Ground you have liberated, he says. Only over your dead bodies and march towards baghdad because we have scores to settle there. Isis already closing in 100 miles north seizing tikrit, the hometown of saddam hussein. Mosul, iraqs second largest city, and parts of beijing, an oil refining town, iraqs foreign minister said action is needed. I hope this incident really will lead all iraqi leaders to come together to face this serious mortal threat to the country. Reporter suggesting a wider aim by the terrorists. Seizing baiji means having control over the highway leading into mosul, making it more difficult for the Iraqi Government to enforce its troops. And in tikrit, the terrorist group overran a military base. American supplied humvees, weapons and ammunition, now in in their hands. The former American Ambassador to iraq says if the fight reaches baghdad, it will destabilize the country and undercut global oil supplies. This is no longer a messy situation in is a catastrophe for the people of iraq, for american policy, and for the entire region. This is an extremely dangerous situation. It appears that no force can stop these people. Reporter a country in crisis. 2 1 2 years after american troops lowered the flag of command over baghdad, officially ending the u. S. Militarys presence in iraq. An operation that took the lives of over 4,000 u. S. Troops. No indication yet the Iraqi Government is about to make the political compromises necessary to win this fight. At the same time, sectarian militias are growing. Shia Community Gathering militias to protect their shrines. Michaela . Thank you. The white house is debating new levels of assistance as the Iraqi Government asks for more help including possible air strikes against these islamic radicals. Barbara starr is live at the pentagon with more on this and what the u. S. Is willing and able to do. Good morning, michaela. Well, jim schuitto has been told by a u. S. Official, our colleague, jim schuitto, indeed the iraqis have told the u. S. They are open to u. S. Air strikes over their territory to repel the militant. But would that happen . Would president obama, who from the beginning has been opposed to the war in iraq, got the u. S. Out of iraq, would he really authorize u. S. Air strikes over iraq either by manned aircraft, putting a pailot at risk, or drones. That is a significant question and a lot of people doubt he would. Right now from the white house youre seeing statements of concern. But right now all of the language appears to be official language appears to be limited in the concept of helping with additional equipment, training, intelligence sharing, perhaps helping the iraqis with some intelligence sharing about where these militants are located. Over the years, since the u. S. Got involved in iraq, the u. S. Has given iraq 15 billion in arms and equipment. On the way f16s, apache helicopters. The question is can the iraqi forces really look after their own security. I know youre hearing the same things i am, this does not feel good. This was the worst fear of pulling out, what theyre dealing with right now. We will come back to you with more reporting. Lets switch to the political situation more centered at home. Its been called a scale 8 earthquake. Sticking with that metaphor, congressman eric cantors shocking primary defeat led to a major aftershock yesterday. The republican announced he is stepping down as majority leader. The question is, have the tremors stopped or does cantors departure signal a Seismic Shift for the gop between now and november . Cnns athena jones is following the developments from capitol hill. Good morning, athena. Whats going on . Congressman cantor was seen as the most conservative member of the House Leadership Team and a likely successor to speaker john boehner. Now the focus is on who will the next majority leader and what this defeat will mean for the party. While i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the 7th district of virginia, effective july 31st i will be stepping down adds majority leader. Reporter the stunning defeat of majority leader eric cantor has left the gop reeling. Im like everybody else, i was shocked. Were all heartbroken. Hes heartbroken. Reporter the number two republican in the house lost to dave brat, a tea party backed economics professor who painted the seventerm congressman as out of touch and pro Immigration Reform. Will you tell us reporter after dodging reporters questions for hours House Speaker john boehner shared this praise for his good friend. Democrats said cantors defeat was another sign of sharp divisions within the gop. I think we have seen on display over the last three years a party that is deeply divided and dysfunctional. I think that last night was evident of that. Reporter brat is the latest Tea Party Candidate to defeat a socalled mainstream republican. Tea Party Darling ted cruz beat texas establish backed Lieutenant Governor in a primary