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Warm day, maybe thunderstorms ahead of that too. so just keep that in mind if you have your plans. great lakes wednesday, northeast thursday afternoon. heres how much rain could fall. .5 to 1 inches. nothing that could cause flooding concerns and it would be welcome rain for many areas still in relative drought conditions. so the forecast today looking really warm again. these temperatures in the 80s throughout much of the country. its incredible. november 1st. >> go figure. >> gorgeous day, tha...

And putting explosives on the four main bridges and you can guess what they are going to do when iraqi forces enter the city. they are moving to the western side. there you will find the old city, a rabbit warren of narrow alleyways and roads wholly unfit to the types of military vehicles that the iraqis and peshmerga fighters have been using in the plains, the towns and villages on their way to mosul. certainly an upper hand for those who are incumbent in an urban warfare situation. want to tel...

>> reporter: hi, carol. yes, it was only a few days ago we were talking to a sunni tribal leader just west of mosul and he was saying how isis fighters families, even leaders were leaving mosul and heading into syria across isis-held territory. whats happened in the last few days, according to sources inside of mosul, is there has been traffic back the other way. in this case, suicide squads. we are talking about hundreds of hardcore fighters who have been crossing from syria into mosul wearing ...

Transitions to its new state and i think we are just going to let it go for a couple years and it will get better on its own. its a system which largely works. >> what if donald trump becomes president, has a republican congress and repeeals it, what happens then? >> first of all, he wont repeal it. the whole argument republicans made against this law is people didnt get to keep insurance they liked. you now have 20 million americans or more who have insurance they like. you arent taking that aw...

Attack on mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. we gave them ten months of notice. u.s. is looking so dumb. hillary clinton fighting back and saying those comments are dangerous and need to be repu repudia repudiated. lets talk about that. with me, josh rogan, cnn plilt call only political analyst and "washington post" columnist, welcome, josh. >> thank you. >> you heard what arwa damon said, she said its too early in the battle toll declare anything about how the fight is going in mosul....

Developing overnight. a terror attack on a police training academy in pakistan killed 60 people. five or six terrorists entered the hostel. two others died when they detonated bombs they were carrying. some 200 trainees were rescued. developments in the battle for mosul. coalition forces closing in on mosul. iraqi and peshmerga troops a few miles from the city. fighting has been fierce along the way. the coalition freed dozens of villages from isis occupation. as they advance, isis fighters ap...

But essential to keep after mosul. this is the place the u.s. very much wants to boot isis out of and really destroy that perception even that there is an isis caliphate. >> barbara, one more before i turn back to michael. daonald trump tweeted about thi battle going on. he said the attack on mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. we gave them months of notice. the u.s. is looking so dumb. vote trump and win, again.comme this? >> no, dont expect them to. ash carter is adamant that no one w...

Move in. that goes to the whole point of trying to encircle where they have not encircled and were hearing that isis family members and isis fighters and even isis leaders have been leaving mosul and heading for syria. were hearing that from a senior sunni tribal leader. theyre getting out license control territory towards syria. >> so, barbara, what is the assessment from the pentagon on ohow this is going? >> well, right now they feel these iraqi and peshmerga forces are pretty much on schedul...

Are trying to free the city from isis control. this weekend defense secretary ash carter flew to iraq to assess the battle. >> nothing that i take more seriously than putting americans in arms way. make no mistake whether theyre flying airplanes overhead or advising units on the ground, even behind the front lines, they are at risk. its also important that everybody understands that we must do this. >> lets bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr and cnn international anchor and corres...

>> so, for your side its going to come down to the message versus the messenger and for the democrats -- >> if you want the status quo, youre for clinton. >> well see. appreciate you both making the case. compelling as always. alisyn? iraqi led forces closing in on mosul and trying to push out isis. what is the status of the battle? well take you live to the front lines, next. n, less than 30 min. because if they arent going to eat it, at least you didnt spend too much time making it. campbell...