the mayor of falluja at the time. >> guest: he claimed to be the mayor of falluja but it turned out that in fact he was. he had been involved in an attack on the local police departmentdepartment which a nuf police officers were murdered. so there was some suspicion of attack or have they got them inside and smuggled uniforms. so we interrogated initially, and it was a very direct interrogation. but then he was passed on to another interrogator who was placed in this palestinian chair. where the name came from, there were rumors that they've been trained in israel. i don't know if that is true because we as americans did this and we need to be sure that we are focusing on what we do as a nation. so being interrogated in this chair i had to walk by the interrogation. a flimsy sheet of plywood is blown open and outside your bound to the palestinian chair with his hand tight his ankles they force him to lean forward forcing all of his weight as if he'd been trapped in the act kneeling down to pray. his knees frozen above the floor, he's blindfolded. his head has collapsed into his ches

helping iraqi security forces and passion are good to dislodge isil from city after city, ramadi, falluja, kiara, mark moore. our coalition is now doing the same in mosul, having isolated the city the iraqis with her helper taking back easter most of them moving west. there is a complex mission will take time to accomplish but i'm confident that isil stays in most all are numbered. in syria on local partners put in and to isil's expansion and then began to systematically roll it back towards raqqa, an important objective since the so-called capital of the caliphate and the hub for external attack. after helping capable and series forces we enabled them another forces to retake shiitake, denying isil control over those areas and cutting off their primary lines of communication into turkey and iraq. we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. isolation face continues according to our plan where generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territory were yielding results and if denying isil the

she wore an falluja and berky me and headscarf. she was to break barriers musselman and show they are not oppressed and she wants to be an inspiration for other girls. >> i like the fact that people are talking about it and i've been getting lots of messages from was some girls telling me about stuff they overcome like bullying are people calling sharing with me and my story had motivated them, and has made all of this with it. >> the st. cloud state university freshman into the semi final round of 50 contestants but she didn't advance to the final five. >>> your next long flight, my next long flight just got ore ht. netflix will allow us to watch shows off-line. memmers have the option to download movies and shows. it features free with all netflix memberships. members want to make sure you have the most recent netffix app on your device to access that new download button. >>> sad mood to suspect sad news for mcdonald's fans. the creator of the big mac passed away. the 19-year-old man died this week. he first introduced the big ma

picked a secretary of defense, james mattis he had he is named mad dog after leading the battles in falluja he said it is fun to shoot some people. and central command and he already appears to have a good deal of influence with the president-elect. he said he reconsiders water boarding after he said that he thinks it doesn't work. but he does have a bit of a service. under the law you have to be retired at least 7 years from the military to lead the department of defense ensuring civilian control of the military and with this he is retired only four years from service so congress would have to waive the law, change the law before 1950 and given his popularity on both sides of the aisle it is likely that will happen but it could hold things up. >> you expect them to give waiver. >> based on the fact it has happened before. he is a less controversial figure in the administration. >> thank you very much. >> and the president is coming to tampa to visit macdill. he will meet with active duty service members and talk about the counter terrorism efforts and the president will meet with members o

the four-star general known as "mad dog" is known for his command of the marines in the battle of falluja in iraq. and lauren blanchard has more on the visit to the >> reporter: the president-elect hits the road. he and the vice president mike pence kicking things off at carrier's factory announcing a job to keep jobs in indiana after they were mark slaterred to move. >> they have stepped up. they did it in a nice and professional way. soil it is giving the parent company 7 million in the tax incentives. >> they wanded to the news, you did more in the first three weeks than the last, you know the current administration has done in the last nine months for us, carriers does, however, plan to move 600 jobs from the facility as well as 700 from another facility to it is getting mixed reaction. >> the state was going to give 7 million to stay. >>> a ema not sure why the governor in his position didn't do that earlier. >> i'm happy we're keeping jobs in america. aren't you. >> and the president-elect kicking off a thank you tour with a rally. analysts are determined whether the tour is a good

something happens halfway around the world in falluja and we experience it.hat could be a big battle that wiped out the next village. 100 years ago you would hear about it. in every area, democratization you can count the number on one hand a century ago. become the number of democracies on one finger two centuries ago. not every country is the perfect democracy, but in all these areas, democratization, human freedom, peace, economic activity, this is the most beneficial time in human history. we didn't have any safety net. >> you don't think in 20 or 30 years we will have a universal income be so many people will be out of work? >> i'll give you an example. >> we had 52,000 college students in 1970. we have 20 million today and another five to 10 million. 30 million, 10% of the population of the united states. 20% of the workforce. they are studying poetry and history and appomattox and music and that is considered a useful thing to do. so we are going to redefine the nature of work. you greeted mobile devices and that could give you 100 activities that didn

