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>> you're watching cnn news room. good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the pentagon says u.s. forces targeted the infamous jihadi john during an air strike in raqqa, syria. mo ham emwazi has appeared in isis videos showing the murders of hostages. he is a british citizen believed to have been born in kuwait. the pentagon has not publicly confirmed his death. new video appears to show the surviving suicide bomber from thursday's attack in beirut. two suicide blasts killed more than 40 people and left more than 200 people wounded. a lebanese national apparently shown here was taken into custody, but cnn cannot independently confirm that videos's authenticity.

kurdish officials say pesh merger fighters will be inside iraq, inside the town of sinjar soon to clear explosives and seize it from isis control. they launched a new offensive late wednesday to retake the key city and to cut militants supply lines. russia is trying to awe thent cat an alleged isis video,er threatening attacking inside that country, quote, very soon. the five-minute video was released thursday. it shows russian cities with chants in russian, promising, that, quote, blood will spill like an ocean. cnn has not been able to verify the video. now more on the breaking news that we're covering this day. the pentagon says u.s. forces have targeted the notorious jihadi john. senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us for this story as well. good to have you with us. if emwazi is dead, how does it play into the broader fight against isis?

>> it's important to keep in mind, george, that emwazi, born in kuwait and growing up in the uk is really -- even though he's played a very prominent media role with these gruesome beheadings of journalists and aid workers, he's not part of the leadership structure of isis, which is made up predominantly of iraqis, including iraqis with experience with saddam hussein's security hierk i can. -- hierarchy. so in the grand picture, not necessarily a huge role. there's not going to be huge impact from his killing. but you need to look beyond this particular incident to the broader picture. you see the kurds with u.s. air support on the offensive in sinjar, west of mosul. you see the kurds within syria also pushing isis back. you see the russians in some instances, hitting isis targets as well. so isis is really beginning to

feel the pain from this almost year, rather more than a year of u.s.-led air strikes and this mounting campaign against the organization, separate, of course, from the killing of jihadi john or mohammed emwazi, the alleged killing, or the purported killing of him. jornl? >> and we don't know yet, ben, it's not yet confirmed whether he's dead or not. of course, we're waiting to hear some word from officials on that. talk to us about the importance, the significance if, in fact, this is true. the significance to the families. because these brutal videos, they were put out for the world to see. they were out on social media. they were out on youtube. and, you know, these families have had to live with that news and have had to see these videos. what does it mean for them to hear this news? >> well, for them in a sense, it means a chapter has been closed. it doesn't really reduce the

pain and suffering of the loss of their loved ones, but it means that this man who so brutally beheaded their loved ones, people who had, for instance, gone to syria to cover the war there, who had gone to syria to provide humanitarian aid and, of course, then got captured by isis, and so brutally beheaded. so it represents a certain amount of closure. but it doesn't really rouse the pain that they probably continue b to suffer. jornl? >> ben wedeman live for us in cairo. thank you for your reporting. we expect the world gorning body for track and field to make a big decision in the coming hours. russian officials, athletes and coaches are embroiled in a doping scandal. now russia would be banned from the 2016 olympics because of it. the world anti-doping agency released a report on monday alleging state sponsored

cheating and cover-up-ups in russia. a researcher for the international center if for defense and security and a former cnn moscow bureau chief, good to have you with us. so we have heard from the russian president, vladimir putin that he promised an internal investigation into this issue, but this is a pretty important issue to the russian president's heart. just talk to us about the significance to vladimir putin. >> well, that's a good question. after all, you know, you look at sports. it's been a very, very important issue for president putin. not only personally, because he's known as a sportsman, plays a lot of sports. but also symbolically, remember, they had the sochi olympics, which were very political, as well as important. and the stakes are really very high, george. as you mentioned, if they did not go to the rio olympics, that would be a great shame to russia. and so you're getting certain

messages. i think the first one would be, there shouldn't be any collective punishment. what russia is saying is, yes, there probably were some problems and, yes, there were individual sports people, you know, on the russian side who did dope, but overall, not all of the athletes should be punished for this. then they said this information was based on dubious sources, it's questionable, it's biased, politicized, et cetera. there are people who are not going to want to believe this, the international context on which russia is being criticized, that i might take it as more criticism against russia. putin is saying yes, we'll investigate and other russian officials tempering that

