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>> reporter: tonight, the final push. artillery and gunfire light up the sky, pounding the small village of baghouz, all thats left of the so-called caliphate. some 1,500 isis jihadis are holed up and surrounded. this is as close as anyone gets to the front line in baghouz. we cant have too much light, to avoid being targeted ourselves. but you can see artillery fire coming from all sides on that tiny town. this is hoped finally the end of the so-called islamic state in syria. tonight, we unders...

Towns less than a month ago. their abandoned pickup trucks and broken tents, signs of their hasty retreat. only when commanders can be sure that every single isis fighter has been cleared from that place can they announce the complete and utter victory over the so-called islamic state in syria. the battle for territory may be coming to a close, but the war against their ideology is far from over. >> reporter: and james longman reporting in not far from the front lines in syria. and james, as we ...

Somebody who is not a citizen of the united states and knows full well that the reach of subpoena power and the courts jurisdiction isnt going to extend beyond the friendly skies around the united states of america. so in anticipating they will not be cooperative, they may want to access the information nonetheless, which is why you have these kind of surprise attacks. george papadopoulos had this happen to him. you have ted malloch, who is going to testify in the grand jury in upcoming weeks ab...

Not be cooperating, they may have these surprise attacks. george naddar had this happen to him. all of this is about trying to get information from people who otherwise probably will not be cooperative and also about the fleeting nature of the information that they want to have. and remember, it didnt happen in just airports. paul manafort, they aknockknock his front door. that could be fleeting electronic. >> if that is in fact what they were doing, and i assume they would not be doing this on ...

Reflecting on the people killed. rex tillerson is speaking at an event in poland honoring the lives that were lost in vowing to confront hatred and all of its forms. >> we acknowledge the survivors, the loved ones in the friends of those who walks and grieved it today. we walk along their side. on this occasion reminds us that we can never be indifferent to the face of evil. >> 6 million european jews were killed in the holocaust. this tuesday marks 50 years since the tech offensive. a series of...

Reflecting on the people killed. rex tillerson is speaking at an event in poland honoring the lives that were lost in vowing to confront hatred and all of its forms. >> we acknowledge the survivors, the loved ones in the friends of those who walks and grieved it today. we walk along their side. on this occasion reminds us that we can never be indifferent to the face of evil. >> 6 million european jews were killed in the holocaust. this tuesday marks 50 years since the tech offensive. a series of...

I won this 55 inch tv for less than $30 on dealdash.com. visit dealdash.com for great deals. and start bidding today! the battle to retake western mosul is under way right now in its final and most difficult offensive. iraqi forces have been pounding isis strongholds. militants have been retaliating, activating sleeper cells. 70,000 civilians are trapped in the middle including children with no easy escape. our ben wedeman is in iraq. tell us about how they were retaliating with these sleeper ...

This goes all the way up into a hole that opens up on to the street we were just walking down. isis fighters were able to use this to move up and launch surprise attacks. the residence fled before isis arri arrived. a civilian population held hostage for more than two years take refuge in newly built camps. still, there are smiles. its over for now. they survived. this 9-year-old hid with her family under the stairs as street battles raged around them. she says she was scared and there were a lo...

The problem is a battle field victory could prove to be irrelevant. when donald trump rails against the obama administration for having signalled the intent to retake mosul, he is, as usual, ill informed. perhaps he has a few vivid examples of movies from surprise attacks like the d-day invasion of normandy of 1944 but unusual cases. from the dare it took mosul, isis knew the iraqi army would try to take it back given the desert there are only a few open paths by which to approach the city. this...

After this video came out. talk about that decision. >> well, i think its evidence now that donald trump isnt going to win and it would be in the best spres of the country, the party himself and his family, to step aside. perhaps that will turn around tonight. i dont think so. the display tonight, i dont want to fool myself. there are millions of americans applauding, but i suspect there are tens of millions who are more dismayed. i also anticipate donald trump will unleash a pliserring attack o...