the civilians are still there. this is a battle happening between two enemies on a land inhabited by the civilians. no one knows how many civilians have been killed in this battle of mosul, not even the government of iraq. >> narrator: in the weeks that followed, ghaith and many other journalists pulled out of iraq, and mosul slipped from the headlines. in december, when ghaith returned, iraqi forces had made little progress and isis suicide bombings in mosul had become routine. (siren blaring) (horn beeps) (child crying) >> narrator: today, three truck bombs have detonated in a market. the casualties are rushed to a hospital in the nearby kurdish city of erbil. (child crying) (monitors beeping) >> narrator: since the battle began, thousands of civilians have been injured in mosul. the hospital's senior surgeon has been struggling to cope. >> abdul-ahad: so you don't have enough medicine? >> abdul-ahad: so no preparation for the war? >> narrator: these residents of mosul have all spent more than two years living un

, veterans and civilians. we are willing, civilians tolerate having other people and other people's children put sthevenlz in the harms way but we feel ignorrant and guilty about that experience. so we give to the members of the all-voluntary military an indiscriminate gratitude and thank you for your service. or to cover for our own unwillingness to sacrifice ourselves we call the heroes soldiers and leave it at that. pondering the experience of soldiers and veterans more carefully might be all too readily to the question of why we ourselves have not answered or heard the call to duty and joined the fight or more actively supported those who do or joined in the debate about whether fighting is the right thing to do and becoming active in anti-war movements. there is a conversation in the book between a vietnam vet who michael befriends outside a liquor store and the vietnam vet is telling michael things are worse for him than the vitamin yet. shaking hands is so, so, this is the gap i found this book so effec

the number of civilian casualties. the number of civilian casualties. been injured early on in the fighting? it's injured early on in the fighting? it‘s a mixture of both, to be honest. a lot of it is as civilians are trying to flee or they are caught ina are trying to flee or they are caught in a battle space themselves. it is all kinds of trauma injuries coming in. a lot of these people are individuals who have managed to survive some 30 months or so under the control of is. what sort of stories are they telling your workers? there is a multitude of stories. they are all as harrowing as the next. they have lived under very, very terrible conditions for a long time. for me, the biggest concern is when the civilians are trying to flee, they are fleeing f are " if t are risking "q: 37 7 if try and escape to into of when into of when you > of when you 3 . families 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . but 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . t“ carrying 7.17. iii: on ., , ,, 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . t“ carrying “éi

the aid agencies are preparing for a huge number of civilians from mosul. 0ne huge number of civilianshave been hearing. 0ur teams have seen families who have just escaped from the actual fighting will stop to the places where our teams are operating. they are talking about horrible stories of snipers shooting women and children. those who are trying to escape. it is, and has resulted in killing and injury among them. also some families are just separated. everybody is running for their lives. those people trapped in the west of the city under the control of islamic state, what are your fears of them? first of all their safety and secondly the longer this conflict continues, there will be a danger of people running out of food and water and medicine and everything. what do you know about the geography of the area? we hear about narrow streets. what do you fearfor about narrow streets. what do you fear for the people trying to escape? that is our worry, especially in the old part of the city where it is estimated over 400,000 people will be living. narrow streets and old houses. with th

we want to civilian -- civilian -- soldiers i'm not so sure that's the right thing to do.i also realize something i don't think i want to know more about veterans to make them feel better, i don't feel guilty and that way. i want to know more about veterans and everybody to know more about them because i think they have a great deal to teach us about the sense of purpose, about the possibility of living and leading us significant part of life by dedicating themselves larger, about duty. and about a lot of the things that michael talks about in the book. he makes this bridge by an away unusual and unique in the memoirs, and a variety of ways it is great writing, wonderful observations and through the humor in the book. i just want want to touch on the passages he laments feeling aimless, jobless, hopeless, just less all around in the confusion of being a vet. i didn't know what it was that messed me up and i think that's what did the most. the book is also very self-critical. he finds that he does not want to talk about the war and he gets tired of people bringing it up and

