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Ramadi had the advantage 10-1 were not under any direct fire but regardless they tucked tail and ran. the chairman of the joint chiefs general dempsey saying the iraqis werent driven out ramadi. they drove out of ramadi. president obama echoing commanders in the military downplaying what ramadi means to the coalition claiming this loss a tech tickle setback. the commander in chief fervent the u.s. is not losing this war, but on capitol hill today alarm bells, louder and louder as battlefield ove...

People. neat at the end of the show the very end, showed the credits with all the people that worked for him. >> its all about the team behind the person on the camera. guy, thank you. lee marek, good to have you on. brian stelter thank you, too. thanks for being with me today. "the lead" with jake tapper begins right now. president obama insisting today that the u.s. is not losing the war against isis. well -- what does the map say? im jake tapper. 24 "the lead." the world lead. the comma...

Systems, parking meters cops on the streets but very solidified into a stru state. in the long run it will push back because people dont want to be controlled by isis. >> reporter: talk about the city of paulmira if we could, if you want to go to the next thing. here it is. a lot of the focus has been on the historical antiquities as well as the people in the area. what about the battlefield consequences of controlling this city? >> its a very important point, because pallmira is between holmes ...

>> fall of ramadi exposed a weakness of the current iraq strategy. >> reporter: this morning the senate armed services committee heard the hard truth. >> this is a group of unfathomable evil and unfortunately, they are extremely effective. ♪ >> reporter: expert voices in the national security community say its time to stop saying isis wants to establish an islamic caliphate and time to acknowledge it already has. >> isis is very professional very organized, has created successfully an islamic ...

Better and can push isil out of the country. >> brigadier general, appreciate your time. terrified residents saying isis fighter are "everywhere." standing at the crossroads of several civilian sagss overtaken by the terrorist group. why the fear is not just for the people who live there, also for the irreplaceable artifacts. thats next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. whats u...

Ground in palmira? what are you hearing? >> reporter: were seeing social media emerged showing deserted streets to some degree but also people gathering in one city center. it seems by the new isis fighters who are have come in and chanting islamic state among some of them. this is obviously the beginning of isis presence inside that city. according to eyewitnesses theyre going door to door looking for soldiers and being relatively nice to the residents of the town. common tactic. start soft and...

Resources. new video released today showing them at a gas field, 50 kilometers northeast of paulmira, the white house says it has no plans to change anything in its war against isis there have been areas of setback, too, that doesnt mean that the strategy needs to be discarded. >> reporter: obama former defense secretary says he ought to reconsider. >> i think that they do need to at least revisit the rules of engagement for our troops. . >> lets bring in retired fwrig deer general, deputy of op...

Forces in ramadi 10-1 and the iraqi forces were not under fire when they fled. is there any battlefield rationale that could explain their leaving ramadi? the iraqi forces? >> its leadership and will to fight. saw it with the french in 1940. they ran, outnumbered the germans 10-1 and the germans got through their lines very very quickly. thats the whole idea of putting advisers side-by-side combat-hardened american captains not many of them that will keep them when in the middle of the fight thi...

If they do the activity normally espousened and other antiquities around iraq jake. >> as you know the addition to the human toll an alarm sounded by the u.n. and other groups about historical sites saying they could be looted and destroyed. is anyone guarding them ought all? at all? >> reporter: the video we saw shows very little presence at all. of regime. obviously, they fled but anything else really seemed limited, too. i imagine most people are going to have free reign over the antiquities....

Out his future wife. today the nfl star learned hes no longer facing domestic violence charges. so is he getting special treatment? good afternoon, everyone. im jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." horrifying news in the world lead today. they are everywhere. and an eyewitness in syria pleads innocence cannot escape isis. undeterred in its bloody quest to take over syria and iraq the terrorist group is conquering more cities adding to its ever-growing list of territory it controls. today, a cro...