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Last month, raqqa was declared liberated after three years under isis rule. the capital of its so-called caliphate, three months after the iraqi prime minister arrived in mosul to declare the former iraqi capital free as well. what is the islamic state without the actual pretense of an actual state? that's what people haver asking these days. i asked salman rushdie to come talk about it. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> it does seem as though islamic radicalism or at least the jihadi version of it is dying or has been defeated on

Public beheadings and executions, and they would place the heads of their victims on these spikes as a gruesome reminder to others of what their fate might be should they decide to defy isis rule. it is also where isis sold its yazidi captives into sexual slavery. for the coalition of syrian backed democratic forces, the battle for raqqah was deeply personal. they vowed that rocky would be liberated at the hands of women. as we walk past some of their fighters, she says seeing them makes her happy. proud. women establish their bravery here, she says. it taught them their value beyond their val...

Here. >> it was a 15-day battle just to try to retake this particular square and every roof top was lined with snipers. this was one of the main squares where isis would carry out the public beheadings and executions and they would place the heads of their victims on these spikes as a gruesome reminder to others of what their fate might be should they decide to defy isis rule. it is also where isis sold its captives into sexual slavery. for the female fighting force of the syrian democratic forces the battle for raqqa was deeply personal. they vowed that raqqa would be liberated that the hands...

For two years under isis rule. not all of western mosul has been liberated yet. here's wedeman's cnn exclusive which shows the resistance from isis has been fierce. >> reporter: gunfire roaring nearby. mosul residents flee their neighborho neighborhood. then an isis suicide car bomb explodes nearby. pieces of metal and concrete raining down. the blast sets an iraqi federal police humvee on fire killing several policemen, wounding others. this footage provided to cnn by freelance cameraman ricardo villanova, is a raw glimpse of the intensity of the battle for western mosul.

People have confidence about it that it doesn't simply become a part of partisan shouting match. >> the problem. in a way people have confidence in it. look at the numbers bhan what institution has less support than the given the level of distrust right now, it will be hard to emerge from this if it is run out of congress specifically out of these committees which are led by one party for there not to be an inherent plitization of it. >> we have a new electoral college count. donald trump with 176 votes and hillary clinton -- is that 93? 93. she was down a little bit below that so 176-93. we...