>> he's straight forward he was in western iraq. w4 i was in northern iraq, he was in fallujah.d a sea between us. so we would work combat operations together along that border to get after the enemy in places they didn't think we'd get after them. he's very meticulous. very disciplined. he's got a great sense of humor. i found him fun to work with because he's commonsense and pragmatic. i was listening to your half hour engagement with the rest of the panel. i think john's going to get in there and he will not put up with some of the bs that's been going on in the white house. so he will exude a management style. he will help the president, i believe, get some things under control that we all know have been completely out of control since the president took office and he'll put a lot of discipline into the operation. he won't take the crap from some of the people that have been dishing it out. i see a picture of him and mr. scaramucci together. he will melt him with his eyes. that's the kind of guy he is. he's a marine and a very good one and he knows his business and beyond al

he was in western iraq when i had northern iraq.ah, i had my headquarters in tikrit. we had a seam between us, a border between us, so we would work combat operations together along that border to get after the enemy. so he's very meticulous in the way he approaches things. he's got a great sense of humor, and i found him to be fun to work with, because he's common sense and pragmatic. you know, i was listening to you earlier, half hour engagement with the rest of the panel, and it's interesting, because i think john's going to get in there, and he will not put up with some of the b.s. that's been going on in the white house. so he will exude a management style. he will help the president, i believe, and get some things under control that we all know have been completely out of control since the president took office. and he'll put a lot of discipline into the operation. he won't take the crap from some of the people that have been dishing it out. i kind of see a picture of him and mr. scaramucci together. i think he will melt him w

surrounded the group's syrian capital of raqqah, but isis still has small towns in eastern syria and western iraq. but mosul is the prize. by far, the largest city under isis control. this woman says no one suffered more than the people of mosul. tell that to the world. the fighting left nearly a million people homeless and leveled a huge city. but those are problems for tomorrow. today, iraqis are looking forward to a hard-won victory. matt bradley, nbc news. >>> in this country, another kind of battle is going on tonight against a raging wildfire that threatens dozens of homes in california. the fire doubled in size overnight, and a scorching heat wave sure isn't helping. we get more from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: out west, 40 wildfires fueled by scorching temperatures are burning across 11 states. >> there goes the shed. >> reporter: in northern california, at least ten structures destroyed by a fast-moving fire. >> we're seeing a fully-engulfed home at this time. >> reporter: farther south near santa maria, 200 homes evacuated when the so-called alamo fire exploded overnight, doubli

completely changed in the last couple weeks towards this idea of whether they keep soldiers in western iraq will not the original idea was they wouldn't on the spot a certain amount of interest from the european union that had its ideas about having its new shiny squeaky clean new e.u. army as. always we're looking at a certain contingent so the americans have done a sort of sea change there and i think that's probably because a lack of communication between trump the white house the pentagon and the state department but the other idea i mean the other thing you have to consider is that when you take a city like mosul you take in the way that it has been taken you are essentially sowing the seeds of insurgency in the longer term anyway you know when you look at the sheer numbers the horrific numbers of people who die it just because they were human fodder to be used as a shield for isis and a western backed iraqi army which didn't seem to care. about the sort of the numbers the scale of fifty sixty seventy innocent people to be killed just for one isis fighter under you want in some cases n

it is in different places in iraq and western iraq. the fight will keep on.ferent shia factions and the kurds. they we re shia factions and the kurds. they were always thinking what would happen next. 0nce isis is out of the scene, not only in mosul but in all of iraq, first of all there will be a confrontation between the americans and the iranians. the 0bamas administration did not think of iran is their target, but isis as their target. but with donald trump saying about how he will deal with iran. in this case, the prime minister of iraq will be a bit difficult position, who can't hit things in his favour? it is the wrong time for the kurds to push their position because isis is not yet finished. the shia are holding a conference in baghdad in ten days to create a new leadership. the shia are divided as well. in this situation we find it very difficult to imagine stability within a year 01’ to imagine stability within a year or two or three, but the prime minister is the only person that so far he is able to win the moderate iraqis, whether kurds, shia or

