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Second largest city. this is the aftermath, the pictures. second largest city which in history, symbolic prize for isis. hearing part of the issue is the u.s. had weaponry and helicopters that apparently one of the -- >> this is a u.s. kit right here. >> yes. . >> all right. >> so that's an issue because they're jumping in on our weapons and our helicopters. >> we provided -- >> allegedly. >> not allegedly. we provided this kit to the iraqi military. we trained them. they brought it on board. they have now abandoned their primary mission, which is to execute their tasks and so isis says, i'll ...

Will not like it. they're doing it swiftly and efficiently. and now those militants are heading towards their ultimate target, baghdad, making matters worse, this morning iraqi officials are asking the u.s. for help to fight them back. we're covering all aengngles th morning beginning with nic robertson. he's following the developments from amman, jordan. what do we understand now? >> the government in iraq is meeting to decide if they're going to declare a state of emergency. they also, through state tv, say they've retaken the important town of tikrit. it's far from clear whether or not that...

As we learn new information about sergeant bergdahl's past. good morning, everyone. great to see you this morning. this is "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's thursday, june 12th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin with breaking news from iraq this morning. state-run tv says the iraqi army is in full control of tikrit, a day after much of that city was seized by isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria. iraq has been under siege from the al qaeda-inspired militants, who displaced half a million iraqis and are said to be moving closer to baghdad. the white house ...

It's not clear that that's about to happen. the united states considering its options at the moment, doesn't seem likely that anyone's rushing to get back in. more the view that the iraqis can get trained by the united states, and that's sort of the limit. that's where we're at right now, brooke. >> nic robertson, thank you for us in jordan this morning. let's stay on this because iraq is a huge story bringing in retired major general spider marks, military analyst and former commanding general of the army intelligence center and top intelligence officer during the 2003 invasion in iraq. good ...

Of emergency. it does seem like a foregone conclusion. key among their decision-making will be actually getting agreement. we heard from iraq's foreign minister yesterday, saying that it was important for the parliamentarians to agree to unite to form a government of national unity. what he is talking about there are the deep sectarian divisions that underpin the fighting, the fact that the prime minister, nuri al maliki, has not been able to inspire large parts of the sunni population to support the government, and we've seen that in videos released by isis on to youtube, unconfirmed videos, ...