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The religious authority there. the ayatollah calling for restraint to these forces and also there is concern about the element of revenge in this battle. as you recall last year one of the worst attacks, atrocities that was committed by isis took place in tikrit. up to 1,700 shia recruits were taken, captured by isis from the camp in tikrit. the fate of all of them is really unknown. the iraqi government has not been able to answer the fate of these recruits. we've heard isis claiming they killed all 1,700. we've heard human rights watch saying they documented through satellite imagery what th...

Fighting terrorism. some of those advisers were here speaking broken arabic. they told me they were volunteers. whoever is helping, iraqi forces are making good progress despite isis lighting oil fires in an attempt to obscure the view of iraqi aircraft. in three days iraqi forces advanced 80 kilometers or 50 miles, but it hasn't been easy going. these are the remains of an isis truck bomb, and the closer they get to tikrit they can expect more of the same. officers here say they expect to take tikrit within days. car bombs, suicide bomber booby traps, we'll deal with them says the federal pol...

I'm george howell. the headlines this hour actor harrison ford is in stable condition after a small plane he was piloting crashed near los angeles. the single engine plane was attempting an emergency landing, but ended up hitting a golf course instead of a densely populated area nearby. new video shows iraqi forces fighting to retake the city of tikrit from isis. show shia and sunni militias are fighting alongside government troops. tikrit has been under isis control since june. in the u.s. state of kentucky heavy snow is causing a string of accidents and brought traffic to a stand still. ...

No deaths or injuries have been reported. >> how about that one? new video showing iraqi forces fighting to retake the city of tikrit from isis. the city is the hometown of former iraqi dictator saddam hussein. on now to syria. government air strikes there have reportedly killed the senior leader of the al qaeda affiliate al nusra front. a source tells cnn as many as 13 of the group's leaders were killed. harrison ford, his son says his dad is "battered but okay." after a single engine plane he was piloting crashed thursday afternoon. we're told very close to home, but that's where he put ...

Cleansing down the road in iraq. the tense between shiites and shoe knees s and the kurds. >> i have spoken to u.s. army officers who are concerned about the same issue. tikrit is going to be -- which is where the action is happening now, is a test case. the shia militia outside tikrit could go in and could interpret any sunnis still there as people basically supporting isis. if we see ethnic cleansing in tikrit that would be an indicator that there will be cleansing in mosul, which is a bigger story. >> are the shiite militias they are helping the iraqi military. there are advisors from the i...