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Flow through that pipeline, and most of the gulf oil actually flows east. now that itself is a choke point because that's a very narrow passageway in a volatile neighborhood. it has to be secured because of potential piracy attacks around the horn of africa. now, because of all this potential disruption to the oil supplies both through the suez canal and through the eastrait,t does rattle what may happen. >> let's talk about the strait for a moment. most of the oil egypt produces is for domestic consumption but there is oil that goes through the suez. let's talk about the oil that goes east. i...

>> we are chomping at the bit for today's topics on "sunday house call," with us, "sunday house call" host, dr. isadore rosenfeld. he's the rossi distinguished professor of clinical medicine at the wild cornell medical center and basically distinguished in general. good to see you, doc. >> eric: all around great guy, good morning, doctor, big developments to tell you about dealing with avandia, the food and drug administration is set to decide this week whether the drug should stay on the market. on the heels of an extensive fda study. doctor, what is the concern and what do you think will hap...

Reporters while there are no guarantees, the dome could have the spill under control by early next week. >> reporter: contessa, a lot of the elements here around this oil spill, oil leak is very imprecise. that's why a lot of the officials with bp especially have been hesitant to give out estimates. for now bp is expecting to move what they're calling a 65-ton coffer dam into place over the major leak in about six days. they're hoping to have that in place within six day. it's basically a 65-ton concrete and steel surface dome that will go over this major leak and then it will have a pipe runn...

Transitional federal government has been very weak. it is in its sixth year of a five-year transitional process. it is still -- only able to remain in parts of mogadishu that are protected by 4,000 african union peacekeeping forces. it really needs to demonstrate capacity and the will to a, expand the terrorist it controls and then, b, consolidate its governance there. we haven't seen a lot of that. the tfg is considered by most international players and including the u.s. government to be the best of bad options there. we are trying to make it work. mainly because the alternatives are so much...

In that campaign, we have now hit isil with over 16,000 air strikes. we have equipped and trained 10s of thousands of partners on the ground, and today the results are clear. isil has lost more than half its territory. isil has lost control of major population centers. its morale is plummeting. its recruitment is drying up. its commanders and external plotters are being taken out, and local populations are turning against it. [ applause ] as we speak, isil faces an offensive on mosul from iraqi troops and coalition support. that's the largest remaining city that it controls. meanwhile, in syri...