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I think everybody and the idea there is this like trying to make it look like hes being utterly serious at the time is a little bit of a stretch. >> and on the iraq comment, wolf, as we know, u.s. troops are in iraqing in an advise and assist role. they may come across combat situations from time to time but the iraqis are in the lead in that fight, particularly in the bat to retake mosul with, of course, the assistance of u.s. air power. when i pressed sean spicer on that, spicer said that the ...

>> no doubt about military organizations are not like a normal organization. death is a silent companion to these fighting organizations. the way they can face that kind of danger on a regular basis, they have to have good order, discipline and unit cohesion. and the fundamentals of unit cohesion are respect and trust in one another. these acts here are a violation of that trust. it is an absolute betrayal of that trust. and theres no wonder that he is very upset about it. >> sandra: i also want...

Decision about sending in heavy u.s. forces to help them take that city. >> in terms of the fight, not only against isis and iraq, but the fight against isis overall, is it time to begin talking about committing u.s. troops into syria and into these kinds of places? i know youve written about this heavily. at some level, the pentagon brass seems scared to even offer that proposal. >> you know, theres an old soldier saying called ground truth. you can strip out the politics. you can strip out the...

It is a conflict within a conflict that has increased tension here and is certainly a distraction from the overall fight against isis. >> sure. hopefully it will limit strengthening isis overall. thank you very much. reporting from istanbul, turkey. still to come here, we will zoom through some of the days other top stories including what may have caused as many as 13 u.s. rowers to get sick in rio. >> first, cameras were rolling the moment a wooden train trestle collapsed in oregon. a grass f...

Fighting alongside shiite militia forces backed by iran have retaken it. this is important. take a look because of the proximity to tikrit as i mentioned, it puts them once they retake tikrit, that is expected to happen, it puts fighters in position to move northward to mosul. that is expected to be a major battle though at this point the fight for tikrit has been the largest ground offensive so far in iraq in the fight against isis overall. an statemented -- estimated 23000 iraqi forces fighter...