they established a caliphate that ruled over millions of people. but their five-year reign of terror was short-lived. >> isis is a death cult. it's a death cult. >> we are the victorious group. >> and now the caliphate is destroyed. their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad, promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i trace the rise and fall of isis. ♪ >>> i've covered isis from the beginning, as the militant army rolled through much of iraq and syria, conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard-core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town called baguz. this man is a field commander in a force made up predominantly ethnic kurds. he took me to the front lines. they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's he's saying the once in here are prepared to die. they had a war plan, a partnership. the u.s. military d

when i came the caliphate was all over the place, i defeated the caliphate, isis, now we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters and prisoners of war and we are asking -- scott from europe, we are asking them to take back these prisoners of war and they can do what they want. so far they refused and at some point i have to say i am sorry, take them back or let them go to the border. they came from germany, france, we captured them, we are taking over the caliphate. if you remember i was thinking of getting out when it was 96%, 97% but they were all over the place and we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory. we want country to take back, recapture isis fighters. is not going to have thousands and thousands of people at guantÁnamo bay. [silence] >> australian prime minister scott morrison is in washington dc today and coming up in half an hour or so he and donald trump will hold a joint news conference at the white house. we will have live coverage on c-span2 starting at 11:45 eastern. this evening the president and first lady will host primus to morrison and

. >> and now the caliphate is destroyed. their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i look at the rise and fall of isis. i've covered isis from the beginning as the militant army rolled through much of a rock in syria conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town. >> this is as far as we can go. it's very dangerous. >> a field commander in a force made up predominantly of ethnic curds. he took me to the front lines. >> they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's saying the ones in here they are prepared to die. the united states and the curds had a joint war plan, a partnership. the u.s. military dropped bombs from above while these curdish fighters did the grunt work. they backed isis into this fina

i defeated the caliphate. when i came the caliphate was all over the place. i defeated the caliphate, isis. now we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters that are prisoners of war. we're asking the countries from which they came, scott, from europe, we're asking them to take back these prisoners of war. they can try them, do what they want. so far they've refused. at some point i'm going to say either take them back or we'll let them go at your border. they came from germany, from france. we've taken over the caliphate 100%. if you remember, i was thinking about getting out when it was at 96%, 97%, but they were all over the place. we did it. we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory. now i want the countries to take back the captured isis fighters. if they don't take them back, we're going to probably put them at the border and they'll have to capture them again. because the united states is not going to have thousands and thousands of people that we've captured stationed at guantanamo bay, held captive at guantanamo bay for the n

and the so-called islamic state has lost its caliphate in syria but its ideology lives on and now there are fears that a camp for displaced people could be an incubator for the terror groups resurgence . cost ferrari schools a $12.00 victory at the singapore grand prix for top 4 time world champion sebastian vettel gets his 1st win in more than a year finishing just ahead of teammate challenger plant. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program hong kong has seen another weekend of fiery clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police sunday's protests began pace really with demonstrators taking over a shopping mall but later turned violent with one group vandalizing a nearby subway station. and setting barricades ablaze right place responded with tear gas and made multiple arrests. as so often the protests started out peacefully crowds gathered to sing what has become the anthem of the protest movement glory to hong kong. i. i the atmosphere was largely festive as protesters filled all the free spaces in the shopping mall some folded paper origami birds as a symbol of hope and peac

the so-called islamic state has lost its caliphate in syria but its ideology lives on down there if these that account for displaced people could be an incubator for the terror group's resurgence. and ferrari scores a $12.00 victory at the singapore from pray 4 time world champion sebastian vettel gets his 1st win in more than a year finishing just ahead of teammate challenger claire. plus saying double in grace twins from around the country put on matching outfits and make their way to a town in the northwest to take on in the 1st gathering of its kind and then. i'm rebecca rivers welcome to the program hong kong has same another weekend of fiery clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police sundays a protest began pace fully with demonstrate his taking over a shopping mall but later turned violent with one group vandalizing a nearby subway station and setting barricades ablaze place responded with tear gas and made multiple arrests the protest continued light into the evening. tensions in hong kong boiled over again sunday another weekend of police dispersing protesters after demo

