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Was, intense clashes, and in one area we saw, we were just on the outskirts of mosul. we saw about 600 people who had fled the areas of the city that the iraqi army managed to retake, but they saw the fighting that happened this morning, some of them were injured, and in mortar attacks. they decided they had to leave. so what we're seeing is that, yes, isis has been driven out of falluj fallujah, ramadi, other iraqi cities but not giving up easily and putting up quite a fight, and as you mentioned before, they've managed to retake palmyra in syria from syrian and russian forces. so, yes, they'...

Iraqi forces expecting? what kind of resistance are they getting? >> reporter: thanks, craig. there has been a lot of progress since this offensive was announced yesterday morning. kurdish, iraqi, and iraqi federal police were able to take to the south and east of mosul but haven't made a lot of progress because they've basically been held up by mortar attacks and by suicide car bombings. this is kind of a holding power we have to get used to. this is how previous iraqi attacks on isis-held areas have gone. iraqi forces tend to use a kind of siege approach. they surround an area and try to clo...

That's the most callous thing you can say to us who served, and especially to mr. khan, to say that, you know, if it would have been him, his son would be alive. that's just an awful thing to say. >> and josh, you were there that day. you heard the explosion and i know you haven't met mr. khan or had a chance to speak to him. i just want you, if you could take a minute to just tell us what it was like there that day and, and what the feeling was about the heroism that was displayed that day. >> you bet, so it was -- and my dates might be off, it's been 12 years. but it was june 8th, 2004, so i...

>> i'm still -- i'm over here on tower three, still, you know, covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit, like, right around here. we had no cover for mortar attacks. i mean, even the buildings, i'm -- i'm surprised that one didn't collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another "thoomp," i -- that's when i jumped off the tower, moved back and got somewhere right around here. and that's when the -- the mortar hit. and once that mortar hit, it just -- it was pitch black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, "hey, man, there's no movement." and that's when i sprinted ...

>> i'm still -- i'm over here on tower three, still, you know, covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit, like, right around here. we had no cover for mortar attacks. i mean, even the buildings, i'm -- i'm surprised that one didn't collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another "thoomp," i -- that's when i jumped off the tower, moved back and got somewhere right around here. and that's when the -- the mortar hit. and once that mortar hit, it just -- it was pitch black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, "hey, man, there's no movement." and that's when i sprinted ...