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Territory and that produces a lot of money. therefore youre not going defeat isis unless you control the territory and kick them out of the areas they control. and again, thats going to require an army, going to require a competent and well-manned ground force. were not there yet. the only -- its not going to come from the united states. thats clear. the only place it really can come from is iraq. and perhaps syria. syria is a long, long way off and iraq, like i said, theyre not there yet. >> we...

The overall strategy, jon. the kurds are effective because there is a ground force on the the ground. and in syria and in iraqi troops that are disorganized and under resourced, there is not that effectiveness on the ground. and while we are seeing success in the kurdish areas isis controls huge amounts of territory in iraq and syria. >> conner powell joins us live from the middle east news bureau. thank you. >> another fox news alert. singer joe cocher is dead at the age of 70. he is dead. we d...

And a phone conversation with the australian prime minister. we dont know whether he is acting alone, i think its interesting we havent heard isis himself, they are not claiming him as one of tear own. certainly very distressing, very disturbing not just for myself but people here, sydney siding people across australia to know there is somebody here who wants to cause harm for all australians. >> we have heard, not from isis, from about 40 muslim groups from within australia condemning the actio...

Radicalized because of consequences of foreign policy. >> weve seen obviously -- im sorry, mika. we obviously see that in great britain. weve been seeing riots in the suburbs of paris for a decade now. obviously a lot of countries in europe have reasons to worry that this could happen there next, right? >> yeah. and again, were very quick in the west to deploy military sources. i mean, theres been this big discussion about whether you deploy troops on the ground and how you tackle the situation....

Had we put even a small amount of ground force in there we would have gotten other allies and we should have extricated isis from iraq. and that would give more space and time for the development of the iraqi military and a little more space and time for the governme government, give them some breathing space. in this case we have isis right at the gates of baghdad and theyve been sitting there for quite a while. >> thats the former commander of sunday morning futures this morning saying if the ...

Worth of war that going nowhere. i do think we have an obligation in iraq since we broke it. to ensure they have the equipment and the training. but theres more of an obligation to ensure that government changes and reaches out to the minority populations that have been alienated. >> meanwhile, the threats are getting bigger. how will you characterize isis today? >> well, i would have -- i would have taken a different approach. i would have put ground forces in early on. isis has been in iraq fo...

Governor rick perry ordered a thousand national guard troops to secure the borded. i will bill hemmer. >> and i am heather childers in for martha. the ground force is helping battle mexican drug cartels and flood the incoming immigrants. rick perry said it is necessary because the government is offerioffer only lips service. >> lea i will not standby while we are under assault. we are too good of a country for that to occur. that is why i am using my executive authority and

Ground force now is seeing them ratcheting up some of these horrible, irregular warfare tactics, suicide bombs. another suicide bomb to the south of baghdad in areas they cant get their ground force to. they are using terror tactics. the u.n. said just in the weeks of june, over 1,000 people have been killed in this conflict. that is only set to climb. john? >> a million people forced from their home. the situation is fluid. its another way of saying it is a mess right now. to texas where inve...

Government that is incredibly corrupt as well. so there is a hope that if he steps aside that a better government could be replaced, a more effective government could be created. but, no, people dont think that a new government is going to erase the deep-seeded sectarian problems that this country still has. >> all right, richard engle in baghdad for us. richard, thanks very much. joining me now ken pollock, former cia military analyst. hes currently a senior fellow at the brookings institute....

Identify mass murderers before they act but we simply cannot do it. >> now, the victims were all uc an stay barbara students. as far as whats happening on the campus they have decided to close the school for today and there will be a memorial. we have seen one or two memorials before. massive, hundreds of students and people from the area, just from isla vista showed upholding candles on this campus. we expect it to be a large memorial today. this campus is suffering through it. overnight, ram...