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Do you believe it is a turning point in the war? >> it potentially could be, but it is more of a psychological turning point than anything else, dana. what we are looking at here is a change in momentum, and if everything goes as planned and the iraqi military does control, and get control of ramadi, then we have a momentum, the potential to build on momentum to go after mosul, and that is of course, the stated goal of the iraqi government, and they are trying very hard to do that, and the quest...

Encouraged by this. but what they have to do now, of course, is set up once they occupy that city, find a way to govern it without bringing in back the shia militias. >> because, as you know, when the iraqi forces ran away from ramadi back in may, simply ab abannon doing their positions in the face of a few hundred isis terrorists the defense secretary carter questioned whether the iraqis even had the will to fight, his words. does this show the u.s. should have more confidence in the iraqi mili...

Cold blooded plot to inflict terror on the larges number of people in their community. >> 14 people dead as a result. bob baer, let take a look at whats going on in iraq. as you know, iraqi military forces, moving stetd e ining st ramadi in hopes of taking back that city. it fell earlier this year. it prompting questions about the iraqi militarys ability to deal with isis. they certainly cant deal with isis in mosul has anything changed? >> it has. they made progress last couple of days. theyve ...

Gunfire and battles now reaching across the city of ramadi. iraqi forces on the move to take back the city center from isis seven months after they ran away from the fight. back in may when iraqi forces fled, top u.s. officials thought it was a bump in the road. >> it is possible to have the kind of attack weve seen in ramadi, but i am absolutely confident in the days ahead that will be reversed. >> reporter: but its taken months of american-backed training and advice and careful choking off of ...

U.s. air strikes iraqi troops pushing for the center of ramadi. the battle is brutal. the terror group is using civilians as human shields. donald trump is on the offensive with more vulgar insults on the campaign trail, mocks hillary clinton for a mid debate rest room debate and uses an obscene term from another los angeles used to describe her loss to barack obama in 2008. there are signs voters are turned off by all of this. half would be, quote, embarrassed if trump became president. ill spe...

Months of trying to get iraqi forces ready to retake ramadi? now finally the iraqis seem to be making some progress. >> barbara, thank you very much. meantime, isis has been taking a pounding from the air and self-declared capital of raqqah but the terrorists are hiding among civilians, using residents as human shields and precision strikes arent precise enough to avoid innocent casualties. cnns brian todd looking into all of this for us. a real dilemma there. some targets they know terrorists a...

Are starting to turn a corner here and its good. >> is ramadi all that significant. >> highly significant, its one 0 the most significant city in anbar province. and you know, it sort of isis central in iraq in addition to mosul. if you can get ramadi back, youre halfway to taking mosul back. i think its highly significant. >> you think the iraqis can realistically, a, take ramadi, jane, and then eventually retake mosul? its been a couple of years. the second largest city in iraq, a city of 2 mi...

Could, should, and must, act decisively and immediately. but if youre going to engage u.s. troops in an ongoing war, i think you need to come get that authorization from u.s. congress. presidents on both sides of the aisle have skirted past this and i think its wrong. i think it should change. >> a lot of people agree with you. whats going on in iraq right now. this assault to try to recapture the city of ramadi by the iraqi military. the u.s. is involved to a certain degree, from the air but th...

Im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news. >> lets get to the breaking news tonight. new u.s. military moves on the ground right now against isis. cnn has learned a team of u.s. special operations forces is now back in northern syria. stand by for details. also this hour, iraqi forces are on the move against isis fighting to free the strategically important city of ramadi withheld from the united states. as this major battle intensifies, officials now say the ...