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But as we go along we'll get recommendations from our own department of defense and that of our ally as well so we're into the going to do this if we believe there is a good chance it will fall into the hands of isis. if we think that it'll help win the battle we'll provide it. >> a lot of u.s. military personnel are distraught when they see isis forces driving around in american-made humvees and tanks that the u.s. left behind when they pull the out of iraq and now in the hands of isis. let's talk about the breaking news isis claiming it now trees iraq's largest 0 oil refinery in beiji so des...

Rethinking their timetable for a coalition backed counterattack of isis forces in iraq's second largest city. the daily beast is reporting a planned spring offensive to retake mosul has been pushed back for several months at least. a pentagon spokesman friday kept away from confirming any kind of timetable. but just last week central command officials said a major attack on mosul could happen as early as april. mosul has been controlled by isis since the middle of 2014. secretary of state john kerry said today the u.s. is on the road to success in iraq. >> we are growing in the capacity on the...

They have to succeed so they're going to be looking for the best opportunity, the best location to do just that. >> good point. barbara, stand by. we're also hearing much more about a large group of christians kidnapped by isis forces in syria. an activist close to the group now says isis is holding 150 people hostage. that's around twice as many as first feared. these are assyrian christians. that empire once stretched from the mediterranean to the persian gulf. now their members are a minority even within the arab christian community. nic robertson is joining us from london now. nic, what do...

In these circumstances. people trying to get out of the way of the fighting. but right now, the iraqis say that they are beginning and have liberated portions of the town as you say, very important because it's so close to a major base in western iraq where u.s. forces are beginning the training programs and the assistance programs for iraqi forces. so the beginning here. but now the question as you point out, how does secretary of defense ash carter want to proceed? does he want to recommend to the president and work with the iraqi forces that perhaps mosul in northern iraq will be the first ...

Senior commander and another one was his commander, an isis strong hold in the north, taken from iraqi forces as isis forces swept into iraq. so it is a win. they weren't all in one struck. this is in several strikes going back to mid-november. but they've been able to confirm it now. >> i was going to ask you, were they altogether, because you are talking about geographically different individuals. how did the u.s. confirm these individuals tlx was the rumor aboutal bagdadi, so how did they know? >> they did this by intercepting isis communications on the ground. but on the front end, this is...