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The western part of the city. it has been slower than anticipated. if they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. kitty logan with more. >> reporter: early morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid progress today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards residential areas. iraqi military police seized several villages on the west side of the city in the first few hours. the next step is to take control of the airpor...

Anything real could happen, i think, that transition officials have played up that they are making progress today and yesterday they said that as well and that donald trump is the decider on these issues so we'll see when he hones in on making these final decisions. notable that newt gingrich, who was down in the trump transition office in washington, d.c. today, he talked about the timeline he said that he thinks the biggest offices will be announced in the near future but he notably added, brooke, "certainly shortly after thanksgiving after the latest." so it's your definition of "near futur...

Obama said he will not work with russia as long as russia is attacking non-isis targets in syria. that is where president hollande will focus the efforts today. speak to president putin and if there is any way to work it so you are only striking isis targets. then we can get all of the coalitions working together. it is a tough call. french officials here are playing down any sort of expectation of progress today. it is a bit complicated by the shooting down of the russia plane. >> max, it has been almost two weeks since the attacks in paris. there are two on the run. anything new on the searc...

Them today. they're very professional. went right back to work and the mood extremely somber. it's also an especially critical day again. this is sort of a three-day wind event. yesterday, they said it was epic. today will be even worse with the winds whipping up even earlier. they had about a four-hour window where they're hoping to make progress today. the aerial assault is also underway. once those winds begin they will continue to strengthen throughout the afternoon and tonight is a volatile time for these wind-swept fires that caused the problems yesterday. the winds shifted and turned ba...

The question is how long will it last. plus the white house state dinner with very special attendees, all of them ages 8 through 12 with something called broccoli commonly on the menu. a girl scout teaching us about closing the deal the world record holder for cookie sales. out won't believe how many boxes she sold. she'll be along later to show us how to get things done. we begin this hour with yet another deadline missed in those historic nuclear talks with iran. negotiators in vienna yesterday blowing through their deadline for a final deal for the third time in 11 days. they are racing a...