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The threat from cyclone pam isn't is over yet. we will have a live report. and the hunt continues at this hour for the suspects tied to this week's ambush of two ferguson police officers. we will talk to swrout spoken milwaukee sheriff david clark to says the impact goes far beyond that city and believes that war has been declared on america's finest. >> thanks for spending your saturday with us i'm leland vittert. here from washington. >> and i'm uma pemmaraju. isis continues to hold its ground in saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit some 20,000 iraqi troops and eye rare yan backed militia...

The founders did want our military and foreign affairs to be largely run by the president but the few tools we have has been missing. bureaucrats, you can see it when they testify before congress, either the house committee or the senate committee, they're just not afraid of it. >> very interesting perspective. we appreciate your insight. christian whiten, thanks for being with us. iraqi troops have found unlikely allies. iran. it's an indication of the country's growing influence in that region and joining us to talk more about this and other issues in the middle east, former navy s.e.a.l. ...

Believe that the sacrifice was worth it and our politicians make that difficult. how hard has it been for you to witness what has unravelled over the past few years there in iraq? >> i got to say our foreign policy and regardless of whether you agree or disagree with bush and the war and all those things, there is no doubt that removing a security force, a stabilizing security force under this president just for personal political gain just to say that he ended the war contributed to the rise of isis and the destabilization there. i think many veterans out there probably watching today who hav...

Isis militants and it's also being called really a prelude to the battle to retake mosul, which will happen in the coming weeks. as for a retaking tikrit, iraqi commanders say that could happen within the next few days, possibly 72 hours. so we'll be following it closely. back to you. >> they've been offering that time frame for a while. we'll see if they're right this time. thanks, john. we see boko haram inside of nigeria pledging allegiance to isil, we see these different franchises whether it be libya or south asia, other areas in egypt that are trying to get on the bandwagon of this phe...

The u.s. as we know is not involved in this fight. one, because of iran's involvement and, two, because of the concerns about inflaming sectarian violence and we're also hearing about sectarian violence. shia fighters burning down the homes of sooun yees in the towns and sill vajs on the outskirts of tikrit that have been recap recaptured from isis. and there's also a report coming out of a top iraqi commander that's been after shly critical of the u.s. while basically hailing iran's involvement. so that's a big concern. one sectarian violence and two iran's overall influence and involvement i...