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The islamic state terror group controls over half of syrian territory after seizing more this week. the news comes on the heels of last weekends fall of the iraqen city ramadi to isis. obama called the takeover a set back but insisted that the war against the islamic state is not being lost. i dont think were losing he told the atlantic tuesday. there is no doubt there was a tactile setback although ramadi had been vulnerable for a very long time.

Im going to get control of my life, but if i do it once and i do it twice and i do it three times, eventually i would get control of my life and the truth is thats whats occurring now. so you are correct and im going to keep doing what you say. you know? >> okay. so well shoot for maybe the middle of october? >> okay. >> if things go good, well start making some noise about getting you out there. >> okay. >> he has quite a history. thats what im worried about, that that history will follow him, ...

Hair on fire every time that there is a setback in the campaign against isil? >> reporter: which caused a stringing review from john mccain on fox news. >> my most unfavorite is this idiot earnst. >> reporter: youre calling josh earnest an idiot? >> well look ill retract that. its infuriating, though to hear someone say, well every time theres a setback, were going to set our hair on fire. that is -- that portrays everything that america believes in and stands for. >> reporter: asked if he wante...

To get a new trial. also inmar was found guilty of the murder and the case captured the nations attention. >> and iraqis are trying to retake a town not far from ramadi. dealing a blow to the white house which described it as a setback in the fight to defeatñr the iowa sis. >> saudi arabia confirming an isis claims on a deadly attack on a mosque. here is the unfolding conflict with with a woman who served in iraq to the u.s. general. >> many are watching the latest

Security forces after they had to withdraw from ramadi on sunday. ceding control of the key city to isis. so it is another setback for the iraqi security forces. it is still not a straight shot to baghdad, but it shows isis has enjoyed a certain amount of momentum. we have been learning a bit more about how the iraqi security forces retreated and what overwhelmed them last sunday to give up control of the key city. according to a u.s. state department official who gave a long and detailed briefi...

Lost. the white house concedes there have been setbacks. listen to the assessment of the crisis from a man who spent a lot of time in the region. retired army general jack keane. >> the resources provided to support iraq are far from adequate. the timing and urgency to provide arms and equipment and training is insufficient. as such we are not only failing, we are in fact losing this war. >> and i would acknowledge that we have seen a setback in ramadi. i think you could accurately characterize ...

The united states will carry the weight the local government eventually pulls back and their ability to win the insurgency declines. the second thing, michaela this is not a military issue. were talking about tactical military gains for isis in places like palmyra, ramadi its political. does the iraqi government officer autonomy -- >> well explore that further. i want to drill in a little bit tora ma di and the fall of ramadi ramadi. colonel reese weve talked about this before. we heard from the...

Christie for a very long time. >> he had had yesterday, you have a problem with me and some controversy with me, what about hillary clinton? what about going after her that way? great point. 11 minutes after the hour. it is sometime to talk about this. isis has taken over another city, but president obama says that what happened in ramadi was just a tactical setback. how does that make our soldiers who fought the war on terror actually feel? the brother of american sniper chris kyle is here ne...

Underresourced, the white house press secretary josh ernst said "are we going to light our hair on fire every time theres a setback?" i would point out from my colleagues that maybe his hair isnt on fire but there are bodies on fire in the streets of ramadi as we speak. >> we look at the problems that are confronting this country around the world and you look at isis for example. isis was created by barack obama. they are now trying to get all of these candidates including jeb bush and everybody...

Iraq is a big country. if you look up north and mosul and look at the line of supplies that runs west out to syria, we have pretty much shut down that entire supply line. and mosul is surrounded in three areas. and just kind of waiting for the attack up there which will come who knows. then as you come down south youve got beji taken back by the iraqis tikrit taken. were looking at this through a straw. yes, it was a setback but i think anbar will return. >> i like that looking through a straw. ...