somewhat and being rather critical of this report. >> is there concern about backlash if russian athletes are, in fact, banned? >> well, yes. it's important to note that the sports minister is saying russia will not boycott rio if some of their athletes of of the track and field team is banned. that's very important. they really want to go. this would be a very big deal if they did not go to rio. they're saying no overall boycott, even if some athletes were to be boon banned. >> jill, we always appreciate your insights. thank you very much. you're watching cnn newsroom. with the iowa caucuses less than 100 days away, presidential candidate donald trump takes another round of shots at opponent ben carson. more on that coming up. we live in a pick and choose world.

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donl trump spoke to cnn's erin burnett about his plan to force millions of illegal immigrants if elected president. mr. trump has been leading in a number of pole, partly because of his hard line stand on illegal immigration. the republican front-runner also took aim at his opponent ben carson over stories that mr. carson has told about his past. take a listen. >> he said he's pathological. other people said he said in the book -- and i haven't seen it, i know it's in the book -- that he's got a pathological temper or temperament. that's a big problem. you don't cure that. i could say -- they say, as an example, you don't cure a child molester. you don't cure these people.

you don't cure a child molester. >> so i want to ask you about the immigration fracas going on out there. you put immigration front and center. >> you wouldn't even be talking about immigration if it wasn't for me. >> you put it on the table. and you were criticized heavily at the debate. kasich, jeb bush saying your -- >> they're weak people. i watched jeb today. they're weak people. and kasich made a fool out of himself in the debate. >> how do you take 11 million people and make them leave. >> you do it in a process, a very humane manner. >> they're not going to want to leave. >> they're here illegally. if a person comes across the border and the border patrol sends them right back, there's not a big court situation, they send them back. >> what about the guy already living in detroit. >> excuse me. excuse me. what's the difference for somebody who comes over the border for two days and he gets caught and they bring him back and somebody who's here for a

year and you bring him back. there is no difference. illegal immigration costs us balanced budget amendment $200 billion or $300 billion. i don't know if anybody gives you those number, probably not. when you include crime and other problems it's more than that. you're talk about $200 billion, and $300 billion. >> they pay $24 billion in taxes. >> do you really believe they pay taxes? >> they play social security, local. >> 10%? >> it's $24 billion a year. >> do you know how few taxes they pay? don't be naive. do you believe an ill leem immigrant is going to pay taxes. >> on this point of humanity, are you going to pay officers to get them out? >> we're going to be giving notice. we're going to be saying you have to go back to wherever the kocountry is. it's going to be all different countries. >> u.s. president barack obama is weighing in for the first time on mr. trump's controversial plan to use a so-called deportation force. to ship millions of undocumented

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a juj ruled she should be moved to a home with heterosexual parents. an agency says there's no proof the child would be in better care with straight parents. the foster parents had hoped to adopt the girl, which is permitted under federal law. they spoke with our affiliate, kutv. listen. >> we've been told to care for this child like a mother would, and i am her mother. i mean, that's who she knows. and she's just going to be taken away in seven days. to another probably good loving home, but it's just not -- it's not fair and it's not right and it just hurts me really badly. because i haven't done anything wrong. >> judge scott johansson said his decision was based on, quote, information about same-sex families in the long run. right now, the ruling requires that the baby, who has lived with the legally married women

since august, that that baby be removed by tuesday. the utah court says it does not comment on pending cases. >> joining me now is troy williams, the executive director of equality utah. troy, good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> so let's talk just a bit about the state of utah utah, a traditionally conservative state that even overturned the ban on gay marriage and passed an anti-discrimination law there. but things are moving in one direction, now this. talk to us about what's happening in that state. >> yeah. in a lot of way, utah is the epicenter of lgbt rights in america. and we've made tremendous progress. as you said, 2013, we were the first red state to overturn a gay marriage ban. we began the dominos where the bans would fall state after state after state. and then this past march, we passed historic nondiscrimination legislation.

