about the president potter approached isis is he doesn't downplay the threat. he is not comparing the threat from his longest terrorists to than violence. hether thing i like is doesn't waste time and he won't waste years today, either. he has said he was alarmed and appalled at how dominant isis was two years ago. rolled upd us and he his sleeves and got to work changing that map, dismantling the so-called caliphate, shrinking its influence and liberating people from their savagery and slavery. our allies in the global coalition and global partners have changed to the map over years and isis is seeing red. president trump said in the state of being union that the territorial caliphate is virtually defeated. he has also made clear that we are ready to come back in full force if isis reorganizes under emerges. you'll get to hear more from him now. without further ado, join me in welcoming the president of the united states, president donald trump. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much, mike, and you are doing a spectacular job. it is an honor to be here at

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the fight, the battle against isis goes on. this is what the president and his advisers must realize. not the military means, but the social political and diplomatic aspects of this fight. >> right. you always point that out when you come on the program because you can't physically see pockets of isis in syria. that does not mean they have gone away. as you say, defeated, but not degraded. the question for you is, the secretary of defense of the united states highly regarded, mattis quit over mr. trump's decision to pull out of syria. the question is, who is he listening to now? who is around this president that will, you know, get him to respond in a way that is constructive in taking this next action that is needed? >> it's not just general mattis who fundamentally disagreed with president trump. most of the president's generals have made it publicly, they have said it publicly that the fight goes on. isis is not defeated. the second phase is very complex. the insurgency, the counter insurgency phase. this president was all hu

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we've seen also lots of air strikes in the area as well. but what isis was doing was taking advantage of the very heavy mist in the morning to try to retake ground they've lost in the last few days. and as we've seen being at the front for several days, speaking to the fighters, they expect this may be a longer battle than some of the commanders were saying. they were saying perhaps today, perhaps tomorrow the town would be retaken. but clearly this is going to be a much harder fight. the final battle began just after sunset with coalition air strikes poupding the last dot on the map held by the state. the town in eastern syria. but there was no calm before the storm. as gunners with the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces rained heavy machine gunfire down onto isis targets. while civilians who had stuck it out in the town made their way to safer ground. mortar round exploded near this 14-year-old days ago, his wounds still fresh. his brother says they couldn't afford to pay the isis fighters $1,000 a piece to leave, and thus had to sneak out under cove

again will gain power in this area because turkey is the only country who falls with isis not by very often air force but childer the shoulders and killed more than one thousand. isolate members only in general blues and others and two thousand above this is. temper sense of all this is fighting kept us. after the ukraine shield operation the know that the turkey created an order created cool's created hospitals so address to the root causes of the isis problem especially in many different cities of the story or so what i believe that fighting with isis with the y.p. jim militia is not a long term solution to the problems of the story and problem the long term solution can only be with possibly can only be possible with the creation of all order in this area the protocol solution will be the end of the i saw the problem in this story or there is not other solution other than that and so that i think the problem is that everyone agrees that there has to be a political order that everyone has different ideas of what that would or should look like mr geffen i can see that you

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the battle against isis could go on for a very long time and that battle could be prolonged in the absence of u.s. troops, u.s. airpower and other coalition forces. so there's not going to be any victory parades here in syria when isis is defeated. people are bracing for the possibility of a wave of terror once isis loses its final ground. brooke? >> ben wedeman, thank you in syria. i want to analyze much of what we just heard from ben and what we've been hearing from the president. i have global affairs analyst max boot. he's a senior fellow and ha garks ar, i want to start with you. to ben's point about power vacuum and, you know, yes the reduction in the caliphate which is obviously a massive step -- positive step in the right direction, but i also remember talking to clarissa ward, one of our chief correspondents in syria is saying the problem is ideology. you may physically, you know, kill off some of these isis soldiers but it's like if you have this mentality in the hearts and minds of so many villagers across this country and how do you battle with that? >> that's the age old quest