. >> iranian she militias fighting alongside iraqi forces are laying claim to towns in western iraq where isis remains in control and they want permission to take the fight inside sharia. if granted, it would be a coup for the iranians and a setback for the u.s. despite the impending victory in mosul, there's concern about what comes next. one look at the geopolitical cauldron, you'll realize how precarious the situation is and how far from stability the region really lies. >> benjamin hall in london. the fight against isis in syria also continues as coalition forces push in on the caliphate's declared capital, raqqa. john huddy is in the middle east prayed >> armored vehicles kicked up dirt. it is where isis launched a failed counteroffensive on friday. the heavily armed u.s. bacteria forces and kurdish units regained control of the eastern section of the city after an intense fight. they have surrounded the self-proclaimed capital. perhaps as many as 2500 fighters hunkered down in the city. >> translator: they are only firing mortar shells and rockets. they don't have forces. the battle

have surrounded the syrian capital of raqqa but isis still has small towns in eastern syria and western iraq. by far the largest city under isis control. this woman says no one suffered more than the people of mosul. tell that to the world. the fighting left nearly a million people homeless and leveled a huge city, but those are problems for tomorrow. today iraqis are looking forward to a hard won victory. matt bradley, nbc news. >> a 22-year-old man from texas was killed on a greek island, and now eight people v have been arrested in his death. those suspects are expected to face homicide charges. police say bacarri henderson of austin was beaten to death outside a bar after some sort of brawl this. happened yesterday morning. henderson had just graduated in may from the universi arizona. police say they are still looking for more suspects in this attack. >> police have now identified a man who was killed in a shooting in greenbelt. the man had been shot more than once. the man died at the hospital and police are now looking for the suspects in the shooting death. >> getting details on what

you are talking about cities and also in the vast desert province in western iraq and anbar province,sis still controls areas there. we have seen significant attacks targeting iraqi security forces, perhaps george an indication that this group still maintains and still possesses the capabilities to carry out devastating attack. very worrying thing for iraqis when you speak to them. especially in baghdad when you worry that if isis loses ground it'll revert back to its roots of an insurging group that will carry out devastating attacks like we've seen in the past in cities like the capital baghdad, george. >> it is 9:21 in emai amman, jo. >> lieutenant frrick fracona jos us from oregon. thanks for being with us, rick. yes, finally pushed out of mosul, and what have they lost us militarily and as a center from finally pushed out? >> well of course be with the city is devastated. it will cost over $1 billion in infrastructure. isis has been defeated thoroughly in the city. some escaped but those willing to fight mosul are dead. this is a good operation for the iraqis, but they suffered t

>> we're losing a lot of time and i think what, tending the baghdad government's control over western iraqndwork for another uprising by the sunnis who are simply not going to sit in quietly in an environment where they're being dictated too in effect all the way from tehran. you have same sort of problem in eastern syria. what it means is, we don't have a political strategy for what comes after the defeat of isis. the notion that you can simply assume that iraq is recreated as iraq and syria recreated as syria is not going to work. in facts the kurds will have independence referendum in just a few months. i think there is little doubt how that will come out. iraq ceased to exist as a state. we're acting like it is still there. melissa: john bolton, thank you. >> thank you, melissa. ashley: back here in the united states, more than 85 wildfires raging across the u.s. evacuating 4,000 residents near sacramento alone. good news, cooler temperatures in california are helping firefighters contain the blazes. crews make progress on fires in colorado, arizona and new mexico. melissa: mainstream

he served in western iraq at the worst times in am bbar province and fallujah. he's not going to put up with a staff that -- military generals don't put up with that kind of thing. but is his bigger problem in management the person in the oval office? will a four-star general directly be able to cope with the flexible management style that donald trump offers many days of the week? kelly also becomes essentially the third, if you will, key four-star in a place of power. retired but recently retired. we have general james mattis, of course, also retired marine, secretary of defense, current four-star general joe dumfort. three generals in very crucial jobs. john kelly has the chops with the military committees on capitol hill. he's grown the chops to deal with the committees on capitol hill, the deal with immigration, the deal with homeland security. but as for the rest of it, he may have a road ahead of himself to get up to speed on that while he's dealing with a white house in some sense of disarray. let me just briefly put a human face on general john kelly, s

