that is not going ot be the case up in mosul to the same degree. mosul is bigger. isis will fight harder for it. the u.s. is going to have to put a lot more ground forces and a lot more fire power in order to take that down in any time in the near future. >> warner: do you think it'll actually take american quote "boots on the ground" that is combat boots on the ground or trainers and advisors on the ground? >> i think it'll take both trainers and advisors with the units who are going into combat that they've trained. and at least some american, what we call "maneuver battalions", to prime the pump and get other people to encourage to take the same risks that our troops are taking. >> warner: president obama has said the 3,500 u.s. forces in iraq will train and advise iraqi troops, but have no direct combat role. and in baghdad, u.s. army colonel steve warren said this week that u.s. air power has been key to the iraqi victories so far. what's more, prime minister abadi has said he does not want u.s. combat troops on the ground. again, ambassador faily: >> we don't

. >> let's talk about mosul.ecause the iraqi prime minister has said that will be the next goal to recapture and reclaim mosul. a very different fight and much larger city. contrast if you would the challenges between what we saw in ramadi and what they will face as they go towards mosul. >> they will have a big fight. it is a huge city. they have had over a year to dig in and prepare all these boobie traps. they will fight to defend mosul. before you get to mosul, you have to take over and clear fallujah and make shore anbar is secure and shift over to the tiger's valley. they are only as far as tikrit. they still have a long way before they approach mosul. there is still a lot of fighting to be done, a lot of logistics and a lot of training. the iraqi army, although they could take ramadi, they are not in a position to take mosul. i think the iraqi defense minister xlam th minister claim they are going to do this in 2016, it is a bit ambitious. >> you make a good point of fallujah. that has been in the hands of

does go to mosul, what would the u.s. role be then? >> i'm sure it would be both spotting targets, air support. bombing. and also coordinating other elements of the coalition that are supportive. i think the united states will play that synthesizing intelligence and aerial bombardment and aerial support role. but you have to remember, we have about 3,000 u.s. forces within iraq now, playing different support roles, training, providing guidance and assistance. and intelligence support. >> a good week for the iraqi prime minister from a p.r. perspective, not such a great year for him. like you said, no time to spike the football just yet. steve clemons, thank you for joining us on a saturday morning. >>> speaking of football or parade, it wasn't all roses yesterday. who was behind that sky writing sign that called donald trump disgusting? good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mei

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and kurdish forces are advancing closer to mosul. but u.s. officials say there is nothing imminent about an operation to retake the city. mosul is much bigger. there are many more isis fighters and they are more entrenched. it will be a much more difficult operation than retaking ramadi. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> a short break here on cnn. we're continuing to follow developments. we'll also have an update on u.s. politics. ted cruz surging in the polls. now donald trump is calling his rival's candidacy into question. those details ahead. and also samuel l. jackson has a new role in trump's twitter war. we'll tell you what that is in a moment. [ cough ] no matter what nasty cold symptoms you get, alka seltzer plus liquid gels rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. and they outsell mucinex liquid gels 2 to 1. alka seltzer plus liquid gels. ever since i had a pretty bad accident three years ago. the medical bills - the credit card debt all piled up. i knew i had to get serious my credit. so i signed up for experian. they hav

have mosul. we underlying is clearing the terrain of hostile actors, holding that terrain with security and building it with the institutions that have some permanence to them. the efforts being done by the iraqi government in civil society, the focus on these high-priority areas that are in the radar screen. >> i wanted to follow-up on the comment you made about having a holistic approach to the issues that young people face. especially the psychosocial aspects of dealing with them. i think all the issues we have discussed, the lack of opportunities, injustice, poverty, are not issues that are going to -- not going to go away overnight. the people that will be doing with them if they are offered certain highly researched and evidence-based techniques to handle negative emotions that are part of that region, frustration, anger, feelings of high stress. perhaps they can do with those issues, it can be better and they are not so ready to resort to violence. i am just wondering although this is a ve

