tikrit is an important hub because it's on the main highway to baghdad.he oilfields can produce up to 25,000 barrels a day. with iraqi's economy plummeting that is crucial. isil hasn't managed to take control of the oil fields but is proving to be a difficult foe for the iraqis. >> every day, we have an attack by isil. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and motorcycles. yesterday, we had a suicide motorcycle across the canyon. we managed to repel the attack. >> northern north in kirkuk province, isil is firmly in control. some residents have managed to flee but others remain trapped. the escape for those who got out wasn't easy. >> we left in a hurry with total fear we had to walk through farms to avoid discovery by isil. we managed to escape from them and thank god, we left. >> civilians who fled are in a village outside of tikrit called al fatah. with isil mounting attacks on oil fields, how long they will be safe there is not clear. >> no doubt isil fighters are taking advantage of the fact the iraqi army is stretched and f

and ramadi, tikrit as well. some people say, ramadi was lost in 2015, and regained in 2015, and in actual fact, we lost a small area of ramadi, but we began a larger area now. not only restoring or liberating the city ever mady, -- ramadi, we have liberated a large chunk of another location that was never under the control of the iraq secure divorces before. this a huge success story. where the population is welcoming the iraqi security forces, the brave forces, that are fighting alongside our military and our security forces and liberating their areas. the population, who under the control of daesh move toward the areas can show by iraqi security forces because they feel safer and they feel better under the control of the iraqi federal government. this is a huge departure from two years ago when relations in these areas did not want iraqi security forces to be there. the whole thing has changed, which means that daesh is using ground. in only losing military combating our forces, but losing ground among the ira

. >> armed groups in iraq are involved in renewed fighting outside of tikrit, a town that was controlled by isil. the fighting is concentrated on neighboring oil fields and iraqi forces say they are coming umped more attacks each day. imran kahn reports from back dad. >> in april, predominantly shia militias announced they had taken tikrit. today just outside that city, this his the scene. isil mounts attacks on the oil fields. the battle over tikrit is crucial to iraqi forces and their advance towards mosul, iraq's second largest city, controlled by isil. it is an important hub on the main highway leading to baghdad. the oil fields produce up to 25,000-barrels a day with iraq's economy plummeting, that is crucial. isil hasn't managed to take control of the oil fields but is proving to be a difficult foe for the iraqis. >> every day, we have an attack by isil. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and motorcycles. yesterday, we had a suicide motorcycle across the canyon, but we managed to repel the attack. >> further north from tikrit, overin kirkuk province, is

tikrit is an important hub because it's on the main highway leading to baghdad. field with produce up to 25,000-barrels of oil a day. isil hasn't managed to take control of the oil fields but is proving to be a difficult foe for the iraqis. >> translator: every day we have an attack by isil. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and motorcycles. yesterday we had a suicide mota cross the canyon. but we managed to repel the attack. >> reporter: further north from tikrit over in kirkuk province, aisles is firmly in control of the town. some residents have managed to flee. but others remain trapped. the escape for those that got out wasn't easy. >> translator: we left in a hurry. we had to work through farm to his avoid discovery by isil. we then managed to escape from them and thank god we left. >> reporter: the civilians who fled are now in a village just outside the tikrit. but with isil mounting attacks on oil fields, how long they will be safe there is not clear. there is no doubt that isil fighters are take advantage of the fact that i

they are in a village outside tikrit. with isil mounting attacks on oil fields, how long they will be safe there is not clear. >> there's no doubt isil fighters are taking advantage of the fact that the iraqi army is stretched and fighting on multiple fronts. the iraqi army says that these remnants of fighters mounting attacks on the countryside are simply isil's last stand and they will be dealt with soon. >>> one of the u.s. supreme court's most conservative members has died. justin antonin scalia was 79. his death has the potential to shift the balance of power in the court. the appointment for his successor will now sit firmly at the center of the election campaign. >> as the flag dropped to half staff over the u.s. supreme court, the death of antonin scalia could set off what could be an epic battle between the white house and congress. >> antonin scalia was a lifelong presence on the bench, brilliant legal mind with an energetic style, an incisive with it and colorful opinions. >> he was a consistent conservative wh

