bondsnd boooo will fight to the death if necessary. they have forced tens of thousands of civilians toward most old. >> people are very close to their offices and military installations. that is used to support the assertion that they plan to use these people as human shields. >> there were believed to be about 5000 militants remaining in muscle -- mosul. is the last major stronghold in iraq and where they programmed -- proclaim to the caliphate. it's lost would be a major defeat for the extremists. >> a journalist joins me on the line now and is embedded with iraqi troops and is on the phone just outside. talk to us about what you've seen and what you've heard today as troops move into the city. >> we saw the anti-terror units in the east of the city. we got the control over the iraqi tv there. and we saw some heavy fighting on the border of the city of mosul from the east side. they had about four car bombs. brent: did you see that? >> at the end of the day, we are still far away from the battle inside the city. and i am expecting, a