. >> he went to mosul, an iraqi city about the size of philadelphia. population around 1.5 million.the biggest prize isis has captured. this extraordinary video gives us a rare look into every day life into isis. it brings to mind the writer -- the banality of evil. isis has its own license plates and traffic cops who give parking tickets. and there are friendly shop keepers. >> completely brainwashed. i've never in my life met people like this. >> this, of course, is the mosul isis officials wanted todenhofer to see. they gave him written permission to come to the city, and he believes they let him leave alive to make a point. >> they wanted to show me that they are a state, and that this state is working. it's not a perfect state, it's not like the united states. it's a state. >> and it's getting bigger. todenhofer saw new recruits pouring in every day. >> in this recruitment center, we had every day more than 50 new fighters. they can lose fighters, they don't care. >> the amazing thing is that they are completely enthusiastic. they think it's the time of their life. they think t

and mosul fighters who control large parts of iraq and syria have already destroyed historic buildingsnsider contrary to islam and staying in iraq at least 21 people killed in two separate attacks and i.s.i.l. fighters targeted army barracks and kim killed soldiers southeast of fallujah and 13 civilians killed and 18 others injured when iraqi forces tried to storm the village and much more ahead when we come back china detains a swedish rights activist for violating laws it claims put national security at risk. and the charity efforts of the world's second richest man have been criticized and we will tell you why. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> "ins

>> i think mosul is way down the road.e to take frn fallujah, secure all of anbar province and move north. they don't have that in place yet. as they move further north it will be difficult. it will be a long time before they set their sights on mosul. >> isis apparently released a disturbing hid joe, men they accused of being spies for britain. one of the terrorists directly threatens uk citizens. ment the prime minister and the british press calling the new jihadi john. is the terror group pushing their propaganda right now the new threats? are they credible? >> i don't think the threats are credible. they've been threatening to attack the west and london for a long time and haven't been able to, citing the paris attack, aside from the paris attack they can't do it. the best is trying to eat itself, this is pure paranoia and they'll collapse under their own violence. i can't tell you when. >> rick, quickly on the escalating tensions between iran and saudi arabia what is the worst case scenario from your perspective. >> t

later in the year because if mosul and kurdish troops operating in mosul will only inflame some of theon and will play directly to the islamic state narrative that says we the sunnis are under pressure from kurds and shia. >> matthew great to speak to you thanks very much for joining us there from lincoln. do stay with us here on this news hour, still to come on al jazeera, security fears on new year's eve and terror threats had evacuations across europe and calling for peace with the south but expressing questions at the same time. and how a hockey player took the team's new year's eve game to the cheer, this is coming up, in sports. ♪ the president announced he will run for a third term in office. last month's constitutional referendum and more than 98% of rwanda people voted to allow him to run again after his current seven year term end in 2017. >> translator: you requested me to lead the country again after 2017. given the importance you attached to this i can only accept. what remains is to follow normal laws and procedures when the time comes. but i do not think our aim is to ha

this time its to liberate the iraqi city of mosul. its currently surrounded by about 10-thousand isis fighters. the pentagon says additional u-s soldiers are needed to help train iraqi forces... the reason we need new trainers... to liberate mosul the u-s military is yet to say a disabled iowa veteran is fighting a losing battle here at home... earlier this week the cedar falls city council rejected taylor morris' permit to build a new home. morris lost parts of both legs and hands while serving in afghanistan four years ago. he hoped to build a smart home with appliances and features that can be controlled via ipad.. council members say they reluctantly denied the permit because the home is located too far from city services... john-"without us knowing where we will be developing in the future..that makes it so hard." frank- the issues are related to infrastructure- accessing it and having proper sewer, water, electric, all of that..if we provided the proper infrastructure it would cost tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands

the road is mosul is now open and clear. >> blindfolded an bound, they face the war. they were attempting to blend into what remains of the local population. a reminder isis fighters could be hiding in plain sight. even as the road to mosul is in the iraqi armed forces's sites, a week on from the liberation, and counterterror forces battle to purge the city of the remaining militant's presence. we're hearing some pops of gunfire. they're a little further across the other side of the river. the fighting is ongoing. the cleanup operation is still going on, and that's why the helicopters circling overhead. in spite of the threat of ied and roadside bombs, the troops continue their painstaking push. under every inch of recon territory, a possible dead. everyone here knows so much is at stake in this claimed liberation, and not just for iraq. >> translator: this victory is a victory for humanity, because isis is against iraq, and against all of humanity. >> reporter: it is also finally some palpable momentum in the battle. what further complicates this, rosemary, is that e

