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The al qaeda had pretty well taken over the sunni structure in ramadi and finally the sunnis got tired of them and they were a big part how that was reversed and youll probably see the same thing long-term here. we can do what we can do but the sunni in the rucchin and iraq are the ones that will get sick of isis. >> you were one of the few voices in 2002 2003 saying very loudly the u.s. should not go into iraq. i say one of the few relative to the voices we heard in washington, d.c. first of al...

Pentagon. the iraqi government now dispatching two brigades to reinforce troops on the outskirts of the city. is there any real hope now of retaking ramadi anytime soon? >> reporter: you know jake the u.s. spent billions of dollars trying to prop up the iraqi forces. but the question now that ramadi has fallen is a military question. can the iraqis move back in and retake the city before isis gets too dug in and too heavily fortified? out-gunned by isis faced with waves of fighters -- and suicid...

Men. >> both of these guys can kind enough to take the time to talk -- to the kids around here, and they all looked up to them. >> reporter: according to his website, potter wanted to safely fly and land the human body unaided and the 43-year-old pushed those limits traveling around the world for pursuits, even rock climbing with a small emergency parachute on this back. potter recently posted a picture on instagram, first ever free base solo. innovated a new form of rock climbing on the north b...

Huge strategic blunder that was going to empower iran enable sek sectarian vileans and against our own people and that is is a continuum, when you see even now the rise of isis. the united states can achieve its strategic objectives in a very precise way without having done what we did at that time, and we can still do that. and another thing i think we really need to be talking about, this is the story that the presidential campaign is missing, its the aggression of china in the south china sea...

Illegal. that doesnt stop people from doing t. because they love it. >> reporter: saturday shortly before sunset potter and 29-year-old graham hunt attempted a base jump from a cliff with about a 3,500 drop to the valley floor. friends reported the two were missing that night. on sunday a helicopter spotted the bodies of the two men. they reportedly jumped together but were found at different locations. neither man had deployed his parachute. photographer sean rieder knew both men and said hunt ...

Advisers. >> reporter: and a u.s. official tells me the white house reached out to the american hostage families because they wanted to let them know after the raid was done that they felt they might get some intelligence out of this that would lead them to more information about the fate of their loved ones. jake? >> barbara starr, thanks. here to talk about the war on isis presidential candidate and former secretary of the navy jim webb. thank you for being here. you heard the pentagon first...

force in libya if youre going to do that no treatiness place, no americans at risk. you need to come to congress and talk what it is you want to accomplish and what we did was blew the lid off of a tribal a series of tribal engagements. you cant get to the tripoli airport now much less benghazi. >> senator jim webb. thank you so much. see you on the campaign trail, should you decide to run. should you. hypothetically. thank you so much sir. and for an even closer look at the war against isis ...

Withdrawn troops or say this is a mass i didnt support it but now have to some force theres? >> we always have the capability of asserting our national security influence in that part of the world, whether our troops are on the ground or not. i wouldnt second guess that. he had all the intelligence and information and i did not. but in terms of the presidential race i hope we can have these discussions and were looking in the next few weeks of making a decision. weve been in iowa. been in new ha...

Corner but a posh zip code did not save this family from being brutally beaten before their mansion went up in flames. what happened inside? police now hoping this hooded figure would help solve the mysterious and tragic murders. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. breaking news in the world lead ramadi has a fallen. it scrambling fighter jets and drones flying eight missions in ramadi in the last 24 hours which just 70 miles from baghdad arguably has been the epic...