caliphate.the when i came, the caliphate was all over the place. caliphate, isis. now we have thousands of arishioners of wars -- parishioners of wars -- prisoners of war. we're asking the countries from scott, from me, europe. we're asking them to take back of war.isoners they can try and do what they want. refused.ey've at some point i have to say, sorry, you have to take them orwell let them go -- or well we will let them go to their border. taken over the caliphate 100%. if you remember, i was thinking about getting out when it was at 96%, 97%, but they were all over the place. we did it. we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory, and now i want the the ries to take back captured isis fighters and if he they don't take them back we them at the put border and they'll probably have to capture them again. because the united states is not have thousands and thousands of people that we've stationed at guantanamo at guantanamo ve bay for the next 50 years and us spending billions and billions dollars. we have done europe a tremendous favor. they've m

i defeated the caliphate. when i came, the caliphate was all over the place. i defeated the caliphate, isis. now we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters that are prisoners of war, and we are asking the countries from which they came, from europe, we are asking them to take back these prisoners of war, and they can try them, do what they want. so far they've refused, and at some point i'm going to have to say i'm sorry, you have to take them back or we are going to let them go at your border. they came from germany. they came from france. we did everybody a big favor. we've taken over the caliphate 100%. they were all over the place, and we did it. we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory, and now i want the country to take back the captured isis fighters. if they don't take them back, we are probably going to put them at the border, and they will have to capture them again because the united states -- guy: president trump and the australian prime minister scott morrison, speaking moments ago in the oval office. we saw them talkin

are displaced women and children from the so-called islamic state and many still believe in the caliphate ideology despite the jihadists losing their territory in syria there are fears the camp could be an incubator for the islamic states where surgeons. these children raised their fingers in a sign of allegiance to the islamic state they lived under the so-called caliphate as now they're stranded in a refugee camp in kurdish controlled northern syria would you like the islamic state to return yes i do so the best thing was being able to go to school and we had jihad. is it ok to execute people. yes if they were infidels. 71 peasant people live in the our whole camp a heavily guarded section has those women who joined islamic state on their children journalists rarely gain access mostly tennies are foreigners captured during the final battles against i.a.s. they number about 10 pows and and include many violently fanatical female of here and solve the group brutal attacks on other detainees are common almost nobody wants to speak to us get lost you dogs what are you doing here. the kurdis

isis fighters from our work in capturing 100 percent of the caliphate and we're asking the countries from where they came whether it's germany or france or other countries to take those people back put on trial do what they have to do with them but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be it's going to be up to those countries we did them a big favor we went in we took them down. the isis fighters in the end weren't very good fighters against the united states but we have thousands of them and we want them to be taken over by germany france and all of those countries from where they came ok thank you and mr morris on the side issue of iran. i you open to further military action against iran or is the australian commitment sali can tie and to a freedom of navigation patrol it's a toss well as the president said and there are there are no further activities planned or requested for assistance from the stratus question to that extent is moot and i want to commend the president who is demonstrating as he said i

no one had called for a caliphate before in these terms.i think it awakens and conjures so much longing for being in a different state as muslims from indonesia to europe, at the same time it polluted the idea. i think, i don't see the potential for kind of jihadist kind of read map of this idea. >> in europe, are you, in terms of communities the impact and blowback on communities has been significant in terms of islamic phobia. have you been in the communities in aftermath and how are they dealing with this? >> i think muslim communities in europe are watching closely to see what happens to young muslims from france, belgium and germany. like what will be their fate? will they be prosecuted and aided in the same way as a 15-year-old white da'esh girl? 15-year-old white dutch girl who made a horrific mistake? so i think that is one thing. i think the stakes are high for the judgments of european muslims. at the same time, there has been a terrible shadow cast over civil society in europe. because so much of the kind of political activism or

