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When an isis fighter is spotted, the artillery rains down. throughout the day. they want this fight to be over. news reports cited iraqi officials elsewhere are saying the mosque could be retaken. a bizarre scene, given how lethally, painstakingly they were advancing. huge political stakes here for iraq, yet this fight is spearheaded by a few dozen men, two bulldozers. a drone. thargs has been shot down. fighters are quiet during the day. but it appears a drone put up in the sky working out the ...

That it is in an offensive position and has power. so yes, when supporters see this at this time gives them sense in isis tank. >> over the months we have seen a lot of isis territory shrink. you said this is -- they are evolving an this is how they want people to think mentally. its a mind game for them to do this. do you think its a sign of their weakness or strength? >> it is a sign they have transformed. there was a period when isis was telling its supporters at all costs come to our territo...

Like we are still not getting anything done. >> barack obama came in a big way, he had both chambers of congress and he didnt get a lot of things done because he was fighting with his party. frankly what the democrats need to do is find their own vision. they need to find an offensive position and run a play. they need to show the american people that even in the opposition they are worthy of coming back to be the majority party. if they only find a way to be obstructionists they wont come back ...

Criticize comey. he continues to be under fire from both sides. >> hallie jackson in front of trump tower, thank you for that. >> now to casey hunt in miami following the clinton campaign with a good morning to you. this attack on the fbi director comey, what is the calculation? >> well, alex, it is very clear that the clinton team wanted to meet this in an offensive position. and not a defensive one. we have seen hillary clinton struggle sometimes to talk about this e-mail issue she has come ac...

Complete chaos in afghanistan, pulling people out, 9800 troops not nearly enough. i say this as a sibling of someone in afghanistan for a very long time. >> when you have a limited number of troops on the ground, worrying about protecting themselves, you are not in an offensive position, what we are doing is it is good, at least the changes his mind and leaving some troops, in the spring of 2002 after we did an extremely successful tactical mission against the taliban and al qaeda in tour of bor...

Solution. as chuck was pointing out, the russians seem to be really digging their heels in on that point. there is a long-standing relationship between the russians and the syrians and the assad regime. that seems to be something the united states is not going to be able to break. particularly because the russians have troops on the ground now. the question the president of the united states, barack obama, is going to ask mr. putin, i would think is, okay, what are your intentions? what are you ...

>> thousands of people are cutting up their macys credit card right now. i think theyre paying a very big price. >> so i apoll gees e jazz because theres a delay. that was in the interview. go ahead and respond to that. >> so -- and to his point, everybody is very quick when somebody is not -- doesnt have the popular opinion to basically cut ties with them. so, really, my question is do we have freedom of speech in this country or not. because all of these countries are basically cutting ties wi...

To happen? >> i think most people who watch the races closely have said the september is in peril and the democrats are in peril of losing control of the senate. democrats are defending a lot more seats than the republicans are. and most republican seats are in safe states. you have a handful of democratic seats that are in red states. and that right away would make it difficult. then add in obama care, for example, and it is difficult to defend something that people are unhappy about. >> the po...

Had a sense of independence, they resisted him. they blocked his ability to act in that way. and therefore, he had to back away from that. and that, i think, helped to maintain or reinforce the independence of the agency. >> martin robbins, what would be the two or three changes you would make now to get the port authority back on track? >> well, the first change i would make is to eliminate the position of deputy executive director. >> thats the one that bill baroni had? >> yes. i think that is...

In that way. and therefore, he had to back away from that. and that, i think, helped to maintain or reinforce the independence of the agency. >> martin robbins, what would be the two or three changes you would make now to get the port authority back on track? >> well, the first change i would make is to eliminate the position of deputy executive director. >> thats the one that bill baroni had? >> yes. i think that is a fatal flaw, the way that it has been established. a deputy executive director...