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Good morning. >> reporter: good morning. michaela we were here as those thousands of students walked inside the state capitol. they were chanting largely. they formed a circle inside the state capitol and you heard the chant, black lives matter. i can stress the fact they want to make sure it's not just about black lives but the entire community of support of the familiary because they believe the unarmed teen should not have been killed. there were reports he was causing trouble in the streets. a 911 call response had an officer show up to the house and said he heard a ruckus inside, pushed h...

Negotiate a nuclear agreement. >> reporter: it may not be complicate prod this perspective, martha. they simply want to have their opportunity to be heard. on the other hand, the white house would argue that listen, while negotiations are ongoing, you should step back and let us complete the process. that is the crux of the disagreement here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. martha: lots more to come on that today. kevin, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. bill: meanwhile overseas today iraqi forces now say they are making progress in the effort to capture the town of tikrit from isis. thick smoke se...

His crew have messed this up from end to end. >> karl, thank you. of course, i know you have an op. ed about this tomorrow in the "wall street journal." thank you karl. >> in the "wall street journal" tomorrow morning. thank you. >> thank you. this is a fox news alert. the pentagon standing on the sidelines as iraqi forces released this dramatic video of the mission to take back the city of tikrit. a leaked combat units from iran. yes. iran. teaming up with iraqis, fox news correspondent john huddy is live in jerusalem. john? >> yeah, get. iran has been involved both militarily and on an opera...

Troops and also iranian backed shiite militias. as we have been talking about, this is a critical fight because of tikrit's location. if iraqi troops retake tikrit, it sets them up, puts them in position to get closer to go northward to mosul. and remember iraqi forces did retake the beijing oil refinery which is right above tikrit. at this point iraqi troops are pushing in on tikrit basically surrounding tikrit and putting the squeeze on isis militants. the u.s. says that it will join iraqi forces in the effort to retake mosul, possibly in april or may, depending on whether iraqi forces are p...

♪ ♪ welcome back. thank you. it's not home. but with every well considered detail, it becomes one step closer. no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline. isis clashing clashing with iraq forces near tikrit. john huddy joins us live from jerusalem john? >> isis is not only using suicide bombs and suicide attacks, roadside bombs, but also snipers and artillery fire to take out the you know the iraqi troops that are moving in on tikrit. we are talking about, by the way, close to 30,000 iraqi ground troops as part of this major ground offensive.