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Going to continue to proliferate and get bigger and stronger. people have always asked, well, what happens to al qaeda when you were out there? we were constantly hunting them down. that suppressed them and put them into hiding. when theyre in the open, they inspire home-grown terrorism in fran and other countries. the fight has to continue day in and day out be relentless because the enemy is relentless. the iraqi army showed they are willing to take that fight to the enemy each and every day a...

Across portions of the u.k., working toward another, seeing massive floods taking place across the region, as well. globally speaking, this is something that typically has somewhere on the order of 30 to $45 billion of damage, at least occurred the last go round in 1997 into 1998 for the major el nino year. this is something were watching carefully in the coming couple of month. >> yeah. the bigger picture certainly is that theres crazy weather still to come. >> thanks. back to the main story....

The citys fall to isis in may, an embarrassing defeat that had defense secretary carter questioning their resolve. >> they failed to fight. they withdrew from the site. >> reporter: week ago, carter urged iraqs prime minister to move north toward mosul. iraqs second-largest city where isis leader abu bakr al baghdadh proclaimed the caliphate more than a year ago. >> we do want to help you build on your success in ramadi, to move toward mosul. >> reporter: after a recent string of defeats, north ...

The insurgency. we have cautious optimism with the taking of ramadi, of government center. theres still a lot of work to be done to fully secure ramadi. back in the day in 2006, 2007, around the surge time, it was clear hold build. theyre at the clear section. they need to clear the city. root out insurgents, prepare to move on and press toward mosul. >> there is positive news here. lets start with that because this was the local iraqi military, many sunni forces with the help of u.s. advisers a...

After that, iraqs government has said their next target will be the northern city of mosul with an estimated prewar population of two million, mosul is by far the largest population center controlled by isis in either iraq or syria. and a crucial source of tax revenue. if its retaken, it will take down much of the infrastructure underpinning isis plan to state here. cnn, baghdad. we spoke with former navy s.e.a.l. kevin lace about whats next in iraq. he said while ramadi is no longer under isi...

Long as we leave troops there, we can hold it. but that does not solve the underlying problem of eliminating the dynamic that are producing these kinds of violent extremist groups. >> president barack obama finishing that report. we have another set of numbers from our recent poll taken shortly before the iraqi success in ramadi. shows most americans are not at all pleased with the u.s. fight against terrorism. 74% said they are either not very satisfied or not at all satisfied. u.s. republica...

Group -- all the government in al anbar. >> reporter: in may, isis fighters seized ramadi capital of the mainly sunni anbar province after government troops fled in defeat. the u.s.-trained iraqi forces returned, launching an assaults on the city last week and making their final push to seize the centrally located government. it showed iraqi troops advancing to ramadi. [ explosion ] even amid the celebrations, iraqi official say government troops still need to clear some remaining pockets of ins...

A spokesman for the coalition says first the iraqis have a lot of work to do to retake and secure all of anbar province including fallujah. the coalition also needs to finish training the remainder of the iraqi army and resupply forces after these last few months of fighting. mosul is considered the big prize in freeing iraq from isis, and the coalition says it is determined to help the iraqis make that happen. cnn, washington. we have the founder of the counter terror school that specializes ...

>> reporter: now the president may be able to point to progress after iraqi security forces combined with the support of coalition air strikes apparently defeated in -- succeeded in driving isis out of ramadi. even republicans in congress are optimistic. >> it seems like a victory. we should proceed with caution. if we hold ramadi, this is a good thing for our strategy in that region and against isis. >> reporter: it could be a vindication of the presidents cautious approach of relying on iraqi ...

Isis sfierts from the city of ramadi. iraqs military declared the city liberated on monday after a number of days of intense fighting. the governments leaders are vowing to retake other cities from isis. mexican authorities have detained the so-called affluenza teen, ethan couch, and his mother near portia vart a. they disappeared this month after couch missed an appointment with his probation officer. he was sentenced to probation for a 2013 drunk driving crash that killed four people. the ...