it was to protect americans in erbil at the consulate there. so the fact that isis was able to penetrate kurdish defenses and launch this new area of attacks is very troubling. >> isis is making a major move on this major city of ramadi. which son the road from baghdad to oman jordan. isis still controls ramadi. so all the talk that u.s. officials are saying progress something made samantha power says they control 25% less territory than they did maybe a year ago. a lot of that territory is what desert right? i mean why do they think they're making such progress? it looks like isis is still in charge of a big chunk of the people and land of iraq. >> well that's absolutely right. i mean the iraqis are clearly on the defensive, not on the offensive. even though the u.s. says the