and very soon the territory of the isis caliphate will be no more. in the wake of these gains, president trump has announced that the united states will begin to hand off the fight to our partners in the region and to bring our troops home. this is a change in tactics, not a change in mission. the united states will keep a strong presence in the region. we recognize it will not be enough to simply reclaim the territory of the caliphate, as we enter this new phase, the united states will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of our allies and all those who step up to take a larger role in this campaign. and working with our coalition partners, we will continue to hunt down the remnants of isis wherever and whenever they rear their ugly head. and america will continue to stand strong, with all our partners in the region, to make the middle east safe for peace, prosperity and the advance of human rights. and under president donald trump's leadership, the united states of america remains fully committed to achieving a lasting peace between israe

first we heard from the president that isis was dead and troops were coming out. we'll see what he has to say on that matter now. here's the president. >> on behalf of many people, it's an honor to be here today at the state department among so many distinguished diplomats and others representing the nations of global coalition to defeat isis. together we comprise 74 countries and five international institutions all united in the fight against this vile terrorist organization. and vile they are. i want to thank acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. patrick, stand up. you've done a fantastic job. we appreciate it. [applause] thank you. ambassador james jeffery. thank you. and all of our coalition members here today for their enduring commitment to defeating isis in the middle east and around the world. in january 2017, only two years ago, isis had a vast amount of territory in syria and iraq, when i became president, i said i want to see what they have. i looked and it was a mess. it was a lot. when i took office, one of my very first acts was to go to the pent

in syria because of the threat from isis. but in trump himself of course has said that in relation to iraq and in relation to syria that the reason why the u.s. troops isn't to do with isis anyway it's to do with. protecting the interests of israel by keeping iran at bay and stopping the expansion of iranian influence across that country and so you've got these if you like divergent narratives from peace speaking from the hip if you like in speaking off the cuff and it might be that what he's saying is actually a little bit closer to the truth of where the american strategy actually lies it's interesting i think in this document as your correspondent said that the document says that without sustained counterterrorism pressure on i says that there's a possibility that they may return but it doesn't actually specifically state that this would have to come from the united states for example again another correspondent just now you mentioned mentioned in the clip that there were. be a vacuum if the u.s. withdrew actually there nee

everyone in this story fought on the side of isis princess his father. who was a most are. those well those thirteen year old and ten year old. to escape before the battle began. in their four hour we see here that. day. or. that they're enjoying their. loved ones i can't believe it. so now that the industry. says names to name say it's not that doesn't seem to. know nothing. that the last seven years and nothing. seems. to. tell. you no world of big partisan logs and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. in. the world conduct forward to return to the unrestrained competition of the cold war was the plea made by the u.n. secretary general earlier this week with the u.s. pulling out of the i.n.f. treaty and russia rolling out new nuclear weaponry should we be more worried about

the understanding. you agree that territorial state of isis will be eliminated by the time the u.s. draws down? >> i do, chairman. >> what's being done to prevent isis from reemerging at this time? >> we continue to work with our iraqi security force partners in international coalition to pressure on isis. we continue our efforts by within through our partners in syria and in some cases, for them to keep pressure on isis as they continue to present threats to us. we should expect that they will attempt to attack us and continue to regenerate themselves. we will continue to put pressure on them to prevent that>> very good. the second area that we could be open to missing patrician has to do with yemen. i'm concerted disengaging our partners in yemen will undermine israel bolster iran and increase human suffering. in your assessment, what the costs of disengagement from our partners in yemen?>> certainly, it's a very significant humanitarian disaster in yemen but i do believe departing from our partners there, removes the leverage we have to continue to influence them, which i think we have used i

it's dangerous and will lead to the resurgence of isis. keep in mind all of the cities north of baghdad up the euphrates river have largely been destroyed. people have been displaced, communities are in serious disarray. those are fertile beds for isis. it's highly likely unless the u.s. maintains its presence we'll see a resurgence of isis. and we'll need to participate in the rebuilding of those community, otherwise the people in those communities will turn back to isis as a way of at least trying to find some hope in their future. now we also have a serious problem with those folks you are showing on the screen that have fought on our behalf. these are the kurds that live in that region. abandoning them would lead to a serious problem for them, a very serious problem for ourselves. and we are not the only country working together to deal with this. our allies in europe and in the region. we would be abandoning them. the list why not to do this is a very, very long list. if we do this wisely and restabilize those areas, participate in the

iran's influence in the strategy for combating isis and other extremist groups. this hearing is just under 2 1/2 hours. >>> good morning the committee today received testimony from the united states central command. at like to welcome our witness general joseph votel. commander of the united states central command. welcome. general votel will hand over central command at the end of march and i want to thank him for his outstanding service to our countries over his 38 year career. general you've had a tough job and with the rise of isis and the spread of proxies and the return of russia to the middle east, you and the president have grappled with some of the very hard decisions. thank you, for all you have done to keep america safe. the senate armed services committee priority is to confirm the national defense strategy which identifies competition with china and russia as quote the central challenge to the united states prosperity and security. clearly we don't want to be the world's policeman but without any u.s. presence our strategic competitors will rush to fi

