricka. >> help folks understand. under federal law, immigrants from these countries are treated differently than immigrants from mexico or canada. let's take a look to help folks understand. u.s. law prohibits homeland security from immediately deporting children if they are not from canada or mexico. children are turned over to the department of health and human services supervision within 72 hours of being taken into custody. immigrants are given a court date, but very few show up, and the children often become one of millions of undocumented immigrants in the u.s. so avery, does this law have the unintended effect of encouraging immigrants to come here because a lot of the kids from central american countries are told that they do have special status and they will eventually be accepted into the u.s. system? >> maybe, maybe not, fredricka. the reality is that it is time to develop a policy that means something. the president has authority, has discretion to deal with this. but ultimately it has to be underwritten by congress. the fact is, here in washington there are 400,000 central americans living. it will be a magnet for bringing children in. we are americans. we are humanitarian people. the crisis exists not because of what's coming from the administration but the failure of congress to enact meaningful immigration policy. that's where the problem is and that's where we're stuck now. >> so richard, help us understand when we hear stories of some of the young people, some central american children coming in, they may have a relative like the one young man and woman whose family had a brother in washington, d.c. because that person is able to establish i have a relative who does reside in the united states, i can now get on a bus after illegally crossing into the border because i am from any number of these central american countries, and get on a bus, and go to this city where my relative is, and it is expected that i then follow the process to see if i can get the proper paperwork to allow me to stay here. help us understand how this works and why it is set up this way. >> there's a law, fred, that deferred action for childhood arrivals which allows for this procedure to take place, but basically these children have only two options. one, apply for asylum, or go through the immigration process. if they select the immigration process, they have a court date, many don't show up. >> they're afraid it means deportation. >> right. and they join the 11 million undocumented citizens in the country. so what happens is if they go to court, they need a lawyer. most of them don't have a lawyer, they have burden of proof, they have to get up there and speak in a process which they have no idea what they're doing. fred, for a country that cloaks itself with a humanistic philosophy, ellis island, in the words take down that wall, the congress is paralyzed on this issue, and with cantor losing the election, the prospect of true and any kind of immigration reform is basically dead at this point. it is a tragedy. these facilities, some are put in detention centers that are deplorable. it is a true crisis, fred. >> border patrol officers are not social workers, and that's part of the problem. congress doesn't underwrite protection, what are you going to do with what will be 90,000 children coming into the united states? you can't send them back to central america. it's not like canada or mexico, as you identified. >> complicated there, too, many are coming with just the shirt on their back, don't have documentation that says i am from honduras, el salvador. believe me i am not from mexico, treat me under special conditions. it seems like a real mess. >> they're not coming with birth certificates and passports. >> they're coming with nothing. >> with nothing. and they're dying in the desert to make this trek. imagine why they're leaving, fred. imagine the violence and poverty that they're seeking to leave, they're coming here, and what are we doing? it is a tragedy, and no one is acting here. people are pressing president obama. use executive action, do something. >> that's what he's doing! >> something has to be done. >> no easy answers here. guys, i appreciate it. and rosa flores is in one country and will help us see what it is so many of the young people are risking their lives, and why the families are willing to put a four-year-old in the face of danger. >> imagine how bad it is. >> on the border without a parent. it is unbelievable. thanks so much. avery, richard, always love your points of view. >> thank you. straight ahead in the newsroom, the u.s. sends a carrier into the persian gulf. what else should the u.s. be doing? 