the first republican-controlled legislature in the nation to do so. and then also, we'll find out tuesday, but it looks like salt lake city will have elected our first lesbian mayor. so in lots of ways, we are taking great strides forward. but every time you have great success, there's also a bash lash, and we're experiencing it this week in utah. >> so this ruling certainly is, you know, racing a lot of questions with many people that are asking what's happening in utah. with this couple, i know your group is working with them. how are they handling the news? >> yeah. april and becky, they have this beautiful 11-year-old foster daughter, but they are a family in crisis right now. they are going through the adoption process. the biological mother wants them to foster and adopt this child. the department of children and family services also wants them to do so. but the judge ruled that because they were lesbians, they were

unfit to parent. >> troy, they have older children, as well, right? >> that's correct. they've been raising children. they're loving, kind moms. and they will make a great home for this child in need. and this judge's ruling is cruel and it is a brazen defiance of the law of the land. >> troy, let's talk about the judge scott johansson. he is known for controversial rulings. >> yeah. he's notorious in this state. 1994, i believe, he slapped a teenage kid because he believed that he was stealing something. in 20 12krks there was an assault case with another teenager, and part of the sentencing was requiring that her mother cut off her pony tail. a bizarre, strange judge. and this is just the next strange oddity coming from him. >> all eyes will be watching to see what happens with this

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breaking news. the isis mill at that particular time known as jihadi john, targeted in a u.s. air strike, but it's still unclear whether he is dead or alive. deadly bombings in lebanon. more than 40 people killed, a suspect says he was sent by isis. and kurdish soldiers say they have entered the iraqi town of sinjar as they fight to retake control from isis. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell, cnn news room starts right now.

good day to you. we are following breaking news out of the pentagon this day, claiming that u.s. forces targeted the infamous isis killer, known as jihadi john. this after a drone strike in raqqa, syria. his real name is mohammed emwazi. he terrified the world as part of his murderous media show, appearing in isis videos, allegedly beed hing his hostages. emwazi is a british citizen, believed to have been born in kuwa kuwait. the pentagon has not yet confirmed his death. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more. >> reporter: the pentagon said in a brief late night announcement that it conducted an air strike against jihadi john, the notorious killer of so many hostages seen in those terrible beheading videos. now we know that the families of the american hostages have been notified. the british government was

notified. the japanese families obviously are getting word as well. of what has happened. u.s. officials are being very clear. they believe they got him with a drone strike against the vehicle he was in, in raca, syria, isis' capital, its self-declared capital. but they are not 100% sure. they are looking for confirmation with no u.s. troops or intelligence personnel on the ground in syria. they will have to look at social media posting, intercepted communications, any indicators out there in the public arena, any announcement that he may have died. they still believe, however, there's a very good chance they got him. barbara starr, the pentagon. >> ben wedeman joins us live from cairo with analysis. give us some bev on the significance of the strike. >> this is a man who played a very high profile role in these streds of the beheadings of stephen sotloff and james foley and others, which really did galvanize the u.s. certainly

into taking decisive action into isis. i think there you're starting to see this entity which really expanded dramatically in the sum ore of 2014 is starting to be stopped and pushed back. the lats major conquest they did this year was in ramadi, the capital of the province by the same name to the west of baghdad. you have to look at the hieof hy of isis, and that's composed of people like him, born in kuwait, grew up in uk. the hierarchy, the leadership of isis is largely made up of iraqis, many of them with the background in saddam hussein's security services. so he was a very useful tool, so to speak for isis in terms of putting out these videos in a language that was familiar to many in the west. but in terms of the leadership,

in terms of the people who make their real decisions in isis, he really didn't play a large role. in terms of isis, you have to look at beyond him at the larger military campaign that's being conducted against isis. we' seen that isis has not since may when they took the city of ramadi west of baghdad has not been able to gain major areas under its control and is slowly being pushed out. they've lost tikrit. they are now under pressure inform sinjar from kurdish fighters supported by u.s. air power in syria. they're also kurdish forces and arab syrians who are pushing them back. at this point, this comes as just another blow to isis. now that in a sense it's lost its momentum, prince george. >> but for people who looked at