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isis. so, do you concur with the general that there will be some renewed vigor with respect to isis? >> i do agree, senator. >> we are trying, as the idea that we can have forces in iraq. is that the fallback position? >> senator, right now, we are working through a variety of planning scenarios for how we would potentially continue to maintain pressure on isis as we withdraw out of syria and i'd be happy -- i could discuss this at the closed session but we certainly are looking at all options for how we might do that. >> this might be something that we touch upon later but are there indications that the announcement was the plans to pull out were rather sudden, they made approaches to the assad regime to work out a kind of understanding of how they might cooperate or at least tolerate each other. is that something that's been happening? >> something we've learned in our experience, certainly in my experience, all these parties talk to each other all the time. we do expect that is occurring. >> turning to afghanistan, there's two major functions and one is the trainer equipped and the

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what does it mean to you to see the end of isis? "they mean nothing to me," she said. wer civilians left, the us—led defeat of the last isis holdouts in syria may be imminent and each person, every child, who escapes that village, is one less civilian to worry about inside it. charlie d'agata, cbs news, near baghuz fawqani, syria. one of the three schoolgirls from east london who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group has been speaking of her experiences. shamima begum told the times newspaper that she didn't regret joining is but that she was now nine months pregnant and wanted to return to the uk so that her baby could receive better care. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. pictured for the first time in almost four years in a camp in northern syria, shamima begum, one of the three schoolgirls from bethnal green who left to join the islamic state group, which by then already had a murderous reputation. just 15 when they went, she told the times about their arrival in is territory. she told the times reporter, anthony loyd, her friend k

i have made jokes about the violent people, isis. for us, the jokes... she talked about the families of the victims. it would help if something we re victims. it would help if something were to hear thejoke, but victims. it would help if something were to hear the joke, but the joke and the context of it is how we made fun of isis by making them thejoke. so like they are wearing flip—flops and they are fighting a kind of thing. and that makes them seem weak and they are not. they may have lost caliphate. .. and they are not. they may have lost caliphate... are they not weak? they lost the calvert. they were not able to come in to lebanon. and lebanon isa to come in to lebanon. and lebanon is a very weak country. so you think jokes about isis, is, help them be defeated. it helped in lebanon. if there any subject you would notjoke about? there is a lot of debate about? there is a lot of debate about the red lines, and so on. would you joke about the profits of islam? no, i wouldn't. why would you joke about the profits of islam? no, iw

the isis caliphate. has been decimated the. president declares victory of soul and says the group will lose its remaining territory in syria in around a week. that i've been. with the special place.

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think you know the president wants to get out and i think he's probably overstating the fact that the isis is vanquished permanently however the pentagon also it has its own motives they would like to stay they tend to like to stay in the country in conflicts. you know ad nauseum you know until the cows come home as we see in afghanistan so i think you know this war will never be won i think isis may really do your resurgent no matter if the u.s. is there or not i think that's not the issue i think the u.s. can withdraw like the president says but i think we have to say well russia iran the syrian government and maybe even turkey on a good day have have incentives to beat back the militants because after all syria does want to regain. the syrian government wants to regain all of its territory do you think we can read into the fact that the pentagon has chosen to go public with this warning of an eye so resurgence in syria do you think this might be an inkling that we might expect some kind of launch scale military action for instance. well i think it's more that they don't know they don't