civilianize.there is a feeling of trying to be his authentic self. part of it had shut down. he writes but real smiles come e with squinty eyes and now i make sure to squint, too. it sounds a bit like a bleak moment. but he is saved in a way by his sense of humor. i don't know if you have heard in the community these guys to pay tens of thousands of dollars to learn how to talk to girls. i came back from the war a young 21-year-old and so i thought i would learn hoi'dlearn how to p. so i got involved in these classes thinking that would save me. >> there's a couple of passages i wanted to ask you to read. >> this is me out on one of these dating courses. she's trying to do his own things and i got kind of mixed in with them. i'm a suicidal threats and they are just in their own world and i'm trying to make sense of things and this is just us out on the town getting ready to pick up girls and on a side note one of the places they love to go with bookstores. [laughter] david didn't offer a refund so

there is no great estimate on the number of civilians. but it's be likely that there are -- it is likely that there are still hundreds of thousands of people. just ore the -- over the past couple of days there have been more than 3,000 people who have pushed out of the city, 30,000 civilians, according to a new count that came out on sunday from iraqi officials. and the u.n. and other aid organizations are expecting to see a number of more civilians that are being pushed out as displaced persons. >> sreenivasan: all right, ben kesling of the wall street journal, joining us via skype from irbil thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: the controversial dakota access pipeline is designed to carry north dakota oil through the dakotas and iowa to an existing pipeline in illinois. following months of protests, the obama administration stopped the project, but president trump has put it back on track. the public media collaboration" inside energy," in partnership with rocky mountain public media, has produced a documentary called "beyond standing rock,"

the civilians are fleeing very horrific conditions.oss frontlines from within mosul to is controlled territory and quite often they are coming out with nothing more than the clothes on their back, very much caught up with the crossfire from is and the iraqi security forces as well. it's a very dangerous situation for civilians to be fleeing and arriving in a state of real desperation, so a lot of work for the humanitarians on this front. yes, what sort of preparations are you making? at 0xfam what we are focusing on is the positioning of the emergency stock, making sure we have a supply of goods and services in place for when they flee from mosul itself. and the humanitarian community on the whole, as well as with the iraqi government, are preparing camps for displacement, purpose—built to house the civilians fleeing mosul. we're also trying to support some of the key infrastructure within strategic locations in order to make sure that services can be provided to displaced people. what sort of medical aid will you need to offer them as

hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in the fighting. i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. it sounded good, but is it better not to believe? that is the question here in europe. the u.s. vice president, mike pratt -- mike pence, spending the day in brussels, seeking to reassure eu leaders and allies of washington's commitment of working together. first, he said that the united states will always be europe's greatest ally and he told nato that it was time for its members to pay their full share of the cost of the alliance. we will have analysis on that and a moment, but first this report on his visit to the european union's headquarters. >>[ -- >>[chanting] >> not a particularly warm welcome to his visit, but a protesters camped outside, eu leaders had long been looking forward to his visit. >> let me first of all thank you for this meeting. we all truly needed it. >> after all, there was much to discuss in his first official visit to the european union capital, with the eu foreign-policy chief and the commission president, with the secretary-genera

in these streets, though, a critical advantage — no civilians.e three quarters of a million people and thousands of is fighters. it took these men just six hours to take this village. they made good progress but with overwhelming force. beyond here is another town and another village. that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself. from here on in, the going will not be nearly so fast. 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 me tonight are broadcaster natalie haynes and the independent‘s political editor rob merrick. the us company kraft heinz has "amicably agreed" to withdraw its proposal for a merger with unilever, according to a joint statement issued by both companies. unilever owns many familiar brands, including household names such as marmite and persil. with me is our business correspondent joe lynam. what is the background to this? on friday, the biggest ever bid for a british company was submitted by kraft hein

there has been an acceleration of attacks on civilians. we just saw a report last week of russia itself having targeted a hospital. hands-off,le staying is taking the lead in killing civilians in this has got to stop. this is not a matter of respecting territory or sovereignty. russia should use its huge leverage to stop the atrocities. [applause] >> we will come back to you. i want to ask stephan, to what extent will the geneva process insist or depend on the success of astana and some of the issues that can spoke about four serious talks take place -- syria's talks take place? >> when we were trying to launch the cease-fire linked to geneva talks, we will -- were fully aware that the people in syria the u.n.ing us specializes in meetings. on the first one to be aware of that. are you going to have another meeting why we are -- while we are dying? while we are fighting? while we are being bombed? thought --ourts school of thought, having been in so many conflicts, is to say what a moment, remember the last time we were in war? they were d