, as recently as in the la st caliphate, as recently as in the last you days will stop we are confidente success we have had. we will not take our eye off the ball, ensuring that whether it is isis or other radical islamist extremist groups, they will be under pressure from the united states of america. that would include in these camps that you are referring to. go—ahead. camps that you are referring to. go-ahead. the white house says that the national security adviser bolton's foreign policy was not aligned with the president's agenda. how was it misaligned? i will leave that to the president to say. i have worked with him as secretary of state. someone asked, with the policy be different with any individual being here? these other presidents policies was that we give him our best wisdom, share our understanding. whenl him our best wisdom, share our understanding. when i was intelligence director, we made sure we had the data available so he could make the best decision. no need around the world should make the assumption that because one of us the assumption that because one of us de

i defeated the caliphate. when i came, the caliphate was all over the place. i defeated the caliphate, isis. and now we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters that are prisoners of war, and we're asking the countries from which they came, scott, from europe, we're asking them to take back these prisoners of war. and this they can try them, do what they want. so far, they've refused. and at some point, i'm going to have to say, i'm sorry, you either take them back or we're going to let them go at your border. but they came out from germany, they came out from france. we captured them, did everyone a big favor. we've taken over the caliphate 100%. i was thinking about getting out when it was at 96 or 97%, but they were all over the place and we did it, we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory and now i want the countries to take back the captured isis fighters. and if they don't take them back, we're going to probably put them at the border and then they'll have to capture them again. because the united states is not going to have th

we are reducing where we've taken over 100% of the caliphate. 100%. when he came it was smaller but it was a mess, it was all over. as i said before the prisoners, we have thousands of isis fighters from our work in capturing 100% of the caliphate. we are asking the countries from where they came, whether it's germany or france or other countries, to take these people back. put them on trial, do they have to do. but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. we'll be up to those countries. we did them a big favor. we went in, we took them down. the isis fighters in the end weren't very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them, and we want them to be taken over by germany, france, and all of those countries from where they came. okay? >> reporter: thank you. mr. morrison, on the same issue of iran, are you open to further military action against iran? or is the australian commitment solely contained to a freedom of navigation and patrol exercise?

. >> when i came to caliphate it was all over the place.the caliphate, isis and now we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters that are prisoners of war and we're asking the countries from which they same, scott, from europe, asking them to take back these prisoners of war, and they can try them do what they want. so far refused. at some point i have to say, i'm sorry. take them back or we'll let them go at your border. >> "washington post" columnist and cnn political analyst josh rogin joins us. put this in perspective. how many isis fighters are we talking about that have been or are detained by the u.s. and where are they? >> reporter: sure. i mean, the problem president trump identifying here is a real one. following the destruction of the caliphate, there are about 70,000 isis family members in a camp in northern syria sitting there in squalor. the camp is effectively run by isis, and those people are radicalized and could escape at this time. there's another 11,000 who come from all over the world, not syria and iraq and ano

-led campaign dismantled the terror group's so-called caliphate, tens of thousands of isis members were taken to prisons and camps. this week isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi called on supporters to liberate their detained brothers and sisters in the camps, where many foreigners are kept where are you from >> russia. >> reporter: over the last several months, nbc news has been given extensive access to the al hol camp in syria. here around 70,000 people, including wives and children of isis fighters are loosely guarded with nothing to do. many still fiercely loyal to isis. when i asked a group of women and children if isis was finished, they hurled insults and water bottles at me and held up a single finger representing the one true god in the camp i met hoda, an isis bride who claims she now opposes isis what happens to all these other people in the camp do you think they are still dangerous? >> it's obvious who are still radical, who are still dangerous. >> reporter: today president trump says he wants isis members here returned to their home countries mostly in europe but their gover