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isis. we are not talking about the defeat of isis. use it loses its territory doesn't mean the group has disappeared. we still have thousands of fighters out there hiding in the desert between syria and iraq. we still have insurgency attacks that are being conducted, especially against the anti-isis coalition. so having these troops on the ground i think is crucial because the battle is far from over against this group. all we are achieving now is taking its areas back but not defeating the group completely. >> your thoughts then to the president's distinction here that you know this is a victory, making, pointing out the difference that you are pointing out. >> well, i mean, she saying that the united states under his leadership has achieved more in a matter of a few weeks than people have achieved in years. i think this is slightly a myopic determination of the six. isis when it becomes an insurgency will be similar like al qaeda in its heyday so we have to bear that in mind. the battle is far from over. 400 troops is actually not ev

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the vast majority of these isis wives, isis brides and the children who have lived under isis for fivesix years who know nothing but. just a few miles from there is that last isis pocket. they say it's about the size of central park. they are fighting to tend. also, we are hearing just now today that there is a negotiation going on between those last isis fighters and the fds. they want safe passage out in exchange for a cease fire. previously when i was there witnessing these things the fds said we want to finish them here and now. the isis fighters saying they have western hostages among them and dozens of kurds. today there's been a slight lull while they try to figure out if they're holding the italian priest and an aid worker. >> dana: listen to what a commander said about isis and the american forces. >> are you worried about what might happen after american forces leave? >> translator: yes, there is a worry. we fought together. it wasn't a wise decision. it's a decision to leave halfway through. >> dana: did you hear anything more about that? >> that's what we heard out there. t

i hope america takes exactly the same views of the american isis wife. dn't marry one isis terrorist, she married three of them. three isis terrorist. i'm sorry, laura, but to me, this is completely and utterly nuts. anyone in america or britain who thinks you should come back. >> laura: come back and spend all of his money litigating their case so some court appointed attorney for the taxpayers have to pay for, argues some cockamamie idea about how she was over there, you know that is what they would argue. leo should revoke their citizenship, as welfare they shouldn't be able to come back here. you want to be taken care of in the middle east where you are probably not going to get the aclu representing you, that was her decision. piers, i want to play another snippet from the alabama isis bride, and you will -- you won't believe it. let's watch. >> may be therapy lessons, a process that will ensure that we never do this again. >> laura: piers, she is saying she could reform herself through therapy lessons, invariably the american taxpayers will have to

the filipino subdivision of isis calls itself the abu sayyaf group and is based around mindanao bustle on and the sulu islands. its goal is to establish an independent muslim caliphate in the philippines. it's move that they use large numbers of children in combat as human shields suicide bombers and as donors to treat wounded adult fighters. after almost twenty four hours at sea on route to visit the marines just aren't abdulla still don't know what's waiting for them transferred from one naval ship to another and the voyage continues. in the. this is of dollars home village it was his uncle who sold him to isis that's him. or. the uncle didn't just sell his nephew but his son to another. not. we didn't. he says that men in black came and asked for his children they promised to teach them our robotic he claims he had no idea it was a trip i said. with my view than for. that the idea of a little. not for three to five dollars and. i mean i mean when i'm going to. see. me. in my last month. or maybe about more i'm. a big. money making my. means and they end the. war means and four hundr

a game with gain power in this area because turkey is the only country who falls with isis not by very often air force bus childer the shoulders and killed more than one thousand isolate members only in general blues and others and two thousand above this is it is temper sense of all this is fighting kept us. after the euphrates shield operation we know that the turkey created an order created cool's created hospitals or address to the root cause of the isis problem especially in many different cities of the story or so what i believe that fighting with isis with the y.p. jim militia is not a long term solution to the problems of the story and problem the long term solution can only be with possibly can only be possible with the creation of all order in this area the pope ical solution will be the end of the eiffel problem in this turiya and there is not other solution other than that so but i think the problem is that everyone agrees that there has to be a political order that everyone has different ideas of what that what it should look like mr gates and i can see that yo

isis. it was all over the place. now you have very little isis. hate almost knocked out. we will be announcing in the not too distant future 100% of the caliphate, which is the area, the land, the area, 100. we're at 99% right now. we'll be at 100. when i took it over, it was a disaster. >> general, does taking back that land and their geographic strongholds guarantee that isis itself is defeated? because national intelligence director dan coats said this week there are still thousands of isis fighters out there. >> no, it does not, ana. there's so many factual inaccuracies in the president's statement during that interview, it's incredible. the fact it's 99% defeated, that's not true at all. you can't even put a percentage on it. secondly, the national intelligence estimate has suggested that the isis soldiers are going from an active insurgency to a guerrilla fight. that means they're going underground. having commanded in northern iraq for a good period of time when there were different terrorist groups there, you know that they go to ground, me

