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[ gunfire ] >> and nick joins us now live near mosul. you okay? first of all. what exactly happened that made you duck down? >> reporter: well, that stage we had just joined the peshmerga on the main road to mosul where that gunfight took place. now, they cleaned out the road, but obviously not the hills and village and houses around it. isis fighters kept popping out it seemed, of tunnels or hiding places. at that instant we appeared to be taking fire from both sides. one bullet rushed over my ...

>> reporter: one came right at me. >> weve got nick live near mock us, and first things first, are you and your crew okay, and whats the status of the battle secondly? >> reporter: well, weve been fine for sometime. that was a moment we were down on the main road towards mosul, isis on both sides opened fire towards the unit we were in and moments later we had seen an isis fighter running away, and another fighter blew himself up right in front of us. quite a staggering scene, showing the tenaci...

This assault. isis, though, not giving up the plains that easily. we saw today they will put up a fight. a lot of coalition paair power used. the peshmerga convoy were will, no u.s. troops involved on the ground. we certainly saw western faces in the mix here advancing a complex situation where the united states, coalition, providing a lot of technological expertise trying to make this move more smoothly, but there are mines, and you saw there, the sheer tenacity of isis fighters that might well...

>> isis still everywhere in the hills. they give chase to one man, an isis fighter. he shoots a peshmerger. they rescue him and hunt on. an isis fighter pops up from a tunnel, shoots. he blows himself up. the tenacity and desire to die that will surely slow the bloody fight ahead. you know, jake, its been quiet tonight so far overlooking the road down toward mosul just as you were hearing that report. we heard the first aircraft in the sky here, most likely this will get bloodier with one or

Humvees rescue him and they hunt on. an isis fighter pops up from a tunnel, shoots. and he blows himself up. a tenacity and desire to die that will surely slow and bloody the fight ahead. erin, what does this mean for the fight ahead? well, there had been some optimism that maybe the broad, deserted plain you saw around mosul wouldnt be fought for so hard by isis. they clearly left people as you saw there willing to die to slow down the advance of coalition and iraqi forces. that may mean the fi...

Determination and tannenacity f her father. >> tenacity shed need five months later before the subcommittees on the hill. >> there is no free lunch in the healthcare plan. it is not going to be free. everybodys going to be paying something, even people who are on medicaid will be paying something if they work and we think that is a big responsibility. >> it was a tour deforce. it just was incredibly substantive, direct. >> republicans saw it quite differently. >> i dont think it swayed the avera...

I think hillary gets a lot of her tenacity and her determination from her father. >> tenacity and determination shed need five months later for her marathon health care testimony before five subcommittees on the hill. >> first of all, there is no free lunch in this health care plan. it is not going to be free. everybodys going to be paying something, even people who are on medicaid now will be paying something if they work, unlike today. we think that is a big step forward for responsibility. >>...

>> joining me now, cnn international anchor isha, thanks for being with us. got to go to morocco and liberia with the first lady. what did you learn? >> my biggest takeaway is that girls in these countries and many countries are dealing with incredible odds. be they cultural barriers or just the day-to-day struggles not having a lot of finances and what that means for their choices and their parents choices in life, yet they are striving. they are so full of tenacity and hope and determination t...

Health care intensified, a personal medical crisis surfaced in arkansas. >> my father had a massive stroke, and i immediately flew to little rock and was by his bedside. >> less than three months after she arrived at the white house, hillarys father, hugh rodham, died. >> it was, you know, just a terrible loss. >> he was very demanding of his kids. i think hillary gets a lot of her tenacity and her determination from her father. >> tenacity and determination shed need five months later for her m...

The likability factor was not his strong suit. people knew about things in his personal life that made him unlikable. he was hard to work with. he was kind of dictatorial. he knew what he wanted and he was not afraid to kind of cut a clear path toward it. but people admired that tenacity and that drive, and wanted to be close to it. it was exciting. >> fantastic. >> and in terms of the -- you know, its funny, the movie makes the point, as it just showed, that people can want to be around these p...