civilians are facing renewed terror from warlords.istians, but it's not as simple as just a battle of religions. numerous warlords fight for power and wealth. veronique's husband was murdered, leaving her to care forfive children. madeleine lost her husband and three of herfive children. translation: they were killing people. they killed two on a motorcycle. they were going from killing to killing. it created a panic. some people even lost their children as they were running. one name kept cropping up here, a muslim warlord they blame for the most recent attacks. what about ali darassa? translation: his name creates fear and terror. even now, here. when he sent his men to bakara, all the people ran away. it wasn't hard to find ali darassa. he and his bodyguards live directly opposite the un hq. you portray yourself as a protector of the people, but there is another view of you, and that is that you are a ruthless killer. translation: all is clear. everything that happens is reported by people. if i was a ruthless killer, people could

can you describe the conditions for civilians there?eorgina: what we have been hearing from people that fled over the last days is that they have been living under a grueling situation. they have been living under a harsh regime. they are restricted and afraid to go out of their homes. they have their lives disrupted. people have been unable to access their jobs and salaries. it has been extremely difficult for them to meet their needs. there is 750,000 people stuck in the western half of mosul. 40% have access to safe drinking water. 80% of the necessary goods are inaccessible to people. that is because the supply lines are posed into the city for the last few and people haven't been able to earn anything for years. they can't afford what's available. brent: and we're hearing predictions it could take six months for western muscle to fall. what do people do in that situation? what preparations as your agency making for what will be a further deterioration of conditions? >> is difficult to know how quickly people are going to come out o

told civilians to stay put if they feel safe.en the level of air attacks, artillery bottom bartments and whatnot, there's really nowhere safe in western mosul. and frankly, there's really nowhere for them to go. and the battle does seem to be intensifying. the day before yesterday, iraqi forces took control of albu saif which is a village just to the south, about a mile south of the southern perimeter of mosul. now, there are iraqi artillery on that hill pounding that airport, which is the first major objective of this operation. but even if they take the airport, they still haven't gotten to the narrow alleyways and streets that are really going to be a challenge to the iraqis when they enter the city. because, we know, for instance, isis has dug an extensive network of tunnels in many parts of the city. ana. >> just the image that you paint with your words it definitely sounds like an intense situation and certainly a challenge for iraqi forces and civilians in that area. thank you so much, ben for the update. >>> from that con

and so, what we're trying to do is educate people, educate the civilian world, as well, because when rapist leaves the military, they go back into the civilian population, and then the heinous crimes continue. so, the main thing is to -- >> so, why now? is that because the outside world, it doesn't prosecute. right now, it's prosecuted in the military, right? >> no, it's not. that's the problem. the problem is, you see there's not a lot of -- >> so, the general public doesn't know? >> there's not a lot of rapists in the military. the percentage of rapists are small, but the fact is, an average rapist, according to the american psychiatric association, performs 300 to 600 rapes in their lifetime. they're serial rapists. 90% of them are serial rapists. >> so, the people who were prosecuted in the military, that information doesn't get out to the general public? >> no, they're not prosecuted. this is the problem. it's up to the commanders. >> right. >> it goes to -- you see, they have a funny judicial system. you know, it goes to the commander, and the commander determines whether it wa

they are being bombed in their homes, in their schools and illegal attacks on civilians and civilian targets such as hospitals, which are rampant. and in the jails in syria, civilians are being systematically targeted -- civilians who didn't show any sign of dissent. this is a systematic policy that has happened since 2011. this is widespread and a calculator policy by the syrian authorities. i want to be very clear that while we at amnesty have documented abuses on every side -- actually, it also helps create the picture of how much civilians are suffering in syria -- but in the context of detention in particular, the syrian authorities are carrying out the vast majority of violations. so if you think about a population that has been terrorized, they have been arrested, disappeared, tortured, and killed, on the scale of tens of thousands of people, and all of those people have family members, it does make sense to me that you might want to flee your country in that kind of circumstance. in many people do not want to go. they end up going because they feel they have to. they are runn

