it would have been very interesting. >> and maybe you would have won. >> we'll never know. one step closer to mosul. iraqi troops advance on a town north of that embattled city. the closest they've come yet to the finish line. a few hours left, a cease-fire comes to an end in aa lepo and the u.n. condemns what it calls crimes of historic proportions. and mixing up words, the philippines president says he must clarify some pretty harsh comments that he made about the united states. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. first to iraq, the battle to retake that nation's second largest city from isis. the iraqi military now advancesing on a town just north of mosul. this is believed to be the closest that security forces have gotten to that city. within the past hour, we've learned that the military has launched a large scale offensive to retake the city of qaraqosh. that is about nine miles to the east of mosul. so far, they have killed at least 50 militants and have raised st iraqi flag. the u.s. secretary of defense, ash carter, is also in baghdad for a surprise visit and getting an update about the battles that are taking place. we get the latest this hour from cnn's arwa damon live in iraq following the story. good to have you with us. what can you tell us about these new pushes by the iraq-led forces?

>> well, it certainly is bringing them closer to, of course, what is going to be the main and most difficult battlefield, iraq's second largest city of mosul. and they have been encountering the closer they've been getting to the city itself on the different.fronts an even stronger resistance from isis. the organization's best weapon are these suicide car bombs that are sometimes laying in wait when they think they've cleared the city, all of a sudden a vehicle comes careening to their positions they've set up and isis has shown abilities to launch attacks elsewhere, citing the city of kirkuk. there were fierce battles there yesterday and still fierce clashes going on. but to give you an idea of what the front line looks like, we

were down with the iraqi special forces who are with the counterterrorism unit as they advanced on the christian town of batalah. attack helicopters swoop overhead and fire. a truck bomb is dead nated by forces on the ground. that's what's left of it. 25-year-old corporal mohammed yasser says as we push forward. his humvee has been hit so many times, he can barely see through the bullet proof glass. when we finish lebraiding mosul, i'm going to ask for me sweethea sweetheart's hand in marriage. he dreams of the future, but now has to focus on surviving the present. a bulldozer barricades side roads. to defense against one of the biggest ongoing threats, suicide car bombers. >> it's one of the ways that

isis was mounting its weapons, firing at troops as they were coming down. >> we're with the counter terrorism division's special forces. the men are tired.. they have been fightinging nonstop since isis swept through iraq more than two years ago. but morale is high. they're now just 20 kilometers from mosul. the forces have been pounding this area. this is the front line and being this close to the fightinging, one can't help but to think, but to wonder about the fate of the civilians who potentially might be trapped inside. thankfully, it seems there are none. the vast majority fled this peaceful christian enclave two years ago. that's when we were last here, just after isis captured mosul when yusef and his friend tried to pretend that everything was

normal. when 22-year-old mariana swore that she would stay even if she was the only one left. it was a tranquil sanctuary. this shattered community, this shattered country has already suffered so much. staff sergeant d can ahran doesn't tell his wife and four children he's at the front. he does not call them to say good-bye before heading into the fight. what would you tell your wife and children if you could call them now, i ask? >> god willing, i will return home when we have liberated all of iraq families, he responds. but lebraiding the land is only the first part of the battle. >> and, george, part of the challenge, of course, of

liberating the land is part of the civilian population. upwards of 1.2 million people still believed to be trapped inside mosul and the united nation reporting about 550 families were taken from villages outside of mosul, positioned in areas in the city where there may potentially be coalition air strikes. we are hearing from an iraqi intelligence source that around 248 men and boys were executed for trying to resist isis' efforts to force them and their families to be human shields, george. >> it's terrifying to hear about this news of these excuses happening. these civilians also are caught up in the middle and obviously the efforts to try to have supplies in place for them as they try to escape mosul. arwa damon live for us in irbil, iraq. thank you for the reporting. we wish you safety and those teams and we'll stay in touch with you. and when it comes to iraqi and peshmerga fighters, they

