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Tuesday. >> heather: thank you. >> jon: those are iraqi troops with the backing of the u.s. battling isis as they edge closer to completely liberating mosul. a final offensive against the islamic state. joining is now, retired u.s. army special forces it lieutenant. i know you were in mosul not too long ago, you provided us some video of what you saw there. if mosul falls, that is the last stronghold of isis within iraq, right? >> yes, there is less than elsewhere a mile left to clear, it is going to take several more days but it is alley to alley, street to street, house to house fighting. it...

>> it was the most surprising anticlimatic charge takedown, and everyone involved with this never would have dreamed. this guy was asleep. they walked in and took him away without a fight. unbelievable. >> this is a big political win for the current president of mexico. there was a perception he was being soft on the cartels, soft on crime, because that was not his priority when he came into office. so he and his party will use this to the most they can to get the most political capital out of it. >> once you put him in supermax, then you have to figure out which charges make the most sense, w...

All of this has to come to light. we're going to lay it all out in a clear timeline. and we want to know who is responsible and how far it goes. i think it's critical to find this out. congress will continue to work vigorously. i'm glad the president has launched a justice department investigation into this. i think that's healthy. but it lieutenant deter our efforts. we have a constitutional role in this to ensure that the law is being followed without impartiality and without politization. >> thank you. it's great to have you. one is that the republicans damaged themselves with overreach. th...