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>> actually, i am very concerned about maliki getting in bed with the iranians, because us not really doing anything and waiting days to figure out what we might do, that the iranians come in and they're even, i am hearing rumors, some people say that might be good in our interest. that would be -- the iranians are our enemies, wherever we have anything to do with them would be a horrific mistake. wolf, i predicted this would happen when they decided not to have a residual force. anybody tells you they couldn't isn't telling the truth. i was in baghdad at the time with lindsey graham, joe lieberman, and we could have done it if they had wanted to. that's why i predicted these events would take place. >> let me interrupt a moment. the secretary of state, john kerry's spokeswoman says you're dead wrong on this issue. i'll play to you what she said at the state department today. >> sure. >> and how would a few thousand americans saying don't do that stop this? i would press senator mccain to say specifically how it would have prevented what we saw from happening and what he thinks we should do now. i also heard senator mccain say he is not supportive of military options at this time. you're so concerned, you think it is existential threat to the united states, what would you do? you don't just get to attack on us, call on us to resign, you have to come up with your own ideas. >> all right, senator, you heard what she said. >> first of all, i'm not in the business of respond to go that kind of trivia, but first of all, we left troops behind in korea and germany, japan, even in bosnia. they are a stabilizing force. that's what the influence would have been. maliki got progressively worse after we left, had no influence over him. there are things we could have provided, such as intel. same reason we remain behind in all those countries. >> what should we be doing? >> we should be doing air strikes now. look, the crisis of maliki's leadership is a political problem, the imminent crisis is the military movement, isis, that can even threaten baghdad. and by the way, you can take out targets in the middle of the desert, it's not that difficult. although the pentagon will tell you it is. >> i spoke to pentagon officials, they say it is not that simple. isis terrorists that are moving in are so intertwined with civilians and families in populated areas, they could send air strikes in but they don't know where to go. >> first of all, we could have some people on the ground, select few, identifying them. second of all, they have to go over open spaces in order to move from one place to another. but the pentagon under this leadership will always find reasons you can't do anything. that's what's been so horrifying. >> two views from senator john mccain and former secretary of state hillary clinton as america waits for president obama's next move on iraq. still to come, the u.s. takes on ghana monday. what are the chances the u.s. might win? 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>> go usa! match against ghana monday. thanks so much. much more straight ahead in the newsroom, and it all starts right now. hello again, i am fredricka whitfield. here are the big stories we are following in the cnn newsroom. the u.s. makes a move in the iraq crisis. three military ships have been ordered to the arabian gulf, persian gulf. we will talk about what that mission might be, and also show you shocking videos from the enemy that iraq is facing, the group is so radical, even al qaeda has distanced itself. and the latest on bowe bergdahl, the road to recovery could be a long one. new details now this hour on the u.s. response to the crisis in iraq. defense secretary chuck hagel has ordered the aircraft carrier uss gorgeous h.w. bush into the gulf. it will arrive with two other ships later this evening. iraq is in a major crisis, as islamic militants are threatening to march onto baghdad. the islamic state in iraq and syria, known as isis, has taken iraq's second largest city of mosul and left a trail of blood and violence behind them. today, iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters, shiite supporters are answering the call, boarding buses, ready to take up arms and fight. that's after iraqi defense forces failed in mosul. police and soldiers ran from posts, taking off uniforms and fleeing. this video shows militants stomping on the uniforms. the prime minister, nuri al maliki had strong words for soldiers that left. [ speaking foreign language ] >>translator: those that deserted and left positions shouldn't feel safe in their homes. they are to stand accountable, and harsh legal procedures taken against them. we warn them they should rejoin their units and those who do not will be considered a deserter and will face prosecution with extreme penalties that might lead to execution. >> let's bring in cnn's athena jones live at the white house for the latest on the movement of the uss george h.w. bush. the aircraft carrier in the region. athena, what other response coming from the white house as pertains to maliki's latest comments? >> reporter: well, we don't have a response from the white house about his latest comments, but i can tell you about the plans for the uss george h.w. bush, which as you mentioned should be arriving in the persian gulf by later this evening, along with guided missile carrier, uss philippine, and guided missile destroyer. i want to read to you what pentagon spokesperson general john kirby had to say about the order. he said it will provide the president with additional flexibility should military options be required to protect american