aren't just battling forces on the ground, they are also up against bomb dropping drones in the skies as our own nick paton walsh reports. >> 30 militants sustained attack against key security and government buildings. seven of them dead, many casualties. sort of a way i think of suggesting isis will strike where it was. the violence continuing around mosul itself. as we saw ourselves yesterday, isis able to use drones both to spot the positions on of those attack them but deliver explosives of tense, bloody times on those front lines. day four and perhaps the biggest push yet. from the north into the plains around mosul. trying to dislodge the

determined and deranged remnants of isis. the peschmerga back with staggering air power. but our common sight of american special forces through the pentagon says are advising, not assaulting position on the front of the attack. the work was slow. destructive. begging the question what becomes of the wreckage under new masters. suddenly, in the sky, a hail of bullets. they've spotted a drone. tracer rounds dance around it and finally take off its nose. isis used them to spot target for artillery, even drop small bombs. this one tumbles down. its wreckage picked over.

it's still unclear whose it is. yet progress down the road is agonizingly slow. this is the source of so much fighting this morning, but still full of isis and, in fact, we've heard the peschmerga listened to those militants this morning discussing how they should wait with and only launch a counterattack once the peshmerga are inside. they were killed by a mine and others injured by clashes when they flank the town heading left across bare b farmland. isis still here, haunting the dust, pushed back moments earlier. we reached one unit penned down on a hill. they say the drones observing them, but also dropping tiny bombs on them.

like grenades. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land turned arid. the united states identifying the casualty there reported yesterday as chief petty officer jason "c" -- that's basically a d-mining squad. we've seen ourselves, so many american special forces and armored vehicles often going in with the first group of peshmerga in territory. the white house admits they are in harm's way. but it is clear that this will be long and bloody. >> nick paton walsh fort us

report.. thank you for that. as major fighting continues in both iraq and syria, one neighbor is watching and worrying. turkey has accepted hundreds of thousands of rev ewe dwees for iraq and syria. the government has been demanding a seat at the table when it comes to military operations that are taking place against isis. following the story this hour, ivan watson is with us.. let's talk about turkey sharing a border with those demanding a voice in this fight. >> that's right. there was a very public disagreement, argument, basically, between the turkish and iraqi governments after turkey insisted that it might be part of this operation in mosul. and then the iraqi government fightinging back saying this would be an infringement on iraqi sovereignty. what we saw on friday unfold

here is that the u.s. defense secretary paid a meeting here to try and shore up support to help resolve some of these differences between different american allies in the region in the middle of this critical and deadly battle taking place in mosul. after that meeting, carter told journalists that it appeared that there was an agreement in principal for turkey's future participation in the mosul operation but that the practicalities still had to get sorted out. now, why would turkey be so concerned? part of it is that it has taken in millions of refugees, mostly from syria, but also from hundreds of thousands of refugees from iraq. mosul is considered to be a largely sunni muslim city in the north of iraq that turkey has long standing historical and cultural ties with. the turkish president, air due want sees himself as a protector

even though the iraqi government, the see use it dominated government has vowed that will not take place. so these are part of the tensions here and some of the concerns that the u.s. defense secretary was trying to address this who. and he has since made a surprise visit to bath to then talk to iraqi counterparts as this mosul battle unfolds. george. >> so that's the situation with turkey. ivan, i'd also like to talk to you about what's happening in aleppo. the civilians that are caught in the middle of all this. i'd like to show our viewers here and around the world this map of aleppo. this is a city that is surrounded by various forces. you see rebel hd controlled areas around that you see regime forces and kurdish forces, humanitarian situation in the middle of that city has got to

be dire for people who are just unable to escape. what can you tell us, ivan, from your discussions about people, about what's happening in aleppo, about the people in the middle, and why many of them haven't used humanitarian corridors to escape. >> the siege of aleppo and those just punishing deadly air strikes that the russian military, that the syrian government has been carrying out over the course of the last two months, it has, fortunately, calmed over the the course of the last four or five days since the russians and -- defined a unilateral cease-fire and allowed populations trapped inside to come out. the united nations has declared that it's simply not safe to evacuate wounded civilians through these humanitarian

corridors, no matter what the russians and the syrian government may say. and the residents we've talked to inside have indicated the same, some saying they would like to leave, but they simply don't trust the syrian government to escape to syrian government-controlled areas. so you've got a standoff there. but fortunately, at least for four or five days, that part of the city has not been bombarded by the russian and syrian government aircraft. there is fear that any hour now, the air strikes could begin again and we've also talked to civilians inside saying that even though there's been this unilateral cease-fire, there have been no deliveries of humanitarian aid into this besieged area so that there are still major concerns about just access to food with, again, after this two-month siege. the george. >> ivan watson, live for us in istanbul, turkey. we appreciate the reporting today. thank you. still ahead here on "cnn

