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Conversation going, as we always do. i appreciate you coming on. >> always enjoy talking to you, and thanks for having me on. >> thank you, sir. republican congressman from north carolina. is that fight really over? were going to have a live report from inside mosul next.

Affirming in his relationships. >> john: you can expect syria will also be on the table when he meets with vladimir putin. >> absolutely. thats one of the biggest issues that the two will have to address. you know, theyre coming from different stances here. vladimir putin is an ally of bash thabashar al-assad. theyre coming from opposite sides of the table there. well see if progress is made on those issues. >> john: photos taken of trump meeting putin, body language experts will have a field da...

Should say, rather than smaller than the size of a baseball diamond. activists say lots of innocent people still trapped inside mosul, and isis terrorists have been using civilians as human shields. greg? >> reporter: john. weve been covering this story on the ground and otherwise for the past three years. it appears it is coming to a head, but still a very dangerous place. officials on the ground now say that its down to about 600 square yards in the old city of mosul. that is the isis fighters...

Power, water gone. even when the horrendous terrorists get driven out of this place, its going to take a long while to put mosul back together again. john? >> john: thanks, greg. ahead the text messages that can steal your personal information. well tell what you to watch out for. plus, dozens of major wildfires obliterating the landscape out west. well show you how firefighters are trying to get a handle on the flames next. liberty mutual stood with us when a fire destroyed everything in our ...

>> john: a u.s. army soldier died and two others were hurt in a taliban attack in afghanistan. thats what a spokesman for u.s. forces in the country tells fox news. he says private first class hanson kirkpatrick was in a building when a mortar crashed through the roof and exploded killing him. other u.s. army soldiers returned fire, killing two taliban militants. kirkpatricks command officer calling him a caring, disciplined, intelligent young soldier. the pentagon reports the other two injured ...

>> what are the chances that something gets done in terms of making this bill better, of making obama care whatever you want to call it in any new iteration better? >> i think its better than 50%. >> really? >> basically what im seeing in the senate, is basically the bill that is currently pending has stalled, because there are too many people in the senate on the republican side who are not willing to go forward at this point with that bill, stripping 22 million people of their health care. bec...

God willing says iraqi chief of staff, we will triumph before ramadan and declare the liberation of mosul and its people from the filthy scum of isis. those filthy scum as he calls them, havent given up yet however as this incoming sniper round inches from our camera shows. >> well he joins me now from northern iraq. the final push for mosul. perhaps the bloodiest part of the battle still to come. not just for the iraqi forces but civilians trapped there still. >> thats right, hannah. well we un...

Isis ran dozens of workshops in residential areas to manufacture these and other weapons. its a complete factory making antitank and antipersonnel rockets this officer tells me. only 10% of mosul remains under isis control but taking the last 10% wont be easy. where the black smoke is rising is the 17th of july neighborhood. its that neighborhood that isis entered first in june of 2014. they renamed the neighborhood to commemorate the early conquest of the islamic empire. commanders hearsay the ...

Appear to be pushing ahead and perhaps they may indeed have this operation over by the beginning of ramadan which roughly coincides with the 27th of may but of course the real concern is its believed there are hundreds of thousands, perhaps as many as 400,000 civilians still inside. one officer told us they are eating grass, some of the people. theyre so short of food. basic municipal services no longer exist in the isis controlled part of mosul. there is no electricity. there is no running wate...

There but the most difficult part of the battle still lies ahead. more from inside mosul. we need to warn you the images in his report maybe disturbing to some of our viewers but we feel its important to show you the realities on the ground. >> reporter: from a roof top a shoulder fires toward isis positions. the struggle to liberate the city from isis is now well into its 7th grueling month of street by street house by house fighting. the end is near but not near enough. iraqi shoulders drape t...