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In 2014 isis rampaged across iraq with their vision of an islamic state with death and destruction. before december, isis controlled a land mass larger than the united kingdom, but perhaps just as significant, they had captured the attention of the world. they did this through a fairly sophisticated social media campaign. as a message to everyone about their intentions, and as a recruiting tool. the one part of the campaign that no one could ignore gruesome videos. they showed such things as bri...

Filled the vacuum was isis. and one group that is paying for that? are the yezidis which brings us back to this family. >> you have been in america now for a number of days. >> she came to washington, d.c. last december seeking help for her beleaguered people. >> im here to have some person organization to help us. >> she made the rounds including an appearance at the congressional hearing and met with u.n. ambassador samantha power. her message? her people needed more than american air strikes....

Against terrorism. >> we have seen iran expands its power. now theyre fighting on the ground in iraq against isis. are you concerned about iran taking that active role or do you welcome it? >> translator: the arab countries are supposed to defend their interests. we used to -- the arab countries are capable of doing that. were capable of restoring our capability s capabilities. >> for now the world waits to see what america will do next. but isis wont wait. if america doesnt act boldly, it is li...

Operations. enslaving the families of the infidels and taking their women is a firmly established aspect of thesha ree ya. >> translator: it had been the tradition since the early islamic conference when they took over. they have certain rules. >> this is an analyst at a research center who has made study of the rise of the islamic state. >> i think there is a tendency among people to think its mostly in the west to say that isis is nothing to do with islam. i think that is absolutely false. isi...

Allies view u.s. leadership? fox news reporting "unholy war: a march of isis." >> were coming to you from the presidential palace in cairo. a career ago much of the world hasnt heard from isis. it was dismissed by president obama as the jv team. the terrorist army come to dominate the news with the brutality. this hour were going to show you isis as very few have seen it. up close. the damage it has brought to families, villages a whole region that simply was in the wrong place with the wrong be...

Allies view u.s. leadership? fox news reporting "unholy war: a march of isis." >> were coming to you from the presidential palace in cairo. a career ago much of the world hasnt heard from isis. it was dismissed by president obama as the jv team. the terrorist army come to dominate the news with the brutality. this hour were going to show you isis as very few have seen it. up close. the damage it has brought to families, villages a whole region that simply was in the wrong place with the wrong be...

Gear and left. >> were leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. >> some worried, however, that failing to reach an agreement to stay behind u.s. forces would create a power vacuum. i spoke to the ambassador who works on the presidents team dealing with isis. >> critics say by us not getting the agreement we facilitated the growth of isis. how do you respond to that? >> i do wish we were able to leave a residual force to do some counter terrorism. the iraqis made a difficult nego...

The kidnapping of those women and those children. >> did you see response from the iraqi parliament? >> after that nothing happened, and i dont know why. >> she doesnt think againgenocide is too harsh a word to describe what isis it does when it offers the people it conquers a choice. thats no choice at all. >> one person in isis says you have two options. change your religion and come to islam and honor the kwororan or i kill you. most will say okay kill me. >> the yezidis worship one god like ...

Journalist and author of the new book" inside isis" to mount sin area to assess the situation. >> were driving up to mount sinjar at the moment. it appears theres been a lot of heavy fighting inging around here. up ahead of us is the mountain itself where the yezidis took the refuge in june. there are many of them up there. living conditions on the mountain provided -- >> translator: there are different tents. some are cold. some are okay. in the summer it was about 50 warm now it come down to 0...

She escaped over a fence and got to the mountain top. she found a shepard who gave her shelter for who days in his house and helped her to escape. >> eight of his children and sister were still in isis captivity. then on january 9th a little hope. >> translator: she called me and said she had escaped from the village. >> he headed to the syrian border and spent ten hours waiting. finally, deliverance. >> translator: we have been through many tortures. >> translator: i was afraid they wouldnt let...