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Unjust, counterproductive, wait until you get war on terror 2.0. >> and our office wants to ensure that there was shock and all, that we could charge as many people as possible. a >> fbi, come out with their hands up. >> people who were witnessing this inside baghdad, it must be shock and awe indeed. >> the new secretary of defense ordered the entire u.s. military to "stand down" while investigators cleansed the ranks of political extremists. >> purging out of the military any dissenting voice. >> either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> january 6th was a ho...

>> michelle thanks very much. also breaking now isis claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly bombings at hotels in the heart of baghdad. both hotels popular with the city's elite and foreigners including journalists. our pentagon correspondent brash starr is barbara starr is working her sources. what about the claim it strike inside baghdad? >> reporter: technicallies pentagon cannot confirm the isis claim, they have no intelligence to confirm it but the reality is people accept that claim on its face value. isis has been conducting terrorist attacks in baghdad for some time. what's the c...

Look at those isis. we killed them, those pimps, isis, one of them shouts. [ gunfire ] not far away, more iraqi soldiers battle the militants. amid claims and counterclaims of who controls what, the government insisting it has retrenched and refocused its forces to keep isis out of the capital. inside baghdad, we find thinly manned check points. no heavy weapons in sight. a solitary armored personnel carrier is all. >> we're driving out to the west of baghdad. the army has drawn a line in the sand to stop the isis advance coming in from the west. but it's far from clear they can do it. there h...

Respect, you should do the same. have a seat. now let's go right to anderson cooper live in baghdad, jim sciutto in washington tonight. isis fighters, anderson, have taken over a number of iraq cities. are they expected to reach baghdad? >> you know, that of course an open question. we know there are some 35 to 40 miles, the closest city they're in and fighting for baqubah still. that battle has been going on for more than a day now. that's about as close as we know that they are in large numbers on the outskirts. obviously there are insurgents. there are terrorist groups operating inside bagh...

Jim sciutto in washington tonight. isis fighters, anderson, have taken over a number of iraq's cities. are they expected to reach baghdad? >> reporter: you know, that is very much an open question. we know there are some 35 to 40 miles, the closest city they're in and fighting for is baquba. still, that battle's been going on for more than a day now. that's about as close as we know that they are in large numbers on the outskirts. obviously, there are insurgents, there are terrorist groups operating inside baghdad itself. we've seen a number of suicide blasts, roadside bombs, of car bombs and ...