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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 ...

Hont iraqi government's request and send military air power to iraq now. should he do that? why or why not? >> well, he should do that. and as jim described, that the administration is acting with a surgeon general degree of urgency. i have to tell you, don, if this is urgent, i'd hate to see what deliberate looks like. they've had plenty of time to weigh all the various options. the concern obviously is how much time exists before maliki and his government are truly at risk, how can we weigh that vis-a-vis where isis is located just north of baghdad right now in baquba, and what does that tim...