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And matthew axlerod. michael, to you first. you follow the president closely for that biography. i know him better than most. perhaps the most scathing part of james comey's testimony last week was when he said that part of the reason he logged those memos was the nature of the person, referring to donald trump. the president has mentioned recordings that he may have of conversations he had with james comey. seeing comey's testimony, hearing that trump may have recorded those conversations, does that fit into the nature of the donald trump that you know? >> well, it -- [ inaudible ] when i -- ...

That you can't really compare this to world war ii and that the reason that the mosul campaign was telegraphed to an extent was multi-fold, one to get isis leaders to try to flea. two, to -- there are more than a million civilians in mosul, to telegraph to them to take measures to protect themselves. moreover, as i am sure you know, mosul was a months-long effort to train the iraqis, get them up to speed and the iraqis were and are in charge of this campaign. so there are a number of reasons for it. jason? >> i'm sorry. jake, you cut out there. >> there is -- there are a number of reasons for ...

Economy. terrorism and security not really their thing, but an indication how pressing these issues are right now. it's now top of the agenda. it will be interesting to see, because there does seem to be this push for some kind of stepped up military intervention. michelle, you were explaining how the g-20 is often more to do with economic issues rather than security and terrorism like we have at the moment. >> reporter: -- this summit for this year -- [ audio difficulties ] one of the items put on the agenda was syria and isis. so that was already going to be the subject of the dinner tonight...

[ audio difficulties ] >> well, certainly this is the beginning for this defendant, for this family. we do know that the city has acted very swiftly. this shooting happened on april 4th. and by april 7th, he has been fired from the police department. he is being held without bond in the prison. and he also has been charged with murder, which means he's eligible for the death penalty or 30 years to life in prison. >> it's also what is so striking, the second police officer who arrived at the scene seems to be nonchalant about a dead body being on the ground. there is the possibility evidence wa...

Typhoon. >> that's really -- [ audio difficulties ] people still have such a fear and trauma and memories from typhoon haiyan. on the one hand, that's raised awareness and preparedness. so the city -- is obviously much more than it was before haiyan hit last year. while the fear is there, it also has led to greater preparedness and planning for communities, government and ngo partners. >> thank you very much, renee lambert, with the catholic relief services. i wish you all the best there. thank you. derek vandam is standing by more on the details on the conditions in the philippines. derek, ...