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Purge of the remaining isis elements inside the city, trying to avoid the ieds, the bobby traps. >> that i will continued to see these waves of attacks coming towards them. >> thank you for us in baghdad. the difficulty is not only taking the city but holding onto it for the long term. well have that conversation throughout the morning. thanks so much the terror group el shabab releasing a new recruitment video, warning americans about discrimination. their poster child donald trump. >> and th...

From the main compound. but do we have any idea how close the iraqi forces are to retaking the city in full? >> reporter: well, we understand, kristi, there are about 70% of the city currently is in iraqi forces hand and 30% is still in isis hands, thats the latest information from the iraqi defense ministry. it means, as you said, it is taking a long time. they began this offensive, this real push on tuesday, although, they have been conducting larger operations to strangle the city, isis, in p...

But it was a few years ago, plaque saturday if victoria. 180-plus people killed. this is where the lessons were learned. this is when miami now are not taking any chances when emergency services are saying its a wash on deck. you need to be ready to leave. they leave. as can you see, 116 homes destroyed. but fought one fatality, george. everybody is safe. >> that is good knew, good to get your own insight as well. thank you so much. swipeing now to the fight against isis the iraqi military says ...

Christmas day, israeli police say they killed a palestinian woman who tried to ram officers in her car. this is in a west bank village near bethlehem, blocks and molotov cocktails, criticism mass celebrations carried on despite that prime backdrop. this morning, we have new video of the fierce battleto retake ramadi from isis fighters and a constant bombing that left that city if ruins at this point. iraqi officials, they say that progress is slow, isis left behind an awful lot of bobby traps an...

California. the rapidly growing wildfire has forced evacuations and road closures. well talk to officials on the ground to see what condition there is are like. well see if they can get the word out to residents. >> a fierce battle under way in iraq, to retake the city. bobby traps are set by isis, though. they are slowing the iraqi forces down. can they finally drive isis out of that key city? >> well, wishing you a good morning on a saturday at 7:00, always grateful for your company and yours....

Casualties choosing civilians or having them get in the way of the fight. they are avoiding bobby traps. they would have had time to build rat holes and set up snipers to allow them to counterassault. 250 to 300 isis fighters on the ground there. >> we heard them say bobby trapped buildings to collapse once they entered the building quickly. what is the u.s. role, the coalition role in this airstrike? what is the u.s. and allies doing? >> the u.s. and allies are taking a strategic role for the i...

Maybe reverse, maybe the woman, and then come back. to get somebody else to sacrifice potentially their own life. >> i dont think thats ever happened, megyn. >> just to kill a bunch of people because youre ticked off. >> i dont think it ever happened before. it doesnt make any sense. >> so what do you think the law enforcement agencies right now are doing? >> well, they are covering a lot of leads. they are looking at hopefully getting devices out of that home. they are looking at hopefully devi...

And missed by just inches. when they went into the home that is what they found. 3500 knives, swords and other blades. some of those bobby traps went off. it took five hours of negotiating, several rounds of bean bags and a stun gun before this woman was finally taken into to custody. and a brutal beating in a city high school. one student lies on the ground having a seizure. the other now behind bars in baltimore for trying to kill him. here is wjzs megan mccorkal. >> reporter: the horrifying...

Rosemary. that is the big question. really when we look at the battle for ramadi we have to look at past battles where we have seen this kind of force engage isis. we saw that in tikrit. we heard the prime minister say "this battle for ramadi will take days." the battle for tikrit they said the same thing. it ended up taking weeks upon weeks. when isis takes ground they know huh how to dig in. theyve know how to reinforce their hold. we have seen improvised explosive devices. bobbytraps, ieds. a...

Offensive. can you dig down a little bit further to us about the urban warfare that would have to happen there? >> yeah urban warfare, it really negates the use of pair power. because -- air power. this is going to have to be done by infantryman and armored vehicles going street by street. and remember that isis has had six or seven months to fortify that city. so theyve set up sniper positions, theyve premeasured everything. ieds, bobby traps, you have to worry every house you go into is it goi...