of saddam hussein s old chemical weapons compound. it turn out mustard gas and sir rein. a spokesman says we do not believe the complex contains chemical weapons material of military value and it would be difficult if not impossible to safely remove those materials. meantime, iraq s military is awaiting the arrival of up to hundred american troops, or military advisors as the president is choosing to call them. he says they will not go into combat. still there s been some shiites say they don t want any americans returning to their country. other cleric had this warning for the united states: our message to the occupier, we will be ready for you if you are back. jennifer griffin begins team fox coverage at the pentagon. how worried does the pentagon seem to be about the militants
the situation is certainly very grave on the ground. we are working with iraqi leaders from across the country to support a coordinated response. you can expect that we will provide additional assistance to the iraqi government to combat the threat from isil, but i m not in a position to outline that further at this point. bill: team fox coverage on this. jennifer griffin at a the pentagon, ed a henry in washington. this caught the white house by surprise, yes or no? no doubt about it, bill, because we ve been hearing for a couple of years since all u.s. forces left iraq at the end of 2011 that, look, the situation was getting more stable. of course there s been some violence, but they expected things were at least getting a little bit better. this call from the prime minister, nouri al-maliki, saying you ve got to get airstrikes in there. that s been rebuffed so far, but look what s happened in the last 48-72 hours. mosul and tikrit overrun by these militants, this al-qaeda
name you probably have never heard prior to tonight, dave brat, an economics professor. we re awaiting for professor brat to speak after winning this primary and we got team fox coverage with bret baier, anchor of special report. and bret hume. now we re getting some reaction in as we get the dnc weighing. we saw how far out of the mainstream eric cantor. they are running to the far right with tea party striking fear into the heart of every republican on the ballot. you get the flavor. you re taking it seriously. bret, i can sense you re fear. i can see it by the big smile on your face. megyn, that s what you connect them to say. that s silly. their response in getting
breaking tonight a stunning development on this primary election night. one of the most powerful republicans in washington has just lost his congressional bid to a tea party challenger. the news breaking a short time before we came to air, the house majority leader, eric cantor has been defeated by somebody whose name you probably have never heard prior to tonight, dave brat, an economics professor. we re awaiting for professor brat to speak after winning this primary and we got team fox coverage with bret baier, anchor of special report. and bret hume. now we re getting some reaction in as we get the dnc weighing.
breaking tonight a stunning development on this primary election night. one of the most powerful republicans in washington has just lost his congressional bid to a tea party challenger. the news breaking a short time before we came to air, the house majority leader, eric cantor has been defeated by somebody whose name you probably have never heard prior to tonight, dave brat, an economics professor. we re awaiting for professor brat to speak after winning this primary and we got team fox coverage with bret baier, anchor of special report. and bret hume. now we re getting some reaction in as we get the dnc weighing.