the militants took control of the city in northern iraq two years ago. >> translator: we can completely recapture nineveh province sometime between this year and the first few months of next year. >> he says units on the northern front are being reinforced with weapons and armored vehicles. he says the militants will lose their will to fight if iraqi forces recapture the central city of fallujah. he says that will also give a boost to the troops trying to retake mosul. the militants are launching counter offensives with suicide bombers and chemical weapons and using civilians as human shields. >>> more people are fleeing the areas near mosul as government forces step up offensives to retake the city. about 200 families have reportedly arrived at a refugee camp east of mosul in the past two weeks. a man who recently arrived there says islamic state fighters fear the u.s.-led coalition's air strikes. he says many civilians take advantage of that confusion to flee. another man says he was wounded and his friend was killed as they tried to escape. he says he holds out hope mosul will be lib

isl has now lost more than half of the territory it once controlled in northern iraq and will lose moreontinue to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our special operations forces, local forces are now pressing the town of mandish which means that the noose is tightening around rack ya as well. isl is on defense and it's been now a full year since isl was able to mount a successful operation in either syria or iraq. isl is also continuing to lose money that its life blood. as a result of our strikes against oil supply lines, we have cut their revenue from oil by millions of dollars per month and destroying the storage sites where they keep their cash, we deprive isl of many more. thanks to the great work of secretary lew and many here today, isl is cut off from the international financial system. cutting off their money may not be as dramatic as military strikes but it is --ally as is critically important. some it own leaders have been caught stealing cash and gold. they show their true colors. they are not reap lidge just leaders, but thugs. >>> and i push for my friends in the s

isis assembling a large attack force again in northern iraq.is unit was beyond the front lines as advisers with local kurdish forces. at 7:30 a.m., the s.e.a.l.s are attacked with bulldozers, trucks and weapons. at 7:350, the americans call fo help. the s.e.a.l.s move to each side of the front line. there was fighting so intense, ammunition was running low. then, keating's weapon malfunction. he went to a nearby vehicle for more ammunition and climbed on top of a building and began firing at isis when he was hit. his death and the two fire fights, a stark reminder that u.s. troops in iraq and syria are in combat more than the military discloses. former navy s.e.a.l. jeffrey egger says there are new dangers for special operation forces. >> even though it's not a combat mission, they are not supposed to be doing the majority of the fighting themselves, it's closer to where the fighting is taking place. >> now, what the troops will tell you, there is a new reality, special operation forces very much operating in the gray zone, between peace and wa

the kurdish forces picked him up in northern iraq. what are his attorneys saying he was doing there in the first place? jeff: they are not saying much. they are saying any conversation they have had with their client remain confidential at this i asked what do you make of the fact he went to kurdish tv? he said he did fight for isis. he regretted it and he wanted to come home. the attorney called the appearance "interesting" and said further he needs to present his side of the story so it remains to be seen what they will be presenting in court. but the attorney alluding to the fact more facts will come out. jonathan: interesting. thank you for that. four israelis were killed yesterday when gunman stormed in an open air cafe and opened fire. one of the gunman clearly caught on camera. both of them were arrested. today the israeli defense minister visited the shopping complex where the killings took place. quick response from israel. they are now shrinking the number of palestinians allowed to enter the country during ramadan by thousa

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continues to launch from the uss harry truman in the mediterranean. they are hitting isol with precision strikes, they are identified and hit quickly. so far 13,000 air strikes, this campaign is firing on all cylinders and as a result isol is under more pressure and loses key leaders including the senior military leader in mosul. including isol's military leader in the anbar province and the top isol commander in fallujah. isol continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months coalition support has routed the town of -- and iraqi forces have surrounded fallujah and begun to move into the city, meanwhile in the north iraqi forces continue to push up the river valley making gains and now preparing to tighten the noose around isol in mosul. isol has lost half of the territory it has controlled in iraq and will lose more. isol continues to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our forces, the coalition of local forces is pressuring a key town. and that means it's