a former iraqi advisor who left mosul said he can't confirm the elijahmon stairy is what is shown in these pictures. [ applause ] >>> hope for residents of flint. why it may not be enough to turn things around. p. >> and we're -- . >> and we're dry today. the power of 5 is tracking hour- by-hour and day-by-day. the winter storm is going to be affecting the east coast. i will let you know what to . >>> the family of fallen officer tom cottrell is sharing their experience for the first time. he was shot and killed in danville earlier this week. his girlfriend said she never thought something like this could happen. >> i honestly shut him down every time he would say this could be my last time you see me. we're in danville. this stuff doesn't happen in danville. >> she got a strange feeling early monday morning. she was sick to her stomach and tried calling him several times but he didn't answer. she and her two sons are trying to figure out how to move on. >> he was always there when i needed him. he picked me up when i was down, even though he was not my real father. he acted like a r

out, if you think about world war ii documentaries and arrows on maps, one big arrow going toward mosul and another big going toward raqqah in syria. >> mosul being the second largest city in iraq and raqqah being the capital. >> in other words to debunk and demolish the myth there can be an islamic state is necessary to take the to cities back. i'm confident we'll do so. we offer the capabilities of the finest fighting force the world has ever known. we don't ask favors strategically. we are asking all the countries that have signed up for the counter isil coalition to put forward their capabilities. when they see this operations plan, they'll see the capabilities it requires. it's not just airplanes and troops and special forces. it's things like police and police training, sustainment. >> do you want major arab troops involved in this campaign. so far you have almost none. >> there is one of the great ironies is the countries of the region have made the least contributions to the counter isil coalition, including the gulf countries. if we show them what they can accomplish, that they

bit in mosul. but you don't have the right person on the panel to speak to that. >> i want to follow up on that and ask dr. lee, i've heard you in other conversations comment on the issue of the youth, those born in those societies especially in the provinces after 2003 who have seen violence around them. if you could comment on how that may affect their vulnerability to being prone to violence. >> yes. the point is that before getting into this, i'd like to make a very brief comment on the political attitudes and behavior. i think that if you talk to a majority of people in the region, you can see that there is a dual standard approach in this, that people deny praising violence, but in fact when they are prompted to act, they act to violence. if you talk about sectarianism and corruption, you would see the same issue. people deny the corruption, but when they want to do something for themselves, they don't hesitate to bribe someone. so there is dual standards that exist in the mind of the majorit

the main cities targeted are mosul and several hours. here between 500 and 1,500 strikes have been launched. following november's attacks, france has septembered up its efforts, contributing to% of air strikes. .s. officials said coalition air strikes killed eight civilians in 2015. but another group said hundreds of people have died. military commanders are talking a new phase with an emphasis of targeting infrastructure and supply lines, with a greater focus on syria. >> now, the white house has condemned an attack on a university in pakistan today that has left at least 20 people dead. four men armed with assault the ns and grenades took university in charsadda. katherine has the latest. >> timed for the start of the school day, armed militants in bacha us wallace khan yoofert r- university. they described scenes of chaos. >> i saw three terrorists. one was on the roof. he was firing from there. i saw four university security guards who are injured, and we took them to ambulances. >> we heard gunfire at the back of the campus. we thou

but the next space mosul perhaps as iraqi prime minister. mosul five times as big as ramadi. third, there are challenges. we'll have to provide security, iraq provide security, people need to know they are going to be secure, need to see reconstruction, the united states and other countries of a pledged money for reconstruction. and progress towards inclusion of sunnis in anbar politically in iraq. >> dickerson: mike, there was story this week about president being frustrated that his isis strategies of countering was not getting the kind of public relations explanation that he wanted he was getting bad lab for things. what do you make of that argument, that this is a communication failure more than actual failure on combating isis and secondarily, how is the fight against isis picked up since the last two months? >> so, i think what you are likely to see, john, over the next year is -- without a diplomatic settlement in syria what you're likely to see is growing gap between success in iraq, militarily. it looks like iraq key security forces are getting their act together as

iraq security forces still have to try to enter mosul and take back mosul from isil as well, and also have been clashes in and around the tikrit area the past several days. >>> indonesian police say they have identified four out of five of the jakarta attackers. they are now searching for a man they believe is the top suspect. he is indonesian with linked to islamic state of iraq and the levant in syria. step vaessen has more from jas car ta. >> reporter: they have been accused of being caught off guard. police are now trying to find out who was involved in thursday's attacks. they say they have evidence an exconvict who joined isil in syria, may have planned the attack. >> he gave the order from syria, but he has also the chief in -- in indonesia, that he the one basically performed the situation. >> reporter: this alleged leader is still on the run. three other men were arrested in a suburb of jakarta, suspected of plotting an attack. police have not confirmed if they were involved in thursday's attacks. analysts say an estimated 120 indonesians have been trained to commit isil-insp

