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Group that has been making huge ground gains in iraq, controlling large parts of the north and western part of the country. arwa damon is in baghdad tonight. arwa? >> reporter: erin, the iraqi government has issued an urgent appeal to the united nations for assistance after isis fighters managed to get their hands on 40 kilograms. thats about 80 plus pounds of uranium from the mosul university campus. now the iaea and the united states are saying this is not enriched uranium, its not weapons gra...

Of an academically orientated material." ed rollins is a fox news contributor and bernard is a ceo and they are my guests today. ed, should we be concerned that uranium may be in the hands of militants? >> absolutely. whoever is saying is safe is crazy. you can put that in the hands of terrorists today and they could domestically move it over here. borders are porous. i would be concerned and demand the united nations step in here and demand the return of this weapon. we should be concerned. >> ...

Investigators believe a domestic dispute sparked this deadly rampage. >> in iraq insurgents seize nuclear material from a university in mosul. a letter obtained by cnn shows iraq asking for help to keep it from getting not hands of terrorists. however, the material is not weapons grade which prompts no immediate concern. using a drone strike to kill the leader of isis. much more ahead on "new day." newly released testimony suggests that officials believe two separate groups could have been beh...

While the united states has sort of -- still trying to figure out what our strategy is by all reports. what do you think? >> well, hes just rubbing it right in president obamas eyes. he did it when he seized crimea. hes doing the same thing now in the eastern ukraine, and all of a sudden, he appears in iraq and working with also the iranians, and so, it is blatantly trying to be the bully and humiliate president obama. and hes doing a pretty good job of it, by the way. >> all right. what about t...

Offered him his support, this while the united states has sort of -- still trying to figure out what our strategy is by all reports. what do you think? >> well, hes just rubbing it right in president obamas eyes. he did it when he seized crimea. hes doing the same thing now in the eastern ukraine, and all of a sudden, he appears in iraq and working with also the iranians, and so, it is blatantly trying to be the bully and humiliate president obama. and hes doing a pretty good job of it, by the w...

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Reach a deal about its nuclear intentions, but he insists iran will not surrender the necknology. good morning jim. >> reporter: good morning, kate. well i think his comments get to what these negotiations are and are not and what theyve never been. iran has not agreed and says it will not agree to giving up its entire nuclear program and indeed, the u.s. and the west are not itsing that. theyre putting limitations on it, but theyre not going to require it to disappear in this initial agreement ...

We did not agree to dismantle anything. >> reporter: another point he made was that the deal, in effect, is reversible, but he said that thats true for both sides. and, in fact, wolf, weve heard that from american officials who have said as well that some of the economic relief has been extended to iran is also reversible if iran doesnt plif up to its side of the deal. >> clearly what hes suggesting is that theyve only agreed theyre not going to enrich beyond 5%. but everything that they already...

The requirements of this deal, doing things like disconnecting cascades of centrifuges that refine this uranium, enrich this uranium, to levels close to investment -- to weapons grade. and that hasnt happened for years. there have been stalled attempts to try to get to the point -- to a point like this. and now were there. and the agreement starts today. so, you know, i think that that is real progress. its just an interim agreement, so we have to see how these next six months ago. >> its a pret...

From building a nuclear weapon faces a critical test, starting a week from today. iran says it will begin scaling back its nuclear program january 20th. that date marks the official start of a six-month interim deal. iranian officials agreed to curb the countrys nuclear program in exchange for relief from some worldwide sanctions. but a push to add even more sanctions, the administration believes, could derail the entire agreement. our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, is here ...