and additional support for local forces in northern iraq.raft continue to launch from the uss harry truman, now in the mediterranean, our b-52 bombers are hitting with precision strikes and targets are hit even more quickly. so far, 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. and as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders. this includes salomn, the key leader in mosul, al sudani who plotted attacks, shah keer, the anbar province and mahere, the top isil commander in fallujah. so far, we've taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and commanders. and our message is clear, if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months, local forces with coalition support have liberated the western town and pushed up the euphrates valley. and iraqi forces surrounded fallujah and have begun to move in the city. in the north, they continue to push up the tigris river valley and make

they say the terrorists, he surrendered himself in northern iraq back in march claiming he was no longer interested in the islamic state life. minister, the prime and lawmakers responded swiftly to yesterday shooting spree in tel aviv that killed four people and wounded 16. the israeli military moved into the hometown of the two gunmen who are cousins and field it off no one -- shielded it off, no one in and no one out and re-freezing work permits for relatives of the suspects and 83,000 travel permits that were issued for ramadan. crime, -- a's average this is a savage crime, murder in the heart of tel aviv, we will take the necessary steps to attack the attackers. jummy: the israeli military on high alert, adding additional battalions in the west bank, the prime determine israel's next steps. president obama and senator bernie sanders have gotten together today at the white house, sanders has vowed to state in the race, even though hillary clinton is the democratic party presumptive nominee, the president is expected to congratulate sanders but assess his role as a unifying figure. is,

dw reporter in northern iraq, less than twtwo kilometers from the next i.i.s. position.he north brigade, holding its ground. straight from the frontline. reporter, on dw. sarah: welcome back. a quick reinder of our top stories, the world's longest rail tunnel has opened in switzerland. the gotthard tunnel will carry passengers straight through the swiss alps at high speeds. a french navy ship has picked up single best signals from one of the black boxes 804. the plane crashed into the mediterranean last month. it is a buddhist temple, but authorities say that it operates as a feepaying zoo. when wildlife officials were removing tigers from the temple they discovered the bodies of 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer. west of the capital, bangkok, is a popular tourist destination. this was after animal-rights activists claimed the tigers were being mistreated. >> dozens of tigerer cubs and te body of a bearcat. found by park authorities in a tiger temple. it's notot clear why they were being kept there, but the dedepy head of f the park department td thatat they would see w wi

kurdish forces captured khweis in northern iraq in march. he told his captors he had gone there to join isis and was willing to become a suicide bomber. prosecutors say that khweis traveled to syria las with isis through social media. meantime, hamas issued a statement praising yesterday's terror attack in tel aviv. four israelis there killed when gunmen opened fire in a cafe. one of the suspects clearly caught on camera as you see there. both men have been arrested and detained by authorities. today the israeli defense minister visited the shopping complex for where four people were killed the day before. in response, israel shrinking dramatically the number of palestinians being allowed to enter the country in ramadan. maureen? maureen: the university of -- stanford university swimmer sent to jail for six months for raping unconscious woman. apparently only serve half that time. records show brock turner is scheduled to be released three months into the sentence. county jail inmates in that part of california usually serve half their sente

. >>> more people flee the fighting around mosul in northern iraq as government forces step up offenses to retake the city from islamic state militants. >>> possible bear attacks. a body found in a forest in northern japan could be the fourth victim. >>> and fighting brain drain. chinese companies are eager to lure elite graduates back home. >>> the arabingi military says it's confident it can retake mosul from the islamic state group. the militants took control of the city two years ago. >> translator: we will be able to completely recapture nineveh province sometime between late this year and the first few months of next year. >> he says units on the northern front are being reinforced with weapons and armored vehicles. he says the militants will lose their fight -- their will to fight if iraqi forces recapture fallujah. he says that will also give a boost to the troops trying to retake mosul. the militants are launching counter offensives with suicide bombers and chemical weapons and using humans as human shields. >>> more people are freeing the areas near mosul as government forces

