Because it shows the type of smart thinking military type strategy they used. They bypassed that town because they knew it would put up resistance. They swept south, then went back to deal with it and have taken control of it. This comes at the same time theyre releasing horrific images they say are their fighters killing iraqs security forces. Chilling images inside the country on the brink of another civil war. The radical Islamist Terrorist Group i. S. I. S. Apparently capturing dozens of iraqi soldiers dressed in civilian clothes, lining them up for execution. The bloodshed leaving no doubt about their brutality as eye sis seizes talifar, another major city in iraq, the terrorists possibly gaining control over its army base which would mean more Armored Vehicles, weapons and ammunition up for grabs, some of the weaponry provided by the u. S. Asking his identity be concealed, cnns arwa damon interviewing an iraqi colonel who says his unit alone left behind 20 humvees, tense sniper rifles and 20 rocket launchers when they fled. I. S. I. S. Overrunning another army base just 37 miles northeast of bagdad. The terrorists edging closer than ever to the capital. If bagdad falls, if the Central Government falls, a disaster awaits us of monumental proportions. The u. S. Partially evacuating bagdads embassy and beefing up security. The imminent threat from the north leaves the Iraqi Government desperate for soldiers calling on volunteers. Hundreds of civilians, young and old, marching through the streets of bagdad, now having to defend their country. With minimal resources or little control on the ground, the Iraqi Military uses aerial strikes to target i. S. I. S. Positions in mosul, iraqs second largest city. Now its more dangerous than before. This one definitely would not be restricted to the boundaries of these countries, it will spill over to europe and the terrorism could spread to the world at large. Reporter the government claims to have killed 200 i. S. I. S. Fighters, but in the videos weve seen release sod far, they show helicopters targeting buildings. You dont see any people being hit so far, chris. Nic, ill take it, on the ground in bagdad. Lets talk about t potential u. S. Response. An american Aircraft Carrier and two other navy ships are in the persian gulf as this crisis in iraq heats up, this as the military provides extra security for diplomatic facilities in bagdad. Cnns pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is joining us. Good morning, kate. Here is where we are at the pentagon at this moment. The Aircraft Carrier george h. W. Bush plus two additional ships are in the fergs gulf. Dozens of marine corps personnel have moved into the embassy in bagdad to provide security even as some diplomats have been moved out to safer areas. So the carrier, the bush, what could it do if security deteriorates further . Its got three basic jobs. It could use its aircraft to conduct surveillance, to provide intelligence about where some i. S. I. S. Targets are. It could begin air strikes if president obama were to order them. Right now the intelligence, that crucial intelligence about where the i. S. I. S. Targets exactly, precisely are on the ground is very spotty. Of course, its third job could be to evacuate americans if the security situation detear states further. It could use its helicopters to ferry them out of the embassy area. Barbara, thats a source of considerable concern, what happens to the americans there, are they supported enough, one of the pressing questions. The headline is can ice zis overtake the country . Should the u. S. Send troops . Should we work with iran . We have a man with answers to these most important questions. Retired general anthony sen any. In the years leading up to the invasion of iraq, he was in charge of all american troops in the middle east. Thank you very much for joining us, general. Lets leave the past in the past because we have pressing concerns in the present. But fair to say someone who is a critic of the strategy over there and now the decision to leave iraq, are we being haunted by that decision general . I think definitely, were being haunted from our initial intervention there which was done in a very poor fashion and we face this situation now that weve created. Now, i would love for you to say no, youre exaggerating it, chris. But the information we have on the ground is that i. S. I. S. Can, in fact, overtake the country if things continue in this way. Why are they advancing so quickly, what do you believe in terms of their numbers and capabilities . I think theres several reasons. One, you have a disenfranchised sunni population in the north. They may be playing on the fears and the apathy and maybe even gaining support because the maliki government wasnt as responsive to their needs. I think you can see the Iraqi Military didnt have the backbone or motivation despite all the effort and money we poured into training them and providing them with the equipme equipment. I think the resistance from the iraqis in the north with harden. It makes for a messy civil war in street fighting down in the cities of bag dand and further south which i think will lead to the deterioration of the entire country. Is it fair to say, building on your last point, deterioration of the entire country. If what it takes is to beat back i. S. I. S. Who are not united under nuri al maliki, even if you win against i. S. I. S. , do you still lose in terms of having a stable country . I think whatever comes