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So tell me exactly what those coalition troops have been able to do to get to where they are now. >> well, these are mainly iraqi troops fighting as you say, house by house, block by block, and in the outer neighborhoods of ramadi, and overnight, and earlier today, they did stage that initial lightning raid into the en the center of the city, and the floating bridge that the u.s. has trained them on over to the river and able to enter ramadi, and it is a tough fight, and the isis fighters that they are confronting are using civilians as human shields and getting ramadi back from isis is only t...

Town by town, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. that is what this campaign is doing. we are hitting isil harder than ever. >> but is this hard enough? former assistant secretary of defense and retired marine infantryman joins us now with what means to change. good morning and thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> first, quickly, what did you think of the president's speech yesterday? >> he's not serious. he's faking. basically, he's saying we're going to be relentless with restrained bombing. we could bomb for the next 20 years, and isil would still be there. >> unfortunately y...

>> that's what i'm saying. that's you why shouldn't be out here by yourself. >> definitely good to go. he said she can't be out here by herself. she needs protection. >> he's seen more than enough. he gives the swoop signal and arresting offices descend on the suspect. >> yeah, right there. >> yeah, they got him out of the car. >> what did i do? i did nothing. >> this player is done for the night, and his arrest marks the end of another successful operation for the oakland police department's human trafficking unit. but the work must and will continue, bust by bust, block by block, night by ni...

This fall before the revolting attacks in paris and san bernardino i ordered new actions to intensify our war against isil. that includes more fire power and special operations forces are well under way. this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said, isil is dug in including in open areas and they hide behind civilians using defense list men, women and children as human shield. we have to be smart targeting isil surgically with precision. our partners on the ground from rooting isil out neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. we are hitting isil harder than ever. aircraft and fighter...

Revolting attacks in paris and san bernardino, i ordered new actions to intensify our war against isil. these actions including more fire power and special operations forces are well under way. this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said before, isil is dug in, including in urban areas, and they hide behind civilians, using defenseless men, women and children as human shields. so even as we are relentless we have to be smart, targeting isil surgically with precision. at the same time, our partners on the ground are rooting isil out town by town, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by blo...