laura: what about the situation for civilians? understand leaflets have been dropped over the city 200 -- warned civilians and offensive is going on. undern muzzle is now government control. what is the situation for people there? forces havealition dropped the leaflets. [indiscernible] they want to lay down arms and not fight. is military situation particularly dire, particularly for the children. they have a lack of food, .anitation, water the situation is very bad. to 750,000timates up are trapped. laura: thank you very much indeed. been another bombing in pakistan, waves of militant violence of claims dozens of lives in recent weeks. the last explosion hit an upscale shopping center. at least 10 people were killed. no group has claimed responsibility for today's attack. we have more. reporter: scenes of chaos in lahore. rescue teams and police rushed to the blast after a bomb ripped through pakistan's provincial capital. shops andth upscale cafes, was quickly evacuated by security forces, leaving residents and witnesses in a s

there are still upwards of 750,000 civilians in mosul in the western pa rt civilians in mosul in the aircraft are not going to drop bombs on civilian targets. the iraqi government wants us to do that, the shia militia want us to do that. because the airfield has been secured, now is the time to do forced protection on the airfield to make it safer for the people from mosul to come to the airfield, to be able to recruit and military resources and to rebuild a sunni force that can actually pinpoint isis and make it a permanent defeat, rather than these temporary defeat that we are seeing to date. in that case, from what you suggested, if the challenge facing the government forces is to both avoid civilian casualties, but continue to push forward , casualties, but continue to push forward, does that suggest that the rate of progress might perhaps slow at this point? yeah, it will be months in which mosul is secured, not days. the next road into the heart of western mosul, it killed a lot of americans because those streets become very narrow and isis can do sniper overwatch on obstacles

the us military admits civilians were likely killed during a special forces raid civilians were likelyilled during a specialforces raid in yemen, so what went wrong? also coming up, what went wrong? also coming up, what does the british government wa nt what does the british government want from the brexit negotiation? we 110w want from the brexit negotiation? we now have a strategy document, in white paper, that sets out in detail. and the president is praying for better ratings, not for himself, but for the apprentice, the show that arnold schwarzenegger on all fronts. arnold schwarzenegger to ta ke fronts. arnold schwarzenegger to take my place and we know how that turned out. why don't we switch jobs question would you take over tv, because you are an expert, i take over your job. hello and welcome to one hundred days with me katty kay in washington and christian fraser in london. it's safe to say we learn a lot about the president's foreign policy from his twitter account. as you'd imagine, since his tweets are so wide ranging, almost every government in the world is on tenterhook

there are 700,000 civilians. a lot more as a ratio of civilians to uniformed service men in the pentagon. in our budget defense we need to go back to our historic levels and reduce the number of civilian employees. saves a great deal of money. he's friend of taxpayers. host: to bring it back to border adjustment. as we are learning about this and watching what's happening on capitol hill, what sort of comparisons can we make to other countries? how many other countries do this? how similar is this to value added tax which is something we talked about on this program efore? guest: i want to keep the number of taxes down. this vmpling the corporate income tax an i think as a part of the whole package it's a good idea. i don't have an objection to a replacement that also helps us reform taxes and dealing with our international taxes as well. but the whole package is very, very strong, very, very helpful and somebody wants to critique it needs to find real estate placement. adam: that's right. it's about growth and i

civilians are facing renewed terror from warlords.numerous warlords fight for power and wealth. veronique's husband was murdered, leaving her to care forfive children. madeleine lost her husband, and three of her five children. translation: they were killing people. they killed two on a motorcycle. they were going from killing to killing. it created a panic. some people even lost their children as they were running. 0ne name kept cropping up here, a muslim warlord they blame for the most recent attacks. what about ali darassa? translation: his name creates fear and terror. even now, here, when he sent his men to bacula, all the people ran away. it wasn't hard to find ali darassa. he and his bodyguards live directly opposite the un hq. guns are supposed to be banned here, but try telling that to these men. the un is unwilling so far to provoke a conflict over this. the fighters are muslims from the ethnic minority, whom ali darassa claims to protect. you portray yourself as the protector of the people. but there is another view of you,

the militants are surrounded along with an estimated 750,000 civilians.a car ploughed into a crowd watching a mardi gras parade in new orleans. the driver of the vehicle has been arrested. new orleans police chief says terrorism was not suspected. an eyewitness said the driver didn't appear to realise what he had done. coming up at six o'clock, breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden but first on bbc news, the week in parliament.

