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Let's get right to what's happening in iraq. right now isis militants are outnumbered as more than 100,000 coalition fighters close in on the last-remaining isis stronghold in iraq, mosul. (speaking arabic ] so with their backs against the wall, isis forces are using everything at their disposal -- drones strapped with bomb, roadside mines, underground tums, even makeshift moats with oil and set alight. nick paton walsh is our senior international correspondent live outside of mosul. my first concern, nick sfor the people of mosul. in 2014 before isis took over

There were some 2.5 million people there. how many have left? and now u.n. report that families are being used as human shields. what can you tell me about that? >> long concerns of a humanitarian crisis is unprecedented even for the region here regarding the 1.2 million people we know according to aid agencies trapped inside that area. now humanitarian corridors have been asked for, they're not in evidence of this stage, the opposite appears to be happening. the u.n. reporting that four days ago about 100, 200 or so families, potentially over a thousand people, were marched from the village t...