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There are several villages into the west side of the city. the next step is to take control of the airport which is also to the south. now iraqi forces launched this in the early morning hours. they went into full force helicopters firing rockets and armored vehicles moving in on the ground. isis fighters are expected to be in the western part of mosul. coalitional abstracts are harboring those them to background forces for us defense secretary jim mattis us forces are still very much involved i...

There he is. just hours ago with his defense secretary leon panetta by his side. they announced a sweeping plan to scale background forces and to shift more resources both to air and to sea. you said this strategy, 4,000 u.s. troops would be recalled from europe and then within the next five years, there will be at least 47,000 fewer troops serving. that level of troop reduction, while it is not specifically spelled out under the strategy, would probably end americas ability to fight two ground ...

Electorate in south carolina. much closer to iowa. much more different than here in new hampshire. >> thank you, paul. be sure to keep it right here next tuesday as new hampshire voters head to the polls. well have live coverage tuesday night 7:00 eastern right here on cnn. thank you for watching. i would love to hear what you think. you can continue the conversation with me on facebook or twitter. cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. lets get you caught up. beginning with the mil...

barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values -- >> the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that states primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other...