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we're reducing in syria, where we had, we've taken over 100% of the caliphate. we have 100%. when i came in, it was smaller but it was a mess. it was all over and now it's in a position, and i won't repeat what i said before with the prisoners, but we have thousands of isis fighters from a our work in capturing 100% of the caliphate. and we're asking the countries from where they came, whether it's germany or france or of the -- other countries, to take those people back, put them on trial, do what they have to do with them. but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. it's going to be up to those countries. we did them a a big favor. we went in. we took them down, the isis fighters. in the end, weren't very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them and we want them to be taken over by germany, france, and all of those countries from where they came, ok? reporter: thank you. and mr. morrison, on the same issue of iran, are you open to further military action against ira

caliphate because we heard promises time and again of the caliphate, the promise of a new order in thatst recruiting tool. has that proven to be true or has recruiting slowed down since the caliphate's been blown to pieces? >> a different kind of recruiting. there were people who were attracted to isis because of its success, because it had a physical state, because it was able to show that it had territory, it had the city of mosul, and people wanted to join in and join what seems like a successful project. the state was take ineway, so that narrative for isis has become more and more difficult to sell. but there are still many people who were part of isis, who were part of this state who are still there, who are unrepentant and who are not effectively controlled right now. they -- according to a pentagon study there are as many as 18,000 isis members who are still at large. and there are about 70,000 plus supporters of isis who are in loosely-guarded camps in iraq and syria, one camp in syria in particular where they are just there sitting around with not much to do, very frustrated,

we conducted an enormous operations against isis even after the fall of the caliphate as recently as the last and full of days. we are focused on this, the success that we had moving down the euphrates river valley at our department has led with the forces was truly remarkable. we will not take our eye off the ball in ensuring that whether it's isis or other radical islamic extremist groups continue to be under pressure from the united states. and that was just to close it up, that would include in these camps that you're referring to go ahead. >> the white house says that advisor bolton's foreign policy did not align with the presidents philosophy. >> i'll leave that to the white house to talk about. other than to say i think president trump, i watched his campaign area and i've now worked with him for secretary of state, someone asked with the policy be different absent any individual being here, this has been the president's policy. we give him our best wisdom, share within our understanding when i was intelligence director, we did our best to make sure you have the facts so he co

they have caliphate and locations from which to operate or they don't. of the physical caliphate in iraq and syria, remove the taliban after 9/11 and installed government in different forms of government, tried democracy, that hasn't worked so well. ultimately election of 9/11 is to understand the ideology of our enemy, how much they seek our destruction and if we don't stay on the offense they are coming to our shores. the lesson of 9/11 is it is never going to be over. it is a long war but the more we stay strong and committed to our values the safer the world is going to be. rob: you are on ground 0, a powerful place on any day in new york especially today and you have a story to tell us. >> reporter: we all remember where we were on 9/11. 18 years later we have kids graduating high school for whom it is a history lesson just like i grew up hearing about pearl harbor. i didn't understand it, didn't live it but understand the effect on our country, the wars we find in the history. as a junior in college i signed up for the army, 9/11 was the ultimate v

we've conducted enormous operations against isis even after the fall of the caliphate as recently as the last handful of days and we are focused on this and the success that we had moving down the euphrates river valley and the sdf forces was truly remarkable. we will not take our eye off the ball ensuring whether it's isis and other radical isis extremist groups continue to be under pressure for the united states of america and just to close it out and that would include in these camps that you're referring to. >>. >> yes, go ahead. >> the white house says that national security adviser bolton's foreign policy was not aligned with the president's fells on fee. how was it out of alignment? >> i'll leave that to the white house to talk about other than to say i think president trump -- i watched his campaign. i've now worked with him first as cia director and now secretary of state. >> someone asked would the policy be different absent any individual being here? these have been the president's policies. we give him our best wisdom and we share with him our understanding when i was int

even though we took the caliphate away isis is still there. aspirational goals to return to the caliphate and heard america so here's have a dozen places where america has national security interests, that requires some level of commitment and it is in our national security interests to protect the american people. there are 30 or 40 other places radical islamists are involved, we are not getting involved in we don't have the national interests to do so. >> of the present was a year after watching the segment, would you say just be patient? >> yes, let's get a much better deal, let's hold the taliban's feet to the fire and if you're going to continue to kill people, americans and innocent civilians the way you do we are not talking to you. let's get a cease-fire as the first order of business and then we will start talking. >> i could pick your brain all night but we are out of time. after a late-night in british parliament, boris johnson suffering another setback. british lawmakers rejecting his request for an election before the scheduled de