lives, citizens, and interests in iraq. as you know, the president asked his national security team to come up with a range of options to try to help iraq push back the insurgent force, short of ground troops. there could be air strikes. this ship can be used for air strikes, use helicopters to evacuate americans if needed, and use those helicopters and aircraft to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance missions. that's what we expect to happen with this, these crews moving into the persian gulf. one more interesting point to make here, there have been a lot of questions about what role, if any, iran has been playing in iraq. admiral kirby was asked about this at the pentagon friday. i want to play what he had to say then. >> i have nothing to confirm that there are iranian special forces inside iraq, and i am not getting into hypotheticals. the only thing i would say, it has been said before, we encourage iraq's neighbors, including iran, to play a constructive role. >> play a constructive role. that's the message the u.s. is send to go iran and to iraq's neighbors in the region, fred. >> and i wonder, athena, is the white house saying anything about its confidence in al maliki, if he can lead the country out of this mess. >> reporter: that's one of the big discussions, big questions a lot of folks have. we heard from the president saying this should be a wakeup call for iraq's leaders. he is talking about the prime minister. the u.s. has been trying to pressure him for years to make some concessions, make some political accommodations within iraq, with other large groups, with sunni minority, with curds, for unity government to bring stability to iraq. he has been resistant to negotiate with rivals. the hope is he will make those political accommodations. the president says u.s. help won't be forthcoming unless the iraqi government is willing to make big changes. that's really the question. i have spoken to former officials, experts on the matter who say look, maliki has to make the changes. if he is not willing to make it, maybe they have to look at who might succeed him. a lot is riding on the political solution to this crisis as the president said there couldn't be just a military solution here, there has to be a political solution. and he is at the center of that. >> there's not a lot of confidence that the bench is deep for leadership in iraq. thank you so much, athena jones, appreciate that from the white house. let's get to baghdad where nic robertson joins us live. nic, how concerned are people there in baghdad that the isis group is indeed making its way toward that city? >> reporter: what we're hearing on the streets today is that people are absolutely fed up with what isis is doing. for them, this is the last straw. there was a big gathering of people on the streets not far from here, young men, old men, a man in his wheelchair, heeding the call of religious leaders to join the fight against isis. people really believe they could come here, that they could destroy that. there were shi'as and christians volunteering for the force. the flip side of this with isis is how are they managing to fight themselves. i sat down with a sunni tribal leader from iraq and he told me a lot of the people fighting on their way to baghdad are not just radical islamists who they don't share the views with, they are just disaffected sunni tribemen. this is what he told me. >> who exactly is fighting? >>translator: people fighting now are sons of the iraqi tribes, from all around, regardless of sect. all effected by maliki's foreign policy. they are the ones that bear arms against his politics. >> what does this mean for iraq? >>translator: we are seeking not to enter baghdad because we want to avoid the bloodshed. we seek to form a caretaker government, made of all iraqis, so we can prove we are not isis, and prove that we are not sunnis, we are all iraqis. >> do you think, could this become a sunni, shi'a religious war? >> it can, yes, it already began. the sunni shi'a war has begun today. >> reporter: that's what he says, and on the streets today, people are saying this not a sectarian issue yet. this is becoming very much a sectarian division. the people of baghdad, sunni, shi'a, christian, feel the fear. the majority of people and leaders calling them to go to the battle front are shi'a religious leaders. if you're on the sunni side, it looks like you're getting into a religious war, even if people here don't feel that way, fredricka. >> nic robertson, thank you so much. very complicated situation. appreciate that. who is leading this brutal group called isis. up next, the man they call the new osama bin laden and the multi-million dollar bounty on his head. listen up, thunder dragons, it's time to get a hotel. hey, razor. check this out. we can save big with priceline express deals. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool. we're cool. priceline express deals are totally legit. check this, thousands of people book them everyday and score killer deals. now, priceline is piling on even more savings with its summer sale. so grab your giant beach towel and enter code summer14. look at me enjoying the deals. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? 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>> if he holds territory in northern iraq an extended period of time, he may eclipsal is a was harry being a leader in the movement. >> reporter: to do that, he has to survive. all three of his immediate predecessors as top jihadist leaders in iraq were killed. right now, abu bakr al-baghdadi has a u.s. bounty on his head of $10 million. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> let's talk about the so-called new bin laden and his followers with bobby gosh, managing editor of qz.com. baghdad bureau chief from 2011. good to see you, bobby. why is it that the general public is just hearing about isis when apparently many lawmakers and policy makers have known about isis for some time? >> they began life as al qaeda offshoot in iraq, when the war in syria began. that's where they gathered steam, became bigger, more powerful, started attracting more followers from around the world. more recently back into iraq, that's where they have been successful. >> was there missed opportunity to head off the growing power? >> there were many missed opportunities going back ten years to cut this thing off, head this off at the pass. getting rid of the previous leader, founder of al qaeda in iraq, helped a little bit. once the american troops withdrew and iraqi government failed to follow up with security and political measures with the sunnis in the west, this group sort of got a new lease of life. now they are as your report suggested the most successful terrorist group in modern times. this abu bakr al-baghdadi is a very different kind of terrorist. he is not satisfied with blowing things up, having people killed, sending out suicide bombers, although he does all those things. he wants to hold territory. he wants to build a country. he wants to take big cities like mosul, 2 million people. appoint governs there and district level officials. he wants to rule. that's very, very different. his group actually is in some ways more similar to the taliban in afghanistan than it is to al qaeda. >> so you really layout some of the differences between his leadership style and that of osama bin laden, but what is it about him that he is able to garner this following, allow him to be so influential? >> the mystery about him certainly helps as you pointed out. very few people have seen him. only two or three photographs available of him, unlike bin laden, he doesn't issue videos. a couple of audio releases think might be his voice, not 100% certain. there's an air of mystery around him. the reason people are flocking to him is because he is successful, that's what it is. success attracts followers, and in the world of terrorism, he is the most successful leader out there. so young people around the world who want to join the jihad, want to go and fight this perverse kind of fight, they're looking for leaders. they look at this guy and say look, he is taking so much territory, he's been so successful in two different countries. this is the person i want to go. >> you say isis took advantage of the vacuum insecurity when u.s. troops left. was there any alternative? isn't it the case that iraq asked the u.s. to leave, more so demanded the u.s. to leave in 2011, so there really were no options. it was the mistake of nuri al maliki, he didn't handle security like he thought he might with u.s. troops out? >> absolutely. it was not simply the removal of u.s. troops, which as you point out was done at the insistence of the iraqi government. the obama administration just as it is doing in afghanistan wanted to leave a small force in iraq, and was told thanks but no thanks, we've got this covered. that's pretty much what nuri al maliki said. i wonder how he feels about that today. it was his policies after the u.s. left, failure to embrace the sunni who makeup 20% of his country, to reassure them they, too, would have a role in the new iraq. in fact, he did the opposite. he sidelined them, arrested or issued arrest warrants against their top political leadership, disenfranchised them. that contributed to the environment in which this terrorist group then was able to revive itself and flourish. >> miscalculation on one hand, and perhaps mismanagement on the other. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> any time. five years in taliban captivity. now back on american soil. we get a live update from the texas hospital where sergeant bowe bergdahl is being treated. the kids get trail mix, and here's what you get after a full day of chasing that cute little poodle from down the street. mm hmm delicious milo's kitchen chicken meatballs. they look homemade, which he likes almost as much as making new friends yes, i'll call her. aww, ladies' man. milo's kitchen. made in the usa with chicken or beef as the number one ingredient. the best treats come from the kitchen. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. 