it happened all over again, isis assembling a large attack force again in northern iraq.unit was behind the front lines advisers with local kurdish forces. at 7:30 a.m. the seems and local forces are attacked by more than 100 isis fighters who charged the front lines with bulldozers, trucks and weapons. at 7:50 t. americans calm for help. keithing and about 20 ought seals arrive quickly t. seals move to each side of the front line. military source tell cnn, initial battlefield reports describes fighting so intense, ammunition was running low. then keating's weapon malfunctioned. he went to a ann arbor vehicle for more ammunition and a new weapon. now equipped with his sniper rifle, he climbed on top of a building and began firing at asize when he was hit. his death and the two firefights, a stark reminder that u.s. troops in iraq and syria are in combat more than the military discloses. former navy seal says there are new dangers for special operation forces. >> what's new in this environment is that the advisory mission, they're not supposed to be doing the majority of t

he was captured in northern iraq in march later telling kurdish tv he became disenchanted with isis. >> i didn't really support their ideology and that's when i decided i needed to escape. >> at least 85 americans have been charged with isis-related crimes but quis is the first to be captured on the battlefield. >>> three people have been killed in houston after a small plane crashed into a car parking lot. the plane missed multiple landing attempts as the houston's hobby airport and for eight agonizing minutes, the controller tried to help the might land. that hooilt pilot a mother of six was taking her husband and sick father. an investigation is now under way. >>> the faa as opted not to require psychological testing for pilots but the agency plans to take steps to encourage self-reporting of mental illness. more training will be provided for medical examiners who screen pilots. this comes one year after a german wings pilot who struggled with mental health issues deliberately crashed a plane into the alps. 150 people were killed. >>> tens of thousands of fans are expected to atte

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continued a launch from the uss harry truman, now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. strikes.3,000 air this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders, and as liberated western towns and also pushed up the euphrates river valley, .iberating strategic towns iraqi forces have surrounded falluja and begun to move into the city. meanwhile in the north, iraqi versus continue to push up the , preparingr valley to tie the noose around isil and most will. isil continues to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our special operations forces, the coalition of local forces is pressuring when chi-town, which means the .ews is tightening in short, our coalition continues to be on offense. isil is on defense, and it has been a full year since i s a major successful operation in either .yria or iraq as isil continues to lose territory and also continues to lose the money that is its li

. >>> a new isis video shows them demolishing a 3,000-year-old temple in northern iraq.ws, but the u.n. said it showed extensive damage. >>> in england, one unlucky seagull took a dip in some curry tuesday. that's why it was orange. it was looking for dinner at a food factory when he fell into chicken marsala. after some tlc, the orange sea bird is all cleaned up, ready to blend back into the crowd. cleans up nicely. >>> in an nbc news exclusive, tom brokaw goes in depth with legend david letterman one year after leaving the spotlight. >> do you miss every night? >> no, i don't. it's interesting, i thought for sure i would. and then the first day of stephen's show, when he went on the air, an energy left me and i felt like, you know, that's not my problem anymore. i couldn't care less about late night television. i'm happy for the guys, men and women, there should be more women. i don't know why they didn't give my show to a woman. that would have been fine. >> did they ask you about who should replace you? >> no. oh, no. they didn't ask me about anything. they were happ

in 2014, with training and equipment for the peshmerga in northern iraq and even more importantly theilitary contribution, with german armed forces being present in the skies over syria and the mediterranean. reporter: the german interior ministry says there has been no change to the threat level. it remains high. anchor: in the united states, presidential hopeful hillary clinton has warned voters that donald trump is unfit for office. during a major foreign policy speech in san diego. talking up her own credentials for commander-in-chief, she had this to say about her likely rival for the white house. ms. clinton: donald trump's ideas are not just different. they are dangerously incoherent. this is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes, because it's not hard to imagine donald trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin. this is a man who said that more countries should have nuclear weapons, including saudi arabia. this is someone who has threatened to abandon our allies in nato, the countries that work with us to root out terrorists abr