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they established a caliphate that ruled over millions of people.eir five-year reign of terror was short-lived. >> isis is a death cult. it's a death cult. >> we are the victorious group. >> and now the caliphate is

to step into this camp is to witness a strange mutation of the caliphate kept alive by the widows andisis. a spirit of vengeance seeps into this next generation. hatred and enmity is magnified by the wretched conditions. >> you think it's a camp, but it's a prison. >> reporter: it's a place in limbo like no other refugee camp on earth shunned by the international community. kurdish forces say this place is a ticking time bomb. an isis academy where its brutal ideology is incubating. they don't have the resources to keep control. many of the women here don't know where their husbands and teenage sons are. they tell us quite openly they're teaching their children to hate the infidels who imprisoned and killed their fathers and brothers. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: the camp's population swelled while isis was making its last stand. many of the new arrivals have direct titles to isis. they were organized and quickly established their version of the moral police. terrorizing those who refused to wear the full veil. beneath the black uniformity, some women want nothing mor

you have the caliphate, and you marry that with nuclear weapons, that could mean a potential modern-day nuclear holocaust the likes of which we have never seen. if you doubt that, look at the last century alone. let's see, fascism, communism, nazism, stalinism, japan, slaughtering in the last country, it can happen again, al happen again if we do not act now. you cannot use evil. you cannot have evil regimes with these aggressive ideologies. instead of giving into iran's act of aggression, it is time to show the radical mullahs in the world that the u.s. has a very rigid backbone. the president stated very clearly he is locked and he is loaded this weekend. and as we wait president trump's remarks tonight, let's turn our attention to yet another important topic, and that would be the clear business model inside the medium up consisting of spreading lies, conspiracy theories, libel, defamation, that is all, you know, par for the course, especially anybody and everybody connected to president trump. over the weekend, the new york tides, the so-called paper of record got it wrong yet again

we are reducing in syria where we have taken over 100% of the caliphate. we have 100%.hen i came and it was smaller, all over, but now it is in a position. i will not repeat what i said before with the prisoners, but we have thousands of isis fighters from our work in capturing 100% of the caliphate. we are asking the countries from where they came, whether germany or france or other countries, to take us to go back, put them on trial, do what they have to do with them. but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. it will be up to those countries. we went in, we took them down. the end,fighters, in were not very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them and we want them to be taken over by germany, france, all of those countries from where they came. >> mr. morrison, on the same are you open to further military action against iran? is the australian commitment solely contained to a freedom of navigation control exercise? prime minister morrison: as the president s

to step into this camp is to witness a strange mutation of the caliphate kept alive by the widows andhatred and enmity is magnified by the wretched conditions. >> you think it's a camp, but it's a prison. >> it's a place in limbo like no other refugee camp on earth shunned by the kurdish forces say this place is a ticking time bomb, an isis academy where its brutal ideology is incubated. they don't have the resources to keep control. many of the women here don't know where their husbands and teenage sons are. they tell us quite openly they're teaching their children to hate the infidels, who imprisoned and killed their fathers and brothers. the camp's population swelled while isis was making its last stand. many of the new arrivals have direct ties to isis. they were organized and quickly established their version of the moral police, terrorizing those who refused to wear the full veil. beneath the black uniformity, some women want nothing more than to leave. i don't care if it's the kurds or even the americans who control my town, this woman pleads. but there is no reintegration prog

even though we took the caliphate away, isis is still there.aspirational goals to return to that caliphate and hurt america. so here it is a half a dozen places where america has national security interests. that requires some level of commitment, mike, and it's in our national security interests to protect the american people. there's 30 or 40 other places the radical islamists are involved. we are not getting involved and we don't have the national interest to do so. >> mike: 's of the president were to call you after watching the segment would you say, mr. president, just be patient? >> yes. let's get a much better deal, let's hold the taliban's feet to the fire, and if you're going to continue to kill people among americans innocent civilians, the way you are doing wantonly, we are not talking to you. let's get a cease-fire as the first order of business and then we will start talking. >> mike: general jack keane, i could pick your brain all night, but we are out of time sir. >> good talking to you. >> mike: after a late night in britain's

