correspondent, and jim sciutto covering the national security angle and our senior international nick paton walsh. this operation to liberate fallujah in a decisive stage. >> no question. you could see how difficult it is with the first images there. they're clearly on the outskirts of the city. this is a big city and as they move inside, it would be difficult. there's a number of civilians there and of course, they're going to be limiting civilian deaths, but also, we know that isis has had time to prepare for this and this will be a city littered with improvised explosive devices and a dangerous battle in romadi. 21 air strikes from fighters and drones from the last six days to soften up the defenses there of isis as iraqi forces take the lead on the ground. >> but will u.s. forces also? i know they're involved in air strikes but will u.s. forces also go in on the ground? >> to our knowledge, no. is it possible you will have forward deployed? possible. >> i was in fallujah back in 2005 with u.s. central manager john and it was shortly after it was freed, in effect, it was pretty upbeat place bu

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nick paton walsh, cnn, libya. >> some other stories we're following for you. a major voice is leaving the geneva peace talks aimed at ending the syrian civil war. the chief negotiator for the syrian rebel group said he resigned out of frustration over the lack of progress with the dire humanitarian situation in the country. he called on the international community to follow through on achieving peace in the region. >> in northern iraq, officials say thousands of kurdish troops have launched an effective against isis near mosul. peshmerga led forces aimed to dislodge the terror group from villages said to have been kurdish. local media report this comes ahead of a joint iraqi/kurdish effective to retake mosul. mosul is iraq's second largest city and was captured by isis in june 2014. >>> still to come this hour, donald trump honors america's veterans at a rally in washington, but his controversial comments about vietnam war veterans, senator john mccain, are raising questions about trump's sincerity. >>> plus brazil continues to struggle with political corrupti

as senior international correspondent, nick paton walsh is reporting. >> reporter: this is the eye inibya, especially adapted spy plane. part of a growing effort by u.s. intelligence agencies to learn as much as they can about isis in what many consider to be its most dangerous stronghold so close to europe. >> buried in the rock of the remote sicilyan. chatter from above the failed state, a tenth of whose line isis now control. and down here is where it matters. along isolated road between the libyan city of mezrata and the isis stronghold of sert. this day is all bad news. isis is using a suicide bomber to help advance yet. fighters tell us that americans are also on the ground here. along this road, we see reinforcements pour down here and they look like armored suvs containing western looking soldiers. they're never aborvous about wh see. later revealed a dozen troops operate out of a nearby asir bae and wouldn't give details. this man saying he managed to save his family as isis moved into their hometown. this was the scene they left behind. these chaoticmilitia is all that stand

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let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh, live in rio de janeiro, brazil's not just spectators who are concerned. now some athletes are saying they might skip the world's biggest sporting event. >> jake, absolutely. this growing drum beat of concern amongst athletes, most recently the nba title holder, six-time all-star pau gasol, his opinion suggesting he's deeply concerned about what zika could do to his health if he were to catch it, carrying extra weight. joining, not a chorus but a growing number of sports people who aren't worrying about their events but instead their own personal health. we heard from u.s. soccer goalkeeper hope solo. now jessica ennis hill and others are coming forward saying they're really not sure what it means to be here, increasing uncertainty over how dangerous the disease is itself. that puts their advice in line with the uscdc's. i think it shows how more information is coming to light and perhaps undermines confidence in what scientists know about this particular stage, jake. >> all right, nick paton walsh, live in rio. hil

nick paton walsh, cnn, tripoli. >> very powerful report. we want to thank nick for doing that.e white house. right now, donald trump is back in california. after clinching the republican presidential nomination speaking at a campaign rally in fresno. i want to listen in. let's listen in. >> my environmental standard is simple. and i've said it to everybody. i want clean air and i want clean water. that's what i want. clean air, clean water. very, very simple. so we're going to be back up here. i believe me, we'll start opening up the water so that you can have your farmers survive so that your job market will get better. no, but there are some things inconceivable that they happen and wonder. i'm asking why, why, why and nobody can explain why they do this and they do it. your senators are for it but totally ineffective, unfortunately. you know they're for it for you, and then to the other side, they're for it for them. and then you wonder, i wonder why nothing happens but when you're with the senators, they want you and then go to the environmental side and they want them. and