and additional support for local forces in northern iraq.ur aircraft continue to launch from the uss harry truman. now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. and as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders. this includes salmon al-sha heeb the military senior leader in mosul. and el-sadani who plotted exterior attacks and malib in the anbar province malear al-halari the top isil commander in fallujah. so far we have taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and comeafers. our message is clear -- commanders. our message is clear, if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months, local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the town of rutba and have pushed up the euphrates river valley and breaking up the siege of a city there. and ira

that leaves the city of mosul in northern iraq as the last big isis strong hold in that country. more on this with lieutenant mitch utterback. and thank you for joining us. >> thank you, heather. >> as we mentioned fallujah was the first city to fall to isis in 2014 and prior to that 2004100 u.s. troops who died there at the hands of al-qaeda insurgents and 1000 were injured. clearly it is significant in terms of a symbolic meaning. but is it a strajic win as well? >> it is a tactical victory for baghdad, heather. fallujah was the last bastion of isis control in the anbar province and deadly attacks were launched in baghdad. it was very, very destructive suicide attacks. they had to eliminate the threat in fallujah and used most of the iraqi special forces. >> what role did the u.s. play in taking back fallujah? >> well, the u.s. role in this goes back to 2003 when we advised the iraqi special forces. they took the fight in fallujah and fighting throughout the country in the fight against isis. and the the partner advising made the iraqi special forces the best in the middle east

and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continued to launch from the u.s.s. harry truman, now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. so far 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. and as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. ites -- isil continues to lead key leaders, this includes a senior military leader in mosul, the man who plotted exterior attacks, isil's military leader in the anbar province, and the top isil commander in fallujah. so far we've taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and commanders. and our message is clear: if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months, local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the western town of rugba and pushed up the euphrates valley and breaking the isil siege of haditha. iraqi forces have surrounded f

new isis video reportedly s 3,000-year-old temple in northern iraq. has not been authenticated by nbc news but the u.n. confirmed that satellite imagery showed extensive damage to the main entrance at a temple to the babylonian god of wisdom. >>> to new england. one unlucky segal took a dip in curry on tuesday. it was apparently looking for dinner at a food factory when he fell into a vat of chicken tiki masala. but now the orange sea bird is ready to blend back into the crowd. he looks nice all cleaned up. >>> in an nbc news exclusive, tom brokaw goes in-depth with david letterman one year after leaving the spotlight. here is a preview of their conversation. >> do you miss it every night? >> no. no, i don't. it's interesting. i thought -- i thought for sure, i would. and then the stephen's show when he went on the air, an energy left me and i felt like, you know, it's not my problem any more. i couldn't care less about late night television. i'm happy for the guys, men and women, there should be more women, and i don't know why they didn't give my sh

but retaking it would set the stage in the fight to retake mosul in northern iraq, that's iraq's second largest city and isis' defacto capital. that will likely be as many are saying to use a phrase, that's often been said in iraq, brett, the mother of all battles. back to you. >> john hutty in our middle east news room. >>> well you may think you have some privacy if you check into a big hotel to do business. but someone from a foreign government may know different. tired of re-dosing antacids? try duo fusion! new, two in one heartburn relief. the antacid goes to work in seconds... and the acid reducer lasts up to 12 hours in one chewable tablet. try new duo fusion. from the makers of zantac. >>> the state department says it has hit a dead end in its effort to find out who ordered several minutes of a media briefing to be deleted from the agency's video records. that excerpt featured our own chief washington correspondent james rosen confronting a spokeswoman about a false statement made by her predecessor. yesterday the state admitted it was a deliberate act of editing. correspondent

