after the isolation of raqqah will come the assault. and we're still evaluating what resources i need. if i need more resources i'll go to my leadership, chain of command and tell them what we need to get the job done. >> reporter: another interesting point is where is al-baghdadi and he hiding. he is still thought by lieutenant general townsend to be in operational control of the group. still the world's most wanted man but isis really seeing their closing chapter this year. back to you. >> great reporting. thank you. >>> money stream this thursday morning, a sharp drop in the dollar triggered by comments from president trump, stock futures right now pointed lower, also trading lower here in an interview with the wall street jaurnl the president said the dollar is getting too strong, caused an immediate drop, a big move when it comes to the dollar. three to have biggest u.s. banks deliver their report card to wall street, jpmorgan, chase, and wells fargo, were betting president trump would roll back regulations and help them make more

remember that that operation to retake raqqah to take raqqah the isis accommodate is, held up right now because the fact turkish referendum. the u.s. military and its coalition allies want to arm the kurdish fighters, members of syrian defense forces that u.s. has trained with heavy military equipment, and as we've reported in the past the turkish government is opposed to to th that. they're threatened by the kurds being armed. they so as part of negotiations the u.s. and the coalition has agreed to wait until after this sensitive turkish referendum for the president. so at this point in time this is not going to directly affect the attempt to retake raqqah. the u.s. military efforts remember there are marines based not far from raqqah with heavy artillery systems, but they are in a holding position. we also know that there are u.s. army rangers who have been positioned up to the northern border near turkey separating several tides sides, keeping the turks at bay. russians involved up there. from our understanding this will not task efforts to retake raqqah but you're talking about the

to take on isis inside of raqqah. massively throwing it into gio political works here.the original plan for the siege against raqqah using the kurds who they consider to be terrorists and now a lot of questions i think ahead of donald trump meeting president erdogan in the white house may the 16th. quite exactly what they'll discuss about the raqqah offensive which was supposed to be potentially the first major military operation of the trump white house. wolf? >> yeah, and in mosul, iraq, the battles continue as well. nick paton walsh, thanks very much for that report. that's it for me. i'll be back, though, later today. a special, very special edition of "the situation room" 5:00 p.m. eastern. in the meantime, "cnn newsroom" with ana cabrera starts right after this quick break. ♪ whoa, this thing is crazy. i just had to push one button to join. it's like i'm in the office with you, even though i'm here. it's almost like the virtual reality of business communications. no, it's reality. intuitive one touch video conferencing is a reality. and now it's included at no add

the capital self-declared caliphate city of raqqah is pretty close indeed and looks they are looking at isolating from the north, west and east, they're looking at taking the southern air and circling pretty soon. the question is do they have enough u.s. troops to do it so far? an indication maybe not. here is what general townsend had to say on the topic. >> right now i think we have the resources we need there to isolate to do what the task we're doing right now which is complete the isolation of raqqah. after the isolation of raqqah will come the assault and we're still evaluating what resources we need. if i need more resources i'll go to my leadership, chain of command and tell them what we need to get the job done. >> reporter: this is an increasingly complicated fight, weeks ago they were kind of neutral when it comes to the fight against isis, but now adversary after the chemical weapon attack in idlib though pretty clear lieutenant general townsend they don't want to pick a fight with the regime. one more thing the note. remember the isis leader, he's been lying low, but sti

again, isis just loses territory, raqqah is waiting on the horizon. what then? we've written a lot about this. everyone keeps saying, what then? what's supposed to happen next is a non-military path to peace.

like you, i understand what the liberation of raqqah hardly represents. hardly represents the end of the conflict. the invite against isil will go on and the iraqi security forces will still require coalition assistance. importantly, last week in testimony before the senate, secretary of defense mattis supported -- supported maintaining a residual force inside iraq. we all know such a presence can bolster iraqi forces, lend stability, deter and watch for further iranian advances, and -- and provide reassurance to our regional allies. that's important because as we remember isil's predecessor was an incredibly resill yenlt terrorist organization. when we withdrew from iraq on a political timetable, it gave aqi the space and time to regroup and ultimately grow into isil. we can't make that mistake again. >> what syria looks like post raqqah matters to both of our countries immensely. which groups will fill the void? how will the regional sunni shia balance be effective? will the shia militia's posture west of mosul create a land bridge to syria? there are m

