absolutely. a great family that loved to hunt and fish from what i hear. [laughter] pete: well, you know, we want to hear sergeant joe bar tell s story. sergeant, if you would, tell us a little bit about when you were injured. i was injured during the surge of 2007 south of baghdad near edge jabar. an ied that hit two of our vehicles. two of us were severe casualties. by the grace of god, i survived. and ended up walter reed, received some pretty good care, same thing with the folks balboa, medical naval center in san diego and so here i am. pete: you have been recovering ever since. johnny, i think you have a big surprise for sergeant joe bar
if president trump, run the country the same way he runs the building, we could be quite active. reporter: jean casarez, cnn, new york. breaking news out of baghdad. a truck bomb exploded, killing at least 57 people at a gas station this morning. cnn international correspondent phil black is live from erbil. what do we know about this attack? reporter: the details are few but the indications are this was a large scale horrific attack. south of baghdad, at a gas station there, a suicide truck bomb we believe was responsible for killing dozens of people. the latest death count we believe is about 57 people. it blew up next to a couple buses that were carrying shia muslim pilgrims, pilgrims that had recently attended a large annual event in a nearby town. it s a huge annual pilgrimage
You ve got the peshmerga in the northeast, which aren t geographically situated to fight in anbar province, because of the lines of communication. you have the populist mobilization forces south of baghdad and to the east, and the government of iraq forces that seem to be capitulates quite a lot. you have to make an assessment, can we degrade, not destroy, dangerous word, can we degrade isis through the government of iraq forces, through coalition air power, and through the use of the peshmerga? if the answer to that looking at the critical capabilities of isis is yes, then the question is, how do you prevent populist mobilization forces from getting involved in the fight, because that s difficult. up next, we saw a different side of hillary clinton on the campaign trail this week. authentic, relatable, winning. well get to that next with the roundtable. you re watching hardball, the place for politics.
Militia to the point it supports a deal we should be making. isis is awful, but iran and its sat traps are are you with that michael kay? do we have to shift our strategic thinking to say, it s more important to keep iran non-nuclear and perhaps hostile than it is to try to warm up toward them? look chris, there are three main plays in iraq at the moment. you ve got the peshmerga in the northeast, which aren t geographically situated to fight in anbar province, because of the lines of communication. you have the populist mobilization forces south of baghdad and to the east and the government of iraq forces that seem to be capitulates quite a to make an assessment can we degrade, not destroy, dangerous word can we degrade isis through the government of iraq forces through coalition air power, and through the use of the peshmerga? if the answer to that looking at the critical capabilities of isis is yes, then the question is, how do you prevent populist
the mosul museum was destroyed, why, he says addressing isis. that is the heritage of your grandfathers. why did you do that? south of baghdad, babylon is out of isis reach. for isis monuments like these are from the age of ignorance before the advent of islam and, therefore, must be destroyed. for most iraqis they re the achievements of their forefathers and a great source of national pride. this is the trickvictory sign reporter: he and parents are preparing for a campout intended to teach iraqi boys and girls about their history. we have to preserve our heritage to show how advanced babylonian civil situation was, she says. it was the pinnacle of ancient civilization. the assault on iraq s history