emwazi when all these videos were coming out. the videos are a very important part of their recruiting techniques. for people who are just learning this news, you know, what does this do to those who might have been interested in joaning isis. >> it may cause them to think twice about perhaps traveling to syria or iraq to join isis. and these individuals like jihadi john or mohammed emwazi certainly wore symbols as kind of the perverse power that isis gave to people who otherwise in their home countries didn't have. that attraction may be losing a bit of its shine. losing a bit of its shine because of this strike if perhaps he is dead. but also looking again at the broader picture. isis is on the defensive. it's being pushed back in iraq, pushed back in syria.

so the temptation of some sort of jihadist glory and the battle in syria and iraq may not be quite what it used to be these days. george? >> jihadi john, where did he come from? a former teacher calls him quiet and reserved. we went to london to find out more about the man who hid behind the mask. >> reporter: it's an ordinary scene in a west london high scoop. teenage boys goofing around with a basketball. one with a backpack shows off some fancy footwork. then someone calls out the name to match the now famous mouse. d face. mohammed emwazi, confirmed to be jihadi john. in this video, you can see him throw a playful bunch when a

bottle is chucked at him. but in front of the camera, he covers his face. emwazi was shy, but not a problem student said his head teacher. she describes the moment she heard her former student wuss the man behind the mask for isis. >> he was reserve pd .he didn't have a huge circle of friends. but he had a few good friends. he was bullied a little bit because he was quiet and he was reserved. but generally he was fine. >> the knives will strike the necks of your people. >> it was his distinctive british voice that led him to be identified. since then, a fuller picture is being emerging. he's described as being a polite young man. a purported audio recording from 2009 released by british muslim advocacy group. >> i said this is the wrong thing, what happened is wrong. >> reporter: but for the people who knew him, it is difficult to fathom that the football-loving

teenager they knew as mohammed emwazi has emerged as the man behind the mask. cnn, london. kurdish forces say peshmerga forces are now in sinjar iraq. just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. the kurds, backed by u.s.-led coalition air strikes are on day two of operation free sinjar to reclaim the key city from isis militants. they estimate there are about 600 isis fighters inside sinjar. it's a big step towards disrupting the isis caliphate that it says it's trying to create. we'll have more reporting from the ground with these fighters later this day.

we have some new details after a deadly attack in beirut. a would-be suicide bomber who was held after the attack claims he was sent there by isis along with three other attackers. the video appears to show the surviving bomber but cnn cannot confirm its authenticity. we must warn you that some of the footage you're watching is graphic. jim schuto reports. >> reporter: the explosion struck during the height of rush hour. on an open market just south of beirut. coordinated, powerful and deadly. first one suicide blast draws a crowd of onlookers. then a second blast strikes that

crowd, maximizing saz you'llties. -- casualties. a third bomber, killed by the blast before he could detonate his own explosionives. but a fourth was allegedly captured, seen here taken away as security forces fire into the air to clear the crowd. this man said he was praying when the blast blew a door right over his head. the victims carried by bystanders over rubble from damaged buildings and rushed to nearby hospitals. >> the suicide bombing went off, the area is mostly empty. it's been cordoned off by the army. otherwise, there's a lot of shattered glass on the street, a lot of blood. and it's really just a scene of chaos and carnage. >> reporter: within hours, isis claimed responsibility. the lebanese fish fighting alongside bashar al assad there. >> isis doesn't have boreds. you say isis, i say isil, they

call themselves i.s., islamic state. they cover all the areas muslims live today in the world. lebanon is just going to be seen as another battlefield. >> sources have told cnn of that arrest of the fourth suicide bomber and the additional detail, the captured alleged fourth bomber said they were dispatched from syria by isis to carry out this attack. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> for more on this story, let's bring in ian lee live from cairo. so this happened in a predominantly shia neighborhood. there are claims that isis had a hand in it. what's latest reaction from what happened. >> well, george, today in lebanon is a day of mourning. and we're seeing all the

political parties, the factions in lebanon come out strongly in condemning this attack. an investigation is looking at how these men were able to come from syria, how they got their explosives. a lot of that is going to come from that man they captured. they will interrogate him, they will try to find out where his cell operated, how they were able to do that, try to trace back everything so they can shut down this cell. but we have seen violence by isis predominantly along the border region. but this is one of their strikes in the heart of lebanon in beirut. it is retaliation for the operations that hezbollah has been carrying out in neighboring syr syria. they have been on the offensive against ices is. they have been making ground.