we're reducing in syria where we've taken over 100% of the caliphate. we have 100%.n i came in, it was smaller, but it was a mess. it was all over, and now it's in a position -- i won't repeat what i said before with the prisoners, but we have thousands of isis fighters from our work in capturing 100% of the caliphate, and we're asking the countries from where they came, whether it's germany or france or other countries, to take those people back, put them on trial, do what they have to do with them. but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. it's going to be up to those countries. we did them a big favor. we went in, we took them down. the isis fighters in the end weren't very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them and we want them to be taken over by germany, france and all of those countries from where they came. okay? >> thank you. and mr. morrison, on the same issue of iran, are you open to further military action against iran, or is the australian co

we had not yompleted the defeat of the caliphate. and so we needed to finish that.ot would not have bee my advice to make that decision at that particular juncture. >> reporter: defense secretary jim mattis aually resigned ov that decision. sick months since you have retired from central command, are you eing ramifications of that troop withdrawal, and doi you isis is potentially resurgent still in the area?h >> yi think that's an excellent question. i think we've always been ncerned about the resurgence of isis. it's important to recognize that what we accomplished was thehy defeat of theical caliphate, the state-like entiti that tried to impose. they actually did impose for a listening period of time, which i think weompletely dismantled, but that doesn't mean all the fighters have gone away.ne what we've leover time with these types of organizations is we have to keep pressure on them.go they hav to ground. they have gone to small cells. so we have to stay after them. we have known that's going to be a requirematt. a key aspect of what we're doing now with our pa

itth important to iecognizt what we accomplished was the defeat of the physical caliphate,he state-likeity that isis tried to iose. they actually did impose for a listening period of time, which i think we completely dismantled, t that doesn't mean all the fighters have gone away. what we've learned over time with these types of organizations is we have to keep pressure on them. they have gone to ground. they have gone to small ells. so we have to stay after them. we have known that's going to be a requirement. that's a key aspect of whatwe e doing now with our partners on the ground. >> reporter: let's talk about afghanistan. troops there also under your comman troops there also promised a withdrawal. president trump called offks secret te had planned with the taliban and the afghan government last week over the death of an american soldier. some 2,000 americans soldiers ha been killed there in afghanistan. when lawmakers and otherscr icize negotiations with the taliban because they consider themerrorists, mind yo yesterday was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, what would you say? >

and somewhere in the south declared caliphates was leonora gushing with pride over her husband who went by the name of me heard. me heard it was born martine lemke and was a welder you know mine in germany before joining us where he reportedly came to hold a senior position and i asked intelligence a fellow german i asked for a crude would later testify that instead of torturing people himself lehmkuhl had others do it for him leonora was getting acquainted with her new home rocca the capital of the i asked color for it she texted her dad about what she'd seen. us the roundabout was right outside leonora's home. by us used such violent images as propaganda on the internet in order to recruit new people and intimidate opponents. in the weeks after leonora to submit the police were informed and visited mike's home where they seized his daughter's computer. but there was little they could do. yet mike is heading to berlin to a counseling center called high out arabic for life it was set up.

>> i think their plan is to resurge and continue to try and reestablish their caliphate at some point. >> reporter: the prisons he's talking about house 12,000 accused isis fighters, according to their guards, including 4500 foreigners. marry makeshift and overcrowded. on our recent visit we were told an escape could happen at any moment. the commanding general of american-backed syrian forces told us the prisons are ticking timebombs. he wants foreign governments to take their citizens home, but very few are willing. why don't their governments want to take them back "we don't understand, he told us. we asked their governments to take them back but they're not listening. those governments are afraid to fates truth. does isis still potentially have the ability to orchestrate an attack in europe or even the u.s.? >> i think that would be their desire. i think they try to establish their connections to be able to do that. but the pressure we were putting on, relentless pressure on the isis network is what is keeping that tamped down right now. >> reporter: isis may have suffered a defea