meantime, in western iraq arc suicide bomber disguised as woman killed 14 people and injured at leaster than who is. serena williams won't defend her title because she's expecting that leaves the field wide open on the men's side writ britain andy murray will defense his tile against a field that includes raphael nadal and roger federer. >>> and finally, the first pitch at the astros games toed by one of the victims of the shooting at the republican congressional baseball practice in alexandria last month. congressional aid zac barth is from houston. he received a standing ovation from the crowd when called to ask what number barth wanted on his jersey he said 14. he said it's a number that represents a day that changed his life a day to remember what happened and what he calls the luckiest day of his life because he survived. >>> you look at that two did you have ways. because it happened, no, because he survived. so good way to look at that. >> absolutely. >>> 10:05 right now let's what's trending now. >> what's ten owing on monday. all about the red, white and blue as we approach t

meanwhile in western iraq a suicide bomber disguised as a woman has killed 14 people and injured at least0 more. that bombing happened at a camp west of baghdad that housed iraqis fleeing towns still controlled by isis. >>> president donald trump has spoken with the president of china about a weekend incident in which a u.s. navy destroyer sailed by territory in the south china sea. the u.s. staig them came within 12 miles of triton island. that island at the center of a three way dispute between china taiwan and vietnam. u.s. officials say it was a routine rite of innocent passage. destroyer incident was one of several topics the leaders talked about. >> front four cars of a 15 car derailed 267 passengers were on board the train. some people suffered minor injuries. authorities say it could have been a lot more catastrophic though than it was. as of this time we do not know what exactly caused the derailment. the train was traveling between vancouver and eugene, oregon. >> this morning a pennsylvania man is under arrest he's accused of killing an 18-ear-old girl in a case of road rage. t

. —— three years ago. 0nce known as an economic and cultural centre of north—western iraq, mosul hadered with rubble? the bbc‘sjonathan beale is in the heart of the war—torn city, and has witnessed rescue teams searching for survivors in wrecked buildings. ali says he spoke to his brother on this phone when he was trapped somewhere under the rubble. and then he stopped answering. this territory just there is under is control, just a small parcel of land. the families are making their way through any way they can. and as you can see, they are really desperate. these families said they had little food or water. they've left behind loved ones under rubble. many will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of their lives. let's talk now to raffaello pantucci, director of international security studies at the foreign affairs think tank the royal united services institute. from newcastle we have dr ahmed sabaawi, who was born and raised in mosul and his parents and brothers and sisters are still living in the city. in erbil, which is around two and a half hours' drive from mosul, is ca

. >>> in iraq, western backed forces, or helping with the key city of mosul. >> the iraqi soldiers wereampered by serious resistance from the militants. >> iraq second biggest city mosul has been affected. militants have control of less than one square mile. there is little left to defeat. the old city will be in our hands soon. god willing these rats are finished.>>> reporter: isis overran mosul in a matter of days when they swept across northern and central iraq in 2014. now, i iraqi forces say only a few hundred militants remain in the small patch of territory. we know there are a few hundred that remain in mosul. their fate will be very much like previous battles. late tuesday iraq prime minister congratulated them on a big victory in mosul despite ongoing clashes. the prime minister, in june declared an end to the extremist group self-styled islamic caliphate.>>> i congratulate all of the fighters. for achieving the victory in mosul and bringing down the state.'s>>> reporter: the un estimates 10,000 civilians are on track and enclave in mosul. in london, fox news.>>> ktvu fox2 at 5