in 2012 and went on to win. Senator cruz says cantors loss shows voters are frustrate with washington. It is the power of the people to remind every elected official that we work for the American People and not the other way around. Reporter just hours after cantors defeat the jockeying to replace him is in full swing. Number three republican, Kevin Mccarthy, House Majority whip, is one of several lawmakers eyeing the number two post. If my dear friend and colleague Kevin Mccarthy does decide to run i think he would make an outstanding majority leader and i will be backing him with my full support. Now, you just heard that cantor endorsed california congressman Kevin Mccarthy for that number two spot. Mccarthy is seen as a moderate. Since cantor is the most conservative in the house team, its going to be some pressure to elect a red state conservative to replace him. That leadership election takes place a week from today. Thank you very much. Lets bring in john avlon, cnn political analyst, editor and chief of the daily beast and margaret hoover, comment tater and republican strategist. Help me with whats the headline here. Is the headline, is tea party is back or is the headline something like, not as catchy, as small turnout presents opportunity for hard liner to expose anger towards washington . Ding, ding, ding. I think thats far closer to it. This is cantors loss, not the tea partys win. You couldnt get not one Tea Party Group can point to this victory and say that was us, this is our win. The people who are pointing to it are radio hosts, Television Radio hosts and conservative right wing. But that frankly, this is a low turnout election, as you mentioned, and cantor maybe just didnt mend the fences at home. It looks like al gore in 2000 who couldnt win his own home state. I think he just didnt have the support he needed in that low turnout election. Its a given that as tip oneal said, all politics are local. It fits under a larger theme of gop war. Republican leader in the house to lose the primary is a big, big deal. So thats why people use terms Like Tea Party versus establishment. It fits. The fact that talk radio opposed cantor so much. Hes never backed immigration comprehensive reform. The danger here is that it shifts the entire house gop out of a fit of fear further to the right and we get more gridlock. I get you on the logic. Im just saying on the practical outcome that were seeing, embolden Laura Ingraham and other ground fighters for the tea party. If you look at every single elected member of the Republican House caucus theyre deeply disappointed that eric cantor lost. The conservatives, maybe not the tea party, but the rest of them are like, as you saw in the package, heartbroken. Eric cantor was the Tea Party Guy in the house leadership. He was considered that but for all except for the caucus and 50, right . The Tea Party Caucus but he was the conservative guy. This guy is an outsider. No one endorsed him or said they wanted him to upset eric cantor. The caucus is thrilled and so is ted cruz. This is a fringe. 50 is a significant factor in government. 217 is a quarter. It is not a gop civil war. Beyond the map lesson though its enough to block off progress in politics. Thats true. The narrative matters to you guys. Yeah. If youre coming from the republican side, you do not like this Tea Party Wins headline. If youre coming freft left its all you want to talk about. It is thats not true. Looked Lindsey Graham who beat off 60s primary opponents and he was a sponsor of the immigration bill in the senate. He won his primary. The immigration vote didnt hurt him. Hes running to a swift reelection. You are not making the opposite point you made originally which is that cantor lost this because he didnt take care of home. Lindsey graham really campaigned at home. Exact same point is that you have to take your election seriously. You have to take your voters seriously. And im making the point that this is not a tea party upset. Cantors loss was his own fault, not a National Resurgence of the tea party. Lindsey graham did win a primary with six people running against him from the right the same night that cantor loses. After courageously backing the reform in the senate. The Republican Party is going focus on the fear factor of the cantor losing in the house and one of the rationalizations theyre going to make is good, god, we cant touch Immigration Reform because well be called amnesty by the talk radio crowd. Lindsey graham stepped forward. Which person, which lesson does the gop continue to take Going Forward this year . That takes us to the insider question of the day, which is, who gets cantors job as the majority leader . What do you think . Look, everybody looks automatically to Kevin Mccarthy but the truth is Pete Sessions is going to give him a run for his money because Pete Sessions ran the National Republican congressional committee, nrcc, for several years. He lemmed