what that is is the operation area around romani. from the left you see romani proper. to the right you see to cottam. you cannot even see the whole thing you can only see the few few letters in the screen. just off the screen to the right of course you have the lake to the bottom there and the rest of and bar province. the only notable mark i made on this map is the blue line that runs from upper right to lower left. about dead center in your screen, one third way from the right-hand edge of the map. that blue line marks the four line of troops of the eastern access. the eastern access is made up of federal pleased by the way. as we briefed, we are encircling , we are attacking romani from all four sides. north, south, east, west. it is the police that are moving along that eastern access where the police are. for a closer look at romani let's look at the next map. here we have a close-up view of romani proper, northbound itself. east is to the right-hand side of the map and west is to the left. the major obstacle is the river which you can see forks right there in the

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iraqi forces have entered romani to try to take it back from the islamic state group. the government says the operation launched last month is now making progress. is province of helmand overrun by taliban militants. kabuloldiers killed near in a suicide attack. one of the most celebrated human rights lawyers in china is given a three-year suspended sentence for criticizing the government online. the verdict is the latest in a widening crackdown with 200 lawyers and activists questioned or detained since the summer. i'm for our business news now with stephen. the price of oil remained their 10 year lows. an 11 year low for the brent crude index, $36 per barrel. slightly up on that position today, one barrel trading for $36 and 85, $.46. also, one third of the price that oil was trading for 18 months ago. fallen because of an oversupply in the markets and the warm winter weather here in europe. the slumping prices has hit oil companies hard. the latest example comes from conoco phillips, completely pulling out of the russian market, they sold their stake in a joint vent

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. >> romani was captured by isis a few months ago. 55 miles west of baghdad.aking this city back. within 72 hours, they will have it. using the civilians. human shields. all of those horrible things. it looks like they will get ramadi back. a slow trading session. we are expanding about 2% annual rate. we have a 19 month low for chewable day. hovering at the $500 level. another e. coli outbreak across the states. an alcoholic drink a day could actually make you healthier overall. you avoid serious health problems for men if they have 14 drinks in a week or four on any single day. that is four-man. you are okay. that is moderation. >> i am not buying that. there was this huge study done. looking at over 200,000 men. if they have a drink or two a day, they will live longer and have less heart disease then if you do not have any alcohol at all. alcohol poisons the letter. you may already have a damaged liver. alcohol is made into poison in the alcohol. it does relax your blood vessels. it may be of benefit to the heart of some kind. if you are already having a gl

. >> i just returned from baghdad on a bill where isil is on the back foot and romani is surrounded. the route between muslims have been cut off that everyone on the ground tells me that unless the we attack isil and serious there is no point in liberating the rest of iraq because all they want to do is regroup in syria and come back and attack that country and our country. >> i think my friend makes an important point in its setup clearly in the un security council that the so-called caliphate exists in syria as well as iraq is a direct threat to iraq and the government of iraq. i also added to that what's happened in tikrit since that has been taken. we've seen 70% of the population returning to the city. later on in the debate i'm sure we'll talk about the importance of humanitarian aid and reconstruction that can only work if you have good government in those towns and the absence of isil. a little bit of progress and i will take more intervention including from the different political parties in this house. mr. speaker since my statement that house has had an opportunity to ask

have trained iraqi security forces, including sunnis and they are joining the fight in the area of romani -- ramadi. our training sites are turning about every month through the second string is the tribal fighters as you indicated and they are first of all the popular mobilization force, which is a kind of militia type force, not independent of the iraqi government and the iraqi's , the iraqi government and this is where we have a problem, has authorized many more shia and sunni. we need them to authorize more sunni and then we are prepared to train them. those are the so-called fighters you indicated. third is the iraqi counterterrorism service which we have trained of the most effective force and buy me the peshmerga in the north who are extremely effective. the last thing i will say and i know i'm going on but it's complicated, we are also working with the sunni police. this is important because remember isil is in sunni territory so it's not going to work for shia forces to participate in holding and governing us. we need sunni police forces and we are working on them too so that whe

the romani operation is a good example where there was a asking for tens of thousands of troops thought the u.s. could have led a coalition a long time ago and saved lives and gone into the city. but military commanders in as president felt that would have jah and iter falu would've cost a lot of american lives. there was a political decision made not to do it and 70 outskirts of ramadi and train the forces and tell isys we are coming. america has been saying this for months and months. americans are now saying we have done what we want to get they say we are in control of the place of the fight. in thatressman is right the nonmilitary on the ground spread of isys influence, the paris attacks, the attack in california, that fight is clearly doing very well in they are recruiting lots of people. there is some inpatients or wrestling in the american electorate of what this country will do about that. -- that is an answer not a problem that requires 10-20,000 troops to solve. host: there is plenty of time for your calls and facebook postings and beats. the phone numbers are on the bottom o

iraqi forces did retake romani. it has been announced that 10 isis leaders were killed.ral is with us. old friend of the program. welcome back. good to see you. >> thank you for having me, stuart. stuart: i am re- characterizing the retake. a pretty good week for president obama. you are a big-time critic of the president. >> i would say it has been an excellent week. why did you not do it sooner. it shows the precision with ground forces. they killed 10 high-value targets, as we call them, isis leaders, in this particular attack feared shaking the battlefield in july. they made the push with the ground forces, that meant 800 had either been killed or they got out because the precision air power. that is a very good tactic. stuart: on the other hand, if it was a good week, it has been a terrible week in afghanistan. now we have a general saying we have to keep more troops there. we have people on this program saying not too long before the taliban wins and takes control of the whole country. afghanistan is a very different story. >> not looking good, stuart. you are abso

the romani operation is a good example where there was a asking for tens of thousands of troops thought u.s. could have led a coalition a long time ago and saved lives and gone into the city. but military commanders in as president felt that would have jah and iter falu would've cost a lot of american lives. there was a political decision made not to do it and 70 outskirts of ramadi and train the forces and tell isys we are coming. america has been saying this for months and months. americans are now saying we have done what we want to get they say we are in control of the place of the fight. in thatressman is right the nonmilitary on the ground spread of isys influence, the paris attacks, the attack in california, that fight is clearly doing very well in they are recruiting lots of people. there is some inpatients or wrestling in the american electorate of what this country will do about that. -- that is an answer not a problem that requires 10-20,000 troops to solve. host: there is plenty of time for your calls and facebook postings and beats. the phone numbers are on the bottom of yo

iraq enforces liberating the city of romani from isis.anistan, the taliban and looks like they are taking back control. teens rioting and malls in several locations across the country. thousands of unsupervised young people out of control. shutting the balls down. their parents. where are they? more varney in a moment. ♪ >> this video is just coming into us. the secret service intervenes. no charges filed. does that make the case for regulation of drones? this is the high of the day. 17,700. up 171. the price of oil is up. oil up, stocks up. that is the way it is these days. you are about to see some video. louisville kentucky. they shut them all down. similar incidents reported in little rock, pittsburgh and elsewhere. todd is here. what got you riled up? these kids were taken out and put on buses. no punishment of any kind. >> cause mayhem. the city will give you a free ride back to where you came from. simply outrageous what is happening in the malls, stuart. this is something that is not covered by the mainstream media. 2000 young peo