and so this deadly attack coming back to hit hezbollah on its home base. >> ian lee, live for us in cairo, egypt. thank you for your reporting there. we want to go now to arwar damon. many migrants have been arriving off the coast of greece. what can you tell us? >> yet another boat has just landed as passengers mostly from afghanistan. you see a woman being treated right there by these medical teams. a lot of those who are arriving are finding themselves, because of the emotion, because of various other illnesses that they may have, very weak and frazzled and frail. this was also a boat that was packed with children. very similar to the one that we saw earlier up along the coast lean. as i was say, most of these people have fled from

afghanistan. one afghan family who we talked to earlier told us about how they had walked almost the entire way to try to get to turkey. but you can just see the scene spelled out on this one small portion of coast lean. there have been about three boats that have arrived just right here in the last hour or so. many more arriving at various different landing points. and volunteer teams have stationed themselves throughout. and as these boats are coming in, they try to call them to land on certain specific areas that are ease sirr to navigate. because those who are so-called captaining or driving the boats are often, in fact, all the time, the refugees themselves. and once they're here, they will be getting that additional assistance, medical. if they do need it, the children, we constantly see the ones being lifted off of the boat first. everyone trying to make sure that they're warm. these boats get so packed by the

smugglers that by the time they do reach greece's shores, they very often have taken in quite a fair amount of water. and then, of course, they're very, very emotional scenes as people hug each other. we saw earlier, one man kneel down and kiss the ground. so grateful he was. you see two men who were just hugging right there. 18 people lost their lives here. and the reality of the danger they're facing as they do try to come across does weigh very heavily on everyone. . no parent would put their child

through this kind of danger if they thought they had any other choice. and the vast majority of these people are the refugees of the wars in syria and iraq and most of this boat load, afghanistan. these are people who cannot go home. earlier about an hour ago, we saw a boat load arriving, filled mostly with yazhidis from sinjar. that's the area the massive offensive is underly under way. one said if i thought i could go home, i would. but sinjar is close to mosul and i don't believe isis will be cleared out of there in the next decade. i need to raise my child as a human being, and that's what most of these parents, these people are looking for. that very basic simple reality of a life of dignity and potential for their children. >> it is a complicated situation on the syrian side of things, a

very complicated war. a complex situation situation as the countries in europe figure out the best plan to handle the influx of people. but the story you're showing us there is the human aspect in the middle here. as a father myself, these are parents making sure their children are safe, making very dangerous journeys. arwar, thank you so much for your reporting there. you're watching cnn news room. we'll be right back after the break.

>> a five-minute video was released by isis on thursday. it shows russian cities with chants in russian promising that, quote, blood will spill like an ocean. cnn has not been able to independently verify the video. it comes two weeks after an isis affiliate claims to have brought down a russian jetliner in sinai. the video does not mention the plane.

john allen spearheaded the group. the general said isis can't be fought until it addresses the underlying issues that help it thrive. listen. these underlying political sub currents, the underlying causes that take hope from large seg. s of the population, that give large elements within countries no access to the institutions of government, no hope for a decent job, no way to bring their children up, no hope for education. if we don't get to the left of those symptoms and try to solve these underlying circumstances, working collaboratively with those who are in the region, who best understand the region, then we're going to be condemned to fight forever. >> now we move on to deeping allegations in russia. russian athletes and coaches

could learn their fate on friday. the world governing body for track and field will actually give that information, will consider whether to ban them from the 2016 olympics. on monday, the world anti-doping agency released a report alleging state sponsored cheat cheating and cover-ups in russia. from football to cycling and now track and field. we've heard a number of cheating scandals and corruption allegations in sports. two of the biggest sports federations are embroiled in crises right now. >> the olympics and the world cup are the pinnacle of global sports event. they're glamorous and aspirational and worth billions of dollars. but the headlines aren't being made on the track or the field anymore. and the players are out of view and the shadows in the gutter. >> cheating athletes and corrupt administrators are nothing new.