. >> these young women who live in the western city of iraq in afghanistan traveled 500 miles just to apply for their visas. but even after they were denied they continued to work might inspire other students in their country and around the world. after president trump intervened the girls left cobble arriving at dulles more than 20 hours later. >> this is what those girls from afghanistan have worked so hard to be part of. it's an international robotics competition, teams from more than 160 countries are competing here at constitution hall in dc. they all start out with the same box of carts. they all have to build a robot to perform a specific task and, as you can hear, the competition is fierce. >> three of the girls watched nervously from the risers. the contestants partnered with other teams to foster a global spirit. these young women say they're learning a lot from the other teams at the conference and that they hope to teach the world something about afghanistan. >> i wanted to show that afghan can make it. >> afghanistan has a complicated history with its women. under the tal

humanitarian coordinator for iraq. >> western mosul, what we're seeing is the worst damage of the entire conflict. so in those neighborhoods with the fighting is been the fiercest, we're looking at levels of damage comparable to anything else that has happened in iraq so far. juan: according to the journalistic monitoring group airwars, u.s.-backed coalition forces fired 29,000 munitions into the city during the nine-month assault. airwars is estimating between 900 and 1200 civilians were likely killed by coalition air and artillery strikes during the assault on mosul but the overall death toll is significantly higher. the international red cross reports seeing a tremendous increase in civilian casualties in recent weeks. amy: we are joined now by azmat khan. she is an award-winning investigative journalist and a future of war fellow at new america. she has spent the last year and a half investigating how the u.s.-led war against isis is playing out on the ground in iraq. you were recently in mosul. talk about the devastation there and the significance of what has just happened. >> the d

this gripe is regularly used by western media to confirm event of iraq and syria. u.s.icials yet to acknowledge the death. back in june russia defense ministry said he died on the outskirts. rucca. >> military simulated test over alaska. it was first of so-called thermal high altitude area defense or thad used against a incoming missile. this is days after a missile claimed to reach class ka. >> and the plan to build a wall on the u.s. mexico bo boshder is closer. money is imbended in a funding bill. >> today senate judiciary committee will preside over confirmation for christopher ray. he later represented chris christie in the bridge skate scandal. if confirmed he would replace james comey. >> good morning i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm holly morris. >> today is wednesday, halfway through the workweek, july 1. >> yep, come on friday, and michael thomas come on heat, it's here. >> it's here and will be turning it up a notch or two later today and wait until tomorrow. you will see th in a second how hot we had to go for tomorrow average. let's start you off with currently dar

in order to come back from the crumbling ice estate and then carry on fighting in western europe that's a question. iraq's vice president is meeting for adam and put in on tuesday during a four day trip to russia let's cross live to artie's cape archer's now for more details. hi there came i see this morning so what can we expect from this meeting. hi there emily as you say there that nuri al maliki is meeting president putin incent petersburg on day three of his four day trip here to write for day trip here to russia and the meetings that he had yesterday were with sergey lavrov the foreign minister to discuss what about russian cooperation with iraq and how that they can develop relations further in particular speirs like economic space the political balance there and also in the military sphere and really called upon russia yesterday to increase its presence in iraq. iraq has historic ties with russia and now we need russia's political as well as military presence to restore balance in the region in the interests of the countries and nations living there. well as we're hearing there russia and iraq see

in order to come back from the crumbling isis state and then carry on fighting in western europe that's a question. iraq's vice president is meeting flatware pushing on tuesday jaring a four day trip to russia it comes after newly al maliki said moscow should broaden its political and military presence in iraq then you harkins has more russia of course had close political economic ties to iraq since weld way back into the soviet era but what maliki was talking about here was more than just a close diplomatic presence he meant specifically an economic and a military presence as well something unprecedented really at least in the modern history of russia iraq relations or model for. iraq has historic ties with russia and now we need russia's political as well as military presence to restore balance in the region in the interests of the countries nations living there now what exactly does maliki mean by restoring a balance while the key bone of contention here is the u.s. military presence the presence of bases in iraq they've been there since the two thousand and three invasion for a decade and a half now a

