has been providing to iraqi forces. and earlier this year, a senior u.s. military official in baghdad, colonel brett sylvia, publicly praised the erd in a briefing for reporters back at the pentagon. >> they have proven to be a very effective fighting force. this is the first time that we have advised them, and it has been a really fruitful partnership in all regards. >> reporter: the two soldiers who invited arkadi to follow them, captain nazar and corporal haydr ali, have developed a folk hero status in iraq, the subject of a social media video called "happy baghdad" produced by arkady. at one point arkady became very close with the two men. to his shame, arkady admitted to us after our interview that he himself did go along twice and struck captives. but now arkady has fled iraq, breaking out his graphic video, his family in hiding after receiving death threats from the two soldiers he once considered friends. do you think they would kill you? >> yeah, why not? it's easy. >> would you ever be able to go back to iraq? >> i don't know. really, i don't kno

i mentioned the iraqi and syrian sacrifices. we should reflect on the sacrifices of young americans, most recently lieutenant weston lee in iraq, and senior chief kyle millikan in somalia. thank you. i will be followed by special envoy mcgurk. mr. mcgurk: thank you for the opportunity to describe how our diplomatic efforts are working to destroy isis and ensure it cannot return. secretary and chairman just mentioned they destroyed territory to coalition-backed forces. and isis has retaken none of that ground. the reason for that record, our close cooperation between the departments and agencies between the global coalition of 68 members and supporting partners have influenced capacity on the ground. i returned from the region this morning and met some of the brave syrians and iraqis who are living under the terror of isis. coalition-unabled operations have freed people. this is a remarkable record and now working to accelerate these effects with pressure on the capital of raqqa. during my recent trip, i witnessed how our diploma

iraqi forces closing in on the old city from three sides. as they advance, the progress is beinme feet, rather than full city blocks. iraqi and american forces have been firing heavy artillery and mortars, which came as a surprise, considering the u.n. estimates there may be as many as 200,000 civilians still trapped inside densely-populated neighborhoods. more than 700,000 people have already fled since the offensive to retake mosul began last october. in january the iraqi government declared that eastern mosul had been recaptured. the campaign to take back western mosul began a few weeks later, with joint iraqi forces pushing in from the north, south, and west. now finally, encircling the old city. it's at the very heart of the isis stronghold here in mosul. home to the al nori mosque where the caliphate was first declared nearly three years ago. the fight so far have become less effective in the maze of narrow streets and apartment blocks where isis gunmen open fire from homes with residents effectively held prisoner, trapped inside. a te

for iraqi troops in some areas, just holding ground is a huge task.rrive. the iraqi forces have new tack but they will still be fighting street by street. now some sport, and marcus rashford' goal has helped manchester united to a 1—0 win away to celta vigo in the first leg of their europa league semi final. the 19 year old curled a free kick past the outstretched arms of sergio alvarez, handing his side a vital away goal ahead of the second leg at old trafford next thursday against the spaniards. united haven't played in a european final since 2011 and victory in this competition guarantees the winner a champions league place next season. cricket now and england start their busy summer on friday with a one day match against ireland in bristol. the two will also play at lord's on sunday. the england captain says his side are in good shape as they prepare to host the eight team champions trophy next month. the strength and depth we've had for this site has been extremely the strength and depth we've had for this side has been extremely strong over the

in iraq we partnered with the iraqi street forces. us and coalition forces are providing equipment and intelligence, conducting airstrikes and advising military leaders. support and emphasize the fighting interactions been done by iraqi forces and they performed remarkably and it is also sacrificed. david suffered approximately 980 killed and over 6000 wounded. i just comment on the side, in addition to the confidence that they demonstrated in the sacrifice of the one thing i've seen over time in the 15 months i've been back and forth visiting in iraq in this particular assignment is the confidence of the iraqi leaders. some of you in the fall of 2015, it's very you when you go to clear there's confidence of the commanders in their ability to lead and in their soldiers ability to fight is remarkably different than it was a short time ago. in syria working alongside our troops ally and partner forces we've cleared isis from the turkish, syrian border that stemming the flow of foreign fighters, weapons and money to isis frontline. we es