is going to be able to start trying to retake mosul. and in anbar province, for example, there are several parts of anbar which sunni familiar list had left trying to escape, and they are afraid to go back, because they are afraid of being targeted by shiite militias. and in another province there is a city that experienced a lot of reprisal attacks in the past week. there are sunni families that have left and come to other places. they are telling us they are afraid to go back because they are afraid of sectarian violence. you look at these numbers, they are absolutely staggering to behold. 3.2 million people internally displaced in iraq, a million of that number, children. so it's a very, very dire situation. it's getting more dire now because there are so few resources and items of aid that can be given to these folks. they are in camps littered throughout the country, and with winter coming now, it's only getting worse, so sectarian violence, concurrent conflicts going on, it's a crisis that seems to spiral more and more out of cont

yet entered mosul to fight isil. you have a fight still verge raging in rimadi, even though government forces were able to retake the center, the government complex of rimadi, still fighting isil in the north and east. then you have other pockets, areas where isil are trying to do resurgent attacks. it's a very complicated situation. whatever the government may come out and say in response to the ayatollah's remarks today, well, that still remains to be seen. they can't really say much. their hands are kind of tied, because in iraq, by and large, when you speak to the average man or woman on the street, they seem to believe that the remarks by iraq's government when it comes to their fight against isil and trying to ensure the security of the citizenry of this country, they seem to believe that that's a lot of propaganda. there's not a lot of trust in the government or the government institutions here in this country, and that's why they're going to need to respond to these remarks and show that they're going above a

mosul is still under isis control. also there are a lot of sectarian violence taking place in the mixed populated area between sunni and shia, from time to time, especially in and that is contributed to the regional contest on who is on the ground or who would meat the other, i think the actors of the domestic players from iraqi militias with sunnies or shiites they are taking the opportunity to fight with each other in order to control on the drowned before the other. >> forgive me for jumping in, obviously the picture in iraq is incredibly complicated. you mentioned ramadi the nearby victory of the army there, of course, ramadi is still not clearly secured and one of the many reasons this is crucial, we have seen a staggering number of people that are internally displaced. what do you think a priority should be? to lit rate more towns or to make sure the ones they do liberate like ramadi are safe enough for people to return to so at least the issue of the internally displaced people would be alleviated somewhat? >> w

you want people in mosul to want the government to come into mosul, and if they behave the way they didefore, nobody is going to want them there. >> the situation is complicated enough as it is, and it adds more of a problem for the government to try to resolve. >> well, the islamic state group has made its way in this matter. it bombed the shiite militias. it bombed a cafe in order to provoke his reprisals. and he all along have been telling the iraqis, don't fall for it, it's a trick. it will go badly for you. and he has been right. >> what about the overall approach against isil right now? where do we stand? >> well, the operation was a success, and it was a success despite being mainly lead by the reconstituted iraqi army, and it is a model for what might happen in fallujah and mosul, but it does require -- and the sunni tribes people joined in the operation. that's what you need. you need sunni allies. so he is afraid that this kind of reprisal against sunni mosques is going to prevent the rise of sunni allies with the iraqi government. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> the

also iraq's second largest city of mosul is still under occupation by isil. be seeing a -- perhaps a liberation of that city or at least an operation against that city at some point this year. according to iraqi sources, that will spark another humanitarian crisis and the u.n. will have to reassess their figures as will the iraqi government. >>> palestinian police officer has been killed off he opened fire on an israeli checkpoint. he wounded three israelis during the attack in the occupied west bank near the illegal settlement there. palestinian officials say the man had worked as a body guard for a palestinian prosecutor. our correspondent stefanie dekker is in west jerusalem. >> reporter: this is the second time that a palestinian authority security officer opens fire on israeli soldiers when it comes to the latest wave in violence, lets me just read what was paste odd his facebook page just before he carried out this a being at that. he said unfortunately i don't see anything worth living for as long as the on occupation will remain and is muscling our br

still has a stronghold and iraqi army has not begun trying to retake mosul and let's take a place like places and there are places close to ramadi cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters in the past few months but a lot of sunni families that are afraid to go back to homes because not just of the devastation that is still there and lack of infrastructure but also they are afraid of rising sectarian tensions and afraid of being targeted by shia malitias and it's a problem that continues in the last week there was a lot of sectarian violence and sunni families that were there were blaming shia malitias for that from an attack by i.s.i.l. earlier in the week and it's a very complicated situation here on the ground, the sectarian tensions continue to rise and this makes it all the more difficult for displaced people in iraq, 3.2 million displaced people and a million of them being children makes it all that more difficult to try to go home and this is what this human report is trying to highlight and it's saying that the international community needs to do more to try to allocate funds to make sure t

