mr. al abadi was just in baiji a few weeks ago and they are having extreme difficulty in those towns.also have to capture the towns in that south to north area. they're choking isis from several different directions to attempt to get back to mosul. but this is, as we've said many times, is going to be a long slog. what kimberly said earlier about the fight for sinjar, i think it's going to take longer. it's going to be like kobani was, a lot of bombardment. isis will not give this town up easily. even if they are destroyed, when the kurdish forces get into the town, they're going to find a lot of booby trapped buildings. they're going to continue to attack with vehicle-born ieds. this is going to be a tough fight. they cannot lose this route to mosul. >> general, thank you. kim, thanks to you as well. we'll continue to watch the breaking news. much more on that coming up. >>> we're following the breaking news also out of beirut, lebanon, where dozens of people have just been killed, nearly 200 people have been injured in a suicide bomb attack. we're getting new information. we'll have