once equipment is handed over to the iraqis, previous reports have shown that the iraqi warehouses areisorganized, even the iraqi officials don't know what is in some of the warehouses. there is an inventoried increment sitting in shipping -- equip men sitting in shipping crates. problems and deficiencies. and why we are concerned about this is there is a very long history of leakage of weapons supply to the iraqi army and that leakage is going out to islamic state and the many, many other groups completely unaccountable armed groups who are committing atrocities and war crimes, not just in iraq, but syria as well. nermeen: can you talk about where you discovered much of this american military equipment, including assault rifles, among other things, stores in iraq and also for sale online? we have done a lot of systematic work. it is difficult to track individual weapons, but we have been looking at a lot of images and films of islamic state deploying weapons and also the shia militias that are now grouped under the mobilization units. and we have looked at what type of weapons that th

this weekend iraqi forces backed by the u.s. military began what they hope will be the final push to drive isis out of the city the mosul. charlie d'agata reports tonight from the front lines. >> we're in an area of western mosul, a region taken over by iraqi forces not long ago. and this is what it cost to get rid of isis. the destruction is everywhere, it's staggering and stretches for miles. that is an isis car, you can still see the dekal there. the combination of air strikes, artillery, mortars and isis suicide car bombs that have leveled buildings and cost the lives of hundreds of civilians. over the past couple of days there's been an yup tick in the hostilities between both sides after the iraqi forces announced a launch of a new offensive to take over the old city. now we have three iraqi forces coming from the south, the north and west, on isis fighters that remain. they are pinned up gensz the tig rest river the. the old city itself is dengsly pop lated and tightly packed with narrow roads and alleyways that make it d

until now, iraqi forces have relied on u.s. airstrikes, artillery and heavy weapons, but today, scott, the colonel told us that won't work in these narrow alley ways. his men have had to resort to throwing hand enaigrenades into buildings. >>> coming up next, murder on campus, was it a hate crime. the box. what parents need to know about fruit juice. how your clothes smell can say at lot about you. that's why new downy protect and refresh conditions fibers to lock out odors. so clothing odors don't do the talking for you. lock out odors with new downy protect and refresh. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from chugging hot sauce? ...oh jeremy. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. ♪ ♪ five-second rule protection. new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. ♪ lysol.

we've heard time and time again from iraqi officials that, that is the next operation. right next to the highway between mosul and baghdad. we also know that isis controls another town halfway between mosul and the syrian border. it's been under fairly constant pressure by the so-called pmu, the popular mobilization units, which have it surrounded, but certainly mosul is, in terms of symbolism, the most important target for the iraqi military at the moment. but the job is far from over. hannah? >> and ben, with this battle r -- for mosul, has the fight been comparatively slowed because of so many civilians still in the city, or is it because of the defense isis has put up against iraqi forces? >> reporter: really, it's a combination of the both. we've seen that, for instance, on the east side of the city and the west, this is a city under normal conditions. it had a population of 2 million people. certainly the western part is much more densely populated. so fighting in those areas is difficult in and of itself because of the civilians. then of course isis uses, to maxi

i went to iraq, didn't get any iraqi letters, a lot of iraqis in nebraska, i could ask them. he went to the iraqi community, immigrants, they talk to their family members and all these letters and emails about the iraqi perspective, not the enemy perspective but iraq under saddam hussein and so forth but vietnam was interesting because encouragement of vietnam veterans who said we are curious what the other side was writing in this. vietnam with an interesting dilemma because it is a communist country and their archives are heavily censored and what they would allow us to see was well picked out. the way i got these letters, i was lamenting to someone about these archives and this was a gentleman who worked, i had a guy here looking for stamps, and this little antique shop, letters he had no use for, that is what i'm looking for. we went back to this antique shop, just go through and with my interpreter, a battle letter, was really for the stamp collectors and they couldn't care about the letters that were inside so that is how -- i think it was south vietnamese letters, what

until now, iraqi forces have relied on u.s. airstrikes, artillery and heavy weapons, but today, scott, the colonel told us that won't work in these narrow alley ways. his men have had to resort to throwing hand grenades into buildings. >> charlie d'agata on the battlefield for us. thank you. >>> coming up next, murder on campus, was it a hate crime. >>> and later, thinking outside the box. what parents need to know about fruit juice. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but can ot fix this teens skateboarding mishap? nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. ♪ ♪ five-second rule protection. new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. ♪ lysol. what it takes to protect. where are mom and dad? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. love mom and dad' i'm takin' a nap. dude, you just woke up! ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪

we're coming, if they fight, they will die. >> until now iraqi forces have relied on u.s. air strikes, artillery and heavy weapons but today, scott, the colonel tells us that won't work in these narrow alleyways. at this point his men have had to resort to throwing hand grenades into buildings. >> pelley: charlie d'agata on the battlefield, charlie, thank you. today the supreme court ruled that lawmakers in north carolina violated the constitution for drawing two congressional districts. too many african-americans were placed in those two districts and that weakened their voting power elsewhere in north carolina. voting rights advocates say this may boost challenges in other states. we have breaking news tonight in manchester, england. police there are responding to what they call a serious incident at anarena where the american singer arianna grande had been performing. jonathan vig lati is in our-- newsroom with early details. jonathan? >> scott, there are few details at this hour. what we do know is that there are reports of at least two loud bangs going often side the

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after seven months of fighting, iraqi troops backed by the u.s. have taken all but a few neighborhoods. in iraq's second largest city, warplanes and tanks are now giving way to house-to-house .ombat. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: in a darkened room r iraqi machine gunner takes aim at an isis sniper. a soldier points out the target, a building just a few blocks away. nearby in a hot narrow hallway, a sharp shooter zeros in on another target. this is the new front line for iraqi soldiers, a connected apartments where isis fighters have knocked through walls allowing them to move unseen >>om building to building. >> this is about as far as iraqi forces have been able to advance. and as they try to push into the old city, this is what they have to contend with, these narrow alleyways, armored vehicles of are no use, they have to get on foot and that puts isis at an advantage. soldiers are modifying tactics yw the fly, stringing blankets and bed sheets across alleyways to block the view of isis gunmen. using a household mirror to watch for mil

but they have been increasing their work on the ground with iraqi forces.ctly with the iraqi federal police to push is out of iraq's second—largest city. we're in mosul, actually. we're at the airport at the south end of mosul. we're about five or six kilometres from the frontline of the federal police. do you have any closer positions to the frontline? yeah, we have some other units that are a little bit closer, but they are still well behind the forward line of troops. there's people bleeding almost every day up there. there's back—and—forth fighting. keeping watch at all times, the small group of american troops know a quiet day is no reason to drop their guard. so the timing of old city is really dependent on a lot of things. it's especially dependent on the popular support for isis within that, and if there is any. we definitely encourage any civilians in the area to rise up against isis. constantly keeping in mind reduction of civilian casualties. so, to explain that, the faster they push and the more force they use to defeat isis, the more likelihood

estimates 200,000 iraqi residents are still trapped inside. and those who try to escape risk being caught in crossfire. we found 11-year-old sarah at a hospital run by american medical volunteers. where dr. john lusey was treating her for a shrapnel wound. the orthopedic surgeon from asheville, north carolina came out of retirement at 74 years ol d he told us he was shocked by what he saw. >> i came here and probably the first two days, i could almost not take it, you know? because i've seen a lot of trauma, but i've never seen anything to this extent. >> reporter: dr. lusey says the hospital is ready for more patients in the coming weeks. hopefully, that will mean more cities trapped inside the old city have at least escaped with their lives. charlie d'agata, cbs news, mosul, iraq. >>> the pentagon said today it was a success, they were able to shoot down a fake warhead over the pacific, the first of its kind test designed to send a message to north korea. here's david martin. >> reporter: the interceptor missile left a contrail in the sky as

all this as iraqi forces, backed by u.s. and coalition airstrikes, press the offensive on mosul, the last major isis foothold in iraq. we turn to susannah george of the associated press, in baghdad. susannah, thank you for joining us. these attacks are clearly targeting places where many are geared, right? what can you tell us about the bombings? >> in the aftermath of the bombings, there was a lot of anger. some of that anger was to the militants that carried out the bombings, that deliberately targeted targets where there were children and families, but there was a lot of anger at iraq's political leadership, who many iraqis hold responsible for the security failings that allowed these bombs to get into central baghdad. this is not the first time that we've seen these large-scale bombings during ramadan. last year a large truck bombing in the same neighborhood in karrada killed hundreds of people. that was the largest single attack in baghdad since the 2003 overthrow of saddam hussein. and afterward, iraqi security officia