lektd majority of those guys. What its going to come down to is, guys and gals, specific relationships that each person has with the caucus in general. You think its about the people, not about what they represent in terms of direction . Its about the relations. Its just you got to believe mccarthy and sessions spent all night last night on the telephone talking to all the people they thought would vote for them, racking up the numbers. Dont you think that boehner and other big shots at the top of the caucus have to say we need to make a statement with who this is . It cant just be a popularity contest, we have to say who we are with who we pick. Youre buying an outside rationality to the optics of politics that dont occur. Ultimately it comes down to relationships. Thats especially what these races for house leadership. You dont think it affects this inside battle . Actually i think what this number two position could change the calculus entirely on whether the gop caucus can get anything done over the next two years. And not just this lame duck but really over the next two years. Thats why this isnt just a beltway story. When eric cantor came out yesterday and talked about the importance of Common Ground, after basically led total obstruction why did he do that . People like to think well of themselves in the Rearview Mirror of history and he has been somebody who stood for Common Ground within the gop caucus. Within washington in general, thats a lifeline if you have any sense of whats been going on in washington over the last six years. If cantor was too moderate to win his primary, if you think weve got dysfunction in d. C. Right now, watch out, its going to get worse. Thats not what it is. The issue is if you got somebody more conservative than eric cantor like somebody who is closer to the Tea Party Caucus, this really was a house of cards. There was a very dell indicate ball lansz of power between eric cantor and john boehner. If you get a jeb in there or somebody really conservative you thought you had a do Nothing Congress before, youre definitely going to have a do Nothing Congress. Thats a nice way to end the conversation. Good morning. What happens here is very important because it winds up affecting what gets done. National politics and national policy. Im xwrags refo Immigration Reform, forget about it. Thanks so much, chris. Lets look at the headlines right now. Breaking overnight, the u. S. Taking aim at militants along pakistans border with afghanistan. Pakistani officials claim u. S. Drones hit four compounds overnight in the tribal areas leaving at least ten militants dead. These were the first drone strikes in that region in at least six months. And they come days after the Pakistani Taliban attacked the International Airport in karachi killing 36 people. Officials say back here at home, new video shows it was a police rifle that killed Jerrod Miller after he and his wife rampage on sunday that killed three in las vegas. Police had previously said that Amanda Miller had shot and killed her husband. The video shows them there pointing weapons at each other on the floor of walmart but not firing. The tape stops just before police say amanda raised the gun to her head and fired. A white house investigation says the troubling leak of the cia afghanistan station chiefs name was inadvertent. In a visit to bagram base the name appeared on a list given to some 6,000 journalists. The white house says nobody will face disciplinary action for that leak and that new procedures are in place to keep National Security staff names from being released to the public. I want to show you a piece of frightening video, really frightening explosion and an amazing rescue at a gas station. White plains, new york. A car slammed into a gas pump when the driver chicago mercantile how blacked out. The man filling his tank there was an offDuty State Police officer. He ran away at first but then came back pulling the driver from his car. Likely saving his life. And just as the pumps burst into flames. He insists he is not a hero. He was merely doing what he is trained to do. But, boy, seconds later wow. Look, picture tells the story. It really does. This guy does the smart thing. Gets away. Clears. But for anyone to make the decision to get involved and pull somebody out when they know whats going to happen with an open flame is just an extraordinary piece of men and women, police line of duty, of course, i always marvel at the fact they run towards trouble when the rest of us runs away. His training paid off. Maybe we have poisoned the word hero somewhat. Maybe . Maybe it does get applied sometime when it shouldnt because it certainly should be applied here. This was certainly doing the right thing when all of your instincts are telling you you arguing we need to invent a new word . Well give you some time. Tweet us newday. Whats the new word for hero. 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