by what means are they resupplying mosul? from what i understand, it's getting more difficult, but they still have the capability of resupplying mosul going through the desert through al anbar. >> yeah, that's my understanding too. sinjar and some of the other areas in the direct supply routes have been cut. they've been forced to go around, which, you know, adds time and difficulty. but it doesn't eliminate it. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to ask you a question about ground coalition or arab allies coming together to help defeat isil, particularly in syria. last week we heard from general petraeus, and he basically implied that the u.s. needs to take more of a support role in helping to defeat isil. and then secretary james baker, also a texan, he said said the fact that the arab allies needing to come together to create a coalition to build a ground force. if you were going to build a ground force of arab coalition ground force, particularly with sunni soldiers that would go into syria, t

we will continue to damage the resources of isil, isolate them from the external world, and to see mosul raqqa liberated from this scourge. so we are quite prepared to answer any questions, but before that, i'm going to hand the floor to mr. carter to speak. >> thank you very much, mr. minister, and bonjour, everyone. i want to begin by thanking the minister for welcoming me to paris, this magnificent city, which has shown such remarkable resilience, fortitude, and determination. this morning, it was my solemn honor to place a wreath in memory of the victims of the november attack. i know i speak for every man and woman in the u.s. armed forces when i say that we will always stand by the people of france, our oldest ally. and our men and women in uniform are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder every day around the globe with french service members, helping ensure peace and stability, and defeat extremism in the middle east, north africa, afghanistan, and on the ground, in the air, at sea, and in the cyber and space domains. i want to come mend the minister for his steadfast leadership, p

it's in raqqah and it's in mosul.ing care of all of the syrian/iraq -- we have these discussions with the united states and with others about this task. but to the extent that people ask our view, that's our view. >> you >> you have had a long time in politics. they say choose your carefully if you want to live long. your father lived to 102. what do you want your legacy to be? what do you want people to think of? there are many who thought you might be the nixon -- you took the united states to china, by which i mean the hard line, conservative israeli politician who would that i can peace with the palestinians and create a two-state solution. do you still hope or did you ever hope that that would be your legacy? >> yes. i mean, first of all, i'm not through yet. >> right. >> let's get that straight. i think -- my first responsibility is to ensure the safety and security of the one and only jewish state. that's not an easy feat. but if i look back 67 years since the founding of israel we were, you know -- we had a fe

then you start to get some answers in terms of how you really are going to take mosul. >> mr. gordon. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with the others that you summarized challenge and complexities very well. a lot has been said. maybe i will pick up on two or three of the points. your first point, mr. chairman, about 1,000 more troops for iraq or what else we could do, i think there are serious military things that we can and should be looking at to strengthen our ability to deal with isis in iraq. and there are -- they usually come in the categories of more joint tactical air control, more missions with iraqis, more specific operations forces. >> even apachi? >> absolutely. the balance of benefit versus risk. there are risks and there are risks of americans dieing on the battlefield or being captured. i think if the military advisors on the ground think that there would be a significant benefit from those additions, they should have absolutely be made. because as you suggested, i think, retaking mosul or some accomplishment like that would do a lot. somebody asked about t

process...i promise you, after ramadi, watch what happens now in raqqa in syria and what happens in mosul, by end of this year." "you know why it has changed? the president has finally got the attention of europeans to pony up because they haven't been doing much of anything." changing because of vice president biden will meet with turkey's president this weekend to discuss how they can better join the fight against isis. kara ots set to expire soon...don't wait, renew it now! that's a warning from government officials, who say it get renewals over the next couple huge influx in requests. to get passports when traveling to canada and mexico. which meant a lot of people got passports around that time. since passports are good for 10 years, expect a lot of renewals over the next year...and expect the time it takes you to get one, to be longer than usual. did you see the s-n-l impersonation of sarah palin? coming up....some of her family speaks out on what they thought about the skit. and you're taking a live look outside... a cooler start to your morning...but it's about to get warmer....wi