out of this, this maliki government has to change and reform. Maliki himself may have to step down. Something needs to follow up with a more inclusive government that reaches out certainly to the sunni population, makes them feel part of the country and able to share in the resources that are being centrally controlled in bagdad now that they feel they have no access to. General, lets focus on the u. S. Now. The Obama Administration very strong. No boots, no boots, no boots on the ground. Are they playing politics. Do you believe the u. S. Can have an impact on this situation that can be decisive without boots on the ground . First of all, i think its a mistake to tell the enemy what you wont do. There was no need to say that. I do believe we ought to put special forces teams on the ground with iraqi forces, certainly with the curds and the person merg in the north and also the jordanians. They can provide ground intelligence that barbara mentioned that were lacking. They also can control air strikes, if necessary. They can function as advisers, and if we decide we want to further equip these forces to counter i. S. I. S. , then i think theyre a conduit for us putting more equipment and capability on the ground. We need eyes on the ground. I think these are ideally trained units. I also think we ought to have a more robust capability to evacuate americans if necessary. I dont believe just the carrier itself. I would like to see an Amphibious Ready Group in there. More helicopters, more marines. What we have right now in the embassy is fine for a point defense of the embassy itself, but its not enough for an evacuation if necessary. Thats an important point. With the specter of benghazi looming, when you hear there are 50 to 100 marines on the ground and they have a carrier, maybe two in the area, you do have legitimate concerns that if these hoards of i. S. I. S. Make it through that we could be in trouble there . I do. And i believe its not necessarily hoards of i. S. I. S. , but if the street fighting and the suicide bombing inside bagdad gets worse, and im sure Central Command has a plan for this, but id like to see a more robust force capable of doing this. I would also add this cant just be americas concern. I would hope we have people at the u. N. Working towards a resolution authorizing the use of force as george bush 41 did before the first gulf war. I also think we need a Creative Coalition of the arab countries that are our allies, particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council in the south, if we make this a shia versus sunni, legitimize it as a religious war, its going to spread throughout the region. We need the sunni arabs with us to make a statement this doesnt represent a religious faction supported by sunnis. Lets follow that through in terms of what that would mean for u. S. Strategy politically. You were an outspoken critic of not getting the u. N. Resolution before starting this current conflict that led us to where we are. I understand the sensitivity to getting that. On the political level, do you think the u. S. Should open direct talks with iran to help in this situation, to Work Together . No. First of all, dont make deals with the devil here. Iran represents really the shia factions. That would legitimize the religious war that im sure i. S. I. S. And others would like to see. I would be more concerned about developing a coalition to support. It comes from the arab nations, jordan, the curds, turkey, saudi arabia, United Arab Emirates and those in the south. Thats a more important coalition to put together right now. The iraqis, knowing the iranians are involved at all, after the years of war they had with them would be a mixed bag of reception, also. General anthony zinni, thank you for your perspective. Thank you for being with us on new day. Thank you, chris. There are several other stories youll want to watch as you start your new day. Lets get to john berman in for michaela. Officials blaming the Al Shabaab Group in kenya. The red cross says 48 people were shot and hacked to death as attackers went doortodoor in a small coastal town. It happened as many residents were watching the world cup on tv. As Sergeant Bowe bergdahl continues to recover in a Texas Military hospital, the army has appointed an unnamed two star general to investigate the disappearance. Its thought he was captured after he left his post. The departure brought accusations of desertion from some soldiers who served with bergdahl. Answers from the irs for losing lois lerners emails. The agency notified Congress Friday that it couldnt recover lerners mails from january 2009 to april 2011 because of a computer crash. She is the central figure in flagging tea party Tax Exemption applications. Cash registers at target store after a payment glitch led to long checkout delays across the country. Customers were told the store couldnt process debit card transactions. Target says the glitch was not related to any Data Security issues. This comes after hackers stole personal data from millions of customers. Well have more on that later in the show. If its not related to security issues, maybe if theyre putting new security measures in place that the system couldnt handle. I. T. Problems at target. Issues versus problems versus i. T. , sounds like all the same thing to me. Theyve got trouble. Cant swipe my card, cant get my goods. Customers aint happy. Lets get to indra petersons. As we go into the workweek its ugly again. Al the showers and