but retaking it would set the stage in the fight to retake mosul in northern iraq, that's iraq's secondargest city and isis' defacto capital. that will likely be as many are saying to use a phrase, that's often been said in iraq, brett, the mother of all battles. back to you. >> john hutty in our middle east news room. >>> well you may think you have some privacy if you check into a big hotel to do business. but someone from a foreign government may know different. ♪ ♪ ♪ take on the unexpected with a car that could stop for you. nissan safety shield technologies, available in the altima, sentra and maxima. and i quit smoking with chantix. i always came back to smoking. i was absolutely frustrated, absolutely. i did not think chantix would work as well as it did. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you hav

killed in northern iraq during a fire fight with isis.nized for valour but not for the battle that he died in, a previously unknown skirmish which carries some painful parallel. barbara starr is live at the pentagon with the details. barbara? >>> good morning, jim. u.s. military advisers in syria and iraq are not supposed to be in combat but combat is coming to them one navy s.e.a.l. team caught twice. >> it was a fire fight in northern iraq against 100 isis fighters that lasted more than two hours. when it was over, navy s.e.a.l., charles keating, was dead on a tour of duty that was not supposed to involve combat. hundreds of friends and family gathered to remember him. he was awarded the silver star, the nation's third highest citation for valour but not for the battle north of mosul that killed him but for a different fight two months earlier, one that was not disclosed until after his death. that morning, they were atked by more than 100 isis fighters. the initial assault was pushed back. keating kept up a counter attack running back

in additional assets, including helicopters and support for local forces in northern iraq., in the mediterranean, our b-52 bombers are hitting issa with position strikes. being identified in 10 to more quickly. so far, 13,000 air strikes. the campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders and as a result i soul is under more pressure the and never before. leaders.inue to lose --enior leader of muzzle and and others. the top i soul commander in falluja. so far we have taken out 10020i soul of leaders and commanders. our message is clear. if you target the united states you will not be safe. you will never be safe. i soul continues to lose ground in iraq. we have liberated the western town of aruba and pushed up the euphrates river valley, liberating a strategic town and breaking and i soul siege. iraqi forces have surrounded falluja and begun to move into the city. in the north, the forces continue to push up the tigris river valley. repairing to tighten a noose --und i soul in moz oh mosul. they have lost half of their territory and will lose more. assisted by our forces

he was detained by kurdish forces in march in northern iraq. still holding his virginia driver's license. jeff: he answered yes when asked by isil to be a suicide bomber. >> i didn't support their ideology. that is when i decided i needed to escape. jeff: khweis' defense attorney seemed dubious of the claims made on kurdish tv. >> therefore, it must be all true. >> you tell me. >> i'm not in a position yet to want to tell you or know what to tell you. >> khweis studied criminal justice at northern virginia community college and was also arrested for d.w.i. in fairfax county about the current charges. >> do you believe he is innocent, sir? jeff: mohamad khweis is officially charged with providing material support to isis. he did not offer a plea today. but he does rather have court hearings next week and the week after that. if convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison. live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. new information in yesterday's deadly terror attack in tel aviv, israel now. four were killed there an

their spiritual leader, but i don't think this will change their tactics in somalia or syria or northern iraqal-qaeda franchise is operating steadily successfully on their own without directive from the taliban. >> okay, i have more questions but i've got to go. i did enjoy your perspective, sir. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> when you think of famous russian authors, who do you think of? not putin. why and how the russian strong man is being published. does he have any choice? >> republican leaders trying to come to grips with donald trump as their eventual nominee. our next guest has some tips for what he calls the grumpy old party. to get it together. what's it like to be in good hands? man, it's like pure power at your finger tips. like the power to earn allstate reward points, every time i drive. ...want my number? and cash back for driving safe. and the power to automatically find your car... i see you car! and i got the power to know who's coming and when if i break down. ...you must be gerry. hey... in means getting more from your car insurance with the all-powerful drivewise app. it's