if they lose racka and mosul, hey'll still be there. it's important to have indigenous forces who are staying and will keep it under control and grind it out of its holes little by little by little. i think grinding it out of its holes will take much longer than retaking ramadi or retaking raqqa or retaking mosul. i worry we do not have enough people in places lycra mehdi, anbar province, other provinces, to do that. i think right now the numbers are 30,000 iraqis. not sure 30,000 is going to be enough to secure that syrian order and control those towns. mr. morell: i think you hit on something very important, beginning of your question, whether you talked about what are these guys after? what do they want? i think, as an intelligence officer, i think it's really important to understand your enemy. and what he's guys, what these guys are all about, is they believe that allah has chosen them personally to prepare the world for the coming of the mehdi, and that preparation involves giving people the choice between becoming a muslim, a goo

imagine like mosul or more.hen they entrench, we're talking about street to street warfare in strongholds but there is a sense the iraqis are being carried by this wave of a sense that maybe we can push back against isis tellingly, though, the u.s. still has not yet announced ramadi liberators. there seems to be a sense on the american that there is still a lot of work to be done here. >> that helicopter you saw going overhead, do you know, was that -- was that an american helicopter? was it piloted by americans or by iraqis, do you know? >> wbl that was being -- it was an iraqi helicopter, but it was being piloted based on american intelligence. >> i appreciate the reporting. be careful. there's a lot more happening tonight. >> anderson, a lawyer for the so-called affluenza teen told abc news it may be months before ethan couch is deported back to the u.s. from mexico. he was on probation for killing for people while driving drunk when he crossed the border. authorities found him and his mother near puerta vall

a few days ago, we conducted a strike on a bulk cash storage facility in mosul. it was a good strike. and we estimate that it served to deprive isil of millions of dollars. it was not the first strike on a storage site. we struck several other cash storage sites in recent months and we will continue to go after the enemy's finances. combined with all of the other strikes that we've done on isil's gas and oil production and distribution capabilities, and strikes against his economic infrastructure and the various sources of revenue, you can bet that he is feeling the strain on his checkbook. isil needs those funds to pay their fighters, to recruit new fighters, and to conduct their various maligned activities. we said from the outset of this campaign that to defeat isil we're going to have to take away his ability to resource himself and we're going to have to curb the flow of foreign fighters coming into the theater. in addition to attacking fielding forces and taking background that he once held in iraq and syria. and together with our coalition partners, and in

this is in mosul, which is the the main stronghold for isis in iraq. u-s military forces say two bombs weighing around 2-thousand pounds each hit it. you can see clouds of paper floating above the site. dollars of it. the strike was part of a plan to weaken isis financially. l/ mosul, iraq :02 a man on the f-b-i's ten most wanted fugitives list -- is no longer a fugitive. federal agents caught myloh mason friday in denver. they staked out a motel, and caught him there. authorities say mason is responsible for a number of violent bank robberies and shootings in colorado last november. he faces charges of attempted murder, robbery, attempted kidnapping, and assault. mason had been on the "ten most wanted" list for a month. nasa had to cut a spacewalk short after a water bubble developed inside an astronoaut's helmet. it happened during an already risky spacewalk. the two astronauts only had 31 minutes to repair the stations electrical system -- in complete darkness. if they took too long and the sun rose, it would have charged the stations solar panels a

and their ability to regain the city the next real big fight, though mosul. hopefully -- >> oh it is. >> hopefully the counterterrorism services will grow and take back that city. >> let's talk politics. nikki haley in the response. and i'm going to do my open in the next hour on this. you know basically tells donald trump to you know tamp it down. and yeah i'm talking about you. you're an angry guy. what did you think of that? the republican response to a democratic state of the union, we go after our leading front-runner donald trump? >> that's not my style. right now you have a lot of republicans battling out who are running. let them battle each other and decide who it will be. >> who is nikki haley to say donald trump, keep your angry voice to yourself. >> i think what really should have been more of an emphasis is the governor was getting into immigration and was getting into national defense and the economy and our debt. that's how she opened up. it was about president obama and his final state of the union address, and a legacy that the president is t

this is in mosul, which is the the main stronghold for isis in iraq. u-s military forces say two bombs weighing around 2-thousand pounds each hit it. you can see clouds of paper floating above the site. the pentagon says that's cash....millions of dollars of it. the strike was part of a plan to weaken isis financially. l/ mosul, iraq :02 a man on the f-b-i's ten most wanted fugitives list -- is no longer a fugitive. federal agents caught myloh mason friday in denver. they staked out a motel, and caught him there. authorities say mason is responsible for a number of violent bank robberies and shootings in colorado last november. he faces charges of attempted murder, robbery, attempted kidnapping, and assault. mason had been on the "ten most wanted" nasa had to cut a spacewalk short after a water bubble developed inside an astronoaut's helmet. it happened during an already risky spacewalk. the two astronauts only had 31 minutes to repair the stations electrical system -- in complete darkness. if they took too long and the sun rose, it would have charged