then there will be other hours that have to be cleared in iraq and western anbar province. >> what willrole in all of this -- there are still thousands of u.s. troops in iraq under your command. what is their mission right now? >> our mission hasn't changed. the defeat of isis in mosul doesn't mean that isis is finished in iraq, and there's still tough fighting ahead. we'll continue to perform our mission which is to advise and assist the iraqis before combat we train -- helped train and equip them. once they enter combat, we provide them with intelligence precision fires and combat advice. we'll continue to do that, and we'll go where the fighting moves to next. >> i remember three years ago when those isis terrorist forces moved into mosul. the iraqi military including a lot of u.s. equipment sophisticated armored personnel carriers, they ran away and left all that equipment behind. no how do you know, general, that the iraqi military won't do that again? >> well, the future is kind of hard to know, but i'd say this. this is a different iraqi security force than three years ago, signi

tactics many of them are in cahoots with congo and indeed celebrate al-qaeda including western backed groups like iraq sham and so of we'll see what happens to them but i wouldn't be surprised if we see more direct military engagement between the syrian military. and eclipse especially as bhaumik state threat gets smaller and smaller in syria max a brand's terrorism expert and international relations professor at northeastern university we appreciate your time sure. the stockholm center for freedom reports last year's failed coup attempt in turkey was actually a false flag a vent orchestrated by turkish president aired a one. hundred ninety one page document examines not only the coup attempt on july fifth two thousand and sixteen but the days leading up to it as well some of the findings include the head of turkish intelligence service was tipped off to the coup in advance according to his own statements to parliament but failed to inform the prime minister and the president the intel had met with top military officials before and during the coup attempt and left without a problem despite warnings he

iraq. a ceasefire in south—western syria has just come into effect.yrian government forces and rebels was brokered by the us, russia and jordan. the deal was announced on friday after a meeting between president trump and president putin at the g20 summit. washington is describing it as an important step towards ending the country's civil war. a wealthy businessman has submitted alternative plans for a third runway at heathrow, which he says would save more than £5 billion. the hotel tycoon, surinder arora, suggests changing the design of terminal buildings and reducing the amount of land needed. earlier i spoke to mr arora, and i asked him why he was submitting the plans i've spent all my life around the airport, ever since i've been here, for 45 years, and i think being the 21st—century it's good to have competition rather than just assuming it is there for the airport, and we live in a world where heathrow is the busiest, notjust the busiest but the most expensive airport in the world from the airlines‘ and passengers‘ point of view. what are your

and then of course you've got people from all over the rest of the central and western europe who have gone to syria and iraq and to libya and now coming back of the fighting that the journey is quite easy so i would say a substantial number of these people or people that have lived in europe or for possibly for the vast majority of their lives. the number of migrants arriving in italy growing by the day a group defend europe is trying to stem the flow sailing a ship to the region in a bid to turn back migrant boats coming from africa will be based in the syrian port of tanya and it will be patrolling the mediterranean off the coast of libya the mission says it wants to expose humanitarian groups that it claims are working directly with people smugglers activists accuse them of effectively providing migrants with a taxi service to europe groups bankrolling its mission with money raised through crowd funding so far they've received in excess of one hundred twenty six thousand dollars the missions been accused by some of being racist pro refugee activists of the rally at the port of could turn your decrying th

then the police you go people from all over the rush to judgment in central and western europe who have gone to syria and iraq. they're coming back to the final but the journey is quite easy so i would say you. know group these people or people but did you work before possibly for the false majority of the logs. with the number of migrants arriving in that city growing by the day a group defends europe was trying to stem the flow sailing ship to the region in a bid to turn back migrant boats coming from africa the castle will be based in the sicilian port of tanya and they will be patrolling the mediterranean off the coast of libya the missions as they once to expose humanitarian groups that it claims are working directly with people smugglers the activists accuse them of actively providing migrants with a taxi service direct to europe the group has bankrolling the mission was money raised through crowd funding so far they've received more than one hundred twenty six thousand dollars for the missions been accused of being racist by some pro refugee activists have stage a rally at the port of krypton ia decryi