iraqi armed groups are involved in renewed fighting outside the city of tikrit. groups declared victoria against i.s.i.l. fighters there but they're saying they're coming under daily attack on the outside skirts of the area. >> reporter: tikrit had been taken in the country. outside this city this is now the scene. i.s.i.l. which still controls the countryside mounts attacks on the oil fields there. the battle over tikrit is crucial for iraqi force $in their advance towards mosul, the second largest city which is controlled by i.s.i.l. it is an important hubs because it is on the main highway. the oil fields can produce up to 25,000 barrels a day. that revenue is crucial. i.s.i.l. hasn't managed to take control of the oil fields but is proving to be a difficult foe for the people >> translation: every day we have an attack by i.s.i.l. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and motorcycles. yesterday we had a suicidal motorcycle across the canyon but we repelled the attack. >> reporter: further north i.s.i.l. is firmly in control of the to

fighters outside tikrit. the army took the city 10 months ago. i.s.i.l. is taking advantage of the army on several fronts. >> reporter: to much fan fair, predominantly shia militia in april announced they had retaken tikrit north of i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. controls the countryside. the battle over tikrit is crucial for iraqi forces in the advance to mosul. the second-largest city was controlled by i.s.i.l. it's an important hub. it's on the main highway in baghdad. they produced 25,000 barrels a day. iraq's economy plummeting the revenue. i.s.i.l. has not taken control of the old field, but proved to be a typical foe. >> translation: every day we have an attack on i.s.i.l., you can see them there. they are using suicide bombing. yesterday we had a suicide arthur moats across the canyon, but propelled the attack. >> further north i.s.i.l., firmly in the control of the town hall. some residents managed to flee. others are trapped. they escaped those, it was not easy. >> translation: we left in a hurry with fear. we have to walk through farms. we escaped from them

tikrit is an important hub because it's on the main highway leading to baghdad. the oil fields can produce up to 25,000 barrels a day, with iraq's economy plummeting, that number is essential. >> translator: every day we have an astack by i.s.i.l. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and moto motorcycles. yesterday we had a suicide bomber but managed to repel the attack. >> i.s.i.l. is in full control of the niche town. for those who got out it wasn't easy. >> translator: we left in a headquarter with totahurry. we managed to escape by then and thank god they left. >> i.s.i.l. mounting attacks on oil fields how long they will be safe there is not clear. there's no doubt the i.s.i.l. fighters are taking advantage of the fact that the iraqi army is stretched and fighting on multiple fronts. but the iraqi army says these remnants of fighters mounting attacks in the country side is simply i.s.i.l.'s last stand and they will be done with soon. imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. >> when we come back, a correctional facility so severe, guards ar

the seventh is tikrit. tikrit and iconic city where isil moved in totally to populate the city killed thousands of people and massacres they put on youtube. it was retaken last year and then we focus very hard after the military operations in what we call stabilization. .. to fund these very quick hit rapid project. tikrit is a proof of concept , and now we are looking to do the same thing in the body. security operations finished a few weeks ago. the now we are focused on the stabilization, trying to get people back into homes, trying to get ied's out. i was in baghdad about ten weeks ago. every 2nd or 3rd home is wired with ied's and landmines. they have to get the de- mining teams in. the foreign minister of norway will be here later this week. norway has taken a global leadership role. setting up the conditions has already started. we have about 36 electronic electricity generators that have come in. very hard, painstaking, tedious part requires the government to delegate authority which is something we

moving south i'll go to number seven which is tikrit. tikrit an iconic sunni city. it was totally depopulated by isil, not only that they killed thousands of people in a massacre known as the camp spiker massacre in the summer of 2014. iraqi security forces with our help were able to liberate the city and most importantly we're not just focused on defeating isil but what comes after and working with the coalition and an international stabilization fund that we did with the government of iraq, and we've been able to return the population to tikrit. the u.n. reported in rome last week at a coalition meeting that 95% of the citizens of tikrit are now back. we're building on those lessons now. i'll go to number eight on the map which is ramadi. that was the first significant test for the iraqi security forces since their collapse in the summer of 2014. this was an operation done entirely by the iraqi security forces and local sunni tribal fighters and the sunni tribal fighters in anbar continued to grow in number and capacity. we hoove aboave about 10,000 no. we've libe