it is a tragedy that mass is not given now in mosul for the first time in 1,500 years.d i think the question is but for us who? who but the united states will stand on behalf of those that are being killed because of their faith? so, yes, i think there's a distinction between oppressed christians that will die if they stay in place. and i think there should be some special treatment for that. ultimately we need to deal with the refugee crisis in by destroying the caliphate. and i'm the candidate that has laid out the detailed plan to do that. i'm honored to have the support of lindsey graham because he too recognizes that we have to take this fight to isis in the caliphate rather than wait for an attack on our own country. >> governor, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. thank you, wolf. >>> a quick programming note, later tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn tonight don lemon will be interviewing donald trump. >>> coming up, a new warning from the pentagon, more u.s. troops may have to go to iraq to help prepare for a major offensive against isis. we're also ke

then, you start to get some answers in terms of how he will take mosul. >> thank you, mr. chairman. others that you summarize the complexity and challenges very well. point, mr. chairman, about 1000 more troops for iraq, i think there are serious, legitimate military things that we can and should be looking at two strengthen our ability to deal with isis in iraq. they usually come in the categories of more joint tactical controllers, were -- more special operations forces. >> and apaches. >> and apaches. absolutely. the question of each of those is the balance of benefit versus risk. there are risks, and there are risks of americans dying on the battlefield or being captured , but i think if the military advisers on the ground think there will be a significant additions,m those they should absolutely be made because as you suggested, mosul, where some big compliment like that, would do a lot regarding the propaganda campaign and messaging. it would be a visible defeat for isis on the ground, like in ramadi, but followed by mosul would be important. that cost benefit should be assess

mosul is a very complicated -- there's shia, sunni, arab, kurd, everybody is there together. we want to make sure everything is synchronized and working together and that has now really started. >> reporter: the sectarian tensions inflamed as several sunni gulf states led by saudi arabia cut diplomatic ties with shiite iran. tensions stoked when saudi arabia executed a prominent shiite cleric, leading iranian protesters to storm and burn the saudi embassy in tehran. >> we are encouraging a de-escalation because any time you have regional polarization, regional escalation, it can cause difficulties and opens up for seams for extremists on all sides to take advantage of the situation. >> reporter: there has been progress in isolating mosul in iraq. preparations getting closer to the city but wolf, no u.s. officials are saying that that operation is imminent. it's a much bigger city, 2 million people. many more isis fighters entrenched there. they expect that to be a very long battle and there's going to be some time before iraqi and kurdish forces are ready to advance. >> that'

this is an area of mosul where civilians regularly are indeed. so when the u.s.y're not telling us what the intelligence is, and they were certain there was millions in isis controlled cash in that building, they started to watch it from overhead trying to determine the time of day -- excuse me, when there would be the fewest civilians in the area. they knew that isis personnel were in the building at night managing the cash. they used the cash to pay the troops to finance operations and that they were civilians in the daytime. so when to strike. they made the decision to go ahead and strike it at dawn on sunday. they believe there may have been a small number of civilian casualties, but consider this. they were willing, we are told, to go as high as 50 civilian casualties. they thought the target was worth it. this essentially is an expansion of the isis target list for the u.s. to go after these major financial targets and try and wipe out isis' cash supply. if they can do that, isis may find it much more difficult to operate, jake. >> barbara, of course part o

u-s officials say a big offensive is coming soon, to try and overtake mosul-iraq's second largest city. currently there are about 10 thousand isis fighters in the city, and military personnel agree they don't have enough troops to overtake it, right now. but along with u-s troops aiding in the fight, the white house says they're counting on other countries to help as well. "the reason we need new trainers or additional trainers is because that's really the next step in generating the amount of combat power needed to liberate mosul." u-s officials say isis is also spreading into libya, attempting to obtain more oil....and a coalition of troops will also have to be sent there, to fend them off. cincinnati native luke kuechly has gained a lot of fans because of his play on the football field. after the break...see his special gesture off the field... to give a kid, one of the best moments of his life. kara gfx now for your fox 19 now gas gauge the cheapest in the area... speedway at montgomery and union cemetery rd $1.47 cheapest in covington... marathon at madison pike and hands pike $1.