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>> reporter: that was a question that was asked at the press conference yesterday. you know, tremendous amount of media interest, public interest, debate over the trade made for him, how he may have left his post. that was asked. does he know anything about how everyone is talking about this case. here was their response to that. >> as we give him a sense of control, we expose them more and more to environments and events around them. at some time he will be exposed to media with him, what's going on in the world. we want to gradually expose him. >> reporter: the short answer is that no, he hasn't been told anything about it, hasn't seen anything about it. but that eventually as his recovery goes on, he will get exposure to media, be able to read, see, watch television. it is clear then it will start sinking in. but it will be done very carefully. >> you have to wonder whether they give him a little counseling on that before it happens because i would imagine it will hit him like a ton of bricks at one time. >> reporter: sure. >> thank you so much. martin savidge. keep us posted in san antonio. baghdad is home to the largest u.s. embassy in the world, with thousands of employees. now a race to get many of them out as militants march toward baghdad. the eyes may be the windows to the soul. but in the case of the lexus ls... ...which eyes? 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>> reporter: well, fredricka, it was quite interesting, and we started off by asking him what happened on that day when isis fighters began pushing towards his position. he does command around 600 men and why did they abandon their posts. [ speaking foreign language ] >>translator: we got a call from the brigade commander saying leave the base, move to headquarters, bring whatever you can with you. when we got there, the brigade headquarters was already taken over. the terrorists were right behind us. >> you grabbed whatever you could as you and your unit were fleeing, so what kind of weaponry and military hardware did you leave behind that's now in the hands of isis? >>translator: 25 humvees, 80 other vehicles and trucks, weapons, 600 callish na could haves, ten sniper rifles, 20 rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, 122 millimeter mortar rounds. >> you say your unit is predominantly sunni, these are predominantly sunni areas of iraq, so there wasn't that desire to fight on behalf of the predominantly shi'a government. but what's going to happen when isis and its allies reach the capital. will iraqi security forces there stand up and fight? >>translator: if they get to baghdad, the shi'a are there, there will be blood all over the streets. the sunni officers and soldiers won't fight, just the shi'a ones will, because the sunnis are not loyal to the iraqi army. >> reporter: and fredricka, the reason why isis has been able to advance so rapidly is because it does have the support of various over sunni insurgents groups and tribes, not because they subscribe to isis ideology, or because they want some sort of islamic caliphate, this is a battle between sunni and shi'a for power and control in iraq. >> scary situation. thank you so much, arwa damon. for american contractors working in iraq, threat of a terrorist takeover hits very close to home. authorities are race to go evacuate many of them now. alexandra field joins me from new york. how tire is the situation? >> reporter: companies are certainly taking it seriously. there's clearly a safety concern. certain companies have taken steps to evacuate their employees, specifically contractors working in balad, since thursday, the effort under way to evacuate those contractors. at home, family members have been trying to make contact with loved ones to know they're safe. we spoke with one woman in texas who says her husband was in balad, she heard from him, then there was a long wait before she heard he was safely evacuated. here is how she described those moments. >> it was saying i love you, just be safe, and you've done the hero thing, just come home, you know, you're a hero to us. just come home, you know. they need a dad on father's day, like be here. he had to get off, i didn't hear from him the rest of the day. normally i hear from him early in the morning, then late at night, and i didn't hear anything. so i was worried. >> reporter: the evacuations concern people in balad. again being done by companies, companies choosing to relocate employees. the rapidly deteriorating situation in iraq is causing concern for other families with loved ones working under contract. we spoke to a woman in maryland. she says now there are no plans for her husband to relocate, but she's keeping a close eye on the situation. hoping to make contact with him. >> obviously his family, all of us want him safe and out of harm's way. we know the person my husband is, and he is just the type that he's going to do, you know, whatever he can to help protect those that are still there and needing protection. >> reporter: while companies relocate employees, the state department says staffing at the embassy and consulates remains unchanged at this point, fred. >> alexandra, thank you so much. straight ahead, what cnn's fareed zakaria said that got him called to the white house. 