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraq our aircraft continue to launch from the u.s. s harry truman and in the mediterranean and hitting isils with strikes. targets are being identified and hit quickly. so far, 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this state is firing on. as a result, isil is under pressure than ever before. isil continue to lose key leaders. this includes the senior military of mosul. and shakirt leader of province. the top isil commander in fallujah. we have taken out top leader s d and commanders. our message is clear, if you target our allies, you will not be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months local forces in iraq have liberated the western town and also pushed the strategic town of heat and breaking the isil siege. iraqis forces have surrounded fallujah and moving into the city. now, preparing to tighten around isil and mosul. i am told that isil has lost its half territory that they once control in iraq and it will lose more. assistant fire special operation forces, a

sometimes there are terror attacks, sometimes no attack, sometimes an isis state in northern iraq butthing are fine. it's okay. trump, the world is exploding, everything is falling apart, and i'm going to kill, kill, kill, kill. you couldn't be different. couldn't be more different. >> even problem dana for hillary clinton is she will get associated with president obama where as the people seem more in tune, at least in term of feelings, with trump. 84% now say they are nervous about our nation's ability to prevent a terrorist attack. 84%. back in june 2005 it was 50%. >> people worrying about national safety, which they shouldn't have to because the government should handel that problem. an i feel like president obama has the same exact language he uses after all of these attacks. and if he says there is no existential threat against us one more time, i'm going crazy. we just had orlando. that's an existential threat. i understand he doesn't want us to worry all the time and keep everybody calm. he is also trying to protect the narrative he has done everything he can to keep us safe.

the woman says it began in 2014 after the terror group took control of mosul in northern iraq and herleft two older children in the care of neighbors and along with her new baby began searching for him. that's when she says she was identified as christian and repeatedly abused. she said if he got bored of me, he would trade me for another girl. what wedding. for them it was a wedding. what kind of wedding is this? they had me whenever they would desire it especially this one faruq who was obsessed with me. and he would say i like the people of jesus. we can't independently verify the video but fox news asked outside experts about her allegations and they said they are consistent with isis and their brutal tactics. >> oh my goodness. catherine, it's important to get these stories out there. people need to know what's going on. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> coming up, where in the world are the 2016 candidates? the campaign flash next. need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over one hundred of the web's leading job boards with a single click. then simp

and additional support or local forces in northern iraq. aircraft continued to launch from the us harry truman and now in the mediterranean, our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and it even more quickly. so far, 13,000 airstrikes read this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders. this includes psalm on optional heat, thesilk senior military leader in modal , mossad also donnie who plotted external attacks, shakira was able, isil's military leader in iraq sandbar province andmihir alali , the top isil commander in fallujah. so far, we've taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and commanders and our message is clear. if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe or it you will never be safe area isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months, local forces in iraq through coalition support have liberated the western town of rooftop and also pushed up the euphrat

there has also been bombings in northern iraq.ean dozens to hundreds of dropping bombs on these areas. they say they are targeting pkk. but meanwhile i have tried to count the amount of times that the air force, the turkish air force has gotten involved in bombing isis in syria. and not much. i would say about a dozen times maximum since the beginning of isis is now two year history. >> laura wells reporting live early this wednesday morning from istanbul, laura, thanks very much. all the best. you may be sitting around thinking if isis is responsible for this it will claim credit. it puts videos online and shows video. not true in turkey isis has never once claimed responsement for a bombing in one of turk yption cities. for the assassination of some sort of insurgent in the south of turkey near the border with syria, yes. but never any of the attacks that they have carried out. never once did they claim responsibility because the last thing they want is the people who were just murdered to turn against them. we will go live to t

