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That, the president very critical of the obama administration for previewing an attack on mosul and iraq, something he brought up on several occasions at least, but we have to keep in mind that that was a very campaign style rally, speech, that the president gave yesterday in cleveland, ohio, maybe he was just spit balling foreign policy as hes known to do before. but what is clear here, brianna, the president could make this decision, but if he does, it doesnt seem as if hes informed even his o...

>> reporter: the final push is on to clear isis from what was its key stronghold, the city of mosul. we were with u.s. backed iraqi troops on the front line. their fire is not precise. but overwhelming enough to allow them to advance. >> its very close street fighting. were on this rooftop here. they say that the isis villagers may be 50 meters ahead maximum. >> reporter: casualty rates among some iraqi units are at world war ii levels. >> well be able to just go. >> reporter: u.s. officials tel...

Raqqah and in iraq offer any hope for people in the region like that mothers daughter? lets get some expert analysis now. joining us from abu dhabi is fawaz gerges at the london school of economics. good to have you with us. lets talk about, first of all, lets talk about mosul. we know that mosul in iraq is maybe a city block or two from being rid of isis grip. lets talk about the significance of finally being almost there. >> well, i mean, as you have just said, mosul is the second largest iraq...

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The enemy has got to be taken out by military means where they are powerful enough to launch these attacks on others and we cant sit idly by. >> as we mentioned before, the operation by arab and kurdish forces to retake speech when i began this morning. they quoted steve townsend, the commander in charge of that operation. he warned that it may be a long operation. it will not be quick. you saw how long its taken and mosul to take out that point. they are closing in on mosul and now today, they ...

U.n., in front of the international court of justice, basically tell the world what the syrians have been up to. and in essence, serve as advocate for the victim officials the syrian civil war. those are the things that could happen. in materials of other military option, of course, there are lots of ore things that could happen. the question is, how far do we want to go and how far do we want to get involved? that, of course, is something that i tonight think the administration is prepared to a...

Of it from their perspective. if the fact they bring up the death of civilians in mosul is a another way to deflect what the russians have done in many places in syria. so, they have been implicated in bombings of hospitals and of schools. and the results of their activities have been far worse than anything else the united states has done. the fact theyre saying what theyre saying, is it tells me, that what the russians are going to do is theyre going to paint the united states in as negative a...

But it will be part to get along with them. >> christiane amanpour has something she wants to add. christiane? >> to reinforce what the colonel is saying, its really important not to get swayed by propaganda and all of the other things. for the russians to suddenly focus on mosul and civilian deaths, as the colonel was saying, is completely inappropriate. all you have to do is look at the difference between the way the russians have backed the syrians and what they did many aleppo for all those ...

We have an update from our middle east newsroom. >> iraqi forces continue their push to liberate the isis held city of mosul. capturing the strategic village near the airport. isis fighters are striking and engaging our forces. thousands of iraqi troops backed by coalition air strikes and american special forces on the ground are now within eyesight of the heavily populated western part of the city. the only area still under control by isis. the assault on muzzle began four months ago and has pr...

Alienating china, running the risk of further restrictions and by essentially looking like an actor that is unreasonable. >> as the world is put on high alert, snyder says the one thing president trump should not do is issue empty threats or bluffs at north korea. he cautions words will have to be backed up with actions. >> bret: thank you. israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to 18 months for a fatal shooting of a palestinian attacker as he lay on the ground. palestinians are calling ...