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africon is reviewing closely the security procedures. the army chief of staff openly acknowledging a full investigation is under way. they re evaluating the mission, enemy terrain, time, all of that to come up with the appropriate risk mitigation factors. a u.s. special operations team quickly organized a high-risk rescue mission, ready to move in. president trump was briefed. military officials are now looking into reports that a locater beacon emitted a signal from the area indicating that someone might still be alive on the ground. they are not sure if that signal was really accurate. these are some of our most sensitive operations. the tactics, techniques, and procedures are something that we protect very closely because this is very delicate operation in order to bring back a service member who somehow has been separated from his unit. there were no u.s. armed aircraft nearby. ....
The military has a rigorous risk assessment process in place, but it s only an assessment. reporter: intelligence showed it was unlikely they would run into enemy forces, officially tell cnn. they were meeting with locals in advising nigerian forces, but suddenly they were ambushed by more than 50 isis-affiliated fighters. the american troops pickup trucks were shattered by gunfire. they had only rifles to fight back. the isis attackers had rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. but sergeant johnson, 25 of florida, was separated from the others. he was found dead north carolina 48 hours after the fire fight. the pentagon s africa command does not know for sure if this american soldier was wounded and alive on the battlefield and if he was even for a brief time in isis hands. we are reviewing very closely the security procedures. ....
Victory in liberating them from the islamic state savages after months of combat. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. the numbers, the facts don t lie. reporter: well, harris, the iraqis may be celebrating the expulsion of isis from their second largest city, mosul, but the top u.s. commander in baghdad, steve townsend told reporters here at the pentagon the roughly 6,000 u.s. troops won t be coming home from iraq any time soon. this fight is far from over so i wouldn t expect to see any significant change in our troop levels in the immediate future. there s still hard work to be done. reporter: general townsend said two large iraqi cities remain under isis control. each has a population of over 100,000 people. portions of ambar province along the border with syria also remain in isis hands. days after the iraqi prime ....
This morning the prime minister of iraq says that victory was at hand in mosul. by far, the biggest city in isis hands and the second largest city in all of iraq. battling for a few pockets of isis resistance there. using civilians, we re hearing, as human shields and as many as 100 homes. the question now becomes what happens next? tony blanken is with us, former deputy of state. he has a new op-ed in the new york times about this this morning. john mention houd big mosul is, biggest iraqi city behind baghdad, the biggest to be held by isis since they took control in june 2014. the significance of retaking it and what happens next? poppy, john is exactly right. this is very significant for three reasons. first, it really means that isis, the islamic state, no longer has significant territory to control in iraq. there s no place for foreign fighters to come to. ....
This morning, the prime minister of iraq says victory is a few yards away in mosul. it is the city that was in isis hands, the second largest city in all of iraq. soldiers are battling for the last few pockets of resist tense. they are using civilians in their own homes as human shields. nick payton walsh is there. you just returned from mosul and saw it firsthand. reporter: this is literally a matter of buildings, poppy. we have just come back from being 100 yards, maybe, from the river that marks the backhand of isis territory in mosul. it is extraordinary. the intensity of the fighting there. american air strikes coming and ....