but it's never been this big or this bag before. sepp blatter, although he says is clean, he's under criminal investigation. football and athletics are the two biggest international sports federations and they're in decay. now the chickens are coming home to roost. bribery is expected in the victorious bids for russia and qatar. previous tournaments are now also under the microscope. some of the sports influential power brokers are many jail or awaiting extradition. the future couldn't be any more precarious. and it's not just the occasional errant track star. it's athletes, coaches, trainer, doctors, a state-sponsored doping program in russia according to the world's ant anti-dope agencies. russia is a global sport super

power, bank rolled by the government. now russian athletes could be banned from the summer games in rio. athletes are cheating, administrators are crooked. the fans don't know what to plooef and in's too much money at stake for the sponsors and the broadcasters to walk away. so who's going to clean it up? everywhere you look are potential conflicts of interest. the international center of sports security which builds itself as a bastion of integrity is largely funded by qatar, whose successful world cup bid is under criminal investigation. the new president said he's a brand ambassador for nike. the anti-doping agency gets 50% of its funding from governments. so the regulators are controlled

by the regulated. as the world anti-doping agency so chillingly put it, this is probably just the kip of the iceberg. >> now to the historic results of myanmar's hos iring election. the party with enough seats to now choose the next president, the new president. sunday's vote was hailed as the biggest election in decades and hailed as the military's acceptance of democracy. with the iowa caucuses less than 100 days away, presidential candidate donald trump takes another round of shots at opponent ben carson. more on that as this broadcast continues around the world on cnn international and cnn usa.

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>> welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. the headlines we're following for you, the pentagon says the u.s. forces targeted the that t notorious jihadi john. he appeared in isis videos allegedly showing the murders of hostages. emwazi is a british citizen, believed to have been born in kuwait. the pentagon has not publicly confirmed emwazi's death. a video appears to show the surviving suicide attack in beirut. two suicide blasts killed more than 40 people and left more than 200 people wounded.

a lebanese national apparently shown here was taken into custody. cnn cannot independently confirm the video's authenticity. commander estimate 600 isis fighters are still inside sinjar. the terror group seized sinjar in august of last year. poem who knew jihadi john when he was younger were shocked to hear that he was the man in the isis videos. his path to terrorism appears to have started more than five years ago, with a trip to africa. authorities had him in their grip twice since then. jim sciutto reports. >> reporter: he's been the voice of some of isis' most brutal terror videos -- calm, ruthless and with a distinct and surprising british accent.

>> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> now authorities have identified the terrorist known as jihadi john as mohammed emwazi, a 26-year-old british national born in kuwait but raised in london. though u.s. officials would not publicly discuss his suspected identity, the white house said jihadi john is a top terror target. >> in the mind of the president, he ranks high on the list. he's responsible for the murder of innocent americans and the president is determined to bring him to justice. >> emwazi until his travelled to syria enjoyed a life of privilege. his friends said they never saw signs of his future as a terrorist. >> he was such a beautiful young man, really. you know, it's hard to imagine the trajectory.

it's not a trajectory that's unfamiliar for us. >> emwazi's path traveled to tanzania to go on safari. but he was detained on arifle, held overnight then deported to the uk. authorities suspecting his true intention was to travel to somalia. in 2010, he was detained again by counterterrorism officials in britain. just two years later, he traled to syria where he joined isis. his friends claim mistreatment by british authority, set them on a path to terrorism. >> our entire national security strategy for the last 13 years has only increased ail yan

