power. the coalition still has a very significant advantage. >> michael, any word on time frame and whether or not this is going as anticipated and how long it will take? >> you speak to iraqi commanders, you speak to peshmerga and u.s. officials, as barbara knows, they all say this is going on schedule and all ahead of schedule. it has been remarkably quick. that's not to say there hasn't been resistance. there has been a lot of it. i have been coming to iraq since the start of the war and when the u.s. was going through places, they would do what they call clear and hold. they would clear the town or the village and then hold it. now, what you are having with a rapid move through these towns and villages is a lot of isis fighters are being left behind. there was a case that we heard of today where iraqi forces moved through a village. villages who are still there came out and celebrated, cheered those soldiers and then once the