name of its new leader with more on that, let's go to our senior international correspondent, nick paton walshew leader of the taliban is not really a particularly public figure. we don't know a lot about him. we know he was mansour's deputy but he was killed over the weekend in a u.s. drone strike just inside pakistan but he was a man around during the fighting against the soviets back in the 80s during the taliban's brief rule over afghanistan and he's considered more a cleric than front line experience but hails from the south of afghanistan, kandah kandahar, with a lot of their constituency. what's he going to do next? don't know at this stage. his deputy perhaps might have gone to be at the helm and been in charge of military operations under the previous now deceased leader, and will keep that job but the guy that the u.s. says is the main facilitator of al qaeda and definitely radical and stood in charge of battlefield operations. it's likely we see the pace the insurgency is showing against the afghan security forces. i think the loss of their leader so abruptly with accurate u.s. inte

nick paton walsh is live in beirut. here a deputy who is ready to move up in the case of a death of the leader. now, the death has to be confirmed. but if he has been killed in this air strike, give us an idea of what the impact is on the taliban. >> reporter: well, first of all, you have to bear in mind that he only came to this position himself after a pretty lengthy and secretive power struggle after the secret death in 2012, 13, he was the long time leader, mansour then fought his way to that position. now, he is dead, yes, the question is, who takes his role. maybe those who sought to be who interviewed, but those fare, the deputy, who may in fact assume the rule. harkani is the chief facilitator of al qaeda in afghanistan. it could be a significant lurch, now, this morning, so far, the afghan government has begun to give more conclusive suggestions. they believe he is dead. the defense ministry and abdullah, who is the chief executive, prime minister to some degree, they've come forward and said he is dead. but the

let's get to nick paton walsh, nick. >> reporter: pam, yes, haibatullah akhundzada is a man in his 50sho has a pretty lengthy association with the taliban tribes around, and he tries to be the leader of this insurgency, no more a cleric than a military leader. he was the deputy to mullah mansour. >> technical difficulties there. we'll get back to nick paton walsh very soon. >>> still to come on this wednesday morning, trump courts the big money men. will they open up their checkbooks? one real estate mogul did just that, and he thinks other business leaders will do the same. fight heartburn fast. with tums chewy delights. the mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. tum tum tum tum. chewy delights. only from tums. wireless world today could use a smile?ke the at cricket wireless, we think so. that's why, prices for plans are all in, taxes and fees included. and we've got more 4g lte coverage nationwide than t-mobile or sprint. that's a whote lotta network for not a lot a dough. it's what makes cricket the happiest place in the whole wireless world

cnn's nick paton walsh just got back from lib yeah.he -- libya. >> reporter: carol, what's important to point out, john kerry is talking about maybe lifting the broad u.s. sanctions against arms being shipped to libya for the case of what he calls the got here. that itself is a complicated idea, because the newly installed government there, backed by the u.n., by america, by the western general and europe, that is one of three particular administrations claiming they have the right to run libya. now, they've inserted themselves, they're having a pretty slow job about getting to grips of power in the country, and left a lot of confusion by inserting themselves into the capital tr capital tripoli. the effort john kerry is putting forward, a legitimate request from a legitimate government, they will supply those weapons, as will many other world power, gulf states ale w desperately needed, i have to say, because isis right now are on the move. they have a tenth of libya's coastline, a coastline that is right on to europe, where there is a

nick paton walsh, cnn, tripoli. >>> shocking stuff, indeed.r that report. >>> that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news. hillary clinton slamming donald trump, telling cnn he is an unqualified loose cannon. >>> and more breaking news. donald trump speaking live right now, taking a victory lap on the day he clinches the gop nomination. >>> plus, president obama with his own blistering attack on trump overseas. saying world leaders are, quote, rattled by the gop's presumptive nominee. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm jim sciutto in again tonight for erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, breaking news. the gloves off. just moments ago, hillary clinton speaking to cnn taking her attacks on donald trump to a new, more combative level. the v