. >> the iraqi city of falluja, we understand, has been liberated. >> iraq's military is claiming victory from isis is under way. >> with much international support, a lot of coalition planning, american air power -- one came right at me. >> reporter: cnn's own team would later make it inside the city limits of mosul and very nearly would not make it out. >> we realize we're trapped. our mrap takes a direct hit. [ bleep ]. >> we need to move but every time we try, gunfire drives us back. >> reporter: arwa damon and her team would spend 28 hours trapped. an estimated 1 million civilians are still within this embattled city. across the border in syria, another hellish landscape unfolds. its biggest city, aleppo, the epicenter of this horror. this is what hell feels like. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: the syrian regime's latest aerial assault. >> reporter: gallon drums filled with explosives and shrapnel shoved out of helicopters. >> racing frantically what they say nine people stuck under that rebels. >> reporter: a dazed and shell-shock boy pulled from the wreckage of his ho

we've liberated falluja and we are moving on mosul and pressing in on the heart of the so-called caliphateand we hav had to eliminate almost every leader with the exception of the very top. we are putting enormous pressure on their financing and we've taken the 1,000 a day recruits now down so we are driving up the capacity and i believe we will be turning over to the next administration a situation that is moving absolutely in the right direction and all of this is emboldening people to realize we are not the prisoners of this extremism and chaos. we are moving in the right direction and it needs to be part of that for the safety of israel and the region and our own interests. >> you are painting a somewhat optimistic picture. we know that you go without leverage to get them to stop behaving in a certain way. earlier this year president obama described the situation in russia is working its way into his future quagmire. it seems like russia is running the show despite your efforts at the negotiating table. in retrospect could and the president has had given you more leverage to insert the

in 2004 he led troops into falluja the bloodiest battle in the iraq war. he is the latest appointee to a cabinet that is drawing criticism for including several mega wealthy insiders. >> is putting wall street insiders to the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> loyal supporters are not concerned. >> yes they are billing errors but they are smart with their money. >> we will take a quick break and be back with more in a minute. still i had a major push to make school bus safer. >> taconic house has a new owner . >> more people coming forward they to became sick after eating a thanksgiving meal that was held in the east they. we will have the details in that story coming up here expect here's a live look outside. here's a look at westbound 80. robert will have a full check of your traffic in a minute. >> the time is 7:15. >> where watching traffic with robin. >> look at the shot of the richmond san rafael bridge. >> it's that accident. >> we have an accident west end of the richmond rafael bridge. this is before you get to san quentin. o

forces and the kurdish peshmerga to systematically dislodge isil from city after city -- ramadi, fallujaara, others. our coalition is now doing the same in mosul, having isolated the city, the iraqis, with our help, taking back easter most of mosul and moving west. there is a complex mission will take time to accomplish, but i'm confident that isil's days in mosul are numbered. in syria, our local partners put an end to isil's expansion and then began to systematically roll it back towards raqqa, an important objective since the so-called capital of the caliphate and the hub for plotters of external attack. after helping capable and series -- and motivated local syrian forces defended kobani, we enabled them another forces to retake other places, denying isil control over those areas and cutting off their primary lines of communication into turkey and iraq. we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. as the isolation phase continues we are generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territ

forces and the kurdish peshmerga to systematically dislodge isil from city after city -- ramadi, falluja, kiara, others. our coalition is now doing the same in mosul, having isolated the city, the iraqis, with our help, taking back easter most of them moving west. there is a complex mission will take time to accomplish, but i'm confident that isil's days in mosul are numbered. in syria, our local partners put an end to isil's expansion and then began to systematically roll it back towards raqqa, an important objective since the so-called capital of the caliphate and the hub for external attack. after helping capable and series -- and motivated local syrian forces defended kobani, we enabled them another forces to retake other talents, denying isil control over those areas and cutting off their primary lines of communication into turkey and iraq. we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. isolation face continues according to our plan where generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back terri

your husband, chris served with general mattis in falluja. is that accurate? doing some street rioting so he didn't report to him directly. except that he was to his true. stuart: what was your late husband's attitude towards general mattis? >> you know, mattis in particular he didn't have an opinion on that i remember. he just loves serving with the marines and he loved helping them and he was more entrenched in the realm of all, less so in the strategic decisions would've been at the general level. stuart: are your supporter of mr. drum? >> he's doing a great job. i'm hopeful to see what he will do. we have seen him work with minorities and all the things i've said about and how they don't believe women are getting a fair shot or minorities are. i el like it is not being looked at that he is influencing the high-level positions. >> i want to go back to the army navy game. i'm enthralled with this. it's going to be one extraordinary event. 71,000 military type people appeared >> right. it goes beyond not because the military is hopeful. i've had a lot of prob