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Have them in on all sides. >> reporter: laters isis released their own video of the battle, filming from the very house across the street. it's almost dark. the front line moved right next to the house where have sheltered. we need to move, but every time we try, gunfire drives us back. it's complete chaos and absolutely terrifying. we need to get to a humvee five steps away. finally, we make a run for it. going as quickly as we can. but there are so many damaged vehicles in our way, our humvee is entangled in another.

We break free, but go just ten yards. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> reporter: a long and frightening night in hiding follows. we had no idea that isis fighters were filming the war booty they'd recovered from the regim regimen's wrecked vehicles from just down the street. it's dawn and we're still alive. we're with more than a dozen wounded soldiers. only six who are not. ammunition is running low. >> it's been almost 20 hours since they sent out for backup, we're surrounded and still waiting. >> reporter: the soldiers with us are exhausted but determined. they know they're in this f...

Alarm bells because they encountered that stiff of a resistance from isis, wolf. >> fortunately you're okay. we're grateful to both of you for this amazing report. be careful over there. arwa damon reporting from iraq. when we come back, we'll turn back to politics. we'll take a closer look at the battleground state of florida and why voters are turning out in record numbers in this crucial state for both hillary clinton and donald trump. you're looking at live pictures. all finished. umm... you wouldn't want your painter to quit part way. i think you missed a spot. so when it comes to pain ...

For cover. one of our own cnn teams witnessed the battle firsthand. awful. while traveling with iraq-led forces in mosul, our senior international correspondent arwa damon and our photojournalist brees lennay were caught up in an isis ambush and spent 28 hours under attack. they were trapped not knowing if they would survive. fortunately they did. arwa is joining us now. she's safe. she's near mosul not that far away. arwa, it is not often we see this kind of warfare up close. you saw it. you experienced it. i know you, you were terrified. tell us about your experience. >> reporter: you know, ...

Stage the report they're about to see does contain very disturbing images, some difficult to watch. after three weeks of this offensive, the iraqi military is at last about to enter mosul. the men of the elite counterterrorism force sahas deen is in high spirits. they were about to meet a terrible new reality. this is not a place these soldiers know. but their enemy does. the challenge they're facing now, there are snipers on rooftops and receiving incoming mortar fire that isis is shooting from areas that have civilians in them. making it almost impossible for the counterterrorism units to be...