our cnn's nick paton walsh reports that isis is now sending fighters into europe with the migrants. > the moment when desperate dreams come to an end. we're with the libyan immigration police inside a warehouse of migrant hopefuls that just raided right on the trip at the beach front. as turkey and greece close their shores. the libyan route to europe has exploded again. here, among the squalor that a lifetime savings buys is where fantasies of a future in europe fall apart fwhch. >> where are you from? >> nigeria. >> they fled boko haram in nigeria when bombs killed his father and brother and he survived the desert trip until here. >> because of the death of my father and my brother. let me go out. let me travel out. every time i talk about them, i feel sad. >> relieve quickly as this is the smugglers neighborhood. there is a new threat here. smugglers and police telling us that isis have hidden fighters among other groups of migrants bound for europe. this trade in human souls is awful enough until you think that perhaps isis are using this passage of human life into europe to try a

nick paton walsh, cnn, tripoli. >>> this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, the battle of balconies. homeowner wants britain to leave the european union. the other says, definitely not, and they put their differences, well, right there on display. ♪ amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. save $500 on the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. plus 36 month financing. know better sleep. only at a sleep number store. demonstrators who want britain to remain in the european union will rally in london, avoiding a so-called brexit. earlier, friday, g7 leaders issued a warning on the impact of a british exit from the eu on the global economy including that group summit in japan, they said, quote, a uk exit from the eu would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment and the jobs they create and is a further serious risk to growth. the watchdog if the uk is criticizing the vote lead campaign. it's saying it has mislead voters claiming th

let's go to cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh and iraqi forces have not entered what's the latest you're hearing? >> reporter: i think will be sometime until iraqi forces get to the city center and two years isis militants fortify themselves into. yes, there are 10,000 families in there say the united nations. 80 of whom managed to creep out in the last 4 days. they say. three dead among those 80 families including women and children and give you an idea of how perilous it is for them moving out. screening base where men separating women and children and then checked the see if they're isis militants. but a very perilous task ahead here. we understand from the limited information the military putting out moving in from the northeast and the southeast of that city an they have a large base to the city's west. but this could, frankly, take weeks. a lot of ieds, mines as it were, blocking their easy access and die-hard isis militants potentially a thousand of them trying to slow them down. but, brooke, learning about when's happening in fallujah, simultaneously hear

cnn's nick paton walsh is live with the very latest. nick?e know about this move to the north of raqqah. it is not, i'm told by kurdish sources, aimed at the city center itself but more to the countryside in the north. activists reporting heavy clashes there and a plethora of statements and videos from the syria democratic forces. they're the u.s.-backed coalition of kurds and sunni arabs who have been mustered together to try to move towards raqqah, but this announcement and this clear military action, because there are clashes certainly happening there, is of no coincidence happening at the same time as the iraqi military offensive against the other isis stronghold of fallujah. the idea to try to strain isis by having them under attack in multiple different cities. now, the raqqah offensive, i'm told, potentially limited in scope. the fallujah offensive got under way yesterday. there seems to have been a slight ebb in fighting so far today but the big concern is for the people trapped inside. 10,000 families trapped inside fallujah. 80 of t

nick paton walsh, cnn, misrata. >> thank you very much, nick, for that report. at wolf blitzer. tweet the show at cnn sit room. thank you very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a new national poll shows donald trump taking the lead over hillary clinton. this as the presumptive gop nominee announces his supreme court picks and meets with henry kissinger. is he starting to look presidential or not? >>> plus, civil war breaking out in the democratic party. joe biden jumping into the fray late today. is the party beyond repair? >>> and the first girl to escape her terrorist captors, how did she do it? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, atu

cnn's nick paton walsh live in beirut with the breaking details. ni nick?porter: since the death of mullah mansour, this statement declaring three days the mourning, confirming his death and appointing his successor. a little known man called haibatullah akhunzada, thought to be more clerical, as in more involved in the sort of adjudication of the sharia law than someone involved in the battlefield. they certainly didn't appoint a man known at al qaeda the main facilitator and current battlefield deputy in the taliban at the moment, but at the same time any notion suddenly this man's appointment may find a moment in peace in afghanistan blown away by ten people killed in a suicide bombing in kabul, in fact, court workers on their way to work. taliban moving very quickly here, still at this stage unclear what this will herald in the fight in afghanistan. >> nick, thanks for the reporting. we'll check back. >>> back here, bill cosby ordered to stand trial on sexual assault challenrges. what are the challenges? for the defense and the prosecution. both sides,