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the problem is none of these groups have shown any interest in fighting isis or limited interest. the turks are largely interested in a buffer zone in the northern part of syria, a buffer zone which the kurds do not dominate because of their own internal politics. i'm not claiming that the turks are fans of isis. i'm saying that isis is not their number-one priority. their number-one priority is defeating kurdish forces and gaining control of a buffer zone in the northern part of syria. that is what they are going to prioritize above anything and everywhere else. they are not a reliable partner nor do they have the capability to be a reliable partner in sustaining pressure on isis. interestingly enough, if you look at what turkey will need, even if they wanted to be a sustained partner against isis, you know what they would need? logistical support from the united states of america. in essence, they can't even do what they're promising dpoo unless we're there with them to do it. but they don't want us to be there, which tells you they really just want us to leave so they can create

even debating the issue of allowing isis brides back into our country? same british broadcaster piers morgan has thoughts on that debate, here live later on in the hour. you don't want to miss that. but first. ♪ wow, meet the candidates and if they are pretty pretty good. that is the focus of tonight's "angle." another day, another wacky liberal steps out of the 2020 field. it wasn't any real surprise when vermont socialist bernie sanders decided to formally enter the race. it is always stunning to hear what the muppet-like left he actually believes. >> you may recall in 2016, many of the ideas that i talked about it, medicare for all, raising the minimum wage, $15 an hour, making public colleges and universities tuition free, all of those ideas, it was all burning, they are so radical. you know what has happened over three years? all of those ideas and many more are now part of the political mainstream. >> laura: he's right about that peered with hillary out of the way, bernie thinks the second time's the charm. after all, he was socialist before sociali

this is, we have the situation of the isis bride who wa nts to the situation of the isis bride who wantshe uk with a newborn baby and a home secretary said this week that they are going to try to revoke her citizenship, meaning that she can't. she —— jeremy corbyn has come against sajid's decision and that she is a british citizen. it is interesting because a lot of conservative mps also feel and i think sajid javid's decision has been very controversial but they do believe that the decision taken by the home secretary about the public mood, they think it suggests that what they have decided matches that in parliament, there area matches that in parliament, there are a lot of mps that do not like that he has taken such a hard line approach. of course, you're leading the opposition, you do have to put together a package that goes with the public mood that will win the election, but with this, he is right not to sort of say, look at the internal portland tagamet polling health, after approval of this. going to the front page of the independent, you can see some sections of it may feel as t

everyone in this story forward on the side of isis princess his father. who was an. as well as thirteen year old and ten year old girl here. claims that he put in a bill to escape before the battle began. in the are we see renay here that. i. think or. one told. me father joined their. loved ones i can't believe it. says now that the industry has it as someone. who says no sooner you say it's not that doesn't see them say my fellow i never. knew what i might have been a lesson for know not to go up on. the other side as you princes. over the last stand and i know there's no. substance. to. it all. you know we're number one to go in you know. we all flow number one. for dick cheney. i mean. for most. people are you selling crack rock or you've got a wicked jumpshot in order to excuse the hood. like a lot among other one. of them so this is somebody that is at the rules for. a thing the numbers mean something they've matter us with over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happened today. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be old r

i've made jokes about the violent people, the isis. so, for us, thejokes... it would help if somebody were to hear thejoke, but the joke and the context of it is how we made fun of isis by making them the joke. so, like, they're wearing flip—flops and they‘ re fighting and that kind of thing. yeah. and that makes them seem weak and they're not. i mean, they may have lost caliphate, but... are they not weak? well, they've lost the caliphate, but they're still... they lost the caliphate. they weren't able to come in to lebanon. they weren't able to come in to lebanon — and lebanon is a very weak country. so, you thinkjokes about isis, is, can actually help defeat them, genuinely? it helped in lebanon. is there any subject that you wouldn't joke about? because there's a lot of debate, isn't there... yeah, there is. ..about how, you know, the red lines, and so on. would you joke, for example, about the prophets of islam? no, i wouldn't. why would i do that? i was wondering whether you have any lines that you draw. i don't, no. for me, i draw the line on — if a jok