significant centers controlled by the ice lambic state together with mosul, the other principal city in northern iraq. so this is a big deal. it's also, by the way, just a short drive from the outskirts of western baghdad. it's certainly less than an hour depending on how many checkpoints you run into. and so very important battle. and what you have is a combination of all of the different elements of iraq there right now. you have obviously iraqi army elements. you have iraqi special operations forces, military elements, special operations forces, police, federal police units. anian-supported shia militia. ep in mind that fallujah is a sunni arab city, predominantly. and you have now some sunni tribal fighters as well. all of this, the city has been encircled for some time. it's been cut off. and by the way you have perhaps as many as 45,000 iraqi civilians still in the city. in some cases being used as shields by the islamic state. this is all ready-- already taken on certain bar baric aspects, if you will, the use of civilians as shields, executing civilians that try to escape, executing islamic s

because the principal opponent of the islamic state group, both in northern syria and in northern iraq, have been the kurdish forces. genie: jasper, thank you. jasper mortimer reporting from ankara. to the united states, where the polls have opened in the east for what could be a decisive day in the presidential campaign. you can see people in new jersey going in to vote area early this morning. another big state among the six going to the polls today is california, but hillary clinton already got a boost going into the primaries. she is now passed the milestone of 383 delegates securing her status at the presumptive -- as the presumptive democratic presidential nominee. she is set to go ahead with donald trump -- she is now set to go head to head with donald trump. >> he is the man behind the figure. he has a crucial assignment, determining when a delegate has -- when a candidate has enough delegates to secure the party nomination. >> i am in charge of tracking the number of delegates each presidential candidate has for the national convention. >> on monday, the ap's count showed hill

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continues to launch from the uss harry truman now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting targets. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders, a senior military leader in most you will and who plotted the external attacks and isil's military in anbar province and the top isil commander in fallujah. we have taken out 120 isil commanders and leaders. if you target america and our allies, you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the western town and pushed up the river valley liberating a town and breaking the isil siege. iraqi forces have surrounded fallujah and begun to move in the city. in the north, iraqi forces continue to push up the river valley and making gains and preparin

. >> northern iraq. there is an area in northern syria called the gap. many of us on the defense committee and armed services are familiar. this is the gap which terrorists after they get trained they go north into turkey and then they go west into europe and they are thinking that some of the european terrorists have come from this region that have already acted. so we're spending hundreds of to close dollars the gap, bull we'll allow a major gap and a major loophole here in the united states to continue to exist. this is very simple. and i think every one of us needs to talk about it in this way. republicans are soft on terrorism. period dot end of story. if you're not for this, you are weak on terrorism and weak on protect the american people. that's our message. one last thing, one last thing i want to say, i believe that this is illuminating a bigger problem here in congress and in washington. the american people are wondering what's going on in washington, why all the gridlock? what you-all are doing here today is communicating to the american peop

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continue to launch from the uss harry truman now in the mediterranean. are b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. so far 13,000 airstrikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders and as a result isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders, this includes salmon shaheed, military leader in mosul, the one who plotted external attacks, should here why he, isil military leader in the anbar province and malawi, isil commander in falluja. we have taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and commanders and our message is clear. if you target america and our allies you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the last two month local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the western town of routebag, and liberated the strategic town breaking the isil siege. iraqi forces have surrounded falluja and beg

continue to do these attacks until we take down its capital in raqqah and its city of mosul in northern iraqo let's talk about raqqah and syria. you have russia conducting air strikes. russia is conducting air strikes. they don't exactly see eye to eye about bashar assad. so president obama called the turkish president today. what do you think his goal is? >> what president erdogan wants is some sort of solution. between the assad government supported by iran and russia, against much of its population, and turkey is on the side of the population. and it wants more help in the fight against isis in syria as well as in iraq. it's a three-sided, at least a three-sided war we have going on. it's very complicated. if all of the major players focus on a cease-fire in syria with the assad government on the one hand and doubling our efforts against isis on the other, we might see an end to this thing. >> i was just going to ask you how the u.s. should respond. when you say doubling our efforts, what do you mean? >> we need to show sympathy to our turkish allies. make sure our intelligence channels a