here is raqqah, that's the capital of the pro claimed caliphate. they still control raqqah.ave rebel-led forced getting closer. they are supported by u.s. forced as they prepare to assault the city of raqqah. you have a long way to go. but they have made progress. you made a point about what happens with their global attacks as they have been losing ground on the battlefield in iraq and syria. in red are countries around the world where attacks, even conducted by isis or having some level of coordination by isis have taken place. look at europe, north africa, into the middle east, russia certainly experienced it, down into asia. in yellow are the ones that are inspired by isis. these are significant attacks as well. that's part of isis' capability. they don't necessarily have to be on the phone with these groups. they can inspire someone via the internet. those are extremely powerful. north america, we here in the u.s. have had the experience of this. san bernardino being one of the attacks, canada as well. that shows something that has long been a concern of counter terror

>> well, i think raqqah may well fall but this battle is a generational struggle and i think everyonethe white house and the pentagon, state department is keenly aware of that that therefore you have to have a strategy that's sustainable measured in blood and treasure and i think there is a lot of consciousness of the need to have a strategy that is sustainable over the long-term. not just a decade or a pfew yeas but the generational struggle in which we're engaged. >> when we come back, i'll ask david petraeus what the syrian strike tells us about the other looming crisis, north korea. various: (shouting) heigh! ho! ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each job created by the energy industry supports two others in the community. altogether, the industry supports over 9 million jobs nationwide. these are jobs that natural gas is helping make happen, all while reducing america's emissions. energy lives here. all while reducing amerz286oz zwtz ons. y286oy ywty you know win control? be this guy. check

subject now but if i ask you to look forward, how do you see the future of fighting terrorism post raqqahnd mosul, especially the role that jordan will play in eastern part of iraq? and you believe the real battle will start that? if i may, mr.president, you know very well that the iranian militias and hezbollah is propping the reseem for a while now, a few years. will you go after them? what message will you give them today and will you speak with the russians to ground the syrian air force and to establish safe zones? thank you. >> well, the first part is that we're seeing a very recently tremendous gains on the ground in raqqah and mosul. again, i think as the president alluded to, it is difficult to put time lines on the issue because the battle space is always very fluid. but i think that the war is being won on the ground. having said that, terrorists are on the move. they'll be on the move inside of iraq and inside of syria so that we have to make sure that we adapt our plans accordingly and beyond borders beyond the region and elsewhere. as we -- and the administration have discus

>> well, i think raqqah may well fall but this battle is a generational struggle and i think everyonethe white house and the pentagon, state department is keenly aware of that that therefore you have to have a strategy that's sustainable measured in blood and treasure and i think there is a lot of consciousness of the need to have a strategy that is sustainable over the long-term. not just a decade or a few years but the generational struggle in which we're engaged. >> when we come back, i'll ask david petraeus what the syrian strike tells us about the other looming crisis, north korea. you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. our insurance company may not have a name your price tool [ shouting ] but we got disses for days! your mother is so lame, she never put any notes in your lunch bag. sandwiches o-o-only. yeah! yeah, well if you use progressive's name your price tool,

after the isolation of raqqah, we'll beco will become the assault.evaluating resources we need. if i need more resources, i'll go to my chain of command and tell them what we need to get the job done. >> reporter: now with feeling a change in the tempo forraqqah, more intense effort. bear in mind we heard from general townsend. al bagdadi. we have not heard much from him. they still think he is running the show. >> nick, thank you for all of that reporting from the frontline. we appreciate it. >>> president trump proposing a move that could strip health care for millions of people. is this a negotiating tactic or a serious threat? we discuss. i don't miss much... definitely not the traffic. excuse me, doctor... the genomic data came in. thank you. you can do that kind of analysis? yeah, watson. i can quickly analyze millions of clinical and scientific reports to help you tailor treatment options for the patient's genomic profile. you can do that? even way out here? yes. even way out here. even way out here? usaa gives me the and the security just lik

