raka is itself a declared capital. the top u.s.ommander is ramping up the pressure for an attack against the 4,000 isis fighters who still may be inside the city. >> our intention, of course, is to prevent them from getting out. so, the first part of all of our operations is to isolate the areas where we are -- where attacks are taking place by our partners, enabling capabilities so we don't let anybody get out or get in. >> reporter: the marines are equipped with m 777 that can fire shells up to 25 miles away. these combat marines will try to protect local forces advancing on the city. even more u.s. troops could be on the way. >> i am certainly in discussions with the secretary about what we might need going forward. >> reporter: but the largest deployment of an additional 1,000 troops to syria is not yet approved. portions of the 82nd airborne division have draft orders that could send them to the region stand by for combat operations in raka or mosul, iraq, if needed. a top army general told congress, the troops might be going

rakas khan, faced anger and ugliness they have never seen before. >> i have seen my close friends turn back on me. >> reporter: the backlash wasn't against their fraaith but their politics. >> i support donald trump. >> khan and rasheed even went to trump's inauguration, all of which earned them scorn from fellow muslims. >> i had to receive comments like, i never knew you were a racist. you are anti-islamic, a trader, trying to be white, brownie, all these slurs. trump's campaign rhetoric particularly about muslims bothered many people, including salim sheikh. he is friends with rasheed and a life-long republican who voted for hillary clinton. >> i was quite concerned about some of mr. trump's statements at that time. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: how could you support a man who seemed to be so anti-muslim? >> when the statement about the muslim ban came out, i was kind of offended to be very honest but then i took a deep breath and i looked at the message

today he said syrian, kurds and others would likely be part of the effort to retake raka even thoughy has tried to halt the u.s. from working with the kurds. >> dana: what can you tell us about the reports that the white house may consider delegating more authority to the pentagon? >> reporter: that report is coming from the daily beat which suggests one option being presented to the white house is for the president to delegate more authority to the pentagon, to defense secretary mattis in particular, to green light anti-terrorist operations like the one carried out by seal team six in yemen which, of course, has become controversial because navy seal ryan owens was killed during that raid, along with a number of civilians. one of the complaints under the obama administration was that it took forever to get a decision from the president for time sensitive hostage rescue operations and other sensitive missions. on the other hand, the president and white house usually retains the final say over sending troops into countrys where the u.s. is not already at war for a reason. that is a ke

just north of the town, kilometers west of raka. fdf, dominated by bythe militia, said it captured the air base. >> turks in europe have begun in a controversial referendum on changing their constitution that powers.erdogan's they have seen erdogan accusing of nazi leaders methods, after they banned some campaign rallies. to some three million people of turkish background. reporter: these early votes could be crucial to the outcome of the referendum. they're being cast by the turkish exee million expatriates registered to vote, on whether or not to back the expand thech will president's powers. turkish republic and we will say yes all the way to the end. we are here to support the stability of our country. >> based on the current voteical situation, i will no for my country, because i love it, for the future, for my grandchildren and for all the children in turkey. reporter: hauling stations have also opens elsewhere, including belgium, france as well as at border gates. >> turk is going through a -- turkey is going through a tough

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backed syrian fighters crossed the last road to raka and its nearby strong holds in eastern syria. the pentagon confirming more u.s. forces were moving into the northern part of the country as a visible sign of deterrent and reassurance. the fbi at odds with the trump administration director comey asking the doj to publicly rebuke president trump's explosive wire tapping allegations. and the white house is pushing back. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, you qualify for a multi-policy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> shepard smith at the fox newsdesk. there's more ahead that president obama trapped trump tower phones during the campaign. tr

