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That yet. leaders strong enough in iraq to effectively govern and to control these rival ethnic factions equitably. bottom line, that has not happened and there is no exit strategy. richard? >> it sounds like a mission without an end. >> exactly. >> suddenly we have an enduring presence in iraq while everyone's been focused on the russian skacandal, we've been committed to a forever war. thanks, andrea. you don't run into too many americans working anywhere near the front lines in mosul, especially wearing civilian clothes. so when we came across one, we had to find out what he was doing there...

Pen people of mosul. i can't imagine any reasonable argument that anybody but isis is responsible for the vast destruction of mosul at this point. we applaud and we congratulate the iraqi security forces for coming back and returning mosul to the people. >> the iraqi prime minister was quick to come to mosul, wearing a military-style uniform and proudly announcing that from the heart of a free and liberated city, we announce absolute victory. but to call this a free and liberated city is an insult to the people of mosul, who have lost their lives and their homes. and the absolute victory was a...

Hospitals are damaged or destroyed. this is what it's been like for thousands of people in mosul. we met one american who decided to risk everything to try to help. the offensive on mosul triggered a human exodus as the iraqi forces drove out isis, civilians searched for safer ground. many were in bad shape. the walking wounded. and those who could no longer walk. thousands have suffered severe injuries but so close to the battle, there's just a handful of people to help them. >> tell him to calm down. >> pete reed is one of them. the 28-year-old from new jersey used to be a u.s. marine. now h...

Was carpet bombed. how can you have so much precision fire and yet so much devastation? >> because the islamic state fighters who occupied those buildings took someone's home, took someone's school, and turned it into a fighting position. that's how that happens. it was precise. the strike hit exactly where it was supposed to. >> precision or not, the fact of the matter is that large parts of this city have been flattened by american munitions. we will never know how many people were killed by air strikes or iraqi soldiers or how many isis killed with explosives. what we do know is that this f...

>> this now is feeling of freedom. >> but the hospital is still not fully functioning. so for now, the people living in what's left of mosul are relying heavily on ngos like reed's. he says he's treated between 7,010,000 people already, and even though the battle is now over, he's not stopping yet. >> at the end of it, they always talk about how many people died. i think that's what kept us here in the beginning is we wanted that number just to be a little bit less. if nothing else, we did that. >> when you hear a story like the one we heard from dr. aziz, it's easy to wonder what is wrong wit...