ifk attacks in the streets of paris and paris and istanbul each planned from its headquarters in raqqah. in which will be a major point of discussion among us today. as we commemorate and mourn for the victims of isis's hatred, let us honor them with dedication to victory. the commonality among we have gathered today as a commitment to bringing down a force of evil. the success of our mission depends on our devotion to defeating this terrorist organization. we identified over $2 billion in humanitarian, stablization and demining needs for liberated areas in iraq and syria for 2017. i'm pleased to announce we have surpassed that total in dollar pledges. let's fulfill our pledges to we can disperse our funds we need to carry out our operations for the rest of the year. reflecting on the past year we should should be encouraged by the progress we as a coalition are making. in addition to the latest meaningful contributions the fighters into syria and iraq is down 90% over the past year. it is harder for terrorists to get in and more importantly harder for them to get out to threaten our ho

take a look at raqqah. that's your next big battle zone, raqqah. that's on the line here. expect u.s. troops to move in that direction. that gives you an idea of what a mess syria is. when you look at these areas, these are contested areas. that's where john mccain would like to see the safe zones. as we go through this, you take a look at the different groups. these are all the different factions in syria. assad's regime. the rebel coalitions. jihadist groups. kurdish groups. add russia to the list. here's the assad regime. we talked about that. fangs factions in syria. look, they do not agree with each other. that is one of the problems when you look at what the u.s. is going to do. who they're going to side with when this group doesn't agree with this group. it is very difficult to sort of game this out, especially from a military perspective. these are your jihadist groups. this is al qaeda. last thing i wanted to show you, because this is very important, as we talk about the russians and as we talk about why the americans used cruise missiles, look, the russians have

troops are needed to back operations to retake raqqah and syria from the islamic state. pentagon officials say the decision does not change the current troop deployment number. >>> president trump is considering proposals to split the 9th circuit court that ruled against his travel ban. legislation now before congress would break up the court that covers nine western states. that has a reputation for leaning to the left. the president in an interview says the court oversteps its authority and accuses opponents of judge shopping for what e he calls semi automatic rulings. we should note the president is not the first to try this similar efforts. they date back to 1941. trump calls to disban the circuit after a judge notably knocked on the block the order to withhold funding from sanctuary cities. it's nothing new there. the president has been doing that for as long as we can remember. >> conservatives love to hate the ninth circuit. so it's had its fair share of criticism. >> but conservatives have looked for certain districts that are friendly to their legislation. >>> b

ready to do in raqqah what they have been doing in mosul so that presumably will continue. the question though is to try to neutralize the major threat posed by assad because it's assad using the chemical weapons and even without chemical weapons responsible for the death of 400,000 deaths of civilians over six years. >> what about france and uk that had condemned the chemical attack, now where are they in terms of next steps with or without the u.s.? >> reporter: as you said russia was informed through the de conflcon fliction channel. they supported what's happened because of syria's unacceptable use of these kind of whens but still very unclear as to where this is going to go in a broader strategy because while they're saying assad must go, there's no room for assad in any political future, there's no real plan at the moment and never really has been to either get him out politically or militarily and the political talks that have been continuing occasionally convened in geneva and elsewhere go nowhere because everybody base base basically says assad is not serious, they

a rare look at war-ravaged raqq raqqah. the last stronghold inside syria.e satellite images obtained from cnn, revealing isis checkpoints and flags and severed bridges. and they reveal the tactics that isis uses to hide the movement of its members. they're revealing about a place where -- a place that the last stronghold for isis. >> reporter: absolutely. a place that's under siege from the north and west and east. coalition-backed syrian rebel fighters closing in to the south, too, encircling the city. it is really cut off. it is very much the center of isis, repressive grip. these images from space are closest of what you get to see what's going on. they show us checkpoints in the streets, manned by isis. an isis flag near the government building, distinguishment because of the shadow that it casts around it. and the damage done by air strikes. particularly here to one of the bridges that goes in and out of the city. analysts saying, looking at the satellite images, many of the buildings hit, are still sta standing but damaged badly, in their analysis, th

