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Neither they nor anything we do can substitute for the iraqi forces will to fight. theyre the ones who have to beat isil and then keep them beaten. >> reporter: now, look carter chose his words very carefully. top commanders here at the pentagon have received information on what happened in ramadi. theyre well aware of the assessment on the ground there. there is more to it than that. why did this happen? why did the iraqi forces not fight? some of the factors involved they hadnt been paid in a ...

Iraqi soldier during the fall of ramadi. it was fascinating. this was right before they pulled back. he said that they were there. they were trying to fight and then there was no more ammunition. they were surrounded on all sides. they were supposed to be supported from the rear by are another unit and then they turned out not to be there. he came out of the fight, talked to our arwa damon and said the leadership is bad theyre not having a good go of it. when you look at the problem here and it ...

It apart and only then determined there was really nothing harmful involved here. they did find the driver eventually charged with operating without a license, but there did not seem to be a real threat here. you can see whats happening here amid the threats and problem wes have had, authorities say they just have to take everything seriously, even if this morning they find out it was one person making a bunch of what would be essentially prank phone calls. threatening airlines flying in from eu...

Somebody in a city says, i like icie want to affect america, also saudi arabia one airliner threatened air france might be someone who wants to support isis as opposed to the group itself. i think they want to conduct operations not just threaten operations. >> you heard from the defense secretary told our barbara starr. he says iraqis showed no will to fight in ramadi. they outnumbered isis fighters, and yet they retreated. i wonder if youre talking about -- weve heard from u.s. officials that ...

Primged elite. krn-of- privileged elite. reserved for north korean favor by kim jong-un. why is much of the rest of the country struggling just to survive? wolf blitzer is off. im brianna keilar. youre in "the situation room." breaking now an fbi investigation into threats against multiple airliners, one prompting the u.s. military to scramble fighter jets into new yorks kennedy airport. and u.s. defense secretary ash carter setting off a huge controversy after telling cnn in an exclusive in...

With isis, before ramadi fell. a body is seen in the dirt behind one of the berms used for cover. the man who gave us the video was one of the soldiers there, wounded in that final battle. [ speaking in foreign language ] there were three ieds ta took out two humvees and killed five. then they came at us with two bulldozers rigged with explosives he remembers. his contingent numbered around 140. spread out in smaller units, along the vast terrain west of ramadi. and the city was in this armor pe...

No will to fight. they were not outnumbered. in fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force. and yet they failed to fight. they withdrew from the site, and that says to me, and i think to most of us that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis. >> reporter: now he is talking, really centering his comments, on the fall of ramadi and rapforces up and left even know not outnumbered by isis fighters. a lot of concern about all of this. a lot of controversy. i think the most telling thing, n...

Fighter jets that were scrambled. i heard from congressman peter king and he said about a week ago there was chatter coming from isis that said you know hoaxes in some cases are as bad as tall aattacks. >> i can imagine where someone says im an isis sympathizer, id like to do that. to have an isis-managed operation where they say we want to start running hoaxes in the united states and elsewhere to me with would be a bit surprising because you have to remember the group is not just about shuttin...

Ramadi fell. filmed on a cell phone by an iraqi soldier. the strategic city now in the hands of isis and the u.s. defense secretary not mincing words. in an exclusive interview with cnn. >> what apparently happened was that the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered. in fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight. they with spdrew from the site. >> reporter: a comment that set off its own firestorm. vice president joe biden called i...

Abadi hit back in a bbc interview. >> im surprised he said that. he was very supportive of iraq. im sure he was fed the wrong information. >> reporter: and the head of irans elite qods force saying it was the u.s. that quote, has no will to fight isis. iraqi forces along with sunni tribal fighters and shia militias many backed by iran launched a counter offensive east of ramadi. the blame game aside, the situation remains dire. nearly 55,000 people have fled ramadi since isis captured it. and in...