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derek van dam to talk about this typhoon that slammed into eastern china and continues to move inland. this is a serious situation. >> it began in the philippines as a category 4 and then slammed into china as a category 1. but it created a monstrous scene there, which you'll see with this video coming up. there have been 22 named storms so far this season in the western pacific. the season lasts basically from may to october and over 7 billion u.s. dollars in damages from these 22 collective storms. and here is one of them. typhoon heima making landfall in the guangdong province. coming up over the costal barrier and those cranes getting whipped around ferociously. look at this, as well, the image behind me. if you've traveled to hong kong, you know this is a scare sight to see. very few pedestrians, very few cars traversing the roadways on

friday in the central business district. it looks like that's good news because people really did heed the warnings ahead of typhoon haima. that versed the south china sea before making its second landfall as a strong category 1. about 100 kilometers to the east of hong kong, but hong kong felt the effects of this storm. in fact, they saw so much rain in the month of october, we nearly, in fact, surpassed quadrupling our monthly climate logical average rainfall totals. we're at 550 right now. we typically see about 100 millimeters of rainfall throughout the month of october and we see that sharp decline and typically in rainfall totals as we head into october, november and december as they classify that as the dry season. now, you can actually see the remnants of typhoon haima, which is a depression can, by the way,

really starting to on disburse rainfall further and further to the east including shanghai. by the way, there are over 750 flights canceled at the hong kong international airport. you can imagine the snowball effect that has into the weekend. so double-check your plans. take a look at this. climate prediction center and noaa issued their temperature outlook. below average for the north and above average precipitation for the northern rockies, as well. i'll leave you with this image because i am a snowboarder myself. you'll appreciate this, i think, fwornlg. the first north american ski resort is open in the u.s. and that is rapahoe basin in colorado. those are the first people on the chairlifts. those guys are happy, too. >> it will be a little warmer in those places that we like to go and ski. . >> that's right. which is not good news for skiers and snowboarders.

we can only cross our fingers. >> thank you so much, derek van d dam. america's choice 2016 hacked e-mails posted by wikileaks show bad blood between hillary clinton and the former u.s. vice president al gore. in the e-mails dated last november, top clinton aides discuss gore's refusal to endorse her campaign. this marks the latest batch of hacked e-mails that u.s. officials say most likely comes from russia in an attempt to influence the u.s. election results. wikileaks says it will continue also to are release e-mails. donald trump's campaign team says he will reveal what they call his closing argument on saturday, a blueprint for his first 100 days in the white house if he is elected to be put of the u.s. the republican presidential candidate said friday that he would lay out his plan during a

speech in gettysburg, pennsylvania. trump didn't offer specifics, but campaign aides say he will present the key ten principals driving his candidacy and will share more details about his policies. trump has some unexpected competition in a u.s. state that has a deep tradition of voting republican. it's the state of utah where republicans hold the governor's office, both senate seats and every congressional district. so the question is this. why is donald trump in daker of losing utah? and we're not talking about losing it to hillary clinton. cnn's phil mattingly has more. >> donald trump has a very real utah problem, largely because of this man, evan mcmullen. >> our campaign is a three-month presidential campaign. >> haven't heard of him? you're not alone. in a year where candidates like jill stein and gary sullivan