at this stage it's almost a given that russia will take raqqah and things might change. if turkey delivers to the table, magically, 12 well-trained reliable troops that can take raqqah, i think washington would love to do raqqah with turkey and if that's not happening within the next year, it's going to be increasing and u.s. and turkey on a coalition course. turkey has had -- this is not something i foresaw that erdogan democratic mandate would one day be questioned. he has won the election free and fair until this time. so the issue was not that i ever questioned that but i think something that came out with the book is that the elections that took place on sunday were not only not fair but signs of irwe wewe-- irregularities. turkey has had free and fair elections longer than has had spain. turkey started this in 1950, first time that it would have happened. so i hope that u.s. policy puts turkey on the mark for that going forward. turkey is not a country that's used to having unfair elections and give our seal of approval to yet one unfair election. the elections go

they were ramping up the furms because of the planned attack on raqqah to try to take raqqah back from the islamic state. we do have u.s. sources in syria. i'm sure that was a huge factor for the u.s. in considering this and for the trump administration and making this decision. one thing i want to point out, a couple of things, a lot of people are talk about president obama's decision not to -- not to retaliate against assad after that horrific attack back in 2013 with the chemical weapons. part of the reason was not having the support from the congressional side and also not having the support from our allies like britain. that's why it was decided we are going to have russia try to broker this. that he destroyed about 1300 tons of chemical weapons reportedly but there were always questions about whether or not they had actually destroyed everything and now we know -- nicole: thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. lauren: stocks had been down, 143 points, have paired most of those losses. let's bring in mike engram at bbc partners with a look at how the european markets are rea

when we take out isis in raqqah, it will be a two-fer. we eliminate that caliphate.we eliminate the inspiration that isis has had by existing and we change the conditions on the ground in syria which means we can act and try to stabilize the situation. >> they are two things. assad is not attacking isis. he is attacking who he believes is a political opponent to him. some belief russ-- how do you d what just happened to the kids and people on the ground by attacking isis? they are different fights? >> i don't want to telegraph what the administration will do. i will support actions against the assad regime. i'm saying what is most effective right now. our next step is really substantive. this will change conditions on the ground. defeat isis. hold that ground as we move forward. we could declare no fly zones. we can probably enforce them. more difficult to do it now than it would be require to russia entering the fray and putting in better surface-to-air missiles. things are complex. we need to start acting. the substantive thing is defeat isis and hold that ground a

american troops are on the ground in syria, supporting the effort to retake the city of raqqah as well. and, of course, when you consider the fact that there's now, as a result of the aftermath of the attack there's so much discussion about perhaps an attack to weaken or undermine the syrian regime. what does that mean? you weaken the syrian regime someone fills the vacuum. what's the largest and most dangerous military force in syria after the regime? isis. and isis is always very good at taking advantage of other forces weaknesses to fill the vacuum. so, yes, we've been focusing on the syrian regime but isis is still very much a threat to syria, to iraq and elsewhere. hala? >> i'm sure it's looking at the situation very closely trying to see how it can play to its advantage. ben wedeman in antakya, turkey. thank you very much. >>> we were with ben discussing the bigger picture. you have rebel groups, you have isis holding major parts of the territory, including raqqah though they are under pressure and now the syrian regime of bashar al assad feeling the heat a little bit after that

administration, and frankly i think the american people for, was that you just can't roll through raqqahith armor and go home. you've got to change the facts on the ground. otherwise you've got to go do this again. i thought it was a magnificent statement. >> finally, you lost an old football coach this week, americans know him as an ambassador, americans knew him, dan rooney, as the chairman of the pittsburgh steelers, but he was actually your coach in, what, sixth, seventh grade? >> sixth, seventh and eighth grade in the catholic football league in pittsburgh. i was dan's quarterback in eighth grade. he gave me my first job with the pittsburgh steelers. i stayed in contact with dan throughout my military career and michael, whenever it looked like i was hitting white water in terms of what i was doing in the intelligence field, dan always called me up and gave me a good word of encouragement. a great american, a great pittsburgher. >> the question is, could general hayden in the backyard on easter sunday still throw a spiral? >> he could. but not for a long distance. >> have a good eas

