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Ahead. iraq's prime minister is now begging the country's shi'a militias to retake a sunni city. . there are huge sectarian dangers that lie ahead that that assault might pose. thousands of shi'a militiamen have now been called up by the shi'a-dominated government. they're now preparing to attack the city. a short-term fix, maybe, but a long-term risk because those militias are loathe bid sunnis and many of them are backed by iran. and for the u.s., too ramadi's fall no question is a setback. as that isis attack was beginning a top u.s. commander was claiming the strategy to defeat isis is wor...

It's a very dramatic point of -- and a real big win, and it shows beyond the military capabilities of isis, it shows that what really has happened, in my view, sunni tribes there are still unreconciled to baghdad's leadership right now, because 500 people have died but it's been a remarkable transition and you have a lot of tribes that are still very much ambivalent about what is going on in the region and i think they've largely acquiesced to isis at the home. >> you add now the solution is shia militants heading over to ramadi? >> yeah the body has called for shia militants to come in, and w...

Opposition. >> well, contacts of mine in the department of defense that are working and advising them say that things are improving, that the iraqi military is showing some degree of back bone, they are getting more military aid and equipment from the u.s. and coming in but it's still not enough and it seems both in tikrit and now again in ramadi they are not able to pull off the deal without backup from these controversial shia militias. >> doesn't sound good to me. steve, good to see you, thanks for being with me this morning. up next secretary of state john kerry's tough talk against nort...

And the region stabilize what it is that we need to do. you have to back off because right now you've got their leadership are actually acting as sort of field commanders in some of these battles inside of iraq. and the organization we were fighting against when we were in iraq. it is responsible for killing some number of americans in iraq. and now that's the primary organization that's doing the fighting inside of tikrit, members of the corps which is a shi'a dominated military organization and they are vicious. these guys are tough and well organized. they are well led. and they are backed ...

>> my thoughts are why are you negotiating about a nuclear program with a country who is destabilizing the region. why isn't the program included in the negotiations? why isn't the support of terrorism included in the negotiations? they have destabilized four arab capitals. what would they do with the money if sanctions were relieved? the best evidence of what iran would do in the future is what they are doing today and it is a disaster for the region and for us. what would they do if they had a nuclear weapon? >> yet iran is helping the u.s. against isis. isn't that true? >> iran is on the gr...