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Perhaps as many as 250,000 residents of the western part of the city fleeing. at this point the number is more than 425,000. and it's growing every day. the number of those that fled the city. >> a dire situation indeed. we appreciate your very brave reporting on the situation in mosul. thank you very much. now do stay with us here on cnn newsroom. after the break, president trump says the search for a new fbi director smoo director is moving quickly. he could make a final decision within days. >> and the fbi firing was on the president's mind when he addressed graduating students this weekend...

Point of view of course and there's a certain amount of economic that's been going through these. 50,000 permits for north korean workers to work inside russia. they often work on logging camps and construction sites and return to the north korean government and in the past the soviet union was the main backer of north korea before it's collapse in the early 1990s at which point china took over the leading role. there is a historical connection between the two countries and of course russia has a strong interest in plague an important role in resolving this diplomatic dispute because it puts v...

Dictatorship. that's what they think venezuela is turning into. they have a clear set of demands. starting with elections. they want a timetable for regional elections which have been repeatedly delayed. chris, what is notable is the sustained wave of demonstrations. it started at the beginning of the month. this comes after years of economic hardship. it feels like the last straw was finally broken. they have been out on the streets. it looks like they will keep it up. as you mentioned, we are seeing the united states sort of drawn into the fray with general motors announcing it will halt all...

One of the biggest challenges with that is the acquisition that isis has been using human shields as part of its defense. there was a talk about airstrikes that led to civilian deaths. what's interesting is that the pentagon tame out during the time of those airstrikes or shortly there after and said there's video evidence of isis taking civilians from their homes and forcefully taking them to other locations where there's an isis sniper on the rooftop knowing that the isis sniper would die but also the civilians, there's a push to release that video to show the rest of the world that isis is ...

The russian criticism of the coalition airstrikes in mosul comes amid growing concern and abroad about civilian casualties. meantime closing in on the city of raqqah. good morning to you mahammad. much of the focus has been on the civilian casualties, what about the progress of the coalition in mosul? >> reporter: good morning the progress is on going but of course a very slow battle. iraqi special courses backed with the united states with intelligence and logistics are taking back the old city of mosul. the old city is close quarter combat, and sometimes the fighting is house to house and