the dissent with an isis leadership ranks has further shrunk the entourage.source says he moved through here in 2015 holding meetings with senior commanders in safe houses. >> we've been talking to residents here none of whom will appear on camera but they will telling us that they saw isis top military commander coming in and out of this house. and numerous sources say that this is where he was killed in 2015. and an iraqi intelligence source tells us this is one of the places where he would meet with him. >> there were reports that we could not confirm that he was wounded in that same air strike. a senior iraqi intelligence officer says that on at least three occasions two in iraq and one in syria they called in strikes that came close to taking him out. for insight into how the isis leader may be moving around, we head to the edge of his former hideout, the foothills of the mountains. to the west of here lies a vast stretch of desert that leads into syria. exclusive images obtained by cnn show what we are told are isis spotter hideouts masquerading as noma

sadiq escaped two months ago from the towns now on the front line. "under isis, we had no food, no medicine," he says. his wife and children close to starvation. 6-month-old twins samira and mohammad, children born in the caliphate. their mother says she was eating grass to survive, producing no milk. "i had to choose," she says, "die of hunger or risk death in escape." president trump wants u.s. troops to leave syria. but if they do, many we met are wondering, will the nightmare return? with the so-called caliphate on its last legs, people here in refugee camps like this will be hoping they can go home. but what will they go home to? this may be the end of the battle with isis for now, but it's not the end of the organization. david? >> all right, james longman and our team inside syria tonight. james, thank you. >>> there is news tonight involving the catholic church here in the u.s. diocese in two more states releasing lists of clergy members, quote, credibly accused of sexually abusing young people. the five diocese in new jersey, naming 188 priests and deac

i assume that meant not just the so-called caliphate but remnants of isisa guarantee from turkey which they have failed to deliver that they would not attack the kurds now again i think the administration 's policy is outlined bisect pompeo in egypt a month ago is that we will be targeting iran and radical islamic extremism that we will secondly be demanding more from our regional partners and third reducinging our military footprint syria is the test of this trump doctrine for the middle east. we'll just have to see how it shakes out. >> senator majority leader mitch mcconnell is not on board with this either so we will be monitoring this so you are now on the president's intelligence advisory board, dan hoffman congratulations and thank you so much. >> thank you have a good day. >> thank you. >> switching gears now later on tonight it's going to be music's biggest nights the grammy awards are getting underway in just a few hours from now in los angeles. and michael is there live on the red carpet as you can see. hey, michael. >> hey guys well music's bigg

is this the end of isis? not at all. ria, who escaped from devastated cities. ready in iraq you have a low intensity insurgency. isis has been targeting security forces probably ona targeting security forces probably on a daily basis in iraq and the fight against isis will take years the physical state is no longer because ice is still have thousands of fighters not just in because ice is still have thousands of fighters notjust in iraq and syria, they have also expanded beyond the borders of iraq and syria. —— isis. 20 or 30 countries have contingents of isis. what kind of threat does isis pose, bearing in mind that physical caliphate does not exist? are we talking about essentially terror attacks or are we talking about more of a structured force that could perhaps cause problems for the security forces, say in syria or iraq or neighbouring countries? you are asking multiple difficult questions to answer. even though isis has taken a major beating in iraq and syria, the ideology is still there. point two you still have

commander in the war against isis agreeing with the u.s. ce community's assessment that there are, quote, tens of thousands of isis fighters there. >> i'm on the line where the intelligence community is on this. they've talked about tens of thousands who have been dispersed and disaggregated from the area. so they're spread from areas from iraq to other areas in syria. and they're dispersing but there is leadership there. there are fighters there. >> cnn's ben wedemen live near the front lines in eastern syria. and, you know, land is one thing. their land has been shrinking. their grip on land has been shrinking, but thidaelg if you listen to the u.s. intel community, it's still there. >> yes. the ideology is still there. sleeper cells, we've seen them attacked in various places in syria and iraq the last few months. and we know that many of the isis fighters have managed to escape, blend back into the local population or go to remote parts of the deserts or the mountains and continue to operate. as a geographical entity, there's not much le