sunday morning, i suicide bomber dressed in women robe, killed 14 refugees in iraq's western provincesthe death toll would have been higher, had an iraqi rocky kernel not become suspicious and embraced the bomber during detonation. he died himself, but saved many others. after days of intense fighting, the militant held territory and mosul is shrinking, when isis holding less than a square mile. there's only a few hundred isis fighters left, but tens of thousands of civilians use as shields. the celebration as they gather in west mosul, as the bottle br the city seem to close. the old city and mosul, the last hold. three long years since they came the board of syria and shocked they want by taking mosul, and the sign that the territory is being depleted in iraq, no more evident in his victory and mosul. good signs against his brutal terror group. >> heather: it's been horrible and mosul for thank you, benjamin hall. >> eric: this holiday weekend, heather, has been starting for some airline passengers. ready to find start. >> they very quickly reach the aircraft, and extinct what seemed

iraq. and parts of western and/or province along the border with syria. millions of iraqis remain internally displaced. >> if a family can't feed their children, they will turn to any available resource they can and that usually is extremism. >> the fight to retake raqqa in syria continues. many of the isis foreign fighters are returning to their home countries, raising fears that once isis is defeated in iraq and syria, it will have metastasize. isis has a presence in 21 countries right now. complicating matters, turkey, part of the anti-isis coalition, published the secret locations of nearly ten outposts where u.s. special operators are living in northern syria. "we would be very concerned if officials from a nato ally would purposely endanger our forces by releasing sensitive information. we have conveyed these concerns to the government of turkey." since august 2014, the u.s. has conducted nearly 20,000 air strikes in iraq and syria. nearly 80% of all coalition strikes for total cost of our for the past three years of fighting isis, $13 billion. $13

say we went in there i saw a rock star it's meaning the united states saw iraq as a potential cornerstone of democratic and western facing middle east oh that's interesting there so i thought we went in there because it would have presumed that destruction i thought we went in there because we feared for our lives now apparently we went in there to create a rock into our image to make a rock a western facing democracy like you'd like the democracy we have so this is a nice little change of pace to new york times has discovered about our goals in iraq and then says about forty five hundred american lives were lost more than one trillion dollars spent and where that were poured into the cost forty five hundred american lives they don't seem to mention the iraqi lives the million iraqi lives that's not as important as the forty five hundred men we love men and women we lost but you know it's not even is that not just not as important it's not even not even mentioned. they go on to say at some border posts in the south a rocky sovereignty is an afterthought. but a rocky seventy's an afterthought bus loads of young mil

western values have to do a doorsrity and opening the for people who are fleeing from wars who want to survive, like all of the million syrians in afghanistan people from iraq, somalia, and so on. western values are providing a decent salary to all of the people and not in the way donald trump is talking about. so when donald is talking about western values, it doesn't have anything to do with the west as i understand it. amy: yesterday, the polish president was there with your president, the croatian president. i was wondering if you could respond to that, but also talk about the movement that you formed together with yanis varoufakis, who resigned as finance minister in greece -- certainly had his confrontations with angela merkel when it came to austerity being imposed on greece. if you could respond all of this, srecko horvat? >> yes. what we're trying to do with diem25's response above parts of the same coin. we don't believe the answer lies in the rising population and extreme politics represented by the public president or even the croatian president, who is very happy to just jump around donald trump as a small dog. we also don't believe the answer

iraq. there are other cities on the western edge of mosul where they are still resistant and of course, theynt in raqqa in syria, just across the border. they still represent a potent force which will have to be eradicated. what does the defeat of is in mosul actually mean for islamic state and for the country as a whole? for islamic state, it means it will be transformed into what really is a virtual caliphate. it is now the idea that it represents far more than the territory it controls, that is important. for iraq, on the other hand,is is important. for iraq, on the other hand, is extremely important in demonstrating the success of the baghdad government. that is important as the prime minister is under enormous pressure there from two sources. one from his predecessor, who is much hated by the sane community, and two, the kurds. they are demanding a referendum in independence in september of this year. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining us tonight are the broadcas