of course possibly there may be more of a focus on raqqah speeding up.n the anti-isis campaign as quickly as possible. it's been 100 days of business as usual. isis losing and it isn't clear how that's changed under the new white house. >> nick paton walsh, thank you so much in erbil. the next hour of the newsroom starts after a break. first dr. sanjay gupta has this week's living to 100. ♪ >> when you think about reading the idea of being able to focus on something in particular that's not a big screen, not a device, it can be a benefit. studies have shown that it can help reduce your stress levels, help improve your attention levels and possibly be overall good for your mental functions. you could reduce your rates of cognitive decline up to 32%. this is significant and fascinating to see how the brain responds even if the body is sitting still looking at the pages. for example, if there's a scene you're reading that's an active scene here, your brain called the motor cortex responsible for movement may start to light up. if it's a stimulating part of

troops amassed to help plan and orchestrate the upcoming assault on the city of raqqah at a cost of about $1 million per troop per year were ordered to retreat to safety in order to avoid potential retaliation. when the missile strike was ordered 60 missiles were lauf g launched. 9 within one week of the chemical attack a major military attack was executed with precision. it was america at its most impressive. no military in the world has more capacity than ours and none is more lethal or efficient or nimb nimble. when the u.s. military is given a task, time is a minor obstacle. no one was surprised that the attack went down as planned. friday morning no one was surprised when the attack did nothing to change the reality of the civil war inside syria that has killed 400,000. no one was surprised that a political solution still seemed a billion miles away. no one was surprised no matter how badly damaged that airfield was, syria is still as big a nightmare. why? neither the root of the crisis in syria nor the way out is rooted in problems that the military alone can solve. the way in and t

a cnn exclusive now, a rare look at war ravaged raqqah, the last isis strong hold inside syria and the for president trump. these satellite images obtained by cnn revealing isis flags and check points, severed bridges and tactics isis uses to disguise the movements of its fighters. it's remarkable and revealing set of pictures. nick paton walsh has been monitoring these pictures and the latest developments live from erbil, iraq. >> this is the next city in the cross hairs, the final city for the coalition fighting isis, it's a place you have only seen through the lens of isis propaganda footage. these satellite pictures revealing he remarkable detail. two peck points in the streets outside a key govern nant building, a place thought to be used by isis as a head quarters that has been hit by a precision strike. you can also see an isis flag distinguished by the large shadow it casts over the city. also, too, those precision strikes which analysts viewing these images say appear to have just hit the places they're designed to destroy, also taken out a bridge. apparently that's done to ma

but the fact is, that there are people being trained in raqqah today that are leaving raqqah and trying to get to the united states and use various devices to commit acts of terror in the united states of america. true? >> it is true. >> thank you. so maybe we ought to put a little perspective on this in our hysteria. >> if i can add to it. >> go ahead. >> we know there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 european citizens who are in the fight in the caliphate, iraq, and in syria. and as that caliphate is being reduced, those individual fighters are being encouraged to return to europe and do terrorist-type things. in many cases because of the nature of europe and the borders and whatnot, lack of borders, in many cases the countries where they're citizens don't know they've been out of the country fighting in syria. to the point of visa waiver countries, so we're in a position now where someone who is in raqqah today, returns to pick a country, and basically can get -- he's not in any data base and can get on an airplane and fly here under the visa waiver program and be in the un

troops are needed to retake raqqah and syria.is to determine if more u.s. troops are needed to retake raqqah and syria. pentagon officials say it does not change current troop deployment numbers. >>> let's take a look at what is coming up on "new day." allison, not much to talk about as usual. >> my head is exploding, that's how much that we have to absorb are and talk about. and we have some very interesting guests. we have the lawmaker who is trying to come up with the compromise for health care reform. so tom mcarthur will tell us about the amendment that might just be that magical middle ground between the conservatives and the moderates to help them somehow repeal or reform obamacare. and then we also are going to have one of the men central to the investigations into on the allegations of trump campaign ties to russia. and that is carter page. he was a top campaign adviser during the trump campaign. so he will be here to answer all of the tough questions on "new day" when chris and i see you at the top of the hour. >> that

