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Find out how battle hardened they are and they are launching a ground offensive to retake mosul to the north. and this is another important fight continues for the city of ramadi. and they are battling isis and they are trying to it take the tea from all four sides and iraqi security forces and police have managed to repeal those attacks at this point. it is in western iraq and an isis strong hold and there are gains made and headway and with help for the air strikes. as for retaking tikrit. and military commanders say that could happen in the coming days if not sooner and isis militants have ...

Searchers thought -- they thought -- they had spotted the plane's tail section which is where those devices are kept. but the official leading the search operation has now ruled that out. no tail section, at least not yet. recovery crews did manage to retrieve two more bodies today, bringing the total number found to 39. the prevailing belief at this point is that most of the other victims are strapped into their seats still in the plane's sunken fuselage wherever that might be. our david molko is in surabaya in indonesia and, david, we are seeing for the first time the u.s. effort to help fin...

The wreckage of the flight. >> david, another setback is there are no pings being detected from those flight data recorders. that's such a vital piece of the puzzle here. bring us up to speed on that and also the fact that the u.s. has their assets there aiding in the search as well as other nations. >> absolutely john and michaela. a very important part of the search and the investigation as well. tomorrow's going to be tuesday, in just a few hours, actually. it will be day ten of the search-and-rescue effort. ten days since the plane went down. the batteries on the black boxes, the cockpit r...

It appears the ferry was overbooked making it very difficult for search crews looking for missing passengers, arthel arthel. >> that's sad for sure. okay. john, huddy, thanks a lot for the update. well, right now new york republican congressman michael grimm says he will resign his office. this after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion. he faces up to three years in federal prison. rick leventhal has more from our new york newsroom. >> a quick change of heart from the former fbi agent who just last week after pleading guilty in federal court said he was sorry but wouldn't quit, and t...

Coast guard were able to make contact with the cargo ship's captain. communication was lost earlier today, and you talked about that distress call, possible armed men aboard the ship. it turns out the captain said they simply lost communication. they are not in danger. so fortunately this turned out, you know, to be good news, arthel. >> you know, john all of this is happening in that same area where a passenger ferry caught fire, so do you have any updates on that story? >> reporter: yeah. well, now the death toll has grown to 12 people, arthel and that number could grow even higher. that's b...