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i defeated the caliphate. when i came, the caliphate was all over the place.ow we have thousands of prisoners of war, isis fighters that are prisoners of war, and we are asking the countries from which they came, scott, from europe, we are asking them to take back these prisoners of war, and they can try them, do what they want. so far they have refused. at some point i'm going to have to say i'm sorry, you either take them back or we are going to let them go at your border. but they came out from germany, they came out from france. we captured them. we did everyone a big favor, we have taken over the caliphate 100%. if you remember, i was thinking about getting out when it was at 96%, 97%, but they were all over the place and we did it. we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory and now i want the countries to take back the captured isis fighters and if they don't take them back we're going to probably put them at the border and then they'll have to capture them again. because the united states is not going to have thousands and thousands of p

we have thousands of isis fighters from our work in capturing 100% of the caliphate. and we're asking the countries from where they came whether germany or france to take those people back, put them on trial, do what they have to do with them. the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. it's going to be up to those countries. we did them a big favor. we went in. we took them down. the isis fighters in the end weren't very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them. and we want them to be taken over by germany, france and all of those countries from where they came. >> thank you. >> mr. morrison, on the same issue of iran, are you open to further military action against iran or is the australian commitment solely contained to a freedom of navigation >> as the president said, there are no further activities planned or requested for assistance from australia. the question to that extent is moot. i want to commend the president who is demonstrating as he said in the ear

and the so-called islamic state has lost its caliphate in syria but it's a.

we're reducing in syria where we had -- you know, we've taken over 100% of the caliphate, we have 100%. when i came in, it was smaller, but it was a mess, it was all over, and now it's -- it's in a position, and i don't want to repeat what i said before with the prisoners but we have thousands of isis fighters from our work in, uh, capturing 100% of the caliphate. and we're asking the countries from where they came, whether it's germany or france or other countries, to take those people back, put them on trial, do what they have to do with them. but the united states will not keep thousands and thousands of people for the next possibly 50 years or whatever it may be. it's going to be up to those countries. we did them a big favor, we went in, we took them down. the isis fighters in the end weren't very good fighters against the united states. but we have thousands of them. and we want them to be taken over by germany, france, and all of those countries from where they came, okay? >> reporter: thank you. and mr. morrison, on the same issue of iran, are you open to further military actio

simulated central asian republic they formed a quasi caliph that if you will and the mission is to stop them to prevent them from seizing any more territory they come into possession of advanced weapons and being belligerent towards participating nations and participating are 8 countries representing a good heart full of the world's population china india pakistan russia as well as for central asian republics their mission is to stop the terrorists and prevent them from taking any more territory to defend themselves the military contingent representing those 8 nations amanda 128000 troops as well as 20000 vehicles and tanks of all time until or air defense missiles systems as well as 600 aircraft including drones the military exercises themselves are stretched over a 6 day period across a variety of different battlefields and today the grand crescendo the objective is to hold an enemy attack knock out their cruise missiles and at the end go on the offensive and crush them the point of these military exercises isn't to show off any participating nations to some degree will face the threa

i defeated the caliphate. when i came it was all over the place. i defeated the caliphate, isis. that are prisoners of war and we're asking the countries from which they came, scott, from europe, we're asking them to take back these prisoners of war and they can try them, do what they want. so far they've refused. at some point i'll have to say i'm sorry, you either take them back or we'll let them go at your border. they came out from germany and france. we've taken over the caliphate 100%. i was thinking about getting out when it was at 96 or 97% but they were all over the place and we did it in record time. it was a total caliphate victory and now i want the countries to take back the captured isis fighters. if they don't take them back we'll probably put them at the border and they'll have to capture them again. because the united states is not going to have thousands and thousands of people that we've captured stationed at guantanamo bay for the next 50 years and us spending billions of dollars. we've done europe a tremendous favor. they mostly come out of europe. we've done