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So tell me exactly what those coalition troops have been able to do to get to where they are now. >> well, these are mainly iraqi troops fighting as you say, house by house, block by block, and in the outer neighborhoods of ramadi, and overnight, and earlier today, they did stage that initial lightning raid into the en the center of the city, and the floating bridge that the u.s. has trained them on over to the river and able to enter ramadi, and it is a tough fight, and the isis fighters that t...

Town by town, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. that is what this campaign is doing. we are hitting isil harder than ever. >> but is this hard enough? former assistant secretary of defense and retired marine infantryman joins us now with what means to change. good morning and thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> first, quickly, what did you think of the presidents speech yesterday? >> hes not serious. hes faking. basically, hes saying were going to be relentless with restrained ...

>> thats what im saying. thats you why shouldnt be out here by yourself. >> definitely good to go. he said she cant be out here by herself. she needs protection. >> hes seen more than enough. he gives the swoop signal and arresting offices descend on the suspect. >> yeah, right there. >> yeah, they got him out of the car. >> what did i do? i did nothing. >> this player is done for the night, and his arrest marks the end of another successful operation for the oakland police departments human tra...

This fall before the revolting attacks in paris and san bernardino i ordered new actions to intensify our war against isil. that includes more fire power and special operations forces are well under way. this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said, isil is dug in including in open areas and they hide behind civilians using defense list men, women and children as human shield. we have to be smart targeting isil surgically with precision. our partners on the ground from rooting isil out neig...

Revolting attacks in paris and san bernardino, i ordered new actions to intensify our war against isil. these actions including more fire power and special operations forces are well under way. this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said before, isil is dug in, including in urban areas, and they hide behind civilians, using defenseless men, women and children as human shields. so even as we are relentless we have to be smart, targeting isil surgically with precision. at the same time, our ...

Right after the storm that happen happened. and the notion that there would be anything left seemed unimaginable at the time. today this new community center stands as a symbol of the extraordinary resilience of this city, the extraordinary resilience of its people, the extraordinary resilience of the entire gulf coast and the united states of america. you are an example of what is possible when in the face of tragedy and in the face of hardship, good people come together to lend a hand. and bri...

Statistic nothing there would be anything left seemed unfathomable at the time. today this center is a symbol of the extraordinary resilience of this city, the extraordinary resilience of its people, of the entire gulf coast and the entire united states of america. you are an example of whats possible in the face of tragedy and in the face of hardship, good people come together to lend a hand. and brick by brick, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, you build a better future. that more ...

>> thats what im saying. thats you why shouldnt be out here by yourself. >> definitely good to go. he said she cant be out here by herself. she needs protection. >> hes seen more than enough. he gives the swoop signal and arresting offices descend on the suspect. >> yeah, right there. >> yeah, they got him out of the car. >> what did i do? i did nothing. >> this player is done for the night, and his arrest marks the end of another successful operation for the oakland police departments human tra...

State. >> what have you seen in terms of their ability to grow to gain recruits. we saw that horrific beheading video where they beheaded more than 20 egyptian christians. obviously on the coast of libya. what have you seen. in in terms of their growth? >> reporter: you can hear the fighting going on. they still control three neighborhoods. i was in the neighborhood which is the neighborhoods that are controlled by the government forces. we could mortars. theres one point where fire went right o...

Culture and take back our country. >> you gene, i think i remember the phrase, block by block. >> right, right. lets change the neighborhoods the other direction. i thought he was pretty direct. a lot of republicans thought that was their death knell, talking like that. and now here they are in 2014 going right back at it. >> is it in the interest of the establishment to sharpen up their pitch forks and go after it again? the answer is no, its not. but there is a faction, as howard said, that is...