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That's why the letter never should have been moved forward. >> the letter regarding the american people -- >> thank you both for being here. thank you so much. >> we'll see though if those committees are convened in eight days. >> yeah. >> doesn't seem like they will. >> that would be a lot of scrambling. the fight against isis, let's move on to this. it's causing thousands of women, children and the elderly to flood into mosul. cnn's arwa damon is in iraq. >> reporter: more reports of isis carrying executions inside mosul as forces attempt to encircle it on multiple directions saying they'r...

Popping up. then isis went in and rounded up hundreds of people after that happened. we are told that civilians from that group are being released but, again, members of security forces or police and so on have been kept. you have this situation with those 232. most of those were from the security forces. we are hearing now of more former members of security forces. we heard even traffic cops are being pulled aside and kept by isis at the moment, inside mosul. given the fate of those 232, you can only wonder what the fate is of those they are rounding up now. one of the tragedies of what happe...

States and iraqis. >> reporter: a bit of confusion, mixed messages, if you like. there are still towns and villages yet to be taken before everyone is at mosul. some are close, within a couple kilometers. some are 20-30 kilometers away. american officials said friday the iraqis would pause on some fronts to allow other units to catch up and consolidate their positions, which almost makes sense. almost immediately, iraqi commanders said not so, the u.s. comments were inaccurate. the hush or popular mobilization unit, they are shia paramilitaries. they have officially announced they have launche...

Course, they have the capital. that's an important development on the battle front. george? >> what more do you know? what is happening inside the city of mosul, at this point? >> reporter: we do know there's more rounding up of civilians going on there. there's a sort of rule by kara happening at the moment. you get caught with a cell phone in mosul, you will probably die. it's that bad. getting information out is getting more difficult. we have heard in the last hour or so, there are accurate coalition air strikes on a number of targets inside mosul. one other thing we have been hearing more...

We'll stay in touch with you. >> thank you. the battle for mosul. the united nation says isis executed 232 people, 232 civilians just outside the city for being disobedient. they carried out the mass killings on wednesday as iraqi security forces advance on the last urban stronghold. in the meantime, iraq says the troops are making progress in reclaiming mosul. we are learning iraqi paramilitary forlss are beginning an operation to cut isis supply lines to the west of mosul. cnns michael holmes is live in iraq following developments this hour. michael, let's talk about the advances you are h...