but iraqi forces have isis pinned into a small area.ne 10, 2014 was when isis actually took control of mosul. and iraqi commanders are very desperate to sort of seize the overall city, the entire city, and have isis kicked out of there by this june 10. probably a bit of optimistic overreach in terms of how quickly they can do it. it's ramadan, the holy month, and also the entire fight for mosul has gone a lot slower than iraqi commanders and even u.s. commanders have talked about how fast it would go. there's probably a bit of overly optimistic time on this fight to retake mosul. but they're desperate to get it done the next couple of weeks. they want to have it wrapped up by the end of the summer, something the u.s. pent gone commanders and iraqi commanders are looking to have done. >> leland: secretary of state mattis saying they're, quote, using annihilation tactics. we'll see if that hems the time line were you talking about. connor, thank you. >> molly: another provocation from north could rearc the country's ninth missile -- north

which iraqis could have ruled? the decision was to do direct rule in japan and germany, but policy decisions taken very early on in the occupation were devastating. toically, the decisions dissolve the civil service, to dismiss the security institutions led to the collapse of the state. i don't think any country in the world could have survived those policies being implemented. the peace settlement we put in place was not inclusive and that is one of the big learnings from both sides. the lack of an inclusive peace agreement, that humiliation and what it leads to. a peace settlement we put in place in 2003 which was in the form of a governing council that we established really privileged those who had been in exile. those who have been in exile and those who have then islamists have been on both sides of the iran-iraq war. the city -- the sunni mainstream felt exclusion us. it very quickly created chaos. borders were open and the jihadi's could come through. at the end of 2006, iraq looked at the edge of the precip

iraqi forces gained ground on the last areas of mosul that are still under isis control. an estimated 200,000 people are effectively being held prisoner there. listen to one iraqi general. >> they are hiding among the residents and preventing them from fleeing he says. civilian population is the biggest obstacle slowing down our forces. >> iraqi military has urged residents to leave but militants have booby trapped snipers have opened fire on those who tried to make a run for it. >>> howard is tracking a tornado warning. >> the storm is pulsing. it looks a little weaker than it did a few minutes ago. still a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado warning until 6:30. one thing i have been looking at is how this notch is not nearly as apparent. when i'm talking about the notch area, i'm looking at this area right there. wind would be flowing into that. as we put this into motion, you can see how the notch hangs together. and when we show you the reflecktivity, we are also looking at the activity here that is not as strong as it was. and that one looks like it's for clarke,

iraqi forces showed us a whole range captured in recent days. some of these larger vehicles are trackers, but these are just ordinary civilian cars. they've had this steel reinforcement, but only in the front, in order to protect them from being stopped before they reach their target. car bombs aren't the only worry for civilians trying to escape. there are reports that militants have booby-trapped homes with bombs and that isis snipers are even targeting children. residents are being held as human shields. the militants are not going to give them up easily. those densely populated neighborhoods make it difficult to direct u.s. air strikes too, jeff. but a u.s. military spokesman told us they are continuing, targeting 49 isis vehicles in and around mosul in the past two days alone. >> glor: charlie, thank you. as america remembers the fallen this memorial day, david martin has this story about the advancing being made in treating the wounded. >> reporter: just looking at brandon korona, you would never guess what he is about to do. >> i'm at pea

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after seven months, far longer than expected, the iraqi army, backed by the u.s.itary, may be close to liberating the city. charlie d'agata is on the front line. >> reporter: a bulldozed mound of dirt and a short stretch of no-man's land is all that separates iraqi forces from isis militants. an armored personnel carrier rolls in to provide cover. it's hard to tell if the troops are aiming at a specific target or putting on a display for our benefit. but the response from isis was very real. a mortar sent whizzing low over our heads. ( explosion ) and exploding. in the rubble behind us. near the old city, we found whole neighborhoods flattened. the sheer level of destruction is staggering, and it goes on for miles and miles. but this is one tactic the iraqi army cannot afford to employ in the old city if they want anything left of it. the u.n. estimates 200,000 iraqi residents are still trapped inside, and those who try to escape risk being caught in cross-fire. we found 11-year-old sarah at a hospital run by american medical volunteers. where dr. john lucey was t

at the time, iraqi officials said it would be over by the end of 2016.ts seventh month. in the nearby operations room, iraqi officers and american advisers direct a drone over the city. unlike in the past, the americans on the ground like lieutenant colonel jim browning, can now direct air strikes without waiting for approval from senior officers in the rear. >> all it requires is me to be able to see it with my partner, and once we are able to kind of communicate and say, yes, that is emphatically an enemy, we are under threat, let's deliver a strike and let's deliver it quick. >> reporter: iraqi leaders are hoping to regain full control of mosul by the start of the month of ramadan in late may, but lieutenant general kassim nazel of the iraqi army's ninth armored division, which is leading the fight, is more cautious. "time tables in conventional warfare are possible," he says, "but this is guerrilla warfare with a well-trained enemy using snipers, booby traps and car bombs." and as always, civilians are caught in the middle, struggling to survive, str