humidity comes back. You want the weekend to be nice. Right now we still have that pattern. Talking High Pressure in the east, low pressure in the west. Let me translate that for you. We have Severe Weather threat. Were talking indianapolis, madison, des moines, 14 million of you looking for the heightened risk especially as we go through the afternoon. Thats going to be the biggest concern. Were looking at all this humidity coming back. It felt so good. Once again, here comes the humidity, here comes the low. Thats the reason well see a lot of thunderstorms triggering as we go through the afternoon today. What are we looking at . The heaviest rain, of course. We have the Severe Weather. Its not to say were dry on the east coast either. Temperatures goes up, humidity goes up. You have scattered showers over the next several days. Thats the big story. What youre all going to be talking about is going to be these temperatures. Theyre going to get ugly. 92 in d. C. Today. That is the starting point. By wednesday well be talking 97 degrees. Thats the definition of ugly, 97 and high humidity. Quickly it has gone up. So nice over the weekend. Almost summer. So close. We are in the middle of it so close. Coming up on new day. A new cnn poll showing strong support for Hillary Clinton on a range of issues. Actually stronger than support for her former boss, president obama. 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Whatever comes your way, the ford escape with its footactivated liftgate will help you bring it home. Path to 2016 might be blocked by the troubles facing the Current Administration or maybe not. A just released cnn orc poll indicates her Approval Ratings are much higher than her former boss, president obama, on a wide range on issues. Here to talk about it, neera tan den the president of the center for American Progress and former director policy director for Hillary Clintons campaign and margaret, cnn political commentator. Foreign affairs, health care, economy, terrorism. Hillary clinton outpacing president obama. Huge gap on some of these numbers. Lets dig into these numbers. Look at this Foreign Policy question. Hillary clinton, 63 of people think shed do a good job. President obamas, a 23point gap. I think its a little harder when youre in office. A little grass is greener. The truth is, people have a good sense of hillary. Shes been in public life a long time. She has a established relationship with voters. Great numbers for her. Arent those issues close to where the president is when were talking about Foreign Policy . Absolutely. When you look at her book, youll see its really a partnership there. It is the case that when youre in office, you take a lot of the blame as well as the good side. Right now it seems the president is taking a lot of the blame for a lot of issues. I think Hillary Clinton has benefited for being out of the hot seat for the majority of the Obama Administration, in a sense she was on a plane pounding the pavement but stayed out of the fray. She hasnt suffered some of the domestic political blows the president has suffered and benefit friday the being a good team player, joining the Obama Administration, putting a smile on and being a good soldier in the Obama Administration. I think thats what this is about. I think its way too early to put to much stock in these polls. These polls are so high, any candidate would want to start out this way, but maybe not. Theres only one way to go here which is down. These numbers are going to soften. Shes only considering running. Youve seen Allison Grimes doing all they can do run away from this administration. Thats not me, im not the white house right now. Hillary clinton cant do that as she considers a possible run for the white house in 2016. How does she handle that . I think the benefit to hillary is that shes been in public life a long time. People have a sense of her. If you look at these numbers, its not that theyre saying they dont know what her positions are. They actually think they do know. They have a good sense of where she stands, what her values are. They give her wide approval. Shes not a new candidate, not a new person in public life. Shes a well established person. The truth is people have a good sense of where she is and they like what they see. Im not saying they can never go down. Theyre going to go down. But its not like shes just entering public life. Its true. Actually i think thats her largest vulnerability. Shes not a washington outsider. Nobody coming to the ticket who wants a fresh face in washington who is part of this throw the bums out who got eric cantor think Hillary Clinton is going to shake up obama care. Shes got a glow on her from what could have been, right . There are a lot of people who have democrats. Democrats, buyers remorse. Thats exactly what im talking about, thank you for saying it better than i can. I noted the media is giving hillary a pass right now because were coaxing her to run. She makes the race more exciting. Shes not getting hit with a lot of heavy artillery yet. You can say shes not candidate yet. Thats fine. But do you feel that some of the things shes said even in this treatment shes gotten, the stuff about the money, what they had to do when they got out, separating herself from the president in convenient ways, do you think shes hurting herself by trying to be too perfect, trying to find every perfect answer . I dont know what the criticism of trying to have every perfect answer is, i think the truth is shes