we liberated tikrit and ramadi as well. some people will say, okay ramadi was lost in 2015 and regained in 2015. we last a small area of ramadi, but regained a much larger area of it. it's not only restoring the city of ramadi, we have liberated a large chunk of a territory that was never under the control of iraq's security or says before. --iraq security forces before. brief forces are fighting along outside our military and security or says -- forces. the population under the control of daesh moved to the areas controlled by the iraq security forces because they feel safer and feel better under control of the iraqi federal government. this is a huge torture from -- huge departure from 2 years afoo when they did not wantg, security forces to be there. this means daesh is losing ground. they are losing ground among the iraqi population. at the moment, a lot of people might look at daesh as an iraqi problem, but it isn't. we have many foreign fighters, many foreign terrorists. a lot from the gulf states who are well-off. th

moving south i'll go to number t seven which is tikrit. tikrit an iconic sunni city.the it was depopulated by sill. not only that killed thsds of ba people. iraqi force were able to liberate the city and we're not focused on defeating isil but what comes after isil. i give the prime minister great credit into devolving powers, delegating powers to local u. leaders. we have been ablee top return te population to tikrit. u.n. reported that 95% of i citizens of tikrit are now backe we're building on those lessons now. i'll go to number eight which is ramadi. ramadi was the first significant fost for tick rather security force. this was anal operation which wh done entirely by the iraqi security force and local sunni y tribal fighters.it sunni tribal fighters in anbar continued to grow in capacity.. we have 10,000 of them now. we have liberated ramadi but ths city remains devastated from the fighting. w nearly every other home is booba trapped or has ieds. without getting the counter iedo teams back in there to dewire these homes which have be

i mean, the devastation we have seen in rahmadi and tikrit that we can imagine will take place in mozul poses a huge challenge at the time when the iraqi government and the krg is struggling with the collapse in oil prices and with the costs of running the war against the islamic state. can we use financial contributions and infusions of weapons and training to the iraqi government and the krg. can we use the contributions that are important to make. as part of an effort to make a dent in the corruption we see and to incentivize a greater push toward the focus on these government programs. >> i was hoping for a chance to jump in on this. i have hard earn ed views. one is we can rebuild things. we did faluja and it's something the united states can do or the iraqis can do. it requires money. as long as somebody isn't out there trying to blow it up as you do it is a whole other problem. if you have the security situation which is the first priority under control you can do that. iraqis will be able to run a lot themselves and come to us for the expertise to augment and reinforce what they

i'll skip seven because seven is tikrit. tikrit, an iconic city, it's where isil moved in the summer of 2014, killed thousands of eople and put it on youtube. it was taken back last year. the operation is called stabilization and that means returning internally displaced people, getting the lights back on. extremely, extremely difficult to do, especially when we don't have large numbers of forces on the ground to do that. we're working through the u.n. and through our local partners. by crete has been a success. about 9 -- tikrit has been a success. bout 90%, 95% has returned home. and that's because of the prime minister and is delegating the authority to the governor and to local sunni leaders in this area to take charge. through the global coalition, we have a stabilization fund. about $80 million now to fund these very quick hit rapid projects. so tikrit was a proof of concept. it actually worked very well. and now we're doing the same thing in ramadi. security operations in ramadi finished about a few weeks ago. there's

the players and as you look at what iran is doing in iraq with the militias, particularly in the tikritcampaign, pushing them into sunni-populated areas along with revolutionary guards, iranians, i would give you this hypothesis: sulemani and others in the hierarchy in iran are seeking to do now what they couldn't do in 1988 which is gain a definitive, total victory over iraq. by fragmenting it. because they're well on their way to bringing just that about. islamic state does not threaten iran. islamic state is actually a good foil for the iranians and vice versa. you know? use that as a rallying cry to mobilize the population and then control the mobilization. so that poisoned chalice that khomeini famously said he had to drink from in 1988 may now turn into the victory cup for sulemani and others of khomeini's political heritage. >> so we can understand why iran is pursuing this line of action to further its national security interests in iraq, but, of course, there are iraqis, you know, we can debate how widespread this is, but there are iraqis who work with the iranians in the furth

