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Significantly increase our airstrikes against isil to the highest level since the start our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isil's operations, we intensified the air campaign against the oil enterprise, a critical pillar of the infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facility, we destroyed nearly 400 of isil's oil force reducing a source of it daily revenues. we are also improving our capability to eliminate isil's

Isis, an enemy america and its allies are desperate to destroy. but fighting isis operatives means finding them first. how does that work in layman's terms? >> it's much more harder now than five years ago because we don't have a presence physically in syria. >> with no country, capital or clear leadership, targets can be hard to come by. late august, 2014, this man became the face of isis. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> in a terrifying series of videos, he graphically demonstrated the brutality of

>> front and center as three more candidates make it official in new hampshire. let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we're following breaking news this morning on what's being called a major offensive in the war on isis. backed by a u.s. coalition air support, kurdish forces are battling to retake the key city of sinjar in iraq. a city where residents have fled from isis. cnn capturing that moment in august 2014. dozens of civilians desperately scrambling on to a military chopper in order to escape. right now peshmerga t...

To be with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and expressed cautious optimism about easing tensions here. brett? >> thank you. health investigators in texas certained subpoenas at four planned parenthood clinics across the state yesterday. they're seeking patient and billing records. planned parenthood calls it a political attack. tonight how officials in another state are going in the other direction, when it comes to abortion law. chief legal correspondent shannon bream has the story. >> federal law requires most u.s. employers to provide health insurance, and also mandates that each stat...

To be with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and expressed cautious optimism about easing tensions here. brett? >> thank you. health investigators in texas certained subpoenas at four planned parenthood clinics across the state yesterday. they're seeking patient and billing records. planned parenthood calls it a political attack. tonight how officials in another state are going in the other direction, when it comes to abortion law. chief legal correspondent shannon bream has the story. >> federal law requires most u.s. employers to provide health insurance, and also mandates that each stat...