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Since isis launched its takeover of mosul and the vast majority of northern and western iraq. people in the capital are bracing themselves for what they believe to be an imminent isis assault. not a mosul-style, charging in, taking down the capital sort of thing. but we are seeing some entrances into baghdad being more fort tied. we are seeing people expressing their growing anxiety. because whats contributing to a lot of it is just how quiet the capital has been. prior to this isis takeover you...

Say we dont have a choice. weve crossed the rubicon on the level. we have $18 billion to $19 billion in debt, and no funding mechanism for it. this is a question of necessity. >> chris: the obama administration has made it clear that there will be no federal bail-out for the city of detroit. heres vice president biden. >> can we help detroit? we are now going through exactly in detail what -- we had a meeting yesterday, just getting a brief on the status. the question is, we dont know at this po...

To come charging in, were in an outpost. we have to fix it, because we dug the whole. >> chris: whos we? the city of detroit? >> the city of detroit. i mean, a lot of this debt, the practices that i put forth in my june 14th report that talked about deferrals, unfunded obligations, borrowings, addiction, the debt, even a level of corruption from 2002 to 2008, which was significant, have created this problem. >> chris: lets talk about that. steven ratner, the former car czar for detroit wrote a s...

Happening? is this typical of covering this story in libya for you guys? >> it is not the first time we have had to hit the dirt and really hug it for quite some time. i mean, as i said, we had three different incidents and unfortunately, i cant see what you are running, but from the sound of it i think it is two clips. one clip is the first time we came under artillery attack which was right at the edge of brega and things actually seemed pretty calm. we havent been that far forward in quite so...

Coup, despite the fact that they are controlling the streets of the capital and across the country. george? >> lets talk a bit more about that, david, because again, talking up the sense that this is a peaceful transition, talking down the concern that its a military coup. how important is that? >> reporter: its very important for those military leaders who orchestrated this. and we now from our reporting a few days ago that this apparent coup was in the works for some time according to a senior...

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