left. they're the battle hard and foreign fighters and will fight until the death and take as many people with them as they possibly can. iraqi forces are now saying possibly only a few more days but time and time again they've had to push back their schedule. in the last couple of days alone isis is launching counter attacks around the city which required troops to divert. they're still strong and also hiding among the civilian population which will be a serious concern for the future. >> bill: if they're defeated there what does it mean for isis? >> it seems a foregone conclusion they will lose mosul. they control a number of villages toward the syrian border and will lose those quickly. the new focus is toward syria and raqqa and kurdish forces are encircling that city there and that does signal and end to isis as a territorial force. however, while the people of mosul and those in rack --