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Coming. >> quickly before i let you go, have you reached out to the trump transition team directly to make these arguments to his team? >> i have not. and i know, it's really tough. i don't know if they would want to hear from an undocumented won, a mexican woman. they haven't, the entire rhetoric they used in the campaign doesn't necessarily open for us to feel safe going up to them and talking about this. >> erica, thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. we want to go overseas to the major offense taking place in mosul from isis in iraq, iraq's f...

Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." it is good to have you with us. >> we're going to take you live now to south korea. thousands are gathering in seoul right now for a rally. critics are calling for the president to step down over an abuse of power scandal. president park moon apologized to thing nation saying she says responsibility. getting inside mosul. for the first time in two years, they're trying to drive isis out of mosul. the battle will be waged street by street, house by house. the u.n. warns that isis is usi...

Thousands, carrying it is whatever they can, the clothes on their backs, a few blankets, trying to escape the intensity of the fighting and the iraqis were sending trucks, flat-beds, buses, to try to move them out of the battle zone and towards safer areas. and each family, each individual, each child, has an absolutely horrific story to tell from hiding underneath staircases to try to keep themselves safe. some of them say that mortar rounds fell on their neighborhoods' homes. one woman doesn't know what happened to her two sons or her husband. some women whom we met had their faces still cov...

Have been fired. some were telling us their neighbors were killed along with their children. a lot of them walked here. if they have a vehicle, they were allowed through. these people walked for hours to relative safety. they are packing into the trucks as they are coming down. john, we were speaking with a group of women. some have their faces covered. some do not. one particular group of women still had their faces covered. i asked why. they said they have family in mosul. they have family inside mosul who they say tried to cross the frontlines and flee into the area that we're in. then isis...

The humvee behind me. some of that is old from battles past. some of that from the most recent advance into the city itself. unclear how many isis fighters are there. according to the commander, isis keeps moving fighters in and out of town from the town toward mosul. you see it as a bit hazy, but a lot of fires being burned by isis. oil set ablaze by isis on the outskirts of mosul. this is an attempt to obscure visibility from the skies. they are confident they will be on the outskirts and inside mosul soon, chris. arwa, thank you. please stay safe. at least one worker is dead and five woun...