it maintains control of key iraq cities like mosul and fa lieu jasm they estimate that this key the rain will not be retaken this year. the u.n. reports that since isil's invasion of iraq in 2014, nearly 20,000 iraq civilians have been killed. nearly 3,500 people, predominantly women and children are children, are estimated to be isil slaves in iraq. it is no surprise that the training of iraq security forces has been slow. the building of support for sunni tribal forces even slower. in syria, there is no possible strategy to achieve isil's the feat on a timeline that would result in the tragic deaths of tens of thousands of syrians. there is still no ground force that is both willing and able to take cities, nor is the realistic prospect of one emerging soon. in the absence of a realistic strategy to create the conditions for the achievement of u.s. goals, the administration has fallen back on hope. the hope that diplomacy without sufficient leverage can convince russia and iran to abandon bashir al-assad and ight isil. yet we read just this morning that russia's air campaign continues

officials say special forces raids are underway near mosul with the offensive to start in several weeks. >>> the president of mexico says that el chapo guzman is in custody. he was the head of a drug cartel. he broke out of a high security prison, digging out through a and a home was raided right before dawn. and that's how they caught him. it was considered an embarrassment for the mexican president. >>> the president veto as bill repealing his health care low. it was expected but leaders say it shows voters they can repeal it if a republican wins the white house in the 2016 election. >>> 24 days until the iowa caucus. there is plenty of time for the candidates to go after each other and the president. that's what is happening. >> less than one month away. there is one thing all the campaigns agree on. the ground game is more important than it has been in decades because of the number of candidates and because of what is at stake. >> look, we started with the but i sense, as i go around the state. we have a lot of momentum. >> the gop race is between donald trump and ted cruz who leads

and collapse its two power centers in raqqa and mosul. second, to combat the isil tumor worldwide. and third, to protect the homeland. i also laid out the operational concept behind our campaign, to

is on building a force that will sometime later this year in all likelihood, mount an offensive on mosul. it will take roughly ten brigades of battle ready forces, each brigade has between two and 3,000 troops so we are talking about an offensive force between 20 and 30,000 troops. the spokesman colonel steve warren says an flals is underw s underway now to speed up the process. >> it becomes a question of do you make the pipe a little bit bigger so you can put more through the the pipe faster. that's what we're working on now, that's working on several levels obviously, you know at the higher level it is a matter of working with other partner-nations to see what else they're able to contribute. >> reporter: so while the u.s. is considering sending more troops for training and enabling iraqi forces perhaps as many as several hundred on top of the 3700 in iraq right now what the pentagon really wants is for other countries to step up and do more. defense secretary ash carter has been berating other members of the coalition for doing almost nothing. he expects other countries to send train

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had a devastating impact on the - not only on the areas that they occupy principally in the city of mosul, and in parts of anbar, but also in areas where they have been able to project suicide attacks. in particular in the capital, in baghdad. they have enslaved yazidi women, they have committed a genocide of the yazidis, they have killed muslims and christians and shia and sunni, they have gone down, i'm afraid, in the annuals of history as a true menace. >> you mentioned the genocide of the yazidi people, and the report says 3500 people held as slaves. now, the list of atrocities is long. people beheaded, drowned by being lowered into water in a cage, burnt alive. thrown off buildings. as a respected international and constitutional lawyer, is there any doubt i.s.i.l. is committing wholesale war crimes. absolutely not. these are - we use the words genocide as sort of almost a generically, but genocide is, in fact, a crime understand international law defined by treaty and statutes in the counter environment. whether we are faith to hunt the individuals down one by one and kill them to g

out of mosul. offensive force of between 20 and 30,000 troops. that spokesman colonel steve warren says an analysis is underway now to look at ways to speed up the training process, with trainers not just from the u.s. but other countries as well. >> instead it makes a question of do you make the pipe a little bit bigger so you can put more through pipe faster? that is working now on several levels obviously. at the higher level it's a matter of working with other partner nations to see what else they're able to contribute. >> and so while the u.s. is considering sending more u.s. troops for training and enabling iraqi forces perhaps as many as several hundred on top of the 3700 already in iraq right now, what the pentagon really wants is for other countries to step up and do more. defense secretary ash carter has been berating some of the other members of the u.s. led coalition for doing almost nothing and he expects other countries to send trainers before the u.s. increases its troop levels. there's another consideration too. the ufsz is in ira