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I imagine that president erdogan will remain quiet. i believe trump and erdogan talked about it and even though it pains him because he doesnt like the kurds, he will do that. i do think its critically important we deny safe havens in this area but remember what we are talking about in the a block. isis is already figuring out a way to evolve. their recruitment has stepped up and their instructions are dont come to the caliphate, do something -- whatever you can in your area. >> greg: jesse, the...

Capital of the isis state. the only way to destroy isis was to take back raqqa and mosul, iraq. to prove the state with no state at all. then you prove everything isis has said to its groupies is a big, fat lie. exposing their deadbeats makes it hard for them to recruit dead bodies. isis was able to recruit because they perpetrate themselves as teeming hordes raising across the desert, making those in their path bending in their demand. for some reason, we took forever to counter this message. w...

We are doing this with some care. as you may have read, the isis people dress up as civilians, intending to confuse us. they put blankets over big buildings and streets so our bombers cant see. you have to do it in such a way that youre not hurting civilians and inspiring further generations. >> greg: i dont think anybodys thought that. >> kimberly: we told the civilians and gave ample warning in advance that we are coming and you should leave the area. to infect make sure we can minimize civili...

Ever since that first gulf war, weve gotten use to seeing the toppling of statues but we see so little of that now. maybe theres a reason for that? what were doing now is so unbending and relentless. the way it should have been all along. dana, i dont know if my reasoning is correct. i know there is no press so is it the chicken or the egg? no press and so there will be no mercy or there is just no press there and thats why we dont see it? >> dana: there are some very brave journalist but is so ...

We are doing this with some care. as you may have read, the isis people dress up as civilians, intending to confuse us. they put blankets over big buildings and streets so our bombers cant see. you have to do it in such a way that youre not hurting civilians and inspiring further generations. >> greg: i dont think anybodys thought that. >> kimberly: we told the civilians and gave ample warning in advance that we are coming and you should leave the area. to infect make sure we can minimize civili...

Being okay. the democratic forces there, they were able to get through and have easy pass, ingress and egress. that is part of battle success and mission readiness. to have time to be able to do that -- this will be a quick, easy battle but its definitely one worth fighting. not just because we are trying to make them extinct but also to send a message to those that would seek to join isis. we have now been destroyed your two twin capitals of the caliphate by being able to take raqqa and being a...

This man came over a week ago and has yet to recover from the shock. i felt pain, he recalls, my eyes filled with tears. this woman is back just for mass and says this is the first time i returned to this church, and then shes at a loss for words. the archbishop has struggled to help residents through the trauma but worries the specter of isis still hovers nearby. we expected everything. theft, damage, and destruction, he tells me. but arson for us is a message, a threatening message that the id...

>> and whats so important is that they say, you know, when people, the citizens are ill-informed or uninformed, you no longer have democracy. its very, very scary whats going on, and people cant decide what is credible and what is not. >> i know here at cnn, we are all committed and dedicated to pushing forward with news. >> we certainly are. coming up, once the ancestral home of many christians, one iraqi town has basically been abandoned. wait until you see what isis did to their church. tha...

Than 60,000 people called it home. now, months after it was liberated, only a handful of families has returned. without electricity and running water, without help to get life moving again, most residents hesitant to return. businessman tofiq moved back two months ago, a generator running nearby, he shows a list of everything isis looted from his businesses. the central government, he says, hasnt restored power or water. its completely neglecting the christians. some residents have returned, bri...

Fear. today, this once prosperous christian community is a ghost town of empty streets, blown-out buildings, gutted shops. everywhere reminders of isis hatred for everything the town stood for. workers have erected a large cross at one of the main roundabouts to signal the towns liberation, but its just a symbol. before isis took over this town in the summer of 2014, more than 60,000 people called it home. now, months after it was liberated, only a handful of families has returned. without elect...