that civilian casualties were in the dozens, but we have learned that's kind of the current state in terms of the civilian casualty situation. >> general, i want to come you to now, you just heard the details about the civili casualties. why the white house views this raid as a success. let's listen to what he said. >> it's hard to ever call something a complete success when you have a loss of life or people injured, but i think when you look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life in america in our tug tu institutions probably throughout the world, it is a success. operation by all standards. >> what is your reaction to that? do you agree with him? >> well, i think the press secretary is trying to be very careful what he's saying because you have to look firsthand at the very different change in tactic here where previous administration relied primarily on ground strikes here we have boots on the ground areal coverage and seal team 6 and so there was something there that we needed to get our hands on that threatened u.s. vital interests, if we got what

but they don't target civilians, they are targeting the houthi rebels who sometimes are in civilian areasr the background to this, and you mentioned the current president of an internationally recognised president, but the fact is iran is supporting the houthi rebels. why are you doing that? you are prolonging a terrible conflict in this country. the iranians are supporting the people who are being massacred and who have been under siege and the united states and western countries, including the british government, has been giving the sunnis weapons and cluster bombs the sunnis weapons and cluster bombs the slaughter innocent civilians and the slaughter innocent civilians and the target have nothing to do with military targets. the siege is preventing food from getting in. the americans have created starvation alongside the saudis. almost 20 million people. in ethiopia once upona time million people. in ethiopia once upon a time when people were dying because of the drought, in the world there was noise being made. here they are intentionally making people starve. western governments. but

the militants are surrounded, along with an estimated three—quarters—of—a—million civilians.davies is at an advanced iraqi military base, where american troops and advisers are a key part of the offensive. this woman is a victim of islamic state's latest tactic in its desperate bid to avoid defeat in mosul. the 55—year—old mother of seven, from the eastern part of the city, was hit in a drone strike. her leg shattered. "i was lying on the ground and people were pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. one of dozens of drone attack victims they've treated at this hospital. this is pretty new for this conflict but also for conflicts all over the world. these mortars can be very effective and the impact on the population really, really brutal. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. an organisation which governs according to brutal feudal codes, adapting modern technology to lethal effect. drones are yet another threat for government troops now pursuing fighters from so—called islamic state into the narrow s

what about civilians in the area? what is happening to them?, were told to stay at home. there was any drop by the iraqi air force asking him to at home and away from is militants operating on the western side. meanwhile, they are be good to be offered a safe route, actually, to go south of mosul. there were reports recently about the human crisis and the shortage of food and water. i am crisis and the shortage of food and water. iam hearing crisis and the shortage of food and water. i am hearing the iraqi artillery shelling the western part of mosul, while the coalition air force is still looming in the skies of mosul. there were reports of yea rs of mosul. there were reports of years ago of a suicide attack targeting a group of the tribal fighters who are taking care of the security of the eastern side. they we re security of the eastern side. they were targeted by a suicide bomber who was wearing a suicide belt. that was in one of the neighbourhoods in the eastern side of mosul. so things are still not completely calm and eastern mosul? they

the exodus of civilians from western mosul — as iraqi troops push deeper into territory held by militantsvigil is held for the indian victim of a shooting in a kansas bar — the authorities suspect it could be a hate crime. following a search for traces of a deadly nerve agent hello. good to have you with us. this is bbc news, i'm lebo diseko. president trump say‘s he won't be attending the white house correspondents dinner this year. the yearly event traditionally features a humorous speech by the sitting president. the white house has been asked to explain why it barred reporters from several news organisations, including the bbc, from a briefing on friday. from washington, laura bicker reports. this seems to be a further deterioration of the president's relationship with the press. this dinner is usually an annual, star—studded event and a chance for the press and president to sit down together and put any animosity aside. and president donald trump has decided that this year he will not attend. 15 presidents have been to this dinner. it has only been skipped on three occasions. that wa

