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About what may have led up to the tragedy as the investigation continues. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is monday may 18th. a major victory for isis in iraq. ramadi falls to isis fighters. for months of flashclashes, forces burst into the city with armored bulldozers and ten suicide bombings. government forces have pulled out of a military base there. iraqi and u.s. officials say the fight for ramadi is not over. for the latest, let's bring in ian lee. >> reporter: good morning, john. isis is in control of ramadi. we are hearing of pockets of resistance...

The disintegration of iraq as the country we know. >> i think we have to contemplate that wolf, i don't think this is a time for fall cheerleading and i'm not accuse accusing secretary kerry of anything he's tried his hardest to make the abadi administration succeed but it's not succeeding. the vice president joe biden recommended five or so years ago that more maybe longer that iraq maybe should break into different parts according to the tribal affinities. sunni, shia and kurd and have a confederation government. maybe we should be thinking about that because i'm afraid and i think jamie was...

Don't miss "blindsided" how isis shook the world, that airs tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. up next more on the fall of ramadi is raising serious concerns about the fight against isis the future of iraq as a country. the role of iran shia versus sunni tensions. analysis on that. later, other news we're following here in the united states amtrak restoring full service out of philadelphia following last week's derailment. a closer look at new safety measures that they're scrambleing to put in place over the next several days.

Destruction. >> what she asked you was, was it a mistake to go to war with iraq? >> it was not a mistake given the facts the president knew at the time. >> she just said was it a mistake. >> that's not the same question. based on what we know now -- >> was it a mistake to go to war with iraq? >> i understand. but that's not the same question. >> awkward situation there between marco rubio and chris wallace of fox news. >> yeah it was awkward. i think that republicans are having a really difficult time including marco rubio and jeb bush answering this question. why? because generally the public...

She said that her vote authorizing the use of force in iraq was a mistake. but she also said if we knew then what we knew now, there wouldn't have been that vote. >> why is it so hard for republicans, at least some of the republicans, jeff to answer the basic question was the war in 2003 against saddam hussein's iraq a mistake? >> because it is a complicated issue, and they're not exactly sure where their base is on this. their base is sort of all over. but it also speaks to the threats going forward. it has been very surprising to watch jeb bush first and then marco rubio second sort of make ...