CNN The Situation Room May 15, 2015 21:21:00
And the fighting goes back and forth. but the reality is the u.s. conducting some 12 air strikes in the last 72 hours there. trying to do everything they can to ensure the iraqis are able to hold on to this city. >> and the new audio from the isis leader al baghdadi does that concern the pentagon? that's their reaction there? >> reporter: the same thread we're hearing continually. the pentagon saying that audio proves they're desperate, because he's asking for more recruits and more fighters. the pentagon very much insisting isis is on the defensive, they're no longer acting as an offensive mi...