they undertook a civilian surge which took 500 civilians in afghanistan up to 1300. they set about trying to implement a smart power approach in afghanistan. unfortunately, the results did not live up to the billing. some of you here saw this firsthand. for one thing, we saw the state department, u.s. aid they cannot get experienced people to go to this country. you had to bring in contractors and temporary employees. the vast majority of those people never got out into the countryside because it was dangerous there and the civilian unions did not feel they were obliged to go there. we then did not have oversight where huge amounts of cash were going and they often ended up in the hands of the enemy or corrupt officials. you were actually exacerbating conflict rather than alleviating it. you also had a problem -- if you wanted to do an aid project, the taliban were there and they were going to kill your aid workers and kill your governors. there was counterinsurgency gains but it did not have much to do with smart power. it had everything to do with military power. i

as well as we've made great progress on our civilian hiring and how we can do that. i this i there's more work to be done there. we're in a competition for talent. we need to bring in the best and brightest. we have fantastic training programs and we can help our nation moving forward but there's still work to be done and how we bring on civilians in into our workforce. >> sir, i'm with all my colleagues here. we need to recruit, train and maintain that workforce and we are short and i think we're short globally. i think it's a problem that's not just -- it's replicated in the military but it's really for the entire country. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. wilson. >> thank you, chairman thornberry and thank you for your work, mr. chairman, with president trump. secretary mattis, this issue has been raised and what a great team we have here with the advice chiefs too to work on the issue of readiness. it's very important to me. i'm grateful to be the chairman of the readiness subcommittee. gives me the opportunity to work with ranking member madeleine bo

nearly 300 troops and civilians died. japan's self-imposed restrictions limit sdf operations to areas where a cease-fire is imposed. >> translator: we do not believe there were acts of combat carried out as part of international armed conflict such as killing and wounding people or destroying things. therefore, we believe our principles on peacekeeping operations were maintained. >> the sdf records were released on tuesday. defense ministry officials had said the logs had been destroyed, but this week the officials said the documents had been found in a department that hadn't been checked. >>> a special adviser to the united nations says last month saw more than 52,000 people flee ongoing ethnic violence in south sudan for neighboring uganda. the adviser says he's gravely concerned the situation could result in mass atrocities. u.n. special adviser on the prevention of genocide released a statement on tuesday saying the refugees are coming mainly from southern parts of south sudan, including the area that is a focus of et

civilians are facing renewed terror from warlords. these are christians, but it is not as simple as just a battle of religions. numerous warlords fight for power and wealth. this woman's husband was murdered, leaving her to care for five children. -- matalin lost her husband and three of her five children. >> they were killing people. they killed 2 on a motorcycle. they were going from killing to killing. it created a panic. some people lost their children as they were running. fergal: one name kept cropping up here, a muslim warlord they blame for the most recent attacks. what about ali darassa? >> his name creates fear and terror. even now, when he sent his men, all the people ran away. findl: it wasn't hard to ali darassa. lived his bodyguards directly opposite the unhq. guns are supposed to be dan -- supposed to be banned here, but try telling that to these men. the u.n. is unwilling to provoke conflict over this. the fighters are muslims from the ethnic minority that ali darassa claims to protect. you portray yourself as a protec

the white helmets are a group of civilian rescue workers in syria.n syria, simply titled the white helmets, won best documentary. we spoke to a member of the organisation, majd khalaf, about what the oscar meant to them. this piece contains images from the documentary which some viewers might find upsetting. explosion translation: at the moment we receive the news of winning the oscar, one of our volunteers was pulling a child from underneath the rubble in the city of idlib. other volunteers were helping in the suburbs of damascus. when we started our work with the civil defence team, the white helmets, we pledged to help as many civilians as possible. it is an indescribable feeling when we get the call to help, although our job poses a lot of threat on our lives. translation: until now, we have saved 80,000 civilians, but we have also lost 162 of our colleagues because of air strikes. although we are happy to save lives, we are also living the suffering of the civilians every day. the film was shot in aleppo, which was considered one of the most dan

i personal would rather see him be in civilian clothes, by the way.uld have recommended that he retire and serve in a civilian capacity. general powell served as an military officer, others have done the same thing. but he'd have more tools at his disposal if he was in civilian clothes. >> more what? i'm sorry. >> more tools of his disposal where he's sort of freed from the military fraternity/sorority of officers. i would have rather seen him serve in a civilian capacity. >> and give our viewers the 30-second version of how awful and miserable and sleep deprived the job of national security adviser in the white house is. >> well, it's unbelievable. i spent a lot of time over there in three administrations, sitting in the white house situation room. it's a 24-hour-a-day job, some of the brightest people in this country, from the various departments of government work there. a couple of thousand people in the white house general support and the national security adviser is at the center of the whole thing. he's got to sort out how do we get objective,

