Behind in a hotel room. Hello, im wolf blitzer. Its 1 00 p. M. In washington, 2 00 a. M. Saturday in pyongyang, north korea. Wherever you are watching from around the recalled would, thank you for joining us. This just coming in. We begin with new information in the battle against isis militants in iraq and were getting word of a new pentagon plan to potentially send American Military advisers into a very, very volatile region, the Anbar Province. Leaders have been pleading for help to stop the relentless march of isis. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is with us and hes working his sources. Whats going on . Wolf, this would take them beyond the safe area of baghdad ander bi ander erbil to one of the most fierce fighting, including recently 400 sunni tribesmen challenging isis were killed in just two days this week. This would expand the train and assist mission beyond baghdad and and erbil of which isis controls now some 80 . The plan would still require the president s approval. Senior u. S. Military official tells me, quote, this will better enable Iraqi Security forces to protect themselves and to take the fight to isis, which is something that iraqi forces have not shown themselves capable of doing on their own. Heres how the chairman of the joints chief of staff, general martin dempsey, described the need in Anbar Province. What i can say is that is why we need to expand the train, advise, and assist mission into the Anbar Province. But the precondition for that is that the government of iraq is willing to arm the tribes. We have positive indications that they are but we havent begun to do it yet. Im told that the exact locations that u. S. Advisers would serve in anbar is not determined yet. There are cities and towns still under Iraqi Military control. This would, as in baghdad and erbil, put them at brigade headquarters. Certainly, wolf, when you take them out of baghdad and erbil and put them into anbar which has seen the feareiercest fight Anbar Province, you remember what was happening in 2005, 2004, 2006, the battles were brutal in fallujah. It sounds to me like this is a bit of Mission Creep, something that the u. S. Didnt want to see happen in iraq. What are your sources telling you . They are saying that these would not be combat forces. They will not be firing guns on the front line here. The fact is they will be closer to the danger here because of all that is going on in Anbar Province today. Can you call it Mission Creep . Listen, from the beginning here we have gone outside the original lines of what this mission was going to be. It started as a humanitarian mission to protect the yeah jid d yazidis and counselor personnel in baghdad and erbil but, of course, now we have a broader campaign, not just in iraq or syria. And certainly its expanded from the original outlines. Stand by. I want you to join us in the conversation. I want to bring in two experts who know this situation quite well. Joining us from los angeles, cnn National Security adviser bob baer. I recommend his book. Also joining us, retired colonel james reece, form officer delta force officer. Let me start with you, colonel reece. You hear that the u. S. Is about to send military advisers, potentially, assuming the commander in chief signs off on this recommendation into anbar. What does it say to you . Well, wolf, heres what it shows me. Anbar province really is a huge province but what were really talking about is the ufrates river valley. One thing that we have missed since we left iraq is the guys on the ground and what we have to do is get that shared reality and a foundational logic back. Every commander out there, from a Company Commander wants to know what is ground truth out there and having our guys sit in baghdad or erbil does not give us ground truth out there. And until we can see what we have to do next, weve got to push guys out. Its advance force operations, reconnaissance to really find out what we need to bring to help them. What about you, bob baer . Where you see what is going on, the u. S. Military advisers, as jim pointed out basically in baghdad or erbil, they may be heading to anbar, places like fallujah and ramadi. What does that say to you . Wolf, the problem is that they are going to be going with iraqi troops, essentially shia troops and its going to look like weve taken sides with the shia. Theres not much we can do about this. The major tribes in anbar around fallujah and ramadi do not trust the government in baghdad. So assigning our forces, our advisers to shia units going into those areas is either at the end of the day going to be counterproductive but theres not much that we can do because anbar completely falls to isis and they get to the point where they surround baghdad. Were just really trying to put our finger on the dike at this point. They are only 12 miles from the Baghdad International airport. Jim sciutto, we heard general dempsey saying that they are getting positive signals from the government in iraq but they have not signed off on it either. The Iraqi Security forces are challenging isis and, yes, they won a battle to the south of baghdad and at the same time, we saw what you were talking about yesterday, the sunni tribesmen getting slaughtered and the iraqi forces purely in defensive positions. The other progress that the pentagon is citing now, is they are open to the idea of arming these sunni militias, which would be a first step in creating a national guard. You bring the sunnis into the battle here but clearly to make that happen they think they may need this additional step of having advisers on the ground to help marshal it through. A lot of us remember it and colonel reese, you may remember it, too. The first Sunni Awakening when they were working with the u. S. And Iraqi Government is because they were getting paid lots of money. The cia was dumping millions and millions of dollars in their laps and they like the money. Right now, heres the question. Is the u. S. Ready to start dumping millions and millions of dollars into the hands of the sunni tribesmen because you know isis, they have hundreds of millions of dollars. They are paying off the sunnis big time. Wolf, i dont know if were ready to do that but i think its going to be the reality of what is going to come. Ive been in and out of Anbar Province for the last 11 years. As a matter of fact, just three months ago. Every time i went back out there to see the folks that i knew, youd get, colonel, where did everybody go . Where did everybody go . And thats mostly because of the economic aspects that we brought into anbar brought everything together, both the shia and sunnis out there came together. The beauty we have now is with the green berets will be heading out there. There are folks that have relationships with the former sunni tribal leaders out there and theyll have to restart those relationships and really start to bring the money back out to get the sunnis involved. Where is that money going to come from . Do you have any idea, bob baer . Id like to say one thing. Dont forget, in the awakening, it was the u. S. Military that put this together. It was very successful. We turned back to al qaeda. When we left in 2011, we left these people alone with the promises unfulfilled. It became a political failure and the question now is, are the sunni going to trust us that we abandoned them in 2011 . I think thats the big question. And in trying to turn this around, its going to be very difficult for those advisers going out there right now. Certainly is. All right. Bob baer, colonel reese, thank you very much. Jim sciutto, thanks for the news as well. 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One of the states, georgia, the most recent orc poll shows Michelle Nunn slightly ahead of Republican David Perdue 47 to 44 . Ron, this could clearly end up in a runoff. They would have to end up in a runoff. Wolf, the way i understand the big picture is that democrats are defending seven seats in states that have voted for mitt romney in 2012. All seven of those are vulnerable to a significant step. Democrats have the best chance. And then you have four democraticheld seats that voted for obama. Colorado, New Hampshire, iowa, michigan. The first three of those are vulnerable. Democrats, if they lose anything in that second tier, the only way they hold the senate is by taking some of the currently republicanheld seats in red states that voted against obama that he is georgia, kansas and to some extent, kentucky. Georgia is difficult for democrats. The Approval Rating for president obama is under 30 . David perdue has some vulnerabilities that has kept Michelle Nunn in the game. Because i think you agree, gloria, the democrats are in trouble right now. Oh, yeah. They could easily lose control of the United States senate . Yeah. And i think youd have to say the odds are right now that they would lose control of the senate. One of the races that were talking about that the democrats thought they would have sort of si udall in colorado. Colorado is a state that has been trending blue. You can see our poll numbers there. Colorado is a state thats been trending blue and its a state that a democrat would like to have as blue in 2016. What mark udall decided to do is use the war on women issue. Obviously democrats have a great advantage when it comes to women voters. Cory gardener has been running more than half of their ads and women. It has backfired with women. They have actually lost some women supporters and they also have a big question about a mailin ballot. Everybody in the state of colorado can mail in their ballot and we dont know how thats going to work. I was on the campus in boulder and people were saying, where do you get stamps . They are not quite used to mailin stamps. Stale mail. Thats right. And president obama is in the 38 , 39 range. Ron, some of the ca