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More likely to do something like that in the spring. >> sarah, police commissioner said the suspect. [ inaudible question ] in the name of isis. governor cuomo said he was associated with isis. how account president make the case we are annihilating isis when a case like this occurs? >> i dont think there is any way you can discredit the progress that has been made on isis with total defeat taking place in taking away their strong holds in both raqqa and m mo mosul. but as that happens you have ...

Towards mosul. >> reporter: north of baghdad and sinjar mountain where the fight against isis began, b bagdadi says isis remains strong promising an epic final battle. today iraqi prime minister tweeted what he called complete confidence iraqis are going to liberate mosul but spokesman says first the iraqis have a lot of work to retake and secure the province but mosul is considered the big prize in freeing iraq, brianna and from isis and the coalition says its determineed to help the iraqis do ...

Its part of an overall campaign. theres a bunch of things im going to be looking for. you know, is the police going to take over in ramadi? is the government activity going to get started again? are they going to get infrastructure back up to rebuild houses? i will tell you three things i personally will be looking for. number one, will the government in baghdad continue to support the iraqi military? number two, will the people continue to support the iraqi security forces? and number three, wi...

Even amid the celebrations iraqi officials say government troops still need to clear some remaining pockets of insurgents in the city. once secured, ramadi will be handed over to local police at a sunni tribal force, a measure aimed at winning support from the local community. after that iraqs government has said their next target will be the northern city of mosul with an estimated population of 2 million mosul is by far the largest population center controlled by isis in either iraq or syria. ...

Were fighting not only an extremists battle but fighting an ideal logical batting that has to be dismantled and disrupted. were seeing successes as weve seen and the next stop is mosul. >> next hour i did ask congressman pete king about his call to increase surveillance of muslims, mosques really to look in muslim communities in this fight against terror. he staunchly defended this idea. he says it would not hurt relationships between muslims and law enforcement. what do you think? >> pete king ...

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