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Been trying to drum up international support in its ongoing battle for isis. it's now been a month, dana, since isis first took over mosul iraq's second largest city. the security force is struggling along these various front lines, barely keeping isis away from the capital. cnn.com's chelsea carter took a trip to a hospital in baghdad, where she managed to speak to some of the wounded iraqi soldiers coming back from the front lines, telling harrowing tales of what they witnessed, painting a different picture of the battlefield from what is being told by the iraqi government. a lot of stories ...

Thousands, some by drowning, some by being set on fire, mass beheadings. their story is far from over, but rocca is no doubt a huge development today. here's president trump on the news today and then back on the campaign trail at the end, watch this. >> i totally change rules of engagement. i totally changed our military. i totally changed the attitudes of the military and they have done a fantastic job. isis is now giving up. they are getting up, they are raising their hands, they are walking off. nobody has ever seen that befor before. you fight isis first. you have russia, iran, you have t...

President trump does not seem to deterred syria president. according to state media, assad called the u.s. strikes a failure. a navy admiral tells ri s reutee strike droid the means to deliver chemical weapons. mapped out the next steps in bringing an end to syria's civil war. reflected on the timing. >> i think you saw with the strike, there has to be a degree of simultaneous activity as well as sequencing of the defeat of isis first. what you have in syria is a very destructive cycle of violence. perpetuated by isis, obviously, but also by this regime and their iranian and russian sponsors s...

Iran. step away from supporting hezbollah. that's what the administration asked of putin. that's what the george w. bush administration asked after trying a fresh page, that's what they said. this is not new. >> well, to watch the internal dynamics of the white house, beyond just the issues on staffing, but that you seem to have players within the administration saying different things about what we're doing at different times. so are you an ambassador, nikki haley, making pretty forceful sta statements about russia. she's been doing it all along. the president is now following in the same pat...

And the international community move to depose assad? lt. gen. mcmaster: i think as you saw with the strike, there has to be a degree of simultaneous activity as well as sequencing of the defeat of isis first. what you have in syria is a destructive cycle of violence perpetuated by isis obviously and also by this regime and their iranian and russian sponsors. what we have to be able to do is work together with our allies and partners to help resolve this conflict. and the resolution of the conflict will entail each of the elements you are talking about, the defeet of isis, and it has to be a s...