kevin crick is good to get your thoughts on this, and we appreciate you joining us and i'll just 0. thank you very much indeed. pleasure. up. while the philippines is marking for years since a large scale military operation against an armed group, the battle of natalie, so government forces fight. i still affiliated rebels for more than 5 months. the government says reconstruction projects in the city our own channel. the critics say much more can be done. and building reports from manila on me. 2327. seen a group of around $200.00 on the pledge allegiance to the on group. i saw lead siege to the city of macau, we in the southern philippines and raised the group black flag over several government facilities. thousands of civilians were held hostage and the philippine military launched and all not offensive to free them. 5 months later, the battle was over. but we was by now the most devastated city in the philippines since world war 2 more than a 1000 people were killed and millions more displeased. the president, the legal detective promised the city would be rebuilt. but 4 years l