nation, has only increased people feeling like they don't belong. >> of just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us now live by phone from inside sinjar. nick, where you are on the front lines with those fighter, tell us what you're seeing and what you're hearing. >> about two hours ago, george, we saw columns of peshmerga moving inside the city. i can't give away the exact locations, but there were large numbers of them, and they were heading in multiple different directions towards the center. 34 there's been heavy gun fire and the most recent half an hour, some of it seems celebratory, heavy gunfire, certainly as they move in towards the remaining pockets isis, as most people call them, this town what's left of it, and it has been half flattened by

the intensity of the clashes and the air strikes, of course, normally brought on. there's very little left of it to celebrate the spoils of victory. we don't know how many isis is still left here. we do know it's littered with explosi explosive devices. a fighter in the background fire you're hearing there is what we've been hearing for the past two hours. in fact, we spoke to a canadian here and a swedish person fighting along the pesh merger through their own choice, volunteers. they talk about over a potential i. i.d.s that they found here. we've seen no real sign of an end. the fighting is still going. the isis seem to be more towards the center of the town. and there is certainly some resistance from the gunfire we're still hearing this this operation has moved faster than some have thought. very few people thought on day

two they would already be inside the city itself. most people put that down to one thing, that's coalition air power. it's moved in and flattened anything can resembles an isis firing position or vehicle. an intense fight, though, has been had here this morning. it may still be under way. and the question is, are isis waiting in the town along with their explosive devices for the pa pashmerga to head in? that's what we'll know in the hours ahead. >> i'll ask you one other question. we do hear the gun fire in the background. you tell us when you need to move on. but this other question to you, if you can, just to explain the significance of these fighters to retake sinjar to our viewers around the world. >>. >> reporter: this is a city so much in the global spotlight when isis moved in last year. the atrocities inflected on the

yahzidi population. some even used as sex slaves by isis since they moved in. along it must be said along with other kurd herb fighters in their midst. it's symbolic because of the reversal of the isis being able to move as it pleased but also because of a strategic point here. we are about 500 meter, maybe less away from the main route between raqqa, where the isis had itself declared a caliphate, all the way down to mosul in iraq, another key isis town. it's now held by the pashmerga, it's pretty much impassable for anybody who wishes to navigate it with their support. that's a huge loss for isis and this town, too, imseems -- although there may be some heavy fighting ahead for some small pockets, this towns seem to be increasingly in the hands of pashmerga. >> we appreciate your reporting live by phone with us to explain what's .haing on the ground with

those fighters as they retake sin gar. you're watching cnn newsroom. and still ahead, our cnn freedom project looks at human trafficking in mexico. and the woman who confronted the man who dragged her into prostitution.

republican presidential candidate donald trump jumped at the chance to ridicule rival ben carson over events from his past during a campaign rally in iowa. he dramatically stepped away from the podium and flipped his belt puckle, mocking ben carson when he said he once tried to and failed to stab someone.

ben carson said the knife was broken by a belt buckle. >> i have a belt. someone hits you with a belt, it's going if. the belt moves this. it moves this way. it moves that way. anybody have a knife and want to try it on me? believe me, it ain't going to work. you ain't going to be success. but he took the knife like this and he plunged it into the belt and amazingly the belt stayed totally flalt and the knife broke. how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap? >> a show and tell there by donald trump. >> ben carson's campaign responded sharply to trump's attack saying the real estate mogul was lashing out and, quote, rambling because of carson's surge in the polls.

all with this wook our cnn freedom project series has been focused on human trafficking. authorities say tenancingo is a major source of prostitution in the united states. we were introduced to one woman finally able to confront the man who recruited her. >> it's an apocalyptic scene, young men dressed as pitchers beating each other in a show of dominance. but for one, seeing this mardi

gras festival is a reminder of her time in hell. >> what does tenancingo mean to you? >> evil. evil. people without heart. i think. >> reporter: in 2008, gonzalez was forced into prostitution by a network of human traffickers based in tenancingo. >> translator: i was there for a month and a half. >> patricia says many involved in this celebration come from powerful families who enrich themselves by, eploiting women and girls in mexico and the united states. usually it starts with pitchers in training, trolling shopping districts and local fairs looking for shy or vulnerable girls. patrici a's trafficker approached her in a park near her home. once seduced, the young men will propose and take her to tenancingo to live with his family.