it is not only tikrit. there are many cities where the population went back. with anbar, we are providing basic services and people are going back to their own homes. and it is better for them to live in their own homes than living in tents. and this is something that i think was said we should work together on. i think there is a crisis in europe with the refuges. the number is huge. and europe, and i know a lot of politicians in europe, are struggling from this. the last thing we want is national uprise against refuges in europe and there will be crisis and some may win in the next election in europe and i think the last thing we want is this. -- this -- this will play into the hands of daesh. they want this dividing of europe and this world so the recruitment of young people can increase. we are doing this in europe. for refuges to go back to their home and cities so they don't to seek refuge somewhere else is the answer. the other one i mentioned with the chancellor here in berlin is i think the criminal gangs who are trading people are criminal games and

before we started spreading democracy to the four corners, whoever heard of ieds or tikrit, i think ur soup's getting cold. detective fontana's little trick wasn't exactly water boarding, but really, what's in a name? no one can ever say his version doesn't work. you sure about dinner? enjoy. bye. it's a motion to dismiss. lowell claims he only told the cops where they could find julie gra after he was tortured. find out what the hell's going on. hi. what a surprise. do you have a minute? yeah, do you mind if we walk and talk? not at all. what can i do for you? well, i wanted to say that i thought you did a hell of a job with lowell. uh, huh. well, thank you very much. we got the girl. yes, you did. my question is how. if we didn't get her. so you did threaten to shoot him and shoved his head in a toilet. i'll make this very easy for you. whatever lowell says i did... i say just the opposite. is that all you're gonna say? peanut? (branch) so is dworkin making coffee or just boiling water? fontana's a good cop. right now he's filled to the brim with moral indignation. yeah, well, sure,

he says from a stabilization $50 million fund has helped iraqis take back the city of tikrit from the islamic state. but kerry does add, in order for police to work, schools to open and for services to be delivered , more financial contributions new revelations about the 12 marines killed in a helicopter crash in hawaii. the commander who was responsible for training them was fired just days before, after leaders lost confidence in the his ability to lead the group. all 12 marines including one from hingham died when two helicopters crashed last month. the search for them was called off after five days. it dramatic scene in the state of florida. a small plane crashes off haulover beach in miami landing in the ocean. it happened just before noon. two people on board were able to get out and lifeguards pulled them to safety. it' s still unclear what caused the plane to go down. police in north attleboro want to know who vandalized town soccer fields. the brand-new fields were scheduled open to the public this spring. but now they' ll have to undergo thousands of dollars in repairs. the

in tikrit. iranianeplacing isis by baghdad, you'll be back in the same mess in the future. same question again. comments, how do we deal with this? isis problem in the context of the sunni population? tactically, it can be done. strategy. ecosystem, network. attack a network. starting with intelligence. questionable whether we had that. then leadership, suppliers, soldiers. then resources. putting boots on grounds. it can be done. more complex and more difficult question, how do incentivize a sunni population to reject this by in two government from baghdad? difficult. can't impose that. we can help and nurture. set conditions. crux of it. incentivize cities to reject and more poorly by into future in i want to turn and look at tremendous capacity building in pastu.s. invested decade? 2000 9-2011, you are senior u.s. nato commander expected -- >> were you the guy responsible for iraqi security forces -- [laughter] reflect on what did and did not work. approaching continued effort to strengthen iraqi forces, how do we approach? >> underestimated things. societyant divisions

we have liberated tikrit. 100,000 sunni have returned to build their homes. an extraordinary story that does not get enough credit. we have liberated sinjar. we are hammering daesh's heavy weapons, it's training camps, supply routes, infrastructure. and it's terrorism and military campaign is expanding by the day. but it's not enough just to dock them down, militarily, which we are doing. you have to ensure that they cannot get back up. that is why the second line of the hurt we are pursuing is critical. -- line of effort we are pursuing is critical, destroying their economic lifeline. we have learned more about daesh's sources of income, which is let us target their oil production, refineries, tanker trucks, cash centers, elicited banking facilities. for daesh, lower revenues means fewer resources to finance military action and the smaller paychecks to lure stain new fighters. already we are seeing the results of this. they have had to cut their paychecks by 50%. in some cases, they've had to cut it off entirely. they don't have the ability to continue this