fighters, and civilians. quentin: it is eerils the men proceed on foot. a local man tells the special forces they were up to 100 i.s. here yesterday, hidden bombs all over. so the men took to higher ground. and we followed at a safe distance. as the day went on, there was no letup. it is from this factory that i.s. defended the airport. their flag flew here yesterday, but no longer. in less than four hours, iraqi forces had breached the airport perimeter, but i.s. fought back. first, a huge roadside bomb, which killed an iraqi officer. despite the airstrikes, i.s. fighters were still putting up resistance. from the cover of an armored vehicle, we were able to see the battle ahead. gunbattle going on at the moment. quentin: it was a short battle, but there were more casualties from the front. the more they advance, the more civilians they meet. and they are in a wretched state. these people had hung on during years of islamic state rule. but in the midst of this final battle, they were overwhelmed. this man says, "they are dead in the south, all dead. my b

admiral moran: and the flexibility to draw between the active and reserve and civilian and back. i think that's how the nation can solve this problem because we can't keep throwing money at people to try to keep them in. that said, our training and the way we're organized has increased significantly. all of the services have invested a substantial amount of money in the past years. but cyberwarfare is like others subject to readiness cuts and the cuts are being able to upgrade from windows x to windows y and we have to take some cuts to those readiness accounts as well as all the other ones as we see a reduced top line. thanks for the question. >> i just add, a communication centered focus to a cybersecurities focused. there are some acquisition reforms that i think can help keep up with the speed that the industry is going with as well as we made great progress on our civilian hiring and how we can do that general wilson: but i think there's more work to be done there. we are in a competition for talent. we need to bring in the best and brightest. we have fantastic training prog

we are not going to target an apartment building with civilians to get one person or plotter. as long as they are raqqah, they want to pull off an osama bin laden attack. they're trying. i will also say we have been fighting isis for a couple of years. working with local actor, enabling them to make sure the territory they retack can hold. b about 500 square kilometers. every single inch of ground that has been retaken, isis has not retaken any of that ground. it's a contrast to some efforts against isis and syria. one major operation against isis, really, the only one, was the operation in el myra and isis came back and took it. and the operations we've been enabling, they have not retaken any speck. so i think we just do things dich differently. the strategy is different in quite significant ways. the second interest is dees deescalating the violence in the civil war, the underlying civil war. and this gets to all the excellent work that stephan is doing. my turkish counterparts here over the course of these few days and we fully support their successful decisioiscussions wi

work outside of washington, d.c.6 of% of civilians work outside of washington, d.c.of% of civilians work outside of washington, d.c.f% of civilians work outside of washington, d.c.% of civilians work outside of washington, d.c. they work in depot answers fligs /*s and flight line. >> thank you. >> mr. rorarke. >> thank you. thank you for your leadership and testimony today. i also really appreciate the guidance that you have given to congress so far in repealing the budget control act ending this sequestration. and in having continued resolutions and pointing out the real value in a base realignment and closure process to be able to direct and focus resources where they are most effective for our service members and our missions. so on each of those i would like to be part of working with our colleagues from both sides of the aisle to get these things done. i think you've made a very good case for what why we need to do it and why we need to do it now. for general allen, the 3 of 58 brigade comment teams ready to fight tonight, i think one, it says something about our form of govern

as civilians are trying to flee, or the event they are courting, it is all kinds of trauma injuries.er the control of is. what sort of stories are they telling your workers? there was a multitude of stories. 0bviously, they have lived under very terrible conditions for a long time and for me, the biggest concern is the fact that when the civilians tried to flee, they are having to flee across front lines. they are risking everything to try to escape from isis and to get to safety. when you see families carrying nothing but the clothes on their back and carrying their children, often children are 50 present of the population so it is incredibly difficult. to see at first hand is very difficult. other grateful, nonetheless, that this offensive is happening, to try to get rid of is? absolutely. a lot of families we are seeing and speaking to, they are very happy once they do reach the other side of the lines and it is quite a big change for them in these areas so people are generally happy. tom robinson from 0xfam's emergency team in iraq, thank you for your time. you are welcome. thank