if i ask you to look forward, how do you see the future of fighting terrorism, post raqqah and mosul? and do you believe the real battle will start? and if i may, mr. president, you know very well that the iranian militias and hezbollah has been propping the syrian regime for a while, over a few years now. will you go after them? what message will you give them today and will you work with the russians to ground the syrian air force and to establish safe zones? thank you. >> well, the first part is that we are seeing very recently tremendous gains on the ground in raqqah and mosul. it's very difficult to put timelines on this issue, because the battle is always very fluid. but the war is being won on the ground. but having said that, terrorists are on the move inside of iraq and syria, so we have to make sure that we adapt our plans accordi accordingly, and beyond our borders and elsewhere. so it's this wholistic approach, how do we fight them wherever they are? i think that is the understanding. terrorists have no respect for borders, and religions, and people. so it's the seriousnes

after we've defeated or dispersed isis out of raqqah, then what? what do we do? just turn it back over to bashar al assad? russia probably has someone standing in the wings that could continue assad's policies. but what does that do for the millions and millions of people who've been displayed and become refugees and what about the horrific crimes against humanity that have been committed by the assad regime? so, there's some big issues here. russia would like to keep it just like it is. so it's going to take -- it's a bite, mosquito sting by criticizing us but russia doesn't want us to get deeply engaged and it's in their interest that we not do that, so if we don't, if it's a one-off, yes, president trump can certainly come back later, can say to the critics, i was tough when i had to be tough, and he can also say to the russians, let's work more closely together. very feasible. >> michael steele, when it comes to sort of the evolution of trump here from what he said in the campaign to what he's doing, i wonder if something bigger is happening here that we've s

meantime closing in on the city of raqqah. good morning to you mahammad. much of the focus has been on the civilian casualties, what about the progress of the coalition in mosul? >> reporter: good morning the progress is on going but of course a very slow battle. iraqi special courses backed with the united states with intelligence and logistics are taking back the old city of mosul. the old city is close quarter combat, and sometimes the fighting is house to house and one of the biggest challenges with that is the acquisition that isis has been using human shields as part of its defense. there was a talk about airstrikes that led to civilian deaths. what's interesting is that the pentagon tame out during the time of those airstrikes or shortly there after and said there's video evidence of isis taking civilians from their homes and forcefully taking them to other locations where there's an isis sniper on the rooftop knowing that the isis sniper would die but also the civilians, there's a push to release that video to show the rest of the world that isis i

heavily involved on the ground now in syria to try to surround and eventually annihilate isis inside raqqah moving on to what it hopes to finish in mosul within you know a certain period of time to come. so that is their plan and that's what they're doing right now. that is the main focus of the u.s. and it's the main focus now of the west. but we constantly keep being very unpleasantly reminded that it is actually asthsad that sta t ed the war and caused the war and assad has not gone against isis, so it does also require dealing with the assad regime, but it has to deal with most importantly russia. >>> thank you so much, talk to you again soon. >>> all of this happening while president trump and president xi meet at mar-a-lago, the most important relationship ton planet. >>> how did president trump decide what action to take in syria? >>> welcome back to our breaking news coverage of the u.s. missile strike against syria. before green lighting the attack president trump was briefed by secretary james mattis. let's get some information from a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. le

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whether in raqqah or mosul or, you know, wherever it is, somewhere else there was a lot of prepping of that video. but what it seeks to present is an ideal form of jihadist governance. it's important to point out because all too often the debate in washington is, oh, you know, sisi is bad or sisi is good or morsi was better or whatever and the isis video, this isis video and others before it basically says that all of egyptian ruling class, past and present, all of them are infidel, all of them are to be rejected. christian, islamists, it doesn't matter. they're all bad. they're all servants of infidelity, servants of polytheism, and they have to be eliminated. this video, which ends as they usually do with the money shot of two poor old men being beheaded as sorcerers, the whole video is basically showing this is a righteous islamic government, this is what it looks like. so it shows, you know tobacco plants being torn up, drugs being burned. sufis being kidnapped, forcibly brainwashed or forced to repent and having to sign a repentance document. >> sunni muslims. exactly, so so it's

and yes we can make the destruction of raqqah and the implications for us. >> i want to ask you beforeyou go, sir, senate republicans appear poised to trigger the senate and confirm senator gorsuch and instead of cloture. do you worry about this. >> no, i am not jake. that changed in 2003 when chuck schume schumer persuaded democratss. there is a world of difference between republicans using the tool that the democrats first abused in 2013 to restore a 214-year-old tradition that the democrats first violated in 2003. we'll be back to that 214 and that's where we probably should have stayed all along. >> senator cotton, thank you very much. if you don't succeed try and try again. what the white house could be leaving out to get the health care passed. next. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ ♪ ♪ everyone deserves attention, whether you've saved a lot or just a little. at pnc investments, we believe

