hear lengthy and intense rumbling as explosions hit that town. it has a large population. many civilians could be in the cross hairs of the strikes. the first civilian casualties came in last night when a fuel truck was targeted. we do know the russians did that day say they were aiming for oil infrastructures. so many air forces in the skies, so much vengeance on the part of the russians and the french and there are reports from activists that isis leadership is trying to leave the city heading east to mosul. they will have a job to get there. the peshmerga have cut off the main route in iraq near the town of sinjar. there is a sense of pressure against isis on the ground. no doubt about that. there is a definite expectation