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Now arent going on patrol or anywhere near iraqi combat positions. they are staying at iraqi headquarters around baghdad. >> its impossible to do that. >> reporter: is the latest intel on iraq any good? >> when you deal with the headquarters level you will never get the true picture and, quite frankly, its in the interest of the iraqi forces at headquarters level to lie to their american counterpartses. >> reporter: even protecting baghdad airport, a top priority, will take iraqi troops. it is t...

Nineveh. they advanced on the city from four directions using tanks and air power. the pentagon is flying surveillance sortees over iraq. the archbishop of urbil says 40,000 christians have fled villages near mosul after isis attacks on two areas. iraqi war planes armed with u.s.-made hellfire missiles have struck mosul among the first cities to fall to isis two weeks ago. the pentagon is expediting the delivery of more hellfire missiles. >> thanks for that. the situation in iraq is unpredictabl...

Correspondent, jim shudo has more. and we have to warn you, we know the hour and that some of you are quite sensitive to these images. some of you may find these images disturbing. jim? >> christi and victor, american drones are now flying over baghdad and no longer just the observe and report kind, but the kind that can kill. but still, air strikes are not part of the u.s. mission there. >> reporter: american drones armed with hellfire missiles are now patrolling the skies over baghdad. but the...

The country. >> claiming a key victory in the flashpoint city of tea cretikri. ic taing saddam hussein hometown back from isis militants with the help of tribal leaders there, apparently. a fighter in the area says isis still has control of the city which fell to militants earlier this month. there are clashing going on outside of too creikrit and alld iraq at this hour. and 125 militants killed in fighting today and air strikes in the largest city of mosul. iraqi warplanes fired hellfire miss...

Minutes past the hour, im christi paul. >> im victor blackwell. here are five things you need to know for your new day. >> number one, iraqi military is trying to flush isis militants out of iraqs second largest city. iraqi war planes have fired hellfire missiles at isis targets in the northern city of mosul, but it appears civilians are getting caught in the middle of all of it. a top official says seven people have been killed in air strikes. number two, according to a scathing new report by...

Did it haunt you, the knowledge of the murders? >> in truth, meridian itself was one of the safest places in mississippi. a little farther north in philadelphia, which was real hard scrabble, poor whites, poor blacks, indians. that was a dangerous county. but meridian was supposed to be the safest. and would have been if these three people hadnt of course tried to investigate a church bombing. you know in moshaba county. >> i think its enough for everyone to watch this. the american experience. ...

Hello, im whole reporting from washington. we begin in iraq, where armed u.s. drones are now flying over baghdad. that according to a u.s. official. our pentagon correspondent barbara starrs following all the late breaking developments. barbara, what can you tell us about these armed u.s. drones, what kind of missions are they fly, will the president authorize, for example, those drones to fire hellfire missiles at isis targets in iraq? >> at this point, this is not about air strikes against isi...

Missiles now flying over baghdad. what does that say to you? >> protect the 180 who are there and position for possible military action -- >> drones with hellfire mifssils protect military advisers who may be in the green zone, very, very heavily populated area. are you going to start firing -- >> because if were going to collect intel, theyre not going to stay in the green zone. forward operators will need to be in the northern area to gather intelligence and they need protection. >> you wrote ...

Its very busy last night on capitol hill. lots of hellfire missiles firing all over the place. at last nights irs hearing, more fireworks. you might even call it round two. in a rare encounter last night in one corner, the oversight committee chairman. in the other corner, the irs commissioner. ready. house gop members are demanding to know what happened to tens of thousands of missing e-mails. e-mails dating back to 2009. and why the hard drives were destroyed. >> did you cause someone to find ...

Are operating out in the open. so what does that add. another option as well is accelerating some of the military aid in the pipeline here. f-16s, hell fire missiles, apache helicopters, useful but also a danger, as well. u.s. evacuating american contractors from a base north of baghdad, those guys were there to train the iraqis this advance of the arrival of the f-16s. imagine if the f-16s were already there, they might have been lost asset, as well. so each has its limitations and