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Coming. >> quickly before i let you go, have you reached out to the trump transition team directly to make these arguments to his team? >> i have not. and i know, its really tough. i dont know if they would want to hear from an undocumented won, a mexican woman. they havent, the entire rhetoric they used in the campaign doesnt necessarily open for us to feel safe going up to them and talking about this. >> erica, thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me....

Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. youre watching "cnn newsroom." it is good to have you with us. >> were going to take you live now to south korea. thousands are gathering in seoul right now for a rally. critics are calling for the president to step down over an abuse of power scandal. president park moon apologized to thing nation saying she says responsibility. getting inside mosul. for the first time in two years, theyre trying to drive isis out of ...

Thousands, carrying it is whatever they can, the clothes on their backs, a few blankets, trying to escape the intensity of the fighting and the iraqis were sending trucks, flat-beds, buses, to try to move them out of the battle zone and towards safer areas. and each family, each individual, each child, has an absolutely horrific story to tell from hiding underneath staircases to try to keep themselves safe. some of them say that mortar rounds fell on their neighborhoods homes. one woman doesnt k...

Have been fired. some were telling us their neighbors were killed along with their children. a lot of them walked here. if they have a vehicle, they were allowed through. these people walked for hours to relative safety. they are packing into the trucks as they are coming down. john, we were speaking with a group of women. some have their faces covered. some do not. one particular group of women still had their faces covered. i asked why. they said they have family in mosul. they have family ins...

The humvee behind me. some of that is old from battles past. some of that from the most recent advance into the city itself. unclear how many isis fighters are there. according to the commander, isis keeps moving fighters in and out of town from the town toward mosul. you see it as a bit hazy, but a lot of fires being burned by isis. oil set ablaze by isis on the outskirts of mosul. this is an attempt to obscure visibility from the skies. they are confident they will be on the outskirts and insi...

At the moment, what the timing will be, very much uncertain. a dust storm came in later in the day which has now hit us here in erbil and that sort of slowed down the process in terms of visibility. once they get inside mosul, well, thats when the real fighting is going to begin. there are so many civilians, 1.2 million civilians inside mosul, and their situation is dire. there were thousands more trapped in from outlying villages and towns over the last week or so. literally trucked in and left...

Undecideds. this e-mail scandal is not going to bring them her way. >> its fascinating to me over the weekend, i just decided to stay in florida because, why not? they send me to florida on friday to do my show, im going to hang out. >> did you vote? >> a lot of people -- >> did you vote? >> im in new york, no early voting. a lot of people have not made up their minds. that was my biggest takeaway from being down in florida. >> wow. come on, people. >> thank you so much. i know, i know. coming...

People, electrocuting them to death and leaving their corpses out as a message to anyone who may think or consider trying to cooperate with iraqi and coalition forces as they advance. the civilian population is growing more dire. upwards of 1.2 million people. their great concern that isis will use them as hostages and human shields. >> gruesome details there but illustrating how difficult this fight for mosul is. of course, arwa damon there in erbil. thank you so much. back here, a lot of peo...

Coming up on 12 minutes before the top of the hour now. lets go to iraq where iraqi forces are moving closer to mosul. >> officials there say that theyve cleared isis fighters south of the city and iraqi forces liberated alsura. now the concentration is to get the people out. >> cnn is talking with witnesses in that area and senior international correspondent arwa damon joins us from erbil. arwa, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, to start off with, isis has released what can only be ...

Do show a fairly sophisticated anti-tank missile system. this is going to be quite concerning to iraqi forces as they move towards the city of mow stul self. not only will isis have the capability to use these type of weapon systems, they have also been using car bombs, truck bombs that theyve rigged with armor to try to prevent iraqi forces from stopping them in their tracks. this is armor that can deflect a rocket propelled grenade, for example. theres also been growing concern for a civilian ...