and by the frontline journalism fund. with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. (chatter on radio) >> ramita navai: i'm traveling through northern iraq, heading to the district of al fat-hah. until recently, this was isis-held territory. we've been driving for a few miles north of the country and every now and again we come across a scene like this. this is the town of beji. i should say it was the town of beji, just look at it. i'm on my way to meet a militia fighting against isis. with the world's attention focused on the battle in mosul, this is one of the war's hidden fronts. few journalists come here. you can see how close we are to isis now. on both sides of the road you can see black smoke billowing out, and that's from oil wells that isis have set on fire. this unit has advanced deep into isis territory. alongside the iraqi army, militias like this have played a critical role in driving back isis across iraq. i want to find out how they operate. how far are they? >> navai: they're pointing over there and they're saying, that's the black flag of isis. and

and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> (translated): in saudi, they say, "be careful. the walls have ears. the walls have ears." fear has taken over the entire population, from the elderly to young children. the regime wants to keep everything secret. if the truth comes out, it will be the beginning of the end for them. no one can express themselves freely. >> narrator: yasser is a young saudi dissident and activist. he belongs to an underground network that films and publishes videos of life in saudi arabia the government doesn't want the world to see. now he's come to istanbul to collect an undercover camera. for the next six months, he and his fellow activists will be filming secretly. if caught, they could face years in prison. we've disguised yasser's voice for his safety. >> (translated): yes, there is danger, but the world needs to see how we've been living under persecution and slavery for decades. i will do what i need to do and try to show the awful reality to the world, and whatever will be will be. >> narrat

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and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from laura debonis and chris and lisa kaneb. (baseball commentary playing) >> i found out about fanduel when i was in high school. i had played fantasy football for years and whatnot. i never played daily fantasy. now i play probably 450, 500 different games a day. a typical morning, it's pretty much just me hanging out, poring over baseball stats. i'll spend between four and five hours a day on it. so after that, i'm just hanging out doing whatever, just living life as a normal college student as best i can. >> narrator: we met bryce mauro on the last day of his junior year at indiana's depauw university. he's one of the nation's best players on fanduel, a popular daily fantasy sports site. there are many ways to play, but basically, you create your own fantasy team made of real professional players, and earn points based on how they do in real-life games that day. fantasy sports has been around for decades, but not like this. >> i wagered about $12,000 this morning. >> walt bogdanic

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and by the frontline journalism fund. with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> there's a brand-new team in charge of the white house, a brand-new staff to keep the wheels turning. >> president trump wakes up with a busy day ahead. >> this is just the beginning of what is going to be a very busy day for donald trump. >> this president came to this town with a mindset after the election he was going to shake things up. he was going to move at a much more rapid pace and shake the government up. >> we're also expecting him to head to the pentagon. >> narrator: on his seventh day in office, president donald trump headed to the pentagon. it was time for action. >> ...depart the white house and head to the pentagon. >> i do think that they wanted to have a flurry of activity at the beginning to demonstrate that trump is what he said he was. he's not going to wait. he's not going to take his time. he knows what to do, and he's going to fix everything. he's going to set the world right immediately. >> ...opportunity for h