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Detailing isis' growing strength and its ambitions to take territory across iraq. those ambitions now a surprise, what was a surprise was how the iraqi military melted away and failed to defend vital territory. their victory laps have become daily events. isis militants parading through iraqi cities they have overrun, driving american-supplied humvees and trucks they have stolen. with the u.s. trained iraqi military being overpowered, president obama said he's now including options including military action. his first step planning to deploy the aircraft carrier u.s.s. george h.w. bush to the ...

Few days at one point and then he said several days. we'll see how long it takes for some final decisions to be made. michelle, thanks very much. joining us now to break all of this down, he was the top u.s. diplomat on the ground as u.s. troops were leaving iraq. the former u.s. ambassador to iraq, james jeffrey. also, jim sciutto is with us as well as our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. jim, you've been talking, first of all, to your sources. you're getting new information. what are you picking up? >> i talked to a u.s. counterterrorism official that tells me that the u.s. intelligen...