particularly those in the white house, focusing on the northern city of the caliphate of isis declared raqqahhere the offensive may get under way in the coming weeks. chris. >> nick, thank you. an important point. they have to waves of victims. the one they take out with the munitions and those who live the reality. >> like the little girl. that is telling that she was smiling, nick, because she was excited to be interviewed and the hail of bullets. nick points out she wasn't flinching. she is so used to it. >> that is all she has known. you can go in and win the fight. what happens the next day? how do you make life better for the little girls like that? that's the question. >>> big story we have been following. o'reilly is out. but what will replace him? not talking about what show comes next. will there be real change there and at other companies? is this going to be the catalyst for widespread culture shift? you will hear from three women. >> actually four. >> four women. can i get five who worked with o'reilly at fox? this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the

and the fact that is going to happen could create a lot of problems in the fight against raqqah, in the fight against isis to capture that city. that will be the most significant issue. of course, there are force protection issues where they could be the subject of terrorist attacks, maybe not directly from the syrian government, but from hezbollah, for example, or the iranian revolutionary guards, which are active in syria, as well. >> of global importance is what does this mean for u.s./russian relations, colonel? >> these relations between russia and the united states are basically put in the icebox, at least for a bit. we're going to see some very frosty exchanges. we've seen president putin's statement, a cold statement. we're expecting a statement from the russian foreign minister shortly. those kinds of things will come out. there will probably be much more difficult work that diplomats at the united nations will have with the russians. that nato will have. we could see something else happening in ukraine. there's a lot of different things that could happen. i's going to be a dif

only seconds of horror as isis just told them the damn to the west might break open flooding raqqah.ever happened. the dam was fine. but to the west the fighting backed by u.s. special forces has drawn the noose yet tighter. these coalition forces from the west are about to move in from the south. then the noose will be complete. and the countdown begins when these distinct streets are open for the world to see again. nick paten walsh cnn, northern iraq. >>> we'll take a short break here. still to come ivanka trump receives a personal invitation. we'll take a look. lots of wrinkle creams believe the more mysterious they sound, the more... powerful you'll think they are. it's time to see what power really looks like. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with accelerated retinol sa. clinically proven to reduce wrinkles in just one week. wrinkles? your time is up! rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots. rapid tone repair. neutrogena® see what's possible. pabut with odor free blue-emu continuous pain relief spray, i can box out any muscle or joint pain immediately. blue-emu continuous

what does syria look like once the rebels take back raqqah? these are conversations that the executive branch and congress should be having conversations on. i also believe that the strikes of last week, the 59 tomahawk missile strikes in syria was the right move to show this is a new day, and that connectic strikes are on the table. >> what's the plan? everybody says, i don't know the plan. they have to form the plan, see what the plan is, top officials in the white house, they are mix messaging at best. do you think there's a plan, or do you think this was a one off? >> i think this was e evolving. that would be the best way to describe this. i think the president is consuming intelligence and the situation on the ground is changing day-to-day, and his thoughts on this is evolving as well. i think one of the conversations that secretary tillerson's going to be having with the russians later this week is going to be on the russian support to assad in syria and what the russians can do in order to move forward there. because they are complicit

they are said to have territois territory down from a third, trying to overtake the town of raqqah.uggling to find people who say he's changed the nature of battle at all. this is the old obama plan simply playing out. >> reporter: i'm ivan watson. it is america's longest conflict going on for nearly 16 years, and by many accounts, the war in afghanistan is not going well. a taliban raid earlier this month killed and wounded more than 100 soldiers from the u.s.-backed afghan army. its casualties are at a record high. the u.s. still has around 8,400 troops in country backed by around 6,000 nato forces, but the taliban is fighting to control large chunks of territory, and now isis is carrying out its own terror attacks. meanwhile, the afghan government is plagued by corruption and periodic infighting. the top u.s. commander recently said he would need several thousand more soldiers to break the stalemate. the decision on whether to send more u.s. troops rests on the shoulders of president trump. >> and as for how the president is perceived here in the united states, you may be seeing

