accomplished. and the symbolic fact of over 24 hours long this offensive is kicked isis out of an important city for them. >> nick paton walsh, thanks so much for your great reporting. please stay safe. congressman schiff, ranking member of the house intelligence committee, president obama said in an interview with abc news that isis has been, quote, contained in iraq and syria. contained and is not gaining strength. how can the president say that considering the fact that we see isis expanding in egypt and now maybe even in lebanon? >> well, i think the president was probably referring to the stalemated battlefield within iraq and syria. isis isn't really for the most part broadening its reach there. it's not capturing any major cities. you do see this dynamic where the peshmerga will capture sinjar back and yet isis in syria may capture a few small towns. frankly they were given a boost by the russians going in and bombing some of the other forces that gave them leeway. but nonetheless not much