have made waves, he's a campaign stop. he's in position to win utah. >> people like to say that utah is a republican state. or a deep red state. i say that it's a principled conservative state. >> for trump, trailing in the polls and with an extremely limited path to 270 electoral votes to begin with, it's a major headache, but it's one that has been percolating for months, now appears to be peaking. a drive through salt lake city produces political yard sign after political yard sign, yet no hint of the presidential race. it's a reflection captured in the polls of the general disgust with the tone of this race and one with roots in the state's dominant mormon faith and its gop leaders who have been kruled trump's fiery and deeply offensive rhetoric. >> i'm going to use some tictacs just in case i start kissing

her.. >> revelations about crude remarks. >> i'm out. i can no longer endorse donald trump for president. there's no possible way i vote for hillary clinton, but these are abdomen wore end. >> or outright denounce the candidate altogether. >> we knew all along, as did many americans, that donald trump was the type of guy who would talk about women the way dein that tape. enter mcmullin, a utah native, practicing more mom, former cia officer and capitol hill staffer. what he lacks in national profile he's made up for in increasing momentum in the state, steadily creeping up in the polls for months, trump's tape has sparked a moment for mcmullin and his running mate, mindy finn, one that has them leading in the state according to one recent poll. >> what they'll tell us is you're offering a glimmering of light the in what has been a sea

of darkness in this election. >> mcmullin's goals are twofold. first, open the door to this exceedingly unlikely scenario. >> and we've said that if the race is very, very close between hillary clinton and donald trump, we could win a state or two ask block them both and take the election to the house. >> but second, and given recent polling most importantly for mcmullin and fin, create an alternative to those turned off by trump. >> if hillary clinton is dominating donald trump, what the outcome here in utah and other states doesn't matter quite as much. we're saying even in that case, stand on principal, stand for what you know is right. stand for the kind of leadership you would like to see in this country and let's build from there. >> a lot to talk about here. joining me now live via skype from washington is cnn politics reporter eugene scott. eugene, always a pleasure to have you. let's talk about this situation with the state of utah. trump's troubles there, it has been 52 years since that state

supported any nominee other than republican. this would be significant if utah did not go for the republican. >> it really will be a big deal. as you mentioned, it will be history making. but i think it's important to realize that utah voters have not been on the trump train for a while. you remember that senator ted cruz stay won that state in a primary and we have seen that gradual lack of support increase following the videotape where donald trump discussed how he handles women within the conversation with billy bush. >> also, eugene, i want to talk about this situation with hillary clinton's e-mail troubles, these hacked e-mails from john podesta and this latest batch talking about the u.s. vice president al gore. this constant drip as we get close to election day, eugene, does this hurricane hillary

clinton significantly? are there any smoking guns so far? >> it doesn't seem to be. at this point, it's just mainly for voters interests at this point. nothing is coming out that has made her have a significant decrease in the polls for voters. nothing has come out that has been a smoking gun. but that certainly has not kept the trump campaign for criticizing hillary clinton and the e-mails and trying to create mistrust in her and what she could do as a president. >> no more debates to be had, eugene. it's just down to these candidates hitting the trail, doing their best to get those last-minute, those independent or swing voters. but when it comes to women voters and donald trump, from what we have seen from the last debate performance, does he have a problem with women voters and will he be able to overcome that? >> at this rate, it honestly does not appear to be something he can overcome. with each week, there seems to

be something coming from the campaign. the most recent example was the nasty woman comment lodged at hillary clinton. whether or not he can get more surrogates who can get with on the trail and encourage fewer women voters to leave his support remains to be seen. but honestly, at this point, it looks like a demographic that is lost but it's still early and perhaps we shouldn't call it yet. >> shouldn't call it yet, for sure. we have to wait until november 8th to see what happens. those candidates doing their best to get those last-minute voters. eugene scott, live for us in washington. eugene never sleeps. he's always here for our voters to give perspective around the world. thank you for your time. >> thank you. this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, the president of the philippines stunned the world when he announced his country would separate from a long-time ally. is he now walkinging back those

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." it's always good to have you with us. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. the iraqi military has launched a large scale offensive to retake the key city of kirokush about nine miles to the southeast of mosul. the military says it has killed at least 50 isis militant and it has destroyed some equipment. we're getting word of advancement on another town just to the north of mosul.