you cover northern iraq and the rest of us, are you saying we are back ato 2207? 007. >> we are back in two 2007-2208, and the fact we are seeing the price of asset management that affects our wealth. the difference between 2008 and where we are now, 2007-2008 and where we are now, banks are considerably stronger. in the bank of england is much more adept at providing the finance that they need to remain robust. but the scale of the global shock we are seeing right now is extremely significant. seennow, we have already sterling move from a peek only an hour ago, falling with morgan stanley, a huge american bank talking about going pretty rapidly down, $1.20. you almost never see movements of that magnitude. the stock market, the u.k. stock market is expected to open somewhere between 8-10% lower. that is a very, very significant fall, which affects the wealth of everybody who has a pension. now let us be absolutely clear. crisis of financial assets can go down and up. and they will. and they will at some point recover. but financial assets do have an impact on eco

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraqour aircraft continues to launch from the uss harry truman now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. 13,000 air strikes. so far13,000 air strikes. , this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders, this includes a senior ,ilitary leader in mosul another who plotted the external attacks and isil's military in anbar province and the top isil commander in fallujah. so far, we have taken out 120 isil commanders and leaders. our message is clear if you , target america and our allies, you will not be safe you will , never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the western town and pushed up the euphrates river valley liberating a town and breaking the isil siege. iraqi forces have surrounded falluja and b

that is by borrowing a page from operation provide comfort in northern iraq in 1991. had we been more forceful in enforcing the redline, i think we could have created, along with our nato partners and moderate arab states, a humanitarian zone, no-fly zone, whatever you want to call it, as a consequence to president assad's use of chemical weapons on his own people. i think you could have had a safe zone for refugees and could have taken a significant chunk of syria and with the military the araby of nato and states and the united states, i think you could have forestalled the immigration -- migration problem we have had. who knows what could have happened. i am not sure it is off the page completely. i know there are different views about that. dr. farkas: you preempted the. is it possible today? gen. jones, usmc, ret.: it is more complicated because of the russian presence. then, there was no russian presence. i would not completely dismiss it. thank you. amb. burns, ret.: i think it is hard to envision nato as a whole going into syria simply because we operate by co

forces and additional assets including attack habits and additional support for local forces in northern iraq our aircraft continued to launch from uss harry truman now in the our mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. so far 13,000 airstrikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. as a result isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders. this this includes salman, senior military leader, al sudani, leader in anbar province and here the top isil commander in so fallujah. so far we've taken out more than 120 isil leaders and commanders and our message is clear. if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past in the past few months with support have liberated the town of rupa and pushed up euphrates river valley liberating town of hit and hadifa. meanwhile in the north iraqi forces continue to push up the tigress tigress river valley. all tolled, isil has lost more th

and additional assets including attack helicopters and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continues to launch now ine uss harry truman the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting targets. targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders, a senior military eader in most you will and who plotted the external attacks and isil's military in anbar province and the top isil commander in fallujah. we have taken out 120 isil commanders and leaders. if you target america and our allies, you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months local forces in iraq with coalition support have liberated the western town and pushed up the river valley liberating a town and breaking the isil siege. iraqi forces have surrounded fallujah and begun to move in the city. in the north, iraqi forces continue to push up the river valley and making gains and preparing to tigh

counter to isil come and pushed isil out of considerable areas that encroach upon including in northern iraqd the kurds continue to plague a critical role with those in the coalition to confront isil. but i'll have to get you an answer back. >> gentlemen, thank you for being here today. i appreciate your time and effort. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator ernst. mr. siberell, in mr. mayorkas' opening statement he talked about how isis has gone from a directing activity to inspiring. i would agree that al-qaeda directed, so that the brand of islamic terror was a centralized operation of directed activity but my take on isis is that their method using socially has been to inspire. outside of the caliphate, the territory they are inspiring but what concerns me is the progression has been now they're beginning to drag. is it not true that there are reports that they had a hand in directing the brussels attack? eye for different answers to this but will collect an external operations unit getting to direct. they have gone beyond just inspiring to having this external operations unit s