lumping iraq with iran? right now we have several thousand americans who are fighting in iraq against isis, alongside iraqi military men and women. the battle of mosul has taken an enormous toll on the iraqi military. is iraq the same as iran is? of course not. i think the effect will probably in some areas give isis some more propaganda. senator john mccain speaking out against the president s executive order banning visitors from seven muslim majority countries including iraq. senator mccain says it will hurt in the fight against isis. and just this morning the iraqi government said it is astonished by the ban and voted to act reciprocally with the united states.
we have several thousand americans who are fighting in iraq against isis, alongside iraqi military men and women. the battle of mosul has taken an enormous toll on the iraqi military. is iraq the same as iran is? of course not. bill: there is endless reaction for the news from the weekend. senator mccain one of the critics of the travel ban. president trump firing back on twitter saying this. the joint statement of former presidential candidates john mccain and lindsey graham is wrong. they are sadly weak on immigration. the two senators should focus their energies on isis, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start world war iii, end quote. mike huckabee, governor, welcome back to you and good morning. i know you ve watched everything from over the weekend. what was your view of it? did the white house did the president do the right thing or not? absolutely did. he did exactly what he said he was going to do throughout the
reports isis killed more than 200 people last week and is using thousands more as human shields. and thousands of shiite militia members have joined the battle for mosul. nbc s foreign correspondent matt bradley is joining us live from irbil, iraq. good day to you, matt. you had a chance to visit a refugee camp this week. reporter: that s right, alex. we went out for the internationally displaced people two days ago. this is a camp that grew to 33,000 in a couple months. this means 33,000 stories of tragedy and families torn apart by war. take a look. two weeks into the battle for mosul and iraqi troops have yet to pierce isis defenses. just miles away from the front lines, a make shift city is springing to life.
as the fighting goes on, desperate families arrive at this camp each day by the hundreds. the camp is teeming with more than 33,000 people, and most of them aren t from mosul itself, once that city falls, aide workers are expecting a massive wave that will overwhelm their already limited resources. up to a million people could be displaced in the battle for mosul. assad just fled south of mosul. land mines destroyed two of the three cars in his convoy. he came here in july. his large family sleeping in this small tent. i asked him, how many members of his family have been killed? seven, he said. isis beheaded his brother for spying, then shot his nephews. a coalition bombing destroyed his home. in this growing camp and others like it, the u.n. and other aid agencies are rushing to meet the
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