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>> it is a great question. in my opinion, he was the wrong man always. i met with him before he was prime minister. i wrote a column in "the washington post" at the time saying this guy is a shiite thug, hard line, shows no signs of compromise. between us, not between us, at that time i was called into the white house, given a briefing that they thought he was a great democrat and he was going to do all kinds of outreach. i think you have to look at these parties, these shi'a religious parties, hard line religious parties funded by iran for 20 years, and they're showing their true colors. the united states in a sense picked a side in a very complicated sectarian society, and reeping the consequences. >> is this in large part keeping the white house or military from engaging, making commitment to engage because again, the u.s. would be picking sides? >> absolutely. if the united states were to go in full-bore and provide support to prime minister maliki, what it would be doing is acting as the air force for a very sectarian, very oppressive, ruthless regime in baghdad, which by the way is allied with iran. >> so how does this end in your view? what is the next chapter? >> unless the iraqi government makes major political overtoure, the curds will keep their northern part, kurdistan, the shi'a keep the southern part, and in the middle, a bad land, which will encompass not just iraq but syria, it will be bad lands ruled by a variety of crazy radical sunni groups, very messy, very chaotic. and a place where, you know, nobody should go and travel. i think at that point the united states' best strategy would be to try to give security and support to the stable parts of the region and just accept that there are going to be some places that are essentially bad lands. >> my goodness. what an abysmal scenario here we are talking about. fareed zakaria, thanks so much. how brutal is the group isis? the images might startle you. at legalzoom virtually all yourof important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business, protect your family, and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. ...you have to leave the couch to believe. seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity. 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[ speaking in foreign language ] who is erasing the slogans and symbols of isis on the walls, demands the interrogator. i swear i don't know, as god is my witness, says this man. another interrogation. what were they saying about the islamic state? say the truth. save yourself. i'll speak the truth, even if i lose my head responds this man, w who. all of these clips found in the residence of this man known by his name, a iraqi, or the iraqi. activists describe him as an isis emir, a commander and intelligence officer. they found the abandoned video in january after he fled fighting between isis and other factions. some of the clips show a young woman trying her hand at shooten an ak-47 assault rifle. steady, he tells her. steady. isis is imposing the strictest possible dress code on women in the area it controls, given that her face is uncovered, clearly this was for this unidentified woman, a private moment. so what happened to the interrogated men? it's not clear from the video, but one of the last recordings documents in detail ruthless isis-style justice, execution by flashlight. ready? asks a voice off camera. 14 men, some apparently quite young, are shot, one after the other. the scenes are too graphic for us to show. some fall into the mass grave, already dug. the new boss in this part of syria, not unlike the old boss. ben wedeman, cnn, turkey. erve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪ thebut in the case of the s to thlexus ls... let's close the gap between people and care. ...which eyes? eyes that pivot with the road... ...that can see what light misses... ...eyes designed to warn when yours wander... or ones that can automatically bring the ls to a complete stop. all help make the unseen... ...seen. and make the ls perhaps the most visionary vehicle on the road. this is the pursuit of perfection. okay. get ready for world cup matches, four on the schedule today, and a match just completed. colombia beat greece 3-0. later, uruguay versus costa rica and the last match pits the ivory coast against japan. christiano renaldo. for the world's best soccer player the business of being renaldo is looking pretty good. here's christine romans. ♪ >> reporter: the world cup is finally here, and being christiano renaldo, arguably the biggest star of the biggest start in the world is very big business. now the most bankable soccer star, renaldo, made his name at manchester united where he reportedly brought home $238,000 we are week making him the highest paid player in team history. >> i think i'm not that -- >> reporter: became the most expensive football player ever moved to madrid. a transfer worth $132 million. currently signed to a five-year $206 million deal. >> a lot. >> reporter: renaldo won soccer's individual award last year for the second time. go ahead, ask him who's the best in the business? >> i'm thinking it's me. 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