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Wind. but it is bursts. its fits and starts. and so there was a lull for around 45 minutes to an hour. and then it comes back up again quickly. so theres really no predicting. and then its really coming from all different directions. as we said at the top of the show, you know, the closest explosions we have heard yet, just around three miles away, near a military base, we should point out. the russians appear for now to be targeting military installations, military forces. there is real concern...

Shooting up into the sky. we did see those trace-arounds. so don, this fighting very much raging, as the question looms of how close these russian troops are and how long the ukrainian government can hold on to their capital. >> alex, this is fairly close to you, 35 kilometers south of kyiv, were told by the mayor, and correct me if im pronouncing it wrong, a town called vasokiv, fighting in the middle of town, fairly close to where you are, completely occupied with fighting, the mayor said. she...

Theres heavy many wounded, unfortunately they are in the 200s, occupied with fighting. alex marquardt, if you can hear me, just jump in, were able to take you whenever youre ready to talk to us. alex, are you there? >> don, i can hear you. >> what do you got for us, whats happening? >> reporter: well, as you very accurately described, just in the past few moments, not one but several burst of gunfire. the reason you were able to hear it down the line, that we were able to hear it, having just st...

Actually thought it was an earthquake and the building was collapsing. that was the point when i told my kids to lie down. of course im scanning the area wondering where were going to go. >> scenes captured on security cameras in the mall show how quickly the attacks began. you can see machine gun bullets flashing down the main con curse as shoppers scramble and dive to the floor. >> and then i saw trace arounds starting to hit the shops straight ahead. >> catherines first thought, protect her k...

Actually thought it was an earthquake and the building was collapsing. that was the point when i told my kids to lie down. of course im scanning the area wondering where were going to go. >> scenes captured on security cameras in the mall show how quickly the attacks began. you can see machine gun bullets flashing down the main concourse as shoppers scramble and dive to the floor. >> and then i saw trace arounds starting to hit the shops straight ahead. >> catherines first thought, protect her k...

Is closer to figuring out the motive. what would cause this man to go into this rage and fire off shots killing all these people. investigators. >> the shooter tried to buy a specific ammunition called trace arounds. explain why that matters? >> these are bullets that light up the sky. kind of like fireworks. you fire them and they light up. it gives the shooter an idea of where the bullets are landing. most of the time the bullets are used in the military in the war zone so other shooters and p...

Day four. and perhaps the biggest push yet. from the north into the plains around mosul. trying to dislodge the determined and deranged remnants of isis. peshmerga with staggering air power. the common sight of american special forces. the pentagon says theyre advising position in the front of the attack. the work is slow. begging the question, what becomes of the wreckage under new masters. suddenly, in the sky, a hail of bullets. spotted a drone. trace arounds dance around it and finally take ...

Advising not assaulting, a position in the front of the attack. the work was slow. destructive. begging the question, what becomes of the wreckage under new masters. suddenly, in the sky, a hail of bullets. theyve spotted a drone. trace arounds dance around it and finally take off its nose. isis used them to spot targets for artillery, even drop small bombs. this one tumbles down. its wreckage picked over, its still unclear whose it is. yet progress down the road is agonizingly slow. this is a s...

The front lines very violent. isis not yielding any territory unless they absolutely have to. day four, and perhaps the biggest push yet. from the north into the plains around mosul. trying to dislodge the determined and deranged remnants of isis. peck merg ga backed with staggering air power. the common sight of american special forces. the pentagon says theyre advising not assaulting position in the front of the attack. the work is slow. destructive. begging the question, what becomes of the w...

Point. >> there were trace arounds. flight of light through the air. >> people were confused, dont know where to go. i saw a white lady with three children. so theyre running in different directions. thats when i picked one. >> i started to run and then a kennian woman came and grabbed one of the girls from me and we dove behind this computer display table that was there. she had portia, my 4-year-old laying on top of her to protect her. >> now her and a friend squeezed in under the tray table. ...