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the pentagon is sending an additional 400 troops to syria to help push isis out of raka. some army rangers have already arrived. a small victory for republicans in the battle over the obama care replacement bill after 27 grueling hours. a second house panel energy and commerce approved the proposal just minutes ago. republican lawmakers are working overtime to drum up enough is up por to push it through the full house. speaker paul ryan today resorting to a power point presentation to lay out the bill in broad strokes, a bill that house minority leader nancy pelosi called cruel. mike emanuel calls us live now from capitol hill. how is the bowling party going to help the president get to the finish line on repealing and replacing obama care? i should say bowling and pizza. >> reporter: that's right. it's called working it. the president, the vice president, secretary of health and high man services and the white house budget director are working trying to reach conservatives, trying to get them on board with this gop health care plan. two house committees have approved it,

may have to send more special operations forces to syria to retake raka and the troops could face a big problem if a hot line is not established soon to de-conflict. it's something that the chairman of the joint chiefs that met with his russian counter part discussed and it's not clear how far along they are. >> shepard: president trump sounded clear last night on one of his big issues. >> i'm calling on congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> shepard: very straightforward and a familiar refrain except house republicans are interpreting his marks in entirely different ways. that's next. ♪ we asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. travel with my daughter. roller derby. ♪ now give up half of 'em. do i have to? this is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. but, if we start saving even just 1% more of our annual income... we could keep doing all the things we love. prudential. bring your challenges. imy moderate to severeng crohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i

about the same to take raka back from isil in syria. anybody told you what winning looks like in war on terror? in world war ii, we took berlin and tokyo. if you're in the military, can't promise you won't be redeployed. need more troops in afghanistan, not less. if lose there, pay a heavy price because that's where started. the enemy -- we didn't have one soldier in afghanistan, dime of aid and attacked anyway. why? because radical islam in compelled by god to kill everyone in this room. if i can think of way to not send soldiers i would but choose to fight in their back yard and not ours. it's not a war against islam but a war against nut jobs. bottom line is sir your family members may have to go back. i can tell you only reason 3,000 of us died on 9/11 instead of 3 million, couldn't get the weapons and best insurance policy is having it over there. >> the pentagon is having changes in how counterterrorism missions are approved. military commanders could greenlight without the president's approval. are you okay with this? >> not only

syrian army, all say they want to take part in the liberation of the defacto capital of isis in syria, rakas going to work out is anybody's guest? >> i'm ben wedeman cnn. >>> a man faces arraignment on monday after he was found outside the white house late on friday while president trump was inside. the u.s. secret service says 26-year-old jonathan chan was carrying a laptop, a book by mr. trump, two cans of mace and a letter claiming information about russian hacking. they found him outside the entrance of the white house shortly before midnight. he told them he jumped the fence. it is the first known intrusion of the complex since donald trump took office. >>> in a new development that has rocked an already shaken u.s. department, president trump fired the legendary federal prosecutor, sometimes called the share have of wall street. cnn's nora jarrett has or report. >> after a stunning standoff with the white house on saturday, the u.s. attorney in manhattan, preet bharara is out. we are also learning what exactly he was told and by whom. the president did not call him. the department of

but we will begin to see more installments on this plan as we go after isis at raka and all undermindir finances, under mind their ideology and work with our allies to defeat isis in the countries it's expanded into. >> sandra: talk about the central region and the security challenge that we face there. cent com commander spoke ab this on the threats in the middle east. listen to this. >> the central region has come to represent many of the security challenges our nation faces. most importantly, the threats in this region continue to pose the most direct threat to the u.s. homeland and the global economy. >> sandra: to the u.s. economy and the global economy. general? >> you're absolutely right. we have been engaged in the middle east going back to the early '90s. certainly the two 9/11 wars. now isis itself. and the other thing that the general is very concerned about is not just the spread of radical islam throughout the middle east and underminding the governments that are there, it's the iranian strategic objective to dominate and control the middle east and the problems that they

isis core in iraq and syria under tremendous pressure, there is continuing pressure even this week in raka would be an indication to me that the core does not have the capability to inspire people to conduct attacks like al qaeda. it has the capability to get somebody, maybe somebody mentally dee ranged, to kill a few people at the parliament. i wouldn't misinterpret this one yet or overinterpret it. let's see what we've got here. >> robin, it does seem to suggest terrorists with very little, just a car and a knife, can really get the world's attention. >> absolutely. this is the main problem for security services, not just in the u.k., but across the west. how do you begin to stop every terrorist who has a desire to kill, an ideology that inexpires him to do so if all he needs is a knife and a car. this is virtually mission impossible for security services stopping that kind of attack on a regular basis. >> paul crook shank, what are you hearing in terms of the latest that you're getting from your sources about where the investigation is going and whether or not they're afraid of any simi