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And more violent with the weapons that were already available to them, to both sides. >> eli, do you see the latest news out of the region changing the debate of arming moderate elements in syria? is there more understanding they risk falling into the hands of isis forces? >> it is a double-edged sword because on the one hand, you know, if you want to advantage more moderate forces that are not extremists, then one way to do that out of many is to provide them with superior intelligence and superior fire power. on the other hand, if you don't think that these groups have much of a chance going...

Are going to do initially, they're going to see what the command structure looks like, what the leadership looks like and report back. and if they report back, i suspect they'll report that there is not the inclusion there because the general staff has changed in the last three years. what does the president do? no more advisers? no more air strikes at all? >> by sending military advisers right now, is this an attempt to stave off any incursion by isis forces into the capital? is that what we're really looking at here? >> that would be a part of it, but as we spoke about in the previous segmen...

From fighters you've been spending time with? do they feel that, i wouldn't say stalled would be a word for the isis forces right now but do they feel the momentum has stabilized or slowed? >> well, if you look at a lot of front lines that around the controlled areas, they are not as active as they are moving further south towards the capitol of baghdad. what we're seeing up here is isis units testing the resolve. they will launch quick attacks, clashes that will last for a few hours at times, mortar rounds but no real direct confrontat n confrontation. the front line holding up to a certain d...

Positions in northern iraq, will you also go after isis positions in syria? >> the mission is not to go after isil. the mission is assess the state of the iraqi security forces, two assess the security situation on the ground. we need better intelligence before the president can make any kinetic decisions and number three, assess how many advisors total we need, with are do they need to go be an we have to stand up these twos joint operations centers. the mission of these folks is to do good assessment and advice. >> when you say how many, i thought the number was 300. are you suggesting it co...

Massive landslide, leaving a major hospital precariously perched on top of a crumbling hill. will it go tumbling into the mississippi river? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we're following fresh and deadly fighting in iraq where the government says clashes between its forces and isis fighters near the syrian border now have left at least 17 militants dead and in northeastern iraq, isis forces launched an attack on a military outpost in the kurdistan region. with isis now controlling huge swathes of iraq including its second largest city, calls for the ouster of the prime m...