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Coverage nobody will have the way cnn will. up next, the fight for mosul. iraqi forces ready to move in as the leader of isis releases a rare audio message to rally his troops. what does it say? we have a live report from the frontlines ahead on "new day." can i give it to you straight? that airline credit card you have... it could be better. it's time to shake things up. with the capital one venture card, you get double miles on everything you buy, not just airline purchases.

Welcome back to "the lead." let's turn to our world lead now. the final brutal battle underway two years after iraqi troops dropped their weapons and fled, surrendering to isis. they're breaching the city and fighting the terrorist group street to street and house to house as isis has issued a call to arms in an audio message from its reclusive leader. he tells his followers to fight to the death, quote, holding your ground in honor is a thousand times better than retreating in disgrace. he says. arwa damon was on the front lines earlier today. she joins me from outside mosul. what was it like...

>> come on back, guys. there is breaking news overnight. more breaking news. a rare audio message from the leader of isis urging his fighters to hold their ground in mosul. this as coalition forces move ever closer to that city. a live report from iraq coming up.

Blocks into mosul itself. the advance being hindered by the resistance that isis is putting up. by the fact that they have snipers positioned on rooftops. as we have seen in the past, quite often isis will position itself on homes that have civilians still inside them. now the iraqis say that they are offering safe passage to civilians who want to flee from the areas that they have already cleared but they're really just at the beginning of this operation to try to recapture the entire city with a population of 1.2 million people. this coming just a day after isis leader al baghdadi put out an...

Position. this is a horrible reminder of a reality. whether they are called advisers or fighters. if u.s. men and women are on the ground, they will pay a price. and to a scene unfolding outside of mosul. people who live in the area are loaded on trucks to escape the fighting. hours after the leader of isis sent an audio message to soldiers to battle. we have cnn's arwa damon live near mosul. >> reporter: alisyn. take a look at the scene. these are people who fled the battle field. many walked for hours to get here. overnight, the fighting was incredibly intense. you notice that some of the ...