iraq's prime minister is offering extra security forces into kirkuk. 175 kilometers or about 170 meals to the southeast of mosul. this comes after isis mill at that points attacked police stations and kurdish security buildings in that city sparking gun battles. it is thought isis may be trying to divert iraqi forces away from mosul. tear gas could have caused evacuations of the london city airport on friday. officials say they found a can of cs gas spray which might have been discharged accidentally. authorities are investigating whether a passenger got rid of the canister before checking in. mexican authorities have arrested a possible mastermind behind the disappearance of 43 students. the former police chief of the city of iguala has been captured after two years on the run. officials are now hoping felipe flores vasquez could help the prosecutors.

it is believed the students were handed to a gang, they were then killed and their remains tossed into a river. we're continuing to follow the story out of london. tear goose could have caused the evacuation of that city's airport, the london city airport friday. officials say they found that can of cs gas spray. we'll continue to follow that if we hear more information from officials about what happened. moving on now, the president of the philippines, rodrigo due tear take appears to be walking back comments that he made about his country possibly separating from a long-time ally. the united states. in beijing thursday, mr. duterte seemed to suggest that he would receiver military and economic ties with the u.s. but at a news conference on friday, he insisted that will not happen. >> it's not severance of ties. severance of ties, you cut the diplomatic relations. i cannot do that. why?

it's in the best interest of my country that we maintain that relationship. why? because there are many filipinos in the united states. or americans of filipino ancestry. why? because the people of my country is not ready to accept -- i said separation. what i was saying was separation of a foreign policy. >> cnn's will ripley was at a news conference with president duterte. he said one thing. he's now saying another. what more can you tell us about what seems to be damage control and the fallout from it? >> and we saw that damage control, george, happening from officials here in the philippines even when president duterte was still in china, saying the philippines doesn't intend to walk away from any of its long standing treaties from the united states.

yet the anti-american rhetoric from the president here continued. at one point, he told american officials that they could go to hell. it's language that is very troubling for some filipinos, but others are on their president's side. a slice of americana in the middle of manila, serving up burgers, fries and friendship between the u.s. and the philippines. >> i announce my separation from the united states. >> a 70-year bond, the new philippines president duterte seems ready to exchange for tourism, hones from china. the new anti-american rhetoric doesn't sit well with him. >> i am very disappointed that he wants to cut the ties with the americans and enter into a relationship with china. >> he doesn't understand why duterte is so willing to

overlook china's aggressive claim to most of the south china sea. a recent poll found most filipinos have little trust in china and much trust in the united states. so by pivoting towards china and away from the u.s., the philippines populist president seems to be out of sync with many of the people who got him elected. near one of the philippine's largest roman catholic churches, a marketplace full of duterte's demographic, usually more than happy to speak about their president on camera. the silence, a sign of the divisive tone of duterte's presidency. locals say anyone who openly criticizes duterte is swiftly and sometimes viciously attacked. >> what do you think when he says he wants to separate from america? >> i don't think so. >> this street vendor worries

the president's words could hurt her country. poverty, crime and lack of infrastructure continue to plague this nation of 110 million. ian saying he's proud of his president for taking a stand against the u.s., even when duterte used vulgar language to describe president obama. what do you think when he using language like son of a whore when talking about the american president? >> i have nothing against that. it doesn't matter what you say, but it's how he is it. he's just being real. >> are you aware he could provoke other countries be being so real? >> it doesn't really matter. it's about standing up for your people. >> the same people who stand to win or lose from duterte's risky power play between the world's super powers. >> will ripley, with again, joining us live. it was interesting to hear the opinions of people about the president that they elected to office. but let's also talk about his

unscripted, many times ding rogtory comments that are made. what can you tell us about your experience, to be in that hall, in that news conference and to ask questions of president duterte. >> it was very interesting being in the room last night, george, and seeing and experiencing how people react to president duterte. it was overwhelmingly the filipino press core. these are people that listen to him say a lot of things. in the course of one answer about the european union, he used the "f" word, the "b" word and the "a" word all in three different sentences. then he kind of gave almost a little smile and the room broke out in laughter. it's almost as if people are so accustom to this language that they think he's joking. one person gave me the analogy that he's like the crazy uncle that says something at the dinner terrible and everyone looked down awkwardly at their plate. at one point a female reporter

