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Taken away from isil, now working with turkey and other groups to take away the last 60 miles of the border. >> he shaller this week that there was a report that intelligence strathd strategies of isil may have been exaggerated. i know there's an investigation. do you believe you're getting proper information? >> well w he get all of us involved in this. every morning we get a book of intelligence reports from the 17 departments and agencies across the intelligence community and they're doing a tremendous job. the president's secretary of defense -- secretary of defense demands rigor as to the...

Show the ancient city of palmyra in syria. the humanitarian crisis is reaching syria. as hundreds of thousands release, while those that suffocated in austria in those drowning off the coast of libya. here's a chief foreign correspondent richard engel with more. >> reporter: the only part of the u.s. strategy against isis that's on target so far in the u.s. air strikes. last september the u.s. administration announced a war on isis. >> to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. >> reporter: two weeks ago washington got what sounded like long-awaited good news. the u.s...

The u.s. didn't have a real strategy to deal with isis. he did present one about a week later. do we have a strategy that is working now? start the interview with a firm handshake. ay,no! don't do that! try head & shoulders instant relief. it cools on contact, and also keeps you 100% flake free. try head & shoulders instant relief. for cooling relief in a snap. sir, can you hear me? two, three. just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please!

In fact, to quote one u.s. official, isis's international branchs are growing like crazy. isis has spread rapidly across north and west africa, arabiya, afghanistan, even into the far east. isis has expanded far more quickly and extensively than al qaeda ever did. >> what's happening mostly is the brand of isis is as powerful as the brand of osama bin laden. the isis battle is not going to be a quick battle. it takes years. >> reporter: and even at home in isis strongholds in iraq and syria, the group continues to operate openly, ruling by fear. this was a mid-level isis commander who ran a vi...

And those from the free syrian army expanded and took it away from isil. bottom line, i want to be clear about this, this is something we've never seen before, the extent of isil. 25,000 foreign fighters coming from all around the world, it will take years. we have to be honest and sober about how difficult this is going to be. >> brett mcgurk, ambassador, thanks for coming in. i'm sure we'll check in again soon. >> thanks for having me. a quick reminder f you can't be in front of your tv on sundays, no problem. watch us on demand, hit the dvr, hit the season pass. even if it's not sunday, i...