there's more troops on the ground to support our kurdish allies to liberate raqqah.pronouncements by president trump that he wants to create zones of immunity for the very refugees and to try to reverse the refugee flow that my friend ryan so eloquently just mentioned. but those of us who have studied syria and see syria for what it is, it's a country ruled by a minority regime, that is mr. assad. overseeing a majority sunni population that has vengeances on its mind in order to get rid of the regime. that's nothing that we can do. the best we can do is to contain the country's threat to us from the extremist groups that affect our allies including israel. as well as the united states. >> right. >> someone -- ambassador crocker, rolled out the old saying you kill the chicken to scare the monkey and i wonder if it's the element of surprise, the fact that it's something that obama never did, how much this resonates with countries that are not in this particular situation. >> well, again, the president was handed both an opportunity and a challenge. on the opportunity s

prepared for a diplomatic solution and a development solution, once we retake this cities of mosul and raqqah we will repeat some of the mistakes of the past. second, if you are going into a big fight, bring big friends. continuing to close the gaps created with the vital allies in nato and europe by president trump's irresponsible statements as a candidate is urged by the congress. next, president trump needs to come to congress and work with us to get authorization for the use of military force so we're doing our job under the constitution and clarifying what we approved going into in syria. to do so requires a strategy. we need to hear a strategy. it may get you a great bump in the polls and it may brush back xi jinping or kim jong un. that is not the same thing as having a strategy. we need to work out a strategy and authorize the use of force. >> what would you be willing to authorize? what is the next step that you would like to see in syria? >> first, we have hundreds of americans on the ground engaged in the fight against isis. i've been saying for years as have other members of the f

. >> there's an imperative to get isolation in place around raqqah. because our intelligence feeds tell us that there is a significant external operations attack planning. >> reporter: in yemen for years they have been actively trying to target commercial airliners destined for the u.s. looking for ways to create bombs that contain little or no metal content to evade airport security measure, including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. and in february 2016, a wake-up call. when a laptop bomb, according to somalian authorities, was used to blow a hole in this somali passenger jet. the plane landed safely despite the attack claimed by the al qaeda affiliate al-shabaab. cnn learned they were hidden in a space created by removing parts of the dvd drive. the transportation security administration gave cnn a statement noting that while they will not discuss specific intelligence, they continue to monitor all the threats that they see and that they will change security procedures as they see fit. barbara starr, cnn, the p

they can pull all the strings from raqqah. >> we're looking at paris a city in partial lockdown. can't believe this. thank you both. >> we are following another breaking story at this hour. and this, u.s. officials preeng charges at this moment against the wikileaks founder julian assange. a big development here. what are you learning? >> reporter: significant here, erin. u.s. authorities have prepared charges against julian assange. now, the justice department probe of assange and wikileaks dates back to constituent when they posted thousands of files stolen by the former u.s. intelligence service known as chelsea manning. we have learned they now believe they have found a way to move forward against assange. the attorney general was asked by our lawyer jared. here's what he said. >> you said crime reduction overall is one of your top priorities in the department. last wreak we heard from the cia that eliminating the discourage of wikileaks. can you talk about whether it's a role of your department to arrest assange once and for all and what are you doing now? >> we are going to

the united states has engaged in providing now support to liberate raqqah, so laes u.s. forces on the ground. there may be some opportunity for the president to send a message while we're engaged in these efforts along with the israelis to do something that would show the displeasure of the united states against the seyrian military base. but the final analysis, michelle, is that the syrians and russians are in cahoots with each other. this is the seventh poison gas attack that has been launched by the regime in the last two years. and while we're seeing these horrific pictures in the end the united states does not really have much it can do given the fact russian military is protecting the air bases. and so if we're going to get into a confrontation with syria it likely would involve the russians. >> got it. that would be a big one. all right. dalia, thanks so much. marc, appreciate it. to eamon javers now. he was at that event at the white house. eamon? >> reporter: hi, michelle. as you've been talking about this is as hawkish as i've heard the president in terms of sy