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>> its the most frightening thing in the world. >> a young wife. >> she always saw the good and people. >> she had a way to make you smile. >> missing for nine days. >> it is so happening. she is somewhere she shouldnt be. its hard enough when they didnt know. much worse when they did. >> i came over the tv that the body had been found. as long as i live i wont forget that. >> it did. >> had her troubled past caught up to her? >> its going to freak out. >> or, was it something darker? ...

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Business with. them will have to pick that up next time we chat james spencer cleverly, thank you for joining us. >> great look at the front page. now, most of it leads on the public response to the homes to the ukraine scheme. it says that thousands of british families have already signed up to host refugees. it leads with the same story saying that 43,000 people have offered to take those fleeing the conflict. that is also on the front of the daily mail carrying the new scheme is their headlin...

Its time for the lid. somehow we lost nick along the way. maybe show up midpanel. "60 minutes" and "washington post" have bombshell reporting about congress, dea and pharmaceutical companies and stores saying that dea was handicapped by congress to go after distributors of opioids and thats been fuelling this crisis because stores able to get more and more, fill more and more prescriptions, doctors became drug dealers the piece said appalling piece if it turns out to be true. whistleblower talke...

With iraqi special forces, hi nick. >> reporter: carol, were seeing the noose tighten slowly around the city. it wont be that well-sealed to some degree, but well see a lot of iraqi special forces now nipping at the edges of the city limit. one area seems to be part of their focus here. this is mosul city proper and residents inside are reporting hearing gunfire, flashes, and even air strikes too as civilians move out from what may be coming down the road. we saw ourselves the kind of intensity ...

Casualties as we saw ourselves in the past few days. >> nick, you embedded with iraqi forces. did they seem disciplined army to you? what was that like? >> reporter: yes, to some degree. i think the lack of equipment and training this sometimes impeded their ability to act in a way for example a nato behave. they face deep challenges in terms of their positioning in terms of how they navigate around the area. courageous frankly and speed in which they move against isis and held off an isis attac...

Secretary state kerry will travel to europe and the middle east that week to discuss the violence in israel. hes set to meet with netanyahu in germany and then talks with the palestinian president abbas. ban ki-moon just met with both leaders and urged them to reach a peaceful solution. all after eight israelis and 40 palestinians killed in recent weeks. also the surprise meeting in moscow. bashar al assad and vladimir putin shaking hands overnight. the two sat down to discuss military action ...

♪yeah, you do the walk of life♪ need to lower your blood sugar? ask your doctor about farxiga. and visit our website to learn how you may be able to get every month free. an unnerving few moments in the sky over jfk airport. at least two commercial airliners on friday just a few hours apart, coming in close contact with a drone. both planes were approaching landing when they reported seeing the drones just about a hundred feet away. cnns nick valencia has the details. hi nick. >> poppy, tw...

Identified close with the post- post- 9/11 world. nobody could say we got it right in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and surely review and revision of these programs would be warranted. senator paul at times sounds like he wants to go back to the tools before 9/11 and i would just disagree that a majority of the country is there. >> stephen yates, thank you for your insight. i appreciate it. >> thank you. lets get back to that deadly suicide attack at an iraqi police base northwest of baghdad...

Enforcement and they are reaching out for that assistance carol. >> all right. evan perez reporting live from washington this morning. thank you. meantime battle for iraqs anbar province rages on. trying to reclaim the key city of ramadi from isis. nearby in another prof in troops locked in a fierce fight for iraqs largest oil refinery. there are major fears terrorist could scorch and burn the site as they clear out potentially triggering a massive environmental catastrophe. nick peyton walsh ju...