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It means for isis next. a sense of happiness that this chatter of isis has passed. we look at the attacks in paris and london and the united states and the philippines, and link them back to isis. no country has lost more people in the fight, i think its fair to say, than iraq, where isis took over mosul, where iraqi forces fought tooth and nail in the rubble there. isis continued to take civilian lives in the country here. its been a brutal chapter again for iraqs people. bear no mistake at all...

Based. for a few years going back to 2014 in june, when isis took over mosul, the second largest city in iraq, there was a feeling that they were unstoppable, that they were fighting armies that were corrupt and basically incompete incompetent. i was in iraq as they were taking one major iraqi city after another while they were expanding in syria as well. so the removal of that certainly has led many to breathe a sigh of relief. however, the problem is that the fertile soil upon which isis grew ...

Military? >> we have the corporation and others work together. the majority of the fighting was done in the central government. you have other provinces as well. certainly its not one as well as others as well. its not only one. >> in 2014 when isis took over mosul in iraq, the military ran away and left behind the american supply armored personnel carriers. the kurds stayed behind and fought isis. >> its not even that clear. the kurds fighting and the army came back again and they incorporate a...

About health care and, quote, massive tax cuts reform package he says is moving along very well, promising big benefits to all. hes expected to hold rallies in the coming weeks to push his agenda. >> the battle to retake mosul could soon be over. the iraqi military said it launched an operation that captured part of the city still held by isis. the terror group took over mosul in 2014 and the u.s.-backed defensive to reclaim it has now taken eight months. its taken longer than planned because is...

To be pivoting towards his legislative agenda tweeting about health care and massive tax cuts reform package he says is moving along very well, promising big benefits to all. hes expected to hold rallies in the coming weeks to push his agenda. >> the ballots to retake mosul could soon be over. the iraqi military said it launched an operation that captured part of thety still held by isis. the terror group took over mosul in 2014 and the u.s.-backed defense to claim it has taken eight months. its...

Into coalition air strikes that may have played a role in the reported deaths of more than 10 civilian. the general added the fight in mosul is, quote, very, very difficult and will continue to be a challenge. joining us from london, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. difficult situation in mosul, getting worse by the day for the civilians and for the fight there among the americans and isis fighters backed by the iraqis. >> thats right. good morning, ayman. iraqi troops are slowly sur...

Showed some of the members with sledgehammers and jackhammers destroying statues in the mosul museum. in early of 2014, before isis took over mosul, a mosul museum was slated for renovation. they moved several honey temperatu hundred items out of the museum and made cheap replicas. that is what we see in the video of the isis members toppling over. although isis has gone on a rampage throughout northern iraq, an area with 3,100 archaeological sites. some destroyed. this is the one story where it...

Bob, lets start with you here. richard cohen, he lays this argument out pretty clearly. do you think american leadership is dwindling? >> well, certainly it is in the middle east, suzanne. look, obama came into the white house saying, look, the place is broken and theres not much i can do with it. iraq is broken. we can ameliorate. when isis took over mosul in 2014, he reacted at that point, but generally he has kept a hands-off policy on the middle east and it shows. and the fact we were not in...

The door unless you have a bunch of analysts saying that we are managed poorly, and that is what you will find. >> and president obama says he wants a full review. and he does not want any sugar coat canned reports of intelligen intelligence, and so when isis took over mosul, the second largest city in mosul, the iraqi forces ran away. then there was later documents that said they re-deployed. >> so it is unfortunate to have something like that to reach the highest level. so you take raw intelli...