Ramadi Fall News Today

At the white house. the president sets the priorities and hes the number one customer. so if hes not getting the intelligence that he needs, and if hes not paying attention to what else is going on, then something else is wrong there. nobody can sit here today, no one, and particularly the amount of intelligence that the white house got and say we didnt know this was a problem. i mean, give me a break. >> so the -- >> -- isis -- >> so the inspector general at the pentagon is taking a look at thi...

For coalition land forces. great to see you this morning. its been a bad -- >> alisyn good morning. >> its been a bad week in the fight against isis. first ramadi in iraq now palmyra in syria. does this mean that the u.s. strategy of air strikes is not working? >> alisyn what it means is the united states is employing air strikes as a tactic to try to hold what they have right now. clearly what the united states is looking at is what i would call trading space for time. kind of a slow burn. they...

What i heard had him say is i would prefer not to see ramadi fall, but if it does its not the end of the campaign. when he says campaign from military speak that means a series of the battles. he realizes that theyve got to protect that oil refinery. he didnt say it doesnt matter if it falls. >> he said whats really important is the oil refinery and contrast that had to whats going on in ramadi. let me get robins analysis. it sounds like a disaster is unfolding if you lose lindsey graham, if lin...

Inspired group isis. the secretary making clear political unity is important in battling the growing insurgency. the president moved 300 forces to advise the iraqi sealedders. jails rosen got a chance to speak with secretary kerry. >> you saw fallujah fall and saw ramadi fall and what did you do about it to prevent most saul from falling? doesnt seem like very much. >> in the end the iraqis are responsible for their defense and nobody expected wholesale desertion and wholesale betrayal in some s...