we have liberated to treat --liberated tikrit. 100,000 sunni have returned to build their homes. an extraordinary story that does not get enough credit. we have liberated sinjar. we are hammering daesh's heavy weapons, it's training camps, supply routes, infrastructure. and it's terrorism and military campaign is expanding by the day. but it's not enough just to dock them down, militarily, which we are doing. you have to ensure that they cannot get back up. that is why the second line of the hurt we are pursuing is critical. -- line of effort we are pursuing is critical, destroying their economic lifeline. we have learned more about daesh's sources of income, which is let us target their oil production, refineries, tanker trucks, cash centers, elicited banking facilities. for daesh, lower revenues means fewer resources to finance military action and the smaller paychecks to lure stain new fighters. already we are seeing the results of this. they have had to cut their paychecks by 50%. in some cases, they've had to cut it off entirely. they don't have the ability to continue this

the oil field was 15 miles west of tikrit, saddam's hometown. and it was named for the arabic for saddam's-field. it didn't cause alarm bells. just felt we were working on something important. the living quarters were within the compound area. everything was self-contained within that site. my immediate boss on the project was another irishman about ten years older than me. his name was john white. we formed a good relationship from the beginning. >> how was your flight? >> it was grand. >> when tom turned up, i thought he was a fantastic guy. he was so full of life, so exuberant. we got on very well straightaway. >> we've got good people here. want me to show you around? >> yeah, that would be great. >> great. >> tom was one of the 15 engineers i had under my control. they looked up to me because of my experience in the region. i knew quite a bit about the lie of the land, or so i thought. at that particular point, all things were going splendid. and my two weeks r&r were coming up. i was really looking forward to getting back to ireland to see

. >> reporter: in april too much fan obtain, shia militias announced they had ten tikrit. this is the scene now. i.s.i.l. which still controls the countryside mounts attacks on will oil fields there. the battle is crucial. tikreet is an important hubs. the oil revenue is crucial. i.s.i.l. has taken control of the oil fields but is a difficult foe for the people here. >> translation: every day we have an attack by i.s.i.l. you can see them over there. they are using suicide car bombers and motorcycles. we had a suicide motorcycle across the canyon but we michaeled to repel the attack. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. is gaining control of another town. some have got out but others are trapped. >> translation: we left in a hurry with total fear. we had to walk through farms. we managed to escape from them. >> reporter: the civilians that fled are outside in a village. how long they will be safe there, it not clear. i.s.i.l. fighters are taking the advantage of them moupting attacks in the countryside simply i.s.i.l.'s last stand and they will be dealt with soon >>> pope francis had tou

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those that were not destroyed by the carpet bombing were destroyed by the militias in tikrit. binary -- with the iranians, dismantling all of their primary backing. the targeting that has happened to the iraqi sunnis after 2003 edy that is never been talked about in the quarters and a proper manner. genocide that is being committed against the arab , and maybe even in syria. it doesn't matter which side you are. , you have toainst be taken out. that is the question. about a sunniht regional government which can make sure that iraq stays together rather than torn apart? >> thank you. just hand the mic off? >> it was interesting to see not aalk about how monolithic was the shia community. ,ow it was divided nationalistic movements was greater in number. the less financially rich. is, would be interesting to look at empowering these locals that are maybe to the limited iranian expansion. withan the u.s. do that the poor history it has talking about these movements. >> there was just one more question. he is been waiting, they go. i want to go back actually, we're hearing some que

the players and as you look at what iran is doing in iraq with the militias, particularly in the tikrit campaign, pushing them into sunni populated areas along with revolutionary guards, iranians, i would give you this hypothesis, that solimani and others in the hierarchy in iran are trying to do what they couldn't in 1998, which is gain a total, definitive victory over iraq by fragmenting it because they're well on their way to bringing just that about. the islamic state does not threaten iran. islamic state is actually a good foil for the iranians, and vice versa. use that as a rallying cry to mobilize the population and control the mobilization. so, that poison challis that he had to drink out of in 1998 may turn into the victory cup for suleima think and their political heritage. >> so, we can understand why iran is taking this course of action to further their interests in iraq, but of course, there are iraqis -- you know, we can debate how widespread this is -- but there are iraqis who work with the iranians in the furtherance of those interests. general barbero, you went in with

you know, it's sad to see cities like ramadi and fallujah and mosul and tikrit in the hands of isis. about it. how do we defeat the evil in our time? >> we have to recognize they won't go away on their own. they believe their calling to trigger an armageddon to see the 12th imam return and they believe -- i'm not saying that's what's going to happen but that's what they believe. people that believe the stuff don't turn into stockbrokers. they have to be defeetded. i think they need to be confronted by a ground force of saudis and jordanians and egyptians and iraqis and syrians but we have to increase the airstrikes. what we are doing now is not enough. pleased the see we finally went after them in libya where they created a new headquarters. they have a radio station. why is isis still on the air with a radio station? i mean, these things we need to take seriously. they're not as the president called them a bunch of people on the back of a pickup truck. >> not the jv team. >> not the jv team. they're the radical islamic jihadist group in history. >> do we have to accept mentally, emo