this group regularly used by the western media to confirm information about event in iraq and syria again confirming that news and u.s. officials have yet to acknowledge the death. back in june russia defense ministry said he died during one of their air strikes. >> and the mit teary shut down simulated air missile over alaska that took place yesterday and was first ever of the so call thermal high altitude area defense or thad using against incoming missile this comes days after korea tested a muss with missile that it claims could reach alaska. >> we have more about a d deadly police shooting in howard county. two howard county police officers involved deshawn lucky. kody mitchell of demascus was killed. he was driving a van us is specked in burglary. pursuit crossed from howard to frederick county and when officers stride to stop the vehicle mitchell tried to run after one of them. the police shot and killed h him. a passenger was not harmed an she faces burglary and theft charges. >> trump organization is reporting a cyber breach impacting fourteen properties. hangers breached systems

first time we're hearing of western coalitions denying war crimes and of course we know they've broken international law time and time again be at the balkans be it libya be it iraq be it syria it's a mess it's a mess always but you know it's the western coalition so hey we're the good guys right well when it comes to mosul amnesty international say no way sir there's been some war crimes committed here and let's get a quote directly from them iraqi government and u.s. led coalition forces appear to have committed repeat violations of international humanitarian law some of which may amount to war crimes and that's amnesty international out of the horse's mouth but if you talk to the coalition listen to what a british british major has to say it strikes me as being written that's the amnesty report by people who simply have no understanding of the brutality of warfare but we should be absolutely clear we were deliberately we were clear who were deliberately killing civilians that would be isis according to him but wow you know aleppo very different story if it's the syrians the russians trying to get rid of terrorists including isis but when it comes to the brits

in iraq: scattered new fighting erupted in western mosul, even after the government claimed "total victory" over islamic state fighters. at the same time, "amnesty international" accused isis militants of summary executions and using human shields. it also blamed iraqi forces-- and u.s. coalition air strikes-- for civilian casualties. but the coalition disputed that claim. >> i would challenge the people from amnesty international or anyone else out there who makes these charges to first research their facts and make sure they're speaking from a position of authority. i would argue that this is i believe this is the most precise campaign in the history of warfare. >> woodruff: much of western mosul has been laid waste by fighting that began in february. secretary of state rex tillerson traveled to qatar today, trying to resolve a rift with its persian gulf neighbors. four arab nations have slapped sanctions on the oil state over charges that it fosters islamist extremism. tillerson signed a counter- terrorism agreement with the qatari foreign minister. his next stop is saudi arabia, one of

they have a home game in iraq and syria and away game in western europe and united states.s in the united states. in 2016 it was 12. this year it has been three. i want to be optimistic but not jinx anything earlier because i think of the additional pressure we put on them overseas in syria and iraq that makes a difference. melissa: does it feel we see more attacks in other countries, when you look what happened in london, paris, brussels, turkey and stuff? it seems like we're hearing more attacks in the lone wolf style or being radicalized and sort of away and that attacking a large city? seems like there are more of those. is that our imagination? >> i'm not saying i'm out of danger. i don't have the statistics whether those are down as well but i know in the united states they are but because we've taken the fight to them. we've gone after their ideology. there is progress taking recruiting videos. twitter, facebook others made progress doing this i don't think isis looks as invincible as it once did. 2014 they ran the iraqi army out of mosul. all terrorist attacks overs

humanitarian coordinator for iraq lise grande said civilians remain in extreme danger, adding that the destruction in western mosul was unprecedented. >> western mosul missing the worst damage of the entire conflict. in those neighborhoods where the fighting has been the fiercest, we're looking at levels of damages and comparable to anything else that is happen to iraq so far. amy: the united nations warned the price of restoring basic infrastructure to mosul will top $1 billion. meanwhile, in syria, thousands of residents continued to flee raqqa as u.s.-backed militias intensified their assault on the isis-held city. on wednesday, escaping civilians arrived at an open-air relief camp outside raqqa complaining of constant airstrikes, artillery raids, and extreme hunger. we left because of the fighting. we were afraid. we have children. we almost died of hunger and no one helped us. displaced now and live in the open-air. these are our house belongings. we just managed to get them today. this is what we have. these are the last things we owned in the house. amy: some 200,000 people have been displaced from ra