NBC’s Keir Simmons reports the Iraqi government is reaching out to the U.S. for help, as Iraqi state TV confirms that militants there have seized uranium compounds.
"Iraqi state TV confirming that uranium was taken from Mosul University when ISIL overran that city last month, it is a small amount, just 88 pounds we are told. The International Atomic Energy Agency is saying it's low-grade uranium; it does not present a significant safety, security, or nuclear proliferation risk," Simmons said on the Today Show.
"All the same, the Iraqi government wrote to the U.N. warning them about this saying the uranium could be used as an act of terrorism and says that's why the West should get involved in Iraq," he added.