so tikrit is a proof of cons that that worked pretty well. and we are going do the same thing and run my day. they finished a few weeks ago. there are still some ago. there is still something fun going ago. there is still something fun going, but now we're focused on the stabilization of peace, trying to get people back into their homes and most importantly ieds out of the and out of homes. the governor of kandahar province and the governor. every second or third home is wired with ieds. to get people back, we have to get the de-mining teams then. iraqi but also the period the prime minister of norway will be here later to say that the local role and will be talking about that. setting up the commission for money to get the stabilization of the party started. we have about 36 electricity generators come in with about 150 mark coming in phase two. very, very hard, very paying taking, very tedious. to delegate authority to local leaders and that is something we are working with them on every single day. the romani stabilization piece about what

even though i knew he was a threat and look at cities you were fighting for and won, mosul, romady, tikrit and yet because through the prism of politics we start wars, we don't finish them and then lost nearly 5,000 people. >> that's the lesson of iraq the fortitude and the courage of the men and women in uniform that fought so valiantly, led by a commander in chief that did something that was not politically popular but was the right thing to do. when he started, there wasn't much support in congress. but because of lindsay graham, john mccain and many others it built and the surge was successful len and to squander that's the history lesson. you have the win, you got to make sure there's security at the end. and by abandoning -- george told me he would make -- have tell conferences with malaki once a week. isn't that right? >> yeah, absolutely. >> that was being all in. >> right? >> making sure that malaki didn't wander off and resort back to all of the sectarian violence and, you know, dividing up of iraq. the minute he left and petraeus and crocker left, as well, the diplomatic and mil

of the flood, which hit cities, including mosul, eric's second-largest city, and downwards towards tikritg some parts of baghdad. it could reach baghdad international airport. and they say that this needs to be dealt with fast. they say the iraqi government has an emergency plan in place. we're hearing from the iraqi prime minister, also at the same time, releasing a statement saying they have an emergency plan in place. but they're also downplaying it. it's an unlikely scenario, they will have warnings if that happens. right now, the water levels are at a 307 meters and for the dam to overflow or to burst, it needs to reach 319 meters. but they're reassuring people they have a plan in place at this point, errol. >> all right. that's the latest information. i know you will watch it closely. thank you. >>> a cease-fire has cut down the bloodshed in syria. but it hasn't stopped it completely. the truce went into effect midnight local time friday. >> it is the first attempt at peace in four years. sporadic air strikes by russian warplanes are threatening the relative calm. >> barak jafi join

what is important is this a strategic ground in iraq the sunni cities of tikrit and my body and 95% of the population is now back in their homes in the city according to u.n. estimates that nobody was the first test of iraqi security forces acting on their own to liberate the iconic city. in theory, it is not just the data. it is what is on the map. green taken away the entire border area which is to be controlled by daish and a border is now green because of what happened in the city of cho bonnie. i traveled to go body last week in northern syria denies prior to the site of where we drive supplies come or president obama ordered an air drop of military commitment that a key point the battle is to be lost. he said without the air drop that would've been overrun. from the air drop of air drop in working with forces on the ground they were able to defeat isil. 6000 lost their life and take away the entire border. it's a testament to the courage of the partners on the ground and the many challenges ahead. is able to travel to syria because we now have a presence on the ground and there's

i think of the tens of thousands of people, tikrit and iraq, who have returned home.uding students back at their university. focusing on a better future. so the road ahead will not be easy. but our coalition continues to grow stronger. the isil, syria, iraq, continues to shrink. with allies and partners and the service of our dedicated personnel, our diplomats, our civilians, and our military. we will destroy this barbaric terrorist organization and continue to stand with people across the region who seek a better and a safer future. thanks very much, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> coming up on c-span, former president bill clinton campaigns for his wife, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. then democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders talks to supporters in ohio. that's followed by u.s. intelligence officials testifying about global threats. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. and coming