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And military partnership between them, as well, and it's drawing a counterbalance to the political and military strength of the united states. >> okay. matthew, thank you very much, indeed. we've been watching that meeting, of course. meanwhile, isis has taken a major blow. the very city it considers its capital, raqqa in syria. u.s. central command says american-backed syrian forces breached a wall surrounding the old city. isis militants have been using it as a strategic fighting position. the group is suffering heavy losses in raqqa as coalition forces drive their way in. syria is likely to...

Raqqah has been under isis control for more than three years now, using the old city wall as a fighting position. cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joining me live in erbil with the latest. >> reporter: it is a key moment according to the coalition statement, got through the outer old city walls swiftly. they appear to have broached two substantial holes in the wall and that enabled the syrian, kurdish and arab forces surrounding ground and air support to get in and around that old city a lot faster,xpassing a lot of booby traps and defensive positions laid out by isis ...

Family over the july 4th holiday weekend. that beach and others were off limits to the public because of a state government shutdown. they'll reopen later on tuesday after legislators reached a budget deal. in northern syria, there is a major new development in the battle against isis in the de facto capital of raqqah. the u.s. central command says u.s.-backed syrian forces have now breached a wall surrounding raqqah's old city. that's key because isis militants have been using the wall as a strategic fighting position. u.s. president donald trump is expected to talk about syria when he meet...

Prudent measures to reposition aircraft overseer i can't. the pentagon won't offer details, but the goal is clear. get u.s.-backed ground forces to push isis out. >> they are sending warnings to the syrians, to the iranians and to the russians that this offensive must be the top priority and it cannot be hindered. >> reporter: when the syrian war plane attacked those u.s.-backed forces on the ground, the u.s. reacted. it began sunday at 4:30 p.m. pro-syrian regime forces attacked the u.s.-backed fighters near the city, a key area on the way to the isis capital. driving them from their fighting...

Allies in what it called a misdirected airstrike. an opposition group support beside i the u.s. fight against isis. military officials say it was wrongly identified as an isis fighting position, that incident is under investigation. the trump administration ordering dozens of additional troops to somalia, they will be training them and providing counter terrorism support fighting the al qaeda affiliate al shabab. they arrived in moegdy sshmoegd. >> 15 minutes past the hour, the man dragged off the united airline flight planning a lawsuit. and that's not the only problem for united. [ engine ...