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Isis supply lines to the west of mosul. cnn's michael holmes is on the ground in erbil, iraq, following developments and joining us live this hour. it's a pleasure to have you with us. first of all, what more can you tell us about these advances on the battlefield and disagreements between the united states and the iraqis? >> reporter: yeah. there are those advances on multiple fronts. and different units are at different distances from the outskirts. we know of one, for example, iraqi counterterrorism unit that has eyes on mosul at the moment. there's peshmerga units four kilometers out, but ...

They can sleep in peace. arwa damon, cnn, iraq. at least 15 people are dead and more than 100 others wounded after a new round of bombings in aleppo. rebels launched an offensive friday. video from an activist shows an unrelenting attack on the city. after the bombs started, the russian military asked president p vladimir putin to resume air strikes. he said now is not the right time. >> reporter: residents of the divided syrian city of aleppo woke up to an awful sound on friday. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: a barrage of rockets, mortars, and artillery launched by rebels. it was part of a rebel ...

Tow. do you think it will turn the tide in the election? >> if they can get the word out. if these independents and democrats would hear this now, maybe they'd finally wake up and realize that she is a crook. >> reporter: eric rendy who already voted for trump says he knows he's not perfect but -- >> yes, he has faults. yes, he's not right about everything. why do we have to be lied to? >> that was miguel marquez reporting. thank you for that. we move on now to an incident that happened at chicago's o'hare national airport. engine failure caused a commercial jetliner to burst into flames, ac...

Have pushed back qaddafi's followers to a piece of land less than a mile square. this comes after intense fighting over the last few days since the rebels launched the offensive friday. they've made major inroads into qaddafi's home town, they've taken the university, which was a qaddafi strong hold and as you say the convention center, which was very much a command and control base for qaddafi's followers in that town. at the moment now, they are moving up with tanks to try to final atsalt on the diminishing land they're controlling but revolutionary commanders do say they expect a stiff figh...