girls think they' found true love. instead it's prostitution. many are taken to the filthy alleys of mexico's slum marketplace, often the proving ground before being moved to the u.s. >> translator: when the first cust me, the first man approached me to ask how much i charged, i remember all i could do was look at him and cry. >> reporter: the first day patricia said she had more than 40 customers. her trafficker took all the money. >> i remember they said, fresh meat has arrived. >> how many girls did you manage to have working for you at the same time? >> agent eight or ten. >> this is the man who trafficked patricia. >> when you were doing this, when you were right in the middle, what did the girls mean to you? >> they mean income. they mean merchandise. >> reporter: gustavo who i agreed to be interviewed provided we do not use his real name is serving a ten-year sentence for the trafficking of minors and forced prostitution in mexico. he wanted to meet with patricia

because he says his time in prison has made him realize the pain he caused her and his other victims. why did you do it, she asks? >> i was blind by my ambition because i wanted to have power. no matter the means or how. no matter the harm i was causing you or other people. i'm aware of all the harm that i caused you. but i know that i can remedy that or try to remedy that somehow. not erase it. but i can prevent that many other girls don't fall into the same trap, or fall into the hands of a trafficker that will exploit them, like it happened to you. with me. >> translator: i forgive you it doesn't mean i've forgiven you everything that you did. it allows me to be at peace with myself. i think that this is a very

important part of the process that say i have overcome the harm caused. i don't see myself as a victim anymore. i have overcome that. >> reporter: despite the obvious divide that remain, both gustavo and patricia agree what has taken place for generations in tenanci in pgo and elsewhere cannot be allowed to continue. cnn, mexico. i'm only in my 60's.

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>> the indian prime minister is said to have lunch with the queen of england in a few hours. they say modi has not done enough to protect minorities in india. but modi and his british counterpart want the visit to be an economic success.

they announced trade deals worth about $13 billion. . >> with strong relations such as yours, we must set higher ambitions. we are two democracies, two strong economies. >> we want to fortunately a more ambitious modern partnership, harnessing our strengths and working together for a long term to help shape our fortunes at home and abroad in the 21st century. >> robby, it's good to have you with us. it's a big visit for both sides.

talk to us about the significance of all of this. >> yes. it's a very significance visit for both sides. he travels allot abroad. this is the 28th country he's visiting. he brought a trade deal announcement. and the other one is a big ticket speech at mad sop square garden in new york. at events like that, he attracts indian audiences in stroves. today we're expecting about 60,000 people to attend his speech at wembley. and typically at these speeches, he appeals to indian audiences and tells them the economy is booming. and there's many reasons to be

crowd of india. >> there will also be protests. talk to us about why the protests will be happening. >> exactly. modi projects himself as a bit of a rock star at these events. but on the other hand, outside wembley, we're expect iing thousands of protesters who say he's encouraged, or at least not done enough to discourage intolerance at home. what we mean is that many recent weeks there's been a number of muslims killed on suspicious of eating beef or transporting beef. after lot of people both in india and the uk say mr. modi could have done and should be done lot more to discourage that

activity if. when he was speaking at a press conference, he did strongly denounce any form of intolerance. so at least that's one sign that things might be moving in the right direction. >> google and its self-driving cars, they have one of the best records on the road. no tickets, over 1.2 million nile mooils. but one feature keeps the prototype safe almost -- ended the streak, i should say. the car speed tops at 25 miles an hour and after a long line of traffic formed behind one, the california police officer pulled google over. you see it here. luckily for the record, it was just a warning. the speed cap is intended for safety. google says it adds a friendly and approachable feel. that is, as long as you're not driving behind one. the rescue of an orphaned animal is in itself awe inspiring.

but wait until you see this cuddly little koala in australia. it's been cared for by two keeper since her mother died. celebrations are in order as the little joey turns one. these adorable images are from her first photoshoot at ten months old. looks luke imogen could have a long modeling career ahead. just beautiful there. we end with that. i'm george howell at the cn center in atlanta. "early start" is coming up for viewers in the u.s. and around the world. stay tuned. "newsroom" continues.

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