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Decide foreign hot spots will be one of the six topics. this comes as iraqi forces continue to battle to retake that city of mosul from the islamic state. more than 100 u.s. military advisers are embedded with thousands of troops involved in the operation which include sunni tribal fighters, shiite militias and kurdish forces as well. nbc's matt bradley with those kurdish fighters. joins me live from erbil which is southeast of mosul. matt, good day to you. >> thanks, craig. the big headline today is there was some 1,200 civilians who were seen fleeing mosul. let me just put that in perspectiv...

Iraqi forces expecting? what kind of resistance are they getting? >> reporter: thanks, craig. there has been a lot of progress since this offensive was announced yesterday morning. kurdish, iraqi, and iraqi federal police were able to take to the south and east of mosul but haven't made a lot of progress because they've basically been held up by mortar attacks and by suicide car bombings. this is kind of a holding power we have to get used to. this is how previous iraqi attacks on isis-held areas have gone. iraqi forces tend to use a kind of siege approach. they surround an area and try to clo...

>> exactly. >> ken gross, election law expert. thank you. we always enjoy your insight, sir. >> sure. happy to be here. battleground arizona. high profile clinton supporters including the first lady stumping for the presidential hopeful there this week. will their efforts turn this traditionally red state blue? also, isis fighters putting up fierce opposition against iraq's attempts to reclaim the city of mosul. we are live on the ground in iraq next. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands.

Where the new battleground polls stand and the candidates paths to 270 and we'll look at the fight to retake mosul. a live report from the front lines. >> reporter: here, isis set an oil well on fire. it was a deliberate act of sabotage and many commanders fear that isis may have even worse in store for mosul itself. . we've been hearing so much about how you're a digital company, so you can see our confusion. ge is an industrial company that actually builds world-changing machines. machines that can also communicate digitally. like robots. did you build that robot? that's not a robot, that's ...

Vehicles. we saw elsa written on one of them. what is the threat right now. >> as they move closer to mosul the threat is believed to grow significantly. they haven't run into significant opposition just yet but inside mosul there may be upwards of 4,000 isis troops. and u.s. officials are saying they believe those isis troops are largely foreign fighters. some of the most zels and dedicatedalous and dedicated operatives. they are not going to give up mosesal without a fight. so the question is as u.s. and iraqi forces move closer to the city, how much will the danger grow for them? will u.s. ...