suicide vehicle bombs and sniper. today, air attacks from apache helicopters. and one of the villages on outside, the peshmerga have been able to get in there and they are making progress to take what is a strategic city from isis. this is an important prize, if you like, for the peshmerga and iraqi forces making gains elsewhere on the battle field. the most forward position is eight miles from the city. they will need to bring others up from different directions before they are settled enough to start thinking about an end to mosul. >> michael holmes following the development in mosul. the big question is who is winning two weeks left before election day? there is the poll and then there