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House. This morning mitt cal chaos in iraq. The Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki flexing military muscle amid fears of being ousted. Maliki who is in charge of the Iraqi Military increased the numbers of iraqi troops, Security Force ts and tan nx bagdad on sunday including in bagdads green zone, the location of the Iraqi Parliament and the largest u. S. Embassy in the world, a troubling sign after iraqs new president allowed more time for the National Coalition to find a replacement for the Prime M...

Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, death of an american jihadist fighting alongside isis in syria, 33yearold Douglas Mccain was killed in a battle during rival groups near the city of aleppo. Mccain over the course of that time Officials Say became radicalized. U. S. Officials now estimate there are dozens, perhaps as many as 100 americans who have tried to join various militant groups there. We get more this morning from cnns barbara starr. John, christine, the american Douglas Macarthur mcc...

Isil. As commanderinchief, my highest priority is the security of the American People. Over the last years we consistently took the fight to terrorists who threatened our country. We took out Osama Bin Laden and much of al qaedas leadership in afghanistan and pakistan. We recently eliminated the Top Commander of its affiliate in somalia. Weve done so while bringing more than 140,000 american troops home from iraq and drawing down our forces in afghanistan, where our combat mission will end later...

Here. But we will start off with nato holding an emergency meeting this morning armed with what it says is new evidence of Russian Forces inside ukraine. Lets go ahead and show you this new evidence. Its essentially satellite Images Released by nato on thursday. They show a convoy of Russian Artillery units essentially setting up positions between donetsk and luhansk. Those of course are the separatist strongholds. Russia repeatedly has denied sending in troops. But this map shows moscow or real...

Roadside device explode. 20 people were killed, more than 100 wounded. Near irbil, another car bombing. Several people injured. No one killed in this blast. It was the first bombing though in that city in a year. And in baghdad a suicide bomber targeting the interior ministry killed at least four people and wounded 35 others. Another kind of terror is taking place in amerlee, an iraqi shiite town that has been under an isis siege for two months. Were joined live in baghdad with more on the stori...

Tells cnn that kidnapped journalist james foley was among those to be freed but the Mission Failed because the captive was not at the location indicated by intelligence. Now, the revelation comes a day after news that isis beheaded foley as a warning to the u. S. To stop its air strikes against isis fighters in iraq. For some insight on the dangers of the mission, last hour i spoke with cnn security analyst bob baer. I cant emphasize enough how risky this was. The syrians have missiles, the same...

Starr joins me live on the phone. We have anna coren live in the city of irbil. Barbara, what do we know about and what u. S. War planes were targeting . Reporter this was the heaviest round of strikes in a fivehour period. This morning the u. S. Struck five rounds, five rounds of targets in Northern Iraq. They went against isis trucks, armored vehicles, mortar positions, a number of strikes there. Very interesting with a very heavy round of bombardment and in one case the planes, the fighter je...

Two major fronts at the annual nato summit in wales. Leaders say they are building a coalition of nations to take on the threat of isis in iraq and in syria. The leaders also came down hard on rushia for supporting rebels in eastern ukraine. Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson has our report. Concern here from nato leaders that while there is a ceasefire agreed in ukraine, that this hey not become a reality as the peace is implemented. They note from the statement over president por...

Khalilzahd weigh in on whether its too late to save iraq. We hope to have a new republican majority in the United States senate. Primary season is almost over. So our political roundtable will survey the Political Landscape for novembers midterms. And remembering president reagans press secretary, the legacy of jim brady. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im candy crowley. American fighter jets slicing through northern iraqi air space this weekend targeting islamic milita...

Report on va hospitals across the u. S. Did excessive wait times lead to the deaths of some of americas veterans . Hello, im whole repowolf blitzer reporting from washington. Were following breaking news in the break through in fighting between militants in gaza and israel. Officials announced a new ceasefire has been reached, israel only a few moments later said it has accepted the truth. Power correspondent reza sehe is joining us from cairo right now. Reza, walk us through the details. What d...