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Of the mosul city limits. >> they are pushing in from the east in the heart of isis territory, going house to house to clear the areas. bearing in mind thousands of civilians are still living in these neighborhoods. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in erbil in northern iraq, an hour's drive from mosul. now that iraq's forces are in mosul, what are you hearing about isis resistance? >> reporter: isis this morning claim in the early hours to have launched at least one suicide attack against the iraqi forces. we're human being from t-- we'r hearing from iraqi forces yesterday ...

Area. there are also fears for the local economy. hundreds of businesses are in the flood zone, but the main tourist areas are expected to be dry. in the neighboring state of mississippi the government's warned people near the river to pray for the best, but prepare for the worst. our meterologist jen is at the weather center. it's not looking good? >> it's not looking good at all. we're going to be talking about this flooding the next several weeks ahead and expecting the mississippi river in memphis to crest the next couple hours and going to be roughly four to five meters above flood stage....

Noodles. >> i teared up a little bit. i wanted to get off the plain and wanted to go home. i'm supposed to fly to houston tomorrow. i'm going to do that later this week. i'm too exhausted. >> bear in mind thousands of passengers are still stranded inside jfks a terminals and officials say it may take until new year's to clear the blizzard backlog. sugar loaf chair lifts are closed today. yesterday several chairs tumbled to the ground. one cnn employee was stranded on the lift. >> they got to the rope, and like i was describing earlier, there was a system of ropes and pulleys with a swing abo...