asked her a question and he said hold on a minute, i want to look at her. keep in mind, people do admire very much his popularity ratings are very high here, above 80%, close to 90%. they admire the civic programs that he has championed. they think he's work to go crack down on crime and corruption in this country. but he has essentially given police officers here a license to shoot to kill without trial and he's accused of having death squads in the city where i am now. certainly a controversial figure here. >> controversial, indeed. will, thank you for the reporting. at least 70 people are dead and 300 others injured after a packed passenger train derailed in cameroon. rescue workers pulled dozens of people from the overturned cars. that train was traveling between the capital city and cam b roan's economic hub. it is still unclear what caused this accident.

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that's something very valuable to companies like at&t, google, apple and others. at&t very specifically has a huge wireless business, but wants to own more of the content that people consume through their iphones and through other devices. that's why at&t is making this effort right now and companies like apple are keeping a close eye on it. they could very well enter this fray, try to make their own play for time warner in the hours and days to come. back to you. police say a white powder that was sent to hillary clinton's campaign office in new york has tested negative for harmful substances. it was then sent to her brooklyn campaign headquarters, which was then evacuated. four staffers were examined by doctors. all are okay. police are also investigating this incident. people around the world are

closely following the u.s. election and some are drawing a comparison between donald trump and the president of nigeria. our david mackenzy has more on that. >> at the weekend market in the -- of nigeria, ibrahim mohammed has followed every u.s. election. he says business and politics should not mix. trump is a business person, he says. he learned how to trade. he's a trader. if he wants to be a politician, he should learn politics. as for trump's sexist comments, mohammed has a unique suggestion. if trump wants to say he doesn't respect woman b, he should go and divorce his wife and marry a man like him. here in nigeria just like all around the world, people are focusing on the american elections and there's parallels. recently, president mohammed

bahari says said his wife belongs in his kitchen. >> he woman should not -- >> eduma says nigeria's first lady shouldn't comment on politics, but hillary clinton's place, she says, is in the white house. >> for the first time in the history of america, a woman is coming out and positively to represent not only the women folk, but anybody who is democratic in nature. >> we did find one trump supporter. >> he supports trump. >> it is not right. >> two supporters, in fact. austin says one president clinton was just enough. >> who do you think is going to win the elections? >> i give it to trump. >> abujr sits in the north and christian side. he says trump's talk of banning muslims is just that, talk. still, god willing, he says,

hillary clinton will defeat trump. some say god is exactly what america needs right now. >> pray for them. >> david mackenzy, cnn, nigeria. >> he says let's pray for us. november 8, that will be the day this election is decided. still ahead, he has movie star looks, bright green eyes that some say are hypnotic and now a tea seller in pakistan has fans around the world. we'll introduce you as "cnn newsroom" continues. newsroom" continues. sthoo down came the rain... ...and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. luckily the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. water completely destroyed his swedish foam mattress. he got full replacement and now owns the sleep number bed. his sleep number setting is 25. call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. they keep telling me "drink more water."

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. in pakistan, a tea seller is burning up the internet and he's winning fans all over the world. robin kerno has this story for us. >> to overnight internet sensation, ashad khan was catapulted to fame after a photographer posted this shot on him on instagram last sunday along with the caption "hot tea." the photo went viral, generating thousands of likes, shares and comments with many admirers swooning over khan's good looks

and eyes. since this morning, girls and boys are coming and showing me the picture and taking pictures of me. >> khan says he's nationalered, but a little baffled by all the attention. >> i was very happy, but i didn't know how this happened or who took the picture or how it went so far. so i got quite worried. it was all very baffling. >> all the attention has paid off for khan. in less than a week, he's landed a modeling contract ask there's talk of a possible film career. sfwlt i haven't thought about movies because it's not been done by anyone in our family. if i can find some clean, honorable work, i will certainly do it. >> and thanks to social media, he may never have to serve another cup of tea again. >> from tea to the internet. we thank you for joining us. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for ow viewers in the united states, "new day" is next. for other viewers around the world, "the best of quest" is

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