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That will take time and security. but we can help provide fighters, help provide money and weapons and be shaking the tin cup at the international community to do the same. >> you have what is happening in iraq and syria where there are reports that isis is just days away from losing control of raqqah. how significant is that coupled with what we are talking about now? >> it's huge. raqqah is the other former capital of the islamic state. with mosul gone and iraq gone, they have a few little cities, some in syria, they have a little bit of terrain in western anbar and iraq, but essentially the...

Killer. >> people that didn't even live at the house. that's what they do. they intervene. >> ed: what's next for you? >> jail. jail. my intentions was to have them kill me. i ran out of bullets. >> ed: tragic scene. i ran out of bullets. investigators are pursuing charges but too soon to speculate on a motive. >> we're going to move in an accelerated and reinforced manner. throw them on their back foot. we have already shifted from attrition tactics where we shove them from one position to another in iraq and syria, to annihilation tactics to surround them. if the foreign fighters do not surv...

And iraqi commanders are very desperate to sort of seize the overall city, the entire city, and have isis kicked out of there by this june 10. probably a bit of optimistic overreach in terms of how quickly they can do it. it's ramadan, the holy month, and also the entire fight for mosul has gone a lot slower than iraqi commanders and even u.s. commanders have talked about how fast it would go. there's probably a bit of overly optimistic time on this fight to retake mosul. but they're desperate to get it done the next couple of weeks. they want to have it wrapped up by the end of the summer, so...

Including keeping down russian aggression. when it comes to everything from trade to the paris climate pact, which the president has not committed to, there's a lot of things that cause a lot of divisions between these folks. they're our friends. >> the opinions will continue amid policy. kimberly atkins from "the boston herald," thanks for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> of course. >> eric: defense secretary james mattis says the fight against the islamic state in his words has accelerated and shifts to annihilation tactics. he made those comments during a "face the nation" interview yest...