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He joins us from erbil, iraq. what s it like? reporter: pam, it s remarkable how kurdish fighters, with u.s. assistance, have gotten to raqqah. we just heard from french defense officials the first two strikes from the charles de gaulle have hit isis targets inside iraq, but most of the strikes we ve seen in the past appear to have been focused toward raqqah, which isis s capital self-declared caliphate. the kurdish fighters staggeringly near. after paris, the sinai in the crosshairs is here, raqqah. lost in the haze, yet they can hear it. loud thuds, heaviest at desk. three days ago, says this man, we saw 14 air strikes suddenly hit just nearby. then the french said they d started bombing. we ll do our best to avenge paris. he, like the other young kurdish ....
Away, they can see and hear the bombardment of the city by coalition air strikes. u.s. special forces are giving them training and equipment as they prepare to advance. our cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh traveled to the kurdish front line to see the situation firsthand. reporter: after paris, the sinai in the crossha-hairs is here, raqqah. lost in the haze, yet, they can hear it. loud thuds, heaviest at dusk. three days ago, says this man, we saw 14 air strikes suddenly hit just nearby. then the french said they started bombing. we ll do our best to avenge paris. he, like the other young kurdish fighters here, lost friends, but say fighting isis is a duty for humanity, rather than vengeance, as they man a series of trenches and outposts 20 miles from the city. we have heard the distant thuds of what could have been two air ....
Are within sight of the isis strong hold of raqqa. they are 20 miles away and close enough to hear the bombardment of air strikes by the coalition forces. now they are receiving training and equipment as they prepare to advance. our international correspondent nick paton walsh travelled to the front lines to see the situation first hand. after paris, the sinai in the cross hairs it is here, raqqah. and lost in the haze, yet they can hear it, loud thuds, and heaviest at dusk. three days ago, he says, we saw 14 air strikes suddenly hit n r nearby, and then the french said they had started bombing. we will do our best to avenge paris. he like the other young kurdish fighters have lost friends, but fighting isis is a duty for humanity ra ter this than vengeance as they man series of trenches and outposts 20 miles from the city. ....
And russia have ramped up air strikes against isis targets in syria. for the first time, cnn is getting a look at the situation on the ground in syria, miles away from isis stronghold, raqqah. cnn s nick paton walsh made that daring journey and joins us now with his exclusive report. nick? reporter: michaela, all the talk of air strikes here, the intense pounding of raqqah is also coupled with discussions about a ground defense, and how can you dislodge isis from what they call their capital without troops on the ground? it is remarkable to see how kurdish forces who have american support, how close they ve actually got to raqqah. after paris, the sinai, in the crosshairs is here. raqqah, lost in the haze, yet they can hear it. loud thuds, heaviest of dusk. three days ago, he says, we saw ....
His lap. he s hard, makes a focal point of himself. april 27, 1997. after several attempts, cunanan successfully lures jeffrey trail to david madsen s loft apartment in the city s warehouse district. i believe he then went into a rage, and i think that that s when the murder spree began. neighbors will later recall hearing shouts followed by a series of loud thuds. inside madsen s apartment, andrew cunanan has bludgeoned jeffrey trail to death with a claw hammer, striking him at least 25 times. it started with jeff. there was something that happened with jeff and him. that s why this whole situation happened. very sad. i mean, jeff was a wonderful individual. may 2nd. leaving trail s bloody corpse rolled up in a carpet, andrew ....