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Perhaps as many as 250,000 residents of the western part of the city fleeing. at this point the number is more than 425,000. and its growing every day. the number of those that fled the city. >> a dire situation indeed. we appreciate your very brave reporting on the situation in mosul. thank you very much. now do stay with us here on cnn newsroom. after the break, president trump says the search for a new fbi director smoo director is moving quickly. he could make a final decision within days. >...

Point of view of course and theres a certain amount of economic thats been going through these. 50,000 permits for north korean workers to work inside russia. they often work on logging camps and construction sites and return to the north korean government and in the past the soviet union was the main backer of north korea before its collapse in the early 1990s at which point china took over the leading role. there is a historical connection between the two countries and of course russia has a s...

Dictatorship. thats what they think venezuela is turning into. they have a clear set of demands. starting with elections. they want a timetable for regional elections which have been repeatedly delayed. chris, what is notable is the sustained wave of demonstrations. it started at the beginning of the month. this comes after years of economic hardship. it feels like the last straw was finally broken. they have been out on the streets. it looks like they will keep it up. as you mentioned, we are s...

One of the biggest challenges with that is the acquisition that isis has been using human shields as part of its defense. there was a talk about airstrikes that led to civilian deaths. whats interesting is that the pentagon tame out during the time of those airstrikes or shortly there after and said theres video evidence of isis taking civilians from their homes and forcefully taking them to other locations where theres an isis sniper on the rooftop knowing that the isis sniper would die but als...

The russian criticism of the coalition airstrikes in mosul comes amid growing concern and abroad about civilian casualties. meantime closing in on the city of raqqah. good morning to you mahammad. much of the focus has been on the civilian casualties, what about the progress of the coalition in mosul? >> reporter: good morning the progress is on going but of course a very slow battle. iraqi special courses backed with the united states with intelligence and logistics are taking back the old city...

Part of russia, he promise today work with russia on the issue of international terrorism to cooperate on the war in syria, but none of that has come pass, instead theres this political situation underway in the united states which they describe as poisonous and toxic, collusion being just one aspect of that. out of that the latest criticism coming from the russian defense ministry about action in iraq and mosul. a few months ago the united states was accusing russia, now russia is doing the sam...

Been forced to leave mosul. >> cnn obtained a new video shot by a freelance cameraman where you can see the overwhelming violence people face. cnns ben wedeman reports. >> reporter: gunfire roaring nearby. mosul residents flee their neighborhood of tehran. >> reporter: then an isis suicide car bomb explodes nearby. pieces of metal and concrete raining down. the blast sets an iraqi federal police humvee on fire killing several policemen, wounding others. this footage provided to cnn by freelance ...

And natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try. . a dramatic new look inside mosul as the battle intensifies for this one-time isis stronghold. car bombs exploding, fire fights taking place as families in the middle of the crossfire are forced to leave. more than 70,000 people have

If the ground shifts and isis takes over and comes after and threatens their families as weve seen isis do time and time again, for instance, rounding up large numbers of police and their family inside mosul as a reaction to the way their partnership with u.s. and iraqi forces, if that comes into play, they want to be able to turn to the united states to look for help and salvation. so somebody making that consideration potentially now is going to think twice. it would be expectant that isis wil...

Look at the bigger picture to a certain degree, its irrelevant because the fight against isis is not about gaining territory. its about fighting an ideology. its about fighting those fundamental thoughts and beliefs that allow an entity like isis to emerge and thrive. briefly, just look at the history of isis only in iraq. it started off back in 2004, it quickly became al qaeda in iraq. it morphed every single time the u.s. military or iraqi government declared it defeated and became this entity...