it's been seven bloody months since iraqi forces with coalition support launched offensive against theo flee the region, but for hundreds of thousands more, these are desperate times here. let's go live this morning to orbil, iraq. i want to bring in ben wedeman. ben, the fighting has been intense in mosul in recent days. where sddo things stand this morning? >> reporter: at this point we understand iraqi forces are pushing into isis-controlled areas, those that remain, about a third of the city, somewhat less, from several directions. now, the offensive had been stalled for quite some weeks because of isis resistance, but what the iraqi army has done is that they're now coming down from the north and the northwest. so essentially the remaining pockets of isis control are under assault from a variety of directions. of course, the problem is that according to the u.n. there are more than 400,000 people still inside those parts of the city, and they are living under desperate conditions. not only have they been short for months now of water -- clean water, electricity, medicine, food, bu

i saw four young iraqi man standing about 15 feet frommer. they were in the 20s and i knew they spoke english and really wanted to talk to them. i'd been to iraq and spent my time with the military but i wanted to talk to iraqi beside the war brut i was his can't about just walking up to this group of iraqis, and i finally said i'll never have this opportunity again so attentively win over, introduced myself, said i was a writer, centralling the world and was looking for war letters and ask if i could talk to them. they looked at me and each other and total silence, and one ongoing man, who name as omar, looked like he was about to say something and then kind of held back. said, feel free to ask me anything you want. so he breaks out in this big smile and says, who are your favorite british authors? there's a war going on around us, and this is the question that he wanted to know. so i thought, well, you're a writer. this is a slam-dunk. so i stood there and started thinking not one name came to mind, and i little beads of sweat started to fo

i guided drones to shell iraqi positions.nce i went ashore with eod and the saudi forces, there were a lot of dead. that is just up to the first gulf war. and then after that, you know, i have been in iraq and afghanistan as well, so there's lots and lots of death there. i had a friend's with a six man security team that i had built together and sent to the airport. it took three weeks to separate them all. war is not a game, not a funny thing. have i directly fired on individuals? yes, i have. now, there is a big difference between what you use a rifle in a defensive purpose, half the time you are not aiming. you are trying not to, but the enemy moves about, and i was doing mainly suppressive fires in the first gulf war. but you know, many times, i put my fingers on a map in bosnia. we did an airstrike where we were working with intelligence staff. we knew we would kill 56 people. i was on the uss wainwright when we were in a naval missile battle, the battle of ciri island. anwent toe-to-toe with and thatissile boat killed 6

with our help, the iraqi forces have been retrained and equipped.th so-called nato approved intelligence assets, drones, precision strikes, industrial-strength ability to fuse intelligence. gradually taking back from the islamic state those areas they seized. we will eventually defeat the islamic state that is the army in iraq. we will then have to help iraqi security forces on the residual insurgents in guerrilla elements and terrorist cells. really the issue is not these battles. i have said for two years, even from the darkest days, ultimately the iraqis would prevail in this with our assistance and that of our coalition partners. the real issue is the battle after the battle. it is very, very challenging in that regard. it is not just sunni and shia arabs. there are areas, there are kurds. all of those people have to feel they are represented in the new government. that new government has to be within means, responsive to their needs. and most importantly, minority rights are guaranteed as well as majority rule. that is a tall order. the prime m

hiding with his family under a stairwell waiting for iraqi forces to move in. now he is leading them from one abandoned isis house to another. i gathered information for the past three years, he says. i watched them. i wrote down their names and kept an eye on what they are doing and now i'm sharing everything with the officers. senior commanders inspecting weapons seized from isis are confident victory will be achieve bfrd td before the end . god willing says iraqi chief of staff, we will triumph before ramadan and declare the liberation of mosul and it's people from the filthy scum of isis. those filthy scum as he calls them, haven't given up yet however as this incoming sniper round inches from our camera shows. >> well he joins me now from northern iraq. the final push for mosul. perhaps the bloodiest part of the battle still to come. not just for the iraqi forces but civilians trapped there still. >> that's right, hannah. well we understand this morning iraqi forces including the counter terrorism service, the federal police and the 9th armored division of