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Potential debt default on november 3rd. the debt ceiling is going up and the agreement could be voted on as early as wednesday, the same day house republicans are expected to nominate congressman paul ryan to be the speaker of the house. final details on the deal being ironed out of the wasnted to get that straight to you. no last-minute countdown there. tonight, we also have dramatic new video of u.s. commandos in the middle of an isis prison raid. you can hear gun fire as troops lead hostage...

>> we dont have details. some reports suggested about seven or eight. theyre not going to reveal the numbers. thatd be the number youd expect in an advise and assist mission. weve seen in afghanistan how these missions work, they hang out at the back, stay away from the fighting a lot of the time. something happened in this raid, were told, that meant they decided to intervene. do they make the decision on the ground? its down to the rules of engagement. what this video has done, what this open ...

Extraordinarily complex task of taking on isis, one which the white house does not want to send u.s. ground troops in to do, but at the same time recognizes day by day will require people to do the fighting, to release the hostages, and this footage, such a closeup view of how much these american commandos were. >> the u.s. led coalition effort in iraq has turned into a war against isis. in an interview with fareed zakaria, tony blare acknowledged the air striiraq war hoped isis fore. >> of cour...

>> translator: they would put plastic bags over our head and tighten them until we passed out and then torture us we electric shocks. >> reporter: so these 70 hostages and they were 22 of them were members of the iraqi security services, the u.s. says the hostages say the kurdish officials say that they were going to be executed. that their graves had already been dug. a series of executions carried out among these prisoners in the days prior to the rescue. so, they really got out in the nick of...

Commandos. you can see prisoners coming out. they were held, a combination of iraqi security forces, civilians and isis fighters accused of spying. first freed from their cells and in this portion they are coming out to the pop, pop, pop of gunfire, this was under gunfire, dangerous operation, before these pictures were taken that joshua wheeler was killed. he was mortally wounded. the first u.s. combat death in iraq in four years and were told when this happened, he was meant like the other del...

I think even from today, 2015, it is better that hes not there than that he is there. >> make sure to check out tonights new fareed zakaria, long road to hell." 9:00 p.m. eastern. theres new video of u.s. commandos raiding an isis jail in iraq. dozens of hostages reportedly facing imminent mass execution by the terror group. an american soldier died. joshua wheeler is the first u.s. soldier to die in combat in iraq since 2011. nick paton walsh is live in turkey with more for you. hi, nick. >> ...

Its unclear when before or after this footage the americans here learned one of their own was gunned down. but their mission went onto rescue 70. that first combat death since 2011 in iraq forcing public acknowledgment american commandos were now boots on the ground. when the last hours the pentagon have released what they say is cockpit video of an air strike that redestroyed that compound in which we saw the intense fighting laid to waste by that explosion. it brings to end that operation wher...

Acknowledgment, american commandos were now boots on the ground. >> carol, the pentagon subsequently released video from the come pckpit of the air stri they sent in after they left the compou compound. the air strike that destroyed the remaining isis facility, hoping to target whatever militants remained inside and make it unusable going forwards. it is rare that you see this kind of detail, this kind of footage. acknowledged by american officials to be genuine of american special forces in act...

The kurdish commandos seem to want to be getting credit here in the regional government releasing some of the foot ablg. and even today, put some of the freed hostages on local kurdish television so they could thank the main kurdish political leader and described their captivity and it was used as something of a pr boost for the kurdish government. and in these interviews, and there were a series of interviews, its hard to know how free they were or how objective they were, they were asked clear...

The crew that was leading this tour, carol. >> its -- your first inclination to ask is, was it a whale? is there any indication it was? >> none so far but, obviously, thats something investigators will look into. >> boris sanchez reporting. thank you. u.s. commandos on a rescue mission. new video as hostages are rescued from an isis prison.