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Them. i'm confident about the longer road but, yes, there will be moments like yesterday in ramadi and some difficult challenges ahead. >> reporter: iraqi government has complained saying they did not get the air support that they wanted in the battle for ramadi. they are preparing to retake it. it is going to likely be a very bloody battle. as we saw with tikrit we saw that it took longer. christine. >> ian lee for us in cairo. thank you. u.s. officials are assessing a trove of intelligence seized in a special forces raid that killed an isis commander. officials say a dozen commandos

Well brian williams went and covered the arab spring uprisings in tahrir square in egypt, in cairo, back in 2011 and and described seeing pro-government forces on horseback coming into the square to beat people with whips, and he says he made eye contact with the lead horseman in this brigade. it's unclear whether or not he actually was there to see what he said he saw. there's doubt raised in this internal investigation within nbc whether he was actually truthful about that. >> so when your story came out on saturday these are the kind of text messages i received from meme at nbc. >> is brian...

Muslim brotherhood would not be politicized that they would not take part. they did in fact and they became insulated. and nowsisi seem to go do the same thing. they do not value inclusion at all. >> i think for the most part it's a leadership that has for large part over the past several years constantly been out of touch with the reality of what is happening on the ground in egypt. i think general sisi or president sisi now would make the argument that he has the best pulse of what is going on in cairo and trying to address those challenges. but when you take a look at the fact that over the...

Egyptian criminal court sentenced mohammad morsi and 13 others to 20 years in prison. what a remarkable arc of this narrative. we're looking at a man behind bars who graduated from usc, was a representative of what a lot of people had hopes for across the middle east and the arab spring, of course he took control and actually did more damage to the muslim brotherhood's reputation across that country than any enemies could ever do. certainly the united states. but now 20 years behind bars. is that a move that will promote stability or promote further unrest in that region? >> i don't think it p...

Alex ortiz in cairo has more on the growing influence in north africa. >> reporter: the latest isis video delivered a clear and direct threat to christians in the middle east. >> you will not have safety, even in your dreams, until you embrace islam. >> reporter: then militants carried out what appears to be a mass execution. masked men lined up two groups of ethiopian christians, shooting some captives and beheading others. still, isis claimed that christians who pay a tax to live in its territories are well- treated and called on christians who have left isis-controlled land to return. in th...